"We are a family, that's how it should be. Chuntao and I are equals. It's inappropriate to kowtow like this."
Li Qiao was very insistent and instead urged Li Gu: "Second uncle, please send Third Aunt to the hospital quickly!"
Mentioning Zhao Erniu, Li Gu sneered: "Anyway, she is in a coma and can't die."
Li Dazhong: "..."
He sighed softly and walked over to apologize to Li Chuntao on behalf of his parents.
Seeing this, Li Gu didn't want to embarrass him: "Forget it, let's go to the county town. It's getting late. If it's later, we won't be able to leave the city today."
It was indeed getting late, so Li Dazhong, Li Gu, and Li Dao drove the ox cart to the county seat.
The rest of the people had enough of the excitement and slowly dispersed.
Before leaving, Li Ping pointed to her eldest nephew and daughter-in-law and said, "Xiaoyun's natal family is from Zhoujiazhuang. You can help find out about Zhou Mingsheng."
Zhou Yun nodded hurriedly: "Now Zhou Mingsheng's parents are living a comfortable life, and they eat meat from time to time."
"Thank you sister-in-law for your kindness, but I won't use it for the time being. Because I can't find any evidence to kill him, I won't pay attention to him. Chuntao cheers up and tries to get better. Then he will naturally feel guilty and uncomfortable."
Li Qiao said.
"What you said makes sense. As long as Chuntao is still alive, there must be a thorn in his heart."
Li Ping said and looked at Li Chuntao: "Chuntao, you have to cook well and try to get Li Qiao to give you a salary increase as soon as possible."
"No need to increase, it's fine now." Li Chuntao said softly.
"It will definitely go up. Dashan and Aunt Xiuying will also go up. It's the same for everyone." Li Qiao said with a smile.
Li Chuntao looked at his smile and couldn't help but also curled her eyes.
Her cousin is a god who saves people in need!
Soon, the people in the courtyard dispersed, but Wang Guihua stayed to have lunch with Li Qiao, Tao Zhu and the others.
Li Qiao, Tao Zhu and the others haven't had lunch yet.
The weather is hot now, and the food has been in the pot all the time, so a few people didn't add any firewood to heat up the large plate of chicken in the pot, but just started eating.
Li Chuntao made a large pot full of chicken and ten pounds of lasagna. Everyone took a bowl and filled a large bowl, then sat at the table and started eating.
The noodles had been soaked for a long time and were no longer chewy, but no one disliked it.
The white noodles that soaked up the chicken broth were a rare treat. Wang Guihua ate it for the first time and couldn't help but praise the buckwheat.
"You really didn't read this book in vain. Although you didn't pass the exam, you are definitely worthy of the money your parents-in-law gave you."
Li Qiao couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Actually, the method is very simple, you only need..."
"Don't tell me!"
Wang Guihua quickly interrupted him: "Look at the oil floating on it and the aniseed ingredients. My family is reluctant to eat it like this."
"...Then next time Chuntao makes it, you, the eldest brother and the three children will come over and we can eat together."
"Just eat it once in a while." Wang Guihua shook her head and turned to look at Li Dashan: "You are really taking advantage. You may not be able to get the food at your uncle's house in the county. You work hard. Don’t be lazy.”
"Mom, don't worry. My uncle will arrange for me to do whatever I want to do so that I won't be lazy." Li Dashan nodded with a smile.
But that's right, he is willing to work for his brother-in-law's food even if he doesn't get paid.
"Sister-in-law, how are the sweet potato seedlings doing?"
Li Qiao thought of this and asked.
"It's not very good. There is some water shortage. It needs to be watered well in the past few days." Wang Guihua said.
Li Qiao couldn't help but frown.
At this time, irrigation relied entirely on manpower. People in Sanliu Village irrigated their fields with buckets, getting water from rivers and wells one by one.
This is a very tiring job, no less tiring than wheat harvesting.
It's a pity that although he has water powers, he can't reveal them...
While he was thinking about it, he heard the familiar sound of a carriage, and he raised his eyes and looked towards the entrance of the courtyard.
A few seconds later, Xiao Wu's figure appeared at the entrance of the courtyard.
"Eh? Brother Xiaowu, why are you here now?" Li Qiao was surprised and stood up.
Tao Zhu was also surprised and said, "Have you eaten? If not, sit down and eat together."
Xiao Wu wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, waved his hand and said, "I'm here to buy Youth League!"
"Ah? Didn't you take fifty with you this morning?"
"Yes, I took it back to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper only tasted it and then gave me another silver and asked me to come to Sanliu Village again."
"He said no matter how much you and Brother Zhu did, he wanted them all."
Xiaowu explained why he came to Sanliu Village again.
I can’t help it, the Qingtuan dumplings are so delicious!
His shopkeeper only took one bite and immediately slammed the table, then stood up to get him money and asked him to come to Sanliu Village as quickly as possible.
He didn't even have time to drink before he rushed to Sanliu Village again.
It was midday, and the sun was hanging directly above his head. There was no shade for him sitting on the shaft of the carriage. The carriage was running very fast, bumping up and down the dirt road in the countryside, which was really unpleasant.
"That's it, come on, little five brothers, drink a bowl of water first, and then eat a bowl of fried chicken. It won't take more than a minute, you just need to rush back before dark."
"I'm going to pack up the rest of the Youth League."
Li Qiao said.
Along with his words, Tao Zhu brought a bowl of cold boiled water.
Li Chuntao brought a large bowl of chicken.
Xiaowu was very embarrassed, so he was very grateful to give him a piece of grain pancake to pacify his stomach. He was given such a good meal. No wonder he could make such delicious snacks. He was just different from other scholars!
He had met many scholars in Wangyue Tower, but this was really the first time he met someone like Li Qiao who respected him so much.
Such a good person deserves a prosperous business!
Xiao Wu devoured his meal. On the other side, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu also packed the remaining green dumplings into clean wooden boxes.
The green dumplings cannot be squeezed, so Li Qiao specially made a simple wooden box to hold them.
This morning Xiao Wu took away fifty Youth Leagues, and Li Ping also bought thirty in the morning, leaving a total of forty.
Because they couldn't receive feedback from Shopkeeper Wang about the Youth League today, he and Tao Zhu didn't do much, thinking that if they couldn't sell out, their own family would eat them.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Wu actually made a special trip again. It seems that he is going to make some tomorrow.
"The shopkeeper said that he can make as much as he can and sell as much as he can. If this delays the kilograms of Feng Gao and Mahua, that's okay," Xiao Wu said.
Li Qiao shook his head: "Making the Youth League is too troublesome. Brother Zhu and I are really too busy. We can only make about 200 at most in a day."
"Okay, I'll take the message to the shopkeeper."
If someone has more than enough ambition but not enough energy, his shopkeeper can't force it.
Wang Guihua couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when she saw how popular the Youth League was.
Qingtuan is so easy to sell, so Li Qiao can continue to spend a lot of money.
Soon, Wang Guihua and Li Chuntao went home respectively, while Li Dashan went to cut mugwort.
Only Li Qiao and Tao Zhu were left at home.
The weather was hot, so Tao Zhu planned to boil a pot of mung bean water.
Li Qiao started cooking red beans and preparing to make bean paste.
The daily green dumplings are made with fresh ingredients.
The husband and wife stood next to the water tank, one washing the mung beans and the other washing the red beans. After washing, they poured the bean washing water into the vegetable garden.
This vegetable garden was planted when Li Qiao first crossed over. Several vegetables that were planted at that time have now grown tender seedlings.
Tao Zhu stared at the tender cucumber seedlings and suddenly said: "Li Qiao, if the business is really affected by Chuntao, what will you do?"
"Huh?" Li Qiao was stunned when he heard this, and turned to look at him: "Are you worried?"
"Answer me first." Tao Zhu also looked at him, his watery eyes looking at him: "What should I do if it really affects me?"
"If we are really affected, then we will introduce more delicious snacks. As long as our snacks are clean and delicious, there will always be people who buy them."
"Don't worry, I won't let you endure hardship with me. If the snacks really can't be sold, I can still catch fish."
Li Qiao answered seriously.
"Won't you fire Chuntao?" Tao Zhu asked again.
"Of course not. My second uncle lent me five taels of silver. Considering my uncle's family background, the five taels of silver might be half of his family's savings. If he helped me like this, I would definitely repay the favor. And this matter Chuntao She is innocent, I am her cousin, how can I not help her."
When Tao Zhu heard this, the corners of his mouth turned up: "I'm not afraid of hardship. As long as I follow you, anything will be fine."
"The way you were protecting Chuntao just now was very handsome and reliable."
This man is even willing to protect his cousin like this, so how could he abandon him?
How virtuous and capable is he to meet such a good person?
Unable to suppress the joy in his heart, he first glanced at the door to confirm that no one was there, then took a step towards Li Qiao, standing close to Li Qiao, then leaned over and kissed Li Qiao on the face like a dragonfly.
After the kiss, he originally wanted to pull away, but the joy in his heart was surging and clamoring, so he couldn't help but lean in again, wanting to kiss her again.
But this time, Li Qiao turned his head, a little faster than him, and kissed his lips accurately.
Tao Zhu: "..."
His eyes widened instantly.
Li Qiao smiled, and her left hand that was not holding the basin directly supported his hip, and picked him up like a child.
"Let's go inside."
Tao Zhu was originally startled by Li Qiao's actions, but when these four words entered his ears, he swallowed back his exclamation.
He pursed his lips and hummed softly. Only closer contact could calm the surging joy in his body.
