"It's nothing. It's better to be familiar with it than to be familiar with it. Besides, Manager Cao actually has a set of rules for doing things." Li Qingyou said with a smile: "With a new manager, you have to get familiar with and adapt to everything all over again. It's better to keep him."

"Aren't you afraid that this kind of person is unreliable?" Patriarch Li continued.

He had his own little calculation. His nephew was a child and his family was struggling to make a living. If Manager Cao left, the position might be given to his nephew.

"No, it won't be early if there is no profit. Manager Cao is just a little greedy for money. He just needs to be more strict in this aspect." Li Qingyou smiled and said: "Besides, he is from the Shen family, even if he leaves the Shen family, it will be fine.

Others will be sent over, and it’s not our turn to arrange people ourselves.”

Li Qingyou glanced at Patriarch Li meaningfully, and the latter was shocked, knowing that she had noticed.

"I don't mean anything else, this is not..." Patriarch Li touched his nose, looking a little embarrassed.

"I know, but the clan leader can ask your nephew to come over and assist Cao Guanshi. Let him work for a while to see if he can adapt. After that, everything will be easy to talk about." Li Qingyou did not seal the words.

Manager Cao must be on guard, and the Li family members must not be fully trusted. This situation of mutual restraint is the safest.

Clan Chief Li was delighted. Originally, he didn't really think he could win the position of Manager Cao, but he just wanted to fight for it. Now he is very satisfied with the position.

"Then we will build walls and houses, as well as the issue of hiring workers in the future..." As he spoke, Patriarch Li felt that he seemed to be asking too much, and said with a smile: "I am also a loyal person entrusted by others.

Although I am the leader of the clan, I still have to think about my clan members, otherwise the clan members will not listen to me."

This was a disguised reminder to Li Qingyou that the success of the matter just now was dependent on the Li clan, otherwise it would not be easy for her to handle it alone.

In addition, he was responsible for obtaining copies of the stone quarry's account books and finding out about Manager Cao. Without him, it would not have been easy for Li Qingyou to accomplish these things.

Li Qingyou curled up her lips. Patriarch Li was a little too anxious. "It's still early to hire workers. The courtyard wall hasn't been built yet. You go to Manager Cao about this matter. You two can discuss it and decide on it when it's finalized."

Just give me the personnel list."

Patriarch Li sat motionless, obviously not very satisfied with this arrangement.

"Haste makes waste, take your time with everything, don't be in a hurry." Li Qingyou said with a smile: "After all, we are all members of the Li clan. I will naturally take care of those who can take care of me, but the selection of this issue depends on the clan leader.

Think about it carefully, you can’t want everyone.”

Li Qingyou changed the subject, "After all, the clan leader is a person with great ambitions. Don't let some people hold you back, lest I be unable to help even if I want to, right?"

All these beatings were meant to tell Patriarch Li not to be too greedy and not to think that she could blackmail her by relying on the Li clan. Moreover, Patriarch Li was not a selfless person who wholeheartedly worked for the welfare of his people.

He has his purpose and plan.

The scholar's reputation is considered to be the threshold for entering the literati. This position is actually quite embarrassing. It is the kind of person who can't get up and can't get down.

If you want to be a court official, you are not qualified. To be an official, you must at least be an official, and you must have the means to give heavy gifts.

So he didn't even dare to think about going to the next level.

However, he was not willing to return to the civilian class, and he did not like being a small official in the yamen, so he could only move up a level based on actual conditions based on the current situation, that is, Li Zheng.

After all, the clan leader only cares about the affairs of the Li clan, but Li Zheng is in charge of the surrounding villages and towns, which is a big step forward in his "official career".

However, the Li family has a relatively shallow foundation in the local area. It has only been brought here in the past ten years. It is incomparable with those native-born households with entangled roots and has no acquaintances at the yamen gate.

Patriarch Li set his sights on Li Qingyou. No matter what he said, she was able to enter the Yamen several times and escape unharmed, and she was able to gain access to the Shen family to build a ranch, which showed her value.

This is why he tried his best to help Li Qingyou. He also wanted to take advantage of Li Qingyou's strength to get into an upright position.

Now that Li Qingyou had spoken, Patriarch Li thought for a while, weighed the pros and cons in his mind and nodded, "Let's do this."

Watching Patriarch Li go out, Li Qingyou breathed a sigh of relief. Dealing with people is the most tiring thing. You have to calculate people's hearts all the time, otherwise you don't know which step will fall into the hands of villains.

Sometimes there may even be only one sentence left unsaid.

Fortunately, these days of "bearing the humiliation and bearing the burden" were not in vain. After her whole body relaxed, Li Qingyou felt comfortable all over and wanted to have a good sleep.

Unfortunately, there are only a few chairs here and not even a simple bed. When the ranch is built, Zhao Xiaoshan will have to buy a deck chair so that he can take a nap during his lunch break.

The door of the hut was knocked again. Li Qingyou was dozing off. She thought it was Liu Xiaosan who had come in. She closed her eyes and said, "Pour me a glass of water."

The person who came in said nothing, and soon there was the sound of water. A glass of water was brought to Li Qingyou, and an old female voice said: "Gu... Mr. Li... the boss."

Li Qingyou wanted to laugh when she heard this nondescript name, but when she opened her eyes she saw a strange old woman.

"Who are you?" Li Qingyou was stunned for a moment.

The old woman introduced herself as Liu Xiaosan's mother, "We, the mistress, have always had to be taken care of by you. I feel bad about it. I always want to invite your family to have dinner. The mistress said that you have no time, so I came to take a look.

I’ll kowtow to you.”

As he spoke, he knelt down.

This frightened Li Qingyou.

"No, please don't." Li Qingyou was so frightened that she was so sleepy that she jumped up from the chair and hid next to her. She quickly helped her little Sanniang up, "You have to get up quickly, this is not possible."

Fortunately, the mistress didn't insist, and Li Qingyou helped her sit on a chair nearby.

Compared to Liu Xiaosan's clumsy mouth and cheeks, his mother might have talked too much. She bent down and reached out to grab a bamboo basket from behind the chair. Only then did Li Qingyou see that she had brought something with her.

"The villagers don't have much interesting things to do. The eldest and second son of our family picked up some wild duck eggs a few days ago and I marinated them. In total, you probably haven't eaten them before. It's a fresh one." The mistress continued.

He also took out the wild vegetables inside and said, "There are also these. I dug them all by myself. Don't look at the bitterness of this mother-in-law. It will make you feel better after eating..."

Li Qingyou has lived two lives but has no experience in receiving gifts. In her previous life, she was just a programmer and no one gave her gifts. Let alone this life, it would be good if she didn't give gifts to others.

So this can be a bit overwhelming.

However, the next moment she was even more at a loss.
Chapter completed!