Beans are not a very valuable thing. Before, a pound of soybeans cost only three cents. Within a few days, the price rose to five cents, seven cents, and now... it has suddenly risen to ten cents, and is still rising.
You have to know that one pound of soybeans only produces about four ounces of good bean curd skin. Even if you include the bad ones, the maximum you can get is more than six ounces. Add in the firewood and labor, and it's obviously not cost-effective to get one pound of bean curd skin at eighteen cents.
How could the villagers be willing to work for nothing and even have to pay compensation? They immediately gathered together to find Tang Shuizhi.
Tang Shuizhi also had a headache, so she discussed with Cheng Erlang whether to raise the price by two cents.
The Cheng family was born in poverty, and even when they were rich, they were still very stubborn. Cheng Erlang was furious at the time: "Why increase the price? No increase! We signed a contract at that time! Tell them that if they don't deliver on time, we will sue them!"
Yes, the contract was signed at that time.
At that time, Tang Shuizhi was afraid that this group of people would turn around and join Tang Shiyue, so she listened to Cheng Erlang's advice and signed the contract.
She immediately felt confident and told them.
When everyone heard this, they became anxious.
Again, this is an era where people are willing to risk their lives for a penny. Even if they have some money, their mindset cannot be changed for the time being. Of course, they are afraid of seeing the officials and being involved in lawsuits, but when their interests are damaged, no one wants to be a sucker.
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So the group discussed it and came to ask the patriarch for help.
The old patriarch has always been optimistic about Tang Shiyue.
Ever since the time of making jelly, their family has always stood firmly by Tang Shiyue's side. It can't be said that they follow her lead blindly, but it's almost the same.
So if he were to say this, these people deserved it. He really doesn't want to get involved, but he can't help it.
He took people to find Tang Shuizhi.
Tang Shuizhi felt that she had already jumped out of the village and became a successful businessman, and she no longer took the clan leader seriously.
She kept saying, "Anyway, there is a contract. They signed it on their own initiative. I didn't force them to sign it. Now they want to raise the price again. Why? If they make trouble again, we will sue them! Let them spend a few days in jail and they will behave themselves!"
As soon as the news came out, these people gnashed their teeth in hatred.
But I was also terrified.
At this time, those families who had been suppressed by Tang Shuizhi were all very fortunate. They had only signed for a few dozen kilograms and had paid them long ago, so they just didn't catch up with the price increase.
As expected, following Madam Fu, you will never suffer any loss.
The patriarch thought about it for a long time and then went to find Tang Shiyue quietly.
In fact, this matter cannot be traced back to Tang Shiyue.
When she wanted to take it in at the beginning, everyone agreed. Then Tang Shuizhi interfered and these people changed their minds. She didn't argue with Tang Shuizhi, nor did she bother with these people. She just gave up. Now, they come to her when something goes wrong?
The patriarch is truly ashamed.
Tang Shiyue smiled as she poured tea and water, and did not take the opportunity to attack Qiao'er. The clan leader put aside his old face and explained the matter. Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "Clan leader, the demand is greater than the supply... I mean, there are more people who want to buy beans than those who want to sell them, so the price is bound to go up. So I really don't know how this business will continue."
The old patriarch pondered her meaning for a moment and said, "What if you don't want to do this business anymore? Is there any solution?"
Tang Shiyue felt that this old patriarch was also a wonderful person. He could understand what Tang Shiyue meant with just one sentence.
Although, how should I put it, the Cheng family is somewhat right in this matter, but she is the kind of person who will doubly annoy others if they annoy her.
Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "If you ask me, there's nothing to do. We've stopped taking advantage of them now. After all, the Cheng family hasn't defaulted on our money for the yuba. As for the deed, I've seen it too. It only says how many kilograms a family should provide, but it doesn't say how much they must provide at a time, or when they should finish providing it. You can still provide it for ten years, or a hundred years, so why not take a break for two days? How can they sue, and what can they sue for?"
The old patriarch suddenly had an epiphany.
So everyone immediately gathered together and took a "rest" together.
When the Cheng family's mountain goods shop came to the village again, it was met with an empty city.
The Cheng family is a group of rough men from the mountains. They built their business with their own fists. Do they think they are afraid of your bully?
So Cheng Erlang went back and called for help, and a group of strong men came over aggressively.
They also knew that people in the countryside tend to stick together, so quite a few people came, including their own people and hired thugs. There were more than thirty of them, all of them were strong men, and many of them were thugs under Han Yi.
They knew that Tang Shiyue knew Han Yi, but Tang Shuizhi had conflicts with Tang Shiyue. As long as Tang Shiyue did not intervene, these people would take the money and do whatever they were told.
Unexpectedly, when they entered the village, they saw that there were hardly any people coming out. Even if someone saw them, they would run away immediately.
Cheng Dalang didn't care that they went to call for help. He went straight to Tang Shuizhi's house, holding the list, and said fiercely: "Let's go, start with the family who owes the most! One by one!"
The one who owed the most was also named Tang, Tang Dahu. A large group of people rushed over there. Tang Shuizhi and Cheng Erlang snuggled together, talking and laughing.
Halfway through the journey, they saw a group of people slowly approaching them. The head of the Tang family and Chen Lizheng were both there. The head of the Tang family asked from a distance, "Shuizhi, are you going to break up with the village?"
Tang Shuizhi rolled her eyes, "Chief, I don't mean to break up with the village, you're the ones making it difficult for me! I'm a businessman, I've already signed the contract, you can go back on your word, that's not how business is done! You guys are a bunch of country bumpkins who don't know anything, you'll be laughed at in public, don't you know?"
The old patriarch paused with a sullen face and said, "Let me ask you one question. Do you want to tear your face off and fight?"
Tang Shuizhi swung her handkerchief and snorted, "It's only natural to pay back a debt! If he hands over the yuba, I won't do anything. If he doesn't, can we use some other tricks?"
"Stop talking nonsense to him!" Cheng Erlang said, "You won't respond to our soft approach, so we can only use force! Old clan leader, you have old arms and legs, so you'd better move aside, lest we accidentally hurt you, that would be embarrassing!"
Several big men started laughing.
The old clan leader did not move either. He stood there and waited for a while. Old Man Tang and his men also asked someone to pull her over. The old clan leader said, "Tang Ancheng, did you know that your daughter wanted to do this?"
Old Man Tang shrank his shoulders, not knowing what to say. The old patriarch calmly asked again: "Speak! Do you know? You let her do this?"
Old Man Tang had no choice but to say, "There's nothing we can do about it! Let's just make yuba properly, and everything will be fine, right?"
"Okay," the old patriarch said, "Then your family knows everything, but you don't care, and you are planning to fight with the villagers, right?" He staggered aside and said, "Go ahead."
Cheng Dalang was surprised for a moment.
They didn't expect that the old patriarch would be so sensible and just give way, which saved them a lot of trouble.
They went straight to Tang Dahu's house.
From a distance, I could see that the door of Tang Dahu's house was open. A child, Tang Dahu's seven-year-old grandson, nicknamed Xiaoquan, was standing at the door dragging a stick.
As soon as he saw them coming, Xiao Quaner said, "If you dare to come in, I will call my friends to beat you up!"
Cheng Dalang burst out laughing at that moment: "Kid, have you grown all your hair yet? You're still hitting me?"
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