A poor hero

"Dachen, it's okay. We all listen to you. If you need help with something, please tell us."

Several villagers living at the entrance of the village comforted Chen Chen with a smile.

Chen Chen is not a stingy person either.

Although it was wrong for him to suddenly conduct an exercise early in the morning, he did it for the sake of the villagers.

As long as the villagers were safe and the bandits didn't come, it would be okay if he was scolded.

However, after passing the gangsters on the road yesterday, he had a vague feeling that the bandits would not be coming for long.

"Chen Qian, why are you picking up the candies on the ground? We can do it again! These are all dirty."

When Chen Chen saw Shen Qian picking up candies on the ground, he quickly stopped her.

But Shen Qian refused to listen. She felt that these candies were so expensive and she didn't want to waste them.

Chen Chen had no choice but to let her go.

After he called Mavericks back, he took Shen Qian home for breakfast.

Mavericks couldn't forget the candied haws on a stick that Chen Chen mentioned yesterday. He insisted on asking Chen Chen to take him to pick hawthorns and come back to make candied haws.

But how dare Chen Chen disobey his third aunt's order, so he had to let Xiao Niu make sugar with Shen Qian and the others at home.

He went up the mountain alone to look at the noose and pick some hawthorns.

When he came back, the third aunt and the third uncle rushed back.

At this time, she was making sugar with Shen Qian, Wu Hong's sister-in-law, and Chen Sheng.

It turns out that tomorrow is a good day to propose marriage, so the third uncle also rushed back with the third aunt, and tomorrow he and Chen Chen will go to the Shen family to propose marriage.

When they came back, they passed through Dongzhen and asked someone to go to Shencun to tell Shen Qian's family about the marriage proposal tomorrow.

Shen Qian's face was filled with smiles, and she was stirring the yellow muddy water with her hands.

Sure enough, as soon as the third uncle saw Chen Chen coming back, he immediately talked to him about proposing marriage tomorrow.

Chen Chen really knew nothing about this etiquette matter.

Whether it was things or etiquette, he left everything to his third uncle and his third aunt.

The third uncle smiled and said, "This is nothing. Your third aunt and I have helped you take care of it. I guarantee that it will be done properly."

Daniel had just gotten married not long ago, although it was not a big deal at that time.

But the third uncle and the third aunt are very clear about the etiquette of proposing marriage.

Soon, they told Chen Chen what to pay attention to.

Wu Hong's sister-in-law heard this and stepped on Chen Sheng hard.

He blamed her: "Chen Sheng, Chen Sheng, look at how much I hurt my wife in the morning. The wedding was so grand, but you are stingy."

What woman doesn’t want her wedding to be lively and lively?

Sister-in-law Wu Hong is no exception.

It turns out that Chen Sheng, a miser, did not hold a wedding in order to save money.

In fact, although the Ming Dynasty officially stipulated that weddings should be based on Zhu Xi's family rites.

But in fact, people who have no money don't do this. They just kill an extra chicken and eat a meal.

Chen Sheng was like this at the beginning, he just killed an extra chicken specially for Wu Hong's sister-in-law.

Some poorer people have spent all their savings to get a wife, and they don't even have to kill chickens.

Chen Sheng saw his wife blaming him.

He also whispered in a low voice, "Madam, didn't I have no money back then? If I have money in the future, I will make up for it for you and make up for a grand wedding."

When Wu Hong heard her husband say this, she laughed again, "This is what you said. Everyone is here to listen. Don't make other excuses now that you are rich."

When Chen Chen and the others heard Wu Hong's words, they all laughed.

When Chen Chen heard about money, he thought of Chen Sheng and his third aunt who had been busy making sugar for so many days, but he hadn't paid them yet.

So he smiled and said to Shen Qian: "Chen Qian, go get the money to pay Brother Sheng and Third Aunt first! Brother Sheng is in a hurry to ask for money."

Shen Qian had previously negotiated with Chen Chen about the remuneration for the third aunt and the others.

She knew how much the reward was.

That is one tael of silver per person per month. If the sugar production increases too much, more silver will be added at that time.

As soon as she heard Chen Chen's instructions, she immediately stood up and went into the house to get the money.

Chen Chen took Shen Qian's stick and stirred up the yellow muddy water.

"Dachen, there's no rush! You still have to wait for the money to get married."

Chen Sheng didn't know whether he was afraid that his wife would take away the money, or whether he was worried that Chen Chen wouldn't have enough money to get married.

He brought it up immediately.

When the third aunt and sister-in-law Wu Hong heard that Chen Chen wanted to give them money, they also stopped him.

They really regarded Chen Chen as their own relative.

Chen Chen had made money himself, so why was he willing to let them suffer in vain and work for him without receiving a penny?

This sugar business is so profitable. If the money was not disclosed, Chen Chen would have wanted to pay them more.

But Chen Chen knew that if the villagers knew that Chen Sheng and Third Aunt had suddenly become prosperous, his secret would not be kept.

He only gave everyone one tael of silver every month. Although it was not much, it was much better than plowing the fields.

As for the rest, Chen Chen planned to compensate them elsewhere.

For example, children's studies or going out to buy a house in the county in the future.

Soon, Shen Qian came back with four taels of silver.

She distributed a handful of money to Chen Sheng, sister-in-law Wu Hong, third aunt and Xiao Niu.

Chen Sheng and the others were shocked when they saw that what Shen Qian brought was one tael of silver each.

When it comes to farming, it is impossible to save even one tael of silver that year.

And they only produced a batch of more than 200 kilograms of white sugar.

Even if Chen San, a master master, went to work in Jixianju, he only had a few hundred pennies a month.

Chen Sheng took the one tael of silver and said with disbelief: "Dachen, isn't this a miscalculation? Can I have one tael of silver as reward?"

Chen Chen smiled and said, "Yes, the reward I will give you is one tael of silver per person per month. When the time comes, if you do more, the reward will be increased."

Chen Sheng and the others were so happy.

But they still didn't accept Chen Chen's money easily.

Chen Chen knew their concerns.

So he smiled and said to them: "I have a big shopkeeper in the city. He decides the remuneration. He said that in the future, he can also arrange for the children of Xiao Niu and Wu Hong's sister-in-law to study in the city."

When the third aunt heard this, she became even more happy.

She snatched the money from Xiao Niu's hand and handed it back to Chen Chen, "Da Chen, since Xiao Niu has books to study, he doesn't need to be paid."

Mavericks usually didn't have a penny, so when the delivery man came, he could only watch.

Now he finally had a tael of silver, but his mother took it away. He felt aggrieved.

Chen Chen smiled, pushed back Third Aunt's hand, and said: "Third Aunt, don't worry, Xiao Niu hasn't gone to school yet, we won't accept the reward until he does! Besides, the money is not mine, so I won't accept it. Don’t accept it for free.”

As soon as Third Aunt and Chen Sheng heard Chen Chen say that this was not Chen Chen's money, they happily accepted it.

When Xiao Niu saw that the third aunt had hidden his money, his mouth became even smaller.

"Xiao Niu, go ahead and wash the hawthorns in your basket. I'll prepare something delicious for you to eat later."

Chen Chen saw Xiao Niu's aggrieved look and said with a smile.