Started as a poor little girl

Bang bang bang... bang bang bang...

"Hello, what can I do for you two ladies?" an old man asked as he slowly opened the door.

"Hello, Grandpa. I'm the boss of Xiaolu Malatang. I have something to ask Uncle Tian. Can you let him know?"

The old man thought: Is this little girl lying to me? She is so young and yet she owns such a prosperous shop, why shouldn’t I believe it?

"Little girl, don't joke with me, an old man. You are such a little kid and you are the head of the family!" The old man rolled his eyes at her.

"Boss Xiaolu, Miss Qingqing, why are you here?" Qin Fengling walked over from behind Li Lulu and the others with a food box.

"Miss Fengling, do you recognize them? This girl said she is the owner of the Xiaolu Malatang restaurant that the master often goes to." The old man pointed at Li Lulu.

"Uncle Wu, she is indeed! Miss Xiaolu, what are you doing?" Qin Fengling asked.

"Sister Feng Ling, are you from this mansion?"

Li Lulu did know Qin Fengling. Because their store was doing so well, some masters were too lazy to go to the store and would send their servants and maids to pack up the goods.

"Yes! I am the manager of the Tian Mansion." Qin Fengling stated her identity without any hesitation.

"Oh... then could you please let me know? I have something to ask Uncle Tian."

"What's there to report? The master will be happy to see you. Just come to my house. Uncle Wu, park the guests' carriage." Qin Fengling made all the arrangements and led them into the mansion.

Uncle Wu took over the carriage with a dark face. Fortunately, he had never made any mistakes before, otherwise he would have been punished this time. He quickly did his job well.

Tian Fengnian is kind to others, but he has never married because he was too busy with work when he was young and didn't think about getting married. Now that he is old, he doesn't want to get married either, so there is no hostess at home.

Qin Fengling arranged Li Lulu and the others in the reception room, and went to the other room to invite Tian Fengnian to come out for the meeting.

"Master, Miss Xiaolu is here to see you. I have arranged for her to stay in the reception room." Qin Fengling said with a salute.

"Oh! Got it. Go ahead and get busy." Tian Fengnian waved his hand, got up and went out.

Qin Fengling took the food box to the kitchen. Since Tian Fengnian had a meeting with guests, he couldn't eat the spicy hot pot now. He would heat it up for him later when he wanted to eat it.

Tian Fengnian slowly walked to the reception room and said, "Miss Xiaolu, how come you have time to come to my house today?"

As soon as Tian Fengnian sat down, a maid came to serve tea, and new hot tea was also added to Li Lulu and the others' cups.

"I have something to ask Uncle Tian today."

"Tell me, how can your uncle help you?" Tian Fengnian took a sip of hot tea.

"Uncle Tian, ​​do you know someone who can build a house with all the materials and labor?" Li Lulu asked.

"I know him! But the little deer wants to build a house?" Tian Fengnian asked.

"Well, could you please introduce me to Uncle Tian? I wonder if the charges are reasonable? Will they be too expensive?" Li Lulu was a little worried. She might not be able to afford it if the price was too high.

"Don't worry, the price is absolutely reasonable. Fengling! Go and call your eldest brother over. He needs help if you need anything." Tian Fengnian called Qin Fengling.

After a while, Qin Fengling brought her elder brother to the reception room.

"Hello, Mr. Tian, ​​and hello, young ladies." Qin Feng bowed and greeted them.

"Qin Feng, come and sit down. These two girls are here to see you." Tian Fengnian pointed at the two girls.

"Hello, ladies. My name is Qin Feng. What can I do for you?" Qin Feng introduced himself and bowed to Li Lulu and Wei Lingheng.

Li Lulu sighed that the ancients were really polite! Too polite.

"Hello, Brother Qin Feng. I want to ask how much your all-inclusive house building package costs?"

Li Lulu thought, if it was too expensive then forget it, but if the price was reasonable then she would just ask him to cover the entire thing.

"That depends on what you want to build. Do you have any blueprints?"

Li Lulu was a little embarrassed by this question. Her drawings were so ugly. Where were the blueprints? She was just about to say it when Wei Lingheng took over.

Wei Lingheng stood up, spread his hands and crossed them in front of his chest, with his left hand inside and his right hand outside, then nodded and knelt in salute.

"Master Tian, ​​can you lend me some paper money?"

"Someone, go get the four treasures of the study." Tian Fengnian gave the order, and soon a servant brought the four treasures of the study.

Wei Lingheng picked up his pen and drew the structure of the house described by Li Lulu according to his memory.

Li Lulu watched from the side and praised in her heart: Good boy! This skill is good! Not only does he write beautifully, but he also draws well!

"Lulu, look, is this what it looks like?" Wei Lingheng pointed to the drawn drawing.

"Yes, thank you Sister Qingqing, you are so nice and amazing. The structure of this painting is better than what I imagined in my mind, hehe." Li Lulu gave Wei Lingheng a thumbs up and kept praising him.

Qin Feng looked at it carefully and nodded in agreement, "Yes, young lady, you have good skills. This blueprint is very well drawn. However, the house drawn on this picture is not small."

"Yes, there are five rooms on each floor of the building. The middle one is bigger. Build the toilet like this..."

Li Lulu explained what she wanted, and Qin Feng nodded to show that he understood.

"That girl wants it to be finished before the end of the year, which will be more expensive! The house is not small, so I will charge you 150 taels."

"Brother, please give me less. This little deer girl is my friend! Give me a better discount!"

Li Lulu was touched! Usually, Qin Fengling came to the store and Li Lulu often fed her food. This time, it was a blessing in disguise that the person who built the house was actually her eldest brother.

"Um...sister, it's inevitable. This house is too big, and it's a one-stop shop for labor and materials. It requires a lot of labor and money!"

Qin Feng was helpless. His price was really not high. He covered all the costs of materials, labor, and food. But this girl just didn't understand.

"Okay, Sister Fengling, don't make things difficult for Brother Qinfeng. I think the price is reasonable. Let's leave it at that! Tomorrow I will take Brother Qinfeng to Datan Village to familiarize ourselves with the place, and then you can decide when to start work."

Li Lulu also wanted to go home and look after the family by herself, but she didn’t have the time, and she was almost spending all her money, so she had to work hard to make more money.

"Okay, then where should I wait for you tomorrow?" Qin Feng asked.

"Come to my shop and wait for me, do you know Xiaolu Malatang?"

"I know. I'll come find you guys tomorrow morning."

So they made an agreement, and Li Lulu thanked Tian Fengnian and Qin Fengling and left.

When we got back to the store, it was time for dinner, but Li Xiaoyang and Li Xiaoguang hadn't cooked yet. They were discussing who would cook, as Li Lulu was too picky with food.

"Sister, you are finally back. Hurry up and make me something delicious. I am starving."

Li Xiaoguang was very happy to see Li Lulu coming back, and he quickly pulled Li Lulu into the kitchen. Yue Xiangmei and Li Lulu had done the cooking before, and their cooking was delicious.

Li Xiaoyang and Li Xiaoguang can also cook, but we can only say that what they cook is edible, but whether it tastes good or not...! That is another matter.

Li Lulu didn't say anything else. She rolled up her sleeves and prepared to cook. She asked her two brothers to help her, one to cut the vegetables and the other to wash them.

Li Lulu showed off her cooking skills and made a spicy chicken, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, shredded pork with green peppers, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, and mapo tofu, another full table of dishes.

When Li Lulu was cooking, she taught Si Ya how to cook. Now Si Ya can cook some dishes, and she will be able to cook them completely after a few more days of study.

"My sister's cooking is still the best, so delicious." Li Xiaoguang ate two large bowls of rice with tears in his eyes.

Everyone had a round belly after eating so much, and they sat there in a daze, touching their bellies.

Li Lulu was very tired today and went to bed early.

The next morning, Li Lulu got up early and had just finished breakfast when Qin Feng arrived at the door.

"Brother Qin Feng, you're here so early? Have you eaten yet? Let's eat together?"

Li Lulu took a bite of the meat pie. This meat pie was brought by Aunt Ling! She made it herself and it was delicious.

"No, I've eaten at home." Qin Feng waved his hand. He came here after eating.

"Well, Sister Qingqing, are you full? If you're full, let's go."

Not hearing any response, Li Lulu turned to look at Wei Lingheng, but Wei Lingheng had already gone to the backyard to get the horse.

She heard someone calling her outside the door and walked to the door with heavy steps.

"Little lazy fellow, are you full? Why are you dawdling? Shall we go?"

Li Lulu jumped onto the carriage and stood steadily beside Wei Lingheng.

"Who said I was dithering? Now we can go now."

Qin Feng, who was following behind Li Lulu, was so shocked by Li Lulu's actions that his jaw dropped. This little girl was really amazing.

"Brother Qin Feng, why are you still standing there? Come up quickly, we are leaving now." Li Lulu waved at Qin Feng.