Chapter 13 Improved
After not seeing him for a while, Yu Chaosheng looked much more respectable than before.
Yu Shuanzhu has never been to school, so I don’t know how to describe him.
Although his clothes were still half-worn, his whole spirit and demeanor looked very different. His back was very straight, just like... just like those scholars in the county town.
Yu Shuanzhu racked his brains before coming up with this sentence.
"Tie up uncle." Yu Chaosheng passed by him and greeted him.
Yu Shuanzhu was stunned. "Hey, hey, has Chaosheng eaten yet?"
"I've eaten." Yu Chaosheng said this and followed the chickens and ducks into the yard of the Yu family's old house.
Yu Shuanzhu watched him go in until Xiao Wang came and closed the door.
"Dad, what are you looking at?" Yu Shuan's daughter Yu Xiaomi spoke behind him.
Yu Shuan pursed his lips, turned around and put the firewood into the yard.
He thought of the appearance of Yu Chaosheng he had just seen, then looked at his daughter who looked a little haggard, and sighed in his heart.
The two families almost arranged a marriage for their children back then, but after Yu Chaocheng became a reckless person, Yu Shuan stayed at home and never mentioned the matter of marriage again.
Yu Xiaomi married and moved to the town to become the wife of the owner of the Sun family snack shop. The man's first wife passed away, leaving behind a pair of children. Yu Xiaomi went there to act as their mother and gave birth to a daughter at the end of last year.
The most important thing is that Sun Xiang is two years older than Yu Shuanzhu!
Unfortunately, this was Yu Xiaomi's own wish. She didn't want to live a life of digging in the dirt for food.
Even though she acted like she was living well in the Sun family every time she went back to her parents' home, Yu Shuanzhu knew clearly that being a stepmother was not easy, let alone being a stepmother to two teenage children.
Seeing Yu Chaosheng reborn, he seemed to be able to stand up.
No matter how Yu Shuanzhu thought about it, he felt uncomfortable.
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Dozens of chickens, ducks and geese weighed more than 4 kilograms. Yu Chaosheng rounded it up to 2 taels and 100 cents, and then each of them paid coins and asked them to help slaughter the chickens.
Wang Youcai refused to take the 100 coins no matter what, and he didn't allow his brother to take it either. They were all family members, and slaughtering the animals was just a matter of convenience. If he charged for it, he would be criticized if people told others about it.
Yu Chaosheng would not allow them to refuse. One thing at a time, he and Pan Yingying could not do such a thing as making others work for nothing.
After explaining the matter and paying the money, Yu Chaosheng ran back to his own yard like a gust of wind.
He felt like he was being suffocated by the stench and had to take a shower immediately!
Seeing their uncle rushing into the yard, Yu Chuner and Yu Qiuer, who were cleaning outside, looked at each other in surprise.
Yu Qiuer: "What's wrong with you, uncle?"
Yu Chuner: “I don’t know.”
I guess he's going crazy again. He goes crazy from time to time anyway, and only my aunt can control him.
Sure enough, after a while Yu Chun'er heard her aunt's voice.
"Yu Chaosheng, what are you doing crazy again!" "Ahhh! Yu Chaosheng! I will kill you!"
Yu Chuner: Beating is love, scolding is care, today my uncle and aunt have a very good relationship.
Early the next morning, the news that Yu Chaosheng was doing business in the town spread throughout the village.
Xiao Wang asked Yu Chun'er and her sister to go to Yu Chaosheng's place to look after the house, and she took a few pigs to the river to wash them.
As soon as we reached the large stone slab by the river, several familiar women came over.
"Mother of Chun'er, has Chaosheng really changed for the better?" Aunt Cuimiao, who was closest to Xiao Wang, spoke first. They were both from Wangjia Village and often worked together, so it was natural for them to speak directly.
Little Wang curled her lips, her face not showing it, but her tone was light, "What do you mean by good or bad? You can't talk nonsense, when has Chaosheng ever had a bad life?"
Aunt Cui Miao cried out "Ouch!" and raised her hand to gently slap her mouth. "Look at my broken mouth. Yes, yes, Chaosheng has always been fine."
As she spoke, she took out a pair of pig offal from Xiao Wang's wooden basin and helped to wash them. The other women followed suit and started to help.
Xiao Wang couldn't stop them, so she didn't care. After all, they wanted to help, so she was happy and relaxed.
Pan Xing, who was beside Aunt Cui Miao, nudged her gently with her arm. Aunt Cui Miao turned her head and glanced at her, then spoke again, "This Chao Sheng's business is quite big. We heard everything that happened yesterday. Chun Er's mother, please tell us about it."
Several other women quickly followed suit, "Yes, yes, tell me about it, this is the first businessman in Taoyuan Village."
Little Wang rolled her eyes and said, "That's it."
She was scolded by Yu Laoer last night. It is said that wealth should not be shown to others. If she said it out loud, what if it brings trouble to the third brother and his wife?
Seeing that she was unwilling to say more, Pan Xing rolled her eyes and said, "Aunt Wang, my Dengzi often told me that he and Chaosheng are best brothers, and Yingying and I are even relatives. Now that Chaosheng has become successful, can he take my Dengzi with him?"
The villagers don't talk in a roundabout way. She just says what she thinks and is not afraid of being laughed at by others. After all, the money she earns is real.
Little Wang sneered in her heart. They were good brothers and relatives, so why did the third brother and his wife only give two eggs as a gift when they got married? It would be fine if they just gave two eggs, but the whole family of six came to the feast in a neat row. Did they really think they were eating at a rich man's house?
Not to mention how the women on Xiao Wang's side behaved, Yu Laoer was also surrounded while working in the fields.
The men were much more direct. They helped him plow the fields without saying a word, and then talked about Yu Chaosheng's business.
Yu Lao Er couldn't help but curse Xiao Wang again in his heart. This woman was really showing off. It was obvious that the third brother's business had just started. He could only laugh it off and said that he would definitely help them ask about it when Yu Chaosheng came back.
Therefore, when Yu Chaosheng and Pan Yingying got home in the afternoon, they were blocked at the door by Yu Laoer.
After hearing Yu Laoer's complaint, Yu Chaosheng's eyes lit up and he immediately looked at Pan Yingying with hope.
These are all workers who are eager to come here! Let’s think of a way to free our hands!
Pan Yingying pondered for a while. She didn't want to be trapped at the dock selling braised food. Was it her fault that the business was so good?
"Brother, let's do this. Leave the stall at the dock to you and your sister-in-law, and find five aunties from the village who are quick and clean to help with the cleaning. As for the others, they can come to us to buy goods, and then carry them to sell in the surrounding villages." Pan Yingying paused, "Chaosheng and I will be in charge of the stewing every day, and we won't set up the stall, because we want to go to the county town in a few days to see if we can sell the stewed food to the county town's restaurants."
Yu Laoer didn't know how to do business, but after listening to Pan Yingying's clear explanation and Yu Chaosheng constantly winking at him, he nodded in a daze.
I'm just worried that the Pan family will have objections, because the recipe belongs to the third son's wife and should have been brought as a dowry.
(End of this chapter)