Chapter 116 Reminder (1)
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Liu Jia knew that she was touched by his actions, and he took the initiative to smile and say, “Tomorrow I will go to Dafang Village earlier, and take Miss Lian to see those fields along the way.”
He spoke authoritatively but his tone was a polite inquiry. After all, it wasn’t his decision and his heart was comfortable.
She had to say that this Liu Jia was really friendly.
“Okay! Then let’s go take a look!” Lian Fang Zhou said, half-seriously and half-jokingly: “But we should talk more first, it’s just taking a look, I didn’t say that I will buy it!”
Liu Jia laughed and nodded repeatedly: “This is natural, this is natural! Of course, you will only buy it when you are satisfied it is suitable. It cannot be settled at this time! This is reasonable!”
Lian Fang Zhou smiled, and said: “Tomorrow you don’t have to come too early. The workers who will clear up the wasteland will be starting work and I have to go there to make arrangements. Hmm, let’s go around noon! That way I have time to take a break.”
After leaving Liu Jia’s house, they first bought a big sack, and then bought a lot of big bones, pork belly, garlic sprouts, coriander, and other odds and ends, before going home.
Everything was quiet when they arrived home. When Third Aunt saw that they had bought bones and meat, she said, “We haven’t eaten much of the meat we bought yesterday! Why did you buy more? You’ve bought so much, won’t it go bad if we don’t eat it quickly?”
Third Aunt gave her a glance, obviously blaming her for being foolish.
“I don’t plan on eating this ourselves,” Lian Fang Zhou explained with a smile: “Aren’t there some workers going to work on the fields tomorrow? This is for them to eat! I was about to tell you.”
Lian Fang Zhou explained to Third Aunt. Tomorrow morning, they would boil the four big bones in a pot of thick soup, steam a large cage of steamed buns, and then bake 20 catties of cakes, cut the pork belly into thin slices, and mix with garlic, celery, Stir-fry chili and bean paste together for burritos. It will be sent to the workers at noon tomorrow.
The amount of work was a bit much, and Lian Fang Zhou certainly had no time to help at home, so she smiled and said, “Tomorrow is going to be hard work for Third Aunt! Qing’er and Che’er, you two will help, okay?”
Lian Fang Zhou hurriedly smiled and said, “Third Aunt, that’s not what I meant! Reclamation is a hard work. You didn’t see those grounds with your own eyes. The weeds grow up to half a person tall, and the vines are everywhere. If people are hungry, how will they be willing to work well for us? If the ground is not well prepared, it will affect the planting in the coming year. Moreover, it may even have to be reworked, which is not worth it!”
“It’s not that I said don’t pay them,” Third Aunt was not convinced, and said: “If you don’t believe me, you can ask yourself. In these ten miles and eight villages, is there any family who asks someone to work like you do? In this way, the wealth of the family will be gone!”
“Well, if I don’t do it like this, then where will the wealth come from? Don’t worry, I know in my heart!” Lian Fang Zhou said as she took out about two dollars from her arms and stuffed them into Third Aunt’s hands, smiling:” Will you work hard tomorrow?”
Taking the short hand, Third Aunt looked at the silver in her hand and couldn’t say anything else. Lian Fang Zhou smiled and found an excuse to walk away.
After dinner, the family discussed how to divide the work in the next few days. Because Lian Fang Qing and Lian Che would formally help tomorrow—at least they thought so— they listened very hard. The family was talking lively when Aunt Zhang called out, “Third Aunt, Fang Zhou, are you home?” as she was walking by.
Third Aunt snorted and said, “Sister-in-law, you didn’t see the battle. The old lady with the tired daughter-in-law was screaming at our door. Ouch, she said so many personal things. No way! Don’t mention it! Fortunately, Fang Zhou is so powerful that she surrendered to her in a few seconds! That mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, weren’t they ashamed in the end!”
Third Aunt said and smiled quite proudly.
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