Flowers are expensive

Chapter 233

Deng Kailuo beside Lihua snorted and said, "Just now you showed your knowledge and know everything! Are you pretending to be a tortoise now? Let me tell you, for a seedling as big as that, how can it be beautiful? Put it in a pot, cultivate some soil, and trim some extra leaves, and it will be easy to sell in the city! Now the city is enjoying chrysanthemums, which big family doesn’t buy dozens of pots? That’s all. Basin is worth five taels of silver at least!"

Wu Qing's complexion suddenly changed: "Who are you kidding! You can just talk nonsense?"

Lihua smiled and said: "If you want to be so leisurely, you want to go to the yamen and let the county magistrate determine the price of the chrysanthemum. I don't mind going there with you."

"Your man is an official, you must have colluded with the county magistrate to kill me!"

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work either. What do you want?" Lihua Chaoshou looked at Wu Qing and said, "Could it be that the earth is turned around by you alone?"

"You just want revenge!"

"What am I getting revenge on?"

"you……"

"Even you yourself feel guilty and hard to say, so I don't need to say any more!"

Wu Qing quibbled: "I'm not guilty. Who doesn't like high wages? Who doesn't pick up high branches? At the beginning, Cao Meizhi gave me good wages, so I took my brothers to her place. I also wanted my brothers to pay more. Earn some money for the family! What’s the matter? I can only work here with you, and I’m not allowed to earn a living elsewhere? I’ve worked for you for so long, and I’ve done my best.”

"Then don't think about it, how would you know how to do the work in the flower field?"

One sentence made Wu Qing dumbfounded.Lihua said again: "At the beginning, few people in this village grew flowers, and none of you here knew how to grow flowers. This kind of flowers is no different from farming, and each trade has its own skills. When you come here, I will teach you from the beginning, and you will learn better. I just slapped my ass and ran to Gaozhi without saying a word, and left my work in the flower field aside, who is wicked, and whose ancestral grave has a big hole in it?"

The faces of Wu Qing and Cao Kun suddenly turned red.The people next to them all accused the two of them.Lihua shook her head lightly and said: "I don't want to embarrass you, I just want to remind other people through your incident. I didn't say that I won't let you go to the high branches, and I can't stop it. But if you want Let’s go, but don’t make a sound, he’s still a man anyway, so don’t worry about it? Even if you’re staying in a hotel, you should say hello to the shopkeeper! Today I’m talking about this, don’t try to take the wages away from me Banwen, as for the money that ruined my chrysanthemum seedlings, I won’t ask you for it anymore, I just treat it as a gift to the Bodhisattva with my accumulated virtues! You go, don’t hang around my flower field in the future, if you have any evil intentions, hang yourself It will be a matter of time before the tree!"

"Get out!" Deng Kailuo yelled, and waved his hands, "Get out of here, you skinny and shameless bastard! Don't come here to show your face in the future, and beat him once!"

Wu Qing and Cao Kun were still thinking about getting some of their wages back, but seeing Li Hua's attitude, they had no choice but to turn around and run away in despair.The guys in the flower field all laughed when they saw their backs leaving in embarrassment.Deng Kaixing smiled at Lihua: "Sister Lihua, you shouldn't have spared the money lost by those chrysanthemum seedlings, and punished them severely to scare them!"

Lihua said: "Let's forgive others! If you really force them to spend a few taels of silver, I guess they can only sell the house. People who do business can't be too cruel. But I want to say something up front , If anyone who doesn’t want to do it speaks out, I will calculate the wages together, which is convenient for everyone.”

The old woman who had scolded Wu Qing before hurriedly said: "Working under your hands is at ease. You are not in arrears of wages, and you are not mean. Where can I find such a good boss like you? They are both Wu Qing and Cao. Kun's two bastards with high eyesight and low abilities are ignorant, they just think about making a lot of money, and they forget the basics of being a human being. Mistress, we are not that kind of people, don't worry, we will do well for you! But There is something I would like to ask, you are an official lady now, will you still do this flower field business in the future?"

Lihua smiled and said: "No matter what kind of official lady I am, I will not leave the flower field behind. After all, I did it with my own hands and feet. I am like my own child. I can't lose it so easily. Don't worry, old man." All right."

"That's good, that's good!"

The clerks and women went off to work while talking and laughing.Lihua took Deng Kailuo back and said, "Brother Cailuo, there is a shortage of people in the field right now. Don't go to the city to add goods for the time being, and let's talk about the affairs in the field. What should be hired should be hired, and what should be tidied up." Put it all together, as for adding goods, leave it to Kaixing!"

Deng Kailuo smiled and said: "That's good! He must be so happy that he jumped off the roof! When he entered the city before, he was a little unconvinced. He said that Manxiang can be a shopkeeper, and he is not bad. You can believe him. Leave this matter to him, just rest assured, we two brothers will definitely handle the matter of Huatian properly."

"I'm going to go out in a few days. I'm not sure when I'll come back. You and Yutong need to take care of everything about the flower field and Haitang's injury."

"Of course, it's nothing to worry about. You can go out at ease. I'll send someone to tell you if something important happens. By the way, there is something I want to ask, where did Haitang get that injury? He didn't have any grudges in the village, who could do that kind of cruelty? Could it be those two girls who did it?"

Lihua smiled and said: "Don't ask about this matter, you won't be able to find out the truth if you ask."

Deng Kailuo is not a fool, after hearing what Lihua said, he didn't ask any more questions.When the two returned to the yard, they heard Mo Xiang's voice.Lihua opened the door and entered Hongling's room, and joked with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Juren's wife is here, so I'm really disappointed!"

Mo Xiang put down the child in her arms, and said with a smile, "You laughed at me as soon as we met, it seems that Fourth Aunt is really fine."

"What can I do? I haven't had time to congratulate you and Yi Sheng! What were you laughing at?"

Hong Ling took over the conversation and said, "Yi Sheng named the child Cao Ju'an. I think this name sounds like a scholar's name. It's stylish. What do you think?"

"It's pretty good," Lihua walked to the cradle, bent over and touched the child's face and said with a smile, "My dear, you will be called Cao Ju'an from now on, An'an, An'an, isn't that a nice name?"

An An suddenly cried again with a wow, which startled Li Hua.Mo Xiang smiled and hugged An Anle and said, "I was holding him just now and he was fine, why did you start crying when I saw Fourth Aunt?"

"I'm afraid it's a confession." Hong Ling sat on the bed, stretched out her hand to take the child from Mo Xiang's arms, and started coaxing her.

Next to him, Luo Shi thought for a while and asked Li Hua: "My boss, what do you belong to?"

Lihua said: "I belong to the tiger, what's the matter?"

Luo Shi quickly shook his head and said, "No wonder! No wonder!"

Hong Ling turned her head and asked, "How do you say that? Is there anything wrong with a tiger?"

Luo Shi glanced at Lihua with a smile and said: "My hostess has always been generous, so I dare to say this. I heard from the old people that the most taboo of those who belong to the tiger is to enter the confinement room before the full moon. The tiger looks majestic and is afraid of breaking it." The child's yang energy is not easy to raise in the future! This child will cry when he sees his mistress, I'm afraid it's because of this. Mistress, don't take it to heart when I say this, I'm just following the old man's words Just say it."

Of course, Lihua didn't believe this, but she was also surprised. She had only seen the child twice, but every time the child cried, as if he had been frightened by something. Could it be that she really had a king carved on her forehead? Character?She smiled slightly and said, "You are right in reminding me that what should be tabooed should be tabooed. At worst, I will come and see him when he is full moon."

"It's not that serious, is it?" Hong Ling asked.

Lihua knew that Hongling was a little bit sorry, so she smiled and said: "Children are a big deal, and it's no big deal to avoid taboos."

Luo Shi hurriedly said: "Otherwise, my hostess will go to Haizi Temple and ask Miaozhu to see if there is any way to resolve it? I heard that wearing a silver medal that prays for blessings can also ward off disasters."

Lihua said: "It happens that I have some silverware that I want to give to An'an. Hearing what you said, I'd better take it to Haizi Temple to pray for blessings first."

Afterwards, Lihua and Moxiang went to Haizi Temple.Near noon, there was no one in Haizi Temple.When she entered the temple, Lihua saw that Miao Zhu was sweeping the dust off the statue of Buddha with floating dust, muttering in her mouth: "It's almost the end of the year, and there are not many people who come to burn incense, and there is no sincerity at all..."

"What are you talking about, Miao Zhu?" Lihua asked with a smile.

Miao Zhu was startled, shook his shoulders and looked back, then heaved a sigh of relief and said, "So it's Qin Dong's mother! You've become a cat, you can walk without making a sound."

Lihua joked: "What kind of temple blessings are you so timid? The Buddha statue is right in front of you, and it can scare you out of your wits? It's embarrassing for the Buddha you worshiped!"

Miao Zhu smiled embarrassingly, invited Li Hua and Mo Xiang to sit down in the quiet room in the backyard, and then said: "Mother Qin Dong's family, you don't know, a strange person came to the temple today, and he walked silently, and when he talked It can scare people half to death. Just now I thought that person came back again, so I was so scared."

Mo Xiang asked curiously: "Who is it? It would scare you to death to be able to kill Miao Zhu. I would like to see and see."

"Cough! It's nothing special. She looks like she's dressed up, but she talks like a lunatic."

Lihua asked, "What did he say to scare you like this?"

Miao Zhu said with a look of dissatisfaction: "You say, I have been here as a Miao Zhu for more than ten years. Who has never seen it? In terms of fortune-telling by pinching fingers, who can compare with me in a few hundred miles around? That man was strange, he made a fortune teller for me as soon as he entered the door, saying that before the end of the year, there would be a bloody disaster, either death or injury! He said it clearly, as if it was true, I guess I would not be able to get along in other places I went down, and wanted to come here to make a living, so I kicked him out."

Lihua said: "Since you think he is talking nonsense, then what are you afraid of, aren't you scaring yourself?"

Miao Zhu nodded again and again: "You are right, I really scared myself! By the way, what are you two doing here at this hour?"

Lihua talked about praying for the silverware, and took out a few silverware that she temporarily bought in Yucheng and handed them to Miaozhu.Although she didn't believe in this, she knew that Hongling believed in it, and it was no big deal to use it to pray for blessings.

Miao Zhu accepted the silverware, and sent the two of them out after registering.As soon as he walked to the front hall, Miao Zhu suddenly raised his head and yelled: "Why are you here again? Is what I just said to you a deaf ear? My place is a decent place, not a place for you to earn a living. Hurry up and get out!"

Lihua also raised her head, and saw a middle-aged man in a light blue shirt standing in front of the Buddha statue, with an air of refinement and refinement.He was looking up at the Buddha statue, when he heard Miao Zhu's angry shout, he pursed his lips and said with a smile: "I won't mess with you, what are you in a hurry for?"

Miao Zhu said bluntly: "I don't like people like you the most! What kind of gods and Taoists are you pretending to be? If you want to deceive, you must deceive the rich in the city. Don't pretend to be crazy here. I don't believe your words."

A refined smile appeared on the corner of the middle-aged man's mouth, then he turned his head slowly and said, "The matter of coaxing people's money is your business, what has it got to do with me?"

Miao Zhu got angry, wiped his sleeves, and looked like he was going to beat him up.Lihua hurriedly stepped forward to stop Miaozhu and said, "Buddha will not forgive you if you fight in your own territory. He says it's up to him, and it's fine if you don't believe it. You open the door to welcome pilgrims, not to drive away pilgrims." Lier."

The middle-aged man's eyes fell on Li Hua, and he nodded with a smile: "This lady is quite reasonable, not like this coaxing reckless man."

"Who are you calling a reckless man? You are not entertained here, so hurry up!" Miao Zhu scolded unceremoniously.

(End of this chapter)