Zhao Dahai stammered, "I was in a rush this morning, and I helped my aunt at the shop for a while, so I didn't have time."
Liu became even more anxious upon hearing this, and she pushed Zhao Dahai's arm in dissatisfaction.
"You silly child, what could be more important than giving birth? If you're embarrassed, I'll go to the city with you tomorrow."
Zhao Dahai had no intention of continuing the topic and shoved his way into the house.
Cheng Ying had already set the food on the table, although she hadn't heard her mother-in-law's conversation with her husband.
Without even thinking, she knew what she had said.
After the whole family washed their hands, they sat down to eat. Zhao Dahai did this to prevent his mother from continuing to nag about having a baby.
He then changed the subject, saying, "Today I went to town with Brother Xiangbei to deliver water, and my aunt paid me three hundred cash a month." Zhao Dahai spoke with pride.
He used to work in the mines or do odd jobs in the town.
Earning a maximum of one hundred coins a month is already considered a remarkable achievement.
Three hundred coins a month is something I never even dared to dream of.
Upon hearing this, Liu and Zhao were both astonished. Even Cheng Ying, who was eating, paused for a moment.
"Really? Oh my, what kind of business does this dumpling-making mother run? She pays such high wages," Liu said with a sigh.
Zhao Tingzhang pretended to be very calm, and he did not tell anyone about the fact that the dumpling shop had made more than two thousand taels of silver in one day last time.
This is someone else's private matter; he shouldn't have spoken about it.
Besides, Maruko's mother was the one who took care of his family; otherwise, such an easy task as carrying water wouldn't have been given to Dahai.
Zhao Tingzhang coughed and said seriously, "The wages are indeed not low. Dahai, from now on, you should go up the mountain every day to chop more firewood and send it to the city. We must live up to the trust that Wanzi's mother has placed in our family."
Zhao Dahai nodded, "Okay, Dad, don't worry, I'll definitely do my best."
Actually, the family's financial situation had never been too bad. They had saved some money because Liu and Cheng Ying did embroidery.
Now, Dahai's monthly income is quite substantial, and the family's future will only get better and better.
Zhao Xiaohe was only thinking about raising horses and working as a groom. He bit his chopsticks and innocently asked, "Big brother, if you make money, can you buy me a horse? Don't worry, consider this money a loan, I'll pay you back later..."
Before Zhao Xiaohe could finish speaking, Zhao Tingzhang tapped him on the head with his chopsticks.
"What nonsense are you spouting, kid? Do you even know how much a horse costs!"
Zhao Xiaohe blinked. "Is it very expensive?"
"The horse from Wanzi's house cost forty taels of silver." The carriage cost ten taels of silver.
That day, Zhao Tingzhang spent a long time haggling with a horse trader at the horse market.
I had to talk myself hoarse to finally get the price down from sixty taels to fifty taels.
Zhao Xiaohe thought for a moment, "Wouldn't that prove even more that raising horses is very profitable? I want to be a groom, I want to raise horses."
In little Zhao Xiaohe's heart, a seed was about to sprout.
Zhao Tingzhang was furious, as there wasn't a single scholar in his family. He was now spending money to send Zhao Xiaohe to study at the Zhao family school, hoping that one of his family members would become a scholar.
So this kid actually wants to raise horses? No ambition, absolutely no ambition!
"Shut up, you should focus on your studies. You'll be going to school in the city someday," Zhao Tingzhang said, glancing at Zhao Xiaohe.
As for Old Zhao's family, Old Lady Zhao's situation did improve somewhat after she gave them the hundred coins.
He is now able to speak normally and is fully conscious.
When Zhao Xiangbei arrived home, he handed over some fried dough sticks, fried rice, and other breakfast items he had brought with him to Tao.
"Fengnian's mother, these are some foods that my second sister-in-law asked me to bring to you."
Tao was busy in the kitchen, looking at the things in her hands. It was white rice, and eggs…
"This...this must be very valuable, right? We can't accept it."
Zhao Xiangbei explained, "I declined, but my second sister-in-law said it would spoil if we couldn't finish it, so she asked me to bring it back. You and the children can have some later."
Golden-fried dough sticks, fragrant fried rice with egg, and a few steamed buns with meat filling...
Tao felt quite embarrassed. "Is your business doing well at your second sister-in-law's shop? If she needs any help, I'll go and work for her for free."
Zhao Xiangbei thought for a moment and said truthfully, "I used to think opening a shop would be easy. But seeing the situation in the shop today, and the people causing trouble with knives, they looked so fierce and dangerous."
"Luckily, my second sister-in-law is good at talking. If this had happened to us, we would have been dead. My second sister-in-law's business is also tough, it's not easy for her..."
"Then go back and see if your second sister-in-law needs anything else. If there's anything we can do to help, we'll lend a hand," Tao instructed anxiously.
He Tiantian's shop is always bustling with customers, most of whom are teachers and students from Bailu Academy.
With so many people at the academy, word spread quickly, and within just a few days, everyone knew about the "Taste of Home" shop.
Secondly, He Tiantian's scarcity marketing tactics and door-to-door delivery service, these two novel highlights, attracted a large influx of customers to the shop.
He Tiantian and Zhao Denglong are so busy every day that they barely have time to rest.
After seven or eight days of purification, Liu Chuyu was dressed in coarse cloth clothes with a white handkerchief tied around her shoulder.
He looked exactly like a waiter, and you couldn't tell at all from his previous noble demeanor.
Liu Chuyu gets to eat delicious food here every day, and he works very hard.
He often showed off his immense strength in front of He Tiantian.
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