Chapter 238 A good dog, a good dog, worth raising! Extra chicken leg! Definitely extra chicken leg!
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For the past two weeks, everyone in Liujiatun felt like they were about to make a fortune!
They never imagined that listening to Li Shiyue's words would allow them to earn so much money!
Leaving aside the two large inns facing each other, just feeding those large livestock would take at least twenty men most of the day.
The fodder and beans they had saved up were almost all used up before the trade fair.
However, those nights spent emptying the money box and counting the coins by the light of the oil lamp were truly joyful!
Not only can you earn money working at the inn, but you can also make money from the houses built at the village entrance and along the riverbank.
Not to mention the rent for the shop that was rented to the caravan for short periods, even just the money his wife earned sitting there by the stove mending clothes for others could earn him a hundred or two hundred copper coins in half an afternoon.
A quick-handed woman could earn over a hundred copper coins in half a day.
Who would have thought that they could actually make money right at their doorstep!
Not to mention the low-priced paper and charcoal from Li's Paper Mill, Li Wangshui and Ma Zi had a thick stack of orders piled up in their hands.
Even the rabbits raised by Erdan's mother were mostly taken by the inn's kitchen. She used to sell the rabbit fur hats she made herself on consignment at the shop, and she could sell two a day.
All I can say is that for the past two weeks, everyone in Liujiatun has had a smile on their face. Those men who used to dislike Li Shiyue for being in charge now know to greet him from afar whenever they see him outside.
Although Li Shiyue had never paid attention to these people, it was only polite to respond when they greeted her, wasn't it?
Even superficial harmony is good.
What Li Shiliang and the others couldn't understand was that when Li Shiyue led them to water the drying ground and freeze it into an ice surface, they drove all the big dogs from several households in the village over to pull the sleds.
And yet, someone actually paid money to ride this dog sled!
Li Shiliang didn't understand, but he obeyed. Li Shiyue asked him to arrange for any idle young men in the village to go to the ice rink that had been converted from the drying ground every morning, and wait with their dogs. Whoever wanted to play, once a group was formed, would be led around the ice rink by their dogs.
Just look how easy it is to make this money!
However, no matter how much you don't want time to pass quickly and want to earn more money, the first day of the new year is still coming soon!
The day for the opening of the border trade market has arrived!
Three days ago, a large number of people arrived here from the prefectural city. However, they did not stop at Liujiatun, but instead took a detour from Liujiatun and crossed the newly built stone bridge to go to the grassland.
Liu Tan had already taken Yan Jiuniang there, and Xing Guangzong, Wan Sanbao, Tian Guilan, and other caravans also drove their own caravans to the grasslands.
With such a grand spectacle, Li Shiyue naturally wanted to join in the fun.
After all, who knows how many years the border trade will last?
What are barbarians?
Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts!
The current trade is merely a temporary peace.
The future? Who knows?
Therefore, this trade might not exist in the future.
So, of course Li Shiyue wanted to rush to see such a grand scene right now, didn't she?
Li's mother and Zheng Meiniang had no intention of going to watch the excitement. They only told Li Shiyue to just watch from the sidelines and not to get into any arguments with anyone.
As for why Li's mother gave such instructions?
It was because a few days ago, when a caravan passed through Liujiatun, the men in the caravan made flirtatious remarks to the women washing and cleaning at the entrance of the inn.
Do you think Li Shiyue will tolerate this?
No matter where your caravan comes from, it's unacceptable for them to bully women on Liujiatun's territory!
The caravan leader probably didn't care at all about his men harassing the woman; women who are bullied elsewhere might just let it go.
Some women, even if touched twice, could only endure the disgust and grievance, and dared not utter a word.
Let alone women, even some men who witness their wives being bullied wouldn't dare utter a single harsh word.
But after what happened with Wang Ergou, the women of Liujiatun knew that Li Shiyue hated nothing more than being bullied by women.
Therefore, the women who had been harassed pointed their clubs at the two men and demanded that they apologize!
A man who has been humiliated in public is unlikely to apologize.
Enraged, they lunged at the woman and were about to attack her!
Old Liu, who was sunbathing at the entrance, hurriedly went into the inn to call Li Shiliang. Li Shiliang ran out and scolded the two men who had already approached the woman: "You bastards, how dare you run wild on our turf!"
Coincidentally, Li Shiyue was just returning from the ice rink with her four dogs on her way to the inn.
Upon seeing this scene, she immediately gave commands to the dogs.
The four dogs excitedly darted over in a flash, reaching the man in just a few breaths and immediately going after his groin.
Yes, the dogs trained by Li Shiyue, besides biting necks, also bite testicles!
Hehe, from toddlers learning to walk to old men who can barely walk, no man is unafraid of being bitten here!
The man, terrified by the dog, covered his groin and fell to the ground. His companions also grabbed sticks and were about to beat the dog.
However, Li Shiliang had already summoned a group of people.
This created a standoff between the two sides.
However, it was during this standoff that the four dogs carried out Li Shiyue's orders and fiercely bit the crotches of the two men.
Seeing that it was Li Shiyue, a young woman with a cold face, who was in charge, the caravan manager put on a smiling face and stepped forward to try to mediate.
Li Shiyue didn't even glance at the manager. Instead, she smiled broadly at the dog that was still biting the man's crotch, praising it incessantly: "Good dogs, good dogs, worth raising! Extra chicken legs! Extra chicken legs are a must!"
Turning his head, Li Shiyue said to Zhao Yan, who was still holding the pestle, "Sister-in-law, tell the cook to stew a chicken for Xiao Hei and the others today. Hehe, give Xiao Hei and Da Huang chicken legs!"
"Yes, I'm going right now." Zhao Yan responded loudly, put down the mallet, and headed into the inn.
Seeing that Li Shiyue didn't respond at all, the manager realized that he couldn't underestimate Li Shiyue.
Li Shiyue was too lazy to pay attention to this kind of person. She went straight up the steps, sat down at the entrance of the inn, and called Xiaobai over to her, stroking the dog's head and grooming it.
At this moment, Li Shiliang walked over and spat at the steward, saying, "Don't you even know where this is?"
How dare you bully people in our Liujiatun village?
Does this mean everyone in Liujiatun has died?
"Today, if we don't give you enough money, then..." Li Shiliang looked at the two men lying on the ground, still clutching their groins, "...we'll leave you something else."
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