Chapter 82 Thoughts
Jiang Zhiluo became nervous when she heard Cui Hejin coughing.
"What's wrong? Are you suddenly feeling unwell?"
Jiang Zhiluo didn't care about anything else at this moment. She put the bucket of braised food in her hand on the ground, went to support Cui Hejin, and gently patted his back.
"You should be feeling much better after taking the medicine recently."
"Why are you coughing so badly?"
During this time, Cui Hejin kept coughing.
Jiang Zhiluo was both confused and worried.
As Jiang Zhiluo spoke, she wanted to reach out and take Cui Hejin's pulse.
Zhou Zhaoxi was also stunned. He knew that Brother Cui was in poor health, but seeing him coughing like this with his own eyes made him feel very fragile.
Zhou Zhaoxi came back to his senses and hurried forward and said, "Brother Cui, how about I take you to the town's clinic?"
Cui Hejin said coldly, "It's okay, just rest for a while."
Jiang Zhiluo said, "How about I go to the academy and ask for leave for you?"
Cui Hejin was as elegant and calm as ever, and said, "No, I'm fine. Maybe a walk and some exercise will help."
Jiang Zhiluo thought about it and realized that sometimes it was better for Cui Hejin to move around than to sit still.
She looked at Zhou Zhaoxi's ox cart and said, "Brother Zhou, could you please do me a favor?"
"Sister Jiang, you don't have to be polite to me. If you have anything to say, just tell me."
Zhou Zhaoxi seems to be very righteous and cheerful.
Jiang Zhiluo looked at Zhou Zhaoxi's sunny and handsome appearance, and sighed in her heart, if this happened in modern times, he would be a sunny boy playing basketball and would be very popular with girls in school.
But here, sixteen-year-old Zhou Zhaoxi is about to get married.
After hearing those words in the morning, I knew that Zhu was worried about the bride price.
Yes, the villagers in Donghe Village are not well off. Let alone six taels of silver, there are very few who can come up with two taels of silver.
Every household in the village can only survive by living frugally, but cannot afford to eat enough.
Zhou Zhaoxi always felt that Sister Jiang looked at him in a strange way, "Sister Jiang, is there something wrong with my face?"
Jiang Zhiluo shook her head and said, "Brother Zhou, I heard from Aunt Zhu that she's going to find you a wife. Don't you have your own ideas?"
Zhou Zhaoxi was still an innocent boy, and his face turned red instantly.
"Sister Jiang, I...I don't have any ideas."
"You are a man, how can you not have your own ideas?"
Zhou Zhaoxi now became serious and said, "I just want to marry a virtuous wife with a good temper. I will treat her well."
"If the bride price is too high, I won't marry her."
Zhou Zhaoxi probably knew what his mother had said to someone in the morning. His younger brother had told him, and he guessed that Sister Jiang might have heard it.
So I added an explanation.
"If I earn money myself, and I think it's good enough to give it to her, I will marry her."
"But if my parents have to sacrifice half their lives to get that money, I can't be selfish and willful."
"If all the villages gave six taels of silver, I wouldn't say anything."
"But in other villages, the maximum is two or three taels, or even four taels. In our village, it's six taels."
This made Zhou Zhaoxi feel a little depressed, but he was powerless to resist.
Jiang Zhiluo also felt a little powerless.
Yes, in the eyes of people from the surrounding villages, Donghe Village is just a remote little village that cannot be compared with other big villages, and its conditions cannot be compared either.
The land around their village is scarce and somewhat barren.
In fact, in Jiang Zhiluo's opinion, Donghe Village is really good. Although the village is small, everyone is very simple and will help each other if anyone has difficulties.
They are kind-hearted and have simple folk customs.
There is no forming of cliques.
Some large villages are all inhabited by one clan with the same surname, and there are conflicts between them.
"Brother Zhou, don't worry. You have to believe that you are good and there will be good girls who will like you regardless of these things."
Zhou Zhaoxi blushed after being comforted by Jiang Zhiluo.
However, while speaking, Jiang Zhiluo also asked Zhou Zhaoxi to help deliver the braised food to Lin Zhuzhu's meat stall.
However, Zhou Zhaoxi didn't know about Lin Zhuzhu's butcher stall, so Jiang Zhiluo told him how to get there.
Zhou Zhaoxi said seriously, "Sister Jiang, don't worry, I will bring the things over."
Jiang Zhiluo nodded.
She then went into the house, poured some hot water and added some spiritual spring water, came out and handed it to Cui Hejin, saying, "Drink some water first and take a rest before we go to town."
After drinking some water, Cui Hejin felt much better and said, "I'm fine. Let's go."
After making sure that Cui Hejin looked normal, the two went to the town together.
Cui Hejin went to school, and Jiang Zhiluo went to the government office to do business.
When the people from the yamen heard it was Jiang Zhiluo, they immediately said respectfully, "Young Lady Jiang, please sit down for a moment. We will take care of it right away."
They had been told by the county magistrate's daughter that if Miss Jiang Zhiluo and her family came to do business, they must handle it well and with a good attitude.
She said he was her benefactor.
They dared not neglect it when they heard the name.
Besides, this Miss Jiang is quite famous.
Previously, we had a tough fight with the Songji Grain Store. The second son of the Songji Grain Store was arrested and interrogated and investigated by the county magistrate, and the grain store was also sealed off.
Now the people of the Song family dare not act arrogantly in their county.
They had discussed privately that this Miss Jiang was a capable person and should not be offended.
They worked very efficiently and quickly handed the red deed to Jiang Zhiluo.
"Ms. Jiang, take a look, is there any problem?"
Jiang Zhiluo took a look and said with a smile, "No problem, thank you very much, little brother."
As she spoke, Jiang Zhiluo handed them the tea and snacks that she had bought earlier and a small jar of wine.
"Thank you for your hard work, brothers."
The people from the yamen hurriedly declined, but Jiang Zhiluo gave it to them sincerely. After putting it down, she left.
The people working in the government office felt very relieved, "This Miss Jiang is really capable of doing things."
"She doesn't sound like a country girl, judging by her manner of speaking and her knowledge."
"No wonder our Miss Jian is friends with her and repeatedly tells her that she is both her benefactor and friend and must not be neglected."
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It was still quite early when Jiang Zhiluo came out of the yamen.
She walked around the town and saw the grain store that had been sealed off again.
When she came to the town to set up a stall, she knew that the Song family was under investigation, and she also knew that the grain store had been sealed by the county government and was about to be transferred.
But she didn't have much money to buy the grain store.
The location of this store is excellent, and it would be great to open a store and do some business.
But buying a store would cost at least a hundred taels of silver.
This is not something Jiang Zhiluo can think about right now.
Jiang Zhiluo went to the market and saw that there was one more stall selling vegetable cakes today, and there was also one selling braised pork offal.
They didn't set up stalls, so people visiting the market were not affected.
Jiang Zhiluo's expression changed. "Looks like we can't just focus on the leek box business anymore. We can try making rice sauce."
Yes, Jiang Zhiluo planned to make rice sauce. In the technological age, there is a kind of chili sauce that goes well with either steamed buns or rice.
Just as Jiang Zhiluo was thinking about these things and preparing to go to the grocery store, she suddenly saw a familiar female figure.
Her eyes moved. Wasn't that the Miss Chen Huadie in her dream?
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