Rebirth: Don't Be the Best

By the time Zhang Shu and the others turned the boat back to look for Li Yan, he had already landed wet.

Zhang Shu hurriedly dressed his brother-in-law and asked him to change, then turned to look at Zhou Nan who was holding Xiaohu at a loss.

"My elder brother is overly excited, please forgive me if there is something abrupt."

Zhou Nan shook his head, still at a loss in his heart. He just stood here watching the big ship leave, feeling a little uncomfortable, so he stood there blankly for a while.

Just when he was about to lead Xiaohu away, Xiaohu suddenly yelled towards the surface of the water, and wanted to jump into the water.Zhou Nan quickly grabbed it and dragged it back.

At this moment, a head popped out of the water, and he took a closer look, and it turned out to be Li Yan!

Li Yan was very excited when he got up and went ashore. He held Zhou Nan's hand and said a lot of miscellaneous things. In summary, I will treat you well in the future, give you everything, and what will happen after getting married.

Zhou Nan was both joyful and puzzled. In a short period of time, who woke up this elm lump?Obviously, he was still the brother's friend just now.

But in an instant, he calmed down again. Could it be that Li Yan said that because he saw him pitiful in order to find someone with him?

However, the joy and admiration in Li Yan's eyes is undeniable. Just a change of mind can make such a big change in a person.

After Li Yan changed his clothes, Zhang Shu handed him a money bag and a pack of salutes, so that they could look here for a while longer.

Li Yan pulled Zhang Shu to his side and said seriously, "I borrowed the money from you. After returning home, if your father asks, you should tell him the truth. Tell him, it’s fine if you don’t see it, Zhou Nan has already told his dad about it anyway.”

Zhang Shu nodded, "Don't worry, I'll tell Dad, it's too late for him to be happy."

After the two parties bid farewell, Zhang Shu embarked on the return journey.

He brought a lot of goods with him when he went, and only a big bag of money when he came back. Zhang Shuyu Xiaoliu said goodbye to shopkeeper Yan, and then hired a bullock cart to go back to Shuitou Village.

Walking to the fork in the road, Yu Xiaoliu said that he had made money this time, so he bought some pastries for his father to eat, and the whole family guessed that his father remembered him ordering.

He wanted to get out of the car and walk there by himself, but Zhang Shu said that he would go too. The weather was getting hot and things were not easy to keep, so he didn't bring anything back, but since someone was going to the town, he would also Bring some back.

The bullock cart diverted to the town. The people in the town were still the same, no more and no less. Everyone was strolling around leisurely, which was very different from the feeling in Nanhai County.

Zhang Shu and Yu Xiaoliu bought a few pastries and fruits and were ready to go back. When passing by an alley, he took a casual look, but seemed to see Zhang Huai's figure sneaking there, not knowing what to do.

Zhang Shu looked up and looked at the three large characters at the entrance of the alley, Tianshui Lane.

He was thinking that this name seemed very familiar, but Yu Xiaoliu brought up the topic, and then left it behind.

Back in the village, Yu Xiaoliu got out of the car first, and then Zhang Shu went home alone, but there were only a group of puppies and a group of humming pigs in the yard. They ran out together when they heard the sound. People who are familiar with him come up to him wagging their tails and licking the Zhangshu continuously, the intimacy in it is beyond words.

Zhang Shu paid the fare, sent the driver away, petted the puppies on the ground one by one, and asked, "Where is Ajin, where did he go?"

One of the puppies seemed to understand, and dragged Zhang Shu's trousers to the backyard.

Zhang Shu unloaded the pannier in the front yard, then opened the door to the backyard and went in.

The spacious backyard is still very busy, with vermicelli drying, milling, dicing, and pulping, just like before Zhang Shu left.

Sitting by the side door in the backyard, Li Mujin was talking to someone, when she suddenly heard Zhang Shu's voice calling him, she stood up without thinking.

Zhang Shu was taken aback by the way he stood up suddenly. His belly is about four months old now. Although it is not too big, it is like hiding a small pillow in it.

He hurried over to help him, Li Muzhen smiled and said, "It's okay, my father and grandma accompanied me to the medical clinic again a few days ago, and now the doctor said that the fetus is already seated, it's okay to move a little bit." .”

"That's good, that's good." Zhang Shu said with lingering fear.

The others laughed, "Mujin, you can benefit more now. Zhang Shu is becoming a father for the first time, so naturally he is very nervous. After being a father a few times, he will become numb."

Zhang Shu disagreed in his heart, no matter how many times he became a father, he would always be nervous about Ajin.

Li Mujin talked to them a few words, and then went back to the front yard with Zhang Shu. There were so many people in the back yard, some things were difficult to say.

Zhang Shu supported him, then unlocked the door, and helped him in again.He took out a large bag of money from the basket on the table, and handed it to Li Muzhen, but Li Muzhen also took out a bag of money from the hidden compartment next to the bed.

Zhang Shu looked at the more than 40 taels in the bag suspiciously. Where did this come from? The Lin Family Inn probably won't be able to buy so many for a while.

"It wasn't bought from the Lin's inn, but the people were brought by them. A businessman ate the food in the inn and thought it was delicious, so he asked Uncle Lin to sell some to him. He stayed there for two days. Uncle Lin had no choice but to let Dongdong bring someone over."

"He bought a thousand catties, and I sold it to him at 27 Wen a catty, and made a little more than 35 taels. The rest was given by the Lin Family Inn. Of course, part of the money was paid for raw materials and labor. Yes Now, the pigs are getting bigger and bigger, and they are eating more and more, so I asked Mrs. Ma to bring her sister, and now the two of us will take care of those pigs."

"Okay, you can be the master of the family affairs." Zhang Shu looked at Li Mujin explaining the family affairs to him in an orderly manner, his eyes became more gentle.

After Li Mujin finished speaking, he opened the silver he brought back, and was surprised that there were so many!

There were 170 taels in it, which was left over after deducting the expenses on the road and the money lent to Li Yan.

Li Muqin took out the wooden box containing money at home from under the cabinet, and put all the silver in it, and put the other scattered silver and copper plates into the hidden compartment for normal use.

Zhang Shu helped him remove the cabinet, uncovered a few bricks underneath, put the box down, covered it with bricks, and moved the cabinet.

"How many dry vermicelli are left at home?"

"There is still more than 3000 catties left. After finishing those this time, there is no need to do it again. It should be able to produce a thousand catties." When Zhang Shu is not at home, the last step is Li Mujin. As soon as my grandparents did it, they brought Aba Li with them.

"Have you collected so much?" Zhang Shu shook his head. This is twice as much as he estimated. According to the number of vermicelli and the yield of vermicelli, it can be calculated that more than 7000 catties of spring potatoes have been harvested. Isn't it that all the towns and villages are bought and sold?

"Yeah, I never knew there were so many people growing spring potatoes."

In fact, this is the reason for Zhang Shu. As soon as the news that he wanted to harvest spring potatoes was released, it spread from ten to ten, and everyone worked hard to plant it, especially in the relatively barren villages. They even planted all of them. When we got to the mountain, the yamen servants basically didn't go this way anyway.

After the two chatted for a while, Zhang Shu remembered that the snacks he bought for Li Mujin were still in the basket, so he took them out and opened them together.

Li Mujin twisted a piece of dried plum and put it in his mouth, feeling sweet in his heart.

"Where's my brother? Has he gone home?" Li Mujin suddenly remembered that his brother had gone with him.

Zhang Shu shook his head, "Your brother accompanied Zhou Nan to find relatives, and he probably won't be back until some time later. Their good news is coming soon, and you will soon have a sister-in-law."

Li Mujin was overjoyed, "My brother took him down? This is great news. My dad doesn't have to watch him worry, I have to tell him now."

Zhang Shu stopped him, "Don't worry, it won't be too late to tell them when I invite Father and Father over for dinner tonight."

Li Mujin looked at the sky, yes, it's been two hours.

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When eating in the evening, Grandma Zhang was distressed that Zhang Shu hadn't eaten well outside, so she cooked a large table of dishes for him.Zhang Shu just put his head down and ate hard, because everyone else was picking up vegetables for him, and even Grandfather Li picked up a chicken leg for him.

After the meal, the family sat and chatted in the main room, and Zhang Shu told Father Li and the others about Li Yan.

Li's father was really overjoyed, he already knew that Li Yan brought his brother down the mountain to Nanhai County together, but he didn't expect that they had already made a decision in just ten days.

His own son knew that he was an awkward person, and if he could find a like-minded partner by himself, he should burn the incense.

Aba Li asked Zhang Shu about Zhou Nan in detail, and was quite satisfied with him in his heart.The family background is not very good, but he is marrying his son's husband, not his elder brother. If his elder brother wants to marry there, then he should worry about it.

It was time to prepare things for the engagement, dowry gifts, and so on. Aba Li sat next to Grandma Zhang and discussed with her what things to prepare for the engagement.

Because there is only Li Yan in the Li family now, Abba Li is going to make this scene bigger, and it can be considered as a support for Zhou Nan.

As soon as Grandma Zhang heard about his plan, she recounted all the things her family had put away when they married the eldest daughter-in-law, and finally asked him to look at it and add some more.

Li Yan hasn't come back yet, so Abba Li still has time to prepare.

Two days later, Zhang's workshop was completed, and this afternoon, the last batch of dried vermicelli was collected, and there was no work for the first half of the year.

Those who worked in Zhang's house for more than a month basically got more than two taels of silver, and those who worked at the mill earned even more.

Take Laiwang and his wife as an example. In more than a month, the two of them together earned about five taels of silver. If it were in the past, Laiwang went out to do part-time jobs by himself. Just burn the incense, not to mention there is not so much work to do.

Including the money they earned from building a yard for Zhang Shu and building a house, they earned a total of more than six taels in the past two months.There is food for work, and it is close to home, and they don't care about the occasional delay, but everyone is honest in doing things, and generally they don't run away while they are doing it.

In order to thank everyone for their hard work for so long, Zhang Shu went to the county town to buy two large jars of wine and a lot of meat and vegetables, and came back to treat everyone to a meal.

Those people were not just waiting to eat. Brothers and daughters-in-law rolled up their sleeves one by one, washing, chopping, and stewing, making the huge front yard full of meaty fragrance. People laugh out of their hearts when they see it.