After Steward Wu heard Liu Man'er's words, he looked like it was not what I expected, but when Liu Man'er looked at him and wanted to know the answer, he groaned again and stopped talking.

"Brother Wu?" Liu Man'er reminded him again.

Steward Wu turned his head at this time, glanced at Liu Man'er, and said, "Actually, there is nothing to say, after all, we are small people, what's the use of saying this?" Let people hear, but instead cause trouble. ”

But seeing that Liu Man'er was still curious, Steward Wu sighed and said: "The Yan family was copied this time, mainly because it lost power in the court, and was found a reason by political enemies, and even the nest was ended. ”

Liu Man'er also sighed when she heard this, but asked again: "Then Brother Wu, do you know?" Young Master Yan's family, how are they now? ”

"They are all deep-rooted wealthy families, even if their hometown is raided, it is just a disadvantage given by the other party, where can they hurt the foundation of the Yan family, so Shopkeeper Ye should not worry about it, let's worry about ourselves."

Steward Wu shook his head with a wry smile and said: "This time, the government just confiscated all the shops, real estate, etc. of the Yan family, and the Young Master Yan family has no major incident, but when they left, they dismissed most of the servants, leaving only the most core to migrate with them, unfortunately, the old man was one of the servants who were dismissed by them." ”

"Is it a blessing for Seon to lose his horse? In the past, Brother Wu, you were the steward of the Yan family, although it looked majestic, but after all, it was to do things for others, and it was not nice to say, but it was just a subordinate. But now, Brother Wu, you have regained your freedom, why don't you open a shop and start a business yourself? I believe that over the years, Brother Wu, you have also saved some family business, right? ”

Liu Man'er looked at Steward Wu with a smile, this Steward Wu is an old fritter, in the past, in the Yan family, she had to eat kickbacks and make oil and water, she didn't believe it, this copy of the Yan family's family, even their subordinates copied it.

"Girl's words really made me stunned!" Steward Wu didn't look good when he heard Liu Man'er's truth at first, but after hearing it, he looked suddenly enlightened, and said bluntly:

"To tell you the truth, I have been working for a large family since I was a child, and then I have been working in the Yan family, and I have been mixed to the position of steward, I never thought of opening my own shop or something, I just thought that I was still young, and I could do it for others for another two years, and when I was old, I would go back to the countryside and buy dozens of acres of land, and I would spend my whole life."

"Now that my sister is saying this, I don't feel anxious anymore, so why didn't I think of this." Steward Wu seemed to be a little puzzled and said, after he had been anxious about the pain of losing his job and not being able to find a new job, he didn't expect that he had already accumulated enough money to do some small business on his own.

But at this time, Sister-in-law Wu poured cold water on the side and said: "It's not that you can't think of it, but you don't have this talent for business at all, do you say that I have ever done business with you before?" As a result, one line is made, and one line is lost. ”

"Uh......" Wu's sister-in-law's words were like a slap in the face, and they suddenly knocked on Steward Wu's head, indeed, over the years, Steward Wu has not thought about doing business and opening a shop, he has also invested, but without exception, it has not ended in failure.

"You want to do it when you see others doing it, but you don't have the ability to do it." Sister-in-law Wu sarcastically said on the side.

This made Steward Wu feel a little unhappy, and said, "What are you talking about?" I don't have this ability, but doesn't the shopkeeper Ye have it? Can I just partner with Shopkeeper Ye? ”

Although he said this to Sister-in-law Wu, Steward Wu looked at Liu Man'er.

Seeing that Liu Man'er didn't interject, Shopkeeper Wu said again: "Sister, did you say it?" Could it be that if you do it, you will make Brother Wu suffer? ”

"Of course not." Liu Man'er shook her head, but said: "It's just that now we lack a backer, and it is very difficult to do business." ”

"Well, that's a problem." Hearing Liu Man'er say this, Steward Wu also sighed, this time he was really poured a basin of cold water.

Just as he was sighing, he heard Liu Man'er say again: "But it's hard to do it, I'm thinking about reopening our restaurant when the time comes, if Steward Wu is willing to let me do it with me, it would be better." ”

"No, no, no, it's me who thinks about it poorly." Steward Wu listened to Liu Man'er's words, but waved his hand and said, "Sister, you must not know, now that the county seat has changed the county order, the new county commander is the political enemy of the Yan family, and our restaurant is a copy of the former Yan family, even if this county order is not investigated, but how many people want to tie up the county order?" ”

"What? Our Liyang County has changed the county order? Liu Man'er didn't know about this matter, the previous county order had a good relationship with her, but the new county order was different.

What's more, Liu Man'er suddenly remembered her identity, although she still lived in the countryside and not too many people knew about it, but these gentry and landlords knew that she was Ye Yuan's wife, and she was the general's wife.

If she opens this restaurant, then in the eyes of this new county magistrate, is she on the side of the Yan family? Does that represent Ye Yuan's position?

Although she thought too much, she didn't want to do anything that was unfavorable to Ye Yuan, she didn't want him to make enemies for him before he entered the officialdom.

There is no big deal about the Yan family, but it is just a change of dojo, and if you are a small family, you should not mix blindly.

"yes." Steward Wu nodded and said, "If we want to open a restaurant again, it's better to go somewhere else, why don't we go to the county town to develop?" ”

"I think so, too." Although Liu Man'er agreed, there was some helplessness on her face, and said: "My mother-in-law is seriously ill now, I have to take care of her at home, her illness is not good, and I don't have the heart to do anything else." ”

"Alas, too, filial piety comes first." Regarding Liu Man'er's words, Steward Wu expressed his understanding.

"Hmm." Liu Man'er nodded, but said again: "If you wait for my mother-in-law's illness to recover, Brother Wu, you are still willing to cooperate with me, I don't think I can ask for it." ”

"Okay, that's it." Steward Wu nodded, although he was not able to cooperate with Liu Man'er successfully today, but after Liu Man'er's enlightenment, his mood was finally much better.

Leaving Steward Wu's house, Liu Man'er also sighed, knowing that Young Master Yan's family was fine, she was finally relieved in her heart, but it was a pity that the county seat had changed the county order, which would have some impact on her, but she was not afraid, she was still the general's wife.

But after thinking about it again, how could she, the general's wife, not seem to have any power? There is no difference from before, but the name is good, many people don't know it, at least Steward Wu doesn't know.

The people in the village were envious of their family at first, and when they heard that Ye Yuan had become a general, they were a little in awe, but during this time, they slowly discovered that everything was as usual in the Ye family, so their attitude became the same as before.

There is nothing bad about this, Liu Man'er doesn't like to talk about those false courtesies, Fang doesn't say that she is ignorant and ignorant, and she doesn't know much about them, she feels that now her son is a general and has a future, but she has never thought about how the general's mother should live.

She felt that her life was already very good now, and she still had maids to serve, of course, the advantage of Ye Yuan after becoming a general was that these maids and servants of her family could finally be said to be their own maids and servants openly without fear of being criticized.

It is said that Ye Yuan's fifth-rank general is several levels older than the seventh-rank county order, but Ye Yuan is outside after all, he is a general, and he will be outside, so he can't control here; The prefectural magistrate is the official who governs this area, and all the lives of the people are controlled by them. What's more, the Ye family is not even an upstart, and although the official position of this county commander is small, he doesn't know what kind of backer he has behind it.

It's better to back down, there is no need to let others misunderstand anything because of a restaurant, anyway, she can sell ice after a while, and she should be able to earn enough money for Fang's medicine by then.

Thinking about it, he went to the shop, picked up his own things, drove the horse back home, handed Ejiao to Aunt Han, asked her to help boil it, and put the bird's nest in the closet, and asked her to cook some bird's nest for Fang's every morning to drink.

In fact, bird's nest is a good thing to beautify and nourish the skin, nourish yin and nourish the kidneys, and she can also drink it, but think about the money in her hand, anyway, it is very good to have goat's milk to drink every morning.

After all, it is difficult to support the snack shop alone, she thought that when the Fang family was better, she went to the county town with the Korean style to see if she could find any opportunity to let her reopen the restaurant.

Tell Han Shixin about this, Han Shixin is also a little eager to try, although it is leisurely in this countryside, but it can be used as a long vacation, and people will lose their fighting spirit for a long time. What's more, Liu Man'er sent him a lot of moon silver, and when he saw the current situation of the Ye family, he felt very sorry.

Liu Man'er felt that Han Shixin was indeed capable, and she used to help her take care of the restaurant very well, and she almost didn't have to worry about it, but now although the restaurant is gone, it is always a little inappropriate to rashly subtract his monthly silver.

What's more, she is a woman, and many things are a little inconvenient after all, and if she really goes to the county town at that time, she will inevitably have to let the Korean new run more errands.

Although Liu Man'er bought them, she was still different from others after all, and she still couldn't do some things that criticized her subordinates, and she didn't have the kind of psychology that she felt superior to others, but just regarded them as her own employees, a more reliable and loyal long-term employment relationship.

The 176th temporarily lives in the county seat

The next morning, Aunt Han cooked the bird's nest and brought it to Fang's according to Liu Man'er's instructions, Fang's insisted that she would not drink it, and after Liu Man'er heard Aunt Han's embarrassing words, she could only put down the work in her hand and persuade her.

Downstairs came to Fang's room, Fang's was leaning on the bed, when he saw Liu Man'er coming in, he crackled and said: "Man'er, it's not easy for you to make money, why bother to buy me these, last time you bought me ginseng, I was already very sorry to go, and this time you are so expensive." ”

"It's too obvious for my mother to say this, I have already said that as long as my mother is well, everything will be worth it." Liu Man'er sat down, took the bowl at the head of the bed, and said, "The doctor said that you ate this well, I bought it with great difficulty, if you don't eat it, wouldn't it be a waste of my mind, so how uncomfortable I am." ”

"I understand all your intentions, you are a good boy, you work hard for the family all day long, my mother also feels sorry for you when she sees it, there are still more places to spend money in the future, there is no need to spend these on me."

Fang Shi couldn't help but sigh when he thought of his body, he was too hard when he was young, and now he is sick, but he wants to trouble his juniors, fortunately, there is this daughter-in-law in the family to support him, otherwise, she doesn't know what to do.

"The money is gone, and the hard work to make money is, as I said, your body is the most important." Liu Man'er said as she fed Fang's family, Fang's family looked at Liu Man'er, and thought of her sons, and couldn't help but feel sad.

When their father died early, she worked so hard to support them, and she never complained, but when she fell ill, only this daughter-in-law was by her side to take care of her.

The eldest son and the youngest son are okay, but this second son is now completely separated from himself.

People say that there is nothing wrong with marrying a daughter-in-law and forgetting your mother, but my second son, who has not married a daughter-in-law now, has completely changed, is it really my own mistake?

But she really didn't know what was wrong with her.

"Man'er, tell me, is it really my mistake in Qing'er's matter?" Fang Shi looked up and asked.

After Liu Man'er heard Fang's words, she understood, it turned out that Fang's heart was still thinking about this matter, no wonder she said that she felt that her condition had improved a few days ago, but it had become like this again in the past few days, it turned out that she had something on her mind.

"Mother, second brother, he just didn't understand it for a while, after all, he is a young man, and he is in a rebellious period, don't think about it too much, no matter what, he is your son, you take good care of your body, whether to beat him or scold him when the time comes, it's up to you."

Liu Man'er put down the bowl, took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of Fang's mouth, with a smile, and said: "What, you just care too much about other people's feelings, sometimes you have to live a little for yourself, get better as soon as possible, and then I will accompany you to the town and scold them, okay?" ”

"You think it's a shrew scolding the street." When Fang heard Liu Man'er's words, he said angrily.

"I'm willing to be this shrew for your sake, you wait, I'll run to town and scold them now." Liu Man'er said and made a gesture to leave.

Fang Clan hurriedly stopped her movements and said, "Hey, wait a minute, don't go." ”

"Then if you are not good, I will blame this matter on the Tao shopkeeper's family, and when the time comes, you will see if I go to scold them, and I will make trouble for him so that they can't start their business." Liu Man'er snorted softly.

"Okay, okay, where can I blame others for my illness, don't worry about it, after all, it will be my in-laws' family in the future, and Qing'er will still live in their family." Speaking of this, there was a little more sadness between Fang's eyebrows.

Liu Man'er shook her head after seeing it, and didn't say much, just helped her lie down, helped her press the horns, and said, "Anyway, don't think about it, get better as soon as possible, otherwise, I will really go to them to make trouble." ”

Fang Shi saw that Liu Man'er's expression didn't look like a joke, but he only sighed and didn't say much.

She doesn't hate in her heart, but there are words of suffering, and all this has nothing to do with others. It's just that I don't want to do this, take good care of my body, so as to live up to my daughter-in-law's expectations and these expensive medicinal materials.

The mentality has become positive, the illness will heal quickly, and by midsummer, Fang's illness has finally improved, and Liu Man'er is also very happy after seeing it, of course, the thing that makes Fang's happy is not only this one thing, what makes her happiest is that Liu Man'er is already pregnant.

After all, she had a miscarriage for the first time, and this time, Liu Man'er also knew a little about these things, and when she found that she had lost her appetite and the monthly letter was delayed, she went to ask the doctor to come and see, and the doctor said that she was more than a month pregnant.

This is really a good thing, with this happy event, Fang's illness has improved a lot, in addition to the fact that her body is still a little weak, she can even do some simple housework.

And Liu Man'er's body after two years of recuperation, far from being able to compare with before, now her physique is very good, her body is also healthy, those symptoms of joy are naturally reduced a lot, every day should eat and drink, I heard that the big family in the county has opened an ice cellar, Liu Man'er still wants to go to the county to sell ice.

The Fang family has never allowed Liu Man'er to go to the county seat, and Liu Man'er can't let go of the lower family, but if she doesn't sell ice, she won't be able to make enough money, and now that she has a child, the family's expenses will be much greater.

What's more, Fang's family is still taking medicine now, which is a lot of expenses, Liu Man'er also plans to let Han Shixin go to the county town to have a look, and naturally it will take silver taels to go to the county town, and the pressure is still not small.

After thinking about it, Liu Man'er asked people to rent a courtyard in the county town, and simply took the Fang family and a few children to live in the county seat for a few months, and everything in the countryside was temporarily taken care of by the new Korean family.

Being able to live in the county seat, not only the Fang family is happy, but the two children are even more happy, they have also been to the county several times and know the prosperity of the county, not to mention, in the eyes of the countrymen, everything in the county is so high.

It seems that they have suddenly become like a hillbilly and become a nobleman living in the county, how can this not make people happy?

Yun Niang, as the daughter-in-law of Ye He and the two, also followed together, and Liu Man'er thought that it would be good to let Yun Niang help cook the cooking, not to mention, it was indeed a little inappropriate for her to live with the new Korean family.

It's just that when she came to the county seat, Yun Niang was a little afraid of meeting her sister-in-law, that is, she was afraid that her sister-in-law would ridicule her, but under Liu Man'er's enlightenment, she felt that there was nothing, after all, she didn't do anything wrong, even if she couldn't give birth, it had nothing to do with her sister-in-law, so why be afraid of her.

This time, Liu Man'er rented a second courtyard in the county, just in the back alley of the snack shop, she rented it for three months, two hundred yuan a month, the rent is equivalent to two or three months of other people's salary, after Fang's knew the rent, she couldn't help but feel a pain in her flesh.

Liu Man'er felt that there was nothing, as long as it was convenient, it was close to the shop, and then Liu Fusheng and Ye Feng could live in this courtyard, so that the family would be together again.

In fact, she should have done this a long time ago, when she had money at the beginning, she should have bought a yard in the county seat, so that it would be convenient for Liu Fusheng and Ye Feng to study, but she has been stumped by all kinds of things, and she didn't buy it now, but she didn't have money. Well, when you sell the ice and make money, you must buy a yard down.

After living in the county seat, the benefits are also obvious, not to mention anything else, let's just say that Ye Feng and Liu Fusheng can eat at home at noon.

Liu Man'er asked Ye He and Cao'er to deliver meals to the two of them at noon, anyway, it's not far, everyone is playing in the living room in the backyard during the day, and when they're busy, they can also go over to help, and the place to cook is naturally in the shop, anyway, there is a kitchen, and everything is there.

Although Yun Niang is an embroidery girl, but this craft is really good, in the past, at home, the cooking work was the responsibility of Fang's and Aunt Han, but it was not her turn, now Fang's health is sick, Aunt Han is also in the countryside, this cooking work is placed on this Yun Niang's body, and therefore, Liu Man'er discovered her cooking talent.

The food she cooks is really delicious, not because of anything else, but because of each dish, she puts a lot of thought into it.

As an embroidery girl hired by Liu Man'er, she doesn't have anything to do for a day, Cao'er and Ye He have long mastered the essentials of embroidery, and even Liu Man'er has learned to embroider, just occasionally ask her to teach her, some more advanced embroidery skills, Yun Niang actually doesn't understand.

Yun Niang is a very hardworking woman, in the past, when she was in the countryside, she could always find all kinds of work to do, but now after coming to the county seat, there are fewer things to do.

Every day, there are three maids in charge of the work and hygiene in the shop, and she has nothing to do, so she can only put a lot of effort into eating.

Every morning, I go to the vegetable market to select the freshest dishes, come back and wash them, carefully cut them, cut the eggplant into strips, cut the radish into thin strips, all kinds of fried balls, pot stickers, stewed soup, fine stir-fry, every day without the same kind, so that Liu Man'er and others are blessed.

Liu Yunsheng cooks roast duck in the kitchen, and Yun Niang cooks in the kitchen, so that the two also have some communication, Liu Yunsheng is always a little bored on weekdays, and Yun Niang rarely goes out to chat with others, but now the two of them are together, but there are some things to talk about.

Liu Man'er occasionally went to the kitchen to have a look, and when she saw them chatting from time to time, she also thought it was good, now she is making ice in the backyard, and she has two more little helpers.

Cao'er and Ye He are not outsiders, and it has nothing to do with teaching them the art of ice-making, not to mention, Liu Man'er just doesn't announce the ice-making method for the time being, but she has never thought about cherishing the broom, and plans to make some money in the past few years, and then announce it later.

Just like in previous lives, there are so many shops that sell all kinds of cold drinks, but there are always some brands that are more favored by consumers.

Even if she told them how to make ice, she still had a variety of foods to whet people's appetites.