Novel Lived
Chapter 702: 702
Chapter 702: 702
By doing this, Ding Er’s wife would definitely spread the news, and many people would be too lazy to fuss over two cents, she simply wanted to make Qian Zhang’s family step on a steel plate.
After paying fifteen cents, when Ding Er’s wife arrived at the village well and met Qian Zhang, she bitterly complained about not earning even two cents but losing one cent instead.
Qian Zhang felt the pain of the previous two-cent overpayment, blamed Ding Er’s wife for not holding her tongue, and who told her to say it was sold to her.
Ding Er’s wife blamed Qian Zhang for boasting about making money, and the two began to quarrel and fight, with the villagers finally managing to separate them.
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Su Qingyue went to the newly bought land of the Xiao family when her fourth brother was almost done preparing lunch. She saw that on the empty land, five men were busily working under the scorching sun.
In just one morning, all the stones of assorted sizes had already been picked up from the open space on the ground, and the tall weeds all around had also been cut down.
Xiao Yuchuan, Zhang Youlai, and Zhou Fuquan were digging a small earth slope, while Xiao Yishan and Zhang Ping’an used shovels to shovel the dug soil into large bamboo baskets, and then carried them onto a horse-drawn flatbed cart.
She saw that the soil was piled up to the corner. The dug soil was still needed.
The houses in the village were built with adobe, and adobe houses were walls made of mud.
The small slope was right in the middle of the open space and had to be manually removed with a shovel.
“Dear wife!” Xiao Yuchuan was working hard with his hoe. Seeing Su Qingyue, his eyes brightened, and he immediately put down his hoe and ran over.
Su Qingyue saw his face covered in sweat, and beads of sweat were about to flow into his shiny eyes. She raised her hand to help him wipe the sweat off.
Xiao Yuchuan saw her movement, and proactively brought his face closer.
She quickly withdrew her hand.
He looked at her puzzled, “Wife, weren’t you going to help me wipe my sweat?”
“Who said I was going to help you wipe your sweat?” She didn’t admit it.
“Then just now…”
She pretended to touch her hair, “I was raising my hand to help myself wipe my sweat.”
He pouted, “You still won’t admit it…”
She didn’t want to talk about it, so she asked, “I only saw you guys bring hoes, where did the shovels come from?”
“The necessary tools were brought over by Master Zhang Youlai.”
“Oh.” She nodded, “Lunch is ready. Call them and let’s go to our house for lunch.”
Xiao Yuchuan yelled from a distance, “Lunchtime!”
Everyone put down their tools and followed Su Qingyue back to the Xiao family.
The Xiao family’s kitchen was large, and there was no problem sitting seven people at the big table.
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When Zhang Ping’an entered the kitchen and saw the dishes, he exclaimed in surprise, “Xiao family’s wife, you made so many delicious dishes…”
“I didn’t cook the dishes.” She replied, “Fourth brother did. I was just in charge of preparing the ingredients.”
“So the decision on what dishes to cook was yours.” Zhang Ping’an said, “That’s an amazing spread.”
“Xiao family’s wife, we don’t need to eat so well.” Zhang Youlai also said, “Just eat some simple dishes.”
“Yeah.” Zhou Fuquan agreed, “Saving money is more important. Look, the vegetables are already so good…” He glanced at the rice on the table, “And even the rice is fine rice…”
Su Qingyue didn’t mind, “You all work so hard, it’s only right that you eat well. If you think the meals are good, you can work even harder.”
“Alright,” Zhang Youlai took the lead, “Since Xiao family’s wife is so generous, we will definitely work even harder.”