Chapter 101 Gao Zhiyuan Retires Rouge
Xiao Tao said excitedly: "Aunt, there are three little rabbits in the backyard with bulging bellies. Grandma said they are having little rabbits."
"Really? Then the responsibility of taking care of the little rabbit will be left to you."
Several children nodded vigorously, and Xiao He's attention was diverted. She went to the backyard to watch the rabbits while eating candied haws.
Li Wanyue walked into the main hall, and Li Erhu immediately said, "Sister, I harvested 160 kilograms of mung beans and 85 duck eggs today."
"Thank you for your hard work, second brother."
“What’s so hard about this?”
Li Wanyue briefly talked about her cooperation with Shen Yu, and the people present were very excited.
Li Youshan nodded continuously: "Okay, our family is blessed to have Yueyue. I will go and tell your uncle about this. His two sons are also learning carpentry from him. I think if all three of them go to work, they can earn some money."
Li Wanyue said, "Dad, please ask Uncle Dafa if the waterwheel I want is ready."
"Okay." Li Youshan walked out quickly.
Zhao Suying took out six taels of silver and said, "Dachuan, each of you three brothers will get two taels. This is for your pocket money. Don't think it's too little."
Li Dachuan waved his hands and said, "Mom, keep it. We'll tell you when we need it."
"The bulk of the money has been deposited in the bank, so you should keep some money in your hands, take it."
Each of the three brothers received two taels of silver.
Li Wanyue looked at Li Erhu and said, "Big Brother, let Xiaoan and Xiaokang go to school, what do you think?"
The two brothers nodded at the same time. Li Erhu said, "I'll listen to you. We don't need to talk about taking the imperial examinations or anything like that. As long as he can read and understand, it's fine. Xiaokang's personality has changed a bit. I don't think he will become like Gao Zhiyuan."
"Okay, let's find time to go to town and ask what we need to buy. The two children are still young. We are not far from town and we have a bullock cart. We don't need to live in the academy for the time being."
"Okay, I have to go to the fields to plant rice tomorrow, so I'll wait a few days."
Li Wanyue nodded.
Zhao Suying looked at her daughter with satisfaction. Her daughter was so nice.
In the evening, Li Youshan came back and said that Zhao Dafa was very happy with the job introduced to him by Li Wanyue. He had experience in making tables. He only took a few jobs making tables, chairs and benches in the village a year and was idle most of the time. Now that there was a job, of course he was willing to do it.
The waterwheel has been repaired and is now ready. They will deliver it whenever you need it.
Li Wanyue nodded and decided to try again after the rice seedlings were planted.
Li Youshan was also asked to think about who to find to grind the mung beans, as it would be impossible for Uncle Youtian's family to grind so many mung beans.
Li Youshan thought that the village chief also had a stone mill, so he went to discuss it with the village chief. Later, it was decided to rent the stone mill of the village chief for five cents a day. The Hu family was not well off, so he asked their family to grind mung beans and paid them the same amount as Uncle Youtian's family.
The Hu family was very grateful and kept thanking them.
This is settled for now.
Wang Guixiang and Sun Xiuqin were very happy when they knew that each of their families had received two taels of silver.
When they heard that they were going to send their two children to school, they were even more excited. It meant that there would be someone in their family who could study.
Li An and Li Kang were also very excited, secretly thinking that they should study hard and make a name for themselves.
Li Wanyue looked at Li Xiaolan and her two sisters. There was only happiness in their eyes, no jealousy or dissatisfaction.
Hearing that their aunt would continue to teach them as always, and that Li An and Li Kang would tell them what they had seen and learned when they returned from the academy, the three sisters became taller.
The whole family fell asleep with smiles on their faces.
The next morning, Li Sandong went to Baiweilou in the county town to deliver bean paste. He also ordered a few jars and pots and asked the store to deliver them directly to his home. He also bought some ingredients for making bean paste.
After dinner, the villagers went to the fields to plant rice.
The weather is very good today, the sun is shining, there is a gentle breeze, and the water in the fields reflects the blue sky and white clouds.
People wore straw hats, rolled up their trouser legs, bent over, and evenly planted clusters of tender green rice seedlings into the paddy fields.
Li Wanyue stood in the field and watched. She didn't dare go into the water because she didn't have rain boots. She was afraid there might be leeches in the fields. The thought of it made her scalp tingle.
On the other side, Gao Zhiyuan also took rouge and lip balm to a rouge shop in the town.
I explained my purpose to the shop owner. After looking at the rouge, the shop owner said, "The quality of these two bottles you have is just good, not top quality. If you sell them to our shop, I can only give you 500 coins per bottle."
"What?" Gao Zhiyuan couldn't believe it. He thought the shopkeeper was trying to lower the price and said that on purpose.
"Shopkeeper, look carefully. This is rouge from Yuerongzhai in the county town. It has their store label on it. I just bought it yesterday. It costs five taels of silver per bottle."
The shopkeeper also frowned: "You also said that it was Yuerongzhai, and Yuerongzhai wants to make money. Our store is just a small store in town. I can't charge you for the original price. If you don't want to sell it, just take the rouge to Yuerongzhai to return it."
Gao Zhiyuan frowned, then picked up the two porcelain bottles and left the shop.
Between five hundred coins and five taels of silver, even a fool would know which one to choose, so he decided to go to the county town.
When they arrived at Yuerongzhai, they explained their purpose to the waiter. When the waiter saw the bottle, he knew that it was the one that Young Master Zhu gave to the two girls yesterday.
Gao Zhiyuan felt a little embarrassed. After all, returning the goods was embarrassing, but he had no choice.
The clerk was polite because of Master Zhu. "Sir, our store does not accept returns or exchanges once the goods are sold. However, you are the family of the girl from yesterday. For Master Zhu's sake, we agree to return the goods. However, we cannot return the goods at the original price."
"I understand."
"One ounce of silver for each bottle. If you agree, I will give you the silver. If not, you can take it back."
"What? Only one tael of silver?" Gao Zhiyuan exclaimed. This price was four taels lower than the original price. He couldn't accept it.
“Of course, once this thing leaves the store, we don’t know whose hands it has passed through, and whether it has been tampered with. If there is any mistake and our customers are offended, our store cannot afford to compensate.
So we will return it to you for Master Zhu's sake. We will not sell it to anyone else. It is equivalent to us paying a few taels of silver. You can choose not to return it."
Gao Zhiyuan took a deep breath and said, "Retreat."
"Okay." The clerk responded and gave him two taels of silver.
After Gao Zhiyuan left, the waiter said disdainfully, "She is so poor, no wonder that girl wanted to marry into Master Zhu's family yesterday."
Gao Zhiyuan returned home and told Mrs. Cui about the situation. Mrs. Cui had not expected that a bottle of rouge weighing five taels would only be returned one tael.
She was also thinking of selling it for ten taels so that Gao Zhiyuan could buy more meat.
"Yuan'er, what should we do?"
Gao Zhiyuan frowned, "Mother, take out the money from our family and give it back to Li Wanyue, so that she won't really make a fuss. Didn't Xiaohui make an appointment with that Young Master Zhu at the end of the month? Let her behave well by then. As long as she can marry Young Master Zhu, do we still have to worry about not having money?
With me as a student, the Zhu family can't look down on my sister. The betrothal gifts will be generous. If Li Wanyue ruins my future, it will be difficult for Xiaohui to marry into the Zhu family."
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