Chapter 85 Chapter 85 "So that's how it is..."
"So you've been thinking this way for all these years."
When he thought that all his efforts over the years were actually deliberate and had ulterior motives in her mind, Uncle Chen was left with only disappointment and sadness. He turned around and left without saying anything else.
After a while, Chen Dalang walked in from outside.
"I just saw Dad go out. What was he doing?"
Zhao was upset and said casually, "Nothing, something happened with your maternal grandfather."
"Oh." Chen Dalang didn't think much about it, but he still felt something was wrong. Even if his father had something to do, he wouldn't ignore him when he was called, right?
"Why aren't you back from private school?" It's only afternoon now, isn't it time to get out of school yet? Zhao looked at her son suspiciously.
Chen Dalang then remembered the purpose of his return and came back to the spirit world.
"Mom, please give me some more money. I'll treat my classmates to dinner tonight."
Zhao Shi was still not confused. "Didn't you invite him a few days ago?"
Chen Dalang hadn't expected his mother to get to the bottom of this. He couldn't come up with a good excuse and could only stammer, "This...this time is different..."
"What's the difference?"
“It’s just different…”
"If you can't tell me, I won't give it to you."
Chen Dalang was completely stunned. This was the first time that he asked his mother Zhao for money and she refused to give it to him. He wanted to say something, but when he looked up, he saw Zhao's stern face. He was so scared that he immediately tucked his tail between his legs and slipped back into the house.
Seeing this, Chen Erya and Chen Sanya, who were embroidering in the room, looked at each other and dared not make a sound.
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Speaking of Uncle Chen, he went straight to the county to find Chen and Su Li as soon as he left the house.
However, his trip was destined to be in vain, because Su Li and Chen had already been invited to the Cao family mansion.
"Five days later, please don't forget it." Madam Zou sent the person to the gatehouse with a condescending look.
Su Li and Chen agreed, and then left with the bag of old clothes donated by the other party.
Before Chen walked far, she opened the bundle and took a look. She found that it was made of faded silk scraps, and an expression of disgust appeared on her face.
"She's an official lady, giving these ragged clothes to a beggar."
Chen thought of the domineering look and the condescending tone of the other party when she entered Cao's house just now, and she felt very uncomfortable all over. It was completely different from the last time she met Madam Lin. She couldn't tell who was the official's wife for a moment.
Moreover, this official's wife is too stingy. This is not the first time she has given them such tattered clothes.
The same thing happened when we asked them to prepare the meal before.
The promised rewards ended up being just these few pieces of tattered clothes and silk.
Who cares after all...
But they are just ordinary people, and when faced with such charity, they have to express their gratitude profusely.
"Mom..." Su Li tugged at Chen's clothes to signal her not to say these things in the street, as it would be bad if others heard them.
Chen only dared to complain in a low voice and didn't dare to speak loudly. Seeing this, she had no choice but to shut up.
In fact, Su Li was not very comfortable in her heart, but on second thought, preparing a banquet for a family like the Cao family was not completely without benefits. At least it would build up some reputation in the future, and it would be nice to slowly receive banquets from some officials' wives.
"Oh, what bad luck! It's all Mr. Lin's fault."
If it weren't for him, the Cao family wouldn't have come to their daughter and specifically asked for the squirrel mandarin fish she made...
But speaking of this matter, Lin Shou cannot be blamed. The Cao family is the superior he wants to curry favor with. When people asked him who made the squirrel mandarin fish last time, he naturally had to tell them. What's more, he didn't expect that the Cao family would hire someone to prepare a banquet without paying them!
Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't say anything, and he would still happily make up the money.
But it is also possible that everyone below is like this, and the Cao family has become accustomed to this behavior.
It was really like a rainy day. That thing happened in the morning and this thing happened at noon. Chen's mood was terrible today because of these two things.
Su Li could only try to say something else to comfort her mother Chen, "Mom, let's go find my uncle."
Only then did Chen remember this matter and she no longer felt sad.
"Okay, let's go." She almost forgot about it.
However, when Su Li and Chen went to the butcher shop to look for Uncle Chen, they found that he was not there.
If he was not in the butcher's shop, he must have gone to collect the pigs and had not returned yet. Chen and Su Li had no choice but to walk out of the city to meet Old Man Su. Unexpectedly, they saw the two men under the willow tree outside the city gate.
"Uncle."
"Big brother."
Chen and Su Li came forward and greeted them.
Uncle Chen, who heard the voice, turned around and shouted,
"Little sister."
"Wu Ya."
After the three of them exchanged greetings, Uncle Chen said to Chen, "I didn't know she would come to you to talk about this. Just pretend you didn't hear anything. Don't pay any attention to her. Don't worry about the meat either. I'll deliver it to you from now on."
"I know, big brother, but you don't have to send the meat. We have already talked to other people. Anyway, you and sister-in-law just don't argue about this." Yes, in the morning Chen went to other butcher shops to order meat for the next few days. The price was the same as before, and it was also delivered to the Su family every morning. Anyway, Chen was quite satisfied.
Uncle Chen didn't say anything more after hearing this. Since Xiaomei had already found a new partner, he was relieved.
"It's getting late, why don't you go back first, brother?" Chen asked with concern, fearing that her brother would be scolded by her sister-in-law because of this matter.
Uncle Chen hummed, but didn't say anything about going back. Instead, he said, "You guys should go back soon."
Chen didn't think about anything else. She nodded, said goodbye to Uncle Chen with Old Man Su and Su Li, and left in a mule cart.
Behind them, Uncle Chen, who had seen several people leave, also moved, but he did not return to the county. Instead, he went back to Chenjia Village and returned to his Chen family.
Yes, Uncle Chen, who had a quarrel with his wife Zhao, was still holding a grudge. It was this grudge that made him not want to forget what had just happened as easily as before. However, Uncle Chen still had not figured out what to do in the future. He was like an ostrich. If possible, he would rather bury his head in the sand and never come out.
However, before Uncle Chen could figure out what to do, something happened to the Su family.
The butcher shop, which had originally agreed to receive a deposit, not only failed to deliver the meat on time the next day, but also returned the deposit as well. When asked the reason, the butcher refused to explain, hesitating for a long time before leaving.
At first, the Su family didn't understand what was going on. Then, after several families refused to provide them with pork, they understood everything. It was just that the Zhao family did it on purpose because they refused to sell their son to them.
But this is underestimating the Su family. The Su family today is no longer the same Su family as before. When Zeng Lao Er learned that the Su family wanted to buy meat, he immediately found a new friend, a butcher who sold meat in the town, and provided the meat.
Even the price offered by Butcher Shi was lower than what the Zhao family had offered before.
"Thank you so much, Brother Zeng." Chen said as she looked at Zeng Laoer, who was busy with this matter in the hot weather and sweat was dripping down his face.
"What's the trouble?" Zeng Laoer waved his hand to show that he didn't care and helped take the meat in the basket off the mule.
"If you really want to thank me, please pour me a bowl of water. I'm so thirsty, haha." Zeng Laoer hadn't drunk any water all morning because he went to pull the meat.
Hearing that the other party was thirsty, Chen hurried into the house and poured a bowl of water. However, this water was not just plain water, but the autumn pear soup that Su Li had cooked in the morning.
Now that the weather has turned cooler, it is the perfect time to drink autumn pear soup to moisten the throat. Coincidentally, Mrs. Mo sent over a basket of pears two days ago, so they used it to make a soup of autumn pears for everyone to drink every day. They added rock sugar and it tasted sweet and delicious. Aunt Lian could drink two big bowls in one breath every day.
Zeng Laoer also discovered it when he got it, and just said it was well water, but he couldn't hide the happiness in his eyes.
After he took a sip, his eyes lit up. This autumn pear soup was even more delicious than the mung bean soup last time. It felt like his throat, which had been dry all day, was moisturized after drinking it. There was also a faint pear fragrance in his mouth after drinking it. It was so delicious!
After drinking a bowl, Chen served another bowl to Zeng Laoer, who then returned the bowl embarrassedly.
After eating and drinking, Zeng Lao Er finally got down to business. "I've already made an agreement with Brother Shi. He will deliver the meat to you every day at 3:00 PM."
Yin hour? Wouldn't that mean it's still dark? That's too early, isn't it? But Chen thought about it and realized that it would be around that time when others finished slaughtering pigs, so it was quite early. So, she said, "Okay."
Then Zeng Lao Er explained how to settle the silver. "He said that when the time comes, we can send it over and weigh it, and then we'll pay it if there's no problem."
This was naturally the best idea, and Chen had no choice but to agree.
The only thing that Chen was not satisfied with was that there were only two people in the butcher's family who slaughtered pigs, him and his father. The number of pigs slaughtered every day was limited, and he was afraid that he could not specify which pigs to slaughter more or less like Uncle Chen did before.
"Then I'll ask them later and tell him when I'm sure of the weight."
Chen hesitated and said, fortunately the butcher is slaughtering pigs in the village today, so it’s okay to tell him when I’ve made up my mind.
Upon hearing this, Zeng Lao Er did not urge them. He just said that it was still early and it was not too late for them to think it over.
After saying that, Zeng Laoer felt fine and left.
Chen was left behind to go back and discuss with Su Li and Su Hong.
After hearing what her mother Chen said, Su Li also realized that this was a troublesome matter. However, at the moment, there was no other good way except to cooperate with this butcher Shi. After all, the Zhao family had been butchers for generations, and they had been in the nearby village for so many years. There was nothing they could do if others were afraid of them and refused to sell them pork.
"It's okay. Just add more braised meat and reduce the amount of braised pig ears and pig trotters." A pig has only four pig trotters and two pig ears. Now that there are not so many pigs, naturally we can only reduce the amount.
But it's not a big problem. When the business gets better and better, why worry about not having pork to buy? The world is bustling, all for profit. The world is bustling, all for profit. She doesn't believe that those people can really give up a large amount of business for the Zhao family. As for now, it's just because they see that their Su family is small and there is no need to offend the Zhao family for them.
On this side, Chen didn't think as far as Su Li. She was only angry about how much money she lost. After all, braised pig's trotters and braised pig's ears were the best-selling products, and they were never enough to sell. Now, because of the Zhao family's behavior, they had lost so much!
At the same time, she was also angry that the Zhao family completely disregarded their relationship as relatives and threatened them. What was the difference between their behavior and that of robbers?
Of course, it was not only Mrs. Chen who was angry, but also Uncle Chen who heard the news.
Although Uncle Chen lived in Chenjia Village during these three days, he had accumulated a lot of connections from collecting pigs everywhere over the years, so he naturally heard about this matter.
For this reason, he immediately returned to the Zhao family angrily.
Seeing Uncle Chen coming back, Zhao was delighted at first, then asked, "Why did you come back?"
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