Chapter 90: Feishui Village Imitation Sales

Xu Zhoutian rolled his eyes, lowered his head and whispered, "It's in our school. There was a classmate before. His family was not rich, but he studied very hard. The teacher persuaded him to drop out..."

This matter was no secret in Hedong Town, but everyone just praised Mr. Liao for his noble character and let it go.

The incident has not been a hot topic for a long time since it happened. Xu Da and Xu Er just came back from outside, so naturally they don’t know about it yet.

"Tell me in detail." Xu Da pondered over his silly brother's words, feeling that there was more lies than truth in his words. That Li Baisong might be an unlearned and idle person. There must be some hidden story behind this.

Li Baisong, who had just arrived home, sneezed violently.

Li Yulan asked with concern, "Did you catch a cold, little brother?"

Li Bosong rubbed his itchy nose and said, "No."

As soon as Li Baisong finished speaking, Li Laoer and Wang came back from the other side.

"Second brother, second sister-in-law, you're back just in time. Did something happen?"

The two men looked ugly, as if their meat had been stolen, and Li Baisong felt anxious.

"Oh! I'm so pissed!" Li Laoer carried his load into the house, put it down and took a deep breath. "Someone in the county is selling braised meat! Your second sister-in-law and I met them and went to check it out. The color of their braised meat isn't as good as ours, and it doesn't smell as fragrant as ours. But the people in the county seem to have never tasted good food before, and there are still a lot of people buying it!"

"Little brother, I recognized the man selling the braised meat. He's from Feitian Village. We've sold braised meat there before." Yuan was extremely anxious. The family had bought several bowls of their braising liquid. Who knew if it was stewed with their braising liquid mixed with water? "I tasted it, and it tasted a little bland, a bit like ours. It must have been made with our braising liquid. Humph, let's call for help and head to Feitian Village right now, you bastard!"

Yuan was furious.

"Little brother, call Mr. Pan as well. He is good at martial arts and fighting." Li Laoer instructed.

"Second brother, Mr. Pan is gone." Li Baisong said.

"What?" Li Lao Er paused. "What do you mean he left? Wasn't he supposed to stay at our house for a month?"

"It's just going home." said Li Baisong.

Li Lao Er immediately looked towards Da Dan'er and Er Dan'er in the yard. The two jumped up and Da Dan'er shouted, "Dad, you didn't listen to what I wanted to say last night!"

Li Laoer: "..."

Qin Fangci walked out of the kitchen and said, "Why are you so anxious? Food is all about taste. You can't tell whether it tastes good or bad by snatching it away. You can tell by just tasting it."

"Mom, I told you long ago that we should go to the county town to set up a stall, but you didn't listen and just wandered around the village. Now our business has been taken away by others."

"One of the butchers we often buy meat from is raising prices. He says pig heads will go up by one cent per pound, and a box of offal will be ten cents. If those scoundrels from Feitian Village mess things up, how can we make any money?"

Li Laoer was really anxious. He had calculated everything. The repayment was just around the corner. If his source of income was cut off, how could he find another business as profitable as this one?

Stealing someone’s money is like killing their parents!

He is just full of anger now.

"Second brother, don't buy the meat that's going up in price yet. I ordered a pig's head and a set of offal from the butcher in town today. The head is 4.5 cents a pound, and the offal is included directly. Half a pig's leg, fat or lean, is 12.5 cents a pound. He'll come to our house to discuss it this evening, and it will be delivered tomorrow morning."

After Li Baisong finished speaking, the atmosphere fell silent. Qin Fangci did not speak.

Li Laoer noticed that the atmosphere was different and quietly looked up at Qin Fangci. He felt a little guilty, but more angry.

"Mom, what do you think we should do about this?"

"Wait." Qin Fangci said lightly.

Li Lao Er looked up and asked, "What are you waiting for?"

"Since the price of meat in the county town has gone up, let's not buy it for now. Let the butcher in town deliver it every day. We just need to deliver enough to the two places we have signed contracts with. This will free up some manpower to fertilize and weed the fields."

Li Laoer's eyes widened. "Mom! Are we afraid of them? Didn't you just say that food is a matter of taste? Ours tastes great, how can we give in? If anyone should give in, it should be them! We should make more and sell them out, so that everyone in the county will only recognize our braised food! Mom! You!"

"What are you shouting about!" What's good about vicious competition? Pork vendors are already raising prices, and vicious competition will only make them raise prices even more.

By the time you're exhausted and have not made any money, you'll have lost both the wife and the army.

"Let them sell for a while and they'll realize that buying and selling isn't for everyone."

Yuan thought her mother-in-law had a point, but she was still very angry. "Mother, what are we going to do with the pig's head and offal today? The brothel only needs one pig's head and one pair of offal every day, and we can't sell all the rest even if we take them to town."

It was so disgusting that she didn't want to sell it to other villages.

"They sell it in a few nearby villages. Bring some brine to Feitian Village. Buy two bowls of meat and get a bowl of brine for free. They're very generous."

Li Laoer and Yuan: "!"

Li Baisong: “…” Mom, do you want the people in Feitian Village to fight each other first?

"I won't go!" Yuan was furious. If she went, she was afraid that she would not be able to control herself and start a fight with someone.

"Then Xiaowu and Yulan will go to Feitian Village." Qin Fangci said.

Li Baisong nodded in understanding. When Li Yulan saw his expression, she immediately moved closer to him and asked in a low voice, "Little brother, what does mother mean?"

"Let the people of Feitian Village start fighting among themselves." Li Baisong lowered his voice, "Shh."

Li Yulan nodded excitedly, knowing that her mother would not let it go.

"Little brother, what should we do when we get there? Where should we start to sow discord? Like we did this morning?" Li Yulan was eager to try.

Li Bosong: "...I spoke the truth this morning and did not try to sow discord."

Li Yulan covered her mouth and said, "I know, I know."

Erdan dragged Dadan over to Li Yulan and Li Bosong, "Uncle, aunt, we want to go too."

They both tilted their heads and asked, "Uncle, what does it mean to sow discord?" It doesn't sound like they are doing good things, hehe.

Li Baisong covered a small head with one hand, "You are trying to sow discord. That is... you speak ill of your mother in front of your father, and you speak ill of your father in front of your mother."

Big Egg and Second Egg: "Wow!"

Li Yulan, "Little brother, this will teach the child bad things, right?"

"What's considered bad?" Li Bosong asked, "Children don't have to be innocent forever. They have to grow up and face more."

"Is that so?" Li Yulan still felt something was wrong.

"But our methods should be used on outsiders, not on family members." Li Baisong patted Liangdan's head. "You can't do the example I just gave. Is it a good thing to make your parents quarrel?"

Dadan'er and Erdan'er shook their heads together, "No, we won't do that, uncle."