Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

Chapter 158 The Foolish Aji

The two men welcomed Mr. Jiang and his entourage into the main hall, and the girls packed up their needlework and fabrics and went under the eaves to continue working.

After all, they will be going to school tomorrow, and they are all looking forward to carrying their new schoolbags.

Jiang Dayou sat down, and the two of them realized that they had been to the city so many times but had never thought of buying some tea.

The main reason was that the guests who came before did not need to be specially brewed for entertainment, so even though they went to the village chief's house to drink twice, they didn't think about it.

Fortunately, I had just made a lot of ice jelly, which was now being chilled. I could just serve it to them, so it wouldn't be too shabby to entertain them.

But today they didn't expect Mr. Jiang and his group to suddenly come back, so they put some ice in. When the two of them brought it out, they had tried their best to scoop out the ice chips, but the small ones could not be scooped out completely, hoping that they would not notice.

"Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang, I'm really sorry that my family is poor and I can't prepare tea. Ice jelly can barely cool you down and quench your thirst in this summer. I hope you don't mind it."

Young Master Jiang couldn't wait to pick up a bowl and said, "How could it be! There is nothing better than a bowl of ice jelly in summer. During the few days I stayed at Uncle Zhang's house, I drank a bowl every day."

Mr. Jiang also reached out and took a bowl, drank it in one gulp, paused for a moment, and then took another sip, but did not say anything.

Seeing that both of them drank it and there was nothing unusual, I guess the smoothie inside had been scooped out.

The two men breathed a sigh of relief and served the ice jelly to Aji and the two guards.

Aji took it happily, but the two guards refused. It was not until Jiang Dayou gave them a look that they took the ice jelly.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin looked at each other. These were well-trained guards. They were indeed different from Aji, the stupid servant.

Aji, who had no idea that he was being compared, was happily drinking a bowl of ice jelly.

"Aunt, are you guys making lunch again?"

When Mr. Jiang returned here, he felt like he was back home. He put down the bowl of ice jelly and stretched his neck to sniff towards the kitchen.

God knows how much he missed the food in this family during the days he was away.

Jiang Dayou couldn't bear to see his son being so useless.

"Ye'er, please don't be rude! I'm really sorry, ladies. We have been taking this child with us to do business outside since he was young. He has courage and knowledge, but lacks some manners."

"That's good. It means Mr. Jiang doesn't treat us as outsiders. The house has been empty these days since he left, and we're not used to it."

Master Jiang was even more proud when he saw the two people speaking for him and saying in a disguised way that they missed him.

"Dad, that's because you haven't eaten the food cooked by Aunt Zheng. If you had eaten it, you wouldn't say that to me." Young Master Jiang looked very nostalgic.

"It's rare that Mr. Jiang is impressed by my cooking skills. You should eat more later."

Zheng Yuan was also very happy. Who doesn’t like compliments?

"Then Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang, you guys take a rest first, we will go and prepare for lunch."

"I am very sorry to bother you two." Mr. Jiang bowed again.

The two of them waved their hands, got up and went to the kitchen.

They are still two widows after all, and although they don't care, the world is much harsher on women than men, and they don't want to give those outsiders the opportunity to manipulate their children.

Fortunately, they always cook large quantities, and this time they prepared a lot of cold noodles. When they left just now, Tao'er had already steamed a large pile of them.

"Oh, our Tao'er is really capable. I wonder which brat will get the advantage in the future."

The more Zheng Yuan looked at his eldest disciple, the more satisfied he became.

Tao'er's face turned red with embarrassment after hearing what she said. The two knew that she was shy so they stopped teasing her and just helped to steam the cold noodles and prepare the condiments.

Tao'er is already seventeen years old this year. According to this era, she is already old enough to get married, and is even a little over the age limit.

But when the old woman Duan was around, she was not kind to these children and didn't care about their marriages at all. She just wanted to make a fortune from the marriages of the three girls.

Although Mrs. Duan did not have a good reputation, Tao'er was diligent and polite and had a good reputation in the village.

When she was fifteen, someone had asked a matchmaker to come to her house to inquire about her. But she had to deal with such a mother, so Old Lady Duan told the matchmaker that if he wanted to marry her daughter, he had to give a five-liang gift and buy two sets of clothes for her mother from head to toe.

In these villages, no one would ask five taels of silver to marry off their daughter. Isn't this clearly selling their daughter?

The matchmaker tried to persuade her at first, but the old woman was like a stone in the toilet, smelly and hard, and she refused to give in at all.

The matchmaker talked too much, she didn't like it, and drove the matchmaker out directly. It was said that if you can't afford to marry, don't let people ask about it. Why would a poor guy marry a wife?

This statement offended the matchmaker and all the families who wanted to propose marriage. From then on, no one asked a matchmaker to come to the house anymore. In a blink of an eye, Tao'er was seventeen years old, and there was still no movement.

In the past, no one came to visit. Now, they both felt that seventeen was still too young to get married. Not only Tao'er, but the other girls also wanted to stay for a few more years.

Therefore, these issues are not considered at all.

With the cooperation of three people, a large pot of cold noodles was soon made.

"Dashu, Erhe, you two take this ice jelly to the factory and let them make it for themselves, then ask your grandma and aunt to come over for lunch."

The two men called two boys over, and while delivering the ice jelly, they also called the old lady and the others over.

"Madams, is this a factory that makes toothbrushes?" Jiang Dayou heard their conversation and came out of the main room.

"Yes, Mr. Jiang, our factory is officially open."

"I wonder if I'll have the honor to visit it?" Jiang Dayou knew that the factory was open, so how could he sit still?

"There's no rush. We can go after lunch and it will be the same."

The two of them were secretly complaining in their hearts. The father and son were both equally impatient.

"That's right, I was too impatient." Jiang Dayou retreated back under the eaves embarrassedly.

Dashu and Erhe moved quickly and returned with the three of them in a short while.

When Mrs. Chen and the other two entered the room, they were startled to see Mr. Jiang and several strange men standing under the eaves.

"Hello, Grandma Chen! Auntie! Brother Chang'an!" Master Jiang greeted them warmly.

Seeing the three people looking at his father, he belatedly began to introduce Jiang Dayou.

"This is my father. He came here to discuss business with Aunt Zheng and Aunt Duan."

Jiang Dayou also walked forward and saluted the three of them.

"This must be Old Madam Chen. I have heard of your great name for a long time. This must be Grand Madam Chen. Your son is truly a handsome man! I am sorry for bothering you all here before. Jiang would like to thank you all."

The old lady who had lived in the village all her life had never seen such a person, not to mention Old Madam Chen and Madam Chen, and she was stunned for a moment.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin hurried forward to smooth things over.

"Let's eat first. Let's eat first. We'll have a chance to talk later."

Jiang Dayoucai felt that he was a bit abrupt, so he said, "That's right, let's eat first."

Today, Master Jiang was there and they placed a bowl of food in the main room, allowing them to take as much as they wanted to eat.

The whole family crowded into the kitchen. It would not be nice to leave the guests alone, but since they were widows and the boys in the house could not make a living, they had to do this for the time being.

No, why not invite Mr. Chen over in the afternoon? After all, there has to be someone to accompany you when you entertain someone.

With the elders in the family in charge, it wouldn't seem so awkward for the two of them to sit at the main table together.