The casual life of the flat space

Shopkeeper Zhang explained to Bai Tieying in detail the power of the four top merchants in Shang'an County in order to dissuade her from the side. To put it bluntly, Shopkeeper Zhang hopes to be stable and make a fortune quietly, and he does not think that Qiu Ge'er can have a solid relationship with them. Didn't Bai Tieying dare to guarantee it herself?

But this child is now bent on having her own way and wants to "pull the tiger's skin and wave the flag". Manager Zhang knows that he can't stop her. Should he part ways with her or go through thick and thin together?

As the saying goes, "those with bare feet are not afraid of those with shoes." Bai Tieying was originally a farmer. How bad could she be? Apart from her fate, what else could she compare with the merchants? Even their fates are different.

So Bai Tieying dares to take risks, but Zhang cannot. He carries the family's century-old brand on his shoulders, and has more than a dozen employees who depend on him for their livelihood. If things don't work out, he will have to pay much more than Bai Tieying.

After thinking for a long time, Manager Zhang finally spoke: "Tieying, can you let your uncle think about it again?"

"Uncle Zhang, you don't need to talk like that. No matter what, I will remember your kindness and will never affect Chunweizhai's business. So, I won't bother you any more today and will come to visit you another day."

Shopkeeper Zhang took a breath and wanted to say something, but felt that he really didn't know what to say, so he nodded slightly and sent Bai Tieying out of Chunfu Hall.

"Boss, why do you look so worried? Is there any problem at Chunweizhai?" Uncle He didn't dare to say much when he saw the two men's gloomy faces. He smiled and sent Bai Tieying away, then turned around and asked.

"Hey! Old He! Do you think I'm getting old? If it was ten years ago, I might have agreed, and I would have agreed with great enthusiasm, but now I'm really undecided!"

Uncle He didn't know what Shopkeeper Zhang was going to agree to with Bai Tieying, but he thought about the girl's daily behavior and felt that it wouldn't be a bad thing, so he tried to comfort her:

"Boss, Tieying is not a bad kid, but he may be too young to know when to stop. You don't have to worry too much. Every kid will make a few mistakes and take a few detours when they grow up."

Although Uncle He's words of comfort were not relevant to the problems between them, Shopkeeper Zhang's troubled heart was comforted a little, so he patted Uncle He on the shoulder, told him to look after the shop, and went out for a walk, which might help him ease his mood.

Bai Tieying was leading the horse, but she didn't ride it. She just wandered around and walked in a random direction. Today, Zhang's objection made her reflect on whether the smooth sailing in the past few months had made her arrogant.

Excluding the possibility of spatial punishment, she was very sure that this was the path she wanted to take. If Shopkeeper Zhang did not participate, it would certainly be a blow to her and would affect her subsequent plans, but isn't that what life is like?

She was trying hard to run forward, didn't she know how good it was to lie down? When she made a vow to Grandpa Wu, she knew that she couldn't change her goals at will.

But it was still affected by some space. Just follow the goal of what you want to do. There is no need to be frustrated and sad because it does not meet expectations. When Bai Tieying looked up after thinking it through, he found that he had actually walked to the vicinity of the chicken farm, so Bai Tieying thought about just taking a look.

"Miss Bai, you're here!" Gu Dazhuang was sweeping the yard. When he saw Bai Tieying standing at the door leading a horse, he greeted her.

Bai Tieying stood at the door because she was a little unrecognizable. In just a few days, this place really looked like a chicken farm.

It turned out that the chicken coops were placed in the mud house. It was okay when there were few chickens, but later on, thousands of chickens were sent in at a time. The biggest credit for not being caught was that Old Zeng was diligent and meticulous.

Now there was a mud-and-board shed in the middle of the yard, covered with thick thatch. Bai Tieying went closer to take a look and saw that there were actually two mud-and-board sheds.

Only half of the front wall of the shed was built. The autumn sun was shining on the chicken coops in the shed. The chickens in the coops were lazily lying in their nests basking in the sun.

A bunch of thatched curtains were hung on the wall. They could be taken down for ventilation and sun exposure, and could be hung up again to block wind and rain.

"Who designed this?"

"What?" Gu Dazhuang didn't understand.

"I mean, who had the chicken shed built like this?"

"Oh, to answer Miss Bai's question, it was Grandpa Zeng who told us to build it this way. He said that people need to bask in the sun, and chickens also need to bask in the sun to avoid getting sick."

"You are Gu Dazhuang, right? You can just call me Tieying, we are about the same age. By the way, where is Great Grandpa?"

"Grandpa took them to cut grass outside the city and asked me to stay behind to look after the house. He said we should feed them more grass while there was still green grass, and give them more food when the weather gets cold."

Bai Tieying set up this chicken farm with the goal of "providing benefits to his family", so he didn't think about it carefully. Unexpectedly, the insect plague never came, and he also wanted to provide some livelihood for the refugees. This chicken farm can no longer be a small-scale operation like before. Old Zengtou's approach is the right one.

"Are you used to living here? Is it cold at night?" Bai Tieying saw that he was wearing half-new clothes and guessed that they were second-hand clothes, so he decided to ask about how his bedding was.

"It's warm. Great-grandfather built new beds for the seven of us, laid thick straw mats on them, and bought a lot of quilts from the clothing store for us to sleep on. He also lit a charcoal basin at night to keep it warm for us, so we don't even need to cover ourselves with quilts at night!"

"Charcoal basin? Then you have to be careful not to close the doors and windows too tightly when you sleep!"

"Yes, Great Grandpa comes to see us twice every night. I was asleep and didn't know it, but my brother is a light sleeper, so he heard it all. So he told Great Grandpa about it during the day. But Great Grandpa said that he is old and doesn't sleep much, so he couldn't sleep anyway, so he came to see us and the chickens."

"It's my blessing to meet Grandpa Zeng, and it's also yours. Later, please help me pass the message to the other six people and tell them that whoever takes care of Grandpa Zeng in his old age and sees him to his death, I, Bai Tieying, will not only return the indenture, but also give you an extra 100 taels of silver as the start-up capital for your future career."

"Bai, Tie..." Gu Dazhuang wanted to call her "Miss Bai", but then he remembered that she said to call him "Tieying" and hurriedly changed his words. He suddenly felt that calling her by her full name was inappropriate, so he simply shut his mouth. However, he didn't know how to say what he wanted to say.

Bai Tieying was able to remain calm most of the time because Xinzi was already in her twenties. Seeing Gu Dazhuang looking a little crazy, she suddenly felt that she had aged a little. This was how a ten-year-old should look! So she smiled and said, "Ying, I'm Bai Tieying."

"No, no, it's me, I, Tieying!" Gu Dazhuang's mind was confused. He was so confused by Bai Tieying's joke that he forgot why he was so flustered in the first place.