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"You just have a good rest! I and my eldest brother can finish this work!" The panting Ah Er took off the firewood he was carrying and turned his head and said to his eldest brother, "Big brother, what are we going to do with these mushrooms?

Ah Da looked at the basket full of mushrooms and thought for a moment: "Well~~!, let's send it over after we eat!"

Hearing the eldest brother say that he would send it over after eating, Ah Er and Ah San's faces suddenly bloomed with joy, and the reason why the two of them were so happy was very simple, that is, they could eat!

This rice is actually the two steamed buns deliberately left over yesterday, and the soft steamed buns became hard after being put overnight, but even if it was like this, the three of them felt too good, and Ah Er also turned out a rotten brazier they used for heating, and added those thin strips of paper that could not be sold in it, and after lighting it, put the chozi with the gap on it and boiled some hot water, and everyone ate the two steamed buns on this hot water, although the two steamed buns made the three of them fill their stomachs a little lacking, but compared to the past often hungry, this is too happy！

After breakfast, Ah Da and Ah Er tied up all the firewood that had been dried yesterday and set off to deliver the mushrooms, while Ah San, who was still recuperating, stayed at home and was responsible for spreading out the firewood picked up today to dry. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

I don't know if it's because I've eaten enough in the past two days, or if I feel that there is hope in this life, Ah Da and his brothers are not feeling as weak as yesterday when they carry these firewood today, but they feel full of energy, and they have arrived at the place before they feel tired!

"Can you take a look at these mushrooms?" Ah Da was very nervous and handed the basket of mushrooms to the pillar, although he said that he had collected them completely according to the appearance of those pictures, but his heart was still very unsure.

The pillar would distinguish these mushrooms, so he could only carry these mushrooms to Li Hui.

"These two children are very clean at work!" Li Hui said rummaging the mushrooms in the basket, and it was no wonder that she would say so, these mushrooms generally grow on the dead branches and rotten leaves under the trees, so it is inevitable that there will be some dirty things on them, but the mushrooms in the basket are very clean, and they should have removed all the dirty things on them.

"The mushrooms are fine, weigh them and keep an account for them!" Li Hui said to the pillar after checking the mushrooms.

The pillar nodded, found a scale and weighed the mushrooms in this basket, and removed the weight of the basket, "A total of five catties and eight taels of mushrooms, a total of eleven Wen, and the remaining three taels of mushrooms I will remember for you first, and settle the account with the next time, will this money be paid directly to you or according to the account mentioned before?"

"Keep accounts~~! Just keep accounts!" Ah Da said with some excitement, it was only one morning today, he and his younger brother picked so much, if Eleven Wen could get so much money every day, wouldn't they be able to save a lot of money soon?

Since the other party said that he wanted to keep the account, he found the account book and wrote down today's bill on it, and just like yesterday, they exchanged dry firewood for six steamed buns, and Ah Da also used the money he earned this morning to exchange for a large portion of multigrain noodles and brought it back.

"That~~~!" Li Hui planned to hand over the mushrooms to Zheng Dalang's daughter-in-law for her to deal with, but when she opened her mouth to finish speaking, she didn't know what to call the other party, and when others talked about her, it was Zheng Dalang's daughter-in-law who always called her like this, and she had never heard her name called: "By the way, I haven't asked what the name of the sister-in-law of the Zheng family is?"

Li Hui's words made Zheng Dalang's daughter-in-law who was washing vegetables there stunned, of course she heard the youngest daughter of Li Changgen's family ask her name, but it was such a simple question that she couldn't answer, because it was very simple that she didn't have a name at all, although it would make people feel very strange to say, but she didn't have a name, to say that her maiden family was surnamed Zhou, but she was a girl, after she was born, her grandmother thought she was a girl and lost money, not only did she not give her a name, but she was not even allowed to use her surname, and she was called at home from childhood to adulthood'Dead girl' and 'money loss', this can't be said to be her own name!

"I~~!I~~I don't have a name~!" Zheng Dalang's daughter-in-law lowered her head and whispered with low self-esteem.

No name? Such an answer made Li Hui completely incomprehensible, but seeing Zheng Dalang's daughter-in-law who was sober and depressed there, she didn't dare to ask anything more, "Ahem~~! That sister-in-law of the Zheng family, you can help clean these mushrooms first!"

"Hmm~!" Zheng Dalang's daughter-in-law nodded, and as a result, the mushrooms handed over by Li Hui were poured into the basin with clean water next to her.

"After you wash these mushrooms, put them on the bamboo flat next to you to control the water, and I'll go find a needle and thread!" Li Hui went to her room to find needlework after a sentence, so many mushrooms can not be eaten at one time, and she has no intention of eating these mushrooms, in fact, the reason why she wants to buy so many mushrooms is mainly to prepare for the coming winter, there are no greenhouse vegetables to eat in winter, and even if there is, it is not something they can consume, so it is better to get something that can be stored for a long time now.

Li Hui picked out some of the cleaned mushrooms that were not in good condition, and planned to eat them directly later, but the remaining mushrooms were strung one by one by her with needle and thread, and then hung under the window to let them dry.

I have to say that the situation has indeed improved a lot after hiring a person in the store now, but Li Hui is still a little dissatisfied with this, and this problem lies in the coolies on the dock, those coolies still refuse to come to the store to eat, and they have to run back and forth many times every day in order to deliver food to them, and the biggest problem is that the day is getting colder day by day, even if the steaming meal that has just come out of the pot will soon be cold outside, and it will be hot in the store to impress those dock coolies, but if this is not guaranteed, then how to retain these customers in the future, and at present, the coolies on the dock account for more than half of the store's sales, if they lose, the blow to the store will be too great!

"Dad, do you think this can work?" Li Hui told his father what he was thinking.

"Hmm~!You're right, our shop now relies on those coolies, we don't dare to lose them! Your idea is pretty good!" Li Changgen thought for a while and said to his daughter: "But this thing is not very easy to do, this is not like we are opening a store, this house is our own family no matter how it is said, but the ones outside are not, it is directly managed by the yamen, I am afraid that even Qiu Lao is not easy to do!"

"I've also thought about this, so I don't plan to come in our name, Dad, you see that there are more and more people coming and going every day on our dock, and I also asked Uncle Zhuang next door, he said that there will be more people when the weather is cold, because there are several rivers near here to be dredged, so many boats have been diverted to our place!" Li Hui said the news he asked and his own thoughts, " So I plan to build a shed in front of us, don't build it very well, it will be good to be able to shelter from the wind and rain, so that people from the south and north can rest, and then we will be building a big stove inside, boiling hot water every day for the guests to drink for free, firewood and everything else are ours, I think the yamen side should not object!"

"Hmm~~!Your idea is very good!" Li Changgen agreed with his daughter's plan after listening to it, his daughter's idea is not only convenient for passers-by, but more importantly, if this is really done, it will also be the county master's political achievement, so just like his daughter expected, the yamen will definitely agree to this matter.

"Then I'll tell Mr. Qiu about this in the afternoon!" "Since my father is quite supportive, then I should act quickly, I must know that I don't know how the yamen here is doing, what if this place is like the government ability in the previous life?"

"Okay~~!, go and talk to Qiu Lao!" "Now my daughter is also half of Qiu Lao's apprentice, and Qiu Lao likes his daughter very much, so it is most appropriate for my daughter to tell Qiu Lao about this matter."

In the afternoon, Qiu Lao came on time, and the chief manager still followed behind, the chief manager has been following at this time every day in the past few days, and Li Hui is also used to it, so he should have come to listen to it when he went to class first, and Li Hui did not tell Qiu Lao about this matter at the beginning, but waited until today's class was over before talking to Qiu Lao about it.

"So I'm like building a shed outside the store, putting two rows of tables and stools in it, and I plan to build a big stove inside, and boil hot water there when the time comes, and wait until it's cold, so that the people who come and go can have a mouthful of hot water to drink, these things are all my family, but I don't know if the yamen will agree!" Li Hui said to Qiu Lao with a smile.

"Look at this girl's brain is spinning fast, it's only been a few days to think of a way, and it's a way that people can't refuse!" Qiu Lao pointed at Li Hui and said to the chief manager with a smile.

"It's really worthy of being your apprentice, it's smart!" The chief manager smiled and took a sip of tea and said, in the past few days, he has been following Qiu Lao's side to watch him teach this child, the more he understands this child, the more surprised he is in his heart, he has not seen a smart child, you must know that the Huo family attaches great importance to the cultivation of the new generation, and those smart children in the clan will be gathered together and use all the strength of the clan to cultivate, but compared with this little girl, those geniuses who are about the same age as her in the Huo family and praised by everyone have actually been compared！

"This thing is a good thing! If this thing is done, it will be a gold paste on the face of the county master, how can you not be like you said, everything is yours, I will go over early tomorrow morning and say, this money is out of the yamen, take advantage of the good weather now, hurry up and build this shed, um~! I don't think I should build any sheds, just build a house! This shed is not reliable, this pier is snowy in winter, it is better to be safe!" Qiu Lao thought about it and said.

"If that's really the case, that's great!" Li Hui was too high after listening to Qiu Lao's words, why did he say that he wanted to build a shed at the beginning, in fact, it was not that he couldn't come up with the money to build a house, but he was afraid that it would be too public, if this matter was completely brought forward by the yamen, then it would be someone else who would pay for it and take advantage of it.

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In the evening, Qiu Lao and the chief manager drank under the moon.

"Your old man's vision is still so good! It's so powerful to accept a female apprentice!" the chief manager sighed, he and Qiu Lao have known each other for too long.

"It's really not my good vision, it's my luck to meet such a little girl!" Qiu Lao took a sip of the wine in the cup and said, "This is also my old man's good life, I can still meet such a good boy when I am old!"

"But I heard that this girl has already made a marriage with someone, and the family that is married is not a good family!" The chief manager frowned and said, in fact, according to his temper, he would not care about such a thing, but this matter involved the old man Qiu, and more importantly, the girl also won her own high during this time.

"Hmm~!, but I don't think that girl takes this marriage seriously, I guess that girl has already thought of a way out, she is shrewd!" Speaking of this, Qiu Lao couldn't help laughing, this little apprentice of his own is not ordinary shrewd.

"It's really a waste for this girl to be born in such a family!" said the chief manager with some regret that if the child could be born in a family, no, even if he was born in an ordinary official family, he would have a good future.

"This person! No one can choose their own background!" Qiu Lao's expression was a little lonely when he said this, but he quickly suppressed his emotions, "But I believe that girl will definitely be different in the future! Although she is not very old, she knows what she really wants!"

"Speaking of which, I'm a little moved!" The chief manager said as he lifted the wine jug and planned to give it to Qiu Laoman, but Qiu Lao raised his hand and refused, he didn't insist, put down the wine jug and continued: "Eighteen that kid, the daughter-in-law added a big fat boy to him, and now he has just passed the age of three, if this girl really divorces in the future, it is better to ・・・・・・!"

Before the chief manager could finish speaking, he was directly interrupted by Qiu Lao: "This is not good! I know that you have the intention to let Eighteen support you, but the child of Eighteen is not worthy of that girl, and that girl is even a big woman!"

Qiu Lao's words made the chief manager silent, in fact, he also guessed that Qiu Lao would not agree before he said this, because Li Hui's child was too good, but he still felt that he could give it a try, because even if the child was excellent, but her background completely limited her, rather than ruining her life in such a small place, it was better to mention it yourself so that she could make a pair with the child of the eighteenth kid.

"But her origin~!" the chief manager didn't finish his next words, and he didn't need to finish saying this.

"What's wrong with her background? Her background is innocent!" Qiu Lao was also a little irritable in his heart after saying this, just like he just said, Li Hui's child seems to him to have no problem even if he is a worldly wife, but the bad is her background, even if she is excellent, she doesn't have a tough mother's family!

"Haha~~~!haha~~~!" I don't know why Qiu Lao, who was still a little irritable before, suddenly laughed.

"Are you old~~!?" Qiu Lao's sudden laughter made the chief manager startled.

"What do you say we two old things are doing here!How old is that girl now!Let's start worrying about her in the future!" Qiu Lao shook his head as he said, "That girl I know, she has a lot of ideas in her heart, so we don't have to worry about her, as I said just now, she knows best what she wants, so we don't have to worry about this!"

Li Hui, who was still sitting under the lamp writing at this time, had no idea that Qiu Lao and the mysterious chief manager would actually discuss their future there!

Early the next morning, Qiu Lao went to the yamen, he told Li Hui's suggestion to the county magistrate, and the proposal was quickly affirmed by the county magistrate, and he also specially allocated ten taels of silver from the yamen to build a house opposite Li Hui's shop, because this proposal was originally put forward by Li Hui, so Qiu Lao also specially took the person in charge of the construction in the yamen to talk to her about her ideas, and Li Hui was originally a catering, and she also had a certain understanding of decoration, so her suggestions often made the eyes of people hereIn the end, Jin Dushi, who was in charge of the construction, simply invalidated the drawings prepared before, and discussed with Li Hui for a long time to redraw the drawings.

After the drawings are ready, this can be started, because this can be said to be the face of the county master's project, so the construction speed is also leveraged, and it will take four or five days to build a big and bright house, and this house is close to the dock This direction is a spacious gate, facing Li Hui is a wide window, the most important thing is that Li Hui let people build a cauldron on the wall near the wharf, so that when the cauldron is burned when it is cold, the house should not be too cold.

After the house was built, the furniture inside was about to be prepared, and at this time, Li Datou took his two sons and Li Liuzi with an ox cart to pull a cart of tables, chairs and benches, it turned out that as early as when the house had just begun to be built, Li Hui had discussed the work of building furniture with Jin Dushi, and handed over this work to Li Datou to do, and this thing was the work of the yamen, so Li Datou got the first honorarium, not just a few meals as in the past.