"Even if Brother Lizhong likes it so much, and the other party is a standout, and you look satisfied, why don't you just respond to this family business?" Mian Tao smiled and played Tai Chi with Liu.

"How can it be as easy as you say?" Liu Shi made a surprised expression: "Right now, your eldest sister has just given birth to a baby, and she needs money, right?" If you want to get married, you have to build a wing room first, right? You need money to do the little three rites, right? You need money for a dowry, right? You need money for a meal, right? Your second uncle and I have two old bones, where can we get together so much money? ”

"Although my eldest sister has just given birth to a baby and needs money, she needs money, but this is her mother-in-law's business, why do you need to pay for your second son? Besides, if it's a normal time, it's just that, isn't Brother Lizhong going to marry a wife right now? If you save this money, won't it be enough to marry Brother Lizhong? ”

Liu's eyes lowered slightly, and he looked pitiful: "You don't know your eldest sister's situation, her in-laws are poor to death, and she only eats one egg a day in the confinement, where can she raise it well?" She is lying on a kang and can't work, if her mother's family doesn't make up for it, she will be hungry and thin in the confinement, and she won't be able to make up for it later!! Besides, how much money is saved? ”

Cotton peach heart said, ordinary people can't eat one egg a day in confinement, your daughter's meal is quite good, what else do you want? "If you don't have enough money, you don't have to marry this noble wife." Not to mention anything else, the good girls in our village have it, and there are four taels or five taels of gift money, why do you have to ask for that eight taels? It's not easy to raise after marrying back. ”

"Then you're wrong, my good girl!!" Speaking of the future daughter-in-law, Erjinzi's eyes lit up: "That girl is an outstanding girl, and she is famous in ten miles and eight villages." Not only does it look good when you marry back, but it also makes people outside look at us and covet us. Moreover, if she gives birth to a doll, she can grow handsome. More expensive is more expensive, it's nothing. ”

The money is not enough, and she has to ask for so much, and I don't know what she is doing on this trip, Mian Tao is stupid. She didn't answer the words of the second son, she couldn't answer it.

Liu waited for Mian Tao to make it difficult, so she took the opportunity to give an explanation. But Mian Tao didn't answer. Mian Tao was quiet, she didn't want to continue.

"That...... What do you think this can do? After a moment of silence, Liu finally couldn't help it.

Mian Tao almost laughed: "How do I know what to do?" I can't think of a way, what good way can I, a little doll, think of? All I can think of is either not to help the eldest sister, or let the eldest brother marry a relative. ”

"How can that be? Your eldest sister has to help, and your brother Lizhong also has to marry this family! This family business was hard earned for him, how could he just give up? Liu leaned forward and approached Mian Tao: "Good baby, you have to help Erjinzi." ”

As Liu stepped forward, a thick poke-smelling cotton peach tightened his eyebrows.

"Good baby, you can help Erjinzili in this matter. I heard that your eldest cousin and eldest cousin work here for you, and you can earn a lot of money a month? When they returned to the village today, I inquired carefully. Why don't you call your brother Lizhong to come over too? Let him earn a few bucks so that he can marry a daughter-in-law. "Rounding around, the words finally came out.

Mian Tao smiled lightly: "Erjinzi, I use my eldest cousin and sister-in-law because his family has a large population and has surplus labor." But these people in your family can't grow their own land, so how can they still send people to come into the town to do work? Besides, I have enough people here for the time being, and I don't plan to hire anyone. ”

"If you can't spare time, can you ask him to vacate the time to help? I finished my work at home in the morning, and I didn't delay coming back in the afternoon! It's a big deal, you give less moon silver. Besides, this bowl of water has to be flat, you use two people from the old family, can't you use one of my family? Listening to the meaning of rejection in Mian Tao's words, Liu's face was not very good-looking.

"It's not a good job, it's not a good job. Every day, I don't touch the ground with my feet that I am tired and busy, and I earn so much money in a month. My brother Lizhong can't bear this hardship. "Cotton peach will never agree to this. He Lizhong, she still doesn't know, just like his father, greedy and lazy, if he comes to the store to do work, I'm afraid he won't do a few points, and the small shop will tell him to eat empty first.

Liu's face sank: "Then you didn't call him here?" The old family accepted two people, but my family didn't accept any of them, you did too much, right? Mian Tao, your father and your mother have spirits in the sky, and this matter can't be explained. ”

"Erjinzi, what does this have to do with my father and my mother?" Mian Tao's eyebrows frowned, and she was a little displeased: "We countrymen, marry a wife for a maximum of four or five taels of silver, why do you have to fill the rich and marry eight taels?" It's just that you can get the money out, but if you don't have money at home, you have to hold on, what is this for? To whom will the riches be seen? They are all neighbors in the township, which family doesn't know the situation of which family?

Let's talk about this work, I said that my brother Lizhong can't do it, he just can't do it, get up early in the morning, wash and dress and eat within half an hour, and then you have to clean up the front hall, wipe the table, wipe the floor, wash the dishes and chopsticks left last night, do this, but also help the back hall pick vegetables and wash vegetables, all these jobs must be done before the time, at the beginning of the store there will be people coming, to the end of the time when the number of people began to increase, and they have to be busy serving the dishes and serving tea, and at the same time they have to remove the table and wash the dishes. These will be busy until about the end of the afternoon. Meals are usually eaten in a hurry after noon. After a while, I have to be busy with this wave of passengers in the evening, and there is almost no time to rest at the end of the day, what can I do Brother Lizhong? ”

“…… Yes! Why not? If the two of them can do it, he can do it!! Liu Shi listened to Mian Tao's sea talk, and was already a little panicked, but he still stubbornly said.

"If my brother Lizhong can do it, then the next time I invite someone, I will invite him first. It's just a second son, I have to say ugly things in front, if he can't hold on to this day, but he won't be paid. Mian Tao simply let it out, and it was expected that He Lizhong would not be able to hold on for half a day.

"No, no, no! If he can't do it, I won't ask him to come and throw him away!" Liu Shi also gambled on this tone, and said firmly: "Okay, Mian Tao, you have to talk about it, and I will invite someone next time, please Lizhong Brother first." ”

"That's for sure."

"The salary treatment must be the same as that of your eldest cousin and eldest cousin."

"That's for sure." Mian Tao nodded, if he could really be as willing to contribute as his eldest cousin and sister-in-law, and work hard in this store, then she would naturally be willing to accept it. I'm afraid he won't be able to do it.

"That's fine. The two sons are waiting for you to believe. Liu got up, tilted her neck and drank the tea that star fruit had made for her.

Mian Tao also got up and sent Liu out of the door.

As soon as they were sent away, several sisters gathered around: "What did she say?" ”

Mian Tao probably told a few sisters what Liu just said, and said: "It must be that she saw her eldest cousin and sister-in-law coming home today, and she was greedy, so she had this thought." But what kind of work can Brother Lizhong do? She only looked at other people's things and was greedy, but she didn't know how much effort they put in to get it. ”

"I saw the thief eating meat, but I didn't see the thief beaten!!" Walnut grinned and answered.

Carambola patted the top of her hair: "You Nizi, you'll answer!" Compare our eldest cousin and sister-in-law to a thief? ”

"It's not the right place, but it's the right thing." Cherry looked at the cotton peach: "Third sister, then you responded?" ”

"Yes." Mian Tao nodded: "If he does it, what's wrong with us having an extra right-hand man?" But if he can't do it, I can tell the second son, and I don't have a penny. ”

Carambola sighed lightly: "Well, if you don't ask him to try, how can you give up?" However, he can't be left without wages, even if he only works for half a day, he will be given a day's wages. ”

"But I didn't really want to do anything about it." Mian Tao nodded: "It's all according to what you say." ”

Mi Tao disdainfully said: "When we were poor, we were far away, for fear of having something to do with us, for fear that we would eat a piece of her meat." Now it's good, I ran to the door upside down, this person is so thick-skinned!! ”

"Mi Tao!" Carambola glared at her: "Why do you talk like this?" After all, she is our second son. ”

"Erjinzi? Even if the second uncle comes, it's the same!! The two of them are as cheeky! What a thick skin! Mi Tao sneered and shook her head, stepped forward and stabbed the cotton peach fiercely: "That is, you should come down." If I were here, I would have to quarrel with her. I'll invite someone from my uncle's family, but I won't invite you, what's wrong? I asked her directly, 'My uncle's family has helped us before, and now we are repaying the favor, have you helped us?' Have you ever cared? Have you ever said even a good word? 'I'll see what she can say!!' ”

"Mi Tao!!" Star fruit stomped her feet: "The guests are still waiting for the dishes, hurry up and go to the back hall for me!" ”

Mi Tao pouted and turned into the back hall.

"Go ahead and do something, don't talk about it again! After the big cousin and sister-in-law come back tomorrow, they are not allowed to mention it again! Carambola ordered the other sisters.

Several people dispersed in response, and they were busy with their work.

On the second day, He Shugen and Zhao Santian should come back to do work, and Cherry began to have a long vacation.

It's just that Cherry is a little worried about the store, and I followed a few star fruit into the town early in the morning, planning to go into the store to take a look and go to Mei Tongyun, anyway, I also stopped by the way, and turned a little more corner.

The eldest cousin and sister-in-law arrived one step ahead of them, and they had already started mopping the floor with Mi Tao.

"Big brother, sister-in-law." Several people came forward to greet them enthusiastically, but found that the two eyes of the eldest cousin-in-law Zhao Santian were red and swollen, and it looked like she had cried all night yesterday. The eldest cousin's face is not very good-looking.

Zhao Santian has always been a capable, strong, and self-reliant person. What could make her cry like this?