Chapter 43: Whatever You Want Is Hard

Upon hearing this, Fusheng hurriedly said, "Wait a minute," and quickly unloaded the shoulder of pork into the house, then hurried out and said.

"Sir, it's cold, wild animals are looking for food everywhere, the mountains are not safe, and you are unfamiliar with the area, so don't take risks in the mountains. Leave the firewood to me, and I will take care of it for you."

Li Yaoguang was still hesitant, not wanting to cause trouble. Erqiao, who was carrying a load of charcoal, also said actively: "Sir, leave the firewood to me. I will definitely take care of it for you. I guarantee that you and your family will not have to worry about firewood throughout the winter."

Li Yaoguang...are you trying to steal this?

Before she could say anything, Fusheng beside her glared at her.

"From Yaxian Pavilion, why are you everywhere?"

Erqiao raised his eyebrows and squinted, "Humph, people from Weimeilou, don't think you are the only ones who can flatter!"

Well, seeing the two of them arguing with each other, their faces flushed and their necks angry, Li Yaoguang hurried to smooth things over.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. There are so many things to do at home. Why are you arguing about these useless things? Firewood, boiling medicine, heating the kang, everything is a problem..."

Her original intention was to ask them to stop arguing and not to delay her work, but she didn't expect that the two of them misunderstood and thought that she wanted them to divide the work and cooperate. Knowing that there was so much work to do, and their boss had told them to be proactive before they came, the two of them exchanged glances in the air. Erqiao was also smart and quickly patted his chest to recommend himself to Li Yaoguang.

"Sir, don't underestimate me as just a receptionist. I am good at many jobs. Boiling water and making tea is our specialty. In order to serve guests well, I have learned this job from the masters. I am very good at it. Just leave the lighting of the stove and boiling the medicine to me. I promise to do it well for you and you don't have to worry about it."

Fu was so angry that he immediately said, "It's just lighting a stove to boil medicine. I can do that too!"

"Hey, you from Weimeilou, can you please have some shame? Didn't you just take the responsibility to go get firewood? Why don't you go now!"

"you!"

"OK OK."

It seems that having too many people is not a good thing. Li Yaoguang has a headache.

But she was always closer to Weimeilou in her heart. She pulled the angry Fusheng over and took out two taels of silver from her purse and stuffed it into Fusheng's pocket.

"Brother Fusheng, don't bother with him. If he wants to make medicine, let him do it. The firewood issue here is important. It concerns the safety of my family throughout the winter. I feel relieved to leave it to you. Take this money first and ask around to see if you can buy more firewood to store. This will also save me from worrying about it when I return to Beijing. My storytelling will be disturbed."

Fusheng immediately felt that Li Yaoguang was close to him and was very proud. He secretly rolled his eyes at someone and hurriedly stuffed the silver coins in his hand into Li Yaoguang's hand.

"Sir, I don't want this money. The shopkeeper stuffed money into my pocket when I came here, and repeatedly told me to take good care of you. I don't want this money." "Take it. I can't trouble Uncle Qian for everything. He doesn't owe me anything. I have to spend my own money to sell firewood. If you don't want it, I don't want the firewood either. At worst, I can get it myself later."

Seeing Li Yaoguang's determination, Fusheng did not dare to take on too much responsibility. He honestly took the money, asked his driver to quickly unload the things in the carriage, and asked the driver to stay and move them into the house. He then drove the carriage to the village they passed by.

It was very difficult for farmers to make money at that time. Born in a farming family, he knew the hardships best. Even if he went to buy firewood in the winter, he thought the farmers would be very happy to help, and buying one or two carts would be no problem.

With the help of Fusheng and Erqiao, and the help of cartmen from two families, by the time Fusheng came back with a full cart of firewood, all the things in the house had been moved.

Not only that, the two drivers also cleaned up the yard. They not only built a shed to store firewood, but also cleaned up the unused kitchen outside. Erqiao had already built a charcoal stove there to boil medicine. Li Yaoguang also drew water from the well in the yard and wiped the stove connected to the kang in the middle room clean.

Originally, she thought that since people had sent her here and had worked so hard for her, she should prepare a meal to entertain them according to etiquette. Unfortunately, she brought a lot of things, and Manager Qian also prepared a lot, even salt. However, she did not expect that the situation on her aunt's side would be so miserable.

There is salt but no oil, there is meat but no vegetables, there is firewood but no pot, what kind of meal can you make?
The most important thing is that the courtyard is just a three-room mud house with two kangs in the left and right rooms. It is impossible to accommodate people overnight. Moreover, the visitors are men from outside the family, and there are four of them, which is not convenient at all.

There was really no other way, so Li Yaoguang had to take out more silver, including the one and a half taels that Fusheng had just returned, and called the four people who were finishing up the pile of firewood.

"Fusheng, Erqiao, I'm really sorry for causing you and the two masters trouble. You have seen my current situation. I have nothing. My family members are weak, young, and injured. I can't leave like this. So I have to trouble you to go back and tell Shopkeeper Yang and Shopkeeper Qian to take three days off for me. I will go back to tell stories after I have settled my family. I will definitely not delay your business."

When Fusheng Erqiao heard this, they felt a little embarrassed when thinking about the instructions of their own shopkeeper. However, looking at the current situation of Mr.'s family, they felt that neither of them was a bad person, so they softened their hearts.

Erqiao was still afraid of Yang Gou and was a little hesitant. Fusheng thought about the character of his own boss and agreed without saying a word.

Seeing that Erqiao next to him didn't say anything, this guy deliberately gave a sarcastic smile.

"Why, you guys at Yaxian Pavilion said nice things about respecting the wise and being humble, and doing your best for the master, but now that the master is in trouble, you guys at Yaxian Pavilion are trying to add insult to injury? Pah, you're not even as good as our little Weimeilou!"

Provoked by Fusheng and given the repeated warnings from his own shopkeeper, he followed along with two intentions: firstly, to find out where the gentleman came from, in case he never came back; and secondly, to be on guard against Weimeilou, in case the gentleman was deceived and was biased towards Weimeilou.

Seeing that Weimeilou had the upper hand, Erqiao naturally refused to accept it and immediately bowed to Li Yaoguang.

"Don't worry, sir. I will report to the shopkeeper when I get back. I think with our shopkeeper's generosity, he will not mind if you take a few more days off." Anyway, sir can't go back to Weimeilou. Both homes are the same and no one can compare to the other!
Li Yaoguang secretly gave Fusheng a look of gratitude, then took out the silver he had prepared earlier, and in front of everyone, gave two taels to Fusheng and Erqiao, and one and a half taels to each of the two coachmen. This was fair and impartial, as Li Yaoguang said.

"You have helped me run around and worked hard. I have no way to repay you. Normally, I should treat you with good wine and delicious food, but you have seen the situation at home, and it really does not allow it. There is no way, and it is also my fault. I can only give you a little money. It is a small token of my appreciation. Please do not refuse. Go anywhere to buy some wine and food to fill your stomach and warm your body, so as to avoid the hardship of traveling."

(End of this chapter)