Chapter 91 Chapter 91 Helping with the Work
Seeing Yu Li staring at him intently, Wu Shouzi's hair stood on end, as if he was being stared at by some ferocious beast.
Maybe it was because they hadn't seen each other for a month, he just felt so scared of being away from his boss now.
Fortunately, a job came to his door at this time, and someone asked Wu Shouzi to go to his house to help repair the wall mud.
Wu Shouzi responded first, then quickly picked up his tools, turned around and said to Yu Li, "Boss Li, I'm going to work first."
Yu Li nodded slightly: "Go ahead."
As Shouzi Wu walked away with his tools, he couldn't help but wipe the sweat off his forehead.
The man asked in confusion: "Wu the Mason, what are you doing? Why are you sweating so much? Are you weak?" The weather is getting colder now. Although it hasn't snowed yet, we still have to wear padded jackets during the day. How could we sweat?
Wu Shouzi couldn't say that he was frightened, so he could only admit with grievance that he was weak.
Even though he was beaten up by Yu Li and even threatened by her, he was not that scared.
It was not until he heard about the incident at the gambling house in the county town and saw with his own eyes what happened to the gambling house's thugs that he was almost scared to death.
You know, this bunch of idlers used to work as thugs in gambling houses.
They are not the real thugs of the gambling house. Whenever the gambling house goes to the gamblers' homes to collect debts, because they don't have enough manpower, they will call these idle people outside to help, and they will give them some money afterwards.
Later, because of Yu Li, they turned over a new leaf and no longer worked as thugs in the gambling house.
Perhaps it was because of his experience of being taken by Yu Li to suppress bandits, when he learned that the gambling house had been wiped out, the first thought that came to Wu Shouzi's mind was, could the person who did it be Boss Li?
This thought became stronger and stronger, so strong that he couldn't help but run to see what happened to the thugs in the gambling house.
The result was naturally that I was frightened by their miserable appearance.
When he went to Zhang's butcher shop for several days in a row and couldn't find Yu Li, this guess was further confirmed.
It turned out that she really did it!
If she didn't do it, why hasn't she come to the county town recently?
The people at Zhang's butcher shop told others that she was sick. She had never been sick earlier or later, but she fell ill on the day the incident at the gambling house happened. The nature of her illness was extremely subtle.
After Wu Shouzi and others confirmed that it was Yu Li who did it, they were terrified.
Whenever they thought she was cruel enough, she would do something even more cruel, as if there was nothing she dared not do.
Later they keenly discovered that someone was looking for a beautiful girl all over the county town.
At first they didn't think of Yu Li, until they realized that the other party had ill intentions, and finally confirmed that these people were looking for the person who destroyed the gambling house.
Wu Shouzi and others knew very well that it might be Yu Li who did it, but they would not tell these people. They even helped cover up and gave those people wrong information, leading them to go in the wrong direction.
Wu Shouzi and others also kept a close eye on those people.
These idle guys were very familiar with the county town, and they had made many friends in the past, so they were better informed than ordinary people. They soon discovered that there was another group of people dealing with those people, and they finally breathed a sigh of relief after driving them out of the county town.
Just then, Yu Li came to the county town again...
All these events indicate that she was the one who destroyed the gambling house!
Thinking of the fate of those thugs, Wu Shouzi, who used to be a thug, was naturally very scared. He was very worried that one day she would treat them like those thugs, giving them a knife, not only breaking their arms and legs, but she might also castrate them...
When Wu Shouzi thought of this, he couldn't help but shiver.
Therefore, even if Yu Li was not in the county, they did not dare to go gambling again, for fear that she would suddenly show up.
Look, didn’t it just pop up?
The person who asked Wu Shouzi to help him repair the wall didn't expect that he would admit that he was weak, and he laughed.
He casually comforted him by telling him to nourish his body so that he could do such physical work.
What could Wu Shouzi do? He could only smile and accept the other party's kindness, saying that he would pay attention.
Fortunately, although he looked thin and small, he was still strong enough to do the work of a bricklayer. In addition, he had made some reputation in the area during this period of time. Many people would come to him when they needed leaks in their roofs repaired or their brick walls patched with mud, so he could make a lot of money.
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After finishing today's work, Yu Li received his wages and left the butcher shop.
She bought some things on the street and came to an alley near the dock carrying a piece of meat.
This alley is called Jucai Lane, and the name is very simple and crude.
The alley is not very wide, and there are quite a few shops inside, most of which sell food. There are also shops that specialize in repairs, such as repairing shoes, barrels, hats, and fan handles. If there is anything that needs to be repaired, you can find a specialist here to repair it.
Yu Li came to the third shop at the entrance of the alley.
The door of the shop was half open and there was no business going on. The light inside was a little dim and there were voices talking, as if they were discussing how to display things.
Yu Li walked in and saw Liu, Yu Jin and Sun Fangniang were all there.
There were a lot of things in the shop. They were cleaning and repairing a table with crooked legs. There were also some tables and chairs placed in the shop.
Yu Li called out to them, "Mother, Second Sister, Mother Fang."
The three of them were very happy to see her. They greeted her and asked her when she came.
Yu Jin wiped her hands and said in surprise, "Sister, are you here to work in the county town today?"
Yu Li hummed, looked at the messy shop, and asked, "When does this place open?"
"It will take a few more days." Yu Jin took the initiative to lead her inside and let her take a look at the house she rented, saying, "When we first rented this house, it was really shabby. There were several holes in the roof, and the walls needed to be patched up with mud. Everything needed repairing. We will come over to tidy it up after we finish selling at the morning market..."
Yu Li walked to the yard and looked towards the backyard. Sure enough, he saw many places that needed repairing.
It would cost money to hire someone to repair it, so Yu Jin decided to do it himself. In fact, the three of them had almost finished the job these days, and only the roof and walls needed to be repaired.
Yu Li asked, "Are you going to build the roof and walls by yourselves?"
"Yes." Yu Jin nodded and said enthusiastically, "I plan to buy some bricks, stone powder and fine mud in a few days, and we will repair it ourselves."
Then she said that because the house was so dilapidated, the landlord who rented it to her might feel guilty and charged her one or two taels less in the first year so that she could use the money to repair the house.
This can save a few taels of silver.
So she decided to take matters into her own hands.
Sun Fangniang came in with a bucket of dirty water and poured it into the courtyard. She said, "Mother Li, I heard from people in the alley these days that renting a house in Jucai Lane is quite expensive. The cheapest one is no less than thirteen taels of silver a year. Mother Jin can rent it for ten taels a year, not only because the house is shabby, but also because it had an accident before, and the owner is anxious to rent it out to attract more people."
Perhaps the residents in the alley saw that someone was actually renting this house, so someone took the initiative to tell her without them having to ask.
Sun Fangniang listened to the general idea.
Yu Li was puzzled, "What happened?"
Sun Fangniang hesitated for a moment and said, "There was a murder here before. People who know about it don't dare to rent it, saying it will affect their fortune. Business people are very taboo about these things..."
Those who come here to rent a house are all doing business, so they naturally pay attention to these things.
Yu Jin smiled and said, "Nothing, I don't care about these things, I am more afraid of being poor."
Poor people are scarier than anything else.
Sun Fangniang was choked. After thinking about it, she found that what she said seemed to make sense. Being poor was indeed a terrible thing. In comparison, death was not that terrible.
Yu Jin turned to Yu Li and said, "In fact, when Captain Ge introduced the house here to me, he also mentioned this matter specifically. Others are afraid of this, but I am not."
When she went to see Ge the yamen runner and asked him to help find a house, she specifically requested that it should be close to the dock so that it would be convenient for doing business, and the rent should not exceed ten taels a year.
Although she made some money, she didn't have enough on hand to spend lavishly.
She doesn't plan to rent a house that is too expensive.
This really put Ge Yayi in a difficult position. Unless they went out to rob or scare people, they would never be able to rent such a cheap house near the dock.
In the end, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and introduce the house where the incident had happened.
Yu Jin knew about the rental prices of houses around Jucai Lane, and she also knew that her request would make it difficult for Ge Yayi, but she was really poor.
She was quite satisfied with the rent of the house and didn't mind that it was shabby and had been in an accident.
Liu wanted to say something but stopped.
In fact, she was very particular about this, but her second daughter was very courageous. In order to save on rent, she actually dared to rent such a house. She couldn't persuade her no matter how hard she tried.
Now that Yu Li had arrived, he wanted his eldest daughter to go and persuade her.
Unfortunately, Yu Li cares less about these things than Yu Jin.
Her expression was calm, and she said, "Since the rent is suitable, don't worry about the other things."
"That's right." Yu Jin knew her sister would agree with her, and laughed, "Anyway, once people move in, it will add popularity, and all the evildoers will flee."
In Yu Jin's mind, no monster is as dangerous as her sister.
She also thought that once the store started operating, she would ask her sister to come and take charge. It would be impossible for the store not to be popular by then.
Don't worry at all.
Yu Li didn't know that his image in his sister's mind was so high that he could keep the wealth, so he asked: "I know a bricklayer, why don't you let him come and help you repair the roof and walls."
Since Wu Shouzi is the one who does this, they might as well ask him to come over so that they don’t have to climb onto the roof.
Upon hearing this, Yu Jin thought about it and agreed.
Although she felt that she could do it without spending the money, since her sister had asked her to do so, she had to listen to her sister.
Just before noon, Yu Jin said, "Sister, my aunt asked us to go to her house for dinner today. You should come with us."
Last time they hurriedly met her aunt in the county town, and then her sister stayed at home to rest and never came to the county town.
These days, although Yu Jin came to the county town to do business, she was busy renting and cleaning a house, so she didn't have much contact with her aunt. So her aunt wanted to invite them over for a meal and for everyone to get together.
Since they are all in the county town and there is no one they dislike, they must move around more often.
Yu Li did not refuse. She had just bought a lot of things and originally planned to send them to Yu Jin for her new home. However, she didn't expect that the new house had not been tidied yet. It was just right to send them to Yu's aunt's house as a gift.
After closing the door, they walked towards Aunt Yu's house.
When we arrived at the vinegar shop in Shuangrong Lane, we saw that there was only a little girl of about twelve or thirteen years old guarding the shop.
The little girl was pretty and charming, and seemed a little timid when she didn't speak, but that was not the case when she opened her mouth.
Seeing a few people, she called out crisply, "Second aunt, cousin Fangniang, cousin Jinniang, you are here." The little girl's voice was very crisp, and she turned her head and called inside, "Dad, Mom, second aunt and the others are here."
Then she said to them, "My father and mother are cooking in there. Just come in. Don't be polite." Then she looked at Yu Li curiously, "Whose cousin is this beautiful sister?"
She also didn't recognize Yu Li.
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this.
Yu Jin took her sister's hand and said proudly, "This is my eldest sister."
"Ah? Is it my second uncle's eldest cousin?" The little girl was surprised and looked at Yu Li fiercely. "My mother said that my eldest cousin has changed a lot since she grew up and has become a pretty young lady. It turns out she was not lying."
Sun Fangniang smiled and said, "Li Niang is indeed very pretty! But our Man Niang is also very pretty."
Mannia is the name of this little girl.
The little girl smiled, looked at her three cousins, and nodded, "All the girls in our family are pretty!"
As they were talking, a boy of about six or seven years old ran in from outside, shouting, "Sister, I'm so hungry. Has mom prepared dinner?" Seeing that there were other people in the store, they thought they were here to buy vinegar. They looked at them and finally recognized Sun Fangniang.
He said to Sun Fangniang, "Cousin, you are here."
Yu Xiaogu married a family that sells vinegar in the county town. Her husband’s surname is Yang, and the Yang family has been specialized in the vinegar business for several generations.
She and her husband had two children, the eldest daughter Yang Manniang and the youngest son Yang Bin.
Seeing her brother looking like a calf that had just rolled around outside, all dirty, Yang Manniang put her hands on her hips and scolded him, "Bin, where did you go to play again? Your clothes are all dirty! It's cold now, and clothes are hard to wash. If you dirty your clothes again, you have to wash them yourself next time."
After scolding his brother, he pulled him aside and introduced Liu, Yu Jin and Yu Li to him.
At this time, Yu Xiaogu came over from the backyard and invited them in.
Yu Li handed her the gift he brought, but Aunt Yu pushed it back and said unhappily, "I just asked you to come for a meal, not to visit relatives. Why do you bring anything? It's not worth spending money."
If she only brought a little, she would have accepted it, but this thing was too much, and she wouldn't spend it like that even if she had money.
Yu Li said: "It's okay, this is our first visit, this is what we should do."
She was too lazy to push the things around, so she just stuffed them into Yu Xiaogu's arms. Those things were so heavy that she almost couldn't hold them.
Aunt Yu: “…”
Yu Xiaogu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she was a straightforward person, so since she had already taken over, she stopped refusing, put the things on the table next to her, and invited them in for tea.
Knowing they were coming, she cooked a pot of red date soup in advance, which contained red dates, wolfberries and a little brown sugar.
The weather has been gloomy and cold recently, and the wind is strong, making people feel cold all over. Drinking a bowl of hot red date soup makes people feel comfortable from the bottom of their hearts.
Aunt Yu's house is bigger than the one rented by Yu Jin. The yard is filled with the unique sour smell of vinegar and the rich aroma of food wafting from the kitchen, making the air seem to be filled with the flavor of human life, which makes people relax.
Lunch was ready quickly and everyone sat down in the main room to eat.
Uncle Yang brought the food to them and said to them in a simple and honest manner: "It's a rare occasion for you to come, so don't be polite."
Uncle Yang is a lean middle-aged man with a handsome appearance and a great skill in making vinegar.
Unlike the unkind Sun Datian, Uncle Yang is a man who loves his wife and children. When guests come to his house, he will cook for them himself, and he doesn't care at all if the guests see him, which would damage his dignity as the head of the family.
They don't care about this at home.
He had been busy in the kitchen since they came in. Whenever Yu Xiaogu brought the dishes, he would call out for fear that his wife would burn her hands. He was not angry even when Yu Xiaogu scolded him, which showed how the couple got along with each other.
Everyone enjoyed the meal happily and comfortably.
After dinner, we sat together to drink tea and chat.
It was rare for Yu Xiaogu to see Yu Li, so she asked her how her life was after getting married.
Ever since she learned that Yu Li was married off by Old Lady Yu as a blessing in disguise, she has been very angry.
Unfortunately, the matter had already been decided, and because she had been staying in the county town and didn't care much about her mother's family affairs, she only found out about this recently.
Aunt Yu was angry that Grandpa Yu and his wife sold the girls of the Yu family like commodities in order to support the eldest son's education. She was also angry that her second brother and his wife did not object to it, and they were unworthy of being parents.
However, when she thought about how she herself had parents like Grandpa Yu and his wife, and how her nieces had parents like her second brother and his wife, it seemed that getting angry was useless.
She could only comfort herself that fortunately her niece was living a pretty good life after marrying into the Fu family.
"Very good." Yu Li said, "My mother-in-law is a very nice person. She will cook delicious food for me and never complain that I eat too much. Xiao Ge'er... my husband is also a very nice person. No matter what I do, he thinks I am doing the right thing. We also have two children. They are also well-behaved and obedient..."
After hearing this, Yu Xiaogu was very pleased.
In fact, just looking at Yu Li's current appearance, you can tell that she is indeed living a good life. She can even take medicine to regulate her body. Thinking back to her skinny appearance before, she was so thin that people were worried that she would...
After chatting for a while, they got up and left because Yu Jin still had to clean up the house he rented.
Aunt Yu saw them off and said, "You will all be in the county town from now on, so it's close. Come over when you have time. If you have any trouble, you can come to us..."
Yu Jin and Sun Fangniang both nodded in agreement.
After leaving Shuangrong Lane, Yu Jin and the others returned to Jucai Lane, while Yu Li went to the market.
When I arrived at the intersection with the heaviest traffic in the market, I saw Wu Shouzi squatting there, eating a piece of bread and chatting with someone. I didn't know what they were talking about, but she looked very happy. She was not at all scared as I had been when I saw her before.
"Shouty Wu." Yu Li called out to him.
Wu Shouzi shuddered, and the biscuit in his mouth got stuck in his throat. He coughed loudly, and the people next to him quickly patted his back to help him swallow the biscuit stuck in his throat.
The people around looked at Yu Li curiously, wondering why this pretty young lady came to see Wu Shouzi.
Yu Li waited for him to stop and asked, "Are you free? My sister's house needs the roof and walls repaired. Could you please go over there?"
After hearing this, Wu Shouzi suddenly felt that the blocked throat was not so uncomfortable anymore, and he became more energetic.
Li Lao Da actually came to him to do some work, and asked him to repair the roof of her sister's house...
Oh, he has really made it!
"Yes, yes, yes!" Wu Shouzi said excitedly, "Let's go now."
As he said this, he wrapped the half-eaten pancake in oil paper, picked up his tools and left.
Yu Li asked: "Do you want to finish your meal before going?" It is not a pleasant feeling to work on an empty stomach.
"Nothing, I can eat while walking." Wu Shouzi was full of energy now, and felt energetic in everything he did. He asked, "Big Brother Li, is there a large area that needs repairing? Do you want to buy some bricks, tiles, stone powder, and yellow mud? If there is a lot of work to be done over there, I can call Gao Sheng and the others to help. I guarantee that your sister's house will be repaired like a new one..."
It was rare that Boss Li actually needed them, and Wu Shouzi really wanted to call everyone over to help Boss Li with the work.
Although I was working for Li Lao Da's sister, since Li Lao Da asked me to do so, I was still working for her.
They were very willing to do so.
Yu Li said: "I don't quite understand, go and take a look first."
Wu Shouzi naturally agreed.
The two came to Jucai Lane, and Yu Li took him into the shop and said to Yu Jin and the others, "This is Wu the mud carpenter. I asked him to come over to help repair the roof and the wall."
Seeing that she really called someone over, Yu Jin enthusiastically led them in.
Wu Shouzi also wanted to show off in front of Yu Li, so he looked very attentively. He quickly told Yu Jin about the bricks and tiles that were needed, and then said that she didn't need to worry about these things, as they would help her repair the house and make it look like new.
Yu Jin hurriedly asked how much it cost.
"No money, no money!" Wu Shouzi waved his hands, "You are Li Laoda's sister, I won't charge you any money."
"Li Lao Da?" Yu Jin was puzzled. This address didn't sound like one for a girl. Was this a friend her sister knew...?
At this time, Yu Li said: "Just buy it at the market price."
Upon hearing this, Wu Shouzi offered the lowest price, so low that Yu Jin felt he was working for nothing. However, seeing that her sister didn't say anything, she didn't say anything either.
Wu Shouzi was very enthusiastic about the work. The next day, he called Gao Sheng and others to go and fetch bricks, tiles, stone powder, and fine mud to repair the house together.
Although Gao Sheng and his friends are not bricklayers, they can do the job pretty well under the guidance of Wu Shouzi.
In addition, they felt that they were working for Boss Li, so they had to do it well, and they all worked very hard.
But in just one day, the roof and damaged walls were repaired.
When they learned that Yu Jin wanted to build a few stoves, they even helped for free.
With their help, the house was cleaned up quickly. Yu Jin felt that she had not hired a bricklayer, but five people to do the work, but only had to pay them very little money.
Yu Jin couldn't help but ask her sister, "Sister, when did you get to know these people? How did you get to know them?"
Seeing how they tried to please her sister, she felt that the process of her sister getting to know these people might not have been very pleasant.
"Several months ago." Yu Li said calmly, "They wanted to rob me, so I robbed them and told them to find some decent work."
Yu Jin: “…”
This is really no surprising answer.
Yu Jin looked at the people who were busy building the stove and saw how efficiently they worked. He never imagined that they were a group of idlers who did nothing good before.
When she thought of the Ge Yayi and other people who had also turned over a new leaf, she seemed to understand it again.
As expected, no matter what monsters there are, they are not as dangerous as her sister.
As long as they dare to dance in front of her sister, they will be punished, and it is normal for them to turn over a new leaf and turn over a new leaf.
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