Chapter 55 Someone is coming from my sister-in-law's house
Xie Shuangbai glanced at Li: "Thank you, Second Sister-in-law."
Li's cheeks flushed slightly as she smiled and responded.
"Sister-in-law, it's just a bag of candy. If you do this, I will buy more next time!"
Xue knew that Xie Shuangbai loved the child, so she agreed with a smile and hurriedly introduced him:
"Shuang'er, let me introduce you. This is my eldest brother Xue Tian and my second brother Xue Zhuang from my mother's side. Next to them are your second sister-in-law's brothers Li Dao and Li Mai from her mother's side!"
Xie Shuangbai smiled and looked at the few people. They had dark skin and were still a little reserved. He stood up and bowed:
"Since you are my elder brother, you can just call me Xiaoshuang like my sisters-in-law."
They have heard their sister talk about Xie Xiaoxiucai's abilities a lot these days.
Xue Tian said politely and reservedly, "I've always heard from my sister that Xie Xiaoxiucai is not an ordinary person. Today I see that he is indeed extraordinary."
"That's right." Li Dao also echoed.
"Sister-in-law, it's all your fault. You didn't let Auntie tell me in advance that the brothers were coming. Otherwise, I could have prepared a table full of delicious food."
Xue smiled and said, "We're all family, why be so polite? Besides, candy is delicious and very expensive, and you bought so much for Manman and the others. Don't do that next time!"
Xie Shuangbai smiled and said, "The child loves sweet things, and it doesn't cost much!"
As he said this, he grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it into the hands of the older brothers: "Brothers, have some too."
Xue looked at her eldest brother who was very reserved and said without any hesitation, "Brother, you guys eat."
"What kind of candy is this? It's different from what we eat. It has an indescribable taste!"
Li Mai looked at the candy in his hand and was shocked to realize that he must have eaten a lot of money just now.
Xie Shuangbai saw how surprised they were, but then he understood. These days, most people may have never eaten fruit in their entire lives, let alone know that there are so many kinds of fruit. It is normal that they cannot name them.
"It's delicious!" The Xue family's elder brothers also nodded continuously.
Cui also ate one. It was really different from the candies she bought in town. "You just love to waste money on them. If you have money, you should save it for marrying a wife!"
"Auntie, the purpose of making money is to spend it. The most important thing is that we eat happily. Otherwise, what's the point of making money?"
The brothers who came to visit were shocked by what they said, and they all thought in unison:
This young scholar Xie's tofu business has really grown big. He can just divide up such precious sugar so easily. How much money must it make?
Xue looked at Xie Shuangbai and asked a little embarrassedly: "Shuang'er, do you still keep your word with what you said to your sister-in-law last time?"
"Sister-in-law, are you talking about doing distribution?"
Mrs. Xue didn't understand what distribution was for a moment, so Xie Shuangbai looked at her confusion and explained:
"It means buying goods with money and then selling them in a designated area. For example, if the share of the village of my sister-in-law's family is given to Brother Xue, then Brother Li cannot sell in Brother Xue's village."
"Oh oh yeah, that's it, that's it."
"Some of the nearby villages have already signed contracts. You'll need to ask Brother Wang for details. He's in charge of all the tofu matters now. Sister-in-law, you'll know more about it if you ask Brother Wang than you do if you ask me!"
Xue smiled at everyone:
"Don't mention him. It's very difficult for me to see him now. Sometimes even if I see him, he's too busy to talk. He comes home at night and falls asleep immediately. I want to ask him about it, but he sleeps like a pig and can't be woken up even if I call him."
Xie Shuangbai joked, "It's my fault that I got my sister-in-law into trouble. I made Brother Wang so tired. I really deserve a beating!"
As he said this, he symbolically hit himself a few times.
Wang Tiantian refused to accept this and held his hand, forbidding Xie Shuangbai to hit her. Everyone in the room laughed at what she saw: "This girl will be a protective husband in the future!"
Xiao Tiantian sat in Xie Shuangbai's arms and smiled happily.
Xie Shuangbai held Tiantian's little hand and asked, "Sister-in-law, how did you decide?"
"I went home and told my family they wanted to do something, but you know, a farmer's whole life is just about farming, and my family is worried that they won't be able to do it well."
Xue did not hide anything and told her family what they were thinking.
Xie Shuangbai analyzed with her: "In fact, selling tofu is a long-term business. Let me first talk about the advantages. First of all, you are safe in the village, and you can look after your family without affecting your farming.
Secondly, every household needs tofu, especially when the weather gets colder. Frozen tofu lasts a long time in winter and is always filling. You can buy it from me for 2 wen and sell it for 3 wen, so 1,000 jin will make a profit of one tael of silver. This is much easier than farming."
He thought about it and said, "You can also sell it together with soy milk. You can sell firm tofu, soft tofu, and soy milk together. You won't have to worry about not having business."
When they heard this, they thought it was a good idea and decided to buy some tofu and sell it as there was nothing much to do in the village in winter.
In fact, they had already made up their minds when they saw so many workers as soon as they entered the yard. After hearing what Xie Shuangbai said, they decided to jointly order 1,000 kilograms and go back to try to sell it first.
Xie Shuangbai also smiled and said, "The order volume has been huge these days, so normally you can't cut in line, but with my sister-in-law here, it's no problem. Next time you place an order, just look for Brother Wang."
Several people nodded politely in approval.
Xue and Li felt relieved to see that the matter was finally settled. In this day and age, even earning a little more money was good.
As soon as we mentioned Wang Shunyi, he came back, followed by Li Xiaoshu who came to learn how to make tofu.
A few people hurried into the yard, took a walk around and then went out again. It could be seen that they were really busy. He wanted to give Brother Wang some extra money. There was indeed a lot of work to do in the tofu workshop.
"Then I'll go back first, sister-in-law. I have something to do this afternoon. Aunt, give me all the peeled eggs and I'll take them home."
Cui: "You can't take all of this. I'll have someone deliver it to you later."
Xie Shuangbai: "I'll ask Wang Yun and Hei Dou to pull the cart over and push it back. Is the money we paid before enough?"
"Enough, more than enough." Cui said with a smile.
Unexpectedly, Cui was slapped in the face not long after. She seriously underestimated the people's desire for money.
The villagers of Xiaoshi Village were picking prickly ash eggs like crazy, and soon all the prickly ash eggs on the back mountain were picked.
Diao was trembling with fear every day. Her father-in-law asked her to pick thorn eggs today. She originally wanted to take her son and daughter with her, but the two of them acted like crazy and refused to go out.
She really had no choice. Now she was the one who was busy for the whole family. She had to grind beans every afternoon when the stone mill was not in use. Now she also had to pick prickly ash eggs. She was so tired that she had lost a lot of weight.
Many villagers almost didn't recognize her when they saw her, and asked her why she didn't see her mother-in-law, Old Lady Zhu. She said it according to what her father-in-law, Old Man Zhu, had told her. After hearing this, everyone said it was a pity and no one suspected anything.
But the more this happened, the more worried Diao became. If she disobeyed and angered Old Man Zhu, he would kill her and bury her anywhere like he buried her mother-in-law. She was really scared.
She quickly picked two baskets of thorn eggs, and her hands were pricked and hurt, and they were bleeding.
She returned home carrying the prickly eggs. Old Man Zhu had been studying how to make tofu recently, but he couldn't figure out how tofu was made. He looked gloomy every day, which made Diao Shi scared.
"Father-in-law, I... I picked it back." Diao said cautiously.
Old Man Zhu looked at her gravely: "Did the villagers say anything?"
"They didn't say anything. They just said they didn't know why the Wang family collected thorn eggs, and they said they were stupid."
Old Man Zhu snorted, "What a bunch of idiots! It's a wonder they can figure out Xie!"
Diao didn't dare to say a word, and she felt more and more that Old Man Zhu was crazy.
Did he hate the vixen's son or did he like him? Sometimes he praised him for his intelligence, and sometimes he called him a slut and came up with such a difficult way to torture him.
Diao thought that maybe Old Man Zhu had gone crazy. What did it have to do with him that the vixen's son made tofu? Wasn't he the one who was eager to research some recipe? This made her have to grind the beans every day, while he was acting crazy at home all day.
She faces three lunatics every day, and she feels that she is not far from going crazy.
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