sbdcsierra Chapter 202: Keeping Guests
Chapter 202: Keeping Guests
When Li Baolin, his brother-in-law Hu Qian and his cousin Li Baoqiang arrived at Liangzhou Prefecture, the entire city was under martial law.
Fortunately, they had a letter of introduction written by Mr. Cai himself, so they were able to meet Li Rongxu smoothly through Xue Kuo.
After understanding the specific situation, with the help of Xue Kuo, Li Baolin and others met with the people who accused Li Rongxu.
Faced with an IOU of more than 6,000 taels, Li Baolin could not afford to pay the debt even if he lost everything he had.
Fortunately, Li Rongxu was smart. After the dozen or so bodyguards he hired left, he knew that he should not put all his eggs in one basket.
Therefore, he hid some of the black iron stone. It was because of this action that he was not robbed of all his property like Fang Xiaotong's father Fang Tongkang after being targeted.
Finally, with the help of Xue Kuo, Li Baolin and others compensated the people who sued Li Rongxu with the black iron stone that Li Rongxu had hidden, and paid them some emergency silver. Only then did the two parties reach a settlement.
Li Rongxu was detained in the government office for more than a month and finally saw the light of day again.
However, the nearly eight hundred taels of silver that he had brought with him, as well as the more than six hundred taels of silver that Li Baolin later asked someone to send him, were all lost.
In order to reach a settlement with the group of people who accused him, Li Baolin paid them more than 100 taels of emergency silver as compensation.
All in all, Li Rongxu paid a total of more than 1,500 taels of silver.
Although Li Baolin's family was one of the wealthiest families in Shanghe Village, paying out more than one thousand taels was a huge loss to them.
The family's cash reserves were basically drained out, and the two better pieces of land were sold.
Seeing Li Baolin's painful look, Ye Changyan spoke to comfort him.
"Uncle Li, the old must go before the new can come. As long as the person is fine, that's all that matters."
Li Zhiping and Zhang also hurriedly offered words of comfort.
Seeing Li Rongxu's depressed look, Li Baolin could only sigh.
"I have found him safely, but he is already in his twenties. The girl he originally liked was rejected because he was away from home for the past year. Now he has achieved nothing. I am really worried."
Zhang actually understood Li Baolin a little, because the girl Li Rongxu originally fell in love with was the second daughter of the Xu family in Qingshan Town. The Xu family and her mother's family had some contacts on weekdays. Now the second daughter of the Xu family has fallen in love with a wealthy family in the neighboring Guquan Town.
During the year that Li Rongxu had been away from home, he lost all the money he had earned from business, including the principal and interest. The girl he had originally liked also broke off the engagement. This is what is called losing both one's money and one's life.
Seeing Zhang looking at her son with sympathy, Li Baolin suddenly had an idea and asked Zhang.
"His aunt, I heard that you are helping the milk processing workshop recruit people. I wonder if you have any plans to recruit people recently. If you do, you might as well consider my Rong Xu. He has also been studying since he was a child. Although he is not a candidate for the imperial examination, he can still read and write, and do accounting. I just hope that he can find a serious job and not make such a big fuss again!"
After hearing what Li Baolin said, everyone turned their eyes to Zhang. Even Li Rongxu, who had his head lowered, raised his head and looked at Zhang.
Zhang was a little embarrassed for a moment. She was planning to say something to comfort the other party, but she subconsciously glanced at Ye Changyan.
Seeing Ye Changyan nod slightly at her, Zhang finally understood and spoke to Li Baolin.
"Then I'll talk to Boss Zhong about this matter some other day, and I'll come over to let you know when I have any news."
Li Baolin originally just had a sudden inspiration, but he didn't expect Zhang to actually agree to it. Although whether he could finally enter the processing workshop depended on what Zhong Yunfeng said, Li Baolin was still very happy.
Li Baolin and Li Rongxu both hurriedly thanked Zhang.
After a while of greeting, Li Baolin said goodbye to Ye Changyan. Before leaving, Li Rongxu thanked Ye Changyan and his disciples again, and then they left.
When Li Zhiping and Zhang were about to leave, they were stopped by Ye Changyan.
"Aunt Zhang, wait a minute. I was planning to come find you after lunch, and now that you're here, I don't have to make another trip."
When Li Zhiping and the Zhang couple heard what Ye Changyan said, they stopped.
"We plan to add a new packaging to this Wei Hao Jia candy. The packaging materials should be delivered to the processing workshop tomorrow. This new packaging is designed as a cloth bag, so we need to trouble Aunt Zhang to find some girls and women who are good at needlework in the surrounding villages to sew the packaging cloth bags."
When Zhang and Li Zhiping heard this, they were both delighted. This Sanlang had found another way for the villagers to make money.
"It's not difficult to sew cloth bags, but the stitches must be as uniform as possible. So after you find someone, bring them to the processing workshop tomorrow. I'll explain it briefly to everyone and let everyone try to sew on the spot. If it's qualified, you can take it home to make. All materials, including needles and thread, will be provided by the processing workshop."
"That would be great. Some women who are good at sewing should stay home to take care of the elderly and children. For example, Luo Sanhong's wife in our village is very good at sewing, but her mother-in-law is bedridden all year round and has a baby who is still breastfeeding. Her family is not well off. If she could really take her home to do it, that would be great. This way she can also earn some money to supplement the family expenses."
It seems that Zhang is indeed familiar with everyone's situation. Ye Changyan nodded in approval of Zhang.
"In that case, I will go and look for people first, but is there a fixed number of people that will be needed?"
"As long as the needlework is good enough, there is no big limit on the number of people."
After hearing what Ye Changyan said, Li Zhiping and the Zhang couple said goodbye with smiles on their faces and left.
When Ye Changyan and his companions returned to the fields, they saw that the prepared pepper seedlings were almost planted.
Ye Changyan's maternal grandfather and his family are all experts in farm work. Even though Ye Changyan's maternal grandfather and grandmother have gray hair, they are still so good at working that even Ye Changyan's cousin and his wife may not be able to catch up with them.
After lunch, Ye Changyan's maternal grandfather and his family prepared to go back home. As Qingming Festival was approaching, there was a lot of work to do in the fields. After Qingming Festival, it was time to harvest rapeseed and wheat, and then dig canals to divert water, plow the fields, and plant rice around the time of Grain Rain.
It was rare for Ye Changyan to ask for guests to stay, and the reason Ye Changyan gave seemed to make my grandparents' family a little excited.