Traveling to another world and becoming a local owner

As soon as the two finished talking, they saw Da Niu running back quickly.

"Why are you here, Master Jie? Are you going to Yejiawan too?" As soon as Da Niu got closer, he saw Liu Jie and asked casually.

"Daniu, let's not go to Yejiawan for now, let's go directly to Liujia Chong Winery." Without waiting for Liu Jie to speak, Zhang Ling spoke directly.

"What? Then I won't have any white flour buns to eat." Da Niu looked aggrieved and a little unhappy.

"Don't worry, come with us to the winery and we'll still give you steamed buns in the evening." Zhang Ling saw his bitter and resentful expression and said with a smile.

"Really? That's good, that's good!" Da Niu was overjoyed when he heard that and smiled happily.

"Hey, Daniu, you're a strong guy. If Lingzi can't stop my dad, you have to block it for me." Liu Jie still felt that Zhang Ling was unreliable, and he felt more at ease with the honest Daniu.

"Master Jie, why are you stopping Master Liu? You are not going to the winery to steal some wine, are you? No, no, I'm not going." Upon hearing this, Daniu quickly waved his hands and turned around to leave.

"You idiot, what are you thinking about? I ran away because my father put me under house arrest. I was afraid that he would get angry and beat me if he saw me." Liu Jie was so angry that he rolled his eyes and said impatiently.

"Oh, so that's how it is!" Daniu touched his head and suddenly realized.

"Danniu, if my dad wants to beat me, please help me stop him. How about I give you two meat buns for dinner tonight?" Liu Jie said jokingly, with a somewhat obscene smile.

"Meat buns? Well, at worst I'll just let Master Liu beat me up." Da Niu's saliva was drooling, his eyes were shining, he no longer cared whether he would be beaten or not.

"It's just you, kid. If anyone dares to bargain with me like this, I will beat him to death." Liu Jie was furious seeing him like this, but since they were familiar with each other, he didn't say much. He pretended to raise his fist and led the way with his head held high.

"Master Jie, you can't beat me." Da Niu was a little silly and said casually behind him, which almost made Liu Jie angry to death.

The three of them chatted and laughed, and soon they arrived at Liujia Chong. After passing the valley beside the threshing ground, a row of low thatched adobe houses came into view.

There were green trees in front of the house, and a clear stream flowed by the house. The aroma of wine lees in the air made Zhang Ling feel very comfortable.

Outside the winery, a dozen workers were busy at work. Among them was a young girl in a gray linen skirt, who seemed out of place with the workers around her.

"Lingzi, look! Ye Qingmei." Liu Jie pulled Zhang Ling over and pointed.

In the small courtyard in front of the wine shop, several women were drying coarse grains. Ye Qingmei, whose skin was a little dark, was wiping the sweat from her forehead while cleaning the grains in the large wooden barrel.

"Qingmei, hurry up. There are several hundred kilograms of grain waiting to be steamed. At this rate, you won't be able to finish washing them before dark." A village woman in her forties with a face full of flesh threw a sack of wheat behind Ye Qingmei and said with some displeasure.

"I understand, Wang Sanniang, I'll wash faster." Ye Qingmei said, and with both hands she poured the washed wheat into the large wooden basin. She fetched another bucket of water and rinsed it vigorously.

"You're so slow. You're not even as efficient as your mother..." Wang Sanniang rolled her eyes at her and went into the winery mumbling.

Ye Qingmei said nothing, but her face, which was only sixteen or seventeen years old, showed a stubbornness that was not suitable for her age. She was expressionless and silently did her work, with her tender hands full of cracks.

Ye Qingmei is the only daughter in the family. Her parents love her very much. Although the family is poor, they are reluctant to let her do any dirty or tiring work.

My mother fell ill in early spring this year. She was able to hold on at first, but after long-term work, her body could no longer bear the strain. She fell ill last month and has been bedridden ever since.

He couldn't give up his job in the winery. After all, it was hard to have enough food to eat these days, and it was even harder to find a stable livelihood.

Ye's mother would definitely not be able to work until she recovered from her illness, and she couldn't lose this job. Ye Qingmei begged her father again and again before she took over the heavy physical work from her mother.

"What a good girl! She's a little thin, but still pretty. You should be content. I heard that she has studied for a few years and can write and count. Hurry up and marry her, don't let her continue to suffer here." Liu Jie said in the tone of an elder with a joking look on his face.

"Why don't you marry her? You don't even know her, how can you get married?" Zhang Ling said this, but he was actually tempted. Not for anything else, but because of the stubbornness and determination on the girl's face, which reminded him of himself when he worked part-time to support himself.

"I'm thinking, we're not even within the fifth degree of mourning yet. If I dare to clamor to marry her, do you believe my father will make the grass on my grave taller than you next year?" Liu Jie was furious when he heard this, and said with a look of contempt.

As if she had noticed their gazes, Ye Qingmei raised her head and looked at the two of them. The moment their eyes met, she lowered her head again like a frightened little rabbit, and a blush rose on her face.

Zhang Ling naturally didn't know Ye Qingmei. Even if the original owner of this body had seen her when he was a child, he had long forgotten it by now.

But Ye Qingmei was different. The little brother who had bullied her in childhood was now standing not far away, and she recognized him at a glance.

Her father also told her that the Zhang family would send a matchmaker to propose marriage soon. Although Ye Qingmei did not want to get married, she could not go against her parents' wishes.

Zhang Ling stepped forward and was about to say hello to Ye Qingmei, but unexpectedly the girl dropped the work in her hands, blushed, and ran away.

"Um~ Let's go find my uncle first!" Zhang Ling was speechless, with his right hand still raised in the air as if to say hello. He could only say this to avoid embarrassment.

"If you want to go, you go. Let Daniu accompany you. I'll rest here for a while. I think I sprained my ankle just now. Hiss~ It hurts so much..." Liu Jie muttered to himself for a few words, pretending to sprain his ankle, and sat down on a large bluestone beside him. He didn't want to go into the winery at all.

Zhang Ling was speechless for a moment. This acting is too poor. Wouldn't it be better if you just ran away by shitting?

"Come on, Daniel, let's go in and take a look."

The winery was filled with smoke, and there were more than a dozen steamers filled with large trays. The sweet and fragrant smell floated in the air, making people intoxicated.

On one side of the winery, there are dozens of wine jars, which are filled with fermented grain wine. The color is turbid, but the taste is rich and very sweet.

Liu Huaiyuan was next to the earthen pond in the large room, directing several workers to ferment the wine. Seeing his nephew coming, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Why don't you stay at home? Why are you coming here?"

Zhang's father died early, and his uncle had been taking care of the mother and son. Naturally, he was a little strict with Zhang Ling since he was a child, and he seemed a bit majestic when he spoke.

"Uncle, I have nothing to do, so I thought I'd come over to take a look. You've worked hard, so I'll see if I can help you." Zhang Ling was all smiles. His uncle was really nice to him. If it weren't for Liu Huaiyuan, they would have starved to death. How could they live a carefree life without worries about food and clothing? So Zhang Ling's words came from the heart.

"Come on, I'll be thankful if you don't come to make trouble. Get out of here and don't delay my work." Liu Huaiyuan waved his hands and said unhappily.