"Besides, my sister-in-law followed you, what did she get? If you can let her eat and wear without worry, wear gold and silver, that is a good man. What kind of life do you see her living now? When you accompanied her back to her parents' house during the Chinese New Year, didn't you say that others looked down on you? You just do a good job in the tea garden, make money to make your sister-in-law live a good life, and make people envy her, then you are called a real man. ”

These words completely hit Qin Laoliu's mind.

His daughter-in-law is also the daughter of a serious family in the city, because he is righteous and helps her a little, so she falls in love with him. At the beginning, her mother's family did not agree, saying that Qin Lao Liu had achieved nothing. is still a daughter-in-law who wants to marry, and this has become his Qin family.

On the day he got married, he said that he must let his daughter-in-law live a good life.

But the situation at home is not something that he can change by taking an oath, the family is still poor, and life is still difficult.

Now that he has a three-year-old son and his daughter-in-law has another one in her belly, there are more children, and life will only get more and more difficult.

"You're not feeding your whole family now. With a home and a room, it's time for you to stand up like a man. Lu Xiaobeidao, with a young face, was serious and serious.

Qin Lao Liu was embarrassed by what he said.

He nodded vigorously and said, "You're right, I should work hard for their mothers." He wiped his face and said solemnly, "Don't worry, I will do a good job." In the future, I will be like you and Shopkeeper Yao, working under Young Master Du. He's the guy you like to look at, and you can't go wrong with him. ”

"That's right." Lu Xiaobei raised his wine glass and touched one with Qin Laoliu, "Come, do it." The two of them drank it all.

Lu Xiaobei pointed out to Qin Lao Liu again: "How to do things, do you know?" If you don't know, ask Shopkeeper Yao for advice. You salute Yao's shopkeeper for a few cups and let him teach you. ”

Qin Lao Liu immediately turned around and respectfully toasted Yao Shuqi.

The three of them ate and drank, and it was not until half an hour later that they came out of the restaurant drunk.

Qin Lao Liu remembered his wife and children at home, packed the leftovers and left in a hurry. Yao Shuqi didn't leave immediately, but followed Lu Xiaobei for a while, and saw that Qin Lao Liu was gone, so he asked Lu Xiaobei: "Did the owner call you to persuade Qin Lao Liu?" ”

Lu Xiaobei touched the back of his hand embarrassedly: "You can see it?" ”

Yao Shuqi said with a smile: "Although you kid is smart, you can't tell that set of big truths. As soon as I heard these words, I knew that the owner had taught you. ”

Lu Xiaobei's face was very serious: "Although he is taught by the owner, I think he is very reasonable." He really wanted to pull Sixth Brother Qin to help, not to pull him away because of a lack of manpower. ”

Yao Shuqi nodded: "I believe this." If there is a lack of anything in this world, there is no shortage of people. If the owner wants to hire someone to help him take care of the tea garden, he shouts in the city, and countless people are willing to do it. ”

Lu Xiaobei saw that Yao Shuqi did not misunderstand Du Jinning, so he was relieved.

He is a very smart child, the conflict between Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze during the interview at the beginning of the teahouse's opening, and the later incident between Chen Jiaxing and Liu Ze, made him understand that among the four owners, Young Master Guan and Young Master Qi did not value him very much, but regarded him as a boy who could juggle; Young Master Zhang doesn't regard himself as the owner at all, and he doesn't care about or interfere in the affairs of the teahouse.

Only Young Master Du really appreciates him and treats him as equals in his heart. He let Qian Youcai teach himself to read and write, told himself that as long as he was willing to improve, he would not have a good life, and told the shopkeeper Zhuang to take more care of the three of them, and to tell the shopkeeper Zhuang if he was sick or had a bad day. When Young Master Du was short of people, he asked himself, and he introduced Yao Shuqi and Qin Laoliu, and he used these two without hesitation. This trust and recognition moved Lu Xiaobei, who had suffered from the warmth and coldness of the world.

Even the shopkeeper Zhuang also said that Young Master Du is a good person, and he will have a great future in the future, so he asked him to help Young Master Du well, and not to live up to Young Master Du's kindness to him.

Therefore, among the four owners, he Lu Xiaobei only recognized Young Master Du as one owner.

Young Master Du asked him to persuade Qin Lao Liu, and he even accepted this kindness for Qin Lao Liu.

When he was a child, when he fought with beggars in order to grab food, Qin Lao Liu helped him and gave him two cakes, and he hoped that Qin Lao Liu would live well.

"Follow the owner well, we will definitely be able to live a good life with him." Yao Shuqi patted Lu Xiaobei on the shoulder.

Lu Xiaobei was a little curious when he heard this, and asked him, "Why do you say that?" You've not known the owner as long as I do. ”

Yao Shuqi laughed and said, "I know your shopkeeper Zhuang. He told me that our owner is a very powerful person, and he is very envious of me for having the opportunity to follow him. ”

Lu Xiaobei suddenly said: "No wonder, as soon as I went to look for you, you promised to come over to help the owner." It turned out that he had known the owner's personality for a long time. ”

Yao Shuqi nodded, took Lu Xiaobei's shoulders and walked forward, while saying, "You can read and write, follow me for a while." The owner lacks trustworthy people, as long as you can stand alone, the owner will definitely promote you to be in charge, even Wang Lusheng and Zhang Gouer are no exception. ”

Lu Xiaobei nodded vigorously: "I understand." ”

……

The next day was Mu Xiu's day, and Du Jinning got up early in the morning and went up the mountain.

She should have been busy making money, but she went out early and returned late to stay in the academy all day, and was bound by the academy. However, she can't have both, and if she wants to have status and not be bullied, she has to stay in this academy, so she can only take advantage of her free time to drum up her planting industry.

I went up the mountain today for nothing else, just to get some tea tree branches and come back to make cuttings. Her little arms and legs can't reach the branches, so there is Dong Dacheng who went up the mountain together on this trip.

"I heard that Mr. and they went to buy tea seeds elsewhere, why didn't you ask Mr. for some tea seeds to plant? It's not easy to live with these branches, right? Dong Dacheng climbed the mountain together and chatted with Du Jinning.

The southern foot of the mountain was bought by the shoin to plant tea trees. This tea garden still has to be taken care of by the people on the Zhuangzi, and Dong Dacheng, as the head of the Zhuangzi, naturally knows this matter very clearly.

"I'll give it a try, if I can grow a living, wouldn't it save the money to buy tea seeds?" Du Jinning said.

For this, she is actually quite depressed in her heart.

Later generations have proved that the reproduction of tea plants is still best based on asexual reproduction, and the propagation of offspring by cuttings can fully maintain the traits and characteristics of the mother plant. Therefore, the tea trees of later generations were propagated by cuttings.

She knew that it was difficult to explain, so she still told Guan Lehe about it. But the tea garden of the academy is not Guan Lehe's alone, and everyone else thinks it's nonsense, and they don't think that the wild tea tree on the back mountain is anything good, so they still sent someone to the south of the Yangtze River to buy tea seeds and plant them back.

Du Jinning kindly made a suggestion, but if it was not adopted, he could only give up.