Rebirth: Don't Be the Best

Laiwang and He Yue sat on the bullock cart and talked while waiting for them. They saw Li Mujin and Zhang Shu approaching from a distance, and went to help them pick up things.

A few people got on the bullock cart, stopped by the Lin's Inn to bid farewell, said that they would bring some dried vermicelli tomorrow, and then set off on their way back.

Zhang Shu and Lai Wang sat chatting on the shaft of the car, while Li Mujin and He Yue sat in the car shed.

He Yue asked Li Mujin in a low voice, "Ah Jin, why are you willing to buy so many things today?"

Li Mujin pursed her lips and smiled, "Zhang Shu said he wanted to buy it, so I can't stop him." Although he complained, the joy in it couldn't be concealed.

"You still can't stop him? I think he listens to you!" He Yue teased him with a smile.

"Didn't Brother Laiwang listen to you?"

"He's a rough man, how can he be as caring as your Zhang Shu? I saw it just now, and the heavy ones are in his hands, and you are just two light and small paper bags. I feel sorry for you." He Yue didn't let him go. , continued.

"..." Li Mujin blushed at what he said, and only looked at him sadly.

When we went back, the ox cart was moving slowly because of the weight of two more people, but we arrived in time for lunch anyway.

Zhang Shu wanted Laiwang and He Yue to eat together, but He Yue and the others all missed their son, so they refused.

Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang were having lunch. They only cooked a little gnocchi and ate it. Looking at the bowl, there was not even any chopped green onion, let alone Chinese cabbage and shredded pork.

When Zhang Shu saw it, his heart ached, "Grandma, do you usually eat this?"

"No, it's just that I was too busy today and didn't have time to make it, so I just made a casual meal." Grandma Zhang talked about him, "Why did you come back so early? Haven't eaten yet, I'll go and cook for you."

Zhang Shu rushed into the kitchen, opened the rice vat, and saw that it was the same as last time when he went out. There was only a little missing in the noodle vat, and the bacon hanging on the beam was not cut at all.

"Grandma, what are you doing? Is this how you all ate when I went out?" Zhang Shu turned his head to look at the second elder, and asked in a deep voice.

"No, it's just that I don't have time to cook food recently..."

"Well, grandma, I just wanted to tell you something. I won't do that business, and I will make dried vermicelli at home from now on."

Grandpa Zhang, Grandma Zhang and Li Mujin looked at Zhang Shu together, their eyes were full of surprise, "Why didn't you do it?"

"There are several reasons for not doing this. One is that it is too tiring to do this job. If Jin'er and I go to the county town to set up a stall, then grandma and grandma will have to do the work of the whole family and help make vermicelli. I'm too tired." Just the firewood for cooking vermicelli is enough.

"We are not tired. We have finally found a way to make money. We are not tired at all." The old people can barely live by collecting rent, but if the young people in Zhangshu rely on the few acres of land to spend, it seems not enough. , not to mention that they still want their great-grandchildren to go to school in the future!

"Secondly, Jin'er followed me to go out to the stall. In the end of the day, steamed buns or a bowl of hot and sour vermicelli are usually settled. We will have children in the future. What if Jin'er is too busy?" With the great-grandson as an important weapon, Grandpa Zhang and his wife stopped talking.

"Third, if I don't go to the county town to set up a stall, it doesn't mean I won't do this business. Selling dry vermicelli is not much less profitable than selling hot and sour noodles. The main reason is that if Jin'er and I manage it at home, we can do more. When the time comes The Lin Family Inn sells some, and then I go to the Nantong grocery store to ask the price, and I can save myself from going to the county town."

Everyone understands that Zhang Shu didn't act out of anger because he saw his grandma's food was too frugal, but because he had a plan in mind.

"Our Shu has grown up, so it's good to be successful in our hearts, and your father and I can rest assured." Grandma Zhang smiled very relieved, she knew in her heart that Zhang Shu still worried about the two old people a lot.

Then Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang stayed in the kitchen to cook, and asked Zhang Shu to take Li Mujin back to the room to rest.

Zhang Shu found that Li Mujin hadn’t spoken just now, so he hurriedly explained, “Jin’er, do you blame me for not doing this business on my own initiative? In fact, I wanted to discuss it with you when I came back today, but just now Seeing grandma like that, so I just—"

Li Mujin covered Zhang Shu's mouth with his hands, "I know you have thoughts in your heart, I don't blame you, you love me. It's just that you kept mentioning your great-grandson just now...do you want a child?"

Zhang Shu laughed, it turned out that Li Muzhen was worried about this, and he also blamed him for not telling Li Muzhen all the thoughts in his heart.

"Jin'er, I said that the great-grandson is to stabilize the two elders, and they won't object when they mention it. We've only been married for a month, so don't worry about it. Even if you have one, don't worry, I'm not that patriarchal , People who value boys more than brothers, as long as you give birth, I like them all."

He told Li Mujin that he was very comfortable, but he still asked what he had always been worried about, "What if my body can't have children? What should I do?"

It is very difficult for my brother to conceive. Although his father gave birth to him and his elder brother, and other elder brothers in the village also have children, he always remembers that there is a elder brother in his natal village who was killed by his family because he could not conceive for a long time. Disliked and threw himself into the river, it was the first time he saw a dead person with his own eyes, and it was terrifying.

When Zhang Shu thought about it, it seemed that Jin'er in the previous life had always been childless, but that was because he did not remarry after the death of Young Master Wang. Then Young Master Wang suffered from such an unmentionable disease, not to mention making people pregnant, even humane can't do it.This does not mean that Jin'er cannot conceive.

Besides, what if Jin'er couldn't get pregnant?Didn't he have many children in his previous life?It fell to the end of no one sweeping the grave.

Everyone says to raise children to prevent old age, but what is the use?Most of them are parents who eat bran and swallow vegetables, and their children are big fish and meat, and what's more, they don't even know how to raise them.

Don't say that the court's legal system puts filial piety first, if your parents don't tell you, will you cover it up for you?You know, when parents face the child they love, even if he climbs on your head to shit and pee, it's fine.Parents are unloving just because they don't love you at all.But it seems that children who don't get the love of their parents are more filial. It's not fair!

Zhang Shu thought a little too much all of a sudden, so he didn't reply to Li Mujin in time.Li Mujin's face darkened, and he stood there with his head down. In fact, he was worrying too much, and Zhang Shu should not speak.

When Zhang Shu came back to his senses, Li Mujin was cleaning up their room as if nothing had happened, but Zhang Shu still noticed it, and Li Mujin would ask, which meant that this matter had troubled him, so he must give an explanation.

Zhang Shu pulled Li Mujin to sit down, and then said to him, "Jin'er, children depend on fate. If he comes, it means that our fate has arrived. If he doesn't come all the time, it means that our fate has not yet come." I realize that this is not something we can force. But the fate between us is destined, no matter what happens in the future, I will always be with you. "

Tears flickered in Li Mujin's eyes. This man is indeed the one he has always liked since he was a child. Although he is not good in the eyes of others, because of his feelings for him, he did not marry the wrong person.

After eating, Zhang Shu looked at the dried vermicelli that his grandparents had made at home in the past few days, including the vermicelli that they hadn't had time to make that day. They made a total of about [-] catties.

The next day, Zhang Shu drove an ox cart to deliver [-] catties of dry vermicelli to the Lin Family Inn, saying that he would send them over when they were used up, so that they could save money, and would deliver them once every seven days, and then he would return after paying the money.

When they just came back yesterday, they settled the wages paid to Laiwang and He Yue, and then settled the bill.

This time, a total of more than 70 catties of dry vermicelli were made. After deducting all the costs, I made a total of more than two taels of silver.

This is a little different from the previous money, but most of the money from the previous time was thrown to them by that person. According to the actual calculation, they still earned more in the past two and a half days.

Today I got back more than 1000 Wen. Since selling this vermicelli, I have already made four or five taels of silver in just a dozen days.If you work part-time, you can't even earn a tael of silver.

If this can be sold until mid-December, all the cattle money and corvee money can be earned back!The merchant ships on the river will not leave until mid-December, and they will have to wait until the end of January of the following year to open again.

Although Zhang Shu considers that it is not easy for his family to start the business of selling hot and sour vermicelli, but if he doesn't do it, it doesn't mean that others can't do it.

Of course, if you have good things, you have to take care of your relatives first, but the two close relatives of Zhang Shu's family don't have much contact with each other, so naturally you can't give them to them.So, Zhang Shu came back from the city to eat, picked up some things he bought yesterday, and went to the old man's house with Li Mujin.

The honey they bought yesterday was sent to the second elder’s room, the dried shrimp, dried herring and kelp were stored in jars in the kitchen, and the dried apples, jujubes and longan were placed in the cabinet in the main room. There are people at home every day, so naturally I am not afraid of who will take it away.

Grandma Zhang was a little apprehensive when she saw them spending money. My dear, this visit cost more than 300 yuan.

But she just whispered a few words to the old man, it is normal for young people to be greedy, not to mention that her grandson can earn as much money as possible, as long as it is not spent every day.But don't buy that honey for them next time, why would someone who has one foot in the coffin eat it so well!

Li Mujin was very happy to be able to go home and have a look, and the look of joy was printed on his face.Zhang Shu thought that he would take Li Mujin home to have a look after dinner every day, and make him happy every day.

Li's father was also very happy to see Li Mujin and the others come back. They put out all the food at home, and since there was one less brother at home, they even bought a lot less snacks.

Li Mujin took the paper bag in Zhang Shu's hand and handed him to Aba Li, "Aba, we bought this at the market yesterday, and I brought some for you, Daddy and brother to taste together. .”

"Did you pester Ah Shu to waste money?" Five or six paper bags, how much did you have to buy?

"No way!" Li Mujin retorted, he obviously didn't agree, although he was very happy afterward.

"Father, I want to buy them all. Don't blame Jin'er." Zhang Shu quickly took the responsibility.

"You young people, why are you bringing them here to buy some food? Take them back later. By the way, your brother went up the mountain yesterday and killed two rabbits. They haven't eaten yet. You can bring one back later." Facing Zhang Shu , Aba Li couldn't say anything more, Yan Yan looked very gentle and amiable when he talked and laughed.

Li Yan was sitting in the yard polishing the arrowhead, seeing how kind his father was to Zhang Shu, he couldn't help curling his lips, who is his own?He was scolded at home every day because he didn't marry a wife, husband, but Zhang Shu was fine, and his father was so nice after marrying his baby, Liao.

A few people sat down and chatted. After chatting and chatting, they got to the point. Zhang Shu expressed his thoughts, and then asked his uncle if he would accept the business. You can get started.

Father Li is a little bit tempted, he just married his brother, the family is at a time of tension, his elder son is weird, maybe he will be troublesome in the future, why don't you give more bride price?Of course it is good to make more money.

And in winter, the wild beasts in the forest are more ferocious, and the father and son can't go up the mountain all day, they basically go to the forest to repair and maintain those traps.

Every spring is the hunting ban period. If you don’t let them reproduce, you don’t want to eat this bowl of rice in the future. This is the customary rule of all hunters.

Calculated in this way, their family would not be able to make much money if they had a gap of several months.Although Li Yan would go to Fucheng to escort items with escorts during the hunting season, but it couldn't compare to being at home.

"It's not good..." After thinking about it, he decided to refuse. He was afraid that the villagers would say that A Jin's husband's family was subsidizing his mother's family, and it would not sound good if it spread.

"It's nothing bad, Dad, if you don't do this business, we also want to make it for others. Only by letting everyone know that this food is edible and delicious can we sell it elsewhere." Two days is not enough.

His father-in-law and his wife are only in their early forties this year, and they are both in good shape. There are also many brothers and nephews from their mother's family, and they have a good relationship. Their family has a tradition of loving brothers and sisters.At that time, I will call a few nephews to help, so I won't be so busy.

Before this time, Zhang Shu hoped that he could have brothers and sisters.

In fact, he also considered coming to the Wang family before. The two get along well, and their character is also good.It's just that Laiwang's father has been paralyzed in bed for more than a year. Although he doesn't take much medicine, he still needs someone to take care of him at home.There is also a young man in their family who can’t live without someone. It’s okay to go out to work for two days occasionally, but it won’t work for a long time.

Now that Zhang Shu has already mentioned this point, it would be meaningless for Li Aba to refuse, so he agreed, but he stated in advance that the hot and sour noodles sold will be equal to Zhang Shuwu's money except for the cost. Five-point account, how can this kind of money-making idea come in vain?

Zhang Shu quickly refused, isn't that the same as hiring his Yue family to help him with work?The two talked about it, and finally decided that Zhangshu and his wife would get [-]% of the money they earned, which was agreed by Aba Li as a gesture to see off the guests.

Li Yan and Li Mujin didn't make a sound and watched them say that their subordinates were eating the sugar-fried chestnuts made by Li's father one by one.

When the last few chestnuts were reached, Li Yan grabbed them with a big handful. Looking at Li Mujin's swollen face, he suddenly realized that today's chestnuts seem to be particularly delicious.

Aba Li agreed to take over the business, forgetting about Zhang Shu's concern.

After returning home, Zhang Shu found out that there was a problem. The autumn potatoes in their village were not particularly grown, and all that could be harvested were taken back, and there was no more to take back.

Grandma Zhang thought for a while, then asked Zhang Shu, "Sweet potatoes also produce vermicelli, can we collect sweet potatoes to make vermicelli?"

Every household has a lot of sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are sweet, and the vines can be eaten by themselves and fed to pigs. Everyone loves to grow them.

Zhang Shu thought so too, so he washed some sweet potatoes, cut them with a knife and ground them into pulp, but after washing the powder, it took about five or six catties to wash out a catty of powder.

The sweet potatoes they grow here are not white-hearted, they have a lot of powder.This kind is red heart. It is soft and glutinous when cooked, and there is very little powder in it.

If you use this to make vermicelli, the cost will be more, after all, sweet potatoes are much more expensive than autumn potatoes.

Grandpa Zhang smoked a bag of hookah, and then said, "Tomorrow, I will take Niuwazi to a few nearby villages to see if I can collect more."

"I'll go, you don't go, it's very cold today."

"You, a young man, can know anyone. If you enter other people's villages rashly, don't be beaten out as a kidnapper."

"Then I'll go with you, so I can help you..."

Zhang Shu then went to Li's house again, and asked his uncle to go to his natal village tomorrow to take a look, and take back everything he could.There are two kinds of prices. When it comes to selling baskets, it doesn’t matter what size a basket is worth.

……

It is now December, and the snow falls late here. Although it is freezing cold, there is no snow.

The weather is getting colder and colder. If every family has no work to do, they will light a brazier and sit in the main room. The wind outside makes people feel chilly, and sunbathing doesn't help.

Today, people in the underwater village came out wrapped in their jackets to watch the fun regardless of the cold and windy weather.The people from Shuitou Village above came to them to harvest autumn potatoes and sell them for one penny and two catties!

Most of the land here is not close to the water, so they can only grow some drought-tolerant things, such as autumn potatoes, they grow quite a lot, and they are not afraid of cold and drought, which is good, but they are not very delicious.

Every household has a few baskets or dozens of baskets. They eat every two days, save some rice and noodles, and eat too much. Not to mention children, even adults want to change their tastes.

Now some people take copper coins to collect, which is naturally good, so every family moved two or three baskets out to sell money, and it would be annoying to put too many baskets at home.

Some people sell it by the basket, so you don’t have to worry about it, and some sell it by the catty. Anyway, the small ones can be eaten at home.

After one day, more than 1000 catties were harvested in this underwater village, and the money was settled in cash. Those who had copper coins were happy in their hearts. With these worthless autumn potatoes, they could cut two catties more meat during the Chinese New Year!

The cows in their family would not be able to transport them back for a while, so they spent a few pennies to have the cows in their village go with them before transporting all the autumn potatoes back.

When I got home, I saw that Li Yan had shipped a lot more, at least four to five hundred catties. Li Mujin was paying the bills, and when he saw them bring back two large carts, his face was both happy and worried.

Now vermicelli are not afraid that they will not be made, and selling them will become a problem.Although this thing can be stored without getting wet, it is also worrying to store so much at home.

I got so much today, I don't need to buy any more in these two days.Zhang Shu went to order a few large vats, and bought a few tofu-making tools and started working at the same time.The grinding discs from the old man’s family and the village were also brought in for grinding.

The helpers hired a lot of people. There was nothing to do in this winter. Four people were hired to scrub and wash, and four people were hired to cut into pieces.

Thanks to Zhang's family's large yard, it can be opened, otherwise it will be divided into several families.

The scrubber first carried two baskets to the small river. There are too many autumn potatoes, and it is impossible to get water from the well alone. This thing must be washed clean, otherwise it will be very gritty if it is mixed with mud.

After a while, it was lifted back, and the person who cut the pieces started to work.After that, the yard started working.Zhang Shu and the others don’t do this by themselves. He has to go to the mountain to collect firewood, because the vermicelli will be mixed with the vermicelli when they are dug up the next day.Li Mujin and Grandma Zhang boiled water and cooked meals for them, while Grandpa Zhang helped them light the fire.

The yard is busy and busy, although the wind is a bit cold, but the enthusiasm for making money is high, not to mention the body is warm when working.

It took several days to make these 400-jin autumn potatoes into vermicelli, but it finally caught up with the time to send them to the county.

Zhang Shu drove the ox cart to the Lin's Inn, and Lin Dongdong was relieved when he saw him, "Brother Zhang Shu, you've come, my house hasn't been sold since the day before yesterday."

"Isn't it thirty dishes a day? How could it not be enough?" After calculating, there is still some left, "Did you eat it?"

"Where is it, I didn't eat a single meal! The master chef of our inn developed a few new dishes made of vermicelli, which sold very well, and they were robbed as soon as they came up. It's my turn to eat." Lin Dongdong Said plaintively.

"I made a lot this time, so I'm not afraid of running out of food." Nearly [-] catties of dried vermicelli were produced, which was definitely enough.

"That's good. Hurry up and put this in for soaking, and the sign can be hung out again!" Lin Dongdong dragged a sack and walked down. The sack was estimated to weigh fifty catties.

Zhang Shu had two on the left and two on the right. Under Lin Dongdong's surprised expression, he easily brought them in.

Called a clerk to watch the ox cart, Lin Shuanghe took a large scale to weigh it, five bags of 250 catties less, Lin Shuanghe generously calculated the price of 250 catties, during this time his inn can rely on this vermicelli Earn a lot.

Lin Shuanghe gave Zhang Shu eight taels and one hundred dollars, and asked him to stay for dinner and try new dishes.

Zhang Shu declined. He still left some dry vermicelli in the car and wanted to go to the Nantong grocery store.

What he wanted was not to sell it at a grocery store in Nantong, but to board their owner's merchant ship through the store and sell it elsewhere.

But when I went to the Nantong grocery store, Xiaohu was there, but shopkeeper Yan was not. It is said that he went to do something with the young master.As soon as the accountant surnamed Li saw him, he immediately scolded Xiaohu, "You don't want to do it? You are so busy with business, you go and entertain those idlers! Be careful, I will tell the second young master to fire you!"

Xiaohu showed displeasure on his face, and secretly cursed, "You dog slave!" Then he said to Zhang Shu, "Brother Zhang Shu, I will tell Shopkeeper Yan about this when he comes back, don't worry."

Zhang Shu nodded, and then took out a bundle of dry vermicelli tied with a rope and handed it to him, "You can take this home and eat it, you can eat it boiled or fried, remember to soak it first."

Xiaohu nodded, and then quickly ran in with the dry vermicelli, because accountant Li had been cursing outside.

Zhang Shu shook his head and left the Nantong grocery store.How much business will be lost in the store with such an offending thing!

He was driving the bullock cart to go to the river to have a look. His father-in-law sold the vermicelli the day he made it. He was going to see how the business was going, and he would help out by the way.

Dried vermicelli is sold to outsiders for 25 catties, and sold to his father-in-law for only [-] yuan. In addition to labor money, he can earn some money himself.

As soon as he entered the river, Zhang Shu was infected by the lively atmosphere. It seems that today is another day for big ships to dock.

The things I bought that day are eaten these days. The dried shrimps and herrings are too expensive. Grandma Zhang is reluctant to eat more, but the seaweed vegetables are basically boiled with a little marinated broken bones every day. It tastes delicious and comes to work. Everyone said it was delicious.He is going to buy some to go back today.

When Zhang Shu arrived at Aba Li's place, he found that the business was busy there. Although the stall owner had changed, the taste was similar, so the customers didn't mind, as long as it tasted good, whoever cooked it!

Zhang Shu parked the ox cart beside him, and then went over to call Abba.Father Li is always smiling, the money in his arms is heavy, how can he be in a bad mood?

The bullock cart in his family belongs to his natal family, and all three nephews in the family have come to help him. The work is not too heavy, and the three nephews are also good.

"Ashu is here? Is Jin'er here?" Aba Li asked while seasoning, the smile on his face never disappeared.

"Jin'er is resting at home today, I'll deliver vermicelli to Uncle Lin and the others, and I'll stop by to help."

"No need, it's enough with your elder brother and three cousins ​​to help. Are you hungry, do you want a bowl?"

"No need, since Dad and you are busy, I'll go buy something and go home." Zhang Shu found that they were not polite, so he was ready to leave.

He had just walked out a few steps when he saw Aba Li chasing him again, "I forgot to mention something just now, there is a businessman named Hu who said he was your first customer. I gave an address and said it was at...at..."

"We are at home in Laoshu Lane." Li Yan said from afar, while he was impatiently packing the dishes with a tray.

"That's right, that's it." Li Aba clapped his hands, "Go find him quickly."

Hu merchant?Zhang Shu thought for a while, and immediately agreed on the number, the uncle with a loud voice who loves hot and sour vermicelli.

Zhang Shu drove the bullock cart there, carefully paying attention to the surrounding signs all the way, and finally found the inn called Home from Home beside a big tree surrounded by three people.

Seeing that he had been at the door, Xiao Er came over and asked, "My guest, would you like to eat or stay at the hotel?"

"A Hu businessman said he was looking for me, I don't know that the second brother—"

"Oh, yes, that guest has been sitting in the lobby waiting, just waiting for you, right? Come in."

"My bullock cart..."

"It's okay, I'll help you watch, anyway, I'm standing here."

Zhang Shu finally knows why this place is called a home away from home, how warm and welcoming it is!

He tied the ox cart to a thick branch, then walked in, and saw the Hu businessman who was having a drink.

"Oh, Brother Zhang, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you for two days."

Hu Caiwang looked up and saw Zhang Shu, and hurriedly got up to greet him, Zhang Shu was a little flattered.

"I don't know what Brother Hu wants from me?"

"You sit first, you sit first! Second brother, give this table a few side dishes, pick up some delicious ones!"

Hu Caiwang pressed Zhang Shu's shoulder to let him sit down, and quickly asked the second brother to serve the dishes, which made Zhang Shu a little uneasy. Why did he feel that the Hu businessman had something to ask him for?

"Brother Hu, tell me, if there is anything I can help, I will try my best to help."

"That's it," Hu Caiwang rubbed his hands, "I used to do business with the ship all the time, and lived in the cabin the size of a chicken coop every day. It was so uncomfortable! The sea wind was strong and wet, and my bones were soaked through." With a wave of tide, I can’t sleep at night, and I can’t eat well.”

Zhang Shu listened to him tell his history of suffering, but he still didn't understand what he wanted to do.

"If things go on like this, our health will deteriorate year after year. We are risking our lives to do business! However, I ate your hot and sour vermicelli not long ago. It was a pleasure. I sweated and felt comfortable in my bones. .I just thought, buy some more from you.”

"It's simple, and now my father-in-law's has it. I'll sell you ten or eight catties, and you can eat it for a long time." Zhang Shu readily agreed.

Hu Shang still smiled, "Brother Zhang, these ten catties are not enough."

"Then how much do you want?"

"At least 81 hundred catties."

"..."

"To tell you the truth, it's not bad that we are like this. At least there is a cabin to block it. The boatmen on the boat and the fishermen in the sea are really hard-working. They deal with water every day and are worrying about sweating. Light Eating chili can also make you sweat, but it hurts your throat too much, and your stomach can’t bear it. It’s good to eat yours, it’s sour and spicy, and it still fills your stomach.”

"You want to use this to do business?"

"Hey, that's right!"

"That won't work," Zhang Shu shook his head, "My husband's family is running this business, and I can't create a second one to compete with him now." In the future, he won't be able to stop others from selling it, but he can't do it now.

"Brother Zhang, don't worry, can I still let you be human inside and out? The place I want to sell is Nanhai County and Zhangzhou Port here, which is far away from you!"

Zhangzhou Port is the final mouth of this river, and the people there are much richer than those here, not to mention Nanhai County.

"And little brother, I see that you are a person who can do big business. I sell hot and sour vermicelli over there, and I can also help you build a reputation for vermicelli. This is a double-winner!"

Zhang Shu was a little frustrated. In front of these veterans, his little thoughts really had nowhere to hide. Uncle Lin was, and so was he.

"Well, as long as you can promise not to eat hot and sour vermicelli here, and tell others where it is produced when they come to eat, then I will sell you dry vermicelli for 25 yuan a catty, and I sell others at the same price. In addition, I I can also tell you the secret recipe of peanut chili and soup.”

The other things are the same, only these two things can be guaranteed to be made by other people, and it is impossible to make the same taste.

"Okay, Brother Zhang is a straightforward person! I bought this secret recipe with money, and I will never let you suffer!" Hu Caiwang was very happy after finishing the business negotiation.

"Brother Hu, no need, you took care of us a lot when I first started business, so this secret recipe is a gift, we can't drive that far anyway."

This is actually not a big deal, it is all a little trick summed up by Grandma Zhang herself, if the villagers ask, they will just say it, how can they sell it for money?

Hu Caiwang doesn't think so. He has been in business for decades and has met so many people. How many people are righteous?He worked hard to save those family fortunes. If he hadn't been a little defensive, he would have been deceived.

"Brother, I'll remember this! My old Hu is not like that. Don't worry, I will definitely publicize this to you."

"Then thank you, Brother Hu."

The two chatted happily over the wine, and then had a refreshing meal with the side dishes of this inn.

There were still 240 to [-] catties of dried vermicelli at home, Zhang Shu sold him [-] catties at one go, and agreed to deliver them tomorrow, and Zhang Shu went home.Before going home, I haven't forgotten to buy kelp.

It was already afternoon when I got home, and Li Mujin was sitting in the yard peeling longan with Grandma Zhang.Grandma Zhang felt that everyone was tired and thin recently, so she wanted to make up for it by stewing two chickens with longan, mushrooms and red dates.

Zhang Shu handed the money bag to Li Mujin to put it away, and then told them the news that the 200 catties at home had also been sold, and said that he would make some more during this time.

Grandma Zhang and Li Mujin felt at ease, and it would be best if they could sell what they had piled up.The worst thing is to eat vermicelli for three meals in the future, so it can't be wasted.

Speaking of waste, Grandma Zhang looked at the three or four large tanks in the corner, where all the filtered autumn potato dregs were piled up.

The original ones were going to be mixed with some bran for the chickens to eat, and Grandma Zhang even went to buy more than a dozen chicks to raise.Neighbors who have chickens also share a few catties, which is worthless anyway.

But now that there are so many piled up there, can't her family help the whole village raise children?When they grow into meat, they are not given to them.

The old man said he wanted to pile it up in the field as fertilizer, but Grandma Zhang was reluctant because it was edible after all.Neither this nor that, she wanted to sigh when she saw this.

Zhang Shu noticed that his grandma's eyes were staring at the crocks of autumn potato dregs again, so he couldn't help but smile at Li Mujin, because this scene had been going on for several days.

"You two are still laughing, young people just don't know how to be frugal." Grandma Zhang found that they were laughing at her and said deliberately pretending to be angry.

"Grandma, don't be angry, Ashu and I are not laughing at you." Li Mujin quickly begged for mercy, "I was thinking, why don't we catch a few piglets to raise?"

"Catch the pig?" Grandma Zhang and Zhang Shu asked in unison.

"Yeah, piglets like to eat this. Anyway, we still have to do it. We won't be able to consume so many piles in the future. It's better to raise a few piglets so that we can kill them and eat meat in the future."

"This is a good way!" Grandma Zhang got up immediately, why didn't she think of it? "The piglets raised by the people in the Panzi village in the past are very good. I'll go to your grandma Wu's house to inquire about it."

Where did Grandma Wu get married, her natal family must know something there.

Zhang Shu and Li Mujin looked at Grandma Zhang's busy back and smiled at each other again.The two sat facing each other peeling and drying the longan, putting Li Mujin into the basin, and Zhang Shu into Li Muzhen's mouth. On a rare afternoon without wind, the sun was shining with warmth, which made people feel very comfortable.

Grandma Zhang went home in the evening, and told them the news she found today without taking time to eat.

Grandma Wu's natal brother's family sells piglets. The two sows can produce two litters every year, and each litter must have at least eight to ten pigs, and there are even twelve or three pigs in excess.

Others usually catch piglets that are more than three months old and go back to raise them. There happened to be a litter of piglets in their family that hadn't been settled yet, so they just let them catch them.

There are nine pigs in this litter. The pig pen they built before is quite big, so it should be able to be locked in.

The next day, Zhang Shu went to the city to deliver goods, and Li Mujin and Grandpa Zhang went to catch piglets together.

The black-skinned piglets don't look too round, and the family can't afford to feed them too well, but they are in good spirits and don't look like they are about to get sick.

"I usually sell this kind of piglets at ten cents a catty. You were introduced by my elder sister, so I will sell them to you at nine and a half cents a catty. If it is suitable, I will catch it for you." .”

Pork sold in the market costs about fifteen cents a catty, no matter fat or thin.It is impossible for others to cut fat meat and leave lean meat for you. You must know that everyone is short of oil and water. Who will buy only lean meat?

Li Mujin and the others came here after inquiring about the price, so naturally they would not have any objections, not to mention that it was half a penny cheaper.

The nine piglets were weighed one by one, and they weighed 960 catties, which is almost [-] six and a half catties.

The family also figured it out, and took the initiative to waive the six and a half.Knowing how much the two big pigs and nine little pigs would eat together, the money made them feel relieved, and they could finally celebrate the New Year with peace of mind.

According to the current price of 760 five taels to one tael of silver, Li Mujin paid their family two taels of silver and 430 taels together.

Spending money these days is numb, the money for buying autumn potatoes, the daily wages for labor, the money for buying vegetables, etc., made Li Mujin, who used to not spend money, get used to it.

The ox cart was driven away by Zhang Shu. They came here by car. Now that they had piglets, they couldn't go back by car. So Grandpa Zhang gave Li Muzhen a rope, and they drove back with half tied up.

The pigs couldn't understand human words, so they either stopped and didn't go, or wandered around, and what's more, they wanted to retreat. The cold weather made them sweat all over.

When they finally arrived home with the piglets, Zhang Shu saw them at the entrance of the village while driving a car, "I just came back from the county seat, and I'm about to pick you up."

Seeing Zhang Shuma's complaint, Li Mujin said, "These little piglets are always disobedient, and they were bought back very early. They were all delayed on the road!"

Zhang Shu jumped off the bullock cart, took the rope from Li Mujin and Grandpa Zhang, pulled it easily, and the little piglet was dragged forward.

"Isn't it easy to pull? You and my grandfather can go back in a bullock cart, and I will drive them back."

Li Mujin asked Grandpa Zhang to go back in a bullock cart first, and then stayed behind to stare at these piggies bitterly, "You know how to bully me! Kill and eat when you go back!"

Zhang Shu smiled slightly, "Okay, listen to you."

Li Mujin rolled his eyes at him, "Prodigal, I'm talking to them!"

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