Chapter 135: Listening to Someone Crying
"We have some. At the end of April, we settled our accounts and saw we sold over two hundred more than usual."
Wen Yan was very surprised.
With so many techniques for making tofu, it's impossible for him to only earn an extra two hundred coins!
Wen Yan thought for a moment and said, "I see some tofu skin drying in the yard. You guys should be the best at making this.
Why don't you take advantage of this time to do more.
I'll take them to the capital to sell during the Dragon Boat Festival."
The Liu family looked at each other.
I felt that the news came too suddenly and I didn’t know what to say for a moment.
The eldest brother responded the fastest and agreed immediately: "Don't worry, we will make more in the next few days. We guarantee that there will be goods to sell in time."
Wen Yan nodded.
I originally wanted to suggest to them that they could hire a few workers and there was no need to do everything themselves.
However, considering the current situation of the Liu family, she still didn't say this.
It’s not too late to ask after she helps them find a stable source of goods.
Only then will they feel at ease whether they are asking for help or buying livestock.
Wen Yan did not stay in the Liu family for long.
Seeing that it was getting late, she and Meng Chi flew back to Songshan Village.
Father Liu was worried about the two girls going on the journey.
He also wanted Liu Lao San to send them off.
As a result, Meng Chifei picked up Liu Lao San with one hand.
Father Liu then reluctantly sent them to the village entrance.
Before they parted, Wen Yan reminded him, "Remember, the more tofu skin you make, the better! There are so many people in Beijing, so there's no shortage of buyers."
"Okay!" Father Liu responded.
When he returned home, he called his son and daughter-in-law together to discuss making tofu skin.
Liu Lao San said, "Yan Yan said she will go to the capital in three days. With just a few of us, we can't do much even without food or drink. Dad, let's hire some people."
Father Liu hesitated: "If we invite outsiders, won't our skills in making tofu skin be learned by others?"
"We can hire someone to grind the beans, but we can do the key steps in the backyard with our own family."
"Call my second sister and brother-in-law. My second brother-in-law is very strong and has a tight-lipped mouth, so he definitely won't say anything nonsense..."
"How do I dry it? It takes half a day to dry one sheet..."
"Maybe it will dry up! Just build a hut and light a few braziers."
After the Liu family got together to discuss, they took action.
Those who wanted to prepare tools prepared their tools, those who wanted to hire people hired people, and everyone got busy.
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Wen Yan and the others returned to Liujia Village.
It was getting dark.
When they met craftsmen working in the ink-making workshop on the way, they all greeted Wen Yan enthusiastically.
They also waved the gifts in their hands: "Thank you, Mr. Wen."
When passing by the big persimmon tree in the village, I heard crying from a distance: "It's so unfair! The children and grandchildren are so unfilial!
They raised a bunch of ungrateful people who recognized people who were five generations outside of their kinship as relatives, and they didn't even recognize their own grandmother!
Old man, please come and take me away. I really can’t stand this kind of grievance…”
The voice was a mixture of crying and singing, and it had a very rhythmic feel.
Meng Chifei: "Why does it sound like someone is crying?"
Wen Yan couldn't help but burst out laughing and whispered, "The person crying is Ying Zhilin's grandmother."
Meng Chifei: "Then the ungrateful bastard she was scolding couldn't be you and Ying Zhilin, right?"
"What do you think!"
"That stinky old woman, even though we've broken up, she's still slandering your reputation in the village. I'm going to deal with them now." Meng Chifei rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush out to fight.
Wen Yan quickly grabbed her and said, "If you approach her for a moment, you'll fall into her trap.
The persimmon tree is the only way for us to return to Liu's house. She deliberately waited for me there. Come with me, we'll go this way."
Wen Yan pulled Meng Chifei onto a small road and headed home: "Let her howl her heart out there."
Not long after they turned onto the small road, they ran into Ying Zhilin who was returning home from school.
Amidst Mrs. Qiao's howling, the three of them were briefly embarrassed, and then pretended nothing had happened and walked home.
Ying Zhilin coughed lightly and explained, "Well, it must be because I went to deliver holiday gifts to various families yesterday, and the old Ying family got wind of it, so they're waiting there to cause trouble today."
Wen Yan nodded: "I guessed it."
The more I explained, the more awkward the atmosphere became.
Ying Zhilin bit her lip lightly and simply stopped talking.
During dinner, Wen Yan mentioned that he was going to the capital during Duanwu.
Ying Zhixue looked up at her and sneered.
No one at the dinner table paid any attention to her.
Ying Zhilin asked casually, "Is there something wrong?"
Wen Yan said, "First, I need to go do something, and second... my biological mother is sick, and I want to take her to see a doctor in the capital."
"Is mother seriously ill?" Ying Zhilin asked with concern.
Wen Yan thought of Zhang Ganniang's appearance and frowned slightly: "She is very weak and her condition is not very good."
"I'll go with you then." Ying Zhilin said.
Wen Yan was about to refuse,
Ying Zhilin interrupted him, "The Autumn Examination is certainly important, but if you disregard your family's safety for it, even if you pass, it will be meaningless."
"Okay then!" Since he said that, Wen Yan couldn't refuse anymore, "Since you want to go, let's all go.
The Dragon Boat Festival not only has royal sacrifices, but also dragon boat races and lantern acrobatics in the evening, which is very lively.
I've noticed that grandma's eyes are often tearing up, so she must be feeling unwell. Let's go see a doctor together."
Grandma Wu refused: "The dirt is up to my neck. There's no need to waste that money."
Wen Yan picked up a piece of food for Grandma Wu with chopsticks and said: "As long as it can make you feel more comfortable, it is not a waste of money. If you don't come with me, then I won't let Ying Zhilin go either."
"Well... well, I'll go, okay?" Grandma Wu was so embarrassed by Wen Yan's trickery that she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She joked, "You two are so talkative, and I'm the one caught in the middle."
Everyone laughed at Grandma Wu.
Only Ying Zhixue scoffed, "Pretending."
He threw down his chopsticks and left the table.
She left with a great deal of noise.
Except Xiaohai, no one looked at her twice.
Ying Zhixue was already feeling upset, and now she was so angry that she burst into tears.
After dinner, Wen Yan accompanied Fifth Grandma to cool off for a while.
Pei'er ran over to tell Wen Yan that the hot water across the courtyard was ready.
Wen Yan said goodbye to Fifth Grandma and was about to go back to wash up and rest.
As she passed the study, she heard Ying Zhilin's voice: "You didn't listen to what I said to you a few days ago, did you?"
Ying Zhixue said stubbornly: "Did I say something wrong?
Just to lend her a piece of clothing for emergency use, she asked her cousin Ying'er for thirty taels of silver.
If Wen Yan hadn't intervened, cousin Ying'er would be pregnant with your child now.
Brother, this is the first time in my life that I know that you are such a vain man.
For a little money, you abandon your old love."
"How many times have I explained this to you? Huang Ying'er and I have nothing to do with each other. Even if Wen Yan wasn't around, I wouldn't marry her."
"They're all excuses. You don't even have the courage to face your own heart, brother. I despise you!"
After Ying Zhixue finished yelling, he rushed out of the study.
When he bumped into Wen Yan at the door, he glared at her fiercely.
Wen Yan: “…”
She has been busy with holiday gifts these days and has not had time to pay attention to Huang Ying'er and Ying Zhixue.
I didn't expect these two to be so arrogant.
It's quite annoying when it buzzes in front of you from time to time.
When she came back from Dragon Boat Festival, she solved this problem.
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