The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 238 Rafting

There are only hot pot restaurants and hot pot bases. Because they have been around for a long time and the cultivation of chili peppers has spread, many similar stores have appeared, and some of them even have similar flavors.

However, because Zhang Ji was the first to make hot pot, the brand effect is there and it still has the largest audience. Customers who are more particular will still choose Zhang Ji, and other imitators are just picking up leftovers.

These businesses bring Chen Cui tens of thousands of profits every year. Compared with this, the effort and investment in the clinic are nothing.

The second grandson born by the eldest daughter-in-law is now over a hundred days old. The second daughter-in-law's fetus is stable and in good health. Chen Cui began to worry about the marriage of her third son.

There are really too many people asking this question recently. Various banquets have always been the gathering places for information and the place where everyone exchanges intelligence.

At the second grandson's hundred-day celebration, the ladies who attended the banquet took the opportunity to bond with each other and exchange information. Apart from the men's promotions and transfers, the most talked about topic was their children's marriages.

Because it was the Liu family's banquet, everyone also talked about the Liu family's affairs.

Many families with girls of marriageable age either inquired secretly or asked others for help, all of them wanted to know the whereabouts of the marriage of the third son of the Liu family.

This is also because they heard that the Liu family has a simple population, good family traditions, no messy things, the brothers are in harmony, the sisters-in-law are close to each other, and Mrs. Chen is also kind to her daughter-in-law.

To know how the mother-in-law treats her daughter-in-law, you cannot just listen to rumors outside. You have to observe and see for yourself to discover the truth of the matter.

Some things don't need to be said, anyone with eyes can see them. Although the eldest daughter-in-law of the Liu family was criticized by many people for practicing medicine in public, isn't this proof of the generosity of her husband's family?

If it were such a strict family, the daughter-in-law would not only have to serve and set rules for her mother-in-law every day, but also have to deal with all kinds of troublesome matters. How could she have the time to go out!

Just look at the complexions of the two daughters-in-law and you will know. Each of them is fair and rosy, and full of energy. If their lives were not going well, how could they have such good complexions!

Besides, both sons of the Liu family married into a wealthy family, and the Yue family had higher official positions and family background than the Liu family. If the other party had not inquired clearly that the Liu family was indeed a good family, they would not have let their daughter marry into a poor family.

A woman's marriage is equivalent to her second reincarnation. Parents who love their daughters would definitely not want to find a good family for their children to marry into to avoid suffering in the future.

Chen Cui dealt with countless women who came to inquire about the news. Her face became sore from trying to smile. In the end, she had to lie that she was drunk and went to the back hall to rest, thus avoiding those people.

If so many people hadn't come to ask her today, she really wouldn't have known that her youngest son had become so popular and that his marriage had attracted so much attention.

Doesn't she want to arrange a marriage for her son? But this brat himself doesn't care and is very resistant. What can she do?

If Chen Cui was a native ancient person, she would probably believe in "parents' orders and matchmaker's words" and force her son's head to arrange a marriage for him.

But although she has the appearance of an ancient person, she has the soul of a modern person inside. Having lived in the modern world where marriage is said to be free for many years, she would not do something like forcing someone to get married.

Her previous urging for her son to get married was only symbolic. After all, her son was old enough, and it would be strange if she, as a mother, did not care about his marriage.

But if she really had to arrange a marriage for her son regardless of his wishes, she really couldn't do such a thing.

However, today she had been smiling and dealing with those women for a long time, and she wanted to let her third son feel her helplessness and sadness.

As a result, Changfu's ears were poisoned by his mother again. He was forced to listen to a long speech urging him to get married, and in the end he had to beg for mercy repeatedly.

Chen Cui looked at her son who was fleeing in panic, and finally stopped talking. She picked up the cup and drank a sip of tea to moisten her throat, and a helpless smile appeared on her face.

Changfu felt uneasy after hearing what his mother said. He refused to stay at home on his days off, for fear of being called in to be scolded again.

When he was about to leave, Sui Sui ran into him and asked him why he was going out.

Originally, Changfu had only fled from home to avoid his mother's lectures, and he had no clear destination at all, so he spread his hands helplessly: "I haven't thought about it yet, maybe you have any good suggestions?"

"Then let's go boating on the lake. It's cool on the water. We can drift on the lake while listening to some music. It's so relaxing!"

Sui Sui rolled his eyes and came up with a good idea.

She had wanted to go boating on the lake for a long time, but unfortunately her eldest brother was very busy, and her second brother had to accompany his second sister-in-law when he came back, so she could only get her youngest brother to accompany her.

"Let's go then!"

Changfu tapped Suisui's head lightly with his folding fan and spoke cheerfully.

The brother and sister told Chen Cui where they were going, took their servants with them, and went out happily together.

Looking at the excited backs of these two people, Chen Cui couldn't help but sigh. They both still have children at heart!

The lake they were going to go boating on was Yu Lake, the largest body of water in the capital.

The surface of Yu Lake is calm, with many weeping willows and colorful flowers planted by the lake. The scenery is pleasant. What's more rare is that it is within the city, so you can enjoy the scenery without leaving the city. It is a good place for many people to visit.

There are many boats for tourists to rent on the lakeside. They are divided into different price levels according to their size. The most expensive cruise ship is three-story high and can accommodate more than a hundred people. It costs fifteen taels of silver to rent it for a day, and meals are not included.

There were only two of them, so they didn't need a very large boat. They rented a medium-sized one, which cost a total of eight taels of silver, including food.

In fact, it is impossible for them to stay on the boat for a whole day. It is almost time to go back after dinner. But there is no such thing as half-day boat rental here. You have to pay for a whole day.

When going out with his brother, Sui Sui naturally would not take the initiative to pay the money, but would let his brother treat him instead.

After her brothers passed the imperial examination and became Jinshi, their monthly salary became 20 taels, and her sisters-in-law received 30 taels per month. She was the only one at the bottom, with a pitiful 5 taels per month.

If it were when she was a child, she would have thought that five taels was not a small amount, but now that she is older and her expenses have increased, she feels that this money is not enough.

There are so many things she likes, not to mention all kinds of little gadgets, but also good chess pieces and rare chess manuals. Her monthly allowance is not enough to buy them, so she has to save her money to buy things.

The eldest and second brothers both have wives and children, so they need to buy things for their wives and children. The youngest brother has no wife, so he has nowhere to spend his money, so just let him spend it.

Chang Fu asked his servant Jin Bao to pay the money while he chuckled and teased Sui Sui: "I knew you were a stingy little guy. You don't want to spend your own money and only know how to take money from me!"