Chapter 230: Trivia at Home

In the next few days, Guan Wen went to the river beach every day to work, because he had already obtained the documents from the official yamen.

Guan Wen did not delay on the other side of the stone field, and called Guan Wu to help clean up the stones in front of the cave first. Guan Wu's house is rising, and Guan Wu has been running at both ends during this time, while busy with his new house, he is helping his eldest brother to do something, and he has not complained - he now eats three meals a day at Guan Wen's house, and sleeps there, although he gives money, he is still a little embarrassed, and helping Guan Wen to do the work finally makes him feel that he doesn't owe much to his eldest brother.

There is one thing that needs to be mentioned.

Guan Quan helped Guan Wu contact the materials of the house, maybe Guan Quan really had a bit of a shrewd mind, and he also saw Guan Wu helping Guan Wen clean up those stones. Seeing that the size and specifications of the stones were about the same, Guan Quan moved his mind and contacted the stone dealer himself to see if they were interested in the stone field, and really let him find someone to collect such a large round irregular stone, which is said to be used to make rockery garden decoration in the homes of large families.

Wealthy families like to add wild fun, and the person Guan Quan is looking for will not lie to him, after all, this is a business.

Guan Quan found Guan Wen and told him about it, and asked his eldest brother if he could let people transport all the big stones out, although the money collected was relatively small, but it was also money, and if it was more, it would not be a lot of money.

Although Li Xin knows that sometimes strange stones are very valuable, the Jiangnan garden industry has a set of rules about stone selection. It's just that on the side of Yizhou Mansion, this situation is rare.

Li Xin couldn't help but ask Guan Quandao: "If you want a big round stone, don't you have it in the water?" ”

"It's not easy to fish in the water, and if you're not careful, you'll die." Guan Quan explained: "Besides, the stones in the water are not as good as the stones in the mountains and forests. If you want to talk about wild fun, or the stones in the mountain are more wild, the moss and everything are born by themselves, and it is natural to look at. Stone merchants love this. ”

Guan Wen was very happy that the stone could be sold for money. The kind that is very large can be moved by the stone merchant without his own labor. Why not? Guan Wen naturally agreed, but he didn't mind much about the price.

Guan Quan wanted to take thirty percent of the money from it, and Guan Wen did not have any dissatisfaction.

Li Xin didn't say anything else, this idea was put forward by Guan Quan, and it was right. Although the stones were from the mountains, they did not close them all, and they had to spend time and effort to get the stones out by themselves. If you follow what Guan Wen said, it will be smashed into stone slabs to pave the road or something, which is even more of a big project.

Therefore, Li Xin also acquiesced to Guan Wen's attitude, although she also had some doubts in her heart, maybe the price Guan Quan said was actually lower than the actual price given by the stone merchant. "Ya-Wen * Yan + Love $ First @ Hair" counts, he may have more than three percent.

But that's all, she can't tell Guan Wen about her calculating thoughts - after all, his fourth brother helped Guan Wen when he was seriously injured, even if he took a small advantage from it, Guan Wen was afraid that he wouldn't say anything.

It is precisely because of this period of time that Guan Quan is busy with the materials of Guan Wu's house and the stones of Guan Wen's stone land, but he often eats and drinks at Li Xin's side.

Within a few days, Hu Yueying also ran here diligently.

What made Li Xin wonder was that Guan Ming and Guan Zhicheng did not react at all.

Li Xin wanted to inquire with Hu Yueying about the movements of the father and son, but after thinking about it, forget it, they didn't come to the door. Isn't she supposed to be Amitabha?

It's March.

The chickens that Li Xin raised a few years ago have grown fat and fat, and after the new chicken shed was built, they were all driven to the new chicken shed, which was more spacious and sturdy. I don't know if it's a psychological reason, Li Xin feels that these chickens are even happier when they move to a new house.

Immediately afterwards, Li Xin's plan to raise rabbits was also proposed.

Guan Wen doesn't have the time to help her catch rabbits in the mountains now, but the old juncture will, when he has nothing to do, he walks around in the mountains and forests, according to Ah Mei, grandpa is in the forest to set traps and catch rabbits and pheasants and other small animals. At first, Li Xin only thought that Lao Guan was idle and had nothing to do, but he didn't care much.

Who knew that one day the old man really caught a rabbit and came back.

The rabbit had a wound on his leg and was still dripping blood. The old juncture walks very slowly. With a smile on his face, he wrinkled his face, and said to Li Xin with the rabbit: "Daughter-in-law Awen, this rabbit is so wow?" ”

Li Xin hurriedly took it, carrying the rabbit ears, and the rabbit kicked twice and quieted down before he could kick his legs, shrinking his front legs.

Yang Er thought it cute when she saw it. yelled for a hug, Li Xin didn't give it to him, saying that it was not clean, so he threw the rabbit into the original chicken shed, which was regarded as "waste utilization", and threw some vegetable leaves and grass for it to eat every day.

For more than a month, the old juncture would catch a rabbit every once in a while. However, Li Xin didn't touch those rabbits, and he was a little unhappy at the old juncture, so he asked Li Xin to burn the rabbits and eat them.

Li Xin reluctantly took a chicken instead, stewed a big pot of chicken soup, and only then did he smile at the old moment.

Later, Lao Guan didn't go to the mountains and forests to set up traps, and told Li Xin that this was enough, and there should be a limit to eating mountains. Li Xin understands that there is a concept here at the old juncture, which is similar to the modern concept of "sustainability".

Fortunately, there are now nearly ten rabbits in the rabbit shed, and if they can reproduce naturally, this number will of course increase.

However, the rabbits also had to wait for Li Xin to cut the leaves and grass for them to eat, and feed them in the rabbit shed. Rabbits are not like chickens, and they know how to go back to the chicken shed when it gets dark. So it's a bit of a hassle to raise rabbits.

Fortunately, Ah Mei is very interested in raising rabbits and feeding chickens, she is also idle now, Li Xin gave her these things to do, and when she was idle, she enlightened Yang'er, taught him to calculate simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within ten, and even drew a ninety-nine multiplication table for him to memorize.

One day, when the invitation sent by Wei Shusheng was handed to her, Li Xin suddenly remembered this matter.

When she received the letter, Ah Mei was also present, and when she heard that Wei Shusheng's name was reported, she immediately lowered her head slightly, looking like a shy little daughter.

Li Xin smiled and thanked the person who sent the letter, opened the letter and read it, and then gave it to Ah Mei.

Ah Mei blushed and said, "Sister-in-law, I, I don't know much ......"

"It's okay, even Meng can guess." Li Xin smiled and said, "Ah Mei knows a lot of words now." ”

Ah Mei likes to learn to read and write, in addition to feeding chickens and rabbits, and doing needlework, she works with Yang'er to let Li Xin teach her to write and read.

Ah Mei spread out the letter and read it in a low voice: "Fifteen, one ...... Hello to ......"

After finally finishing reading, Ah Mei asked Li Xin in a low voice: "Did Wei Shusheng invite his eldest brother and sister-in-law to his house when he was fifteen?" ”

Li Xin nodded, and when she saw Ah Mei biting her lip, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Of course, Ah Mei also wants to go together." ”

Ah Mei suddenly raised her head and looked at Li Xin, her eyes were shining. Li Xin reached out and touched her head, took the letter in her hand and said, "It's better for sister-in-law to give it to your eldest brother and let your eldest brother keep it first." ”

Ah Mei was ashamed, knowing that unmarried girls can't have men's things around them, although the peasant family doesn't mind much, but it's always not nice to say.

"It's the day after tomorrow, and there is still plenty of time." Li Xin patted Ah Mei's shoulder, looked at Ah Mei who seemed to be a little taller, and thought to herself, seeing Ah Mei really has that meaning, if she can talk to Aunt Wei this time...... It's a good thing to decide on this marriage.

It's just that......

Think about it, if Ah Mei got engaged before Ah Xiu, there would probably be gossip in the village again. As soon as words such as "Guan Jia's Ah Xiu can't get married, no one wants it" came up, the village women who like to chew the root of their tongue spread the word about it, and maybe it will make Ah Xiu's reputation worse.

But now I really can't find a young man who matches Ah Xiu......

If it's high, I can't look down on them, and if it's low, I'm afraid Ah Xiu himself won't be able to look down on it. The three families I watched were more reliable than Feng De's fortune, Gong An and Ma Juncai were directly left behind by her, thinking that Ma Juncai became the rabbit master of a certain young master of the Shen family...... Li Xin felt a little powerless.

Let's talk about the two families that Apricot said. Bai Gu Liang won't say it, Guan Wen definitely disagrees. The continuous observance of filial piety has been delayed until now, and it can only be said that Bai Guliang is indeed very unlucky. And another shy boy who is smaller than Ah Xiu...... If Li Xin wants to say, Ah Xiu will definitely not be happy.

It's really tricky......

Guan Wen came back from the river beach to get water and wash his feet, and said to Li Xin: "The river beach is almost tidy, according to what you said, the depth and height are something, that is, I have done it a little." He wiped his face and said, "The weather is about to warm up, and it's spring soon." ”

Li Xin narrowed his eyes and echoed two sentences: "You solve the problem of diverting water to the lotus pond." After a pause, he said: "By the way, I went to the town on the fifteenth, and Wei Shusheng was treated." It just so happened that we went to see if there were any lotus root seeds and fish fry sold in the market, and if there were, we bought the lotus root seeds and planted them, and we could bring water to the lotus pond. ”

Guan Wen nodded, he was a little busy these days, and he fell asleep when he came home. Li Xin also felt sorry for him, and he was naturally happy to see that he was concerned about family affairs.

Guan Wen took off his clothes and went to bed and fell asleep, and Li Xin cleaned up the room and the stove room slightly, and fell asleep next to him.

At fifteen o'clock, Li Xin and Guan Wen took Ah Mei and Yang'er to Wei Shusheng's house as guests. Originally, I also wanted Lao Guantou to go, but Lao Guantou was lazy and refused to move his nest for anything, so he moved a recliner and sat in the yard to bask in the sun. Li Xin couldn't resist him, so he could only give up.

On the way, I went to Anhetang to pick up Ah Xiu, and Ah Xiu and Ah Xiu sisters happily talked together.

Ah Xiu said: "Wei Shusheng came to Anhetang early this morning to ask me when I came, and said when you will arrive." ”

Li Xin smiled: "I won't miss the meal." ”

Ah Mei leaned into Ah Xiu's ear to speak, Ah Xiu "rubbed" her face red, glanced at Ah Mei with disgust, and muttered: "What are you doing embroidering that......"

Ah Mei just laughed, Li Xin must have been Ah Mei who told Ah Xiu that she helped her embroider the mandarin duck quilt, a century-old pillow and other things that only married women have. Seeing that the two sisters were affectionate, Li Xin was also happy to look at it.

After chatting, we arrived at Jiuzi Lane. (To be continued) RQ