Why does this sound like a drama!
With a curious attitude, everyone who has the ability to come basically comes.
The sweet potato workshop in Sanliu Village has temporarily stopped working.
Nowadays, a large number of people from other villages come here every day. In order to prevent trouble, the village can no longer have all the young people making vermicelli like before. There are only the elderly and children at home, so the sweet potato workshop stopped working.
Moreover, Zhuang Fengshou also set up a tea stall at the entrance of the village.
Anyone who is thirsty from afar can have a sip of tea there.
The tea contains not only tea leaves, but also maltose. People can choose according to their own taste.
Now their Sanliu Village is no longer the Sanliu Village it used to be. The current Sanliu Village has imperial inscriptions and imperial edicts, so it must be grand and generous, and let people from outside the village know that Sanliu Village is worthy of this honor bestowed by the Holy Spirit!
Of course, the tea stall is nothing. The most important thing right now is the name of Sanliu Village.
The name Sanliu Village was popularized by Li Qiao and became famous throughout the county, but now the name Sanliu Village is no longer worthy of their village.
The village needs to be renamed!
Therefore, in the past few days, Rizhuang Fengsheng has to look for Li Qiao at least twice a day to change the name of the village. It would be better to change it to Lijia Village, Jishan Village, or Yuqing Village. Whichever name is better than the current name.
But Li Qiao disagreed.
No need, really no need.
The three words "Sanliu Village" are nice and easy to remember, but if they are changed, they will lose their distinctiveness. Moreover, with his fame, Sanliu Village has already become famous. If he changes his name again, he will have to trouble the public to change his name. This is very troublesome.
At noon that day, Li Qiao and his family had lunch.
Zhuang Fengshou came again to persuade Li Qiao to change the name of the village.
After much persuasion, a familiar person appeared at the entrance of the village: Shopkeeper Zhao is here.
Shopkeeper Zhao had an apologetic smile on his face, carrying large and small bags. After entering the yard, he stood in front of Li Qiao and bowed to apologize to Li Qiao. His head was so low that it almost touched the sole of his shoe.
He begged Li Qiao to forgive him for his previous malicious competition. When he came this time, he not only brought the money that Zuixianju had earned by serving dishes such as dama flowers, grilled sausages, green dumplings, and corn braised dishes, but also prepared Five thousand taels of silver, so that Li Qiao would not care about his past offenses.
He actually came to Li Qiao on the second day after receiving the imperial edict, but when he heard that Li Qiao was studying, he did not dare to disturb him, so he delayed for a few days and did not come here until today.
Li Qiao refused Shopkeeper Zhao's offer of apology.
Although he was not the real inventor of these foods, Shopkeeper Zhao did cause him trouble.
It also made Tao Zhu worried.
Therefore, he also had to worry Shopkeeper Zhao.
Moreover, he had previously thought of turning the money earned by Shopkeeper Zhao into medical expenses, but because there had been several slip-and-fall incidents in front of him, in order to avoid attracting the attention of interested people, the last time Shopkeeper Zhao came to his house, He didn't take action against Shopkeeper Zhao.
Later when I went to the county seat, I didn't meet Shopkeeper Zhao, so the money Shopkeeper Zhao relied on him to earn has not yet turned into medical expenses.
However, shopkeeper Zhao finally realized that he wanted to return the money he earned. In this case, he would not let the money turn into medical expenses.
But he had to make Shopkeeper Zhao feel uneasy.
No matter what, I have to come here three or five times!
Li Qiao refused coldly, and Shopkeeper Zhao's heart suddenly jumped. There were indeed people behind Zui Xianju, but now these people have come to have a relationship with Li Qiao.
This gives him peace of mind.
After leaving Li Qiao's house and getting into the carriage, he couldn't help but raise his hand and slap himself.
This time he was really blind, and he didn't realize that Li Qiao could alarm the Holy One.
But soon he couldn't help but sigh. Let alone him, no one in the entire county could have imagined that Li Qiao could be registered in front of the Holy Emperor just by eating.
well!
Shopkeeper Zhao left uneasily.
Lunch at Li Qiao’s house was also over.
It's time for Li Qiao to study.
For the county examination next month, he rejected the invitations from Jiang Magistrate, County Magistrate and others. Zhuang Fengshou would not take up Li Qiao's time, so he got up and left.
Li Qiao went back to the backyard to study.
Tao Zhu also returned to the backyard.
His house has been too busy recently, and no one has the time to make snacks. If he doesn't make snacks, he will have a lot of free time.
This time the Holy Spirit rewarded fifty horses of good material, and he wanted to make some sets of clothes for Li Qiao to wear when going out to meet guests.
He had been annoyed for a long time before asking Li Qiao to wear cotton clothes to receive the order. Now he had the information, and Li Qiao had also made an appointment with the county magistrate, county magistrate and others to meet again after passing the county examination.
Li Qiao had already agreed, so of course he had to make a few sets of clothes quickly.
The husband and wife stayed in the study room and the bedroom, busy working for an hour.
At around three o'clock, Tao Zhu went to the front yard, planning to make a walnut and black sesame soup.
Walnuts nourish the brain. Buckwheat uses a lot of brain energy every day, so it needs to be supplemented.
The front yard is still very lively, and there are many people at the door looking at the imperial pen plaque on the door.
Li Dashan, Li Chuntao, Li Yuning, and Li Yuan are busy. The four of them, who can write, are registering the various gifts sent by others.
As Li Qiao became famous, ordinary people came to see the plaque and see the excitement.
Some well-off families, such as the squires, sent gifts in an attempt to establish a relationship with Li Qiao.
It was impossible for Li Qiao to refuse all these gifts.
Squire refers to a group of people with prestige, status, and wealth, such as those who won the imperial examination but did not become officials, retired or unretired officials who temporarily stayed in Pingcheng for various reasons, as well as big businessmen and clan members. Elders, educated landowners, etc.
Anyway, they are a group of people who are different from ordinary people, and they are a group of people who can speak in front of the government.
This is a very important force. In the previous dynasty, this force assisted the government in governing the people and had a great say.
However, the long-term war in the last years of the previous dynasty completely destroyed this power. Moreover, after the establishment of Dasheng, the founding emperor, who is now the Supreme Emperor, did not like these people, so he gave the village chief some power and asked the county magistrate to transcend this power. The forces have direct contact with the village chiefs of each village.
Therefore, in Dasheng, the influence of the squire was far less than that of the previous dynasty.
However, the squire class did not disappear completely.
Just like Jiang Zhixian, he hired several civil servants and scholars to help him manage the sweet potato workshop.
Li Qiao was in Pingcheng, so it was impossible for him to completely avoid contact with these people. He was taking the imperial examination and doing business, so he could not exist alone without social relations. Therefore, he did not reject all the gifts sent by these people. If it was too valuable, he would accept it and return the gifts one by one after passing the county examination.
Tao Zhu first took a look at Li Dashan and the four of them, watching them open gift boxes and registering in an orderly manner, and then walked into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Li Shu was sitting in front of the stove and doing needlework. She and her two children had too few clothes. Before, they had only made winter clothes in a hurry. Now that winter was almost over, she took advantage of these few days to make spring clothes.
Red dates, wolfberry, and white fungus soup was simmering on the stove. Seeing Tao Zhu coming over, he said, "Brother Zhu, the soup is ready. When will you drink it?"
Tao Zhu is replenishing his health and drinks some soup and water every day.
He originally did the work of making soup and soup by himself, but he was busy making clothes for Li Qiao these days, so Li Shu took over the work.
"Thank you, Third Sister." Tao Zhu thanked him. He was not in a hurry to drink. He first made Li Qiao a sesame and walnut soup and sent it over.
Walnuts, black sesame seeds, and glutinous rice flour have all been ground in advance. Rinse them with hot water, add some sugar, and you can eat them directly.
Hot water was always boiling on the stove. He picked up the iron kettle and quickly made a bowl of it.
Putting the bowl on the tray, he carried it out of the kitchen and prepared to go to the backyard.
He had just taken two steps when someone called him from behind: "Brother Zhu!"
The voice was extremely familiar, it was Li Ping.
Li Ping saw him carrying the tray and immediately waved to him: "Send it to Li Qiao quickly, and then come over, there is something important!"
"What's wrong?"
Tao Zhu was surprised and asked hurriedly.
"It's not a big deal. Send it to Li Qiao first." Li Ping urged him to do business first, with her usual excitement on her face when gossiping.
Seeing this, Tao Zhu understood that there must be another big gossip.
He took the tray to the study room in the backyard and quickly returned to the front yard without staying long.
Entering the kitchen, Li Shu handed him the red date, wolfberry, and white fungus soup that had been poured into a bowl: "Drink it quickly, it will get cold in a while."
It's not the first lunar month yet and the weather is cold.
Tao Zhu nodded, took the bowl and sat at the small dining table, looking at Li Ping curiously: "Sister-in-law, what is going on?"
There were melon seeds, fried peanuts and other snacks on the small dining table. Li Ping had already cracked some melon seeds. After hearing this, he immediately put the melon seeds in his hand on the small dining table, patted his thigh and said excitedly: "It's Dazhong and Han Xiaoyan!"
"Do you know how crazy Han Xiaoyan is? She just stopped a nobleman's carriage and acted violently!"
As Li Qiao became famous, the Li family's worth also increased.
Especially Li Dazhong, he is the favorite in the eyes of countless people.
Everyone didn't care whether Li Dazhong had divorced Han Xiaoyan at this time, and they came to talk to each other one after another. They didn't mind if their girl or the younger brother married him as an equal wife. They really didn't mind. They just wanted to get on Li Qiao's big ship. .
What's more, Li Dazhong himself is also a very good young man, practical and capable, without any tricks.
This is a standard good man!
Li Dazhong was so popular that Han Xiaoyan, who was driven back to her parents' home, couldn't sit still.
She took the initiative to come back and sue for peace. Now that Li Qiao was so awesome, she didn't dare to provoke him. She was willing to admit his mistake to Li Qiao, and then live a good life with Li Dazhong.
But Li Dazhong could tell at a glance that she wanted to get benefits from Li Qiao. He was not willing to let her go to see Li Qiao. Li Dazhong refused to go with her to see Li Qiao, so she felt that Li Dazhong had a new love.
As for asking Li Qiao for favors, she admitted her mistake. So isn't it natural for Li Dazhong and Li Qiao to resume their relationship as cousins?
Now that the relationship has been restored, Li Qiao must definitely give her family benefits!
Naturally, Li Dazhong doesn't have a new love. He just doesn't want to cause any more trouble to Li Qiao. His family has made a lot of money this year from vermicelli, so why keep an eye on Li Qiao?
As long as Han Xiaoyan is still thinking about asking for benefits from Li Qiao, he will not be able to live a good life.
But Han Xiaoyan didn't think so. Han Xiaoyan felt that Li Dazhong had a new love. Although Li Dazhong refused people who came to ask for marriage every day, Han Xiaoyan felt that he was acting.
Therefore, Li Dazhong's family has been noisy every day recently, without stopping for a day.
Just now, Han Xiaoyan had an argument with Li Dazhong again. Just like before, Li Dazhong dragged her to send her back to her parents' home. When she reached the village entrance, she didn't know what she was thinking, but she suddenly broke away from Li Dazhong and stopped a car. Brand new and beautiful carriage.
