Chapter 309: Fall in love with the Yuan family

Chapter 309: Falling in love with the Yuan family

"Good guy, how can he be begging for food? When the old ladies saw how pitiful he was, they would say auspicious words and give them pieces of silver piece by piece. He started begging for food on the roads to the temples at the age of seven. In just five years, he was stunned. We need to build a big blue brick house with tiles."

 “Do you think he’s very lucky?”

"That's not all. He also saved a pair of grandparents from Fucheng on that road. Hey, the old lady was so grateful. From then on, he would send people to deliver things to his family during the New Year and holidays. Every time he delivered The things that come here are enough for his family to spend for several months.”

"But Yuan Laorong was a motivated person and did not just sit back and settle for nothing. After knowing that the houses built by people in Fucheng were all blue brick houses, he relied on the relationship with the wealthy family and went to work as an apprentice in the brick kiln in Fucheng. A few years later, he asked to marry She is the only daughter of an old master, and she also said that after giving birth to a son, she wants her second son to take the surname of the old master and carry on the legacy of the old master’s family.”

"The old master was so happy that he agreed immediately. After Yuan Laorong got married to his daughter, he followed Yuan Laorong back to Yanfu Village and built a brick kiln."

"Because of the brick kiln, Yuan Laorong's family has a lot of income every year, and coupled with the relationship with the rich households in the city, Yuan Laorong's family is finally prosperous, and then he will become the village chief and the district chief. And this time the county wants to He was not removed from half the job, and his position was maintained securely."

He Shiliu told Gu Dashan and Gu Dafu about Yuan Laorong's family. At the end of noon, the three of them finally arrived at Yanfu Village.

Yanfu Village is in front of Qingfu Town and far away from their Dafeng Village. The three of them walked quickly for two and a half hours before arriving.

Yanfu Village is very large and quite affluent, and Heshangjia Village is considered the two wealthiest villages in Qingfu Town.

Every household in the village has a man working in Yuan Laorong’s brick kiln. Now he is finishing his lunch break and starting to work in the brick kiln.

A man saw He Shiliu, squinted his eyes for a while, and said with a smile: "You are in the stone business in Dafeng Village, right? Why did you bring strangers here this time? Who are they? What are they here for?"

 Gu Dashan has been practicing in the workshop for two months, and now he is not as stubborn as before. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "My family wants to build a shop. I know that there is a brick kiln in your village, so I came to Yuan Lizhang to buy green bricks."

The man smiled and said: "They are here to give us work. Then follow me and I will take you to see Brother Rong."

Yuan Laorong's house is at the back of the village. It is a common blue brick house. After the man took them to the door, he patted the door and shouted inside: "Third son, a guest is coming. Open the door quickly."

Then he said to Gu Dashan and the others: "You can follow the third son in to find Brother Rong later. I'll go to work first."

 After saying that, he pulled his coat over his shoulders and left.

The door of Yuan's house opened. A fat ten-year-old boy opened the door and said to Gu Dashan and the three people outside the door: "Are you here to buy bricks? Please come in. My father is at home."

As soon as the little fat man led Gu Dashan and the others into the house, Yuan Laorong and his second son came up to them.

Yuan Laorong was very surprised when he learned that Gu Dashan was the owner of Gu's Workshop in Dafeng Village: "It turns out that he is the owner of Gu's Workshop, so our deal is settled."

Yuan Laorong was a cheerful person and was determined to make good friends with Gu Dashan and the others. He immediately reduced the price of the bricks for them. The original price of a brick was five cents, but now it only cost four cents, and the tiles were also cheaper for them by one cent.

Gu Dashan was very embarrassed and wanted to refuse, but Yuan Laorong said: "Don't worry about this, just treat our two families as friends."

When Gu Dashan heard this, his heart skipped a beat. Is Yuan Laorong planning to build their workshop?

 No wonder Gu Dashan thought too much, he was actually a little scared after passing by the Zou family, the Lu family, and the Sun family. Yuan Laorong is so smart. Seeing his nervous expression, he laughed and said, "Brother Gu, don't panic. I don't mean anything. I just admire you and your family and want to be friends with you."

Yuan Laorong's second son is a smart man. He explained beside him: "Uncle Gu, don't worry. My father is telling the truth. He admires you, the owners of Gu's workshop, very much. He often says that you are capable. After being here for half a year, He just started business and opened a workshop. He is a very capable person. If you don't make friends with someone as capable as you, you would be a fool."

More importantly, the Gu family has a good relationship with Jiang Xianwei, and the family has three boys working in the county government and the military department. If someone with ability and support comes to visit, his father would be stupid and would have other ideas.

Yuan Laorong's second son wants to inherit his grandfather's family, so his surname is Chang, and his name is Chang Errui. He is 18 years old. He is tall and strong, and he is also good at talking. He smiles at first when meeting people, but does not let go. People think he is flattering, and Gu Dashan and Gu Dafu feel very comfortable listening to him talk.

Especially Gu Dafu, who glanced at Chang Errui several times.

Hearing this, Gu Dashan felt relieved and continued to talk to Yuan Laorong.

Because Yuan Laorong was interested in making good friends, their trip went smoothly, and they quickly agreed on how many bricks and tiles to buy.

Yuan Laorong also invited the bricklayer foreman from the village, met with them, negotiated the wages, and set a date for digging the foundation and delivering the bricks. Gu Dashan and the other three returned to the village happily.

In the evening, Gu Dashan said to several families: "Blue bricks only cost four cents a piece, and new tiles cost one cent a piece. It saves us a lot of money."

Gu Jinan was already settling accounts, and after a moment he said, "It saved us twenty taels of silver."

They wanted to build three shops, and they needed a huge amount of bricks and tiles. Not to mention that they only lost one or two cents. Counting the three shops, they saved twenty taels of silver.

"Hey, Chief Yuan is really generous. We can't be too stingy. When they send the bricks, we have to bring them back some braised meat, roast duck, and spices."

 Compared to Yuan Laorong, Gu Dafu was more interested in Chang Errui.

After waiting for the family members to leave, he stayed behind and said to the third grandfather and the third grandmother: "The young man Chang Errui seems to be a good person. He is sensible, good at doing things, and steady. Although he wants to inherit the incense of his grandfather's family, he can't use his last name. Yuan, this will be good for Sister Mei."

"Sister Mei has such a temper that if she lives with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law under the same roof, she will have to make trouble every day. Then the Yuan family has built a blue brick house for Chang Errui, saying that after he gets married, the young couple will Moving to a new house, we will officially continue the Chang family's legacy, and we won't have to support Yuan Laorong and his wife in their old age."

"Old man Chang passed away three years ago. If Sister Mei can get married to Chang Errui, she will have the final say on how she wants to live her life in the future, and she won't have to be angry with her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law."

The more Gu Dafu talked about it, the more excited he became. He wanted to lose face and find a matchmaker to go to Yuan's house to arrange a marriage.

The reason why Chang Errui has not yet engaged at the age of 18 is because he has to observe filial piety for Old Man Chang. It has only been two months since the filial piety ceremony, and Yuan Laorong's family is planning to show Chang Errui a daughter-in-law.

 Gu Dafu felt that this was fate, otherwise he went to Yuan's house and met Chang Errui just as he was about to find a match for Sister Mei.

 (End of this chapter)