flstandardbreds Chapter 183 It’s Better to Do Business
Chapter 183 It’s Better to Do Business
As soon as these words came out, Uncle Li felt a chill in his heart and kept saying "bad".
"Second brother, look at what you are saying."
Li Taohua originally wanted to make some excuses as planned, but now she felt it was disgusting to even pretend to be nice to them.
"Xiao Man was not smart before, but no matter how stupid he was, he was still my child, Li Taohua, who carried him for ten months. Second uncle, you are the elder, and I should respect you, but look at you, is that what an elder should say?"
Lin Xiaoman pouted, "Mom, I didn't grow up eating their porridge, why are they so nosy?"
He is more concerned than the ocean and has a thicker skin than a city wall.
Li Zhong hung his head. "Second brother, I know you have always complained about my poverty. I know myself well. Ever since you refused to lend me grain during the famine, I knew that my big family was a nuisance to you. You were afraid of being pestered by me, so you haven't visited me for so many years."
"Now that you're back, I know what you want to do. I'll just say one thing." After Lin Gui finished speaking, he raised his head and stared at the three brothers.
"Big brother, second brother, little brother, check your conscience and see if it's still there?"
"Third brother, I was a foolish elder brother. It was my fault!" Uncle Lin admitted his mistake right away.
He glared at the second brother with disappointment.
The good-for-nothing second brother, doesn’t he even go home and curse at others?
Calling someone's daughter a fool in front of her parents.
Is there anything like this?
The clay figurine is still angry!
"Uncle, I am a straightforward person, I don't have so many twists and turns, and I can't learn those twists and turns. Dajiang and I can open a shop and a workshop in town, and Xiaoman has contributed most of the credit. Xiaoman is such a lucky child, and my family's rise to prominence is all thanks to Xiaoman."
"To be honest, Dajiang and I are the ones who do the work. The owner makes the decisions about the workshop. I can't decide who to hire, but I can still decide who not to hire."
"Taohua, how can you talk to your elders like that?" Uncle Li was humiliated and stood up angrily.
"Uncle, I didn't say anything. Uncle Er was pointing at Xiaoman and scolding him before!"
"Taohua, you are confused. All the people here are your brothers and nephews from your mother's family. They are all for your sake. Who wouldn't help their mother's family?"
Lin Dajiang walked forward with a smile, squinting his eyes, "Taohua, this is your uncle, right? Why didn't I see you when you got married? This is the first time I see you, right?"
He took two steps and walked around to the other side. "Is this Fourth Uncle? Oh, I thought our father had no brothers or sisters and was the only child in the Li family? No wonder Xiaoman didn't know. Not to mention her, I don't know either!"
"You!" Li Laoer was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, "Lao San, is this how you educate the younger generation? You are almost climbing over the heads of the elders and acting wildly."
"Big Brother Li, Second Brother Li, I think it's you who's here to cause trouble?"
The mayor of Shadi Village was standing at the door, followed by a dozen villagers from the village.
Li Zishun quietly slipped in from behind the crowd and was spotted by Lin Jingzhe.
When their eyes met, Lin Jingzhe knew that Brother Zishun had sneaked out to find help.
Li Zishun took advantage of the excitement and moved closer to Lin Jingzhe little by little.
Lin Jingzhe laughed softly, "You are amazing."
"Hey, my eldest brother made the arrangements yesterday. If the head of the village doesn't come, we'll go and ask the elders."
"Big brother thought of it, no wonder."
"If Big Brother wasn't here, we would know what to do! Aunt's money didn't come from the wind. It's just that group of people who are lazy and eat all day. If it weren't for Great Grandpa's partiality, humph!"
Lin Jingzhe nodded, "Don't be angry, just wait and see. God is watching what we do, and the villagers are not fools. Besides, you collected eggs in the village last year, and the villagers raised a lot of chickens and ducks, right?"
"You mean? The villagers will favor us because they still want to sell eggs to you?"
Lin Jingzhe nodded.
Li Zishun understood immediately, "It's not far from here to Shanglin Village. Maybe someone here wants to work in the workshop. The village head must have considered this and was willing to come here."
"Yes, people are selfish, but it doesn't matter. They were rude in the first place. They wanted to use filial piety to pressure my mother to agree. We also use the villagers to suppress them. This is called giving someone a taste of their own medicine!"
"Mom is right, reading and writing are indeed different!"
Lin Jingzhe looked at Li Zishun who was full of envy and asked, "Do you want to learn to read?"
"Of course I do!" Li Zishun said without hesitation, "How about you teach me?"
"Okay, I'll tell you, we'll move into our new house and we'll rent the one we're living in now. Then you can come to Shanglin Village and I'll teach you how to read."
"Really? I don't know if my parents would agree. We take turns to help take care of the chickens, ducks, and rabbits at home. Otherwise, my eldest brother wouldn't be able to handle it all by himself."
"That's nothing. You can take turns coming here! Come in pairs and go back to teach those who haven't come here what you've learned."
"Ah! What if I can't learn it and I teach it wrong?" Li Zishun suddenly felt that why did it feel a bit difficult before he even started to learn to read?
"Then let your brothers beat you up and teach you a lesson."
While the two were talking in whispers, the head of the village had already scolded the two leaders, Li Lao Da and Li Lao Er.
"It's New Year's Day, don't do anything weird. Taohua finally came back to her parents' home, why are you making a fuss? Have you forgotten how Zishun survived in the first place?"
"Li Zheng, that's not what I meant. I don't have any bad intentions. Aren't we just trying to mend the relationship?"
"I think you guys want to muddy the waters so you can get benefits everywhere. What's the matter? Don't you want to sell the eggs from the chickens and ducks at home?"
The head of the village was so angry.
Who doesn’t want to have a relationship with peach blossoms?
He thinks too!
Shadi Village is Li Taohua's mother's home. When her workshop becomes bigger, won't she need to recruit people? At that time, with a little talk and a little begging, the young and middle-aged people in Shadi Village can go out to work!
I heard that sausages are only made when the weather gets cold and there is no farming work.
If I could work in a workshop, I could earn money without affecting the crops in the fields. It would be much better than working in town.
In the town, everyone scrambles for work during the slack season, so how could they, who have no connections, get a chance?
It was a good relationship, but someone wanted to destroy it. He was the first one to disagree! The elders in the village would not agree either! Any villager with a little knowledge would not agree!
Li Lao Da and Li Lao Er were used to not taking Li Zhong seriously. Now that they were pecked in the eye by an eagle, they were so stupid that they didn't even realize it.
The head of the village became angrier and angrier, so he suppressed his anger and said, "Go back quickly during the New Year. We can talk about it after the New Year."
When Uncle Lin saw that the villagers gathered outside the courtyard wall were looking at him with contempt, he suddenly felt ashamed and his face turned red.
Looking at the second brother again, he still looked like he didn't know what he had done wrong, and he was so angry that his teeth were itching.
My second brother messed up everything. He is more likely to cause trouble than to help!
Uncle Li regretted it so much that he should have come alone.
With so many people watching him, he had to think twice before doing anything he wanted to do, so he had to give up for now.
"Taohua, we don't know how to talk, so don't take it to heart."
After saying this, he led his family away, and took the fourth child away with him.
When Li Laoer saw that everyone had left, he followed them without saying a word.
The village head waved to the villagers who were watching the show at the door and said, "Go away, this is a family matter, don't join in the fun."
They had almost finished watching the show, and when the village head asked them to leave, they just left.
The villagers left one after another, but a few of them who couldn't keep quiet started talking.
"Li Gen is really shameless. When he was poor, he wished he didn't have a brother. Now that he has a great daughter, he can't help but get close to her."
“If you are poor in a busy city, no one will care about you. But if you are rich in a remote mountain area, you will have distant relatives. Isn’t that the truth?”
"Li Gen didn't even think about it. Even if Li Zhong's daughter wanted to hire someone to do the work, she would definitely consider her nephews first. Now it seems that Li Zimao is the only nephew who has gone, right?"
"Don't the two older sons, Li Shan and Li Qiao, raise rabbits at home? I guess they don't have time to go. I'm so envious. Why don't we catch live rabbits? If we did, we would raise rabbits at home too."
"According to what you said, there is also the second son of Li Qiao's family, the two sons of Li Shi's family, and the eldest son of Li Zhu's family. There are still four more. No wonder Li Gen is anxious."
"After all, she is a married girl. If too many people from her family are invited, the Lin family will have objections. Even if the Lin family does not say anything, the elders of Shanglin Village will have objections."
"That's right. If my daughters-in-law keep thinking about subsidizing their parents' families, I will tear their mouths apart."
"If you ask me, Li Zhong is still too kind. Good people are often bullied. If it were me, I would have chased him out with a stick a long time ago."
"After all, they are brothers. If they leave, there will be a lot of things to do at home!"
When it became quiet outside, the village head finished drinking the tea made by the Li family, chatted for a few minutes and then left.
Li Zhong felt uncomfortable, "Taohua, it's all Dad's fault. You and Dajiang finally came here, and I still make things difficult for you."
"Dad, how can you be blamed for this?" Li Taohua comforted him.
Lin Dajiang nodded, "Dad, every family has some weird relatives. If you feel bad about this, maybe it's just what they want."
Lin Xiaoman also advised, "Grandpa, the abacus beads of the first and second grandpas are about to jump on your faces. How can this be your fault?"
Zhang also advised, "Old man, you still haven't seen through it after all these years? Your four sons have built houses, but you still have eight grandchildren who haven't started families yet! You might as well think about how to have great-grandchildren soon."
Li Zian's face turned red.
"Brother is blushing!"
I don't know which boy shouted, but Li Zian's ears turned redder than a cooked long-bearded worm and like ripe red fruits in the mountains.
Li Shan's wife smiled and said, "Dad, Mom, it seems that we have to hurry up and get Zi'an's affairs done. He can't wait to get married. Maybe we'll have a big fat baby by the end of the year."
After hearing what his mother said, Li Zian was even more at a loss.
Seeing that several aunts and uncles were also laughing, I didn't know what to do.
Seeing Zimao and Zifeng making faces and laughing in a particularly frivolous manner, he was ready to divert the blame, "Grandpa, grandma, Zimao and Zifeng are already grown up."
Zhang smiled and said, "After you finish your business, it will be their turn. No rush, it will be settled this year!"
Now it was Li Zimao and Li Zifeng's turn to blush.
Li Zifeng has a girl he likes, but Li Zimao is a fool and doesn't even look at the girl.
Li Shan's wife felt that she had a long way to go. After Zi'an's affairs were settled, she would have to worry about Zimao. Why wasn't her son as smart as Zifeng from her second brother's family?
It would be great if she had a wife she liked, so she wouldn't have to ask a matchmaker to help her.
I thought of every one I could think of, but none of them suited my taste.
"Dad, Mom, my brothers and I have discussed this, and we plan to go out and take on some construction work. Whether it's building a house or putting up a wall, as long as there's work we'll do it." Li Shan thought for a long time, and while his younger sister was around, he told her about it.
"Brother, the workshop is still short of people!"
Lin Dajiang also said: "Yes, big brother, it may take some time for someone to come to you to build a house. Besides, the surrounding area is poor, and there are not many people who want to build houses. If you go to a far place, you won't be able to take care of your family."
Zhang hurriedly advised, "Boss, please don't be confused. Look at the number of families who have built houses in Shadi Village in the past few years. You can count them on one hand, right?"
What's more, you're going to a faraway place where you don't know anyone. What if you get cheated by someone?
Seeing that the boss had made up his mind, Zhang no longer had time to care about the old man. She stretched out her hand and pushed him, "Old man, say something!"
Li Zhong glanced at the old woman and took a few steps back as he spoke, moving away from her.
"I think what the eldest brother said is feasible, but what the old lady and Dajiang said also makes sense. If the four of you go out, we will be the only ones left at home, and we won't be able to take care of anything that happens. Besides, we just started, and we don't know how it will go. How about you four discuss it and have two of you go out and two stay at home."
This was something the brothers figured out on their own, and they haven't discussed it with their wives yet.
I just heard that my husband is going out, and I started to worry.
Especially Li Zhu's wife.
Zining is still young, and the family lacks a support person. She has to go to Taohua to work, and if she leaves Zining to her mother-in-law, she is afraid that the old lady will not be able to handle it.
Her parents hadn't said anything just now, so she didn't know what to say.
Now that her father had spoken, she no longer cared about her face and twisted Li Zhu's arm hard.
The other wives saw what Li Zhu's wife did, looked at their parents, and then shifted their gaze to their own husbands.
To put it bluntly, no one wants the head of the household to be exposed to the elements, and everyone hopes that their husband can stay at home.
Li Shanshan looked at his wife like a tiger and said awkwardly, "I'm the eldest in the family, I'll go!"
Li Qiao disagreed, "I'll go! Brother, Zi'an has something to do this year, you should stay at home!"
Li Shi nodded, "Brother, don't go. I think fourth brother should stay at home as well. His two children are still young and need someone to stay home. Second brother and I will go explore the way first. If we can find a way out, we can wait for Zifeng to do the work and then eldest and second brother will take turns."
"Third brother, the family will only build a house when it is absolutely necessary, such as when the house collapses and the family splits up. Otherwise, they will just keep it going for the time being and repair it if possible. Even when building a house, the mud work will be done by the villagers during the slack season, and they will be paid for the work." Lin Dajiang was not very optimistic about this idea.
I have to go out in the wind and rain, and I don't know if I can get any work. If this is the case, I might as well go to town and do business.