NABC Chapter 148 Lei Family
Chapter 148 Lei Family
"Okay, both of you stop talking and hurry up. The rain is getting heavier. There's a farm just ahead. Let's go over and ask if we can stay there for the night."
Fortunately, it was not dark yet and the people in the village were all outside. When they saw Tian Xing'er and her group, they knew that they wanted to take shelter from the rain, so they didn't say anything and just let them in.
"Uncle Hu, Aunt Hu, thank you so much for letting us take shelter here." After Tian Yuyu arranged everything for everyone, he came over to express his gratitude.
"You're welcome. Our place is big, and not many people come here usually. It would be lively if some people came, and they can chat with us.
You guys sit down first, my old man can talk to you, I'll go in and help my daughter-in-law cook a meal."
"Auntie, let my maids help you. They know how to cook." Tian Xing'er motioned Baozhu and the others to come over and help cook.
"Oh, how can I feel so embarrassed?"
"It's okay, auntie, these are what we often cook. We usually make all kinds of new food for the young ladies." Listening to Baozhu's words, Auntie Hu was also a little tempted. She wondered if the food cooked by the maids of this rich family must be particularly delicious, so she asked them to follow her in.
Tian Xing'er had just followed her brother and listened to their conversation. They had never passed by the farm here before, and would not have come here if it had not rained. She did not expect that all the land in Zhili had belonged to one owner before. The land here was larger than the land her father had granted her now, but Uncle Hu and his people were only in charge of a part of it now.
"Alas, what a sin! This young master of our family has been spoiled since childhood, and has no idea of the sufferings of the world, but now he has become like this.
Back then, our family was wealthy and famous.
But everything changed after that good-for-nothing young master learned how to gamble. He lost all the huge fortune and only had this little left!
The poor old master was already old, how could he stand such a torment? He was so angry that he almost passed out! Fortunately, the young master finally realized his mistake and repented in time, otherwise he might not even be able to keep this little family property!
Speaking of which, the young master had started to do business a few days ago, hoping to make a lot of money. But in the end, not only did he lose more than half of the harvest in the farm, but he also didn't make a penny, as those scammers absconded with the money!
I am now living in fear all day long, fearing that one day the young master will be cheated by others again and lose the few remaining fields and shops.
Oh, please don't be offended, I am an old man who loves to nag. On weekdays, the women at home are impatient to listen to my long-winded talk, but today I have a rare opportunity to meet you foreigners, so I can't shut up my chatterbox.
Anyway, you don't know our family, so just treat it as me venting my complaints. "Uncle Hu shook his head and sighed, talking to himself. Perhaps it was because he had no place to vent the worries that had been pent up in his heart for a long time. At this moment, facing a few strangers, he felt much more relaxed and could vent without any scruples.
Even if they know each other, it's not a big deal. Given the current situation of the master's family, there's nothing to be afraid of.
"It's okay, Uncle Hu. We'll just treat it as a story and won't spread rumors. Don't worry."
Seeing that Tian Yuheng and the others were willing to listen, Uncle Hu was about to talk about a trivial matter in their village, when suddenly the sound of horse hooves came from outside.
"I'll go out and take a look. It's not the harvest time yet. Usually there are few visitors to our farm. I don't know why so many people came today." Uncle Hu said as he got up and went out.
When I got outside, I realized that it was my own young master who came with a group of people. It looked like the young master was looking for some business people to do business with.
"Uncle Hu, why did you come out just now? Come on, ask the people downstairs to boil some water for us and make some ginger tea for us. We have guests coming today, so go and cook some delicious food to entertain them." Lei Yu, the young master of the Lei family, brought people to see his farm today. He planned to mortgage his farm to raise some money to invest in business.
"Yes, Master, I will tell the servants to prepare it right away. My wife is already cooking, I will ask her to make some more.
By the way, Master, it is raining today, and some passers-by came to take shelter from the rain, so I let them come in and stay.
"It's okay. There are many rooms here anyway. Who are they?" Lei Yu thought that no one would be so unlucky to go out in such a rainy day and end up near their village. There is no village here, just a few villages.
"I heard that he came from Yingzhou Prefecture and wanted to go south to do business, maybe a cloth shop or something like that. I'm not sure about the details."
"Oh, you are a businessman too. I'm afraid he is just a small errand boy. It's okay. Go on with your business. By the way, tell them not to wander around. I need to take care of the guests here."
"I understand, Master."
The farm was in the wild and open space. Although the two courtyards were some distance apart, Tian Zhenwei could still hear their voices clearly and knew that their young master was coming.
"I'm sorry that our young master is here today. The room I arranged for you may have to be moved. We will have dinner here later. The west yard is used by my young master to entertain his business partners, so we can't go there later. I hope you don't mind." Uncle Hu came over to inform Tian Yuheng and others, asking them not to wander around for fear of disturbing their young master's business.
"Don't worry, we know. We are very grateful that you let us stay here. When your master is free, we will go over to thank him."
"Hey, you are too polite. I will wait and see. If they have finished talking, I will go over and ask. It is nothing. I have a young master who is a very honest person and does not care much about these empty formalities."
Baozhu and the others prepared dinner. There were quite a lot of ingredients on this farm, and since their young master was here today, they cooked a lot more meat dishes, so the meal was very rich.
When Mrs. Hu went over to clean up, Lei Yu happily praised her, "Mrs. Hu, your cooking is better than the cooks at home. I want to take you home to cook for my parents."
When Mrs. Hu heard this, she smiled with joy and replied cheerfully, "Master, you are wrong to praise me. In fact, I didn't cook the meal tonight. Instead, it was carefully prepared by the maids from the Tian family who came to take shelter from the rain. I was just helping out and assisting."
While eating the delicious meal, Lei Yu nodded with satisfaction to show his agreement.
He said happily: "I see, the maids of the Tian family are good at cooking! I will go to meet them later." You know, Lei Yu was very satisfied with this dinner, even the chief steward of the Cai family who came with him couldn't help but praise the delicious dishes and said that he loved this farm very much. This undoubtedly made Lei Yu feel very proud.
Mrs. Hu continued, "Of course not. Mr. Tian had been planning to come over to thank you. Moreover, they asked me to ask you when it would be convenient for them to express their gratitude to you in person."
Lei Yu thought, in this case, why not take this opportunity to make friends with this Mr. Tian. So he responded: "Well, that's perfect. Manager Cai is not feeling well today because of the rainy day, so he has gone to rest. Anyway, I have nothing to do at the moment, so let them come over now."
On the other side, Tian Yuheng and others had just finished their meal and were considering when to visit Lei Yu. At this time, Aunt Hu came over to convey Lei Yu's invitation. When everyone heard it, they straightened their manners and then walked towards the west courtyard.
After seeing Lei Yu, Tian Yuheng was the first to greet him: "Hello, Mr. Lei, thank you very much for letting us stay here tonight. If there is anything wrong, I hope you will forgive me."
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