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Chapter 68
"How long does it take to embroider that veil?" Wei Chenrui asked again.

"It's hard to say. People like me don't do anything in a day, and can only embroider two veils at most!" Also calm.

The light was not good, and Wei Chenrui was also worried that his muttering next to him would affect Ru Niang, causing her to get the answer he wanted, so he stopped chasing Ru Niang and asked the village chief's wife who was doing the cooking.

"Auntie, how much japonica rice can I buy before thirty Wen?"

The condition of the village chief's house is not bad. Although the house is still wooden and the roof is thatched, there are no patches on the clothes, so the japonica rice must still be edible.

While pouring water into the pot, the village head's wife said, "We can't afford the precious japonica rice, and we haven't asked the price for many years. The old woman doesn't know what the price is now."

"What's the girl doing asking about this?" The village head's wife was very puzzled, as few children from wealthy families would ask such things.

Wei Chenrui didn't want to expose his side, so he hurriedly said, "Hey, let me tell you the truth, I'm also in the same grade, so my family gave me a Zhuangzi to practice my hands."

"A few days ago, the steward at Zhuangzi said that someone was sick, and the doctor said that he needed japonica rice as a primer for medicine, so he asked me to pay ten taels of silver to buy japonica rice."

"I don't know the price very well, and I'm worried about being deceived, so I'm going to inquire about it."

"Oh my god! Ten taels of silver, how much japonica rice do you have to buy? Miss, you were deceived by the steward?" Wei Chenrui just finished speaking, before the village head's wife could speak, Ru Niang exclaimed first.

The village chief's wife also frowned and said, "Girl, you must have been deceived by the steward. The japonica rice bought for ten taels of silver is enough for one person to eat white rice for a month."

This incident happened for real, of course Wei Chenrui would not be so foolish as to believe it. After giving the money on the spot, he sent the hidden guards to inquire about the situation.

Knowing that the steward was indeed making a false report, he only bought round-grained rice for less than one tael of silver. I gave it to the sick person, saying that it was rewarded by His Highness, and I was very grateful to that person.

Although the steward was greedy for money, most of them were bought for the patient, and he didn't take the credit for himself. He pleased both sides and didn't offend them.

Wei Chenrui wasn't too angry when the secret guard told everything about it. It's normal to be greedy for ink, but while being greedy for ink, things are still done beautifully, which is not without merit.

However, this kind of arrogance cannot be fueled. Human greed is unlimited. If you let it go unchecked, you may become bold one day and dare to be greedy for money and do nothing, so you will send people to beat it.

At this moment, Wei Chenrui pretended to be surprised and said, "Is this so? I'll have to check it out when I go back!"

As he spoke, he gave Huixin a wink, signaling her to come over to smooth things over and distract everyone.

Huixin understood, and hurriedly took over the conversation and said: "Girl, there is no need to investigate, the housekeeper has already investigated the matter, and the steward is indeed greedy for ink, but not much, so he took a tael of silver and bought japonica rice for the patient." Afterwards, the steward grabbed the medicine, bought a mattress, and gave the remaining copper coins to the patient, saying it was a reward from you."

The village head's wife took a deep breath: "My God, it's not too much to be greedy for a tael of silver!"

Afraid that grandma's words would offend people, Ru Niang hurriedly said: "Grandma, a tael of silver is a lot in our family, but in the eyes of the girl, it is naturally a small amount. You can tell at a glance that the girl's family is rich, so you can't say that she has a lot of money!"

Unexpectedly, the village head's wife gave Ru Niang an angry look: "What nonsense, don't bring trouble on the girl!"

As he spoke, he glanced out the window a few times to see if anyone was wandering outside and heard this.

Since ancient times, money has touched people's hearts, if Ru Niang's words were heard, Wei Chenrui would definitely be in danger.

Seeing grandma's actions, Ru Niang also knew that she said something wrong, so she hurriedly slapped herself: "Let you talk nonsense!"

Wei Chenrui hurriedly stopped him: "You don't need to do that, the voice at home is not too loud, so no one will hear it."

Sun's daughter-in-law has already admitted her mistake, Wei Chenrui didn't care about it, and the village head's daughter-in-law couldn't say anything more, fearing that Ru Niang would say something wrong again, she could only say viciously: "Embroidered handkerchief, don't talk."

Knowing that grandma was doing it for her own good, Ru Niang quickly lowered her head and concentrated on embroidering the handkerchief without saying a word.

Wei Chenrui didn't want to make trouble because of this, so he quickly changed the topic: "Ma'am, what shall we have for dinner?"

"What the hell, I haven't caught the chicken yet!" Hearing Wei Chenrui's question, the village chief's wife suddenly remembered that she forgot to catch the chicken.

At this time, the pot had already been washed and hurriedly, without bothering to chat with Wei Chenrui, he scooped up some broken rice from the cupboard, washed it a bit, put it in the pot, poured water in it, closed the lid, and went to live in a hurry.

After adding some firewood at will, and confirming that the fire will not go out, I hurried to catch the chicken.

Before walking out of the kitchen, the village chief came in with the chicken: "Old woman, what are you doing if you don't cook?"

Seeing the village head with the chicken, the village head's wife breathed a sigh of relief, but she complained, "Why don't you say anything when you go to catch the chicken, and I'm in a hurry."

The village chief seemed to be used to complaining, and he knew that his wife was not malicious, so he didn't refute. He grabbed the chicken, took a bowl from the cupboard, picked up the knife, and prepared to kill the chicken. Get some water and blanch the chicken in a while."

Due to the fire in the oil pan, today's dinner was already much late, and everyone was hungry. The village head's wife didn't think about saving firewood, so she started another stove, poured a few ladles of water into the pan, and burned it. Turn up the hot water.

The village head is not the kind of man who doesn't do kitchen work. He kills the chicken very quickly. Obviously, he does it often, and the chicken blood never leaks out of the bowl.

Wei Chenrui was too embarrassed to sit still, and asked Huixin to help light the fire, while he helped choose and wash the vegetables.

During Wei Chenrui's ten years outside, most of the time he lived in the Valley of the Immortals, but outsiders were not welcome in the Valley of the Immortals. Except for the maid Huixin, Wei Chenrui did not bring anyone else in.

His wife's culinary skills were terrible, Wei Chenrui couldn't stand the torture, so he could only cook with Huixin, and he still knew how to do these jobs.

How could the village head's wife ask Wei Chenrui to do these things? She didn't pay attention at first, and asked Wei Chenrui to wash the dishes. Later, when she found out, she started inviting people: "Oh, girl, you are a guest, how can I let you do the work?" Well, let it go."

"Ru Niang, you take the girl to the living room to sit, I saw your embroidery work, I am not lying, the light is not good to hurt the eyes, you can do it tomorrow, talk to the girl!"

"Hey!" Hearing what the village daughter-in-law said, Ru Niang quickly raised her head, put down the embroidery frame in her hand, packed up her needle and thread, and said to Wei Chenrui, "Girl, let's go to the living room to do it. Just ask grandparents here!"

(End of this chapter)