diskusbooks Chapter 1425 Before the master took a concubine, no one in the party was allowed to have more women
Chapter 1425 Before the master took a concubine, no one in the party was allowed to have more women
Uncle Sun, acting like Xianglin's wife, kept repeating in Sun Shan's ear, with the central idea being just four words: "Bring them along to get rich."
Mingming should be showing affection to his son upon his return, but Uncle Sun is different; he keeps pestering Sun Shan and is trying his best to brainwash him.
After changing his clothes, Dege'er regained his handsome appearance. Having eaten and drunk his fill, Dege'er also came back to life.
He continued to cry and shout, pulling at Sun Shan, "Shanzi, I will never go to the workshop again. That place is not fit for humans. A day in the workshop is like ten years in the human world."
Not only did he not eat, drink, or sleep well, but he was also bored and had to do hard labor. De Ge'er was constantly running around and exhausted.
Especially during the period between the summer harvest and the summer planting season, they worked day and night to dig, sift, vomit, collect, and unload bird droppings.
Bird droppings, bird droppings, bird droppings, bird droppings everywhere, whether you open your eyes or close them.
A foul stench constantly filled his nostrils; if it weren't for the fact that he would starve to death if he didn't eat, Dege really wouldn't have been able to eat.
Working in the workshop was bad enough, but they also had to follow the main group to transport bird droppings.
The so-called official road we took was, tsk tsk, even more difficult to travel than the village road in Sunjia Village.
At this point, Dege cursed Sun Shan again in his heart: "His official career is even worse than that of Huangyang County. How did he become a county magistrate?"
They walked from dawn till dusk, and then from dusk till dawn again. Trip after trip, it was even harder to climb than Qitian Ridge.
If he knew the way, Dege would have run back long ago.
Unfortunately, he was unfamiliar with the area and feared getting lost and being captured by the mountain stronghold to become its son-in-law.
Dege had no choice but to follow closely behind the main group.
Sun Shan looked at De Ge'er speechlessly, then pointed at Sun Dingnan and said, "Brother Nan works in the workshop year after year, and he hasn't said anything. How dare you grumble like that?"
Dege immediately retorted, "Shanzi, Nange is different. Nange was trained by the village chief to be hardworking and resilient since he was a child. It's perfectly normal for him to work in the bird droppings workshop."
Sun Shan rolled his eyes at De Ge'er again. This was why Sun Dingnan was chosen as the housekeeper instead of De Ge'er.
With the young master's temperament, he's not suitable to stay by your side.
Don't let the maid beat up the mistress and take over, becoming the hostess; that would be difficult to deal with.
Sun Shan said seriously, "Brother De, I'm giving you two choices. One is to stay by my side and suffer every day. The other is to go back to Huangyang County and live an easy life. The choice is yours."
At this moment, Sun Shan labeled De Ge'er as "unfit for important tasks".
If he has to work as a middleman selling grain, he'll have to travel a long way. If he can't even endure this little bit of hardship, how can he be a successful merchant?
In business, you can't just stay in the "office" and remotely control your employees; you have to be on the front lines and do everything yourself.
If Dege can't even accept this little bit of hardship, he won't be able to bear even more hardship in the future. He should just realize his own limitations sooner and run away sooner.
To everyone's surprise, Dege'er answered without hesitation, "Shanzi, of course I'll stay by your side, that goes without saying."
Sun Shan choked: "What's the point of keeping you by my side? You can't even endure this little hardship. How can I trust you to do things for me in the future?"
He paused, then continued, "In a few days, we'll need to go sell grain. It'll be a long journey, a hundred times harder than working at the bird droppings fertilizer workshop. Tell me, can you handle it?"
Dege'er said without hesitation, "I can definitely take it. I've worked so hard for so long. If I run back to Huangyang County now, wouldn't all the suffering I've endured these past few days be for nothing?"
With his arms crossed over his chest and a resolute look in his eyes, he said, "Shanzi, I will not run away."
He paused, then snorted coldly, "Trying to get rid of me? No way!"
After enduring so much hardship, if you haven't earned a single penny, wouldn't all your efforts have been in vain?
Dege gritted his teeth and insisted on staying, determined to rely on Sun Shan's connections to get rich.
Sun Shan was stunned, not expecting De Ge'er to be so resilient.
He smiled with satisfaction: "Since you've chosen to stay, you have to be prepared to endure hardship. Don't complain anymore."
Dege immediately retorted, "Shanzi, you can't complain even though you're working hard? No way! I'll still complain if I want to!"
If Shanzi didn't complain, he would think he was living a comfortable life.
If Shanzi doesn't express his suffering, how will he know his own pain?
Hmph, shut up? No way!
Sun Shan ignored De Ge'er and waved his hand to shoo the guest away: "De Ge'er, go out first, I have something to say to Brother Nan."
Dege'er said unhappily, "Shanzi, is there anything I can't listen to? I'm closer than a blood brother to you. Haven't you heard the saying, 'Brothers fight together, fathers and sons go to war'? Just say what's on your mind, and I'll analyze it for you."
Sun Shan gave Gui Ge'er a wink.
Gui Ge'er called out towards the door, "Uncle Dali~~"
In less than five seconds, Sun Dali led up Sun Heitan, Dege'er's childhood nemesis.
The two men worked together to restrain Dege'er and dragged him away like a dead dog.
Sun Dingnan said with a smile, "Master, actually Ade is not bad. With him in the workshop, everyone is happier working."
Since Dege'er came to the bird droppings fertilizer workshop, the atmosphere in the whole workshop has become much more lively and relaxed.
De Ge'er, in particular, chatted in broken local dialect, which made the workers burst into laughter.
Dege would also tell everyone stories from time to time, about ghosts and monsters in the mountains and forests, talented scholars and beautiful women, and stories of couples being separated by force. There was nothing he couldn't tell you, only things you couldn't imagine.
Dege'er had a lot of free time because he worked at the county school, so he spent his days reading storybooks.
What's even more interesting is that he often mingled among the scholars, eavesdropping here and there, and knew all the gossip about the scholars in Huangyang County like pearls.
What kind of heartless man abandons his fiancée to marry the daughter of a wealthy old man? What kind of scholar is willing to marry the ugly daughter of a landlord so that he can study?
What was originally an ordinary story became incredibly interesting after being processed by Dege'er.
Many villagers even stayed overnight at the workshop just to listen to Dege'er tell "night stories".
Sun Dingnan recounted in detail what Dege had been doing in the workshop these past few days.
He said cheerfully, "Master, Dege is very popular in the workshop. Many young wives and girls pretend to be delivering food to their families, but secretly come to see Dege."
Upon hearing this, Sun Shan asked warily, "Did De Ge'er do anything out of line?"
If they were to have an affair, how would they explain it to Scholar Huang?
Even if he could explain it to Scholar Huang, it would still damage Sun Shan's reputation.
That's absolutely unacceptable; Sun Shan has no intention of cleaning up De Ge'er's mess.
Sun Dingnan shook his head: "Master, don't worry. De'er may be unreliable in words, but he is reliable in deeds. He also knows that he has a family and dares not overstep the rules."
Sun Dingnan would certainly keep an eye on Dege'er. The master doesn't have three wives and four concubines. If Dege'er has more women than the master, wouldn't that make the master look incompetent?
This must never happen. Before the master takes a concubine, no woman in the party is allowed to have more women than the master.
As for why Sun Dingnan had such strange ideas, Sun Dingnan didn't know either.
Anyway, they thought that none of the most promising young men in Sunjia Village were capable, and if anyone else were, they would surpass Sun Shan.
Sun Dingnan would absolutely not allow any member of the Sun family to overstep their bounds.