Chapter 437 "Brother, you only remember that he is a member of our family."
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"Shopkeeper, this is a complete wool sweater set sent from Madam Li's place!"
"I just checked, it's the shopkeeper's size."
Not hearing a response from Manager Jin, the servant kept talking on and on, pulling on the reins.
"Hehe, thanks to the shopkeeper, that young man even gave me a pair of wool gloves!"
As the servant spoke, he turned around, lifted the carriage curtain, and took out the wool gloves that the lamb had given him earlier, which he had been carrying in his arms, and showed them to Manager Jin.
"Shopkeeper, the young man said that the gloves he gave me were made by his apprentice. They don't look as nice as the ones sold outside, but they're just as warm!"
"If I were rushing to catch a train in the winter, wearing this would keep my hands from getting cold!"
Manager Jin, sitting inside the carriage, had already opened the bundle. He took out the wool gloves inside and compared them with the pair in the servant's hand.
Indeed, just by looking at the appearance, it's clear that the stitches on the servant's pair are not as neat as those on Manager Jin's pair, and the thread doesn't look as soft either.
After putting down his wool gloves, Manager Jin smiled and asked the servant, "Madam Li is always generous. I see there's a box of papers here. I suppose she gave you something else?"
"Hehe, the shopkeeper has a discerning eye!"
There were also calligraphy brushes in that box, a complete set of wool and wolf hair brushes!
Shopkeeper, you'll see it once you open it!
It's on the top two layers of that wooden box!
Manager Jin had assumed that only paper had arrived, but following the servant's instructions, he opened the upper wooden box and found a row of brushes of various sizes and thicknesses inside.
Seeing that Manager Jin had noticed, the servant then said, "There's nothing the manager doesn't know!"
The young man also gave me two small calligraphy brushes, saying they were sheep's wool brushes made by an apprentice; they weren't very neat, but they would last me a while.
Upon hearing what the servant said, Manager Jin looked at the bundle and the wooden box and began to ponder in his heart, “I said that in the past, when I sent you to deliver messages to Lijiatun, you all rushed to do it.”
Even though it takes almost two days to go back and forth, you are all willing to make the trip.
"Thinking about it, it's Lijiatun who's given you quite a few benefits!"
Although Manager Jin said that, his tone was clearly just joking.
The servant knew that Manager Jin wasn't the kind of person who would even take the small things that his subordinates received, so he turned around, grabbed the reins, and replied to Manager Jin with a smile: "Isn't that right? Every time I come to deliver a message, they always prepare a meal for me in Lijiatun before I leave."
"Manager," the servant turned back and spoke to Manager Jin, who was sitting inside the carriage, through the gap in the curtain, "the food you ate today was personally prepared by the innkeeper's wife!"
I was fortunate enough to have tasted the soup noodles made by the shopkeeper's wife once, and they were truly fresh, fragrant, and delicious!
As the head manager of Xingsheng Restaurant, what delicious food hasn't Manager Jin tried?
He naturally didn't realize how delicious the meal Zhao Min had prepared for him at noon was.
However, upon hearing the servant's words, he knew that for the shopkeeper's wife to personally cook for him, it must have been at Li Shiyue's behest.
Looking at the items in front of him, Manager Jin's perception of Li Shiyue and their relationship reached a new level.
It should be noted that when Li Shiyue was in a lowly position, he had helped Li Shiyue several times because of Yan Jiuniang.
Of course, every time Li Shiyue came, she would find an opportunity to send him a thank-you gift afterward.
Now that Li Shiyue has become "General Li", she can still treat Manager Jin with the same respect as before, without looking down on Manager Jin's status as a mere household servant or steward. This is quite remarkable.
Manager Jin had seen plenty of those petty people who looked down on those they had associated with once they gained power.
In Manager Jin's view, Li Shiyue had actually given him a thank-you gift every time in the past, whether it was gold or silver, or a New Year's gift or something else;
It's really not necessary to treat him with such courtesy.
Yet Li Shiyue still expressed her gratitude to him; such a character was truly worthy of friendship.
This time, it can be considered that Manager Jin came to test whether Li Shiyue would still value their past relationship after being promoted to Ningyuan General.
Otherwise, as Manager Jin and the servant just said, even if Yan Jiuniang's letter was so important, there was no need for Manager Jin to set off from the prefectural city early in the morning to personally deliver the letter to Lijiatun.
If you don't trust sending just one servant, then send two servants to deliver the message.
However, it was only because Manager Jin learned that Li Shiyue had returned home from his garrison that he decided to personally come to Lijiatun to test the waters. So he took the letter and rode a carriage to Lijiatun.
While Manager Jin was pondering about Li Shiyue, Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian also returned to the Li family with Yan Jiuniang's letter.
After handing the letter to Zheng Meiniang, Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian picked up their chopsticks and began eating the food that their family had left for them.
Qin Fen was chopping wood in the yard under the blazing sun, wearing only a vest. Shi Tou was brushing the livestock. Only the women of the Li family were inside the house.
Oh, Li Xiatian took Pingping and An'an home for their afternoon nap, so they're not here right now.
Qin Fen, who was chopping wood in the yard, suddenly heard sobbing coming from inside the house.
After putting down their machetes, Qin Fen and Shi Tou, who had turned around in the livestock shed, exchanged a glance and then hurried inside.
Upon entering, the two saw Li's mother and Zheng Meiniang embracing and crying.
Li Shiyue glanced helplessly at her weeping mother and Zheng Meiniang, then got up and pulled Shitou aside to explain.
When Li Shiyue explained to Shi Tou the news about his uncle Li Wangzheng, Li Qiutian also pulled Qin Fen, who was wiping his sweat, to the other side to explain that his father, whom he hadn't seen for many years and thought was dead, had suddenly sent a message.
After listening to Li Shiyue talk for a while, Shitou noticed that Li's mother and Zheng Meiniang's crying had subsided considerably, but Shitou still couldn't remember who Li Wangzheng, this uncle, was.
Helpless, Li Shiyue could only say, "Brother, just remember that he is a member of our family."
The meaning of "family" was something Li's mother had taught Shi Tou long ago.
Shi Tou nodded to Li Shiyue, which was taken as an agreement.
On the other hand, Qin Fen scratched his head and said to Li Qiutian with a shocked and worried look, "Uncle won't look down on me and won't let me marry you, will he?"
Before Li Qiutian could say anything, the sweat that Qin Fen had already wiped from his forehead suddenly started pouring out again amidst Qin Fen's anxious voice.
"Oh dear, what should we do?"
I was never good enough for you to begin with. Now, does this mean I can't spend my life with you anymore?
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