Chapter 65: No Longer in Charge
Gu Yan thought that after being rejected today, his aunt's family would give up and would never come again.
So early the next morning, he drove his carriage to the farm in Qingshui Town.
Li Wanqing was left here alone. Gu Yan originally wanted to take Li Wanqing with him, but Li Wanqing thought the weather was too hot and didn't want to go, so in the end Gu Yan went alone.
"Cousin, what are you doing? Let me help you." Chuntao saw Li Wanqing picking beans in the vegetable garden and hurried over to help.
Li Wanqing was also bored, and seeing that the beans and cucumbers in the vegetable garden were ripe, she took a basket and picked some vegetables.
"Chun Tao? Why are you here? Is there something wrong?" Li Wanqing saw that it was Chun Tao and Da Zhuang, and didn't understand why they came again today having just been here yesterday.
"Cousin, we came here to ask if we can let Dazhuang work on the farm in the future?
Don't worry, cousin, Dazhuang has worked on the farm before, and he will definitely do his job well." Chuntao didn't hide anything and directly told them their purpose.
Li Wanqing didn't expect that they came for this, but if they were not greedy and just came to work, it would not be impossible.
"Just here to work? Not to be in charge anymore?" Li Wanqing confirmed again.
"My cousin's wife is joking. We were wrong yesterday. Dazhuang is not qualified to be a manager. It would be great if he could have a long-term job.
We just hope that my cousin's wife can let Dazhuang come and work during the slack season.
Don't worry, cousin-in-law, Dazhuang works honestly and won't be lazy." Chunmei assured repeatedly.
Li Wanqing was very satisfied that Chuntao and Dazhuang faced the reality so quickly.
It’s not that she doesn’t want to help her relatives, but someone like Erzhuang who wants to be in charge right away won’t work.
In fact, even if Erzhuang was capable, Li Wanqing would not use him. She was afraid that the farm would become someone else's and the relatives would not be able to serve as managers.
Just like in modern times, in those family businesses, all the family members serve as managers in the company, and everyone has their own little ideas, which makes the company a mess, and some even go bankrupt in the end.
"Okay, I agree. Let Dazhuang go find Lin Zhuangtou. In the future, just let him come over during the slack season. I will tell Lin Zhuangtou to reserve a position for Dazhuang.
But I have to be frank with you: once you come in, you have to work hard. I don't want you to be my boss on this farm." Li Wanqing said.
Chuntao didn't expect Li Wanqing to agree so readily. She thought it would take some effort to persuade her.
But this is better. As for what Li Wanqing was worried about, Chun Tao didn't know, but she also assured: "Don't worry, cousin, Da Zhuang will definitely work hard."
Li Wanqing nodded and glanced at Dazhuang who was carrying water.
Dazhuang is a diligent man. When he saw his wife going to talk to her cousin and do some work, he was not idle either.
Seeing that there was not much water left in the water tank, he automatically picked up the bucket to fetch water.
"Let Dazhuang go find Lin Zhuangtou. He can still earn a day's wages today." Li Wanqing said.
"Really? Are you really going to let Dazhuang go today?" Chuntao asked in disbelief.
She didn't expect that her cousin's wife, who was so difficult to talk to yesterday, would be so easy to talk to today.
"Really." Li Wanqing nodded in confirmation.
After getting Li Wanqing's confirmation, Chuntao didn't care about anything else and trotted towards Dazhuang.
"Da Zhuang, Da Zhuang, stop carrying water. Your cousin's wife wants you to go find Lin Zhuangtou to work now. You can get a day's wages today. Go quickly, or it will be too late." Chun Tao said loudly.
"Did my cousin's wife agree to come and work for me?" Da Zhuang asked in disbelief.
"Yes, your cousin's wife also told you to go today. You should go quickly and work hard." Chunmei urged.
"Hey, I'll go right away." Da Zhuang excitedly put down the bucket and was about to run.
"Wait, bring this bucket of water in before you go." Chuntao called him.
Da Zhuang, grinning foolishly, carried the bucket into the yard, then glanced at Li Wanqing, bowed to her, and ran to find Lin Zhuangtou.
Chuntao stayed for a while and then went back. Li Wanqing brought the beans and cucumbers she had picked into the house. She left some outside to hide them from the public, and put the rest into the space.
The wheat planted in the space was ripe, and since there was nothing else to do, Li Wanqing started to get busy in the space.
Li Wanqing didn't have to work on the crops in the space herself. As long as she thought about harvesting, the wheat would fall down neatly.
Then they are threshed and finally packed into sacks.
After harvesting all the crops, Li Wanqing originally wanted to plant another crop, but when she turned around, she saw the beans and cucumbers that had just been harvested on the ground.
Li Wanqing had an idea. She had been worried about having no vegetables to eat in winter, but she forgot that she had space to grow vegetables in winter.
They have farms and enough food to eat, and they can even make space for growing vegetables.
However, there are only two of them at home and they can't eat too many vegetables, so just planting a few rows is enough.
The winter here is cold, and their cotton-padded clothes haven’t been made yet, so they still need to plant more cotton.
When Li Wanqing was thinking about what to plant in the space in the house, Gu Xiaogu came again.
"Wanqing, are you in the room? I'm coming in." Seeing that the door was closed, Gu Xiaogu shouted at the door.
Li Wanqing was also paying attention to the movements outside in the space. As soon as Gu Xiaogu spoke, Li Wanqing hurried out of the space.
"Yes, please come in, aunt." Li Wanqing took out a bag of cloth scraps and pretended to be sorting them.
"What is Wanqing doing?" Gu Xiaogu said as she walked in: "Wow, where did you get all these scraps of cloth?"
"Please sit down, little aunt. This piece of cloth was given to me by the owner of the cloth shop. I picked it out and planned to paste some paper clips to make shoes." Li Wanqing explained.
"Use these to make paper clips? These are all new cloths. It will be a waste to use them to make paper clips." Gu Xiaogu said with heartache as she looked at the palm-sized pieces of cloth.
"Well, what's the pity? These are all gifts from the cloth shop owner, and they didn't cost any money.
Besides, I just want to use an old one, but I don’t have one.” Li Wanqing said.
When Gu Xiaogu heard this, she agreed. The young couple had just started living together, so they definitely didn't have many old clothes.
I came here today to ask for help, so don't say too much and make Li Wanqing angry.
"You're right. Where's the glue? I'll help you paste the paper clips. It'll be quick for two of us." Gu Xiaogu said as she looked around for glue.
There is no glue in the house. This piece of cloth was taken out to fool Gu Xiaogu.
"I haven't made the paste yet. It's okay, aunt. I can paste it later after clamping the paper. I'll pick out the cloth first." Li Wanqing said.
"That's fine. What kind do you want to pick? I'll help you choose." Aunt Gu also got on the kang.
Li Wanqing wanted to say no, but Gu Xiaogu had already gotten into bed, so she swallowed her words.
"Just separate the fine cotton and coarse cloth, and also pick out the large pieces that can be used for shoe uppers."
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