Chapter 399 White salt, sweet?
Wang was the first to speak, "Village Head, I'm sorry, I'm happy working for Qing girl. I get bonuses all year round, and I'm quite content."
Erdanzi then chuckled, "The work at the Chen family is easy and not tiring, and the wages are high. Who would be stupid enough to go there to earn ten cents? Whoever wants to go can go, but I'm not going anyway."
Da Longzi also shrugged, "I'm not like someone who would do such a heartless thing."
"Yes, yes, we won't go." Everyone agreed.
"You..." Liang Fugui was furious and was about to say a few words when he heard Liu Laohan kindly remind him,
"Fugui, every family in our village has one person working at the Chen Family Sugar Mill. How could there be anyone to spare for your family? In my opinion, before it gets dark, you should quickly go to the neighboring Willow Village to find a few people so as not to delay tomorrow's work."
"Uncle Lao Han is right." Wu Baoan nodded and frowned at Liang Fugui and his wife. "Fugui, Fugui's family, since we can't hire anyone in our village, you should hurry to Liutiao Village. After all, that's 10,000 kilograms of beets. If they go bad in such hot weather, it will be troublesome."
"Wait, count me in. I have nothing to do at home, and I don't mind earning too little." Ruhua's naive voice sounded outside the crowd.
Seeing the person coming, Liang was delighted, but she still said with a stern face,
"Mrs. Scholar, I'm afraid this job is not something you can do. If we use you, and Mr. Scholar comes back to complain, I can't afford it!"
She said this, but she was extremely happy in her heart. Someone came to support her, and she was the wife of a scholar. This proved that the couple were not completely unpopular.
Ruhua grinned disapprovingly, "Sister-in-law Fugui, what are you talking about? You know, we don't have any fields to tend to right now, and there's not much work to do at home. I'm so idle all day that my whole body aches. Why don't I do some work to stretch my muscles and bones, and it can be considered as exercise. You can't refuse me this opportunity!"
Although Ruhua has a carefree personality, she is not stupid.
The Chen family now only has some brown rice and rice bran left, which is not enough for them to eat.
If she didn't find a way to make money, her whole family would probably starve to death.
My mother-in-law would never agree to work at Chen Zhanshan's house, as she felt it was shameful.
That's why she deliberately said that she was so bored that her body ached. Her purpose was to let others know that she didn't work for money, but simply because she was bored and wanted to find a way to make a living to pass the time.
Liang raised the corner of her mouth and smiled proudly, "Don't worry, Madam Xiucai, I'll reserve a place for you. You can come to my house to work tomorrow morning, and your sister-in-law will find you a light job."
"Okay, it's settled. You guys are busy. I have to go back and tell my mother-in-law. I'm afraid she won't let me go." Ruhua said, turned around and left.
Everyone looked at her back and sighed in their hearts. It was obvious that her family was so poor that they could barely make ends meet, but she still spoke so nicely. She was indeed a frivolous woman from a red-light district. She didn't look good, but she had a sweet mouth.
Liang rolled her eyes at everyone and looked at her husband, saying sarcastically, "Fugui, since no one is taking care of our family's livelihood, why should we force it? Three-legged frogs are hard to find, but two-legged people are everywhere. There are plenty of idle people. Let's hire someone else."
"Yes, let's go." Liang Fugui agreed, and the two hurried out of the village...
The next morning, everything went on smoothly at Chen's Sugar Factory.
The villagers who came to work did not see any worry on the faces of the Chen family.
Chen Zhanshan cleared out a room overnight to store the special raw materials for making white sugar.
While no one was paying attention, Chen Qingqing bought several bags of lime powder in the space and put them all into the big vat.
After giving repeated instructions, he went to the town.
The Liang family was also bustling with activity. As pot after pot of brown sugar was boiled, the two men finally felt relieved.
But they had no donkeys, and their stoves and stone mills were limited. Even if they worked very hard, they could only use up 200 kilograms of beets and produce 40 kilograms of sugar a day.
But they are already very satisfied with this.
On this day, Liang Fugui finally saved up 500 kilograms of brown sugar and hired an ox cart to go to Qingshui Town.
He wanted to show off in front of Li Jiang and let him know that the money was not wasted.
The couple had already calculated it, 85 wen per catty, 500 catties was 42 liang 5 qian of silver,
With this money, I can pay off Shopkeeper Li's capital, and the remaining beets will all be profit! ...
The ox cart finally stopped in front of Li Ji's grocery store.
Liang Fugui was the first to jump off the ox cart, with a hint of pride on his face, and walked in with an air of seeking credit.
Seeing that Shopkeeper Li was sitting listlessly at the counter, he shouted at the top of his voice, "Brother, I have good news for you."
Shopkeeper Li glanced at the two of them indifferently, without any joy on his face.
Liang, who followed closely behind, was a little confused, thinking that he didn't understand what her husband said, so she quickly said with a smile, "Brother, we have made some brown sugar. We have saved 500 kilograms. It's all in the cart outside the door."
"You guys really screwed me over!"
Upon hearing this, Liang Fugui's smile froze immediately. "Brother, what do you mean by that? We worked so hard, and you didn't even praise us. Why are you saying we screwed you over so badly?"
"Yes, we have made the sugar, why are you still not happy?" Liang looked puzzled.
Shopkeeper Li sighed helplessly, "This can't be entirely your fault. It's already amazing that you can make brown sugar. This is fate. I deserve this bad luck!"
"What do you mean?" Liang Fugui looked confused.
Shopkeeper Li frowned, somewhat incredulous, "You really don't know what's going on?"
"Look at you, why would I ask you if I want to know?"
"Take a look at what this is first?" Shopkeeper Li said as he bent down, took out a bag of sugar from under the counter and pushed it in front of the two of them.
Liang was stunned at first, but after seeing the snow-white particles in front of her, she couldn't help laughing, "Brother, you are so funny. You don't even recognize this thing. It's just white salt."
Liang Fugui's mouth trembled. "That's right, we should know what white salt is. Why do you want us to see this thing?"
"Try it and see if it's white salt."
Hearing what Shopkeeper Li said, Liang frowned, pinched a little with her hand and put it in her mouth. Her eyes suddenly widened, her face full of disbelief, "Why is this white salt sweet?"
"Oh my god, it's really sweet. What's this new thing?" Liang Fugui also exclaimed...
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