The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 516: Putting Away the Flirtatious Thoughts
Li Jihe also found it funny. After dinner he went back to the carpentry workshop and told Li Jigui about it.

When Li Jigui heard this, he felt like the sky was falling.

If it was before the weather turned cold, he would have jumped up and down like a jack of a jack. Shopping, handling money, how good would that be? How impressive? I heard that when Rong Song and his friends went to those villages, the villagers were very polite to them, pouring tea and offering them food.

But it was so cold that he felt cold every time he sat by the brazier. He wished he could just stay in bed and do nothing.

Let him go shopping and get up early and go out to work late every day?
Li Jigui was about to cry, but looking at his smiling second brother, he said, "This was arranged by Shi Liu, who specially took care of you, the fourth uncle. Don't you just want to do the shopping?"

He couldn't say "no" anymore.

On second thought, he decided to just grit his teeth and do it for the next two months. Others wouldn't even think of doing this purchasing work!

It’s only cold for these two months a year. If you can get through it, you’ll feel comfortable afterwards!
When he got home from work, Li Jigui told Jiang about this matter.

When Jiang heard this, he immediately looked at him and asked, "How are you doing in the workshop recently? Are you working hard?"

Li Jigui thought of himself warming himself by the fire every day, shrank his neck, and lied without blushing or beating his heart. "Yes! Didn't you ask me to work faster?"

Jiang laughed and said, "No wonder, my second brother must have mentioned it to Shi Liu because he saw how diligent you were. I told you before that you are Shi Liu's uncle. If you were more reliable, Shi Liu would definitely use you.

Here you are, in charge of shopping! If you do the same as Rongsong and the others, you will get one zhuang of silver a month, plus twenty qian a day for food and tea. If you bring your own water and some dry food every day, you can save the twenty qian. In this way, you can take home one and a half zhuang of silver a month, which is seven qian more than your current job!"

Li Jigui muttered, "It's so cold, the kettle will get cold soon if you take it outside. Besides, the dry food is so hard that it's not suitable for human consumption. We are not short of money now, so why should we be so stingy?"

Jiang glared at him, "We've only been rich for a few years, and you've become so precious. You ate a lot of dry food before! I didn't see you do anything."

You think we have a lot of money, and there are many places to spend money, but you know nothing! If the girl my mother said is good, Tong'er will definitely get married, and it will cost a lot of money. In the past two years, the price of betrothal gifts in our area has increased. How do you know this? And Hua'er's study, pens and paper, don't they cost money?"

Jiang grumbled to him, twisted his ear, and gave him a warning: "I'm telling you, if I ask you to buy, you should buy well and don't play dirty tricks. My eldest cousin and Rong Song have been buying for two years and have never made any mistakes. If you dare to play dirty tricks, Shi Liu is very smart and you can't fool her. When the time comes, I won't say goodbye to you!"

Li Jigui's ears were hurt by the pulling, and he said quickly: "What are you talking about? Am I that kind of person?"

Jiang grabbed his ear and didn't let go, glaring at him, "As soon as you stick your butt out, I know what you're going to do! Not only do I know, my parents know too, everyone knows, so just be honest, hold your butt, and do this job well. If you dare to mess around, humph, be careful or I won't let you into the house!"

"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts, I know, is it enough to know it?" Li Jigui's facial features were squeezed together in pain, and he was also complaining in his heart. He gritted his teeth and agreed to go out in the cold weather. He was just thinking about the shopping. If he had a few coins in his hand every day, he wouldn't notice it. Anyway, the Shiliu family was rich and powerful, so he didn't need these few coins.

But after his wife pulled his ear and said that, he really didn't dare to do it. Thinking of Shi Liu, he would kill bandits without blinking an eye. What if he was really caught by Shi Liu, and his parents didn't plead for him, there was no telling what the consequences would be. If he got angry, he would be in trouble, what if Shi Liu picked up a knife and chopped him!
Alas, I should have not agreed to this job. It is so good to work in a carpentry workshop. Although doing odd jobs is not glamorous like my third brother who is in charge of the warehouse, I can warm myself by the fire every day and not be cold. I can just do some random work and the day will pass by.

Now I have to get up early and go to bed late every day!

No one knew about Li Jigui's complaints, and even if someone knew, they would not care much and would be happy to see it happen.

When Huang Chunni came back from the workshop, she saw her husband. The newlyweds looked at each other, one with red ears and the other with a blushing face. Everyone smiled at each other, knowing each other.

After a lively and warm dinner, Old Yuan yawned and said, "I didn't sleep since noon, and I'm very sleepy now. I'm going to go back to sleep first."

Old Man Li naturally stood up and followed them.

Song also held Baozhu and said, "Baozhu wants to go back to her room to play with her dolls. I'll take her back. Rong Zong's wife, you should also go back to your room to see De Ge'er."

"Yes." Lin replied with a smile and left.

Shi Liu looked at Li Rongzhang and said, "I haven't seen your homework for a long time. Come on, follow me to the study room."

Li Rongzhang glanced at his second brother, lowered his head and smiled secretly, then stood up obediently and followed Shi Liu.

Suddenly, there was no one in the main hall. It was not like before, when people would sit together by the fire and chat after dinner.

This is intentional to give way to the young couple.

Li Rongyu rubbed his hands, looked at Huang Chunni and said, "It's cold, let's go back to the house early to wash up and go to bed."

Huang Chunni's face suddenly turned red with astonishment. She was a very gentle person to begin with. She opened her lips slightly and uttered the word "OK" which was quieter than the sound of a mosquito.

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In the third attic, Shi Liu's spacious study was brightly lit with several lights on.

Li Rongzhang stood in front of the desk, looking nervously at Shi Liu, who was sitting behind the desk, looking down at some articles he had written recently.

He also started to try to write articles this year. If he wants to take the imperial examination, he has to write articles. The teacher said that if he writes articles frequently and practices more, he will become proficient.

Just like memorizing, the more you memorize and recite, the more you will gain.

The study was so quiet that the only sounds were breathing and the rubbing of paper.

After a moment, Shi Liu put down the paper he had finished reading, looked at Li Rongzhang, and smiled, "Brother Zhang, you have made great progress. Although it is still just a form without soul, it is finally meaningful compared to the shallow, thin and patchwork articles you wrote at the beginning."

Hearing this, Li Rongzhang breathed a sigh of relief, but he remained calm and scratched his head, saying, "The teacher also praised me for my progress, but I still have a lot to work on. As for the Four Books and Five Classics, I still don't understand them thoroughly. Right now, I am confident that I can memorize the University and the Analects word for word. The rest are still far behind and are always a bit difficult, not to mention the interpretations and annotations.

The teacher said that if one wants to pass the imperial examination, one must thoroughly understand the Four Books and Five Classics, including their interpretations and annotations.

Second sister, you don’t know that several of us in the Dingzi class have decided to take the county exam next year to test the waters. I want to go, but I’m not sure.”