No, I want to go with you.
The water buffalo girl answered Li Lanzhen without hesitation.
After saying that, he laughed heartily.
"Girl, ever since you saved our family, we've been sticking with you."
We'll follow you for the rest of our lives, unless you decide you no longer want to take us with you, then we'll leave.
Li Lanzhen smiled and took her rough hand.
"How could that be? We'll always be together."
She thought that when she returned to Peach Blossom Spring, she would tell her parents that she wanted to adopt the water buffalo girl as her goddaughter.
After lunch, Li Lanzhen felt that the matters in Shanghe Village had been resolved, so she went to town.
She was going to go to the grocery store to see if they had tung oil paint.
I want to paint the two boats that I moved from the village chief's house in Shanghe Village to this space.
Let's change the appearance of the two boats.
In the future, when repairing boats in Peach Blossom Spring, they can also be painted again.
We found a general store that had paint, tarpaulin, and oiled paper umbrellas.
There is only black paint and colorless tung oil.
The shopkeeper told her that this tung oil, when brushed onto boats and carriages, could prevent corrosion and waterproofing.
Li Lanzhen bought tung oil and black paint, as well as eight or nine rolls of oilcloth and a dozen or so oiled paper umbrellas.
The people who built the Moon Bay pier returned to Youzhou City on the afternoon of the fifth day.
Manager Hua, along with his subordinates, Han Mingjiang, and the water buffalo and water cypress, entered the Sifang Restaurant.
Li Lanzhen has been helping out in the lobby these past few days.
I was overjoyed to see them return.
"Manager Hua, you're back! Thank you for your hard work!"
Turning back to look at Han Mingjiang, the three of them—Shuishan, Shuiniu, and Han Mingjiang—they had all become darker and thinner.
But they were in great spirits, their eyes were bright, and they seemed to be full of energy.
Han Mingjiang immediately shouted at his mother.
"Mother, the Moon Bay Wharf is finished, and the road from the Moon Bay Wharf to Youzhou City is almost finished too. Now the ride is smooth and comfortable."
Upon hearing this, Li Lanzhen looked at Manager Hua with some surprise.
Manager Hua smiled and nodded at her.
Li Lanzhen hadn't expected them to be so efficient.
In just five days, not only was the Moon Bay Wharf completed, but the road from the wharf to the official road to Youzhou City was also almost finished.
"Manager Hua, you guys are really efficient! This is great, we can leave tomorrow now."
When Manager Hua heard Li Lanzhen say she would be leaving tomorrow, he frowned.
"Madam, I'm afraid it won't be possible tomorrow. The boat we booked won't arrive at Moon Bay Wharf until tomorrow."
"How about we leave the morning after tomorrow?"
Li Lanzhen said, "Okay, the day after tomorrow it is. You take your men to Peach Blossom Spring and build a dock there."
The vegetables in the greenhouse have ripened this batch too; we'll bring them back together later.
Manager Hua nodded and smiled.
"Okay, I'll prepare in the next couple of days, and we'll go to Peach Blossom Spring together the day after tomorrow."
In the evening, Han Mingjiang, Shui Shan, and Shui Niu each carried a bundle of cotton clothes and a basket back to the backyard.
The water buffalo called out "Mom" as soon as it entered the door.
"Mother, this was given to us by Manager Hua."
Each person received two sets of cotton-padded clothes and trousers, as well as cotton-padded shoes.
As they spoke, the three of them placed all the items on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Li Lanzhen picked up a cotton-padded coat and looked at it. They were all made of coarse cloth, some blue and some black.
However, the stitching is very fine, and the cotton filling is very thick; you can't squeeze through it with one hand.
Coarse cloth is great; it's durable and long-lasting!
She asked Han Mingjiang, "Second brother, why did Manager Hua give us so much stuff?"
Han Mingjiang chuckled as he spoke.
"Manager Hua said that although we have been staying here for the past few days, none of us have been waiting for food; we have all been working."
The three of us have been working with him on the construction of Moon Bay Wharf these past few days.
So these are what were sent.
Li Lanzhen thought to herself, "Manager Hua is truly kind."
Perhaps the silver fox told him that he had saved his life.
When Li Lanzhen was leaving, she decided to leave two ginseng roots from her spatial storage for Manager Hua. She would see if he kept them for himself or gave them away to curry favor. Either way, it would be better to leave him with a favor and feel uneasy.
The water buffalo woman picked up the clothes, gently stroked them, and looked at Li Lanzhen with tears streaming down her face.
"Little sister, we've all benefited from your kindness, thank you so much!"
The children, too, hugged their cotton-padded coats, rubbed their little faces against them, and giggled happily.
Li Lanzhen looked at the water buffalo girl and comforted her.
"Big sister, don't cry. There are still many good days ahead."
You always cry tears of joy, but what will you do when you run out of tears?
Everyone laughed again after hearing Li Lanzhen's words.
The water buffalo mother wiped away her tears and sorted out cotton-padded clothes and trousers that fit the children's sizes, distributing them to them.
They also took out cotton-padded clothes and trousers suitable for the three young men.
Manager Hua was very thoughtful; she even provided two sets of clothes for Bao Ya's mother, who was in confinement after childbirth.
Even the newborn baby, who was only a few days old, had two sets of cotton-padded clothes and pants, as well as two small cotton quilts.
After everyone washed up at night, they went to bed.
Li Lanzhen had just drifted off to sleep when she was startled awake by a series of loud banging noises coming from the yard.
She got up to go out and take a look, only to find that Han Mingjiang and the water buffalo, who were sleeping by the door, were not inside the house.
She was a little anxious, thinking that nothing bad would happen to the children, so she pushed open the door and stood in the yard.
Just as she was about to search everywhere for the source of the sound.
Manager Hua's voice came through.
"Why aren't you sleeping? What are you doing?"
Only then did Li Lanzhen notice the three people in front of the woodshed.
The metasequoia walked forward a bit, the moonlight shining on his face, and he chuckled as he spoke.
"Manager Hua, you've been so kind to us. We're leaving tomorrow and we don't know what to do. I couldn't sleep, so I came out to chop wood, hoping to chop as much firewood as possible to store."
Who knew these two would also appear?
I woke you up. I'm sorry.
Li Lanzhen watched Manager Hua standing in the moonlight, remaining silent for a long time.
She was thinking about these children, and she was so moved by their kindness and warmth that she couldn't sleep. She felt energetic and wanted to find something to do.
That's why he ran out to chop wood under the moonlight.
"Alright, no need to chop wood anymore. You've all been tired from building Moon Bay Wharf these past few days, go and rest. Be good!"
If you feel you've gotten a good deal, then I'll let you know whenever I need anything, and you'll come and help me. How about that?
The three young men were delighted. They clapped their hands and dusted off their clothes as they came out, and said in unison to Manager Hua.
"Alright, Manager Hua, just let us know if you need anything and we'll come to your aid."
Li Lanzhen was still thinking, "I'm leaving tomorrow, why is there still no sign of the silver fox?"
That night he said he was going to see the prefect. Could something have happened to him?
She considered speaking to Manager Hua, but after thinking about it, she felt it was inappropriate.
Silver Fox is Manager Hua's master. Where did he go? He should tell Manager Hua. If there was any danger, Manager Hua should have already come to his rescue.
If there's no news, then they're safe.
The next morning, Li Lanzhen did not see Manager Hua.
The water buffalo mother and her children worked with all their might, as if they were using up all their strength.
Judging from her enthusiasm, Li Lanzhen thought she was just short of becoming a chef and cooking.
After breakfast, Li Lanzhen took Han Mingjiang and the water buffalo to the street.
Let the metasequoia stay at home and watch over the big guy.
She was going to buy a water tank.
The water tanks in the canteen were still not enough; they were almost all used to pickle vegetables and sauerkraut.
The cabbages in the greenhouse should be ripe by the time I get back. I'll pickle them now, and there will be enough to eat by the Chinese New Year.
After asking the waiter, he told Li Lanzhen that there was a small ceramics shop at the end of the street. The ceramics in that shop were all made by themselves, and the prices were cheap, the quality was good, and they had everything. He told them to go there.
This porcelain shop is very large, with its backyard filled with all kinds of ceramic products of various sizes.
Li Lanzhen selected ten large water vats, one meter high with a half-meter opening, and other miscellaneous items, including large and small vats and jars, totaling more than 30.
These were all added to the Peach Blossom Spring Grand Dining Hall.
As for how to calculate the silver when we get back, let Han Shunde handle that.
You can give me grain, or you can pay me in silver.
Li Lanzhen bought a large water vat for her own family and her parents, as well as other jars and pots for pickling vegetables.
She saw small porcelain bottles for holding pills on the shop shelf and bought 300 of them.
She planned to give it to Silver Fox to store in her spatial storage for prepared pills and powders.
Suddenly, I thought of Wu Shi and bought her a hundred small porcelain bottles to store medicine powder and pills.
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