Chapter 1208: Full-level Boss Dressed As a Peasant Girl
Chapter 1208: Xiao Shi's Invitation
With Little Songle's situation temporarily settled, Shu Yu felt relieved. She informed her fourth aunt about Little Songle's condition, and from time to time, her fourth aunt would bring along Quan Quan and Xiao Zhen to play with him.
Quan Quan now had a new playmate of the same age and often clamored to visit his grandmother's house.
Shu Yu started to focus on the construction of the workshop. After finalizing the layout and basic details with Lu Erbai, they began recruiting workers to start the project. Since the workshop was located outside the city and the daily commute was inconvenient and time-consuming, the workers were accommodated nearby.
However, despite the large size of the estate, there weren't enough rooms available. Unlike when they repaired Shu Yu's mansion, where they had several spacious guest rooms.
There were only two large guest rooms available this time, but they needed more workers than before.
Finally, Da Niu and the tenant farmers came to an agreement that whoever had extra rooms would rent them out to the workers temporarily.
The tenants were happy to have additional income, and even those who didn't have spare rooms made an effort to clear one out to rent.
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Not only the other families, even Cui family accommodated some workers.
Shu Yu was concerned because there had been a death in Cui family. She specifically asked the workers about it, but they didn't seem to mind. They were used to sleeping near the burial mound when away from home, so they weren't afraid, as deaths were a common occurrence.
Even with no owner living in the Cui family's house, many workers chose to stay there, enjoying their newfound freedom. Shu Yu set aside the rental income from these arrangements to give to Xiao Ya'er later.
The workshop quickly became busy, and Shu Yu had to visit the estate frequently. Meanwhile, other members of the Lu family were occupied with their own tasks. Lu Erbai and Shu Yu were busy building the house, Ruan Shi and Shu You were preparing for the wedding, and the grandmother Lu took care of the children; there was no one available.
After this busy period of half a month, Shu Yu suddenly received an invitation.
An invitation from... Xiao Shi.
When Shu Yu saw it, she was taken aback. With her recent busyness, she almost forgot about the wife of Weinan, someone she had only met once before.
Shu Yu was at a loss, uncertain whether she should attend or not. On one hand, she was genuinely busy, and it was not just an excuse. However, there was no guarantee that Xiao Shi wouldn't take it the wrong way, especially since Shu Yu had already declined her previous invitation.
Moreover, she knew that sooner or later, she would have to interact with Xiao Shi. Jiangyuan County was not that big, and she was the county magistrate' wife. Even if they didn't have any grudges, they still had to maintain a certain level of decorum and politeness.
While Shu Yu was contemplating this, Ding Yuehua arrived.
Seeing the invitation in Shu Yu's hand, Ding Yuehua chuckled, "I knew you must have received one too."
"Too?" Shu Yu inquired.
After returning, Shu Yu had met Ding Yuehua once. She had brought the gifts from the capital and went back, not even having the chance to carefully visit Ding Yuehua's new home. But Ding Yuehua understood Shu Yu's busy schedule and didn't keep her for long.
When Shu Yu received the invitation, the first person she thought of was Ding Yuehua. As expected, Ding Yuehua also had one in her hand.
Shu Yu sighed, "I've been incredibly busy lately, I hardly have time for anything, let alone attending banquets."
"Do you not plan to go?" Ding Yuehua asked.
Shu Yu looked helpless, "I heard that the County magistrate's wife has been in Jiangyuan County for about a month and a half now, and this is the first time she's hosting a banquet, right?"
Ding Yuehua nodded.
Rubbing her throbbing head, Shu Yu asked, "Can I really skip it then?"
Ding Yuehua thought for a moment and replied, "If I were you, I wouldn't be able to refuse such an invitation either."
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