Chapter 84 Madam, I was wrong
When Li Wanqing came back, she found a bench and sat in the yard to pick shepherd's purse.
She knew that her words would definitely have an impact on Chunxia.
She said this on purpose. She had always felt something was wrong. There were so many chickens, ducks and geese on the farm, and they laid eggs every day. It was impossible for them to be sold for only so little money.
But she used to think that the chickens, ducks and geese might not have been fed well and therefore didn't lay many eggs.
Today she went to dig shepherd's purse and happened to hear the two farmhands watering the wheat talking.
"Old Zhang, I heard your family's harvest was good this year. How was it? Did you make a lot of money from it?"
"Well, I earned an extra two taels of silver this year, and with my work here, I can finally have a good year. Your family is doing well this year too, right?"
"Well, thanks to Mr. Lin, we were able to hire our two sons to work here this year. Our lives are much better this year.
Combined with the produce from the fields, I finally managed to save enough money for my second son to marry this year."
"That's great. I'll go to the wedding and we can have a couple of drinks together."
"That's great, I'd definitely welcome you to come. You said my son is having a banquet, should I invite Mr. Lin?"
If it weren’t for Lin Zhuangtou, my family wouldn’t have saved enough money to marry our daughter-in-law.”
"Invite Mr. Lin? It's not impossible. You can talk to him. As for whether to go or not, it's up to him."
"Then I'll tell him, everyone says selling yourself into slavery is bad, but in my opinion, it's because of pity that you meet a certain kind of master.
Look at Mr. Lin Zhuangtou, how comfortable his life is now after meeting his boss?
Not only do they have to worry about food and clothing and get paid every month, but they also raise so many chickens, ducks and geese on the farm.
There are about a hundred or eighty eggs laid every day, and sometimes more than a hundred. Can you imagine how much they would sell for?
So, although Lin Zhuangtou is a slave, his life is much better than ours?
"Are there really that many eggs every day? Aren't these chickens, ducks, and geese also raised by the boss?"
"Well, I heard that, that's what I heard too. Chicken and duck eggs are sold twice. Once, they are said to be sold to the owner, that is, to the grocery store in town, and the accounts can be checked.
The other half is sold to restaurants in town, and this is always delivered personally by the wife of the head of Linzhuang."
"What do you think about the Linzhuangtou and his men secretly selling half of the eggs and pocketing the money themselves? Aren't they afraid of being discovered by the master?"
"What did you find? Just some eggs? I don't think the owner will take it seriously.
Okay, let’s stop talking about this. These things have nothing to do with us.
Go ahead and see if the water is leaking out. Why does it feel like the water is shrinking?
The two of them walked away while talking.
Li Wanqing was digging shepherd's purse not far from them.
Perhaps they thought that Li Wanqing was a peasant woman from the nearby village who came out to pick wild vegetables, so they didn't pay much attention to her.
Li Wanqing was surprised and not surprised after listening to the conversation between the two.
When it comes to chickens and ducks, it's not always certain when it comes to laying eggs. Isn't it all up to the people who take care of them every day to decide?
So Li Wanqing knew in her heart that the number Chunxia gave them was definitely not a real number.
However, Li Wanqing could accept them eating the food themselves, no matter how much they ate, but if they sold it outside and put the money into their own pockets, this would touch Li Wanqing's bottom line.
That's why Li Wanqing said a few words. Now it depends on the reactions of Lin Mu and Chunxia. If they can hand over the embezzled silver.
Then she could let bygones be bygones and give them another chance. If they were still hoping for a lucky outcome, then she couldn't blame him.
What she said was not really meant to scare Chunxia.
They hadn't originally planned to hire any servants. It was such a small piece of land, and renting it out would save them a lot of trouble. There was absolutely no need to hire someone to look after it.
At that time, it was indeed what Manager Liu said that the Lin Mu couple were good people and asked them to keep them.
It was also to give face to Manager Liu, and he also felt that since someone was looking after the farm, he would not rent it out.
You will definitely earn more by hiring a farmhand to farm the crops yourself than by renting the crops out and collecting rent.
The extra money is more than enough to pay Lin Mu and the others’ wages.
However, if Lin Mu and the others think that they and Gu Yan are easy to fool and take the things on the farm as their own, then they cannot afford to use such slaves.
If someone dares to steal chicken and duck eggs today, will he dare to sell grain illegally tomorrow? This is something that cannot be predicted.
Now Li Wanqing depends on Chunxia's choice.
Chunxia didn't know that Li Wanqing was waiting for her choice.
She hurriedly followed Li Wanqing's footsteps back to the farm.
As soon as I entered, I saw Lin Mu and two farmhands laying thatch on the roof of the cowshed under the boss's instructions.
Chunxia saw that Gu Yan was there too, so she didn't dare to go over and disturb him.
Chunxia saw Li Wanqing sitting there picking shepherd's purse. She stood there hesitating for a long time and finally trotted back to the house where she and Lin Mu lived.
After a while, he trotted to Li Wanqing again.
"Madam, I... I have something to tell you." Chunxia said nervously as she stood in front of Li Wanqing.
"Oh? What's the matter? Tell me." Li Wanqing looked up at her and said.
"Madam, this is the money from selling eggs. It's all here. I know I was wrong. Please forgive me." Chunxia said and knelt down.
Li Wanqing was shocked. She didn't expect Chunxia to kneel down to her. As a five-good youth who was born in a society where everyone is equal and grew up under the red flag, Li Wanqing really couldn't accept it.
But thinking that this was ancient times when human trafficking was allowed, and Chunxia was a servant in their family, if she was too lenient, the servant would become more and more demanding, and in the end it would hurt both herself and others.
After figuring it out, Li Wanqing resisted the urge to pull the man up and said, "What did you do? Let me forgive you."
"I... I took the eggs out to sell without permission. I know I was wrong. Madam, please give me another chance." Chunxia said.
Li Wanqing didn't say anything, just looked at Chunxia, which made Chunxia sweat coldly.
"Madam, please forgive me. I really know I was wrong." Chunxia begged for mercy again.
Li Wanqing saw that the fire was almost ready and was about to speak when she saw Gu Yan running over: "Wife, what's wrong?
Although Gu Yan was working there, he was always paying attention to Li Wanqing.
She also saw Chunxia come in, but she didn't pay much attention to it. She thought Chunxia came to help pick wild vegetables.
Unexpectedly, when he turned around again, he saw Chunxia kneeling in front of his wife.
Gu Yan was afraid that something might have happened to Li Wanqing, so he hurried over.
When Gu Yan shouted, Lin Mu also saw it and followed him.
Li Wanqing saw Gu Yan and Lin Mu coming over, and the two farmhands who were helping to build the cowshed also looked over.
Li Wanqing asked Chunxia to get up, and they went into the house to talk.
"Let's go inside and talk." Li Wanqing stood up and turned to go into the house.
Gu Yan didn't know what was going on, so he followed him into the house.
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