farmer's struggle

Now I have 18 taels of silver in my pocket, plus Xu Sheng's [-] taels, it is enough to build a big house.

Li Yu was full of joy, today is really an auspicious day, it's his turn to do good things, and luck can't stop it.

He had just turned a street corner, and just as he was proud, he saw a group of people passing by, and one of them was very familiar.He looked intently, and saw a group of young men crowding each other towards a restaurant in front of them, and a familiar figure among them was his nephew Li Xingyan.

Li Xingyan was wearing a Confucian shirt at the moment, and he was talking with other people, and everyone laughed heartily when they heard the words.

But he heard a loud voice say: "Brother Xing Yan's words can be counted, we have agreed to treat today, I will not be polite, just open your belly and eat a big meal!"

After saying this, everyone laughed and echoed, Li Xingyan patted his chest proudly, "Just let go of your eating and drinking."

Some of them said: "Brother Xing Yan is always generous, he got a lot of money when he went home a few days ago, right?"

"That is, if it wasn't for the money, who would be willing to go back? Let me tell you, the yam cake seller in the town is my family's business, and now I want money is not a trivial matter." Li Xingyan said proudly.

A group of people entered the restaurant as soon as they said that, Li Yu stood at the corner of the street, with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth, heh!When did my Li Yu's things become yours?I don't know what it means, I really didn't expect that with such conditions in the family, he could still spend lavishly on entertaining guests. He was really spoiled by the family when he grew up.

Thinking of the life of the Li family, I feel a little worthless in my heart. The family tightened their belts and lived frugally. As long as they had a little money, they gave it to Li Xingyan to study. Anyone who has a heart will work hard, hoping to repay his family in the future. However, Li Xingyan has no heart of gratitude at all. In his eyes, everything is taken for granted, and he deserves it. This kind of person can repay his family. He is afraid that the sun will come out in the west. People, it seems that Li Xingyan has to re-evaluate this person.

Fortunately, the Li family separated them, otherwise, how could he be reconciled to letting Li Yu earn money to support such a white-eyed wolf, and want to get involved in his business, which is not the way to do it in a dream.

Li Yu shook his head, leaving Li Xingyan behind, why bother to think about such an irrelevant person.Li Yu has nothing to do with his future.

Back home, Li Yu excitedly told Wen Jinbai about today's events, then put the silver taels in front of him, and flaunted: "Look, I told you I can't treat you badly in the future, even if you don't do anything , can you still support you with a salary of three taels of silver a month?"

Wen Jinbai is funny, and only Li Yu can come up with such a fantastic idea, right?Zizhuo!Only the eldest son of the Chen family can play cards so unconventional.These two people, hey!There is really a comparison.

"After straightening everything out, let's go to the village chief and put in place the matter of building a house. We'll build a new house earlier, so we can feel more at ease." Li Yu had already thought about it, "Let's build a bigger house." There is a small yard in the front where we can plant some flowers and plants. If we have nothing to do, we can enjoy flowers and grass in the yard, and we can build some livestock sheds in the back. We will also buy a donkey cart at that time, so we don’t have to walk to the town. You Okay?"

"Okay!" Wen Jinbai imagined such a scene and nodded. Although he used to live in a place full of gardens and rockeries, he just thought about the small courtyard Li Yu mentioned, and he felt at ease. Sitting in the yard with Li Yu, admiring the flowers and looking at the moon, what a warm picture it must be.

Li Yu opened his eyes, saw Wen Jinbai rolling into his arms, smiled wryly and shook his head, now he is more and more used to having such a person in his arms, he got up quietly, and Wen Jinbai would hold him down Gently pulled out the clothes, the movement was cautious, afraid of disturbing the sleeping people.

However, when he went to the ground, Wen Jinbai had already opened his eyes. Now that he was used to Li Yu being by his side, he would unconsciously wake up when the people around him were empty.

"Did I wake you up?" Li Yu asked softly when he saw that he was awake.

Wen Jinbai shook his head, "No, I feel light, and it's time to get up."

Li Yu nodded, "Okay, I'll go to the village head later, I'm starting a new house, I always have to say hello to the village head first, and discuss the yam cake workshop by the way, get it up earlier, You can relax, too."

Knowing that this was Li Yu's kindness, Wen Jin accepted it wholeheartedly, "Well, go ahead, I'll prepare the ingredients for the pastry first, and when the little girl comes, I can just make it."

"There are still too few people. I'm tired." Li Yu sighed.

Now, although they hand over the rose cakes and cakes to Xu Fangzhai for sale, they still have to make them by themselves. When Xu Fangzhai sends workers to pick them up, they have to make the yam cakes themselves, and then push them to the town to sell. Now they The Chinese yam cake has gained a reputation for its high quality and low price. Common people like to buy some to take home to eat, so the yam cake they make has been in short supply. Many people can’t buy it and can only leave with regret, complaining one after another. Why not make more and sell them?Regarding this issue, Li Yu is also very helpless. They are short of manpower and the place is small, so there is only so much they can do with their best efforts.

That's why he wanted to develop the villagers as soon as possible. These are labor forces. In this way, they only need to guide the method at critical moments and grasp the proportion of making yam cakes, and they don't have to do everything by themselves.

After a hasty breakfast, the two were busy with their own affairs.

Now who in the village is not jealous of Li Yu and them?There are horse-drawn carriages going back and forth between the town and Li Yu's house every day. I heard that Li Yu is now promising, and their business has been favored by the nobles in the town. They personally found Li Yu to cooperate with him. Although I don't know how much benefit Li Yu can get from it, but Li Yu must have made a lot of money now.

The village head Li Wentian just listened outside, and when he came back, he heard his mother-in-law talking about the third boy of the Li family. .

"Who is it? Here it is." Li's aunt asked, then went out to open the door.After a while, she smiled and said in a very enthusiastic voice: "Oh! It's you! Come on, come on, why are you still mentioning these things, come in quickly, come in and sit down."

Li Wentian knew that his mother-in-law's temperament could make her treat each other warmly, and there were not many people who looked at him differently, so he was suspicious and didn't know who was here.

Just as I was thinking about it, I saw a tall and straight figure enter the door, who is it not Li Yu?

"Uncle Village, I'm here to see you for something, I'm really sorry to bother you." Li Yu saluted.

Li Wentian squinted his eyes slightly, and Li Yu was standing at the door. The morning light came in through the door and shone on Li Yu, forming a kind of brilliance, an illusion that made people look up.

He calmed down before erasing the weird feeling. At this time, Li Yu was not as timid and wretched as before, but he seemed to be a different person. No wonder it was rumored that the youngest of the Li family married A good husband turned the original ruffian into a good person.

"There's no need to be polite, don't bother me if you have anything to do, just tell me what you have to do, and if I can do it, I will do it." Li Wentian covered all his thoughts and said with a smile.

Aunt Li quickly moved a chair for Li Yu to sit down and talk, and then went to make a cup of tea herself and handed it over.Li Wentian had never seen his mother-in-law entertain visitors so warmly.

Li Yu thanked Aunt Li, and then said: "I have been living in the old house at the end of the village since I was separated from my family, but you also know, uncle, that the house has been in disrepair for a long time, and there is no good place. Now it is rainy season, Not to mention the dampness of the house, it is also leaking, which is really difficult for people, so the boy came to find uncle just to repair the new house."

Li Wentian's fingers trembled, and he almost knocked over the tea in his hand. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and stabilized the cup.

When he spoke again, his voice seemed to change a tune, "Third boy, do you mean to build a new room?"

Li Yu smiled, "There is more than one room. This is the room I came to find you. I want to make it bigger. Maybe I will build a few rooms next to the old house, so it may take up a lot of land. Some."

Li Wentian thought that he was just rebuilding a new house, but he didn't expect that he would also want to repair several big houses, but now that the third boy of the Li family has earned some money, he thought it would be good to build more mud houses. The place where I live now is surrounded by vacant land, so it’s not difficult to repair a house, and I don’t need to be embarrassed, so I nodded, “Okay, I’ll find a few villagers who can build houses with mud and water to help, and you can figure out the salary Well. It won’t take long for the mud room to be repaired.”

Li Yu was also happy when he saw him nodding his head in agreement, "Uncle, please find more people. You don't need too many plasterers. I don't know if there are any bricklayers in the village. I am building a big tile house with blue bricks. It is best to find more bricks and tiles." Craftsmen are."

"Hiss..." Li Wentian gasped, "What are you talking about? You want to build a big brick house?"

Li Yu blinked, "That's right, I thought that if I want to repair it, I should fix it once, so as not to push it to rebuild later."

"Third boy, do you know how much silver taels it costs to build a big brick house? Even though you earned some money, you don't need to build such a good house right away. You will have to pay taxes in the second half of the year. It's a big expense, you have to think carefully about it." Li Wentian persuaded earnestly.

But Li Yu had already made up his mind, shaking his head and said, "I know that Uncle is thinking of me, but since I want to build such a house, I will prepare the silver taels, so you don't have to worry about that."

Seeing that Li Yu was confident, how could Li Wentian not know what Li Yu meant.It's hard to persuade him any more, but I'm extremely surprised, how much money did the third boy of the Li family make in his business?

He knew it when the family was separated. The separation contract was originally supposed to be fingerprinted by both parties in person, but the Li family just brought a piece of paper with fingerprints on it and asked him to be a witness. Hunzi, he didn't pay much attention to it, so he just pushed the boat along and drew a seal.He never thought that such a day would come. At that time, Li Yu was really alone and had nothing. In just a few months, he had enough money to build a big tile house with blue bricks.