Chapter 493: Busy Afternoon
There is nothing better than praising the other person's child, which is also comfortable to listen to. Considering that her biological mother is about to arrive, Mrs. Liu doesn't mind wasting more words.
She happily praised her brother-in-law's three children one by one. Sure enough, as soon as she finished praising the children, her biological mother came to the door.
Moreover, it was not the mother-in-law who came, but the mothers-in-law of the two daughters-in-law. They came in simultaneously, one from the back door and the other from the front door.
It would be unfair to say that the two of them had agreed upon it. The two families were in the east and west, with most of the village separated in between. It was not such a coincidence to have made an appointment in advance.
Several people gathered in the dining room and then moved to the main hall. Mrs. Fang couldn't stay any longer and made room for the three of her in-laws to go home first.
Just as he was about to walk to the front yard, Gu Wenxuan appeared.
What?
Bad pickles?
Fang was happy.
Understand, don’t tell anyone that your wife is so happy that she wants to eat pickled radish and pickles. Wait, your aunt, I will definitely find it for you before dark.
For a moment, she did not say that it would be better to ask Dr. Dong if she could eat it before eating. She thought that eating less to satisfy her craving would not break her stomach.
After all, Sanya, who is now pregnant with Jin Gupda, dare not pretend to have the things delivered to her by her own hands. It will not be too late to bring them up when she comes back to deliver them herself.
After seeing off Mr. Fang, Gu Wenxuan did not rush back to the east wing, but went to the outer study nearby. A moment later, Gu Dahua and Gu Dachang came together.
The former was ordered by his wife to temporarily transport some of the items brought back from the county to the small workshop yard, and then went to the manor to take a look before returning.
There isn't much to report.
The four maids around Zhou Banxia, Mai Qing, who is good at making abacus beads, and Mai Dong, who has a pair of skillful hands and is responsible for needlework, had gone to the workshop with Gu Dahua before.
Similar to whether the furnishings in the manor have been arranged properly, Maidong can give Gu Dahua the answer first. Even the recent income in the manor has been checked by Mai Qing to help him.
Therefore, Gu Dahua could finish the matter in just a few words, but Gu Dachang, who stayed behind, had a lot of things to report, and he stayed for more than an hour.
From the operation of the workshop in the past half month, shipments and purchases, follow-up work of infrastructure construction at the entrance of Gujiazhuang Village, personnel transfer, to the news of the arrival of various managers in the village in the past two days, etc.
Even if he is not in the village on weekdays, Gu Wenxuan still knows something about the situation because Gu Dachang's son Gu Jiaxing is Gu Wenxuan's school boy.
But it was still not as good as listening to what Gu Dachang said in person that afternoon. At this time, if he asked questions if he had any questions, after Gu Dachang explained them in detail in person, he felt more confident.
After he mentioned two more things that Gu Dachang needed to arrange, after Gu Dachang left and returned to the workshop to continue working, Gu Erzhu and Zhou Shushun also came back from outside.
It was rare to see the old son/third aunt outside the study room. The two in-laws who had just returned from Patriarch Gu's house simply refused to enter the inner courtyard and blocked the old son/third aunt in the study room outside.
The two in-laws didn't say how they "encountered" each other by chance at Patriarch Gu's house, so they asked the elder son/third uncle if he knew if the whole village was not afraid of freezing this year.
In the past, every year, families in the village were most afraid of winter. Before winter came, they began to worry about the family's food rations and warm clothing, and the thatched houses they lived in were drafty.
But this year is different. At the beginning of autumn, cloth merchants who have signed a contract with the workshop bring unevenly dyed cheesecloth, muslin and old cotton.
With everyone's intention of making a profit, Zhou Banxia transferred most of the old cotton and defective cloth to the villagers in need at the original price of the wrapped goods.
Among them, the cotton that originally cost sixty cents per catty turned yellow due to improper storage, and due to the large purchase volume, it was so cheap that it was almost forty cents per catty and was almost sold out.
Even the poorest families in the village can now afford it because the Gu family spent a year building a workshop, tidying up the fields, hiring people to work on it, or having a lot of money to buy it. This year in Qinghe Village alone, every household from old to young can wear thick cotton-padded jackets and cover themselves with thick quilts, and there are even fewer thatched houses, let alone firewood.
The backer eats the mountain.
Hard-working people not only prepare their own firewood for the winter, but also have spare energy to go to the mountains to cut firewood and send it directly to the workshop in exchange for money, which is more trouble-free than sending firewood to the city to sell.
As long as they don't fool people into mixing firewood, the workshop will never embarrass the folks in the countryside. Instead, if the firewood is neatly packed, they will give an extra two coppers per cart.
In the words of Sanya, a kind person should be rewarded with good things. If everyone is treated equally regardless of good or bad, good people will become bad if they are willing to be kind.
At noon this afternoon, Zhou Shun didn't know who Patriarch Zhou heard from but that his in-law Gu Erzhu was drinking at Patriarch Gu's house and asked him to come and sit with him at Patriarch Gu's house.
The two old patriarchs who had just retired had a good meal at the wine table and praised the two in-laws for their ability to have children. The two children also made the two old men more proud.
Then what?
It is not a blessing for a family to have such two wonderful children. If you have any questions, just ask. For now, you must first let Sanya give birth to the child smoothly.
All in all, no one is allowed to drag down the reading seed that the two tribes finally came out with, and the child who allows the tribe to live a good life.
Gu Wenxuan understood what his father and his father-in-law were saying.
Thinking about it, the reason why no one came to the Tian family for help so far was not only because his grandfather and his son deliberately blocked it, but also the patriarch of the Zhou clan had contributed a lot to it.
Not surprising.
Zhou Daniu's cheating daughter could be sent away with a bowl of medicine from her husband's family. How could the patriarch of the Zhou family tolerate the Tian family's scandal in Waibalu to drag down his Zhou family's fortune?
The human heart is like this.
When they see someone who is weak and can be bullied, most of them will turn a blind eye and look on indifferently, even if they still have the conscience not to stomp on someone.
When the other party starts to be stronger than them, they will be jealous and even want to destroy them. But if they are so strong that they are beyond their reach, they will envy, flatter, and even worship them.
"...Anyway, just listen to what they say, good or bad. Whenever you listen to what your father says, you won't be wrong.
Okay, it's time for Sanya to wake up now. You and your father will drink tea slowly, and you two will chat slowly. I have to go find my daughter for a good chat first. ”
"You're an old boy, you're just a naughty old boy, and you're afraid that if you're here, why can't we chat with you?" Gu Erzhu laughed and cursed and raised his foot, about to kick him.
Zhou Shun was faster than him, stretched out his leg and slapped his foot, "That's nonsense, I miss my daughter. No kidding, I'll come as soon as I go."
"How long?"
"Where else are we going? I said I would eat at home tonight and I'm not going anywhere today. I don't want to go out to someone's house and listen to someone's endless flattery."
"Forgot what I told you about Zhao Lao San? We must hurry up and give Zhao Lao Er an answer as soon as possible?"
"I won't interfere with this. You can make up your own mind."