Farming with Taobao - C42

Chapter 42 The Road to Well-off (18)

There was an extra person at home, but his days didn’t change much.

It was just that the houses Black Bean and the others had built were extremely bustling. villagers had built several groups to watch the show, but Old Li had not made any noise at all. Li Yannian thought that it was weird, why were the few people from the Old Li Family so tactful this time, that not a single one came to cause trouble. It made her wonder when the second shoe would fall off the ceiling.

What she didn’t know was that the Li family had already caused a ruckus.

Although major chamber had a guilty conscience, and did not dare try anything funny, the third house did not have much of an opening. When they heard that Black Bean’s family had built a house, and built green bricks and glazed tiles to house the major chamber, they had already instigated Black Bean once in front of his grandpa.

When Grandma Black Bean Li heard how the Second Branch was showing off his money, how could he sit still? He jumped and was about to head towards Black Bean’s house, but was stopped by Old Man Li’s cold shout.

“Since we’ve already given them the money, we can spend whatever the child likes. Do you think that what we do is not shameful enough? You still want to make a scene in front of your child’s uncle? If you dare to leave this place today, you will not have to come back. ”

Madame Li’s face alternated between red and white. This was the first time that this old man had shamed himself in front of a child. She walked around for a while before finally heading to the kitchen. “Who said that I was going to cause trouble? The radishes have not even been sliced off at home.”

Li Junshan failed to stir up any trouble, and was glared at by the Old Man Li.

Li Junshan could only smile, “Dad, please calm down. I was just casually saying that, how could I …”

The Old Man Li snorted, then took his Smoke Bomb and left.

When Li Junshan returned home, he told his wife what the old couple meant. Even if the two of them had grudges, they could only restrain themselves and not cause trouble, which saved Li Yannian and the rest a lot of trouble.

On the second day of Zhao Xu’s stay in the Li family estate, he left early in the morning for Du Jia Village, but only returned home in the evening. As expected, when Black Bean went to the Manor this time, he did not even see the shadow of the Gu family’s third young master. He asked the employees of the restaurant and Bookstore about how their boss had gone out to discuss business with someone.

Black Bean shook his head and sighed: “This obviously means that he is relying on us.”

With his little bit of experience, he really couldn’t understand how a father would be willing to leave his son outside, the biggest official he had ever seen in his life was only the village. Strictly speaking, Li Zheng couldn’t even be considered an official, his family was even better than villagers, he didn’t even see Lizheng throw his son out of the house, not to mention a prince!

Li Yannian could roughly guess that there was someone in the Duke Palaces who was not willing to let Zhao Xu go back. As for who that person was, even if she was blind, she had no way of knowing.

“At this point, I can only leave it as it is. Oh yeah, brother, this time when we went to Bookstore, did Manager Xu say how many goods he wanted next month? ”

When it came to proper business, Black Bean’s expression became serious too: “I didn’t see Manager Xu, but the shop assistant on the cabinet said that this month’s paper looks even shorter, so there will definitely be more next month.”

He said hesitantly, “Next month, if you want 8,000, 10,000… Is there a problem with your side? ”

Li Yannian’s heart was thumping hard as well, but even if she told Black Bean the truth, it would not help the situation. She only nodded and smiled, “Brother, don’t worry about this matter, focus on building the house.

Black Bean thought about it and said with a relieved smile, “I think we’ll be done with it by the middle of next month. With the food and drinks provided by you and your aunty, your uncle and his group of brothers will have to work hard, and the pork in our house will not be eaten in vain. ”

Li Yannian’s days were numbered, she was relieved: “Then we will get a share of the meat, it sounds like we will be giving meat to others everyday, no need to worry. “Bro, let’s see if we can add some meat dishes to uncle and them every day. Building a house is hard work, not to mention uncle is still working inside, even without him, we can’t just order some salted vegetables with steamed buns every day.”

Under her influence, Black Bean no longer held so much money in his heart. Although he did not feel that the days of pickled vegetables and steamed buns were bitter, but since the little girl said it like that, he could only nod his head in agreement.

“Make your decision. Tell my aunt about the meat deal.”

The next day, there was a huge plate of porcupine stewed radishes on the table, and a small plate of sliced pig fat that was boiled in white water. The helpers who built the house had all gone crazy, grabbing the meat crazily while giving Zhang Sibao a thumbs up.

One of them lowered his head to snatch the meat, while saying vaguely, “Fourth Treasure, us bros really came with you this time. We haven’t even eaten like this on New Year’s Day.”

Another scolded those who were snatching meat for being too fast, “Which bastard was that? In the blink of an eye, I lost all my meat. Hurry up and spit out a piece for me!”

One of them shamelessly walked up and opened his mouth to let the man see the fat foam that was half chewed on. “Do you want this? If you want this, then I’ll let you have it. ”

Everyone was laughing and cursing at the same time. It was extremely noisy at the dining table. Zhang Sibao quickly dug a few pieces of fat into his mouth, and after chewing a few times, he swallowed them down. Then, he wiped the oily light from his mouth and said to the rest of them: There’s something good happening, when have I left you guys? “After eating someone else’s food, we bros shouldn’t let our chain fall off while we work. We should hurry and help the children build the house!”

Everyone laughed. “From what you’ve said, you’re just not looking for the kind treatment of our bosses. We haven’t lost any face for our team. Everyone has put in a lot of effort just to do this.”

Everyone was so full from the meal that their stomachs were bursting when they met Auntie Li who came to collect the tableware. They praised her craftsmanship until there was no taste in her fat intestines, and lamented that they had never tasted such delicious pig water in their lives.

He would change to a braised pig’s tail tomorrow and raise a group of men. When March came and the house was built, he would have to pay some of the fat that he lost every time he went out to work. Instead of wasting weight, his face would turn red and he would become white and fat.

However, the two taels of silver was indeed worth it.

Anyone who saw three siblings’s new home would raise their thumbs up in praise of how beautiful and sturdy this house was. Different from villagers’s yellow clay house, the green brick house was clean and tidy. Not only did it look elegant, it was also a lot more practical than the yellow clay house. At this point, the Yellow Mud Room lost its bearing ability. It could at most build up to two storeys, but it could not move up any further.

Black Bean’s house’s base area was small, so when he first designed it, he decided to build it to be at least three storeys high. After Zhang Sibao and the others discussed it, he raised the terrace to half a floor, making it convenient for his house to dry his blankets and vegetables, making it much more practical.

But in this way, Black Bean’s family was completely famous in the Li Village.

Many people were envious and jealous. Originally, those who were not close to their family took the opportunity to come to the Auntie Li’s to chat, hoping that they could talk with Li Yannian. But how could Li Yannian have time? Either she went out to buy things in the town, or she went with Zhang Sibao to the carpenter’s house to rush the furniture.

Even if it was rare to be at home, he was still tightly entangled by the old Zhao Xu, so he had no mood to play mind chitchat with these Third and Sixth Aunt.

The house was built too smoothly. The carpenter had said that they would deliver it in the middle of March with three willow beds, three camphor suitcases, and matching furniture and chairs. Then, with Zhao Xu as a burden, Li Yannian had temporarily added a bed, how could a carpenter make such a bed? Until now, he was still lacking a bed and table chair.

After all, it was a place where outsiders could come to at any time, so it was not suitable to leave furniture bought from the system. Li Yannian saw that she did not have any other choice. She could not possibly stay in someone else’s house after building all the houses, even if the furniture was shorter. She did not have to worry about the difference in prices between the system, so she busied herself with buying all the other things.

However, he knew that the two siblings were in a hurry to move out, so he reminded them: “Our village still needs to move out for wine. Logically speaking, since you two are able to build this house, it would be worth it for you two to not treat them to wine.”

Li Yannian did not think about this at all, and thought that it would be true. After all, the modern era was the only place where one could buy a house and decorate it, and invite close relatives and friends to meet at one of their new homes for a warm feast.

But she was a bit troubled, “To tell you the truth, aunty, we’re not experienced in this kind of banquet. Tell me, who should we hire, how much should we pay? Aunt, you’ve already helped us cook for the next month, why don’t you make this banquet yourself? It would be better to take care of Aunt.”

When Auntie Li heard this, she felt comfortable in her heart, but she did not dare to take responsibility for such a big matter like handling the feast. She rejected the offer, saying, “It’s not that Aunt does not want to earn this money, but there are so many people whose food is different from the helpers from before. Look, your grandparents and uncles have paid for the building, so they have to be invited. By then, even if your entire family comes, there will still be around a dozen people. Including your own family, there will be only two tables. ”

Li Yannian nodded her head: “Aunt, I’m listening, what else?”

“Also, you’re from the outer sect. I don’t know how many people there are from the outer sect. If there’s no division between them, there should be at least two tables, plus their Zhang family village’s Lizheng. Also, our village’s few clan uncles, Lizheng s, must have at least three tables. ”

Li Yannian laughed: “Aunt, don’t forget about Uncle and you. If Brother Hu Zi and the others are free, they can come back and join in the fun.”

Auntie Li pointed at her and laughed: “How could I forget such a good thing? If it’s like this, there’s no need for ten tables, just seven or eight of them will be enough.”

I remember that my brother told me that a few days ago, there was a clan uncle who helped my parents talk about a branch family. Afterwards, he left, and there was only his wife and brother still around, so you should help him invite them in. And the ones who built the houses. ”

Auntie Li thought in her heart, and then felt a bit of heartache: “That would require quite a bit of money. For this village to eat wine, add in the money for the dishes and the helpers, it would need at least two hundred pieces of paper.

Li Yannian laughed: “Moving is a good thing. There will only be more people. “That’s probably what my brother said. Aunt, you can relax and go make a deal. We don’t need any money, so I’ll leave four taels of silver here for you. Please help us out as if we’re elders.”

Auntie Li laughed embarrassedly: “How can I live up to your expectations?”

One side accepted the money. Over the past month, the Li Family three siblings had been living in his house. Not only did he eat well, he even ate well. It was one thing to help a bunch of people, but staying at home for a long time, no matter how good their relationship was, it would still be easy for them to be bad. But people like the Li Family three siblings who knew their limits and also knew how to let others take advantage of them were really not many. So Auntie Li really liked them from the bottom of her heart, and wanted them to stay at home for a few more days.

After paying the money, Li Yannian was completely free from charge and entrusted the task of moving the wine to Auntie Li. Most of the furniture she had brought back from the carpenters had already been put away, especially the reinforced wooden door she had specially instructed, so as to prevent the next little thief who didn’t have eyes from sneaking into their house.

Everything was ready for the day of the move.