Another day passed, and Li Ping'an got up earlier than yesterday. There was more jelly to be made today, and he had to help. He took the pot outside the house, set it up, poured in the dried jelly grass and water prepared last night, lit a fire and boiled it, and then sat still like a sculpture.
The mountain breeze blew from time to time, and the firelight swayed. He heard the crow of chickens from the people who raised chickens in the village. He trembled, stood up and looked at the pot. Before it boiled, he yawned again and stretched. Seeing the fire surging in the uncle's house next door to the left and the uncle's house to the right, it must be that his cousins were also cooking jelly, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
It really wakes up earlier than a chicken, works more than a cow, and eats worse than a pig. The only thing that can compare is that it goes to bed earlier than a dog.
Make money! Make money! ! Make a lot of money! ! !
After doing the routine to cheer himself up, Li Ping'an cheered up and did a set of radio gymnastics according to his memory. He was only in junior high school in his previous life when he was thirteen years old, so it would be reasonable to do a set of radio gymnastics.
Just at this time, Chen Dajuan walked to the door of the house. At first glance, she saw a figure in the kitchen shed doing some weird movements. She was startled. When she saw Li Ping'an clearly, she shook her head helplessly.
My eldest son has always been this weird since he was born. I have seen him a lot in the past ten years, so there is nothing to be surprised about.
Li Ping'an also saw Chen Dajuan, but he still insisted on finishing a set of broadcast gymnastics. The reason why he did it on a whim was because the vague memory about the broadcast gymnastics hidden in the deepest place suddenly emerged. He could not stop hastily, let alone be distracted. I'm afraid that if my attention is distracted, this dusty memory will disappear.
After he finished, he said hello to his mother, "Mom, why did you get up so early? Don't you want to sleep more?"
"I was worried that you wouldn't have time to make breakfast, so I brought you snacks to eat on the way." Chen Dajuan came forward, looked at the jelly grass cooking in the pot, and put down the three bags of snacks in her hand, "You and Xiaoshan, Xiao One pack for each person. After eating, buy some food when you are hungry in the city during the day. Don’t be reluctant to spend money. They will not be hungry in the village if they are prosperous. Don’t indulge them too much. Don’t save money to buy them delicious food. They are already enjoying enough happiness. Do you think any of the boys and girls in the village can have as good food and good clothes as they do?"
"Isn't that because my parents are spoiling us?" Li Ping'an said flatteringly, "If my parents are not spoiling us, who will I have to save money on my own? Let alone a boy like me in the village, even if I become a Dear, as long as the family hasn’t been separated, any money you don’t earn must be given to your family?”
Chen Dajuan glanced at Li Ping'an, "I would like to collect your money to prevent you from spending it randomly, buying candy, cakes, and meat at home, but Dad said that it is your ability to make money. , let me leave you alone."
"I know my father and mother are the best." Li Ping'an blurted out, and he also spoke out of emotion. In comparison, Li Erlin was considered an enlightened parent. Although Chen Dajuan did some research, he mostly talked about it verbally. I'm so lucky that I don't have such unreasonable miser parents.
Thinking of this, he smiled and drew a cake for Chen Dajuan, "Mom, just wait. Soon, when I make a lot of money, our family will also build a brick house for you and dad to live in." A house, a room for each of my brothers and sisters, and a few servants, so that you can all live the life of a landowner and his wife and enjoy happiness!"
Chen Dajuan didn't believe it at first, and wanted to talk about Li Ping'an and brag to make her happy. But as she spoke, she suddenly remembered that there was one hundred taels of silver in the thing Mr. Wang gave yesterday, and she felt a little uneasy again, so she quickly changed her mind. : "Mom doesn't want to live the life of a landlord or his wife anymore. Mom, I just hope you can be in peace."
"Hey, mom, don't worry. Didn't you tell me that it's okay? We'll accept whatever they give us. We didn't ask for it on our own initiative. They hid it like this because they were probably afraid that I would refuse on the spot."
Li Ping'an was indeed shocked last night, and thought about whether to return the money today, but after much thought, he finally persuaded his parents to put it away. As he said, it was not him who asked for it on his own initiative, although He didn't know how valuable the blueprint of the threshing machine would be in Wang Taishou's hands or what role it would play, but it would definitely be significant.
After all, if this thing is used well, it will definitely be no less than the Taoist Priest's life-saving grace to Mr. Wang's family. But Mr. Wang's generosity once again refreshed his understanding, and he wanted to hug this thigh more and more. warm.
Chen Dajuan still wanted to say something, but at this time Doctor Zhu came over, so she swallowed her words back, said hello and returned to the room.
"Doctor Zhu, I was so sorry yesterday. I forgot about it." Li Pingan apologized quickly. This old man was not only a wealthy master, but also a doctor. He really couldn't afford to offend him.
Dr. Zhu blew his beard and glared, "Why are you apologizing and giving me eye drops?"
Li Ping'an was a little dumbfounded. Was this old man angry when he got up? He was so bad-tempered so early in the morning. Is it wrong for me to apologize?
"I woke up late yesterday. When you apologized to me, didn't you give me eye drops or something?"
"No, Fugui told me last night that you were always angry, and you still scolded me at home for not being trustworthy?"
"Fugui is my apprentice, can I tell him in front of him that I woke up late and didn't catch up?"
"...Then it's boring for you to do this."
Li Ping'an had a black line on his face. The key was that the old man said these words plausibly without changing his expression.
Looking at Li Ping'an's expression, Dr. Zhu suddenly burst into joy, "It's boring to you, but it's so interesting to me. After scolding me, I felt much better."
Li Ping'an was too lazy to pay attention to him and kept busy on his own. His understanding of Dr. Zhu is still too shallow.
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Although the family has oxen, the carts are still pulled by manpower today. In addition to delivering goods to Juweige, they also have to sell goods. The roads in the county generally do not allow oxen carts to drive. If they use oxen to pull the carts, they will enter the city gate. After that, you still need to place the cattle in a designated place and pay for custody. Although it only costs a few cents, but for now, if you don't have to spend this money, don't spend it.
The province is the province, the flowers are the flowers.
After arriving at the county town, they made an appointment to meet at Juwei Pavilion at noon, and Dr. Zhu went shopping by himself. Li Ping'an, Zhang Xiaoshan, and Li Dong first delivered goods to Juwei Pavilion, and as expected, they encountered tofu soup again.
Seeing Li Ping'an and the others bringing in a few more buckets today, they laughed so hard at the tofu soup that they asked for another bucket on the spot. The reason was that there was still some brown sugar left in the brown sugar they bought, and they were originally buying it to boil sugar water and pour it into jelly. Of course, it should be eaten with jelly.
Then he said: "I'm telling you, it's not enough for you to bring these. Yesterday, word spread around my house, and today there are many more people waiting to buy."
