Pei Shaorong, the saintly mother of the Qin family, did not ask too many questions. It was completely expected that someone like Liu would commit such evil to such an extent.
Besides, other people's affairs had nothing to do with him, so Pei Shaorong was too lazy to care. Now, he had to find a way to sell the more than 50,000 kilograms of vermicelli and more than 30,000 kilograms of sweet potato flour.
However, business is something that cannot be rushed. Whether it is the cost of purchasing sweet potatoes or the cost of hiring workers to help make vermicelli and sweet potato flour, they are both quite high.
If he is in a hurry to sell it, the price will naturally be low. Pei Shaorong will definitely not do such a thankless task. He has the space to preserve the products and there is no need to rush.
Finally, after discussing with Mo Xiaobao, Pei Shaorong decided to open a small shop in Yueyang Town, specializing in selling sweet potato vermicelli and other products such as sweet potato flour!
Pei Shaorong has always been a man of action. Once he made up his mind, he immediately ran to the town to find a shop to get things done.
Sweet potato is a good thing. Whether it is sweet potato flour or sweet potato vermicelli, neither is available in Yueyang Town now. Once the products were launched, Pei’s sweet potato products became popular.
Especially the sweet potato vermicelli, because the local vermicelli here is made from raw materials such as mung beans, the cost is high, and the price here in Yueyang Town is very expensive.
But his vermicelli is different. Not only does it taste good, but it is also relatively cheap. Therefore, as soon as it was launched, it was welcomed by the general public.
The cost of vermicelli is eight cents per catty, and the selling price is 15 cents. The cost of sweet potato flour is five cents per catty, and the selling price is 12 cents. The profit is basically halved!
Less than half a month after opening, the turnover far exceeded Pei Shaorong's expectations, and the daily income almost doubled.
Pei Shaorong thought about it for a moment, and then continued to purchase sweet potatoes and run the workshop to make finished sweet potato products. Now was the time when sweet potatoes were in abundance and the purchase price was the lowest, so he naturally could not miss it!
Pei Shaorong did not sell all the finished products in his newly opened shop, but instead focused his attention on the farther direction of Yueyang City.
When everyone thought he was crazy and exchanged all the silver in his house for sweet potatoes, Pei Shaorong had already used the convenience of space to transport a large amount of vermicelli and sweet potato flour and exchanged them for silver...
After the sweet potato craze passed at the end of August, the sweet potato workshop stopped operating and Pei Shaorong began to restrain himself.
During this period of time, because of the sweet potato product sales, his family has completely become a hot topic in the village. Being so high-profile is really not Pei Shaorong's style, so what he has to do is to try to appear less "rich"!
However, although Pei Shaorong made a big move in the sweet potato business this time, the villagers actually couldn't guess how much he actually earned.
The only assets that the Pei family had on display were a newly built house, ten acres of land, and two livestock that they had bought in partnership with the Qin and Xue families.
In addition, there is also the shop that is now envied by everyone. As for the money of the Pei family, no one can guess how much it is...
Even though everyone knew that the Pei family made a lot of money from the sweet potato business this time, the villagers' mentality changed after Pei Shaorong "gritted his teeth" and paid off the sweet potato purchase money owed to the villagers and the wages for the workshop.
Everyone automatically imagined that the cash earned by the Pei family had been used up, and the remaining money was just the pile of vermicelli and sweet potato flour that had not been sold.
There were even many people who were worried about Pei Shaorong. If he couldn't sell all the vermicelli and sweet potato flour and they went bad, he would suffer a huge loss!
However, the Pei family is not worried about these problems. What bothers Mo Xiaobao recently is the thought of having a baby...
He and Pei Shaorong have been married for almost a year. Although it is not easy for a young man to get pregnant, Mo Xiaobao feels that he has been eating well and sleeping well these days, and he and his husband have been very diligent in making a baby. But why is there no movement in her stomach?
Mo Xiaobao was not the only one who was worried about this matter. People in the village were already talking about it behind his back, with gossipy aunts and sisters secretly gossiping about it behind his back.
This is also a very normal thing. Generally, a newly married husband and wife who do not get pregnant within a year will inevitably be gossiped about.
In fact, Mo Xiaobao has been gossiped about by the villagers for so many years that he has become thick-skinned and doesn't care about other people's gossip easily.
But the problem is, what everyone is talking about is what is close to his heart. Mo Xiaobao is very much looking forward to and obsessed with having a baby with Pei Shaorong!
Today, Mo Xiaobao went to Brother Lin's house again to play with the child and ask for the secret recipe for having a child. You should know that Brother Lin got pregnant less than half a year after marrying Xue Tieshi...
"Abao, this can't be rushed, don't worry, take good care of yourself, and do it more often at night... you will definitely get that thing!"
Brother Lin didn't know what to say to comfort Mo Xiaobao. He wanted to help, but how could an outsider like him help with childbirth just because he asked? If there was any secret recipe for childbirth that worked, no one in the world would worry about having a baby.
"Abao, don't pay attention to what the villagers say. Those aunties just love to say these things..."
Mo Xiaobao also knew all this, but he was annoyed in his heart, "I know all this, Brother Lin, but I have been married to Brother Pei for almost a year, and Brother Pei also wants to have a child..."
When Mo Xiaobao thought about how he vowed to give birth to a fat boy when he got married, but there was no sign of pregnancy for such a long time, he felt useless.
Even thinking of his own mother, Mo Xiaobao was a little worried that if he really couldn't have children in the future, Pei Shaorong would dislike him. Although they were in a good relationship now, he was still worried...
In fact, it is not surprising that Mo Xiaobao has such worries. Since he was a child, he has seen Aunt Mo being disliked by Old Man Mo because she could not give birth to a son. It is absolutely impossible for him to say that he does not have any trauma at all.
It is natural for a man to attach importance to offspring. There are also examples in the village of loving couples who fell out over children after a long time.
Seeing Mo Xiaobao's sad face, Lin Ge'er could only try his best to comfort him, "Abao, don't think too much. Your master is so good to you, he won't dislike you. I think he really likes you. Didn't he mind your reputation when he married you? Don't worry, there will always be children when the time comes..."
"..." Nodding, Mo Xiaobao could only accept this kind of comfort. Thinking about it, although they had been married for almost a year, their life was still as sweet as when they first got married, which comforted him a lot.
Although he felt relieved, Mo Xiaobao was still thinking about having a baby, so he pulled Lin Ge'er to ask for advice on childbirth experience in preparation for the future.
Seeing Mo Xiaobao's nervous, curious and expectant look, Brother Lin was happy to share his experience and told him everything about his own childbirth.
Mo Xiaobao kept all the pregnancy symptoms and preparations for pregnancy in mind, such as vomiting during pregnancy, appetite for sour and spicy food, weird temper and irritability during pregnancy, etc.
But pregnancy is something that can happen at any time. Although Pei Shaorong and Mo Xiaobao try very hard to make a baby every day, what can they do if the child just won't come?
Although Pei Shaorong felt regretful, he did not have to have a child. But it was different for Mo Xiaobao. He was frowning all day long because of this matter, and the villagers talked about it even more.
Because of this matter, Aunt Mo and Father Mo also came to visit specially.
Aunt Mo suffered a lot in her life because of not having a son. She knew very well how miserable it was for a wife and a boy to not give birth to a son for her husband.
There is no need to talk about Old Man Mo. He is a man who values family relationships, so of course he understands how powerful a man can be when he turns against his will.
His brother is not the best one. Now Pei Shaorong seems to be more and more capable. Father Mo is worried that he will look down on Mo Xiaobao after he becomes successful.
No matter what, Mo Xiaobao was his own child. No matter how much he disliked the fact that he was a little boy, he couldn't just watch him get divorced and go home.
By then, his mother's family will have to take over. Thinking about having no son to see him off in his old age and having to continue raising a little brother, Old Man Mo feels sad.
What's more, Father Mo is becoming more and more satisfied with Pei Shaorong. Even if this son-in-law is difficult to deal with and he can't get much advantage from him, at least this son-in-law won't ask him to support him, right?
"I'm telling you, Abao, you shouldn't blame me for being nosy. We can't be impatient with this child's affairs... The villagers are all gossipy, so don't listen to their nonsense..."
Father Mo sat in the Pei family's courtyard, smoking a pipe and speaking earnestly, "There's still a long time to go. My Abao will definitely give you a big fat boy. If that doesn't work, my Abao can work and give you a boy!"
Pei Shaorong smiled when he heard this. He knew all the recent rumors in the village, and he had told Abao about the child many times.
Of course it's good to have little buns, but it's okay if you don't have them. In his heart, a little boy is just like a man, and he doesn't mind or despise not having little buns.
But Abao is different from him. As a boy who was born and raised here, he absolutely cannot understand the concept of DINK. The little guy feels very guilty and has lost a lot of weight.
Things like children will come when they are supposed to come, and it's useless to worry to death when they don't come.
Mo Xiaobao understood this principle, but he still couldn't calm down. Pei Shaorong tried every way to persuade him, coax him, and deceive him every day. He tried his best.
Finally, he took Mo Xiaobao to the town and listened to the authoritative and official words of comfort from the doctor. Only then did he feel relieved, and Pei Shaorong also breathed a sigh of relief.
In order to prevent Mo Xiaobao from continuing to have wild thoughts, whenever Pei Shaorong went out, he would go to the village and invite a few young men and women to his house to divert Mo Xiaobao's attention...
By the time Mo Xiaobao had completely calmed down and returned to his previous carefree self, the weather had entered the hottest time of the summer and the Pei family's shop business had stabilized.
At the same time, Father Mo reported that his talented son-in-law had finally returned from Kyoto after taking the exam.
Sun Yaocai did not return home with honors after high school as Father Mo expected. Although he had some knowledge, there were many people in the world who were better at studying than him. Among the thousands of students, he was the one who failed...
Pei Shaorong was not surprised to hear the news. The imperial examination in ancient times was not as simple as everyone thought. It was not like passing the exam just by saying it would. It was not like selling cabbages on the street!
Didn’t you see that in ancient times there was an old man named Fan Jin who took the imperial examination for his entire life and only passed it once? Pei Shaorong really thought it was normal that Sun Yaocai failed this time and was not surprised at all.
Pei Shaorong thought it was normal and not surprising, but Old Man Mo had a different mentality. Although he also knew that it was not easy to pass the imperial examination, he still thought that his eldest son-in-law was very outstanding.
Over the years, Old Man Mo has spared no effort to support the Sun family, almost to the point of selling everything he had. But now, Sun Yaocai has failed the exam. Old Man Mo feels very upset!
Just when Father Mo was holding a jar full of IOUs from the Sun family and considering whether to continue supporting the Sun family for another three years, Sun Yaocai and Mo Lanzhu, who was pregnant, finally returned to her parents' home...
Speaking of Old Man Mo’s eldest daughter, Mo Lanzhu, she was actually a very famous person in Linjiang Village before she got married.
Before she was thirteen years old, Mo Lanzhu was quite inconspicuous in the village. She was dark and thin, blushed when she saw people, and was an ordinary country girl with an introverted personality.
But since she woke up from a serious illness at the age of thirteen, Mo Lanzhu has completely changed. In the first few days after waking up, not only did she not recognize her parents and brothers, but she also talked nonsense all day long, saying words that no one could understand, as if she was possessed by evil spirits.
Later, Old Man Mo went to the town to invite a witch, who performed rituals and gave Mo Lanzhu medicine and talisman water. After half a month of hard work, Mo Lanzhu finally felt a little better.
However, Mo Lanzhu seemed to have become a different person. Her personality became more outgoing and her brain worked better.
But the difference is that Mo Lanzhu's amnesia has not been cured. She can no longer do any of the needlework or housework she was good at, and she doesn't even know some common sense.
In the following years, Mo Lanzhu was like a dusty pearl that began to emit her dazzling light. The dark and thin little girl started to become a fair, rich and beautiful woman.
The skinny and dark girl from before was completely gone. Not only did she become beautiful, she also learned to read and write. She also had the arrogance and noble temperament that only city girls had. She was simply the goddess of the boys in the village at that time!
When she reached the age of marriage, Mo Lanzhu had her own ideas. She bypassed Old Man Mo and chose Sun Yaocai. She had a life-and-death argument with Old Man Mo for several days before she finally married into the Sun family.
After getting married, Mo Lanzhu seldom went back to her parents' home. Every time she came back, she would only stay for two days and then hurried back to the Sun family, as if the Mo family was not her parents' home but a hotel.
If Mo Lanzhu had not stayed in the village and had someone watching her at home from beginning to end, Old Man Mo would have suspected that his daughter had been switched.
However, no matter how suspicious he was, he could not imagine that his daughter had really changed into a different person. The soul living in this body was from another world that had nothing to do with him...
So in the eyes of Mr. Mo who didn't know the truth, this girl was his own daughter after all. It would be a lie for him to say that he didn't feel sad that his daughter was so cold to him.
Although he is a man who favors boys over girls, he has liked the eldest daughter much more than the younger brother since childhood.
While other girls were working in the fields, Old Man Mo never let Mo Lanzhu go to the fields. At most, he asked her to do some housework and help with embroidery to earn some money.
However, given Old Man Mo's personality, he was only sad for a few days, and his attention was focused on Sun Yaocai's success in the imperial examination and the Sun family's adoption of an heir.
Now that Sun Yaocai failed the exam, Old Man Mo was feeling very angry. He thought to himself that it was a good thing that he had a backup plan by asking the Sun family to write a promissory note and a certificate of adoption!
It was already evening when Mo Lanzhu and Sun Yaocai returned to the Mo family in Linjiang Village. Old Man Mo was sitting in the house smoking a pipe and waiting for a fire.
When he saw that Mo Lanzhu and Sun Yaocai came back empty-handed as before, Old Man Mo became even more unhappy.
In the past, the two of them would not bring anything when they went back to her parents' home, but considering that Sun Yaocai was the "future number one scholar", Father Mo tolerated it. There is gain in loss, and by giving up this small advantage, there will be big profits in the future.
Now that Sun Yaocai failed the exam, Old Man Mo had the illusion that his efforts were in vain. He was already upset, and now the two of them came back empty-handed. It would be strange for such a miser to be happy!
If it were in the past, Father Mo would have definitely prepared delicious food early and happily waited for the two of them to entertain him.
But today he was very angry because Sun Yaocai failed the exam. There were some ordinary steamed buns, pickles and fried vegetables on the table. As soon as the dishes were served, Mo Lanzhu was a little unhappy.
It's a rare opportunity for me and my husband to go back to my parents' home, but Old Man Mo didn't even cook a single meat dish. Is this the treatment I get when I go back to my parents' home?
Sun Yaocai next to him was a scholar with a thin skin. He didn't pass the exam this time and everyone was laughing at him. Now Father Mo's behavior clearly showed that he despised and looked down on him, which made him feel a little embarrassed...
After Old Man Mo brought up the issue of returning the money, Sun Yaocai was completely embarrassed and Mo Lanzhu could no longer eat.
The two were unhappy, but Old Man Mo didn't care. In his heart, money and incense were the most important things. Besides, it was only natural to pay back debts. So what was wrong with him asking a few questions?
In the past few years, I have lent more than thirty taels of silver to the Sun family. Who wouldn't be worried about such a large sum of money?
Moreover, Lanzhu was not close to him over the years. Not only did she seldom come back, but her attitude was also very cold. Sometimes, Father Mo felt that his daughter looked at him as if he were a stranger.
All these things made Old Man Mo feel more and more uneasy. He was not a fool, and Sun Yaocai's failure in the exam made him even more uncertain.
Rather than continue to wait for Sun Yaocai's illusory success in the imperial examination, it is better to have the money in hand!
"Mr. Lanzhu, my father is not young anymore. He will need to take care of me in the future. How long will it take to pay me back? Please tell me exactly how long it will take..."
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How could the Sun family possibly come up with more than thirty taels of silver in cash now?
The Sun family was not wealthy to begin with. Even though they had the scholar Sun Yaocai, they did not have to pay taxes to the court every year. There were some benefits, but not much.
Moreover, Sun Yaocai's studies required a considerable amount of money for pens, ink, paper and inkstone every year. The Sun family was just a farming family, and they relied mostly on the help of villagers and relatives to support him to become a scholar.
It's not just Old Man Mo. In order to raise money for the travel expenses to Beijing for the exam, other relatives and neighbors of the Sun family also owed a lot of money.
Now that Sun Yaocai failed the exam and there is no sign of the Sun family becoming prosperous, these creditors naturally came to their door. In order to deal with the creditors, the Sun family's savings have shrunk drastically in the past few days.
This time when Mo Lanzhu and Sun Yaocai came back, they also went to ask Old Man Mo for some money to help them. Unexpectedly, Old Man Mo changed his attitude faster than turning the pages of a book. He didn't care about the relationship between the in-laws and his daughter's face at all and asked for money right away!
Seeing Sun Yaocai's face flushed with embarrassment, Mo Lanzhu felt a little resentful that Old Man Mo didn't give her face. After all, this body of hers was his biological child, and she had called him dad for so many years.
"Dad, my husband and I will return the money to you in the future. This time I came back, I want to ask you for help. My husband wants to open a private school in the village. Can you lend us another 20 taels? I will return it to you as soon as I make money..."
The family was short of money, so Sun Yaocai, as the male of the family, naturally had to contribute. However, he was a scholar, lazy and ignorant of the different kinds of grains, so he could not do heavy work, nor could he bring himself to do it.
The only way to make a living he could think of now was to open a private school. By doing so, he could be a teacher with dignity, and at the same time, he could earn money without delaying his studies!
"Twenty taels? No, I don't have any silver!"
When Old Man Mo heard that Mo Lanzhu wanted more money, he immediately became agitated and refused. Not to mention that he didn't have twenty taels now, even if he had, he would not lend it to the Sun family.
Before, Father Mo was dazzled by the promise of the Sun family's incense and the bright future of the prosperous Sun family. Now that Sun Yaocai failed the exam, he finally came to his senses.
Forget about the previous three years, call him stupid and foolish, call him just blinded by greed and wanting to get rich, but now the Sun family wants to borrow money, that's really going to kill Old Man Mo.
If Sun Yaocai still fails the exam three years later, wouldn’t all his efforts have been in vain?
I am not young anymore and I cannot wait three years after three years. Father Mo still has to plan for my future.
The Sun family had promised to adopt the child to the Mo family once it was born. In the future, he would have to raise a male for the Mo family, which would be a huge expense. Now that all the money has been lent to the Sun family, what would the Mo family do in the future?
No, you absolutely cannot lend me this money!
The Sun family is now a bottomless pit. Lanzhu has not been close to me over the years, and it seems that I can't tame her. I can never get the money back if I lend her out!
He is so old now. In the future, he not only needs to raise a son, but also needs to save some money for his coffin.
The more I thought about Father Mo, the more I wondered how I could have been so stupid and foolish before. I was really bewitched at that time.
What's the point of taking the imperial examination? In Yueyang Town, for hundreds of years, only the son-in-law of the village chief passed the exam and turned out to be an ungrateful person!
Wait, white, eyes, wolf?
Old Man Mo was stunned, his eyes flickering between Mo Lanzhu and Sun Yaocai. He...he shouldn't be as unlucky as Qin Laoshuan, right?
The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. When Old Man Mo thought about how Mo Lanzhu had not been close to her mother's family over the years, he felt completely disappointed.
He thought of Mo Xiaobao again. Although he was not nice to Xiaobao and made him do housework, the child was always talkative and deferential, but he still showed all the usual courtesy and filial piety to him.
Although I always refused to let him take advantage of me, he would just turn against me and quarrel with me when he got mad...
But this Lanzhu, not to mention being filial, rarely comes back during the New Year, and the way she looks at me is as if I were a strange, snobbish old man!
Thinking of this, Old Man Mo didn't want to lend the money anymore. Instead, it was like a wake-up call, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Sun Yaocai and Mo Lanzhu was not right.
No, it's impossible. Father Mo has been working in Linjiang Village for so many years, he can't end up like Qin Laoshuan, losing both his money and his life!
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