Chapter 49 Spending Money
When the pig dealer heard Li Laoer's bargaining, he waved his hands at him and told him to go wherever he wanted.
Li Baisong and Li Yulan were both nervous, and they wanted to raise the price.
The highest price mother offered was five hundred wen, but my second brother only offered two hundred and fifty. Seeing how he got scolded by the boss, they all felt guilty and uncomfortable.
Li Lao Er saw through their thoughts immediately and said before they could speak: "That price is not very good. I'll give you two and five cents."
"Brother, I really can't sell them at such a low price. If you really want them, I'll give them 500 coins each. Take them all."
Li Baisong pulled Li Yulan, and the brother and sister tacitly just stood around looking at the pig without saying a word.
It’s my second brother who has to bargain.
It has now been reduced to 500 Wen, and it looks like it can be reduced further.
Li Laoer lived up to everyone's expectations and cut the pork price down bit by bit.
"Brother, come on, if you buy three, I'll give you an extra ten wen off each. Since you only want two, four hundred and fifty wen is the lowest price." The boss gritted his teeth. "If you take all nine, I'll give you a twenty wen discount."
His family was busy with spring planting, and he wanted to sell these nine piglets as soon as possible so he could go back and help.
If he sells these piglets, he will be able to get married this year.
Li Lao Er waved his hand, "I can't take nine. Even if you offer me two taels of silver, I don't have that much to give you."
"But if you offer four hundred coins each, I'll buy three." Li Laoer only dared to say this after receiving a look from Li Baisong. The price exceeded the one his mother had set, and he wanted to buy it but was afraid of being scolded when he got back.
He thought his mother wanted to raise three pigs, otherwise she wouldn't have given him two thousand coins directly.
I bought 130 coins for the seasoning, which was enough to stew three pig heads and six or seven sets of pig offal according to the amount my mother had used before.
If he spends another 1,200 coins to buy piglets, he should still have some left, yes, definitely 400 or 500 coins. He can buy pig heads and offal later and have some left for his mother.
Oh, no, I also have to go to the bookstore.
No matter how you calculate it, you have to leave money for the bus fare back.
There are four people and three pigs. The old man can't drive the ox cart without seven or eight cents.
Li Laoer was calculating quickly in his mind.
The pig dealer opposite also thought about it in his mind and finally nodded in agreement.
"I'm buying three, and you have to give me a cage. My basket can't hold three. I originally only wanted to buy two."
Pig dealer: "...Pick one of these three cages of pigs."
"I want this cage, this one, this one, this one, just these three."
When the pig dealer saw that Li Laoer not only took his largest pig cage, but also wanted to take away his three largest piglets.
"No, those pigs are all 500 wen each, and you can only choose the small ones for 400 wen."
The two men immediately started bargaining again. The pig dealer felt that selling these three piglets was more tiring than working half a day at home.
This guy is really troublesome.
Li Laoer continued to be difficult and finally chose the second most satisfactory cage, and chose two larger piglets and one smaller piglet.
The payment was made in full.
Li Laoer found two wooden sticks and passed them through the cage to form a cross shape, which was just enough for four people to lift one corner each.
The sloppy old man cursed, "You're asking me to work before I even have a meal. I don't have the strength."
"Don't worry, don't worry. I'll go buy some meat and cook it for you when I get home." Li Laoer patiently comforted her.
The wild vegetable paste turned into meat, and the sloppy old man was happy.
When he came to the pork stall and saw the pig heads and offal bought by Li Laoer, he froze.
"You, you, you want to eat shit?" The sloppy old man was shocked.
"You're the one who eats shit. If you can't speak, just shut up." Li Yulan glared at the sloppy old man.
"Don't be afraid, big brother. We will wash it clean before frying it." Li Baisong comforted.
The sloppy old man felt unwell. He originally wanted to eat two buns, but he didn't want to eat any when he passed by the bun stall.
On the way out of the city, they passed by a bookstore. Li Baisong took the remaining money from Li Laoer and walked into the bookstore.
"Little brother, you have to save ten coins for the ox cart ride. You can't spend it all."
Li Baisong counted out ten copper coins for Li Laoer before walking into the bookstore.
The sloppy old man looked at Li Baisong's back and silently raised the corners of his lips.
No matter what, a family that can teach their children to read should be a good one.
It took Li Baisong a quarter of an hour to come out, and he bought two rolls of paper, which were just ordinary hemp paper for writing, and each roll cost eighty cents.
The price of one hundred and fifty cents for two pieces of paper was negotiated by Li Laoer who came up to help.
As for the calligraphy copybook that Li Baisong wanted to buy at first, it was too expensive. The cheapest one cost one or two taels of silver. He only had more than 500 coins in his hand, so he decided to go back and figure it out himself.
"Studying is really expensive. Just buying some paper costs more than a pig's head."
Pig heads cost five cents per pound, and the pig head they bought weighed sixteen pounds, totaling eighty cents. Li Laoer also asked for pig offal, but the boss of course refused, so he sold the pig head at a low price and finally collected five cents.
I bought another pair of pig offal from the stall next door for ten cents.
So the total cost of the pig's head and offal was ninety-five coins.
The three siblings returned home with a full load.
The old man driving the ox cart didn't want to pull them.
Too much shit.
Unless they charter a car.
It costs twenty cents to charter a car.
The old man driving the cart felt that he had suffered a loss, even losing both the man and the pig, and Li Laoer felt very distressed.
He wanted to walk back, save twenty cents, and then go back to discuss with his mother and maybe she could give him ten cents.
An hour's walk up the mountain road was already very tiring, not to mention carrying three piglets, a pig's head and two pigs' bodies.
Li Laoer can carry 100 kilograms, but Li Baisong and Li Yulan cannot share the remaining 100 kilograms.
Li Bosong advised Li Laoer like this, "Brother, my injury hasn't healed yet. It's not worth it to carry fifty kilograms of stuff back and spend dozens of coins to buy medicine."
"Brother, if you tire me out, you'll only have hard work and no credit when you return."
Li Laoer: "..."
It was already afternoon when we returned to Liantang Village.
There are not many people in the village, and those who can move have gone to work in the fields.
Twenty cents cannot be wasted, so Li Laoer directed the ox cart all the way to the doorstep.
The eldest and second Li were still in the fields. Yuan and Wang took the eldest, second, third, fourth, and eldest and second daughters to pull weeds.
Qin Fangci was busy at home with Sandaner and Du on her back.
Qin Fangci came out when she heard the sound.
"Are you back?"
"Mom, we're back."
The voices from both sides rang out at the same time.
The old man driving the cart helped unload the piglets, complaining as he did so.
"It's too dirty, too dirty. There are people sitting in my car later."
Li Baisong handed over the copper coins, and Li Laoer said, "They are all fertilizer. Go back and take them to the vegetable patch to wash. Then pour two buckets of water over them and flush them into the vegetable patch. I'll give you the fertilizer for free."
The old man driving the cart: “…”
The sloppy old man: “…” He heard it for the first time and was shocked.
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