Xu knew that Song Jiu liked to eat fish, and it was rare for him to come from his hometown, so she wanted to treat him well.

"You guys go out and look around to see which uncle's family catches a fish, and buy a big one and come back." Xu took Juniper and said to his three daughters.

Dujiagou is adjacent to Sheshan Lake, the water system is very developed, the men here have been soaking in the water since they were four or five years old, catching fish in the water is almost an innate ability, at this time has entered the wax moon, most of the men who went out to work came back, there are idle ones to go to the ditch to catch fish and shrimp, the small ones are kept for their own food, and the big ones are taken to the market to sell on the second day, in exchange for some salt and sugar seasoning money.

Song Jiu is really a blessed person, Aunt Zhang's man has just come back from the dam, and there is a big mullet that he has just caught in the fish basket he is carrying. Before he went home, he was met and bought by the three sisters of Du Ying, he was afraid that the mullet would be wild, and the three girls couldn't hold it, so he specially sent it back.

Xu's scraped the scales and cut the belly, set up firewood to make a fire, and soon made a pot of sour soup vermicelli fish fillet, Song Jiu ate beautifully, and both eyes smiled.

"Auntie, the fish you made is the best, tsk, I couldn't think about it last time I went back, I asked my cook to make it, I tried it many times, but I didn't get your taste!" Song Jiu smeared honey on his mouth while eating.

"Look at what you said coldly, the Song family is also a big family on the rich side of Huizhou, and there are several restaurants and restaurants under their name, so they can't eat this bite anywhere." Du Mei laughed and teased, looking at him getting carried away, his words were too exaggerated to listen to.

"It's true, auntie, you must believe me, I really want to." Song Jiu eats well and sells well, which is bound to make Xu's happy.

"If you like, eat more." Xu has always pitied him for his weak body, and although he is now good, she still brings him a lot of vegetables to eat.

Song Jiu was satisfied with a full meal at Du Mei's house, and it was freezing at night, so Du Mei left him at home for one night. Because there were often guests staying at home, Du Mei deliberately set up another room next to the stone house, and just packed it up for him to live in.

On weekdays, Song Jiu lives in the mansion, and every day he must behave like an adult to his grandfather, mother, and aunt in the morning and evening, and accompany them to say some innocuous gossip, and the old lady intends to transfer all the family property to him for management, so there are dozens of business affairs every day for him to choose to deal with, and over time, in the eyes of the shopkeepers of the Song Mansion, he is a young man and an old man, and no one dares to treat him as a teenager and a young boy.

Every time Song Jiu sends food, he is willing to come to Du Mei's house, in addition to talking about business with her, he likes her relaxed life here, here, he is a real teenager, he can play with Du Mei's brothers and sisters unscrupulously, and he can also invite pets in front of Xu's coquettishly, although there is no male owner in this family, it is still warm and lively, Du Mei takes care of his mother and siblings very well, happy and happy, which makes him envious.

In the early morning of the next day, the two took a carriage to Sheshan Town, handed over the rice at the wharf, Niu Er and Hei Jiaolong and others used a carriage to transport the rice to the granary in batches, Du Mei stayed on the boat and exchanged a few words with the shopkeeper He, saying that next year after the river thawed and then send the grain, because they still have to go to the south, Du Mei is inconvenient to keep, to unload, she will leave, He shopkeeper did not dare to delay at all, and then sent someone to untie the cable and drive the boat away.

"Now, the food stock in our shop is sufficient, and we are no longer afraid of any disasters!" The three of them stood on the dock and watched the Song family boat leave, and the black dragon said a wordless and thoughtlessly.

"Phew, can you say something good? This year's locust plague is not enough, what more do you want to suffer? Niu Er grabbed him dissatisfied.

"As for you, I'll give you an analogy." The black dragon said a little aggrieved.

"It's almost the New Year, you can't be auspicious!" Niu Er rolled his eyes at him in disgust.

"Don't make any noise, farmers farming is based on God's food, if the wind and rain are good, everyone's life is better, if the year is not good, our food is a drop in the bucket, and we can't resist it anywhere." Du Mei retracted his gaze, shook his head and smiled.

"I'll just say that you have no heart and lungs, and talk nonsense all day long!"

"What do you do to me? Meizi didn't say I was wrong! ”

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The three of them went back to the grain shop together, Niu Er and Hei Jiaolong quarreled all the way, like two children, pulling and pulling, arguing, Du Mei didn't care about them, just thinking about his own thoughts.

Now she doesn't have to worry about the grain shop at all, the duck shed and the wall on the villa have been built and repaired, and only the restaurant house in front of her needs to be cleaned up, Du Mei plans to open in February, and in the first month, she will not be interested in asking people to do work, thinking that this must be done before the next year.

Back to the grain shop, the big girl showed Du Mei the account, although the grain shop is now jointly managed by the big girl and Niu Hei, but Du Mei is the owner after all, although she didn't ask for anything, but about a month, the big girl always has to report the account according to the rules, so that she knows the situation in the grain store.

Of course, Du Mei trusts the big girl, she is very sensitive to numbers, and she has the ability to never forget, so a large amount of incoming and outgoing accounts in the shop are in her heart, whether she makes money or not, how much money she makes, she probably counts.

Du Mei listened to the big girl's words, flipped through the account pages casually, and after a while, said some words of encouragement to the big girl, and closed the account book and stopped reading.

After having lunch in the grain store, Du Mei went back early, she went to Chen Qian Village to invite Qian Maolu, and invited Du Jiasuo, who had just returned home, and said that she would go to Qinghe County to see the house tomorrow, and last time she accompanied Song Jiu to see a rough idea, as for whether to repair and renovate, she had to ask their two bricklayer carpenter masters to see and discuss a method.

Du Mei passed by the Yi School of the Scrap Manuscript House, and saw Sanjin with his hair tied up, wearing an indigo cotton robe and the scrap manuscript standing under the porch from a distance, thinking that the scrap manuscript had already made sense that he would come to class, Du Mei was afraid that he would be embarrassed, so he didn't stop the carriage and went straight home.

On the second day, Du Mei started a new round of busyness, Qian Maolu and Du Jiasuo were experts in the end, and soon found some problems in that house, such as a few leaks on the roof, the stove fire hole was blocked, a window in the back house was moth-eaten, and the tables and chairs in the front hall were also damaged.

The original four wings on both sides of the front hall were either piled up with messy objects or thick cobwebs, Du Mei decided to open them up and transform them into two spacious private rooms, so that they would be separated from the noisy dine-in, and would be more independent and quiet.

When they checked the house, Shi ran to Baiyun Villa, according to Du Mei, let Du Zhong bring people to Qinghe County tomorrow to help, the villa is close, than from Dujiagou to bring people to help.

There is nothing to do in the villa now, Du Zhong is bored all day long, and when he saw the stone sending a message telling him to do something, he immediately responded happily. On the second day, he left Miao to take the child to guard the door, and everyone else followed to help. Buying bricks, wood, and tiles, Du Zhong can be regarded as an old customer, and the prices given by the shopkeepers are very polite, and he really expects him to take care of the huge villa and take care of the business next time.

The brothers of the Lin family are all strong laborers, and they are handy at work, whether it is changing tiles or building walls, there is nothing to say, the women of the Lin family are even more nimble, from the door frame of the gate to the window sill of the backyard, they have all been cleaned and wiped, the moss in the patio, and the weeds in the corner of the courtyard have also been cleaned up, and for a while, the whole house is bright and transparent, and it looks new.

After three days, the private room was also renovated and painted, Du Mei personally went to pick out the tables and chairs, and went around the entire Sheshan Town, but there was no good tea set, but this was not in a hurry, she decided to wait for the next time she went to Qinghe County, and then went out to look for it.

Time flies, Xu just took his children to pay tribute to the two gold, and in a blink of an eye juniper's first birthday is coming, because his father's filial piety is not yet complete, and his grandfather's new filial piety, his birthday can only be simply passed.

Xu's originally planned to have a meal of egg noodles for his son's birthday, but Du Mei still insisted on inviting Zhong Yu to come, because there is an important ritual activity for the child's first birthday, that is, to catch Zhou, and the items for catching Zhou must be something that the child has never seen, and it is to be given by relatives and friends.

You can't count on a big house and three rooms, and there are good clansmen in the village, but because you can't treat guests, Du Mei thinks that Zhong Yu is more suitable, although he is Du Mei's uncle, but he is no worse than his own uncle to their family.

Xu couldn't resist her, so he agreed to Du Mei's proposal, but he was only allowed to invite him, and no one else was allowed to tell him, Du Mei knew that his mother was cautious, so he nodded and agreed.

Zhong Yu has been thinking about Juniper's birthday since he entered Layue, he has been single for many years, he has no family and no children, no one has given him his birthday, and he himself often forgets, basically ignorant of this, but this does not prevent him from studying now.

Recently, he has been paying close attention to the villagers who have brought their children to see the doctor, and when he meets them, he always has to gossip with them, and when the villagers see this, they only think that he is amiable and enthusiastic to talk to him.

When Du Mei came to invite Zhong Yu, he was rummaging around in the study, the big case was full of books and items, and he was picking out which things with meaning to give Juniper to catch.

"Uncle Zhong Yu, what are you doing, what are you missing?" Du Mei stepped in and asked in surprise.

"You're just in time, which one do you see?" Zhong Yu looked up and saw that it was Du Mei, and hurriedly greeted.

"You're choosing something for my brother to catch Zhou? I'm here to ask for you. Du Mei smiled and leaned in.

"What are you talking about, isn't Komatsu celebrating his birthday, and you don't plan to invite me?" Zhong Yu asked a little suspiciously.

"Grandpa just passed away, my mother is afraid of gossip, so she didn't plan to invite others, no, it will be delayed until today, and I will only invite you to go alone." Du Mei was afraid that he would misunderstand, so he hurriedly said.

"In that case, I'm going to pick the good ones." Zhong Yu turned around and rummaged through the boxes under the bookshelves.

"Uncle Zhong Yu, my mother said that catching Zhou is just a good omen, and you must not be allowed to break the bank." Du Mei looked at the posture of a room spread out in the study, and hurriedly persuaded.

"Komatsu's birthday is the best, whatever he grabs, I want to give him, how can I be sloppy?" Zhong Yu squatted on the ground and took out the contents of the box one by one, "Ah, it turns out that it is here, so I can find it!" ”