Chapter 141: Tenderness (Part 1)
When Mrs. Cui mentioned cows, she was also interested and wanted to have a cow at home.
But a cow is very expensive, more than ten taels of silver.
It is not cost-effective to buy a calf. Although it is a few taels of silver cheaper, it is not cost-effective.
A calf normally has little strength, so it cannot pull a cart, let alone pull a plow to plow the fields.
It would be better to save money and buy a cow when you have enough.
The main reason is that their family has spent a lot of money on buying bricks for building a house, paying wages to craftsmen and carpenters, and custom-making some furniture and other things.
Even now, Jiang Zhiluo only has nine taels of silver in her hand, which is not enough to buy an ox cart.
Jiang Zhiluo also wanted to buy a few acres of arable land after building the house.
Upon hearing the price, Jiang Zhiluo shook her head and said, "Mom, let's not buy the cow for now."
"After the house is built and we move in, we'll buy some daily necessities and then earn some money."
Mrs. Cui actually knew that building a big house would really cost a lot of money.
In order to save money, they actually did not buy many furniture and daily necessities.
I only bought necessary items, such as wooden beds, cabinets, etc.
Now they live in a house rented to them by the headman's family, and the beds, cabinets and other things in it also belong to the headman's family.
This is not their stuff.
After moving, I have to buy a new one.
Mrs. Cui said with a bit of sadness: "Zhiluo, mother should do more work. Don't feel stressed and don't work too hard."
Mrs. Cui felt a little uncomfortable, as if the burden of the family fell on Zhiluo.
If Zhiluo hadn't had the business idea to make these delicious foods, they wouldn't have been able to build the house until now.
Not to mention that the house is so big and beautiful, and it was designed by Zhiluo herself.
"Mom, don't think too much. I don't feel tired."
In fact, Jiang Zhiluo didn’t feel it was hard at all. Instead, she enjoyed the slow-paced and relaxed rural lifestyle.
No need to go on missions all the time like in the previous life.
What’s more, the food we eat is all natural and green, and the air we breathe is so fresh.
The folk customs here are so simple.
She actually likes it here.
It's like a relaxing vacation for her.
The most important thing is to have him by my side.
After a pause, Jiang Zhiluo continued to comfort Madam Cui, "Mom, after we move into our own house, we'll be able to live comfortably and have more space. We'll be able to do more things, and when we have less expenses, we can save more money."
This period was mainly spent on building houses and buying a lot of things, so most of the money I earned before was spent on these.
But once the house is built, there will be no such expenses, and most of the money earned can be saved.
Mrs. Cui thought so too.
If you have braised food and chili meat sauce, even if you don't set up a stall to cook, you can still earn two or three taels of silver a day, and dozens of taels of silver a month.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Cui's heart became hot.
Mrs. Cui smiled and said, "Well, that's not a worry."
Liu Ting'an was helping Cui Hejin bottle the chili meat sauce in the yard. He looked into the house curiously and said, "Brother Cui, why do I feel like your mother and your wife look like mother and daughter?"
He found it incredible.
Cui Hejin: “Yeah.”
"No, Brother Cui, aren't you surprised?" Liu Ting'an was shocked again.
I felt something was different when I came here before, and it was even more obvious this time.
As soon as Mrs. Cui came back, she hurried to find her daughter-in-law, as if her son was just a decoration.
Especially when Mrs. Cui was talking to Jiang Zhiluo, she was smiling and didn't look like she was pretending.
Cui Hejin said in a clear and gentle voice: "Well, Zhiluo is very good, mother likes her very much."
Liu Ting'an's mouth twitched, and he scratched his hair and said, "No, most mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law have conflicts, right? I've never seen one so harmonious."
"Take my family for example. My mother doesn't talk much but does more. But my grandmother sometimes finds fault with my mother and even sets the rules."
"Many times my mother was punished by my grandmother to kneel. My mother seemed to respect my grandmother, but I knew she didn't like her. She just had to endure it for my father, for me, and out of filial piety."
After listening to these words, Cui Hejin looked into the house, and his expression changed as if he thought of something.
He looked at Jiang Zhiluo's busy figure, and his eyes were filled with a tender and gentle luster.
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Jiang Zhiluo naturally had no idea what Liu Ting'an and Cui Hejin were talking about.
She was discussing building a house with Mrs. Cui.
At noon, the Cui family invited Liu Ting'an to have lunch with them. Liu Ting'an tasted the chili meat sauce and praised it excitedly.
"If the college had such delicious food, my classmates would also like to eat it."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhiluo's expression changed.
It would be nice if we could promote chili meat sauce to the academy.
But there is no rush to arrange these now.
There are too many orders and we are too busy to handle them.
Let’s do business in town first.
During lunch, Liu Ting'an was the one talking most of the time.
"It's so delicious, wow, I've never eaten anything so delicious."
“I didn’t expect stir-fried radish to be so delicious.”
"And this winter melon soup is so delicious."
“The chili con carne is even more flavorful.”
Liu Ting'an was very satisfied with this meal.
At this time, Liu Ting'an probably understood why Brother Cui valued his wife so much.
He guessed it was because the food was delicious.
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After lunch, Jiang Zhiluo looked at the noodles she had made in the morning.
The dough was already cooked, so she made snacks with Mrs. Cui.
Cui Hejin wanted to help, but Jiang Zhiluo said, "Your friend finally came here on his day off, why don't you chat with him?"
"It's quick to make snacks. It won't take long."
Mrs. Cui is very skillful in making noodles, and with the mold, the two of them can make it quickly.
After the noodles were ready, Mrs. Cui steamed them in a pot.
Although it cannot be compared with pastries, white flour foods are noble and such white flour pastries are rare.
Jiang Zhiluo also put a little sugar in it, which made it taste a little sweeter and more delicious.
It goes without saying that when the snacks are sold, there will be a lot of people rushing over to grab them.
The scene will be very lively.
Mrs. Cui also prepared the firecrackers early.
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Jiang Zhiluo took out two bottles of chili meat sauce and said, "Mom, when my husband's friend goes back later, please give this to him."
"We don't have anything good at home, and he happens to like chili con carne, so I asked him to take two bottles back."
Madam Cui nodded and said, "Okay."
"You're still thoughtful."
Mrs. Cui always felt that Zhiluo looked like a girl raised in a wealthy family.
Jiang Zhiluo looked at the chili meat sauce that had been packed in the yard, went to the village head's house to borrow an ox cart, loaded the things on it, and prepared to send it to the escort agency.
Of course Jiang Zhiluo could put things in the space, but that would easily expose the space.
So we could only deliver the goods by ox cart in an orderly manner.
But when Jiang Zhiluo arrived at the door of the escort agency, she saw Miss Chen Huadie again.
Moreover, when Chen Huadie saw Jiang Zhiluo, her expression changed.
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