Rebirth: Don't Be the Best

Zhang Shu drove the bullock cart in front of the shops in the town, and when he saw a shop he liked, he wanted to go in and buy something.

Back and forth, I bought a new medicine jar, a toilet for sitting, a pound of candied fruit, a pound of dried pork, and some pastries, and even a few funny things.

Li Mujin said dumbfoundedly, "Why did you buy this for me?"

Zhang Shu said with a smile, "If you don't use it, keep it for our children to play."

Zhang Shu couldn't think of what else to buy for a while, so he had to drive back first, and had to report a letter to his grandfather and his father-in-law, otherwise they would be in a hurry.

The bullock cart rattled back, but their mood was quite different from when they came. Their faces were full of joy, which made everyone puzzled.

Not only them, but also the people in the village didn't think about getting pregnant. If it's a girl, it's okay to say, how can a brother get pregnant so quickly?

When approaching the entrance of the village, Grandma Zhang came out to sit with Zhang Shu, and when a villager asked her, she said, "My Sun Fulang is pregnant, and I went to the town to buy some things and came back."

After a while, everyone in the village knew that Li Mujin was pregnant.

The car was parked in the yard, Zhang Shu first helped grandma down, and then carried Li Mujin from the car, he wanted to continue to carry her into the room, but Li Muzhen refused, a large group of people watched, he was very good What are you doing?

Grandpa Zhang and Uncle Li both came, and they gathered around together, asking what was wrong.Everyone had worried expressions on their faces.

Zhang Shu grinned, "Jin'er is fine, I am going to be a father!"

Grandpa Zhang and Father Li didn't react for a while, but Father Li was very happy when he heard it, and asked quickly, "Really? It's there! Hurry up, let Jin'er go in and lie down. There is still Two old hens, I will bring them together later, eat one a day, and buy them after eating."

He hadn't had a child for four years, but his in-laws looked down upon him a lot, and now Jin'er had it so soon, how could he not be happy?

"Father, there's no need. The doctor prescribed me a miscarriage medicine. You can't eat too greasy food when you take the medicine." Li Mujin quickly refused. How could he eat a chicken a day?

"Why are you still taking medicine?" Aba Li became worried again.

"I'm a little tired. I only need to eat for three days. It's not serious." Li Mujin explained.

When the father and son were talking, Grandpa Zhang and Father Li finally came to their senses. One said, "I'm going to be a great grandfather!" The other said, "I'm going to be a grandpa!"

Coupled with Zhang Shu, the three of them became fools laughing together.

Grandma Zhang has quick hands and feet, and has already gone in early to make the bed, "Quick, help Mu Jin in and let him lie down and rest."

The family was dazzled by this great joy, and they were overjoyed all of a sudden.

The next day, relatives and neighbors came to see with eggs. Most people thought that the Zhang family’s ancestral grave was smoking. Otherwise, they would feel that all the good luck had gone to their house. Of course, I would also like to have some joy. up.

Grandma Zhang cheerfully accepted everyone's blessings. This was the second happiest thing for her since her eldest son's accident. The first thing was of course that Zhang Shu married her husband.

As the saying goes, people feel refreshed on happy occasions. Everyone felt that the wrinkles on the faces of the old couple in the Zhang family were less, and they smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum this day.

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Time flies by, from knowing that Li Mujin is pregnant to the time his belly is showing, a month has passed.

The attention of the villagers has already turned to the spring potatoes in the field. Someone dug a spring potato two days ago and found that the tubers inside had grown to the size of an adult's fist.

In the past, spring potatoes were usually planted in early February, and then harvested at the end of April and early May. This year, we planted them in mid-January, and they had grown up by mid-April.

Spring potatoes are generally much larger than autumn potatoes, and naturally produce more flour. Therefore, autumn potatoes can be harvested at a penny or two catty, but spring potatoes can't. They have to be harvested at a penny and a half catty, regardless of size.

But Zhang Shu doesn't care. Although the cost has increased a bit, his price has also increased.Originally, I wanted to make a little less money on the first business, so I would call it a loss, but who would have thought that the boat rent would be waived?

When the time comes when he transports the things to Nanhai County, except for the cost and labor, he will still make a net profit on other things, and he can earn more than before.

After hearing that Zhang Shu’s family was going to start making dried vermicelli, everyone started to move. Everyone carried baskets on their backs and went to dig spring potatoes in the field. Even Dabao from Laiwang’s family was taken to the field to pick up the dug spring potatoes. .

Zhang Shu's spring potatoes were dug by Yu Xiaoliu and Grandpa Zhang, and the work of feeding the pigs was handed over to Mrs. Ma in the village.The head of her family cuts pigweed for the Zhang family, a big basket with a penny, and it is tightly packed, but just like this, he can earn more than ten or twenty pennies a day, plus the money earned by Madam Ma, how about it? I also earn thirty or forty Wen a day.Elderly old men and women, where can they earn so much money?

Li Mujin often looked at these pigs and worried, because since the autumn potato dregs were eaten, the family began to buy bran for them to eat, plus the money for buying pigweed, hiring people, and buying firewood. These pigs are above.He blamed himself for being too impulsive at the time. He should have only bought two ends. It was easy to take care of and the meat was enough.

Zhang Shu comforted him, saying that he would be happy when he slaughtered pigs and sold meat to make money during the Chinese New Year, and the spring potato dregs would come down soon, so he wouldn't need to buy bran by then.

During this period of time, Zhang Shu ordered several tofu racks, a dozen large vats, a few more racks for dried vermicelli, and two more grinding discs.At that time, when these things are combined, it is estimated that several hundred catties of vermicelli can be produced in a day, right?

Considering that the backyard is far away from the small river, Zhang Shu decided to raise the price of harvesting spring potatoes a little, and asked everyone to wash them before sending them over. At that time, only recruiters will be recruited, and there is no need to recruit additional washers.

And in this way, the villagers can also be more serious. If anyone's laundry is not clean, they will not be charged until you clean it.If you eat sand in the vermicelli, it will smash the signboard.

On April [-]th, Zhang's family lit a firecracker at the side door of the backyard, which meant that Zhang's workshop officially started today.

Zhang Shu put a table outside the side door for Li Muzhen and Grandpa Zhang to sit there. Li Muzhen was responsible for calculating the price and paying the villagers, while Grandpa Zhang was responsible for checking whether their spring potatoes had been washed.

Others can't do this. Although the villagers are all good, there may not be no one who steals, rapes and plays tricks.Grandpa Zhang has a seniority in the village, and if he can suppress them, they will not dare to play tricks.

Soon, a villager came with two baskets of washed spring potatoes. Grandpa Zhang helped the scale take a look and said to Li Mujin, "These two baskets are 34 catties and 35 taels in total, so let's count as [-] catties. "This man has a heart. He washed it and dried it. He didn't use water to make it worse.

The current price has been raised a bit by Zhang Shu, which is one penny and a half two catties. This 35 catties is more than 26 pennies. Since the Zhang family has already calculated the whole number, it is enough to give 26 pennies.

After being trained by Zhang Shu, Li Muqin could not calculate it mentally, but she could calculate it using a small charcoal stick wrapped in cloth.

The man took the 26 coins, carefully put them in his arms, then went in with a basket, poured the spring potatoes into Zhang’s big basin, then came out with a basket, and walked home briskly. Let's wash a basket and sell it again later.

There was a long line of spring potato sellers at the side door, all of them were smiling. The price of spring potatoes is high this year, and there are a lot of them planted in the field. Just relying on these few acres of spring potatoes, the chewing needs of the past few months are enough. up.

Grandpa Zhang checked very carefully, and he wanted to lose weight like that kind of basket where the water was still dripping. Let it dry out, if it’s heavier than this after drying, then it’s up to you!”

That person doesn't want to quarrel with his elders, and he really doesn't take it for granted. Originally, his daughter-in-law was almost dry, but he insisted on watering it in order to sell it for the price of spring potatoes. Now, Grandpa Zhang After seeing it through, he was also convinced, and he could sell it as he wanted.

After this incident, no one will worry about the dripping spring potatoes again.