Chapter 137 Gao Family’s Thoughts
Mrs. Cui said angrily, "This bitch is really good at hiding her true abilities. She has been married to our family for nearly three years and she has never shown her abilities. She is just being defensive against us. If I had known this would happen, I should not have agreed to a divorce and let her be a concubine to make money for the family."
Ma Pozi deliberately asked, "Did the Li family girl know how to read before? Why have I never heard of her?"
Ding Hong rolled her eyes, and approached Mrs. Cui and whispered, "Mother, I'm afraid that Li Wanyue has been in our house for the past few years, and my second brother has taught her to read and write.
There are so many books in my second brother's room. What if one of them contains these prescriptions? She must have taken them away. Their family earns money from our books."
Mrs. Cui slapped her thigh and said, "You are right. She must have stolen our recipe. I will go to her right now to get the silver and recipe back. She is dreaming about making money with our recipe."
As she stood up and was about to go out, Liu Ruyun stopped her: "Mom, let's wait until my husband comes back. We need to talk to him and ask him if he has taught Li Wanyue to read. Otherwise, we won't get anything back."
Although she felt that Gao Zhiyuan could not possibly teach Li Wanyue to read and write, he didn't even teach his own nephew, so how could he teach someone he looked down upon?
But you can't ask for money rashly.
"Yes, you are smart. Let's wait for the second brother to come back and ask him."
Mrs. Cui went back to the house and waited.
In the evening, Gao Zhiyuan and Gao Conghui returned to the village together.
Gao Conghui went to the county town to meet Zhu Guangyao. On the way back to the village, she saw Gao Zhiyuan returning home.
Now that he had the horse-drawn carriage to take Gao Conghui, he certainly didn't want to ride in the ox-drawn cart again.
Seeing the man coming back, Mrs. Cui couldn't wait to tell him what happened.
Gao Conghui thought she had heard it wrong.
Gao Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, thinking of the time he met Li Wanyue in Zuixianju and how the restaurant owner was very polite to her.
I see.
"Yuan'er, did you teach her to read? Have you ever seen her doing any business in town?" Seeing that he was in a daze, Mrs. Cui pushed him.
Gao Zhiyuan shook his head: "I didn't teach her, but I did see her at Zuixianju in the town, but I didn't know that the new spring bamboo shoots at Zuixianju during that period were provided by the Li family.
Later, Zuixianju launched a dish made of West Lake jadeite, which I guess was also made by her.”
Ding Hong was surprised: "What? Can bamboo shoots be eaten?"
"Yes, my classmates and I have eaten at Zuixianju. It tastes very good and not astringent at all. Zuixianju's business used to be completely inferior to Ruifulou's, but now it's been boosted by the spring bamboo shoots, and the restaurant's business is much better."
Mrs. Cui was stunned. No one ever eats bamboo shoots. How did she make them delicious?
She asked again, "Did she take your book?"
Gao Zhiyuan's eyes lit up. He knew what his mother meant. She wanted to use this as an excuse to get the recipe back so that they could use it to make money.
He shook his head: "I don't know whether she took the books away or not. The books were fine before the divorce. After the divorce, I went back to the academy. When I came back, I saw that the books were eaten by rats."
Gao Conghui clapped his hands and said, "Mom, second brother, this is right. That little brat was afraid that second brother would find out that she stole the book, so she deliberately dug a hole in the corner to let the mice bite your book. This way, no one would suspect her."
Mrs. Cui agreed: "That little girl is really vicious. Mother will go to Daohua Village tomorrow and ask her to return the books and the money she earned to us."
Gao Conghui sneered. Even though she would be marrying Young Master Zhu soon, she looked down upon the little money Li Wanyue earned.
But things that belong to the Gao family must not be given to others for free.
After saying this, Ding Hong noticed that Gao Conghui was wearing a golden hairpin on her head.
"Oh my god, I'm wearing a gold hairpin. Master Zhu is so generous."
Gao Conghui's face turned red and she touched the hairpin proudly with her hand.
With the experience from last time, it was natural for them to have some sex this time when they met.
Young Master Zhu actually gave her a golden hairpin, which made her very happy.
Now she was wearing silk and cotton clothes and a golden hairpin, and looked like a daughter of a wealthy family.
Gao Zhiyuan naturally noticed it.
He asked, "Xiaohui, is Master Zhu willing to see me?"
"Master Zhu said that next time we go to the county town, big brother can go with us."
"Next time, when?"
"Let's wait for Master Zhu's people to come pick us up. I don't know either, but right now Master Zhu and I are very close, so we won't have to wait too long."
"Okay." Gao Zhiyuan was excited. After meeting Young Master Zhu, he would be able to go to the county school.
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The Li family's house construction is proceeding in full swing.
The summer days were getting hotter and hotter. Li Wanyue sat under a tree to enjoy the cool air and thought about summer delicacies.
Ice cream, popsicles, ice powder, ice watermelon juice, sour plum soup, cold noodles...
There is nothing to eat.
I should also think about some summer food. The simplest ones should be cold noodles, sour plum soup and ice jelly.
I don’t know if there are any ficus carica fruits here. I’ll draw them and ask Sandong when the time comes.
No air conditioning, fan...
By the way, I remember seeing hand-cranked fans when I was visiting antique markets before.
After I got back, I specifically checked on the Internet and found out that there were seven-wheel fans in ancient times.
I don't know if there is one here.
If you have one, buy two. If you don’t have one, ask someone to make one. The production method is not complicated.
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw Zhao Suying and Wang Guixiang coming out of the kitchen carrying wooden barrels.
Li Wanyue immediately stepped forward and took the wooden barrel from Zhao Suying's hand.
“Mung bean soup.”
Zhao Suying nodded: "Yes, the weather is too hot, so I asked your sister-in-law to make some mung bean soup, let it cool down and send it to the workers to help them cool down."
Li Wanyue said, "Mom, you take a rest. My sister-in-law and I will take it and put it on the cart, which will save some energy."
"good."
Li Wanyue and Wang Guixiang pushed the cart to a big tree where the house was being built and saw that Lin Xi, the daughter of Li Chunyan from the second wife, was also there.
She followed Li Sandong and wanted to help, but Li Sandong subconsciously hid.
Wang Guixiang asked Li Dachuan to tell everyone that mung bean soup was prepared. When Li Sandong heard this, he immediately ran under the big tree.
Lin Xi also came over and smiled sweetly at Li Wanyue: "Cousin."
Li Wanyue nodded and asked, "Why is my cousin here?"
"Since the weather is too hot, I made some mung bean soup for my cousin Sandong... and my uncle to try."
Li Wanyue nodded: "You are thoughtful, but the sun is so strong, you should stay out less. Girls get tanned easily. Besides, most of the people here are men and older women. It is not appropriate for a girl like you to be here. If something happens, we will not be able to explain to your parents."
Lin Xi's cheeks, already red from the sun, became even redder now.
She said aggrievedly: "Cousin, I don't mean anything else. I just have nothing to do and want to help. Your family is building a house, and as a relative, it is my duty to contribute. I don't want any wages."
Li Wanyue looked at her with amusement: "You have nothing to do. When I came here just now, I saw my second uncle's eldest cousin and his wife going to the field, saying they wanted to weed.
You should go and help as soon as possible. After all, you are living at your second uncle's house now, and they are your cousins. If you don't help them but come to work for us, don't even think about how they will look at you. I am being frank, but it is also for your own good."
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