Chapter 403 The Beet is Rotten
Liang Fugui saw that the person in front of him was wearing a silk dress, cotton boots with thousand soles, and his hair was held up with a jade hairpin. He looked like a rich man.
He hurriedly introduced, "Sir, my brown sugar is guaranteed to be pure and the price is not expensive, only seventy coins per catty, which is absolutely a conscience price. This is a total of two hundred catties. If you need it in the future, we can cooperate for a long time..."
Hou Da Kui did not respond, but bent down, picked up a small handful of brown sugar with his hand and put it in his mouth to taste it carefully.
After a moment, Hou Da Kui shook his head. "Overall, the brown sugar is pretty good, but it's a bit bitter. It's overcooked, so it's not worth seventy coins."
Liang Fugui nodded and chuckled, "This master is obviously an expert. You are right, my pot of sugar is indeed too hot. Try these, they will definitely taste pure."
As he spoke, he hurriedly took out some brown sugar from another bag and handed it to Hou Da Kui.
"Okay, let me try it." Hou Da Kui put it in his mouth, chewed it carefully, and then nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, not bad, it's really good."
After receiving his approval, Liang Fugui quickly explained, "This pot of red sugar is made by a new employee who is not very familiar with it and didn't master the timing well, so it tastes a bit bitter. If you are interested in buying it, I can give you a discount on the price."
Hou Da Kui smiled faintly, "I'm really out of brown sugar in my shop. I can keep yours, but I came here to buy white sugar. The supply from the store just now was simply in short supply, so I couldn't buy any. Do you have any white sugar for sale?"
"To be honest, I don't have any at home." Liang Fugui told the truth.
"What a pity." Hou Da Kui shook his head with some regret. "Since you can make brown sugar, why don't you make white sugar? That's the hot commodity right now. I'll take as much as you have."
Liang Fugui knew all this and wanted to make sugar, but he didn't know how and could only watch helplessly.
"Don't worry, my sugar mill has just been established. Once it is stable, I will definitely make white sugar. I hope you will support me when the time comes."
"Okay, if you can make white sugar, I'll be the first to support you." Hou Da Kui said, waving his hand to the followers behind him, "Give me the money, I want this brown sugar."
When Liang Fugui heard this, his heart was so excited that it almost jumped out of his chest. "Thank you very much, Master. I wonder where you are now. If I make sugar, where can I find you?"
"I am the shopkeeper of Houji Grain Shop in Anyang County, Hou Da Kui. If you can make white sugar, you can come to Anyang to find me." Hou Da Kui said as he handed a shiny silver ingot to Liang Fugui.
Seeing such a large ingot of silver in front of him, Liang Fugui's eyes widened several points, and he took it hurriedly, "I'll make a note of it. Thank you, Master Marquis, for taking care of my business."
Then load the brown sugar onto the truck.
"Okay, I'll be waiting for your good news." After Hou Da Kui finished speaking, he got on the carriage and left.
Liang Fugui tightly grasped the silver in his hand, and was so happy that he wanted to shout a few times.
He suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and walked quickly towards home. He was eager to tell his wife the good news.
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At this time, Ruhua was dragging a sack of beets with all her strength. The job Liang assigned to her was not very tiring. She was responsible for washing and cutting the beets into small pieces.
She untied the rope that bound the sack as usual, and suddenly a pungent smell hit her face, making her retching...
Seeing this, Liang, who was carrying firewood not far away, smiled and joked, "Hey, sister, you are not pregnant, are you? Congratulations, congratulations! The scholar will be so happy to come back!"
Ruhua waved her hand without saying anything.
Liang's face was full of concern. "Oh, why are you reacting so strongly? Take a break first."
"No, no need. I'm not pregnant." Ruhua took a few steps back, suppressing her nausea, and pointed at the sack. "Sister-in-law, take a quick look. Those beets seem to be rotten."
"Oh no, this is impossible!" Liang was shocked and quickly put down the firewood in her arms. She walked over quickly, opened her pocket, and saw a disgusting scene.
The beetroots, which should have been plump and rosy, have become soft, rotten, and sticky, emitting a disgusting smell.
Some beets were completely rotten into a pool of mud, with countless white maggots wriggling in the middle.
The surfaces of the beets that were not completely rotten were also covered with dense black spots.
Liang endured the stench and the skin of the beet peeled off easily with a light touch. The rot started from the heart of the beet.
Liang was stunned. She could not feel the stench coming from the sacks and ran towards the pile of beets like crazy.
I opened the bags one by one and checked them. The more I opened, the more my scalp started to tingle.
Her eyes were dull and she murmured, "It's over, it's all over..."
Everyone was confused and came forward to check. When they saw the beets had rotted into mud, they were all puzzled.
A young woman hurriedly poured out the whole bag of beets and found that there were still some that were not rotten. She hurriedly said to Liang,
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, there are still good things inside."
Everyone also spoke up,
"That's right. Fortunately, we found it in time. Let's quickly sort it out, pick out the usable ones, and put them in a cool place."
"Yes, yes, let's start picking."
This scene happened to be seen by Liang Fugui who was walking to the gate. Seeing that everyone was not working and was just moving sacks, he was very angry. They were slacking off with the wages he offered. It was really outrageous.
He walked up quickly, his face sullen and he shouted angrily, "If you're not working, what are you all doing hanging around in the beet pile? Get to work."
Liang came to her senses, bowed her head, and rushed towards Liang Fugui with lightning speed...
Liang Fugui was caught off guard and fell flat on his face. He gasped in pain and started cursing, "Are you sick? Why did you hit me with your head?"
Liang fell to the ground and started crying loudly.
"You stupid thing, you just didn't listen to me. Now everything is rotten. I can't live like this anymore..."
Liang Fugui was completely confused. "It's rotten, what's rotten?"
"What else do we have at home? Those beets are rotten."
"Rotten! Impossible! The Chen family has more beets than we do, and theirs are fine, so how could ours be rotten?" Liang Fugui stood up and walked towards where the beets were stored. Then his mind skipped a beat, and he opened his mouth wide, shocked by the sight before him. Half of the beets were already rotten...
Looking at Liang who was sitting on the ground and howling non-stop, his head was about to explode because of her howling. He glared and shouted loudly,
"Shut up! The sky hasn't fallen, and I'm not dead, so why are you howling? If you keep howling, go back to your parents' house."
After being yelled at by Liang Fugui, Liang immediately shut up, looking aggrieved, "Fugui, now the beetroots are rotten, how are we going to live in the future?"
"Just live your life as it comes. What are you afraid of? Get up and get to work."
Seeing the man was angry, Liang didn't dare to howl anymore. She crawled to her feet and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go to work right away."
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