Chapter 15 Suffering a loss is a blessing

Li Laoer was so busy that he was sweating profusely, but not a penny went into his pocket. He didn't even bother to wipe the sweat off his face as he approached Qin Fangci and said, "Mom, I roughly calculated that half a pig should have sold for more than 100 kilograms. How much did we get in total? Mom, can you take it out or let me count it for you?"

Qin Fangci waved her hand, "You don't need to count, Xiaowu has memorized it all."

Li Lao Er looked at Li Baisong, who smiled slightly. "Second brother, you just sold a total of 138 kilograms of meat and received 938 copper coins. You also exchanged another 20 kilograms of meat for half a bag of coarse flour, a basket of eggs, and ten ducklings."

Daya and Erya just made a simple nest for the ducklings. They covered the ducklings with a big backpack and put a stone on the backpack.

Si Ya couldn't concentrate on learning when she saw the little duck, and San Ya couldn't stop her.

"Sanda, take Siya over to have a look, and come back to learn later."

San Ya breathed a sigh of relief, and as soon as she loosened her grip a little, Si Ya ran away.

Sandan in Li Baisong's arms also babbled and looked over there. Li Baisong carefully held Sandan and went over to look.

The children gathered around the little duck, and Dadan and Erdan, who had finished their work, also squatted over.

Dadan slurped his saliva and said, "Uncle, there are so many ducklings. Can you cook one first?"

"No," it was Erdan who refused. "They're too small. One isn't enough for you alone. You have to raise them. Uncle, how long does it take to raise a duck?"

This is a good question, which successfully stumped Li Baisong.

"When it grows up, it will be big enough." Li Baisong said seriously.

"Uncle, when will it grow up?" Dadan and Erdan looked at their uncle, the wisest one in the family, clearly.

Li Baisong thought about it seriously and said, "Practice makes perfect. You'll find out if you take good care of it."

Dadaner and Erdaner nodded and repeated, "Practice makes perfect. We'll find out if we take good care of it."

Daya glanced at her uncle secretly. Her uncle didn’t know, right?

The atmosphere was very good among the children, but Li Laoer was very upset among the adults.

"Mom, we lost three cents per pound. We lost half a dollar for these more than 100 pounds of meat!" Li Laoer was heartbroken. It was all his money that was lost!

How could Qin Fangci not know that Li Laoer and his wife had the most private money in the family.

After taking so many kickbacks, how could Li Lao Er say a good word to her? It would be better to do it right under her nose, so that the money can go into her pocket and everyone in the family can see it clearly. This time, her heart will not be biased.

"Suffering a loss is a blessing. Just think of it as accumulating good fortune for our family today."

Li Laoer was about to vomit blood. God damn it, suffering a loss is a blessing!

"Mom, but I don't like to suffer losses!"

Qin Fangci said in a gentle and sunny voice, "It's okay. I love to eat. I'll share some with you."

Li Laoer: "..." He was almost angry to death, but his mother seemed to be determined.

Li Laoer wiped his face and turned his grief and anger into strength, "Mom, there is still so much meat left, how can our family eat it all? How can it be so disastrous, Mom, just let me pick it out and sell it outside." If he didn't take it out to sell, he really wouldn't get a penny.

"No!" Boss Li and Li Yulan said in unison!

"Second brother, don't be greedy. It's great to earn so much. If you give it away, what if someone steals it? Besides, it won't cause trouble if we eat it all at home. We won't finish it all in one day!"

"Mom, you promised to give me two pounds of meat. You can't let my second brother take it all away. You have to keep my meat first!"

"Li Yulan, what do you want meat for?! Get up and stop causing trouble!"

You bite me, I peck you, and the three brothers and sisters quarreled again.

Qin Fangci didn't care. Except for Yuan who went to help her husband, everyone else was busy with their own things.

Wang secretly glanced at her mother-in-law, and seeing that she had no intention of paying any attention, she cut the meat even more vigorously. With so much meat, her mother-in-law would probably leave some for her parents later, right? They were from the same village, and it would be embarrassing not to send some.

Li Bosong gathered the children who had finished watching the ducks together again and said, "Okay, come with me after you finish watching. Let's continue studying."

San Ya took Si Ya's hand and immediately followed. Da Ya and Er Ya looked over here enviously and turned to go to the kitchen to help Mrs. Du.

Dadan and Erdan looked at each other, and the two brothers hesitated, as if there were nails under their feet and they couldn't move.

"Uncle, how about we study tomorrow? We won't go out to play today." Erdan thought that since his family was going to stew meat anyway, he didn't want to go out to play.

Dadan nodded in agreement.

Li Baisong refused, "No, you haven't learned it yet. You still have to keep learning. My mother said you all have to listen to me, otherwise, I won't give you any meat to eat at night."

After threatening the children, the tips of Li Baisong's ears turned red. In order to prevent the children from seeing his guilty conscience, he could only try hard to keep a stern face.

"Ah?" Erdan argued, "But grandma just said you can't go out to play until you finish your studies."

"Then I say, if you can't finish learning, I'll call your grandmother tonight and give each of you a piece of meat."

Big Egg and Second Egg: “!”

"Why? My parents will give us meat to eat." Dadan muttered.

"Then go behind them and help them quarrel. If they keep quarreling, they won't have any meat to eat tonight. What will they give you?"

Dadan and Erdan looked over together. Dad and uncle were fighting each other, and mother and aunt were also fighting. Grandma, along with third uncle and aunt, were cutting meat with their heads down and seemed not to hear any noise.

"Uncle, we just helped a lot. I carried three piles of firewood." Dadan held up four fingers. Li Baisong pressed one of his fingers down. He stubbornly put it back and said anxiously, "I really carried three piles!"

"Uncle, I also helped Erya shovel the wood ash. I also helped Third Aunt fetch water." Erdaner tried to struggle again. "Uncle, the family is very busy today. We can still do a lot of things. How about we help today and learn tomorrow?"

Li Baisong looked at the two men suspiciously. "Really? I never see you doing anything on weekdays. What else can you do?"

"Really, really." Dadan and Erdan wanted to nod their heads.

"I can help feed the chickens." One person said, and the other immediately followed up, "I can water the vegetables."

"I can sweep the yard."

"I can make a fire."

"I can wash dishes!"

Li Baisong made the final decision, "Okay, Dadan, go water the vegetable garden first. You can sweep the yard after the pork is cooked. Erdan, go light the fire first. After dinner, you wash the dishes."

Dadan and Erdan both froze, as if they had trapped themselves.

"Why, you guys regret it? Don't you think a man can keep his word?"

"No, who said we don't keep our word?"

"I'll go water the vegetable garden now." Dadaner left with the wooden bucket.

Erdan said cleverly, "But I don't know how to light a fire, uncle. My mother said it's too dangerous and it will burn me."

"It's okay. You can learn slowly if you don't know how. Just listen carefully and you will definitely learn it. Uncle believes in you!"

Erdan: “…” Nothing to say.