Chapter 84 Chapter 84-Two-in-one deed (bug hunting)...
When Chai Xingyu met Chai Jiao's eyes, his heart was pounding and he took a deep breath to calm himself down.
"Why are you looking at me like that, Second Sister? You think my method is too cheap for them. Are you going to come up with an even cheaper method to beg for cooperation?"
Chai Jiao sneered and looked away.
"Do you think this is a joke?"
Chai Xingyu also snorted. "It was agreed that I had full authority to let that noodle soup sauce into our shop. I worked hard for several days, discussed it with everyone, and made a promise. Where can I put my face?"
"That's right. With a face like mine, what else do I need to save face for?"
"The sauce factory is yours, the shop is yours too, it's up to you, I don't care!"
After saying that, he stood up and walked away, leaving the others stunned.
Guo Jixiang looked at his back and called out, but Chai Xingyu didn't respond. Guo Jixiang muttered, "What a jerk you are, kid..."
Chai Jiao said, "I think he was bewitched by Lin Chuntao."
Chai Lao San watched Chai Xingyu leave, his plan having succeeded, and he felt happy. He echoed Chai Jiao's words and said, "That young lady is quite capable. A few days ago, the owner of the mutton noodle shop was sulking because her business was taken away. Now she's being very friendly with them, smiling and greeting them as they come and go. Especially the owner's wife, she even invited them to dinner."
Guo Jixiang said, "That's because the mutton soup noodle shop has recently come up with some mint mutton dish, which is said to be the most popular way to eat it in Yongchang." After saying that, she looked at Chai Jiao and said, "Is there such a way to eat it?"
Chai Jiao frowned, "I've never heard of it."
Guo Jixiang also slowly frowned. That was the mutton noodle shop's own creation. The third aunt of the Chai family next to her laughed and said, "It is said that this way of eating was also invented by Madam Lin."
Chai Jiao scoffed, full of disbelief. "She's helping the mutton noodle soup shop steal her business? Is she crazy?"
Aunt Chai smiled and said, "I didn't rob her. I see her business is still the same as before, and the mutton noodle soup shop is also slowly getting better."
Guo Jixiang thought, if that was the case, it would make sense for the relationship between the two families to improve.
But the thing that Chai Xingyu makes will allow the sauce made by Lin Chuntao to occupy the Chai family's shop, and it will also carry her name. In the future, everyone will remember her Lin family's sauce. Who will still remember Chai's?
This won’t work either. I have to go talk to Lin Chuntao again.
Chai Xingyu pretended to be angry and secretly moved all his money to the house outside. He also gathered a few good servants and held a small meeting, saying that he would take them to make money. Last time such a big thing happened, it was all thanks to Chai Xingyu's protection that they were not kicked out.
They also realized that the master and his wife regarded the young master as their treasures, and as long as they did not make the young master dislike them, they would be fine.
After Chai Xingyu got the money, he took them to find a shop.
This morning Lin Chuntao went to pick mushrooms, but only found some purple-skinned green-headed mushrooms. The mushrooms in the mountains have gradually become less and less, and she couldn't even fill her backpack today, so she sold them in a short while.
After selling the mushrooms and helping to cook the noodle soup for a while, she pulled the mule cart away.
Because she wanted to bring back seedlings, she borrowed a mule cart from Aunt Guizhi. She had to buy seedlings, but she couldn't buy that many seedlings. So Lin Chuntao pulled the mule cart back to the village first, and exchanged the seedlings on the way back.
The mule cart was full, but it was still early when she returned to the village, so she had to hurry up and plant these things in the morning.
Lin Changzong took Lin Jiahui to the county town. Chen Dongniang, Sun, Aunt Guizhi and Sixth Grandma came to get the seedlings.
Looking at so many seedlings, everyone was very surprised.
But if the two families divide it, they can only cultivate a piece of land, which is not particularly much.
Lin Chuntao divided the seedlings but did not take them down.
"Aunt, aunt, why don't you just take it down and toss it around? Just pull it to the ground and plant it right away."
Chen Dongniang and Sun had no objections. They went back to get their tools and called for help. Lin Chuntao pulled the mule cart directly to the edge of the field.
The soil where potatoes had just been dug did not need to be turned over and was not hard. Lin Chuntao had nothing to do, so she took a hoe and helped to dig ditches. When she did that, Sun and Aunt Guizhi knew what she meant. She planted the potatoes in neat rows, just like planting corn.
Sun's family is large and they don't need so many people. Chen Dong's mother and two sisters-in-law came to help Aunt Guizhi with the planting. Lin Chuntao also called Duo'er and Lin Chunhe to help the two families.
When Wang came back from picking corn, she saw the two families busy at work. She asked curiously, "Auntie, Sister-in-law, what are you planting?"
Sun replied, "Grow some tomatoes and chives."
Wang was puzzled by the number of seedlings and the large area of land to be planted.
"So many?" She looked at Aunt Guizhi, who was also planting some distance away, and then smiled and said, "Are you going to sell them back to the county town?"
Chen Dongniang glanced at Lin Chuntao who was at Aunt Guizhi's side, then smiled and said, "Chuntao asked me to help plant it."
Wang thought of Lin Chuntao and the others selling noodle soup, and thought they might need it.
"She just borrowed your land to farm?"
Sun said, "No, I picked them after they were grown and sold them to her."
Wang pursed her lips. As long as the crops were grown, they wouldn't have to be sent to the county town to be sold slowly. It would be inappropriate not to ask about such a good thing.
"Oh, does she need much more? The two plots of land we dug potatoes in are also idle."
Chen Dongniang and Sun Shi didn't know either, but Wang Shi spoke up, so Chen Dongniang could only smile and say, "Chun Tao is over there, why don't you ask her?"
Chen Dongniang asked, and Lin Chuntao looked at Wang and said with a smile, "Tomatoes and leeks are not much, but bitter herbs and dried chilies are needed."
"Auntie, don't you grow buckwheat in your fields?"
Originally, they were going to plant some, but since growing vegetables can make money, it wouldn't be a big deal to leave a piece of land for growing vegetables. Wang smiled and said, "If we plant some buckwheat, we can still leave a piece for growing vegetables."
Lin Chuntao said, "Does Second Aunt want to plant some? You can buy the seedlings and seeds yourself, or I can buy the seedlings for you and you just have to pay for them."
"Did you buy all these seedlings?"
"Yes."
While chatting, Wang came over from the ridge of the field. Lin Chuntao was helping Aunt Guizhi plant. Wang put down the corn and came to help. As she helped, she asked about Lin Chunxing.
Chen Dongniang and Sun exchanged glances and shook their heads at the same time.
"If you're not here, can Chun Xing handle the stall by herself?"
Lin Chuntao said: "She is busy enough. She is skilled now and can watch it alone."
Wang said, "You sisters are really capable and good at scheming."
Lin Chuntao curled her lips and said, "What's so great about that? It's just that we're worried about not having enough food to eat. We're still staying at my great-grandmother's house and we have to save money to build our own house."
Wang said, "That's right. Now that your mother is gone, you still have to arrange Chunxing and the others' marriages." Then she asked, "Chunxing is about the same age as Qingqing. I've been busy trying to find a husband for Qingqing lately. Are you going to find one for Chunxing too?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Chuntao glanced at Wang. If she really wanted to find a husband, she would definitely ask the adults to help her arrange it now.
But she smiled and waved at Wang.
"No, I want to leave Chun Xing and the others at home."
Wang exclaimed in surprise, "Is the son-in-law at home?"
Lin Chuntao nodded.
"Well, our parents are not around, and I'm afraid they'll be bullied if they get married. I have to keep them by my side. Besides, they're still young now, so I plan to wait until they're eighteen or nineteen."
Aunt Guizhi was listening nearby without saying a word. Wang gave Lin Chuntao a cold look and said, "They are so lucky to have a sister like you."
Lin Chuntao smiled but said nothing.
"Brothers and sisters will separate when they grow up. You can still protect them for the rest of their lives. Find a good husband now. Stay until you are eighteen or nineteen. It will be difficult to find a husband if you stay later."
"Besides, does your Xiao Pei have any objections to you leaving all three sisters at home?"
Lin Chuntao raised her eyes and looked at her and smiled, "No problem, he listens to me."
Wang: “…”
Lin Chuntao was still planting tomato seedlings, moving very skillfully. Wang was squatting diagonally opposite her. Seeing that she was unmoved, Wang directly broke the window paper.
"Chun Xing and Qing Qing get along well. I was thinking that if you were to find a husband for her, Qing Qing has a cousin who is handsome and has a good temper. He would be a good match for Chun Xing."
After talking for a long time, Lin Chuntao was already a little annoyed, but she didn't show it on her face.
"Oh, thank you, Second Aunt, for remembering us sisters. Forget it now. In a few years, when Chun Xing and Chun He are looking for in-laws, I will ask Second Aunt for help."
Wang looked at her smiling face. She smiled at every word she said, but the words she said were unacceptable.
If I really appreciated her concern, I would have said "let's see", but she just said "forget it now".
Wang was a little unhappy.
"It's hard for girls to find a husband when they're older. They get married at eighteen or nineteen. You can find a date for them now and arrange a marriage. It won't be a problem."
This sentence kept repeating for a long time, as if what Lin Chuntao said was not human language, and she was thinking about Lin Chunxing.
"Second aunt, you don't understand us orphans. My mother was bullied to death by my mother-in-law. I don't want my sisters to be bullied in the future." Lin Chuntao suddenly sighed and looked up at Wang. "I'm not afraid of being laughed at by Second aunt. First, Chunxing and the others are young. Second, I have requirements for their in-laws. But please don't scold me when I say this. I hope my sisters will marry people whose parents-in-law are dead."
Wang was so choked up that she almost cursed.
Aunt Guizhi was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and looked up at Lin Chuntao. She had dealt with Lin Chuntao a lot, and the fact that Lin Chuntao could say this showed that she was very angry.
Wang talked here for a long time, pretending not to understand what Lin Chuntao said.
Lin Chuntao saw Wang's expression change, but she pretended not to notice and said with a smile, "It would be convenient for such a family to marry into our family or come and live with us."
"Besides, if I really can't find a husband when I'm old, I'll support them. I'm happy to support them for the rest of their lives."
The smile on Wang's face slowly faded. She wanted to hold on a little longer, but she couldn't anymore.
Finally, he only left one sentence: "Hey, Chuntao, you are capable of making money. We parents don't dare to say that we can raise children for a lifetime."
Lin Chuntao said: "It's not a big deal. It's just that we don't have any brothers."
Wang pulled the corners of her mouth with a forced smile, put down the seedlings in her hand and slowly stood up, "You guys are busy, I have to go back to feed the pigs first."
Lin Chuntao didn't say anything else, and Wang didn't ask whether she wanted to grow vegetables. However, Aunt Guizhi greeted her.
After watching them walk away, Aunt Guizhi asked, "Are you really going to let Chunxing and the others stay until they are eighteen or nineteen?"
"Well, if you marry young and don't know anything, what good will it do except being tortured? I've already suffered a lot before, and I don't want to suffer this kind of hardship again."
Aunt Guizhi nodded slightly and murmured, "It's better to keep him by my side. I can rest assured knowing he's under my watch."
It was already lunchtime when they finished planting the chives and tomatoes. Just as they were about to go home to cook, they saw Lin Jiahui and his friends coming back, along with Lin Chunxing and Pei Ying.
Lin Chuntao, Chen Dongniang and the others waited together for someone to arrive before going back together.
Lin Jiahui was very happy along the way. They met Lin Chunxing at the market, who cooked two bowls of noodles for them to share.
Lin Chunxing said that these were the leftovers, so they could each eat a little and then pack up and go back.
He had already looked at what kind of beans and dried chilies people were selling and asked about their prices. He happily said to Lin Chuntao, "Sister Chuntao, I'll go buy some this afternoon."
Lin Chuntao smiled and nodded.
Pei Ying bought some pork ribs. The corn was still tender, so Lin Chuntao asked Aunt Guizhi for a few packets. After lunch, they stewed corn and pork ribs soup in a clay pot.
After Lin Jiahui finished his meal, he put on his backpack and took the scale and went to find Lin Chuntao. He bought something for Lin Chuntao and always asked Lin Chuntao about the price.
Beans in the grain shop cost thirty-two cents a dou, which works out to two cents and six cents a pound.
This year's beans are still in the fields, and the harvest price is unknown. If you buy beans now, they will all be last year's beans. Besides, the beans bought in the countryside may not be the best ones. Lin Chuntao thought for a moment and said to Lin Jiahui, "The price per pound is within two and a half cents. You can buy as many as you like. Dried chilies are within four and a half cents."
Looking at Lin Jiayi who was following Lin Jiahui, Lin Chuntao asked, "Will my brother go with you?"
"Well, he's going to play with me."
Lin Chuntao said, "Be careful of dogs when you visit the village. Get a bamboo stick with you." As she said that, she went back to the house and took out three hundred coins and put them into a purse.
"Here are three hundred coins. Count them. Bring the things back in the evening so we can reconcile the accounts."
Lin Jiahui took the purse and felt it was heavy. He had never held so much money before. He took a deep breath before starting to count the money. He asked Lin Chuntao for some hemp ropes and divided the three hundred coins into six strings, each string containing fifty coins.
Lin Chuntao looked at him and said, "You must return to the village before dusk. You can buy as much as you want."
Lin Jiahui nodded, "Sister, I remember it. Let's go then."
Lin Chuntao found two bamboo poles and gave them to them, and reminded them, "Be careful."
Lin Jiahui felt dizzy holding the purse. He was still debating whether to ask his parents for money to buy it back or what else to do, but he didn't expect Lin Chuntao to give him the money directly.
He will definitely get this done.
Lin Jiahui first went to the surrounding villages, and as soon as he entered the village, he shouted loudly to collect soybeans and dried chilies.
I felt a little embarrassed when I shouted like this for the first time, but soon people who heard the shouting came over to ask the price, and some of the people at home took them home to weigh the goods.
However, each household did not have much, and they were about to receive new grain, so some families could sell more than ten or twenty pounds, which was not much. But the two cents per pound he offered was a little higher than the price people paid when they came to collect the new grain, so he sold it to them.
Before leaving, someone asked them if they would come back after the new grain arrived, and Lin Jiahui naturally agreed to come.
With only half the village's earnings, Lin Jiahui bought more than 100 kilograms and more than 10 kilograms of dried chili peppers. When the money was gone, they had to go back.
Fortunately, I brought Lin Jiayi with me, so I could help him carry some of the things. I bought some more and carried them back.
I bought the things and carried them on my back while walking. It wasn’t very tiring at first, but it became very tiring later on.
But you still have to carry the beans back.
When we came back, the sun had not yet set, but by the time we reached the village, the sun had already disappeared, leaving only a red glow in the sky.
Many families in the village were already having dinner. When they saw the Lin Jiahui brothers coming back with their things, they all started chatting.
They looked like they were just visiting relatives, so no one was curious about why they were carrying these things.
Lin Chuntao looked at the beans on Lin Jiahui's back and took a deep breath.
"Why are you carrying so much in one trip? Are you exhausted?"
Lin Jiahui chuckled, "It's not much, but it feels heavy when I carry it while buying it."
Lin Chuntao felt that this child was quite honest, so she said, "Tomorrow when you go again, go to the village drying yard and shout a few times to ask them to bring the fish to the drying yard for you to weigh. If they have weighed enough, you can carry them back. If they haven't weighed enough, tell them they'll be waiting for you to come back."
Upon hearing this, Lin Jiahui slapped his forehead, perhaps realizing how foolish he was.
Lin Chuntao patted his shoulder gently.
"Sit down and rest first. I'll weigh you."
Lin Chunhe brought two stools for them, poured two bowls of water and put some honey in them.
The two brothers gulped down a bowl of water and felt like they hadn't had water for half a day.
Lin Chuntao decided to ask Pei Ying to help make a bamboo cup so that the silly child could fill it with water and carry it around to drink.
She took a scale to weigh the weight. Lin Jiahui drank some water, took out the remaining money, and reported the situation.
"Sister, I paid two cents a pound for beans, and bought them piecemeal. The total should be 118 pounds. The chili peppers were 4 cents a pound, and I bought 16 pounds. We didn't come back until we had spent all the money."
The number Lin Chuntao weighed was the same as the one he reported. She checked the beans and found them clean, and the dried chilies were not bad either.
The harvest this half day was pretty good.
Lin Chuntao went into the house and took out thirty coins to give to him. The young man took the money with a silly smile on his face.
"Thank you, Sister Chuntao."
Lin Chuntao said, "Why thank me? This is what you earned from working. We haven't eaten yet. Come take a break and eat with us."
Lin Jiahui shook his head, "No sister, let's go back and eat."
As he said that, he pushed Lin Jiayi to leave. When he reached the door, he turned back and said, "Sister, I'll go buy it early tomorrow."
"No need to get up too early. If you're too tired one day, you won't be able to do it the next day."
"good!"
After answering, the two brothers ran away.
Since evening, Chen Dongniang had been standing at the gate of the yard waiting for Lin Jiahui. She felt relieved when she saw the two brothers coming back.
"How is it? Are you tired?"
Chen Dongniang asked, and Lin Jiahui shook the copper coins in his hand at his mother.
Seeing his happy expression, Chen Dongniang patted him gently and said, "I asked you if you were tired, but you showed off your money."
Lin Jiahui was really happy. It was only thirty cents, but he wasn't tired at all.
Lin Jiayi looked at the money in his brother's hand with envy.
Sun looked at the two brothers who had returned with a smile and sighed, "Our Jiahui has also made his own money."
Lin Jiahui asked the old lady: "Grandma, do I have to give the money I earn to my family?"
Since the family hadn't split up, they definitely had to pay, but they didn't have to pay it all. She thought about it and said, "How about paying half?"
Lin Jiahui nodded.
"good."
Even if he paid fifteen cents, he still had fifteen cents left. Today, Lin Jiayi followed him around all day, so he gave Lin Jiayi another five cents.
Lin Jiayi was also happy now.
However, the two brothers didn't have much fun playing for long, as their money was taken away by Chen Dongniang.
The next day, Lin Chuntao gave the money to Lin Chunhe and asked her to give it to Lin Jiahui. She also gave her some instructions before going to the county town.
Chai Xingyu and his friends also left early today.
I rented a shop yesterday and today I plan to go to the government office to register for the city and get the deed. The officials are familiar with the Chai family, and when they heard that the owner, Chai Xingyu, was still selling sauce, they frowned.
I haven’t heard the Chai family talk about this?
Chai Xingyu frowned at the person in front of him. He said, "Let's open a separate shop specializing in selling various sauces. I'll be in charge, but we're all family, there's no difference."
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