The two returned to the main hall and sat down to rest for a while. Lin Feng suddenly remembered what he had promised Monkey, so he spoke up, "Yan'er, Uncle Monkey refused to take the things I gave you this morning. I thought it would be better to help him make his clothes. Your mother is pregnant now, who do you think would be a good helper?"
The weather will only get colder as time goes by. Right now, my aunt is making a coat for my father, and my grandma is probably busy making clothes for my grandfather and uncle. It will take her a while to finish.
Thinking of this, Li Yan suddenly said, "Why don't I ask the second lady next door for help? She has a family of old and young, and life is very difficult. I can just give her some compensation as a thank you!"
Speaking of the people in the village, the one that Li Yan was most concerned about was the family of her second grandmother next door. The family only relied on a few acres of thin land to make a living and had no source of income. When it came to hiring people to do work, they were the first people that came to Li Yan's mind.
After hearing what Li Yan said, Lin Feng stood up and went back to his room to bring the things to Li Yan. "These cloth and cotton are more than enough to make two new coats. You can use the rest as payment! The remaining cloth and cotton can also buy coats for their family."
"Okay, I'll talk to Second Madam right away." After saying that, he got up and went to the next room!
It was a leisurely winter day. In the afternoon, the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were sitting under the eaves, picking beans from the sieve with their heads down.
Li Yan stood in front of the door and shouted, "Second Madam!" and walked into the yard.
The second grandma looked up and saw Li Yan coming. She quickly put down the work in her hands and ordered Xiu'er: "Go into the house and bring a stool for your sister Erya!" Xiu'er was very happy to see Li Yan. She stood up and went back to the house to bring a small wooden stool and placed it under the eaves.
Second Madam looked at Li Yan, who had become much darker and thinner, and warned her, "Good child, don't go out and make trouble again. Your mother is pregnant now, don't make her anxious!"
Li Yan humbly agreed and sat down next to Second Madam: "Second Madam, I came here to ask you to help me make two sets of clothes! I wonder if you have time?"
Second Grandma: "It's winter and I don't have much to do at home. Just bring the dimensions and I'll make it for you!"
Li Yan said with a smile, "Thank you very much, Second Madam. I'll bring the things back tomorrow morning so that you don't have to work in vain!"
Li Yan sat at Xiu'er's house for a while, and the three of them chatted for a while before Li Yan got up and left.
When he returned home, Li Erlang happened to come back from the foot of the mountain. When he saw Li Yan, he told her about the contract he had signed with the Guo family.
Li Erlang: "Just like the Zhao family, I signed a five-year contract with them. Tomorrow I will speak to County Magistrate Zheng, and this man will settle in our village!"
Li Yan smiled and replied, "Daddy, if anyone gives you a hard time, just tell County Magistrate Zheng that this person is Gu who will come back to reclaim the wasteland and plant high-yield crops next year. I guarantee he will help you immediately!"
Li Erlang poked his daughter's head in amusement: "What a clever trick!"
When the father and daughter returned to the room, Mrs. Lin was packing food for Lin Feng for the journey.
Li Yan walked to the table and sat down. She remembered that she hadn't yet explained how much money she had made on this trip south, so she spoke up, "Dad, I forgot to tell you that this time I sold the herbs for three hundred silver coins!"
Lin stopped what she was doing in shock: "How could they sell so many?"
Li Yan nodded. "When we came back, my uncle insisted on not returning empty-handed, so he bought some goods and a mule cart. He's leaving for Xuancheng tomorrow, so I gave him a hundred taels of silver. I still have about a hundred taels left, so I'll take it back and give it to mother for safekeeping!"
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