Liu Feiyang paused for a moment, then suddenly realized he had asked the wrong person. His face flushed immediately: "Haha... Grandpa Jiang, there is a difference between men and women. Please ask Grandpa Jiang to take Feiyang and ask Sister Jiang if she has time."
He had been following his father around the country to do business since he was twelve years old. He had lived a smooth life for the past ten years and had never felt as embarrassed as today. Today, he actually had to bow down and invite an old man and a little girl.
He did not dare to be arrogant in front of the delicious food on the table. If the Jiang family sold the dishes to other restaurants, his own restaurant business would plummet or even close down.
Although his family does not lack this business, the restaurant business also brings in a large amount of money every year, and it is not just this one. He believes that once these dishes appear in the eyes of everyone, they will sweep the entire Daliang Kingdom in the future.
The shrewd Jiang Wuli raised his lips and gave Jiang Yongtian a look: "Go ask the child if she is free tomorrow morning. The owner of Liuji wants to discuss something with her."
Jiang Yongtian has been running errands a lot lately and is very familiar with the process: "I'll go ask right away."
In the yard, they were discussing buying tung oil and cotton paper tomorrow, and assigning a few people to go out and cut bamboo... Ke Xin was just dividing the work when her father came. Seeing his daughter talking excitedly and a group of nephews listening attentively, he didn't dare to say anything, but stood under the eaves and listened quietly.
.....
Seeing that his sister had already assigned him tasks, and he was left alone, Jiang Xin anxiously asked, "Jiu'er, you guys do it. I think... you should assign me some work. I can't plow the soil here, but my hands are fine, so I can help."
Ke Xin looked at her brother's anxious expression and knew that he was embarrassed. She thought for a moment and said, "Brother, you can help boil water for everyone tomorrow. After we buy the tung oil and cotton paper, you can help apply the tung oil."
No matter what the job is, as long as he can do it, that's fine. Jiang Xin smiled and nodded: "Okay, I can do it well."
After they finished talking, Dad came over from under the eaves and told Ke Xin what was going on inside. Ke Xin's mouth opened wide: "A fat sheep that comes to your doorstep must be grabbed. I happen to be going to the city to buy something tomorrow morning, so I have an hour to talk to him."
Jiang Yongtian: "That's fine, I'll reply to him like this."
Watching her father go into the house, Ke Xin counted on her fingers how much tung oil and cotton paper her own vegetable garden would need, to see if she could get some more so that she could build greenhouses for her brothers' vegetable gardens as well.
If she had enough money, she would have wanted to cover all the vacant land with greenhouses. Then when she sold vegetables or something, she could count the money until her hands cramped. Wouldn't that be so satisfying?
The ideal is full, but the reality is skinny.
......
The next day.
Ke Xin, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up. She opened her eyes dazedly. It was still dark outside and the roosters hadn't crowed yet. Why was it so noisy outside?
I put on my clothes and went out to see, wow, several brothers and two sisters-in-law were there, some holding machetes, some holding shovels. The sisters-in-law were even funnier, they even brought aprons with them, it looked like they were ready to get started.
Money is indeed a source of motivation. Look, how full of energy he is.
Early in the morning, the Jiang family began to plow the soil in the courtyard. Jiang Yongtian and Ge Shuzhen, who didn't know what happened to the children last night, were stunned. He hurried forward to stop Jiang Fu from using the shovel: "Fu, it's a bit early to plow the soil. It's not time to plant cabbages yet."
Jiang Fu smiled and moved his hand away and said, "Uncle San, my sister said she won't plant cabbages this year. She wants to turn this vegetable garden into a greenhouse so you can eat fresh vegetables in the winter."
He worked while talking, for fear of delaying the work.
Jiang Yongtian:......
What's wrong with this kid?
Didn't you talk about growing vegetables in the woodshed the other day? Why did you talk about building a greenhouse in the vegetable garden last night?
Could it be that I have lost my memory?
Jiang Yongtian came and went in a daze. He found Kexin, who was teaching his sister-in-law how to clean her large intestine, and reached out to touch her twice. "Didn't you say we grow vegetables in the woodshed? Then why did your brother Fu say we grow vegetables in the vegetable garden?"
Seeing her father's frown, Ke Xin smoothed it down with a smile, "Dad, the vegetables in the woodshed can be used as both vegetables and seasonings. And I'm going to turn this vegetable garden outside into a greenhouse to grow greens."
After hearing what his daughter said, he didn't even need her to smooth her brows, as they naturally relaxed. "Okay, I'll finish cleaning the woodshed today, and then I'll make a few boxes as you said."
Since it is a serious matter, he, as a father, should naturally be at the forefront.
When it was daybreak, Ge Shuzhen put all the leftover dishes from last night together, heated them up, and added some pancakes. The whole family had breakfast like this.
After dinner, Kexin asked her mother for some silver. Ge Shuzhen held the money jar and sighed, "I've chosen this money jar, but it can't hold money. I finally got a big silver ingot, but it's not even warm enough, and I've already spent it."
Twenty taels were from selling ginseng, eight taels were from selling vegetables, ten taels were compensated by the Ning family, and there was a pile of copper coins left, which were all earned from selling meals in recent days.
Ge Shuzhen took out thirty taels of silver and handed it to her: "Leather tissue paper and tung oil are not cheap things. You'd better take a little more money in case it's not enough."
After giving the silver to Kexin, Ge Shuzhen immediately turned her head away and urged her: "Hurry up and put the money away. Don't let me see it and get upset."
Seeing her mother's distressed look, Ke Xin wanted to laugh. She put the silver in her arms and said with a smile: "Mother, don't think too much of giving you thirty taels today. I will give you three hundred taels by the New Year."
"I'll give you double the amount."
Ge Shuzhen didn't expect her money to double or not. She was content with earning 70 or 80 wen a day from selling food. "Alright, alright, hurry up and go while the sun is still bright. Come back as soon as you're done."
Ke Xin was obedient. She took the money and went to find her grandfather and Brother Fu. The three of them went straight to Liu's Restaurant in the town. The road was not very long, but it was more than six miles away. If she had walked with Brother Fu on normal days, she would have arrived in less than half an hour. But today, since she was with her grandfather, the brother and sister did not walk so fast.
Liuji Restaurant
Liu Feiyang, who got up in the dark for the first time in his life, sat listlessly on a chair drinking tea, while Beiming beside him was full of energy, holding a teacup and laughing at the person next to him.
"Master Liu, were you unable to sleep because of your lingering thoughts last night? If you really can't, just bear with it and take this unlucky girl in."
Liu Feiyang: .....
The man who was dozing off and nodding his head just now suddenly lost his sleepiness when he heard about getting married. His hands trembled, and the scalding tea burned his delicate hands red.
He turned around and glared at Fang Yaozu: "What are you standing there for? Go and greet them quickly."
If he can’t confront Bei Ming, can he confront the shopkeeper?
Fang Yaozu, who was inexplicably scolded, had to put on a smile despite being wronged. He replied "yes" against his conscience and then turned around and went downstairs.
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