Leshan Zhuangzi.

There were at least fifteen or sixteen people coming from Lushui Village this morning. Wang Dahu brought most of the reliable young and strong people in the village.

As soon as these people arrived, they were taken directly to the sweet potato field. The scene confused the residents in the village.

It's freezing cold, and these people come and go every day. What are they doing here?

What to do?

The men who came along today were also confused all the way. They followed along because they heard that the Lord would take them to earn money and big steamed buns.

Anyway, most people are free now, so it would be a waste not to make the money that comes to you.

Some people vaguely knew that Wang Dahu was helping the Li family compound to run errands, so they were happy to follow him.

I'm just worried about having no way out.

This morning, before dawn, everyone was waiting at the village entrance, wrapped in worn cotton jackets, breathing heavily and stamping their feet. Their hoes, shovels and other farm tools were placed on the ground.

Wang Dahu was driving the ox cart in the farm. On the cart were two large baskets of food that Li Changle had asked him to bring from the west wing of the courtyard.

When the group of people arrived at Zhuangzi, the sky was just getting bright.

Liu Tiechui carried a bamboo basket and distributed half a boiled sweet potato to each person.

It was too big, so I cut it into two. Even this one is too big to hold in one hand.

The men in Lushui Village broke off a piece and stuffed it into their mouths to eat immediately.

Eh? Isn't this what I had for lunch when I was helping to build the shed in the Li family's courtyard?

Food is being served before we even start working.

Suddenly I felt full of energy.

Wang Dahu drove the ox cart outside the house and stopped it. He left the unloading matters to Liu Tiechui and took a team of people to Xiaoleshan.

Li Changle had just dressed Yu'er in a thick cotton-padded jacket, a cotton hat, and a pair of fleece-lined leather boots, wrapping her up tightly.

Li Shixi had been waiting there early, and now he took his dressed sister to Liu's house to play with Zhu'er.

Jiang led the two of them to Liu's house in the front yard.

Liu Tiechui had just unloaded the things on the ox cart and came over to say to Li Changle: "Da Hu brought 15 more people here today. For lunch today, Madam, let Zhu'er's grandmother make it as convenient as possible. Just make sure the quantity is sufficient. When the work is done, the money will be paid in full."

"With fifteen people, the job can be done faster."

Liu Tiechui didn’t know about it before, but now that his two sons have been called over, he knows what these people are busy with.

However, the rice seedlings were planted just two days ago and they were harvested yesterday. They are still very big...

This made him, a farmer, at a loss for words.

Jiang returned to the house and discussed with Li Changle that for lunch they would cook thicker sweet potato and brown rice porridge, steam four large pots of steamed buns, and stir-fry two large pots of shredded potatoes.

Forget about dinner. There are too many people eating, and Jiang can’t be the only one to do it.

At noon, I would leave a pot of big steamed buns and give one to each person when we returned home in the evening as a snack.

Gu Jingyan brought back a bucket of two fish and half a bucket of shrimps.

Li Changle took a closer look and saw that after only one night, the prawns were already edible...

Li Changle followed him into the inner courtyard and chased after Gu Jingyan and asked, "How many fish did you catch in that puddle..."

"More than a dozen large baskets."

“What about sweet potatoes?”

“It’s also a great harvest.”

Li Changle was happy to hear that.

Before they reached the main hall, Jiang came after them, "Madam, Madam, the doorman of the manor said someone is outside, looking for you."

Gu Jingyan and Li Changle both stopped.

"Who is looking for?"

"The man said he was Li Ping from Wanjia Restaurant in the county."

Li Changle was stunned and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have not delivered any goods to the county in the past two days.

She left Gu Jingyan and walked towards the front yard again, "Ask the concierge to invite him in."

She met Li Ping in the front yard living room.

"Madam Li, I am sorry to bother you." Li Ping smiled sincerely.

Finally I saw someone.

"No problem, no problem. Is Shopkeeper Li coming to ask about the vegetables?"

Li Ping smiled bitterly, "Madam Li, have you forgotten about my Wanjia Restaurant? The vegetables were all gone yesterday and were not delivered this morning, so I hurried over to see if the supply was going to be cut off..."

Li Changle smiled and said, "It's not like I've stopped supplying you. I've just been busy at the manor these past few days and forgot to ask Dahu to bring it to you when he comes here today."

"How about tomorrow?"

Li Ping made a bitter face, "Not today?"

"Okay, okay. You have to wait a moment. I'll have someone accompany you to Green Water Village. The vegetables must be picked fresh."

Liping was confused, so he had to rush back to Lushui Village???

But there was not a single vegetable left in the kitchen, so there was nothing we could do.

At worst, Old Yu can just make another trip.

Li Changle asked him to wait in the living room. He went into the inner courtyard and found Gu Jingyan in the study. "Where are Leng Yi and Leng Er?"

Gu Jingyan was grinding ink: "Just shout and they will appear."

"Leng Yi?"

"What are your orders, madam?"

Li Changle was startled by the voice behind him, "Really? I thought you went to Xiaole Mountain."

"Madam, wherever you are, Leng Yi and Leng Er will be there."

Li Changle couldn't help but laugh, he also had a bodyguard.

"Your master is here to protect us. He can ward off evil spirits. Please help me with something first."

After a few simple words, Leng Yi went to carry out the order. Following Li Ping's instructions, Lao Yu once again drove the carriage towards Lushui Village.

Li Ping stood outside the house rubbing his hands, followed Li Changle into the front yard, and began to think of other things to suggest.

Li Changle: "Is there anything else, shopkeeper?"

Li Ping laughed, "It's... that fruit, the fruit that Madam Li gave me twice before... Is there any way to get it?"

Li Changle knew that the fruits had earned him a lot of money, but she pretended not to know, "Eh? Shopkeeper Li, these fruits are not good for eating. Do you want to buy more?"

Li Ping sighed, "To be honest with you, Madam Li, the fruit was taken away before I even had a chance to taste it, but I did make some money."

Li disagreed and said, "I gave that to Shopkeeper Li to eat. Have you sold it all?"

Li Ping thought, those bunches of them were very pleasing to the eye, shouldn’t he try some?

"Shopkeeper Li, is this fruit business going well?"

Li Ping nodded subconsciously, "Okay."

After saying this, he looked embarrassed and said, "Madam Li, I didn't mean it. It's just that the fruit looked too beautiful, and my business mind..."

Li Changle interrupted him, "How much do you want? We don't have any today, but we'll have some in a few days."

Li Ping was overjoyed, "Really?"

After Li Ping finished discussing the matter, he said goodbye. When Li Changle was about to leave the village, he called Liu Tiechui to take him back to Wanjia Restaurant in a ox cart.

Jiang tied the fish's mouth together with a straw rope, and brought out a fish to hand over to Li Changle. She took the fish and handed it to Li Ping, who was already staring at the big fish on the ox cart.

"I won't give you any fruit today. This fish is also raised at home. You can take it back and try it. Don't sell it."

Thinking that he was the one who helped her make her first pot of gold, she wanted to bring him some good stuff to try when she had it, and at the same time, use him to sell her things.

But this man didn't even want to taste it and just exchanged it for money. He is truly a genuine businessman.

Li Ping took the fish, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Madam Li, you are really capable. Do you have any more fish? I want some fruit and some fish..."

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