Rebirth: Don't Be the Best

Zhang Shu took the house deed and led the horse to the yamen to seal it. Not only did the house have to be transferred, but expensive animals like horses were also recorded by the government.

The clerk in charge of this aspect in the yamen was very surprised. In one day, this person had already spent about 700 taels of silver. When did silver become so worthless?

Zhang Shu took his things home and let the village head drive the ox cart. He spent another tael of silver to buy a pre-packaged cart from the carpenter, which was more expensive because it was reserved by someone else.

A horse-drawn cart and an ox cart drove back to the village, causing some children to chase and observe again.When they learned that the horse belonged to Zhang Shu's family, the envy on everyone's faces almost rushed out.

It turned out that they didn’t have a clear understanding of how rich Zhang Shu’s family was. Now when they saw his family’s horse, two cows and seven pigs, they realized that Zhang Shu was already the rich man of their village.

As the village chief said, this horse did not look so handsome, but it was a good hand at pulling carts. It didn't look as strong as that horse's physique, but its muscles were very tight.

Zhang Shu left the village chief behind, and then told the kitchen to cook a few more dishes today, then brought out a jar of good wine, invited two or three accompanying guests, and entertained the village chief well.

Three days later, the vermicelli workshop has been completed, what should be collected has been collected, and what should be done has been done.

The wages of Zhang Shu's family are paid every half a month, and the villagers also trust him. They all say that Zhang Shu's family has a big business now, so how can he refuse to pay his bills.

They liked copper coins more than silver, so Zhang Shu took two brothers Yu Xiaoliu and Wu Jiang Wu Hai to the bank in the county town to exchange a large bag of copper coins.

The bank is very happy. Usually when the bosses of major inns and taverns come, they usually bring copper coins in big bags to exchange for silver or deposit them directly. Few people come to exchange copper coins with such a large amount of money. Boss like this chapter has already This is the third time I have come to exchange copper coins, and I don't know what kind of business my family is doing.

The money in this big bag made the bag bulge, and the round marks were all on it.Compared with Zhang Shu's ease, the other three people are all sitting in a serious state. If such a big bag of money is snatched away by someone, what a loss it would be!

When Zhang Shu got home, he poured the copper coins on a colander, and then took the red string prepared at home, and led everyone to string the money on it. A red string can string a hundred, which looks very festive and auspicious.

In the courtyard, there are five members of the Zhang family, Yu Xiaoliu, brothers Wujiang and Wuhai, three Laiwang Heyue and Dabao, Aunt Ma and her sister, except for Zhang Qianjin lying in the cradle and unable to work, the others are stringing copper coins. is very fast.

Although they may not be able to count to one hundred, they naturally have an algorithm in their hearts when it comes to money, and they can't make mistakes at all.

These are all trustworthy, like the untrustworthy Wang Changfa and others, who are still chopping firewood in the backyard.

They were drunk that day, listened to Zhang Shu's threat, and signed the contract of sale.After they sobered up, they refused to recognize each other, and none of them came to work.

Zhang Shu didn't say anything, just took a few people to tidy them up one by one, and came naturally after tidying up.

This time, their family members didn't say anything, including Wang Changfa's mother, who is the most snarky. I can't see it.The most important thing is that Zhang Shu promised them that they will be paid for their work at [-] Wen a day, and they will be paid directly to them when the work is completed.

They are very envious of Zhang Shu's workshop, but they don't want you to work, and there is nothing they can do. They only dare to whisper a few words in private. If they talk too much, what should they do if they don't accept your spring and autumn potatoes?

The big guys in Shuitou Village are all idle at home. They should rest after the autumn harvest, but now they are all used to work. They have been busy until the beginning of December, but the smiles on their faces tell everyone that they like to be busy. .

The seventh day of December, morning.

Before dawn, Zhang Shu had already woken up. Today, he asked Wu Jiang Wu Hai to replace Li Yan and Zhou Nan, because they don't know how to kill pigs.

Li Yan came over with a big sharp knife, pressed the pig on the board with a knife, and the red blood of the pig immediately flowed out, and Zhou Nan picked it up with a bucket and carried it into the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang were boiling water. They should be in good spirits on happy occasions. The two elders looked a little younger.

Li Mujin took Zhang Qianjin to sleep in the room, and when the pig howled, he immediately covered Qianjin's ears to prevent him from waking up.In fact, he also wanted to go out to help, but with such a big baby around, how could he get away?

These two pigs were going to be distributed to the villagers who went to work for him. During this time, everyone was very busy, especially when preparing goods for Huang Tianhang, they worked day and night upside down, and sometimes they had to get up at midnight. I can't see it, so I have to light a torch to do it.

Everyone earns money, and everyone eats meat. Only when everyone works together towards them can they make a career. There is a saying that a single tree cannot make a forest.

When there was a white belly in the sky, someone came to their house. The villagers thought that if they got the money earlier, they could buy things for the festival earlier, otherwise it would be too late to hurry.

But they were also winking. If the gate of Zhang's courtyard hadn't been opened long ago, and there were noisy people inside, they wouldn't have opened it so early. Even if they came, they would just wait outside the courtyard.

Li Mujin handed over Zhang Qianjin to Grandma Zhang who was fine, and then sat at the desk with Zhang Shu. They had already calculated all the accounts before, and only needed one to check and one to send money.

There were strings of copper coins on the big colander, and the villagers were overjoyed, one by one, they went forward to collect their money.

In addition to the skewers, there are also many scattered copper plates in a small basket next to them. After all, everyone's wages are not all the same.

After that woman received the copper coins, she saw the red string inside, and her mouth curled into a smile. With these red strings, the girls and boys at home can be happy when they tie their hair. It is so festive to wear it out during the New Year.

One by one, one by one, they went home with a lot of copper coins. Before going home, they could go to Li Yan and Zhou Nan to get two catties of meat.

Old man Sun's family has four sons and three daughters-in-law. Except for the old man, the old lady and the children, everyone else in the family came.Fourteen catties of meat were taken back at once, not to mention the meat for the festival, even the meat for the Chinese New Year.Moreover, their family has never bought so much meat during the Chinese New Year. If it weighs three to five catties, it is considered a good year. More often, it is basically only the bowl of meat for ancestor worship.At the poorest time, it is also possible to cut two pieces of white tofu and drizzle with soy sauce as meat to worship ancestors.

In addition to meat, there are also a lot of copper coins. Their family is large, and they all bring baskets to collect.

The others are similar, but they don't work as much as his family, so they get less than his family.

The other villagers are a little jealous, but how can I put it? Everyone knows that the Sun family is willing to do it. Sometimes when there is no work after noon, Mrs. Sun will bring her granddaughter and grandson to wash the autumn potatoes. This is done for free. , so that the Zhang family took all his family members to work.

Mrs. Sun mentioned that Zhang's family was full of admiration. In the past, the whole family guarded the one-acre three-point land, and worked hard in the field all year round, which was enough for the whole family to make ends meet. Now it is only this month. After spending more than 13 taels of silver, she wished she could work on the floor of Zhang Shu's house at night.

Half a month's wages for more than 100 people will be paid out in less than an hour.

In the end, only Wang Changfa, Zhu Dabao, Lai Er, and Da Gouzi were left. They timidly lined up behind, feeling uneasy.

Zhang Shu had already given money to their families before, but their family knew that there was a meat collar, so they drove them back again. I don’t know if Zhang Shu will give them meat. Enough.

Zhang Shu didn't know what they were thinking, so naturally he didn't know that he had become a bully in their hearts.

He looked at these people for a while, and then said, "Go get the pork."

Wang Changfa and the others hurriedly sighed a few times, and then went to Li Yan's place.Li Yan didn't treat them well, so he cut off the meat from the pig's butt and gave them to them.I didn't expect them to be very happy. After all, butt meat is very fat. They are all people who lack oil and water. Naturally, they prefer white meat to red meat.

The two pigs together weighed more than 300 catties, and after dividing more than 200 catties, there are only two big pig heads, eight hooves, a pile of offal, and a pile of bones.

Grandma Zhang asked them if they wanted to go to the county seat. If they did, they would buy a jar of coarse salt and come back to marinate the meat.Anyway, there will be a short while, these things can't be eaten.

Speaking of going to the county seat, they naturally agreed, so Yu Xiaoliu drove the car, and Zhang Shu, Li Mujin, Li Yan and Zhou Nan sat in it.

The two cows were locked in a cowpen and fell in love with each other. They went to the county seat in a carriage.

First, go to the side of the river to see the business of Aba Li and the others. The business is so prosperous that they don't even have the time to talk.Since December, it has been easy to sell three or four hundred bowls a day.

The old ladies in the two villages who knew how to pickle sauerkraut also followed suit. They sold vat after vat of sauerkraut. They used to be disliked at home, but now their daughters-in-law are called mother-in-law and affectionate.

They didn't bother too much, and drove the car to the unloading side.

I bought a lot of red dates and longan. This is the material for cooking Laba porridge. After that, I added some seafood. Zhang Shu and Li Mujin had a great time shopping. They bought this and that, a pack of things Put it on the carriage.

In contrast, Li Yan and Zhou Nan were a little listless.Mainly Zhou Nan, butchering pigs this morning was fine, but as soon as he walked into the seafood market, he couldn't do it anymore, and felt like vomiting.

At first he resisted talking, but when Li Yan found out, he couldn't hold on any longer, squatted down to the rubbish pile next to him and vomited it out. He was uncomfortable at first, but after being smelled by the rubbish, he felt bad all over. , His face turned pale at a glance.

Li Yan was frightened by him, immediately picked him up horizontally, and rushed to the carriage, "Hurry up, Xiao Liu, go to the medical clinic!"

Yu Xiaoliu immediately pulled the carriage and turned around, then shouted at Zhang Shu and Li Mujin who were not far away, "Brother Shu, Brother Jin, don't buy it, Brother Nan seems to be not quite right!"

Zhang Shu and Li Mujin rushed back with their things, then jumped into the carriage together, and accompanied Zhou Nan to the medical clinic.

Looking at him, Zhang Shu always felt familiar. He had a faint idea in his heart, but he didn't say it.

There are not many people in the medical center now, so they can look at it as soon as they come. The doctor took Zhou Nan's pulse with a serious face and said, "This is sickness, it's okay, just don't let him smell the fish."

As soon as his words came out, everyone was overjoyed, and Zhang Shu felt that he could become a doctor, because he also guessed so.

Li Yan grinned to the back of his head, just like Zhang Shu did at the beginning, he hurriedly chased after the doctor asking questions, and rolled his eyes when the doctor harassed him.

The medical center is not very far from the river. After discussing it with Li Mujin, Zhang Shu and Li Mujin decided to replace Li Apa and Li Apa today. After all, they are grandparents and mothers. If they don’t tell them about this kind of thing, They're going to be pissed at home.

Sure enough, as soon as they talked, Li's father took off his smock, wiped his hands, and led Li's father to the medical center.

Zhang Shu and Li Mujin took over the work of cooking and mixing vermicelli, as if they had returned to the beginning. When they were doing business together, it had been so long before they knew it...