Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

Since they want to sell it, they just want money. They can find an acquaintance to buy A Luo out. A Luo is old and weak, so it will be difficult to find a buyer.

The Du family is in financial difficulty right now, so they probably won't ask for too high a price, so they should be able to afford it.

Du Wenxiu picked up a few more cakes, packed them up, and went to Du's house to find Du Wenchan.

After knocking on the door for a long time, Du Wenchan came over with red eyes and opened it. After entering, she found A Luo kneeling in the yard. He looked thinner and in a shaky state.

Le raised the feather duster, put one hand on the waist of the bucket, and was about to hit him, but Luo quickly raised his arms to protect his face.

Seeing Du Wenxiu coming over with something in her hand, Le Shi straightened her expression, put down her raised hand, and asked, "Why did Xiuniang come here at this time? Isn't the shop busy?"

Du Wenxiu smiled and said, "Business has been pretty good these days, but I just want to add more varieties so that everyone can have more choices. Come and ask if you have any good ideas to teach me."

Hearing her say this, Le raised her chin and rolled her eyes: "Xiuniang is indeed a good businessman. She even thought of coming to me for advice. She has some sense."

He invited her to sit in the main room, and asked Du Wenchan to boil water and make tea. Taking this opportunity, Du Wenchan also helped A Luo up and took her to the side room to rest.

Du Wenxiu put the cloth bag containing the pancakes on the table and said with a smile, "Mother is busy every day, so I don't want to bother you. But it's urgent to expand the store, so please help me."

Le didn't respond. She picked up the teacup on the table, blew away the foam, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and then spoke:

"Actually, I don't know what I can teach you. Back then, my mother's family was a wealthy family in the surrounding area. I eat a lot but I don't cook much. If you have any new dishes, bring them to me and let me try them. I can give you some suggestions."

"That's great." Du Wenxiu clapped his hands and laughed, then put his arms on the table and leaned towards Le and said:

"There is one more thing I need to discuss with you. You see, expanding the store also costs money. I don't have enough money at the moment. I wonder if I can borrow some money from you to make ends meet..."

"Ah Luo, you slut, have you washed your clothes today? You are so lazy, I will sell you sooner or later."

Before Du Wenxiu could finish his words, Le slammed the table, stood up, walked to the door, and shouted at A'luo. A'luo hurriedly agreed, took the wooden basin and went out to the well on the street to wash clothes.

Le turned around and said to Du Wenxiu with a smile:

"Young lady, you must be joking with me. Your father has been fired from his job at the school and only earns a few coins a day on the street, which is just enough for him to eat and drink. He can't give me a penny, and you are still asking me to lend you some money... You must be dreaming."

After saying that, he rolled his eyes.

Du Wenxiu looked embarrassed and just smiled.

"If you don't have money, you can borrow it from others..."

Le glanced at Du Wenxiu and saw that she was trying to please him. She looked her up and down, with a thousand thoughts running through her mind.

"Do you want your father to do the accounting, or do you want your brother to do the shopping?"

Du Wenxiu's smile froze, and he chuckled dryly:

"Neither of them, mother. My small shop cannot afford father and brother. It would be a waste of their talents to go to my shop. I want to ask if sister Chan can go over to help look after the shop...but I don't know if mother agrees or not?"

Hearing that she only wanted Du Wenchan, Le's face was visibly disappointed, and she said listlessly: "If you want her, it's fine, but I don't know how much the salary is? Will food be provided?"

"Yes, mother, you should know that we hired a worker some time ago, but she was lazy and made many mistakes, so we had to fire her. Now we don't even have anyone to deliver goods. I don't trust outsiders, so I had to come here to ask mother for help."

Du Wenxiu talked a lot of nonsense and frightened Le, who thought that if Du Wenchan could go to work for her, she could save some food.

If I sell A Luo in a few days, I can get some money, and my life may become better.

Le bargained with Du Wenxiu and finally lowered the daily wage from twelve cents to fifteen cents. Then she nodded and called Du Wenchan over, telling her to help in her sister's shop the next day.

I originally thought that Du Wenxiu came here to discuss A'luo's affairs, but now he asked me to help out in the shop.

Du Wenchan was confused, but since Le had given the order, she dared not disobey and had to agree.

"In that case, mother, take a nap first, and I will tell my sister about the things in the shop."

Le nodded in a pretentious manner, and the two of them then withdrew and went to the east wing.

Du Wenchan pulled Du Wenxiu and asked her what method she had. Du Wenxiu looked out the window and saw that Le had not gone out, so she pulled Du Wenchan's hand and sat down on the kang.

"Hurry up and pour me a glass of water. My face hurts from just smiling."

Du Wenxiu patted her little face lightly. Du Wenchan saw that she was acting strangely and thought that she was trying to be nice again, so she had no choice but to pour her a glass of water.

"I have discussed a method with your brother-in-law, but I don't know if it will work." Du Wenxiu took a sip of water and said slowly.

When Du Wenchan heard that there was a way, she became anxious. She stared at her and when she saw that she didn't say anything, she wanted to snatch the teacup from her hand.

Seeing her anxious look, Du Wenxiu didn't tease her and said:

"I discussed with your brother-in-law that since he wants to sell it, there is no way to stop him. If we intervene forcefully, we will only end up in trouble. Why not find an acquaintance to buy Luo and then sell him to us? We can then take this opportunity to release him from the government office. Wouldn't that be better?"

Du Wenchan was stunned when she heard what she said. Du Wenxiu just thought she was unwilling, after all, it would take another step in her family's life.

If she didn't trust him enough and suspected that he and his wife had taken the opportunity to buy A Luo and were unwilling to let him go, Du Wenchan might be afraid of falling into his hands and letting him be used at will, and she would resist in her heart;

Or maybe they were afraid that something might go wrong along the way and they might lose A-Luo, so it was understandable that they wanted a safer method.

"If you're worried, we can think of other ways." Du Wenxiu said embarrassedly.

Just as she finished speaking, Du Wenchan suddenly knelt down. Before Du Wenxiu could react, she kowtowed several times, scaring Du Wenxiu so much that she hid aside.

"What are you doing? We are sisters, why do you have to do this?" Du Wenxiu hurried to the side to support her and saw two lines of tears streaming down her face.

"If you can save my aunt from falling into such a filthy place, I will spare her life, not to mention kowtow to you."

"Didn't you say that she would be sold to another family as a concubine? Why did the place change again?" Du Wenxiu was surprised. After all, Du Xiucai was a scholar. Now he was going to sell his concubine to such a place. Wasn't he afraid of being despised?

Du Wenchan shook her head and said, "Father probably doesn't know about this. A few days ago, my eldest brother's creditor came to collect the debt. He originally said that if he couldn't pay it back, he would take me to pay it back. My eldest brother told mother about it, but she rejected it. Mother said that if I could find a good family, the betrothal gifts and dowry I would get would be more than the debt my eldest brother owes now."

As she spoke, she sat down on the edge of the kang with the help of Du Wenxiu, and kept wiping the tears from her face with her sleeves.