Chapter 192 A matchmaker has already come to our door!
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Just a few days after Li Shiliang's wedding, it was time for the bookstore manager in the prefectural city to change shifts again, and this time it was Li Wangshui's turn.
Originally, Li Wangshui told Li Shiyue that he didn't want to go to the prefectural city for his shift anymore.
"...I'm enough to manage the house construction here in our village. Why would I go to the prefectural city?"
I'm clumsy with words and actions, how could I possibly greet people?
Li Shiyue advised him, "Uncle Wangshui, this shop has just opened, and you're a part of it. How can you not know anything about it?"
This time, let's go for ten days to take a look. Once the shop is on track, we'll see which of you is willing to become the permanent manager.
If none of them are willing, that's fine, we can just find someone to hire a manager.
However, one cannot start completely ignorant; one must at least observe the procedures and understand how bookstores operate.
After Li Shiyue said this, Li Wangshui agreed to go along to broaden his horizons. He would work for ten days and then return to the village to work on building the house.
"Don't worry, Uncle Wangshui, it'll only be ten days. After ten days, I will definitely bring people to pick you up."
"When you get back, we can gather people to repair and widen the roads and bridges before the autumn harvest. I'm also thinking of finding someone to build two watchtowers at the beginning and end of the village."
While chatting about these miscellaneous things, Li Shiyue and the others drove out of Liujiatun.
This time, Li Wangshui and Li Qiutian were also going to the prefectural city.
As for Li Xiatian and Shitou, Li Shiyue kept them at home. Li Shiyue specifically asked Li Xiatian to spend more time with Yan Jiuniang.
Yan Jiuniang had been working at the paper mill with Li's mother and the others for the past few days. She was not completely ignorant about papermaking, but this was her first time actually making paper, and it was a very new experience for her.
Li Shiyue thought to himself that it was fortunate that he had thought of a way to increase income earlier. With the paper mill, the village would have a steady stream of money, and it would also be good to have something to do during the off-season, so that they wouldn't have to leave home to find work in the town or county.
Isn't it a good thing to earn money right at your doorstep?
Wearing a straw hat, Li Shiyue held the brim and looked ahead. He saw Qin Tao and Li Shigui not far ahead.
Qin Tao's light blue dress was really too eye-catching on this country road.
Not to mention that Li Shigui was wearing a moon-white scholar's robe, which was even more rare in the countryside.
The two men sat on either side of the cart, driving the donkey along the road ahead.
Actually, seeing Qin Tao and Li Shigui at Li Shiliang's wedding a few days ago was quite a novelty for Li Shiyue.
Ever since Li Shiyue caught a fleeting glimpse of Li Chunli in a private room on the second floor of the Yuelai Restaurant during the Dragon Boat Festival, she hadn't thought about the original novel's female protagonist and her family for quite some time.
Qin Tao's family had rented out all the land they were allocated to other families in the village with many sons, so Qin Tao couldn't possibly work in the fields, and Li Shigui was even less likely to.
Li Shiyue had heard Li Shiyang mention something when he last went to Sanshan County to deliver paper to Li Shiyang: "Li Chunli became a concubine for the Prince of Zhenbei. I heard these past two days that Li Shigui was sent by Qin Tao to study at the prefectural school in the city."
When you meet Wangming, ask him if this is true.
Li Shiyue did ask Li Wangming, and Li Wangming said that he was in Class 3 of Grade A in the prefectural school. He had never seen Li Shigui in any of the three classes in Grade A, and he didn't know if Li Shigui was in the other Grade B or Grade C classes.
However, since then, Li Shiyue has been busy with her own affairs and hasn't paid much attention to Qin Tao's family.
She didn't intend to pay attention to Qin Tao's family. After asking Li Wangming, who knew nothing, she forgot about the matter.
That's why she was somewhat surprised to see Qin Tao and Li Shigui sitting in the car in front of her.
Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian looked at each other, both sensing that something was definitely going on.
However, due to Li's father, there was a considerable rift between the two families.
Back in Liujiatun, we kept to ourselves and didn't interfere with each other.
Qin Tao was also good at interpersonal relationships. Since settling down, except for the time when Prince Liu Shu stayed at their house, she never caused any trouble in the village and always lived her own life behind closed doors.
Even when the land was rented out to others, it was Li Shigui who handled the arrangements.
During the most intense period of conflict between Li Shiyue and Li Youfu, their entire family remained silent.
Li Shigui would go to the village meeting whenever the village asked him to, but he never said anything and just went along with the crowd.
In short, it's a feeling of being detached from the village.
According to Li Shiyue, this is because they think that by attaching themselves to the Prince of Zhenbei, their family has become respectable and they no longer care about the Li clan or anyone else.
But what's wrong with that?
With Liu Shu as their backer, if Li Chunli has a child in the future, whether it's a boy or a girl, they will be able to live a wealthy and comfortable life.
There's really no need for them to be like them, figuring out how to make a living by working hard here at the foot of the Black Mountain.
Thinking of this, Li Shiyue had a sudden realization: "Oh no, could it be that Li Chunli is about to give birth?!"
After carefully calculating the days in my mind, and counting the time so quickly, I have to say, Li Chunli really was about to give birth!
When the carriage caught up with Qin Tao's donkey cart, Li Shiyue glanced at the donkey cart and saw that there weren't many things on it. He figured that Li Chunli must have given birth at the Prince's mansion.
Since Liu Shu already has a child, there must be a regular midwife or something in the Prince's mansion, so there's no need for Qin Tao to prepare anything.
Li Shiyue didn't speak, and no one from Qin Tao's side said anything either. The carriage was fast, and in just a few breaths it overtook the donkey cart and moved ahead.
Li Wangshui, who was driving the mule cart behind the horse-drawn carriage, naturally didn't want to bother Qin Tao and instead drove the mule to catch up with Li Shiyue's carriage.
After getting some distance from Qin Tao's donkey cart, Li Shiyue whispered to Li Qiutian beside her, "Sister, Li Chunli is about to give birth. Qin Tao is going there now to prepare to take care of Li Chunli during her postpartum period."
When Li Shiyue said that, Li Qiutian exclaimed "Ah!" and then she realized that Li Chunli was about to give birth!
"October, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have completely forgotten about it."
I always thought we were about the same age as Li Chunli, I'm actually two years older than her, and I kept forgetting that she was already working as a maid.
"Haha, sister, let's not talk about her anymore. Aunt definitely didn't tell you that a matchmaker has already come to our door!"
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