Whenever asked about business matters, Lin Meishuang always had many excuses, like the eldest son's wife was pregnant and it was difficult to take action, or she was pregnant and the business could not do without one person, or the third son was married and the young couple had to get along with each other.
It was also her and her sister-in-law's fault for being so stupid that they listened to Lin Meishuang and stayed at home waiting.
As a result, he married more and more wives, had more and more children, and became poorer and poorer.
The food rations that were originally enough for their family to eat are now getting less and less for each person, and not having enough to eat has become a common occurrence in their home.
The three sisters-in-law discussed it and decided that this was not going to work. Their lives were getting worse and worse and they were getting poorer and poorer. What hope was there for the children they would have?
Do we really want this whole family to be squeezed into these three shabby thatched houses?
Now other people's lives are getting better and better. Not to mention those far away, just take Lin Meiyu's family as an example. They have built a big tiled house and have a radio. Some families in their brigade have even bought a TV.
Only their family returned to the time before liberation that night. At this time, Wu Juan's egg business was doing well. I heard that she was planning to rent a mountain, expand her business, and build a breeding farm.
The sisters-in-law would go over to help when they had nothing to do, and they could earn a little money. However, they were a little jealous of Wu Juan's business and wanted to start a business themselves so that they could make more money.
Several people looked for Lin Meishuang and asked her about this matter, but Lin Meishuang refused to go out to do business. She always said that people doing business are breaking the law and will be thrown into prison and even shot in the future. No matter how they tried to convince Lin Meishuang, they couldn't accept it. The husbands at home were like gourds with their mouths sawed off, trying to smooth things over between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, saying one thing to one person and another thing to another, as slippery as a loach.
It just so happened that family planning was introduced at this time, and their eldest sister-in-law was pregnant again. Originally, the eldest sister-in-law did not want this child, so she was going to ask the barefoot doctor for medicine to have the child aborted.
But I also heard that there will be a fine for having more children than allowed.
The eldest sister-in-law immediately decided to give birth to the child. She would be fined and had no money. Lin Meishuang would always go out to do business and make money.
They were stupid and didn't know that the fine was so huge. They also fully supported her sister-in-law to give birth to the child. As a result, during the entire pregnancy, Lin Meishuang acted as if nothing had happened. She still served her as required, but would not respond when talking about business matters.
When the child was born and needed to be registered, there was no choice but to pay a fine. There was no way to not pay the fine because, after all, the child was already born and there was no way to put him back, and he was also their own flesh and blood.
A few people decided to pay the fine, but they didn't expect the fine to be two thousand yuan.
They were all dumbfounded. These two thousand yuan was a huge sum of money for them. They didn't have a penny in their pockets. How could they possibly come up with these two thousand yuan? Later, Lin Meishuang borrowed from everyone in the brigade who could lend her money, and even got some money from Wu Juan.
Wu Juan didn't want to lend it at first. After so many years of marriage, she actually had a clear understanding of Lin Meishuang's character.
Moreover, she now knew the situation at home. Once she lent out the money, she basically could not expect it back. Wu Juan had been doing business for two years, and it was not easy for her to save up this money. After all, it was not a highly profitable business, and she saved it up penny by penny.
But seeing Lin Meishuang crying in front of her, Wu Juan felt uncomfortable. If she didn't lend the money, Lin Meishuang would have no other choice.
Wu Juan couldn't just watch Lin Meishuang being forced to death for the two thousand yuan. In the end, she borrowed five hundred yuan, which was the most money Wu Juan could take out.
For this reason, Wu Juan had to postpone her plan to open a chicken farm.
In fact, at this point, the sisters-in-law have already regretted their decision, but regret will not solve anything.
Lin Meishuang went from house to house to borrow money. The eldest son's wife also went home and asked her mother for some money. They scraped together more than 600 yuan. However, they really couldn't take out any more money. There was no place to borrow money. The family sighed at home every day.
Later, someone came and said something to Lin Meishuang. Lin Meishuang asked the boss Wu Dejun to go out again, and finally came back with 1,400 yuan and wrote an IOU. Lin Meishuang pressed her fingerprints and took the money to pay the fine.
These women don't understand anything, but they also know that no one will lend you 1,400 yuan for no reason.
Such a large amount of money would definitely cost them a price in the future. They were even more eager to make money, and urged Lin Meishuang several times, but she did not respond.
It was not until Lin Meishuang planned to save money for the fourth son and let him get married that they completely gave up on Lin Meishuang.
The reason why Bai Xiaohua came to see Tian Tian this time was to ask Tian Tian what kind of business she had talked about with Lin Meishuang before?
Lin Meishuang was unwilling to do it, but the sisters-in-law were all united in their hearts. They were willing to endure this hardship and suffering, even if they had to go to jail just to do this business, they would be willing to do it.
It's better than living in poverty with no end in sight day by day.
Tian Tian felt very upset after listening to this. It is said that poverty is the most difficult disease to cure in the world. It is not that people don't want to make money, but they really don't have the channels to know how to make money, and they don't have the vision.
"Actually, this is quite simple, and you don't have to spend any money at the beginning. Aren't there acorns everywhere on the mountains? You can pick them up and soak them in water for a few days. Then make jelly, pour some hot chili oil on it, sprinkle some vinegar on it, and sell it in the county town." Tian Tian said.
"Acorns? Aren't acorns poisonous? And they taste bitter and astringent, so they're not very tasty.
"Yes, but if you soak it in water for a long time, the bitterness can be removed." After saying that, Tian Tian repeated the method of making acorn jelly.
"I only know the general steps, but I'm not clear about the specific details. You have to go back and study this aspect yourself. But there are acorns everywhere in the mountains, so you can just go up the mountain and pick them up. Even if the research fails in the end, you won't lose anything." Tian Tian said.
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