Everyone tacitly refrained from asking about Ling Ran.
The same was true for Hu's mother.
With all the rice wine sold out, a huge weight was lifted from her heart. Plus, she had ninety jin pre-ordered for tomorrow, making her even happier than before.
He radiated joy from the inside out.
Her gaze fell on the dirty Ling Ran, and she found something to do: "I'll go boil two pots of water and wash this child."
It's too dirty.
As for her son-in-law picking up another person, that's their family matter. They are both parents and have their own plans, so she won't interfere.
Fan Jin recounted the events that had occurred to Shui Qing in a low voice, in great detail.
He glanced at Ling Ran, who was standing straight, and frowned, saying, "I have carefully examined the travel permit. He has not committed any crimes, is not a beggar, and is a child from a good family. However, this child's family background is a bit too high."
Shui Qing raised an eyebrow. "How tall?"
Fan Jin leaned close to her ear and whispered something.
Shui Qing's round eyes looked even rounder now.
Okay, it's no longer 'some'.
Fan Jin sighed softly, "I'm afraid he's encountered some difficulties for the time being. I thought I'd help him if I could. He said he would leave when spring comes next year after winter."
Shui Qing had no objections. Her first thought was that having another person to do the work was just right. "There's a lot of work to do at home right now, and the calligraphy brush business can't be interrupted. It's okay to support an extra person."
Each calligraphy brush costs several tens of taels of silver, and the brushes are delivered every seven days, which adds up to over a hundred taels a month. This is a major source of income for the family, and we can't afford to lose it.
Although there might be enough money left over after building a house, it's always better to have more savings, as it brings more peace of mind.
Their family's motto has always been to not employ idlers; whoever comes must work!
Despite doing chores, Shui Qing still went inside to get Ling Ran a clean set of clothes for him to wash and change into.
This was made for Kuroko before, but he went home before he could put it on.
Ling Ran was much taller than Hei Zi, but the clothes were too big for him to wear.
He can ask Aunt Li to make him two more sets of clothes that fit him.
Ling Ran, after washing up and changing into clean clothes, truly amazed everyone when she came out.
Even Hu's mother couldn't stop praising, "This child is so handsome!"
The handsome Ling Ran started helping to feed the piglets in the afternoon—Father Hu had finally found suitable piglets, bought them, and sent them over.
The pigpen was quite large, and the three little piglets were running around happily inside.
Butcher Hu, with his hands behind his back, inspected the house, inside and out, including the rabbit pen and chicken coop, several times without missing a single spot.
The house had only just been built, but Butcher Hu was still very satisfied.
Then she heard the child's mother say that her daughter and son-in-law's family were brewing and selling wine, and hurriedly asked how the sales were.
Hearing that the sales were unexpectedly good, before he could even recover, he heard his wife say that her family was also planning to brew and sell wine. He stammered for a long time, not knowing what to say.
Shuiqing seized the opportunity to say, "Mother, the New Year is less than two months away. I don't have much to do here, so I can manage."
"Now that you've learned how, why don't you and your father go home together after breakfast and dinner and start making rice wine to sell?"
Mrs. Hu originally wanted to stay and help out for a few more days, but then she thought of Ling Ran and realized that it was fine if she and Wen Hua weren't there.
Moreover, to be honest, hearing that the rice wine was selling well, she also wanted to go back and start selling it as soon as possible.
Who wouldn't want to make money?
This was especially true for her, a woman who had never truly earned any money in her entire life.
She looked at the man of the house uneasily and asked, "Honey, do you agree to me making and selling rice wine?"
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