Rebirth: Don't Be the Best

The house in front of me doesn't look very new, but it is fully furnished.Straw was spread on the wooden bed, and two layers of old quilts were placed on top of the straw.

Compared with Yu Xiaoliu's own hut, this place is heaven.Li Mujin is still very embarrassed, time is tight, and it can't be done well.The family is making vermicelli recently, and almost every room has been vacated for displaying things.

The courtyard of Zhang’s family was very large, with a total of four large rooms and five side rooms, as well as a firewood store and a kitchen.

His family is withered, and he only lives in two big rooms. The other rooms have not been lived in for a long time. Grandpa Zhang was afraid that it would rot. Later, the family made dried vermicelli, and the guys were all placed in these rooms, and people came and went. Not afraid of being unpopular.

Yu Xiaoliu was placed here, lying on a warm bed, watching everyone busy outside the window, he couldn't help but feel a great feeling that he can live in this world.

Zhang Shu sat in the kitchen and ate three steamed buns in a pot of stew made by Grandma Zhang. Li Mujin sat opposite him, watching him gobble up his heartache, so he picked out some of the meat inside and fed it to him.After Zhang Shu was full, he remembered that Yu Xiaoliu hadn't eaten yet. He looked at the stew and there seemed to be nothing in it, so he filled a big bowl and put two buns on it for Yu Xiaoliu.

Yu Xiaoliu is not that timid, since he has decided to work as a long-term worker for Zhang Shu's family, the key is to maintain a healthy body. He held the bowl and ate all these things. , and burped in satisfaction after eating.

This meal can be said to be the most satisfying meal he has eaten in these days. Not to mention what he ate when he was in corvée, even at home, his father cooked porridge that could look good on people. One steamed bun will fill you up.

He doesn't blame his father, if he eats up all the food in front of him, he probably won't have anything to eat in one or two months.He doesn't blame his brothers and sisters-in-law, who has the spare money to pay for the separated brothers?It's just a cold heart.

As soon as He Yue heard that Zhang Shu had brought Yu Xiaoliu home, he wiped his hands and came to see him.

He asked a few questions, and looked at Yu Xiaoliu's mental state, and found that the dead energy all over his body had dissipated, so he felt relieved.This stubborn boy, afraid of dragging them down, insisted on not agreeing to see a doctor.

"You can work with Zhang Shu's family from now on. I can see that their family is about to get up. Take care of yourself first, and then work hard for them. This is the best reward."

Yu Xiaoliu nodded repeatedly, "Brother, don't worry, I will never be ungrateful." Zhang Shu will be his boss from now on, and He Yue will be his own brother!

Towards evening, Yu Xiaoliu's father came once, and he brought all of Yu Xiaoliu's food, as well as the bag of red dates given by Zhang Shu.

"Liu'er, don't blame them, it's because the family is poor..." His father wiped away his tears, crying so sadly.

"Abba, don't worry, I don't blame them." But from now on, they will be ordinary relatives.

Yu Xiaoliu is getting better day by day, and Zhang Shu's business is also getting better day by day.

During this period of time, his grandfather drove an ox cart to search for autumn potatoes, searched all seven or eight villages around here, and collected more than 6000 catties of autumn potatoes.

Working in the yard is non-stop, the fire on the stove is basically not extinguished, and there are many rows of racks for drying vermicelli in the backyard.Zhang Shu was busy up and down, and the firewood was bought with money from the villagers.

I have made a good relationship with his family for more than half a month, and I have also made a lot of money. My wife and brother just wash, cut and cut things every day, and they can earn [-] Wen a day for three meals. You can also earn thirty coins a day.

If the couple were here, they could earn more than one or two taels of silver in half a month. Why can they earn so much these days?You have to know that Tian Shaodian only earns seven or eight taels after working hard for a year, and after paying all kinds of taxes, there are only five or six taels left. It is very difficult to feed the whole family with just these. As a matter of fact, basically throughout the spring and summer, everyone lived by digging wild vegetables and eating fruits and vegetables.

There is a saying among the peasants that it is half a year’s grain for melons and fruits.But people still need oil and water. Everyone who eats these will be pale and thin, even children will be skinny.

The days with more fields are better, but not much better. At most, one or two meals of meat can be eaten a month, but this is enough for everyone to envy.

Now I help Zhang Shu with the work during the slack season, and after more than ten days, I can get a tael of silver, and the days are more promising!It's just that this job can't be done for a long time, otherwise their life would be easier.

Zhang Shu has traveled to the county town three times in the past half a month, and basically transported more than 500 catties. Some of them are from Lin’s inn, some from his father-in-law’s, and most of them are from Hu Caiwang’s. He opened in Nanhai County and Zhangzhou Port in one go He opened two stalls, and the selling price was a penny or two more expensive than here. He made money and laughed every day. When he saw Zhang Shu, he was closer than seeing his mother-in-law.

Zhang Shu also made a lot of money by relying on these dry vermicelli.After deducting costs and labor, he earned almost 53 taels.Coupled with the previous earnings and the dividends from my father-in-law, I earned more than 70 taels in about a month and a half.When his grandma found out, the smile disappeared, and she said that he was like his father in business.

This is the last time for Zhang Shu to go to the county seat, because the boats on the river are about to stop, so he transported all the dried vermicelli made at home. The bullock cart has a lot of goods, so naturally he walked slowly.

Now the Lin family inn unloaded a hundred catties, and unloaded another hundred catties for his father-in-law, and the remaining more than 400 catties were all given to Hu Caiwang, who was too little for Hu Caiwang alone!

"Brother Zhang, you don't know. Now this hot and sour vermicelli is sold very well in Nanhai County and Zhangzhou Port. A stall can sell more than 200 bowls a day. You are good at everything, but the workshop is too small. Yes, it would be great if we could supply more goods! By the way, many merchants are inquiring about this item, so you must supply more goods next year!"

Zhang Shu could already recite Hu Caiwang's words, and he would recite them every time he came. Zhang Shu didn't want to say anything, but just nodded repeatedly.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Shu was about to leave, when Hu Caiwang slapped his forehead, "Brother Zhang, you don't have to go, I still have a basket of things for you."

Hu Caiwang asked the young men to carry the things from the guest room upstairs. The boss was a basket covered with a lid, and the two young men carried it to Zhang Shu's ox cart with blushing faces and thick necks.

"Brother Hu, what's in it?" Zhang Shu couldn't open it face to face.

Hu Caiwang waved his hand, "They are all worthless things. You also know that I run a boat, and I always like to rummage some to sell. These are all bits and pieces. You just take them."

"Brother Hu, how can I buy it for nothing with so much money? It's such a big basket. Tell me how much it is, and I'll give you the money." Zhang Shu had an intuition that this thing should not be too cheap. It's not good for people to be so big and cheap.

"You are looking down on me, Hu!" Hu Caiwang stared at Zhang Shu, "If you are only allowed to be righteous, you are not allowed to reciprocate me, Hu? Take it, don't give me nonsense. Two or three shops of my Hu will If you want this little money, don't beat me up!"

It was only later that Zhang Shu found out that this old Hu was not a small businessman as he appeared on the surface.His family opened two or three shops around several nearby counties, and the rare things they shipped back from Nanhai County were really quite profitable.

This old Hu has a lot of eyes, and every time he asks his younger brother to go to the store to watch, he mixes with the small businessmen to buy some goods together, and sleeps in the small cabin together. No one knows that his family also has a boat that goes back and forth. This river course and that Nanhai County.How about saying that people make so much money and suffer hardships to be a master.This behavior can not only understand the market situation, but also keep an eye on the violations of those stewards who run the boat.

Seeing Lao Hu pretending to be fierce, Zhang Shu could only thank him again and again, and then drove the ox cart home.He heard from Hu Caiwang that tomorrow would be the last boat to deliver goods to the river, and he would take advantage of this time if he wanted to buy something for the New Year.He must bring his grandma and Jin'er to have a look tomorrow.

After returning home, Zhang Shu moved the baskets off the ox cart, and their yard has returned to its usual tranquility since they finished work the day before yesterday.

"Jin'er, I'm back! Where are you?"

Zhang Shu didn't see anyone coming out for a while, so he called out.

He Yue and Li Mujin sat in the room sewing and mending, He Yue laughed when he heard the cry, "I can't leave you for a while, I will look for you as soon as I come back."

Li Mujin also laughed, and then responded loudly, "It's in the room, what's the matter."

"Brother Hu sent me something, let's put it together."

After hearing this, He Yue said, "Go and put it away, this thing is just sewn like this, and it's almost finished, so I'll go home and work first."

Li Mujin didn't keep him either, knowing that he was avoiding suspicion, lest people say he wanted something.I don't know what to give now, anyway, it will be the same when I take it back later.

He Yue and Li Mujin came out together, Zhang Shu first called Jin'er, and then called brother-in-law.He Yue greeted with a smile, and then went home.

Li Mujin came over and lifted the lid of the basket, and a basket full of things appeared in front of her eyes.The top layer is several large packages of dry goods, such as lotus seeds, longan, black fungus, shiitake mushrooms from the south, jujube, white fungus and raisins from the north, etc. If you buy them with money, it will cost at least two or three hundred yuan. Lotus seeds, white fungus and raisins are not ordinary. expensive.

In the middle are citrus from the south, which look quite juicy, and a bunch of bright yellow ones are especially welcome.Below are red apples. The north is a little far away from Nanhai County, and their things will be more expensive here than those in the south.Dry goods are like this, let alone fruits.

The last time Zhang Shu bought five apples, it cost him forty Wen, almost one apple could buy half a catty of meat.His grandma kept one, took two for the old man, and he wanted to eat the remaining two for Li Mujin, but Jin'er had to have one for each of them, and they ate it separately, it was very sweet.

It looks like there are at least ten of them below, and they are bigger than last time. How much are they worth?

The bottom one is also yellow-skinned, a bit like a big citrus, but in fact it is a pomelo, which can be stored for a long time and tastes sweet. Four of them are placed at the bottom.

"Ashu, did you give me the money?" Li Mujin looked at the big basket of things. If they bought it here, they would not be able to buy it without one or two taels of silver. Although Brother Hu is a businessman, it should be cheap Not much, right?

In fact, Hu Caiwang paid much less than they thought. The cost price of what he got was only [-] Wen.To transport them to their county town to sell, at least three taels of silver is needed to buy all these things.That place is close to Fucheng, far away from the river, and the prices are more expensive.

"It's okay, we made vermicelli noodles for Big Brother Hu to make a lot of money. If he wants to give something away, just give it away. Next year, we will sell better things to him." If Zhang Shu knew that they were all valuable things, how could he You also have to give money, but forget it, it is normal for business to come and go.