It was still early when the grandfather and his grandson left the house. The road to the city had to pass by Qin Dagen's door. They were pushing the cart in the dark when Wu Huixiang, who had just gotten up to use the restroom, saw them. She immediately stopped using the restroom and blocked their way, shouting, "Qin Dagen, you bastard, get out of here!"
Qin Dagen came out a little late and was scolded several times by her.
Qin Huai asked, "Why are you stopping us?"
"You dead cripple, what are you doing pushing the old man's coffin?"
"Sell it for money."
"Humph, I knew that both families should have a share of the old man's things. If I hadn't seen it today, you would have sold it secretly. The old man is too partial."
Old Man Qin was almost furious, but he was a father-in-law and it was inappropriate for him to quarrel with his daughter-in-law, so he also scolded Qin Dagen loudly.
Qin Dagen was really unlucky today. He came out with his pants held up and asked, "Dad, what happened to you guys?"
Wu Huixiang didn't dare to scold Old Man Qin, but she dared to scold Qin Dagen: "Qin Dagen, are you a bastard? Your father secretly sold coffins without telling you."
Qin Dagen raised his hand and slapped her, saying, "You bitch, are you crazy? How dare you mess with me so early in the morning?"
Wu Huixiang was beaten and cried in grievance. Qin Dagen looked at the old man and put on a smile and said, "Dad, where are you going with the coffin so early in the morning?"
The old man said, "This is my own coffin. I can go wherever I want."
Wu Huixiang jumped up and said, "Qin Dagen, did you hear that? Your father doesn't even treat you as his son. You're still thinking about him every day. He secretly brought the lame man's family into the city and sold them to make money to support the lame man. I'm not wrong to call you a bastard."
Qin Dagen raised his hand again. This time, Wu Huixiang was alert and jumped aside immediately. Qin Dagen said, "Dad, this coffin board is made of good wood that you found in the mountains a few years ago. If you really sell it, it will be difficult to find it again in the future."
"The man can't survive anymore, so why keep the coffin? Take it to the city and exchange it for something."
Qin Dagen immediately said, "Dad, how can this be possible? You still have a few years to live, and you might need it soon. If you sell it, what will you do when you die and don't have a coffin?"
Others always said that Qin Dagen was stupid, but Qin Huai didn't think so until he heard this sentence. Then Qin Huai realized that he had indeed not given the wrong nickname. Listen, this is what a son should say, right?
Old Qin was so angry that his beard stood up high. He raised his hand to hit his second son. Qin Dagen put his face in front of him and said, "Dad, I said something wrong. You can hit me if you want."
The old man was so angry that he withdrew his hand and said, "Even if I don't die, I will be pissed off by you."
Although Qin Dagen is a scoundrel, he is still very filial to the elderly.
He scratched his head after being scolded and looked at Qin Huai and said, "Qin Huai, take care of your grandfather. Go quickly. Don't take my bitch's words seriously. If she dares to say anything, I will beat her to death."
The old man said, "Save your energy and think of ways to get food. Your family's life is troublesome enough."
Seeing that Qin Dagen had reconciled with the old man after just a few words, Wu Huixiang angrily cursed at the side, "You sold the coffin to fill the bottomless pit of the lame man's family. Don't come looking for us after you die."
The old man said, "Second brother, take care of your wife. She's making me so mad."
Qin Huai said, "Don't worry, Second Aunt, you don't have to worry about Grandpa's retirement. I'll take care of it."
Wu Huixiang didn't believe it and said with gritted teeth, "Don't just talk nonsense. Let's all press our fingerprints. Then no one can cheat."
Qin Dagen took the time to grab her and said, "Dad, you guys should leave quickly and stop talking nonsense with this woman."
Qin Huai said, "Second Uncle, I keep my word."
"Okay, your father and I are here, so it's not your turn to support your grandfather in his old age." Qin Dagen said loudly, slapped Wu Huixiang a few times, and then dragged her home.
Qin Huai said: "My second uncle is not afraid of his wife."
Old Man Qin said, "He's much better than that loser your father."
He was angry with his eldest son and had forgotten the old saying, "Don't speak ill of your parents in front of your children." Seeing the surprised looks on the faces of the three children, he realized his mistake.
It was still a bit heavy to walk while pulling the coffin. When the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren walked into the city, they were all sweating. Qin Huai took out a dollar from his pocket and handed it to Qin Xiaoyun and her sister, asking them to go to the bun shop and buy two buns for each of them.
The old man said, "How can we spend so much money? We can just eat together at noon. We have three meals a day. Even landlords don't dare to eat like this."
Qin Huai said, "Grandpa, we have a lot of work to do today. How can we not have the strength to do it without eating? You two should go quickly. This little money is not a big deal."
The old man was speechless. Carpentry work was indeed very hard.
He helped the old man and saw that the old man was working hard despite his age. He felt sorry for him and said, "Grandpa, take a break."
"You also said that we have to work hard. Working here and getting food is much better than living in the village. Don't worry about it."
While they were working, Qin Xiaoyun bought some buns. The old man ate two and said, "It's easy to spend money, but hard to make money. But hard to make money, but hard to eat shit. This is absolutely true."
Qin Xiaomi said: "It's great to be with my brother. I can have a full meal every day."
The old man said, "You two have suffered since childhood, and now you are blessed."
Qin Huai smiled. The old man ate the buns and started to work. After the wood was unpacked, the next step was the fine manual work. He couldn't help much, so he prepared to go out and look for materials.
Making soap is different from making ordinary laundry soap. It requires fragrances and spices. Unfortunately, it is winter now and there are no flowers in the mountains, otherwise he would not be willing to spend money to buy them.
Qin Xiaomi also wanted to go out together, but the old man said, "Your brother is busy with work, so don't burden him. Wait until he's done and then let him take you out."
Qin Huai said, "You guys stay here and help Grandpa with some work. I'll be back soon."
Qin Xiaoyun criticized her sister, saying, "Brother is so busy and you still want to play. You are not allowed to go anywhere."
Qin Huai touched Qin Xiaomi's hair and she said happily, "I was just talking, I'm not really going."
After walking out the door, he locked it, gave a few instructions at the door, and then went out.
When he came to the city, he needed a big iron pot, so he went to a chemical store first to check. There really were spices and flavors there. After all, Northern Anhui was a prefecture-level county, so it had everything it needed.
After secretly calculating the quantity, he finally bought essential oil extracted from peppermint. This thing can be produced in rural areas of northern Anhui. The price is not cheap, two yuan per catty, so he bought three catties.
I spent another eight yuan to buy a few pounds of food coloring, ten pounds each of yellow and green. Fortunately, this thing is cheap, otherwise I really couldn't afford it.
I made a total of 44 yuan from secretly selling soap. I have spent more than 10 yuan these days, leaving 30 yuan. I spent another 14 yuan on buying raw materials, leaving only 16 yuan. Money is really hard to earn.
However, he couldn't keep the 16 yuan, as he still had to buy things. He went to the supply and marketing cooperative and saw that an iron pot was selling for eight yuan. That was because he had an industrial ticket, otherwise it would have cost fourteen yuan.
Only eight dollars left, enough to last nearly half a month...
It's really difficult.
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