Chapter 63 Rejection
"Aunt, I can't afford to hire a manager for my small farm. My cousin is capable, and I can't delay him." Gu Yan waited until they had finished speaking before speaking calmly.
"No? Cousin, didn't you hire a village head? Why don't you fire him and let me do it?" When Chen Erzhuang saw that Gu Yan didn't agree, he told the truth immediately.
What do you mean he wants to be the manager? He just wants to replace the head of the village.
"Oh? You want me to quit Lin Zhuangtou? I can't quit, they were bought together with Zhuangzi.
Also, didn't Dazhuang tell you? This farm was bought by my wife. It was her dowry, and the head of Linzhuang and his wife are also hers.
I'm not so embarrassed as to worry about my wife's dowry." Gu Yan said.
Gu Yan's words made Gu Xiaogu and the others look at Li Wanqing.
"Wanqing, what do you think...?" Gu Xiaogu asked hesitantly.
"Auntie, I'm not trying to offend you, but the farm is really not big, so there's really no need to hire anyone.
I am not afraid to tell the truth. Lin Zhuangtou and his wife are servants who sold themselves. The condition for the original owner of the farm to sell the farm was that the buyer had to buy Lin Zhuangtou and his wife together with the farm.
Otherwise I would have rented out the land.
It's such a small village, there's really no need to hire anyone else." Although Li Wanqing spoke politely, her attitude of refusal was firm.
Seeing that Gu Yan and Li Wanqing refused to agree, Gu Xiaogu and Chen Erzhuang looked unhappy.
They wanted to leave, but they didn't know how to leave willingly, and the atmosphere at the dinner table became awkward.
However, despite being embarrassed, it did not affect their appetite. After all, they couldn't even eat such delicious dishes at home during the New Year.
Although they were angry that Gu Yan and Li Wanqing did not give them face, they were not slow at all in picking up the dishes.
Li Wanqing had never seen anything like this before. Except for picking up two pieces of food with chopsticks at the beginning, she just stared at it stupidly and didn't dare to pick up the chopsticks.
It was Gu Yan again. Seeing Li Wanqing standing there stupidly, he quickly picked up half a bowl of food for her.
After dinner, Gu Xiaogu and the others left without even helping to clean up. She must have been resentful of them.
Seeing them like this, Li Wanqing gave up. She had originally wanted to give Chen Lanzi and Chuntao some gifts, but since they were like this, she decided to save the money.
Watching Gu Yan drive the carriage to send them away.
Chunxia, who had been watching the commotion here, hurried over to clean up.
While cooking, Chunxia wanted Li Wanqing to take a break while she was working, but Li Wanqing thought that Gu Xiaogu and her mother were helping with cooking, and it would be inappropriate for her, the hostess, to take a break in the house.
Besides, Chunxia is not without things to do. She takes care of the chickens, ducks, geese and vegetable fields on the farm.
Li Wanqing let Chunxia go and take care of her own business.
But Chunxia also knew her limits. After all, she was a servant, and after finishing her work, she would always keep an eye on her master's family.
As soon as I saw the guests had left, I hurried over to clean up and do the work.
"Madam, you go and have a rest. I'll take care of this." Chunxia deftly put all the dishes into the basin and took them outside to wash later.
Of course Li Wanqing would not refuse to have someone wash the dishes. No matter how kind she was to Chunxia, she would not do the work herself and leave Chunxia, the servant, idle.
As for Gu Yan, he also had a carriage, so he sent Gu Xiaogu and the others to their doorstep in about a quarter of an hour.
"Third brother, come in and sit for a while before going back." said Gu Xiaogu.
"No, I have something to do at home, so I'll go back first." After saying that, Gu Yan turned the car around and left.
Watching Gu Yan leave, Chen Erzhuang's suppressed temper finally erupted.
"Bah, what a thing? He's just a hunter in the mountains. He just married a maid, but he's still making a fuss." Chen Erzhuang spat at the carriage that was going away.
Gu Xiaogu and the others all looked unhappy, but the neighbors came over to ask questions.
"Mrs. Gu, was he brought back personally by his nephew? Why didn't his eldest nephew go in to rest for a while?" The sister-in-law of the Chen family next door saw Aunt Gu and the others go out in the morning.
She also heard yesterday that the farm more than ten miles away was bought by Gu Shanhua's nephew from her mother's side.
She deliberately didn't go to work in the fields today because she thought that her elder Gu Shanhua had gone to the farm, and if her nephew knew etiquette, he would definitely send her back personally.
She would wait at home and try to get close to him, asking for nothing else but to be able to work for a few days when the farm needed temporary labor.
She waited at home for a long time, and finally heard some movement, but before she could go out to talk, he turned the car around and went back.
"Well, he has things to do at the farm. I told him to go and do whatever he wants and not to worry about us.
But my nephew was very filial and insisted on driving the carriage himself to take us back.
Okay, I won’t say any more to you, I’m going in first. ” Although Gu Xiaogu knew that she had no weight in front of her nephew, didn’t outsiders know that?
"That's really filial piety to you, my aunt. Sister Gu won't have to worry about her future. With a promising nephew, she can easily help Dazhuang and Erzhuang get a good job.
Unlike my Shuanzi, who has no way to earn money, Dazhuang and Erzhuang should remember our Shuanzi when they find good jobs in the future." The neighbor complimented with a smile.
Gu Xiaogu was flattered by the compliments. She came from a hunter family deep in the mountains, and even though these people didn't say it, they still looked down on her in their hearts. When had she ever been valued so highly?
Not only Gu Xiaogu, but even Da Zhuang and Er Zhuang were now surrounded by people with smug looks on their faces.
Especially Chen Erzhuang, he didn't show any jealousy towards Gu Yan on his face.
"Er Zhuang, you have to take better care of us when you become the manager of the farm. We grew up together naked."
"Yes, Erzhuang, we brothers will be counting on you from now on."
"Er Zhuang, I heard that working on the farm earns thirty coins a day. Considering our friendship, why don't you give us thirty-five coins?"
"Erzhuang, when are we going to work?"
"I'm away from home because of work, so my cousin asked me to stay home for a few more days.
The farmland belongs to my cousin, so he has to be busy from now on. After all, it is his own farmland, so he must take good care of it." He burped after saying this.
"How much meat did Erzhuang eat at noon? Even his burps smell like meat."
"Nothing. We went there in a hurry and didn't even greet my cousin in advance.
"I didn't make anything special, just five dishes: a pork belly stewed with potatoes, a chicken stewed with mushrooms, a braised meat platter, scrambled eggs with leeks, and a stir-fried vegetable dish." Er Zhuang said proudly.
"I really envy Erzhuang. The last time I ate meat was during Chinese New Year."
"Yes, there are so many delicious foods. Erzhuang can eat whatever he wants in the future."
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