"Seventh Brother, I noticed that you are acting weird. What do you want to say?" Li Yuan asked puzzledly.
"Brother, let me talk to mom about something." Li Chuan scratched the back of his head, looking more and more uncomfortable the more he looked.
"If you have something to say, just say it here. What? Behind my back? You say something bad behind people's backs, right?" The more Li Chuan acted like this, the more Li Yuan thought he was up to something.
Seeing Old Seven's attitude, Old Lady Xu knew what he wanted to say. She asked her son with a smile, "It works, doesn't it?"
Li Chuan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it works, Mom, do you have any more?"
"Yes, Mom will get it for you."
"Wait." Li Yuan grabbed the old lady and said, "What are you talking about? What is useful and what is not useful?"
"Wait, I'll get you some too. But don't let anyone else know about this. Just let you guys know. There aren't many anyway."
Li Yuan was completely confused by what Old Lady Xu said and couldn't figure out what it was.
Old Mrs. Xu didn't tell her sons what it was. She just told them to eat it, for fear that they would figure out what it was and be so sick that they couldn't eat it.
Old Mrs. Xu handed each of her two sons a packet of powder and said, "Go home and take it with water, once a day, and it will heal slowly."
She roasted this thing over fire for half the night, then ground it into powder, making sure no one could tell what it was.
Li Yuan took the things back to the house and hid them carefully, fearing that the two girls would rummage around and find the things and destroy them.
"What are you holding?" Liang Lanlan couldn't help asking when she saw that he was acting like a thief.
"Our mother gave it to us. The seventh child said that he felt energetic after eating it!" Li Yuan smiled frivolously, "With this, we will soon have a son."
Liang Lanlan glanced at him doubtfully: "Your mother lied to you, didn't she? If this thing was useful, would she still be left without a grandson?"
"Hey, you don't understand this, right? It's precisely because my mother doesn't have any grandson, so this thing must not be a lie to us! Besides, why would she lie to us?" Li Yuan was sure that the things given by Grandma Xu were useful, if for no other reason, because the old lady loved the seventh child the most.
This thing was secretly given to Lao Qi, which shows that it is definitely a good thing.
Besides, Old Seven had personally proved to him that this thing was indeed useful.
"Let me see it." Liang Lanlan still didn't believe it.
"How can I lie to you?" Li Yuan took out the thing he had hidden with great effort just now, opened the paper package and handed the black powder to Liang Lanlan, "Look, this is it."
Liang Lanlan lowered her head and smelled it, and smelled a fishy and burnt smell.
She retched twice: "Is this thing edible? Don't poison me to death!"
"What are you talking about! Just wait and see me show my power!" Li Yuan was full of confidence.
As the year draws closer, Ning Jia and others decide not to work any more before the New Year after finishing the work on hand.
She did the math and found that by selling eggs, weaving baskets, growing beans and making gloves, she earned an extra ten yuan in addition to the three-yuan deposit paid by Chu Songbai.
There were eight people doing the work, and the profits were divided according to the proportion of each person's work.
Although she and An Ye did not contribute much, they were the ones who attracted the business, so they naturally could not treat themselves badly and each took a few dollars.
The remaining 40 yuan was the salary for the other people. Widow Chen helped to buy eggs and raw beans to make gloves, and she earned a larger share, so she took 40 yuan.
Bai Jinfeng did everything except purchasing eggs, and her hands were fast and she did more work, so she got 50 yuan according to the ratio.
Among the remaining people, Li Tao got the least ten yuan for his work, and the other three got thirty yuan each.
After getting the money, these people's faces were filled with smiles.
"Oh, sisters, I feel like I'm dreaming. I really didn't expect that one day the money I earned in less than a month would be equivalent to half a year's work points." Bai Jinfeng was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
It feels so good to be rich!
She would go to the town to buy some more delicious food for Zhaodi, and also buy some Xueyi cream for herself to apply on her face. Every day when she passed by An Ye and Ning Jia, she could smell the pleasant smell on their bodies. Although she didn't say it, she was so envious in her heart!
"Yes, this thing is much more affordable than men's!"
"Yeah yeah!"
Several other people also expressed their opinions.
"Will we still do it after the New Year?" Widow Chen tasted the sweetness of working with Ning Jia and wanted to know if this could last long.
"If there is a suitable business, then let's do it! I will greet everyone then! But let me be frank in advance, if anyone leaks it, then this business will be over! We are in the same boat, I can't escape, and you can't jump." Ning Jia reminded again and again.
"Okay! Don't worry!"
After getting the money they deserved, everyone dispersed happily.
When An Ye walked out of Ning Jia's room with the money in his pocket, Li Xu and Li Yao were busy making furniture.
Seeing the smile on An Ye's lips, Li Xu knew that the money must have been divided again.
"Wife, how much did you get this time?" he asked, leaning forward.
An Ye raised a finger.
Li Xu smiled so much that his mouth almost reached his ears: "I didn't realize that you and Ning Jia used to fight like fighting cocks every time you met, but now your relationship is so good. When it comes to dividing the money, she is not ambiguous at all!"
An Ye looked at Li Xu and laughed foolishly as if he was a fool.
Li Yao didn't say anything about her and Ning Jia, but others had already seen it clearly. Only Li Xu didn't understand and really thought that she had reconciled with Ning Jia.
Everyone in the village said that Li Xu was smart and tactful. Forgive her for being short-sighted, but she really couldn't see how smart this man was.
"Just do your job!"
"Wife, we've been given money, how about we eat something good?" Li Xu asked shamelessly, "Can we have a pot of stewed meat?"
"Stew meat again? Life is unbearable!"
Li Xu said aggrievedly: "Why not? Lao Liu and I haven't eaten the meat we got from the wild boar yet? And the pheasant too? How about stewing a chicken tonight? I'm dying of greed!"
"Is it shameful for you to be a brother? Look, Li Yao is laughing at you!"
Li Yao curled the corners of his mouth and said nothing.
Because he knew that there was someone in his family who was more impatient than him.
Sure enough, Ning Jiaxian came out of the house soon, stood on the stone steps at the door and said, "Let's stew a pheasant tonight. After eating the meat, we can use the remaining chicken soup to cook some dishes. How about that?"
"Okay, okay! I fully agree! Sister-in-law, we have a deal. This winter we will keep each other warm and cook and eat together."
"Okay, I have no objection." Ning Jia readily agreed, "Then I'll trouble Fifth Brother to light the fire!"
"Sure, sure!"
The meat was stewing in the backyard again. The delicious smell of meat wafted straight to the front yard, making everyone at the table drool.
Bai Jinfeng and Li Tao exchanged glances and decided to go to the state-owned restaurant in town tomorrow to have a big meal to satisfy their cravings.
The chicken in the backyard tasted delicious and the hotpot was enjoyable.
The big family in the front yard smelled the fragrance and drank the tasteless corn porridge. They finally finished the meal, quickly cleared the table, and went back to their rooms.
As soon as she got back to the house, Liang Lanlan started to complain to Old Lady Xu: "It's all your mother's fault. Look, after the family was divided, the wives of the fifth and sixth sons no longer quarreled, and they stewed meat every day. What about us? Nothing! I bet that the fifth and sixth sons must have ways to make money! You should go and ask them where they can make money. If nothing else, at least we have to have enough to eat, right?"
She kept mumbling on and on.
Usually, Li Yuan would have talked to her long ago, but today he said nothing as soon as he entered the door.
Liang Lanlan felt strange and turned to look at Li Yuan. He was sitting on the kang as if he was fixed. When she touched him with her hand, Li Yuan fell headfirst with a bang.
"ah--"
A scream instantly resounded over the sky of Laohuaishu Village.
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