A family with three widows, after severing ties with relatives, she became wealthy and married into

Chapter 114 Someone Came to Propose Marriage

Madam Li quietly reminded Li Huaiyuan, "Master, this matter of rice seeds is very important..."

"But have you forgotten something else?"

Li Huaiyuan frowned. "What is it?"

Madam Li sighed helplessly, "It's about...that person, about coming to Baishi County."

Reminded by her, Li Huaiyuan suddenly realized, "Oh my god, I really forgot about him."

"When will he arrive?"

"Just these two days."

"This kid, I don't know what he did to offend..." Li Huaiyuan sighed.

Tian Tian couldn't hear clearly, but she could guess the general content.

It was Li Huaiyuan's relatives who had come to visit.

She didn't take it to heart...

The county government's cooks were only so-so, and the food couldn't compare to that of Fu Lai Restaurant, but it was all home-style cooking, which had a rather warm and comforting flavor.

During the meal, Li Huaiyuan brought up the relative he had mentioned earlier.

“He’s my cousin from my clan.” He said, frowning with a headache as he spoke of this person.

"Rebellious and dissolute from a young age, unruly, and obsessed with pleasure..."

As Tian Tian listened to these words, an image of a dissolute and spoiled young man appeared in her mind.

"However, once Heming arrives, he should really enjoy the food at Baishi Teahouse," Madam Li said with a smile.

The "crane's cry" she mentioned should be the courtesy name of her cousin.

"It's an honor for Baishi Teahouse that the gentleman's cousin likes it," Tian Tian said.

On his way out of the county government office, Qian Fulai was particularly conflicted.

"Tian Er, should I grow rice or vegetables on my land?"

He really wanted to grow rice that could yield 800 jin per mu.

However, he was also very interested in the novel vegetable varieties that Tian Er mentioned.

"Grow vegetables!" Tian Tian told Qian Fulai with great confidence.

"People grow rice to make a living, while we grow vegetables for business."

"Believe me, growing vegetables is better than growing rice."

"If you want rice, make money and buy rice from the people."

In this way, people can also exchange rice for money and live a better life.

"Then I'll go back and discuss it with my parents..."

Tian Tian glanced at him, "I told you to go home and discuss it with your parents a long time ago, but you still haven't come to a decision?"

Qian Fulai shrugged helplessly, "My parents just came back a few days ago..."

"They left the restaurant to me and went off to travel around."

*

Qian Fulai happily returned home, calling out, "Dad, Mom."

Manager Qian and his wife were sitting in the hall, waiting for him.

Qian Fulai slowly stopped walking. "Father? Mother?"

"Have you...eaten?" His voice grew increasingly hesitant.

Manager Qian glanced at Madam Qian, then gestured to her with his lips, indicating that she should speak first.

Madam Qian cleared her throat, and the moment she spoke, her expression became obsequious.

"Fulai, I heard... you've been getting really close to a young girl lately, is her name... Miss Tian Er?"

Qian Fulai looked at Madam Qian warily, "Mother, who told you this?"

"It's Xiao Niu from our restaurant, he said it." Madam Qian immediately betrayed Xiao Niu.

Qian Fulai cursed Xiao Niu under his breath.

“Mother, Miss Tian and I are business partners.” Qian Fulai came to Madam Qian’s side. “Our Fulai Restaurant is doing so well thanks to her.”

When asked about the good business, Mrs. Qian nodded in satisfaction.

The accounts for the last six months look amazing! The revenue is more than the total of last year plus the first half of this year.

"Your father and I have already heard about this Miss Tian... Recently she..."

Qian Fulai didn't listen to her finish speaking. He assumed that his mother had heard about the trouble caused by the Cheng family today, and subconsciously defended Tian Tian, ​​saying, "Mother, those things are all false."

"She was sold to the Cheng family by her elders to bring good luck. The eldest son of the Cheng family was already dying, so it can't be blamed on her."

"These people now know that Tian Er has made a lot of money, and they're thinking that if they marry her, they can take over the Baishi Teahouse. What a bunch of bastards!"

When the Cheng family was mentioned, Qian Fulai couldn't help but curse them out.

He didn't notice at all that Madam Qian's eyes were secretly glancing at Manager Qian, her gaze full of mockery and delight.

"Fu Lai, are you so concerned about this Miss Tian Er?" Madam Qian asked, turning her gaze away.

Qian Fulai replied, "Of course."

Without Tian Er, how would his restaurant make money?

Madam Qian came to her son's side, took his hand, and said with great emotion, "My son has grown up. Don't worry, your mother will definitely help you."

What kind of help?

Qian Fulai looked completely bewildered...

Madam Qian pushed him away, "Alright, just leave it at that. Go take a bath and rest."

"Leave everything else to Father and Mother."

Qian Fulai scratched his head, "What is Mother talking about..."

“Go, go.” Madam Qian did not answer.

*

Tian Tian took Lu Tao, Liu San Niang, and Daya to the courtyard they had bought.

"The county school is right next to us, and the most common sound you hear every day is the sound of students reading aloud," Tian Tian explained.

“Once we move in, I’d like to invite a teacher from the county school to come and teach us.” She pointed around, showing herself, Tian Xiang, Daya, Lu Tao, and Liu San Niang.

Liu San Niang pointed to herself, "Me? I also study?"

Tian Tian nodded matter-of-factly, "Of course."

“Aunt Liu, you are now the famous Madam Liu, the manager of Baishi Teahouse in the county.”

“In the future, you will have to review all the account books and ledgers here, so of course you will need to be able to read and write.”

"Besides reading and writing, we also need to learn arithmetic."

Mathematics is simply arithmetic.

Liu San Niang awkwardly tugged at the corners of her mouth. Was it too late for her to start studying now?

Tian Tian saw through her thoughts and shook her finger, "It's not too late. It's never too late to learn to read and write."

"Mother, you should learn too!"

Lu Tao smiled and said, "I'll learn! I'll definitely learn!"

Influenced by the Tian family, she always felt that studying was a good thing.

Daya hugged Liu Sanniang and said, "I want to learn too."

Liu San Niang had no choice but to nod in agreement, "I'll learn! If you're all learning, then I'll learn too!"

“That’s more like it.” Tian Tian nodded in satisfaction. “In the future, as our business grows bigger and bigger, it will be easy to be cheated if we can’t read.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"This front yard is for Mother and Aunt Liu to live in."

"The side rooms on both sides are for Jinghe to stay in."

“The backyard originally had two courtyards, but I plan to turn it into three, so that each of the three of us sisters can have a courtyard.”

Liu San Niang looked at her daughter with delight.

Tian Tian's words about the three sisters really touched her heart.

"Okay, from now on, you three sisters will help each other, just like me and Sister Lu."

"Madam Lu, Madam Liu, Second Miss..."

Xiao Si came running up, panting.

"What's wrong?" Tian Tian frowned subconsciously.

It seems like every time Xiao Si comes to report something, it's never anything good...

"Second Miss! Someone has come to propose marriage..."

really!