Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

"Not really." Du Wenchan glanced at Yue Niang and said lightly.

Yue Niang was always quick to speak, and she stood up suddenly: "It's actually a small matter."

"Taohua Village and Dashan Village each sent a batch of spring vegetables. It was obvious that the ones from Dashan Village were carefully selected. I wanted to add two cents per pound as wages, but she was unwilling to do so."

"Sister Yue Niang, it's not that I'm being too strict, but adding two cents per pound will increase our costs a lot."

Du Wenchan also refused to give in. Although her attitude seemed gentle, she was very persistent.

Du Wenxiu understood what was said and asked, "Have you paid them the money yet?"

Yue Niang was angry and didn't say anything. Du Wenchan glanced at her, lowered her head and shook it.

"I had a disagreement with Sister Yue Niang, and we didn't want to argue in front of everyone, so I found an excuse to come back home."

Du Wenxiu nodded in appreciation: "You are right to do this. No matter how we quarrel in private, we must not let it show in front of the workers."

"Then according to my sister, how should this matter be handled?" Du Wenchan asked.

Du Wenxiu smiled slightly: "I just want to ask you, after we receive the spring vegetables sent by Taohua Village, how many women do we need to assign to clean up?"

Du Wenchan lowered her head and calculated for a while, and could only come up with an approximate answer: "In my opinion, I'm afraid we need to assign at least ten people to ensure that the work can be completed within two days."

"Then how much are you going to pay those women for the ten of you for two days? Is it cheaper than directly buying the cleaned spring vegetables?"

"Besides, how much do the Zichun vegetables that we have disposed of weigh? How much money do we need to pay to buy them?"

Du Wenxiu asked her with a smile, and Du Wenchan felt as if she had suddenly been enlightened.

"Oh, I'm in charge of the accounts, but I'm so incompetent!"

He turned around, stepped forward, bowed to Yue Niang, and said in a crisp voice:

"It's all because I'm young, ignorant, unable to calculate, and unteachable. Sister Yue Niang is magnanimous, so please don't hold it against me."

Seeing that she was so tactful and flexible, Yue Niang's anger suddenly disappeared without a trace. She walked up to her, took her hand and said:

"How can I deal with my sister being like this? It's obviously my impatience that made me unwilling to explain to you. If I had said a few more words, how could we have returned home?"

Du Wenxiu found it funny to see that they both admitted their mistakes quickly.

"You two just went home like this, not caring that others are still waiting for you to make a decision and give money. Why are you arguing about who is right and who is wrong? Why don't you go back and take charge of the overall situation?"

After she said this, the two of them blushed and turned to go to the workshop hand in hand.

"They still respect you." Luo said while working.

"If only the two of them were making such a fuss, given their stubborn tempers, I'm afraid that no one who comes to deliver the food today will be able to take the money."

Du Wenxiu burst out laughing and said, "Aunt, please don't underestimate them. They were just angry for a moment, but now they may think more thoroughly."

"That's because you are the one steering the ship for them. Otherwise, if they lose their way, what's the use of knowing the way clearly?" Luo sighed.

Not knowing who she was thinking of, Du Wenxiu just smiled and stopped talking.

When the two came back in the evening, they were in harmony, as if what happened today had made them closer.

Du Wenxiu and A Luo felt relieved after seeing this.

"Today I heard some gossip from Dashan Village." Yue Niang picked up some food and chatted.

"Sister Yue Niang, are you talking about the Liu family's matter?" Du Wenchan asked puzzledly.

Yue Niang nodded, and Du Wenxiu also looked over curiously.

The Liu family in this mountain village had once discussed a marriage with Qiao'er.

Because Qiao'er fell into the water and was rescued by Fan Chengyi, and they had physical contact, rumors flew everywhere.

In order not to affect the future career of their family's scholar Miaozi, he took the initiative to cancel the marriage proposal with Qiaoer.

I just wonder what kind of story is going on in his family now?

"With the frequent wars, and no news about this year's spring exam, the brothers and sisters-in-law of the Liu family can't sit still. They feel that supporting little brother Liu to study is a losing business."

Yue Niang imitated the woman who brought the spring vegetables and said, "Every day he beats the cat and scolds the dog at home, and he is dissatisfied with little Liu who eats free meals at home."

"Little Liu was fed up with it, so he discussed with his parents to find a job as soon as possible and stop studying."

"Of course the Liu family is unwilling to do so. They have provided for so many years. If they quit now, wouldn't that be a waste of their time?"

"Every day, she would curse at her daughter-in-law at home. Oh, you don't know, that's more exciting than the opera outside."

"Oh, it's a pity for little Brother Liu." Du Wenxiu thought of the fair-skinned and shy boy back then, his face full of sighs.

"Well, just listen to me." Yue Niang was quite dissatisfied with Du Wenxiu's interruption.

"Little Liu couldn't stand being disturbed at home, so he went to town to find a job. What kind of job could he find with his delicate skin and tender flesh?"

"Fortunately, the retired senior official, the steward of the Wang family, saw that he could read a few words, so he hired him to be a clerk in his home."

"I didn't expect that the owner of the Wang family would recognize him as a rough diamond and said that with a little polish, he would have a promising future."

"So he betrothed his granddaughter to Xiao Liu and left him at home to study. He was not like a live-in son-in-law..."

Yue Niang said so many words in one breath, and hurriedly took the tea handed to her by A Luo to moisten her throat.

"If we still count on Brother Liu to pass the imperial examination, I'm afraid he won't be a live-in son-in-law." Du Wenxiu thought for a moment and said slowly.

"That's what I said, but those country women didn't think so. They just thought that the Liu family let go of a golden rooster that was nesting, and now they regret it."

Several people couldn't help but burst out laughing after hearing this.

"No matter how young he is, he is still a man, a golden rooster sitting on the nest, haha."

A Luo was drinking water, and when he heard this, he lost his breath, and the tea flowed into his trachea, choking him and causing him to cough. He still wanted to express his own opinion.

"Hehe, that's what they said, with a look of gloating on their faces. It seems that the Liu family is not doing well in Dashan Village."

Du Wenchan also said with great interest.

Compared to the talented scholar and the beautiful lady, this rural gossip is more popular among people.

With the chit-chat as an accompaniment to the meal, the meal was quite satisfying.

After dinner and a bath, Yue Niang got rid of the day's fatigue and sat under the lamp to check the account book with Du Wenchan.

"Our business is gradually stabilizing, but we are having trouble retaining some small customers with small purchase volumes."

"But we have lost a lot of customers?" Du Wenxiu asked.

Yue Niang sighed softly, "It was the owner of Hui'anlou who told me several times that someone in the pickle shop in the countryside was selling it to him, and the price was 20% cheaper than ours."

"It seems that he is quite moved. I think he is our companion from the beginning, and now we are drifting apart, which makes me feel sad..."