AWB Chapter 106 Did I do something wrong?
Chapter 106 Did I do something wrong?
Not far from the door, Mrs. Li, who was listening to the noise in Song Yuntang's yard, gave her son a look of disgust.
"Look at you, you refused to help even when asked. How could she think of you when she was in trouble? She even handed over financial matters like buying a pot to Mu Dong. Working with this girl is so lucrative."
Tian Qingyou curled his lips.
"Didn't mother swear before that she would come and call me?"
Li poked his forehead and said, "How could I know you were so rude? She hasn't even seen you. Even if my mother had a lot of face, she wouldn't be able to remember you for a while."
Tian Qingyou touched his head and thought about it.
"Then I'll go ask her if she needs help?"
Li glanced at Song Yuntang's yard, thinking that Mu Dong was not at home at the moment, and maybe a man needed to take care of the household chores.
"Go ahead, even if you want to ask."
"Okay." After Tian Qingyou said that, he stood up and ran towards Song Yuntang's yard.
In the yard, Song Yuntang had just put the herbs into the pot, and Mu Qiu poured water into the pot and lit the stove to start boiling.
Hearing the knock on the door, Song Yuntang hurried to the door.
"Who?"
"Miss Song, I'm Tian Qingyou from next door. I want to ask if you need any help here?"
Song Yuntang glanced through the crack in the door and felt that the short, fat, and big-eared man outside looked particularly wretched, so he declined without thinking.
"We don't have anything else to do at home right now, so having Mu Qiu's help is enough for now. Thank you for your kindness."
"Okay, Miss Song, if you have any problems, remember to come to me. I live next door to you. My name is Tian Qingyou." The man reiterated his name again.
"it is good."
After Song Yuntang finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the kitchen. He felt that the name Tian Qingyou sounded very familiar.
"Sister Song, who was knocking on the door just now?" Mu Qiu raised his head from behind the stove and asked.
Song Yuntang shook his head, "I haven't seen him before. He said his name is Tian Qingyou."
Mu Qiu pouted with disgust.
"It's him."
"What's wrong with him?" Song Yuntang asked.
Mu Qiu stuffed a piece of firewood into the stove.
"He's the son of Aunt Li next door. He's well-known here for being lazy and gluttonous. When he was thirteen or fourteen, he liked to follow little girls around with a sneaky look. Later, he offended the daughter of a wealthy family and was severely beaten. Only then did he become more restrained. Sister Song, you must stay away from him, for fear that he will forget the past and relapse into his old habits."
Song Yuntang only realized it later when he heard that it was the son of Li next door.
It turned out that the son that Li was talking about last time was the man just now. He looked quite old, but he couldn't even find a job. He had to ask the elders in his family for help, and he had a criminal record. She didn't dare to use such a person.
"Don't worry, I'll stay away from him."
Not long after Mu Dong left, he came back carrying a big pot. When he put it on the stove, he found that it was several times bigger than the one Song Yuntang bought.
"This pot is great. One pot can make up for three or four pots before." Mu Qiu said excitedly.
Mu Dong nodded, "I'll get some water to wash the pot first."
He cleaned the big pot, and seeing that there was not enough water in the vat, he went home to get a bucket and a shoulder pole to fetch water.
As the sky gradually darkened, Song Yuntang's yard was still bustling with activity. Many people were standing at the door looking over here, and some even came forward to ask if she needed help, but she politely declined them all.
In order to avoid suspicion, Mu Dong carried two buckets of water. When it got dark, he did not stay in the yard. He took a stool and sat at the gate, chatting with the neighbors around him. He would only go in to lend a hand when Mu Qiu asked him for help and then come out.
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The next day, Song Yuntang got up early.
Last night, Mu Dong and Mu Qiu helped to boil two pots of shampoo water and then went home. Now the two pots of shampoo water in the pots have become cold. Song Yuntang was worried that the small pots would have a strong medicinal smell after being filled with shampoo all night, so he used a bowl to boil rice porridge on the small stove.
Then, she drew water from the remaining water tank, washed herself, fed the chickens and ducks, picked up an egg, and watered the pepper trees and chives.
After growing the chives for a few days, the whole plant became upright and the leaves became greener and greener.
The pepper tree is covered with green and red peppers, which are brightly colored and very pleasing to the eye. When Mu Qiu was helping here last night, he stared at the pepper tree for a long time, and was even curious whether such beautiful fruits were poisonous.
After doing all this, Song Yuntang scooped the medicinal juice from the pot into a small jar, and he could start using it to wash his hair after breakfast.
Breakfast was a bowl of porridge and a poached egg. After eating, he took the golden lotus that the Xu family had sent him and chewed it.
Then I started pouring water into my hair.
Mu Dong and Mu Qiu came over after breakfast at home, fetched some water for her and helped her for a while, then took the hundred bottles of shampoo that had been filled that morning to the shop.
As it's hot today, there are still some people on the street early in the morning. Today is the third day of opening and they can't afford to delay.
When the weather gets warmer and there are fewer people around, Mu Dong and Mu Qiu can take turns coming to Song Yuntang to help.
After Song Yuntang poured all the medicinal juice in the big pot into the bamboo pot, he quickly washed the pot and boiled another pot.
At the moment, the three hundred bamboo jars that Song Jinsheng sent can be filled with the remaining water by boiling another large pot.
I don’t know whether the next batch will be delivered today or tomorrow. The county still owes an order for 400 cans.
Fortunately, the delivery time was agreed upon. As long as there were no accidents, four hundred bamboo jars would be easily delivered. Moreover, since Song Jinsheng knew that she was in urgent need of bamboo jars, he should have added some manpower after returning last night.
Sure enough, that evening, Song Jinsheng sent over another three hundred bamboo jars.
Seeing this, Song Yuntang handed him the wages for the past few days, along with the cost of bamboo for the next batch of 500 bamboo jars.
The total amount is one tael of silver.
"Second brother, is Mazi brother busy these days?"
"After finishing this order, I should take a break for the next two days." Song Jinsheng replied.
"I want to let him take charge of the bamboo jar matter. Do you think he will help with this?" Song Yuntang asked again.
Song Jinsheng's heart tightened when he heard this. "Did I do something wrong?"
Song Yuntang shook his head hurriedly, "No, no, I want my second brother to come to town to help me. If I ask anyone else to come in and out of my yard, people nearby will gossip. Besides, I don't have anyone else to use except Mu Dong and Mu Qiu. For the time being, the shop business has to be looked after by them together, otherwise I won't feel at ease."
Song Jinsheng breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, I'll go back and ask him. If he doesn't want to, I think Qiao Da can do it. During this period when Ma Zi Ge was not free, he was quite capable of making decisions and didn't delay our construction schedule."
Song Yuntang thought for a moment and said, "In that case, let Qiao Da take charge. I'll find a place when the time comes, so we won't occupy Brother Mazi's house."
Song Jinsheng nodded.
"That's fine. When I went to Mazi's house these past few days, Aunt Cui looked unhappy. She said that the noise from us being so numerous gave her a headache, and she also joked that boiling water for us every day was a waste of firewood and water, so she asked us to bring some firewood ourselves. She also said that the sawdust we made was difficult to clean up."
"I figured we were just occupying a corner, and the sawdust was cleaned up every day after work. Everyone also brought water from home the next few days. It's not like she said, that she just wanted to kick us out."
Song Yuntang was stunned. "Why didn't Second Brother tell me about this earlier? What is Brother Mazi's attitude?"