After Tiandong left, Shunxi and others loaded all the sheep, cattle, woolen materials and other items into the car. The harvest was quite good, so many things were distributed to Dong Cheng and his family, so there was no need to buy the meat this year.
Not long after, Tiandong came back, bowed his hands and said:
"Madam, the parents of the three children are waiting for life-saving medicine, and the five sheep want to be exchanged for medicine or silver."
As for why I was staring at them, it was naturally because I saw that their family had a big business and could afford a lot of money.
Before Cheng Xue could speak, Li Tian tugged on his mother's sleeve and said:
"Mom, I want to help that little brother, can you lend me some money?"
"There's me, there's me, I'm with the second sister." Li Huai hurriedly agreed.
Li Yue didn't say anything. He took out his purse from his waist and poured out the five taels of silver contained in it.
"It shouldn't be enough. Mom, please give me some more."
Seeing the hostess nodding, Bai Wei took out all the remaining silver, including the one in Li Yue's hand, totaling twenty taels. At today's exchange price, she could buy more than five dead sheep than before. But
This is life-saving money for the child's parents, so it cannot be compared.
Li Tian snatched the purse from Bai Wei's hand, held Li Huai's hand, and skipped over. Bai Shu was worried and followed closely to protect their siblings.
Although there was a language barrier between the two parties, the children had their own unique way of communicating. In the end, the three and a half-year-old children collected the purses, saluted Li Tian and Li Huai in various ways, and finally ran to Cheng Xue and knelt down to kowtow. This money
It's a lot of money for them. After using it, they can not only cure their parents' illness, but also use the remaining money to supplement their family income.
Shunxi and Shuangxi went to carry the sheep, and their three children helped them until they reached the border defense line before stopping. Cheng Xue called a soldier who could speak Beiqi and said some positive and encouraging words as parting words.
After hearing this, the children saluted again, and then Cheng Xue and his children got into the carriage.
Returning to the back house of the government office, everyone looked at the things in front of them and grinned happily.
So much meat was decomposed and put into a vat to be eaten slowly in the future.
The part that is needed at home is set aside, and the rest is given to Wanghe Village. This task will be handed over to Tiandong and Bai Wei, who will transport it back to Wanghe Village. Cheng Xue will write down the families who should be assigned to prevent them from doing so.
Wrong classification.
When Bai Wei heard about this arrangement, she refused to say anything. She looked at the hostess who was writing with her head down, and she kept making drafts in her mind, preparing to ask her to find someone else later.
Finally, Cheng Xue put down her brush and squatted in front of the table——
"Madam, I really can't leave. Dexi and the other four are not at home. If I leave with Tiandong again, I will be left alone with Baizhu himself, who will not be able to protect our family."
Cheng Xue dried the ink, folded it carefully, and said:
"We're not going out, so there's nothing we can't protect. Besides, Wentian is in Huwei Mountain. If I really need to, I can ask Shunxi to go up the mountain to find him. What's more, it's winter now, and the master and the others should be back soon. You guys
The two of you need to drive there quickly and come back quickly, and it will be done in less than a month."
"But……"
Cheng Xue ignored her "but" and ordered to Bai Shu:
"Go and tell the young ladies and young gentlemen, let them write letters to my uncle and grandpa to say hello, and wish them a happy birthday in advance."
"Yes, ma'am."
Bai Shu went out and closed the door, and in an instant they were the only ones left in the room.
"Xiao Nier, it's just you and me in the room now. I won't beat around the bush. I want to promise you to Tiandong. Do you think that's okay?"
What?!
Bai Wei was shocked, her eyes widened in disbelief, and she said timidly:
"Isn't that just a casual mention by Madam? What's more, I am your eldest maid."
"Yes, I did say that, but this does not conflict with your marriage."
Cheng Xue stood up with a smile, pulled her back to sit on the kang, and continued:
"Tiandong is the housekeeper in the house, and you are the maid beside me. The boy is unmarried and the girl is unmarried. What's wrong with that? Of course, if you have your heart, then just pretend that I didn't say anything. But you still have to do this this time.
If we follow the past, there will be so much meat and wool that even Tiandong himself won’t be worried about it.”
After saying that, Cheng Xue saw that she was silent and tilted her head to ask:
"Do you have a sweetheart? Who do you like? Dexi or Yongxi?"
Bai Wei hurriedly shook her head after hearing this, saying that she was sick and had no sweetheart. Not only did she not have a sweetheart, she had never planned to get married.
"Then you hate Tiandong?"
"No, no. I don't have much contact with Butler Tiandong, so I can't say I'm annoying."
"Xiao Ni'er, you must speak with a conscience. Ever since you came home, I have arranged everything for you to do with Tiandong."
Oops, so there is such an arrangement?!
Bai Wei was stunned and then suddenly realized.
"Okay, okay, I'll just say this casually. You and he should take care of the matter of returning to the village first. If you haven't thought about it until you get along, forget it. When you get married, it's about mutual consent.
, if you really don’t like it, then you can’t put it on the shelf, right?”
Bai Wei nodded silently and asked again unsurely:
"Madam, do you really want us to get married?"
"It must be necessary!" Cheng Xue replied without hesitation, "If you don't want to get married, then that's a different matter. But if you don't dislike the person I mentioned, and you think it's feasible after getting along for a while, then why not get married?"
"You mean we can get along on our own?"
"Yes, it's okay. Except for the fact that your body contract can't be given to you, if you want to become your biological children, it's okay."
Such a frank sentence immediately made Bai Wei's nose sore and her eyes were hot, and tears burst out of her eyes instantly.
"Ouch, why are you crying? Did I say something wrong?"
"No, no." The little girl shook her head in a tearful voice, sobbing on her knees.
Cheng Xue was no longer anxious when she saw this, and gently stroked her back and said:
"You are only seven or eight years older than my eldest daughter. In my eyes, you are all children. Once a person walks through the world, the most undeterminable thing is his or her origin. Putting this factor aside, how do you want to live your life?
Whatever you want to arrange is your own business. Letting you start a family is also for the future of the Li family. I want to use people who have no second thoughts, otherwise there will be endless troubles in the future."
Bai Wei didn't respond, but hugged her calf and nodded heavily.
She has been in the Wolf Cave since she could remember it, and it is not easy to stumble all the way to where she is today. She felt that she had exhausted all the good luck in her life to be able to come to the Li family to work in one piece. She did not expect that the master's family would be so generous and would give them so much.
Make arrangements for the future.
Who doesn’t want to have company, who doesn’t want to have a family? People like them, who have been through life and death, yearn for stability, solidity, and home most. She doesn’t hate Tiandong, but it’s too early to say that she likes it. Now the host family is sincerely talking about matchmaking.
She decided to try it.
If it works, tell Baizhu, Dexi and the others that they came to the right place...