However, Li Mai did not mention her own situation at this time. Now that her family had suffered such a great disaster, the most important thing was to help her family stabilize their housing situation first.
Winter is coming soon, and they must have a house with a heated kang (traditional brick bed) before it snows.
"By the way, do you want to move to town for the time being?" Mrs. Fisherman asked Li Mai.
Li Mai looked at Zhou Quan.
Zhou Quan shook his head. "I'm afraid it's inconvenient. It's too far from the village. If we start building a new village right away, we'll all be busy. Staying here would take a whole day just to get there and back."
Li Mai looked at the fisherwoman and smiled, "It's inconvenient. Let's figure out a solution in the village first. Starting tomorrow, the whole village will work together to build the new village. Our family also has our own things to do."
Madam Yu nodded. "Wait a minute, I'll get you the money. I'll give you the thousand taels first, along with your monthly salary for the first three months."
"Is this all you're giving me now?" Li Mai raised an eyebrow. This woman seemed very shrewd, but she hadn't expected her to have such a kind side. She must know about the disaster her family had suffered, which was why she was doing this. She was probably planning to help her!
Madam Yu raised an eyebrow. "What, do you think I'm stupid? Don't worry, I'm a businesswoman. I never do business at a loss. I'm afraid if I'm not generous to you, once your reputation spreads throughout the world, many people will come to compete with me for you."
"Sister, I just hope you have a conscience and remember my kindness!" Madam Yu said with a smile, handing the silver notes in her hand to Li Mai.
“Count it, it was prepared in advance, 1,150 taels.”
Li Mai silently accepted the money, counted it, and nodded. "Okay, thank you, Sister Yu. Since you are so generous, I will call you sister. I hope we can cooperate happily in the future. I will write you a receipt."
After saying that, Li Mai walked to the table where the pen and ink were placed, sat down, carefully wrote a receipt, wrote his name, and pressed his fingerprint.
Madam Yu also showed Li Mai the contract that she had the accountant write in advance. After they confirmed that there were no problems, they pressed their fingerprints and signed their names together, and the cooperation agreement between the two of them was officially completed.
Zhou Quan watched from his wheelchair, barely managing to suppress his shock, afraid of embarrassing Li Mai.
However, he earned more than a thousand taels in the blink of an eye. His little wife was really something else. In front of her, he couldn't even lift himself up.
After completing these formalities, Li Mai took a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Mrs. Yu.
Madam Yu took it with a puzzled look, but when she saw the pattern on it, she stood up excitedly. "Sister, you really are amazing! I didn't expect you to have made preparations as well."
Li Mai smiled and said, "I couldn't do anything during those rainy days, so I drew this at home. Please take a look and give me your feedback. I can revise it when I get back. Consider this one as a task for August. I'll draw the other two when I get back and try to bring them to you when I come to town next time."
"The name of this set is 'Moon Goddess of Love.' Please decide how many pieces you want in this set, and I'll go back and make the rest."
"Let's release this set as a five-piece set. Now that we have the hairpin and hair ornament, let's release a pair of earrings, a hairpin, and a forehead ornament!" Madam Yu said after thinking for a moment. They usually count a pair of earrings as one piece.
The forehead pendant is the same as the forehead band. Since the name is Moon Goddess, the forehead band is indispensable. Just imagine wearing a set of Moon Goddess-style jewelry on your head, even the ugliest girl will have a touch of fairy-like beauty.
The fisherwoman liked it more and more as she looked at it, and even became quite fond of it.
Li Mai smiled and said, "Then wait a moment, I'll draw it here. With these two as references, it'll be faster to draw the other three."
Lady Fisherman quickly went to fetch the finest imperial edict for her and laid it on the table.
Because the paper Li Mai gave her was made of the finest quality imperial edict, which allows it to be preserved for a longer period of time.
After drinking a cup of tea, Li Mai sat and thought quietly for a while before lowering her head and starting to draw seriously.
Zhou Quan got tired of sitting, so he stood up and slowly walked around on the ground. After a few steps, he went over to Li Mai and sat down next to her, quietly watching her paint.
Li Mai had already entered his own world of thought, paying no attention to the fisherwoman and Zhou Quan, focusing only on his thoughts and painting.
Zhou Quan watched for a while, then sat back in his wheelchair to think.
He felt that since Xiaomai was so outstanding and hardworking, and now that he could stand up, he should also work hard to build the village as soon as possible and move his whole family into the new house.
It was an hour later when Li Mai finished drawing, and by then it was already dark.
After handing Li Mai over to Madam Yu, she pushed Zhou Quan away from Jin Yu Ge. Once outside, they saw Zhou Lin and Old Man Zhou waiting for them at the entrance of Jin Yu Ge.
Zhou Lin instinctively took the wheelchair and pushed Zhou Quan.
The silver notes that Li Mai received today were sent into her spatial dimension by her mind as she stuffed them into her sleeve pocket.
As they left the entrance of Jin Yu Ge, Li Mai asked Old Man Zhou and Zhou Lin, "Dad, Lin, are you hungry?"
"It's alright, not too hungry!" Old Zhou said. There are many things to spend money on these days, and he didn't want to spend too much.
Li Mai smiled and said, "There's a wonton shop over there. Let's go and each have a bowl. It's quite delicious."
Zhou Quan said, "Okay, let's go, I'm a little hungry!"
He remembered that Li Mai only ate one bun at that time and gave the rest to the three of them.
The family went to a wonton restaurant, which was quite crowded. There were also tables set up outside, so they simply sat outside, which was convenient for Zhou Quan.
Old Zhou placed the tools they had bought at their feet.
Li Mai had already gone over and ordered four bowls of wontons and two baskets of xiaolongbao from the shopkeeper.
This place mainly sells wontons and xiaolongbao (soup dumplings).
"Xiaomai, have you settled things?" Old Man Zhou asked.
Li Mai nodded, "Yes, it's settled, and a contract has been signed for a term of three years. During these three years, I will give you three samples every month."
Old Man Zhou nodded approvingly, "You are a capable girl. It's our family that's dragging you down."
Li Mai smiled and said, "I'm not a burden. You are all my family now. It just so happens that I learned these things from my grandmother, otherwise I wouldn't have had the opportunity to help the family. However, Father, I might go out with Madam Yu in September, otherwise the weather will get cold in October. I've also mentioned this to Xiao Quan."
Old Master Zhou nodded, "It's good that you two have discussed it. Don't worry about things at home. If Xiaoquan's leg gets better by then, let him go with you."
Li Mai smiled and nodded, "Yes, that's what I think too."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Quan smiled gently at her and picked up a small steamed bun for her as well, saying, "Don't just eat wontons, eat a few steamed buns too."
Li Mai responded and lowered her head to eat.
While they were eating, a carriage drove by on the street, but stopped after a few steps. Two young men got out of the carriage and walked straight towards their table.
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