Angry Gu You is so cute!
Xu Ling couldn't help but leaned forward and kissed her, at the corners of her mouth, the tip of her nose, her cheeks, and finally her lips.
Gu Tao put his hands behind his back, his black hair hanging loosely on the red quilt, swaying slightly.
"Xu Ling! Are you down yet?"
"Come on, come on!" Xu Ling turned his head and shouted outside, started to get dressed again, and whispered to Gu You: "I can't kiss you anymore. I really can't kiss you anymore. I'm still waiting for you outside."
Gu You was so embarrassed that her tears were almost coming down. She thought it was really funny that he was like this, so she hurriedly helped him get dressed, "You should go quickly."
"Okay, then you can rest for a while and I'll come up when I'm done."
Xu Ling hurriedly got dressed, went downstairs to pick up the box containing the money, and then hurried outside.
Fan Shiqing and Gu Litian set up a table in front of Xu Ling's house, with pens and papers on it. Many people from the village had already come, hunching their necks and putting their hands in their sleeves, and constantly switching their feet to step on it to keep warm.
There were a series of footprints on the snow outside. When everyone saw Xu Ling coming out with the box, they all said happily: "Xu Ling! You are finally out!"
Xu Ling held up his hands in embarrassment, "You guys are really laughing at me. I never had a good night's sleep when I was away from home."
"Oh, we are sorry for coming to your house so early in the morning to make a noise."
Xu Ling opened the lock on the wooden box and revealed a box full of copper coins. Everyone's eyes widened.
A woman asked anxiously: "Xu Ling, have you sold all the lotus roots I dug at home?"
Xu Ling smiled and said: "Of course, all your things have been sold, and this is the money from the sales!"
"so much!"
"Why are there too many? This is not your family. How many people in our village will be lost?"
"Yeah, hey, don't I like the money when I see it? I wish it was all mine."
"Hahaha, what a beautiful thought!"
Everyone was chatting lively outside Xu's house. Fan Shiqing checked the account books. Last night, he checked the accounts and calculated the money. Whoever's name was called came forward to collect the money.
"He Dayou! Sixty-five cents!"
"Mine, I am his wife, I will get it for him!"
"Okay, you count."
"Next, Gu Qingshan, one hundred and twenty coins!"
"..."
The people in the village who received the money were not in a hurry to leave. They just waited and chatted with each other about what they had sold.
Those who have not yet received the money are extremely anxious when they hear others receiving tens or hundreds of renminbi, and they don’t know how much their own things can be sold for.
Fan Shiqing called people, and Xu Ling was responsible for counting money for everyone.
After working for half an hour, I finally distributed the money to more than fifty people in the village.
Xu Lingshu clearly knew the money, and it happened to be neither more nor less than one penny.
"Has everyone got their money?"
"got it!"
Xu Ling smiled and said, "Is everyone happy?"
"I'm happy, of course I'm happy. I'm happier than the Chinese New Year. Who wouldn't be happy if I could get money!" He Dayou's daughter-in-law, Lian Zhen, smiled from ear to ear.
Her man believed Xu Ling at the time and felt that Xu Ling had been a dishonest man in the past, and that he might have cheated the villagers out of his life.
Lian Zhen felt that it would be useless if she didn't try. If Xu Ling hadn't improved, would he have the money to build such a magnificent new house? On the day when the roof was closed, the food was so good even if it was treated to a meal. Which family in the village could do this?
He Dayou was too lazy to go, so Lian Zhen took advantage of the time when the cattle were grazing, dug out ten kilograms of lotus roots from the lotus pond, and brought them to Xu Ling's house as if to join in the fun.
The Mrs. Fan whom Xu Ling picked up from her home was a scholar. When asked to remember her name, Lian Zhen was embarrassed and only mentioned her husband's name.
I heard yesterday that Xu Ling was back and could come to collect the money the next day. Her husband didn't believe it yet. What money would he get? He didn't know that his wife, Lian Zhen, had sent lotus roots to Xu Ling.
This morning Lian Zhen cooked food, fed the cows, and asked the older girls at home to take care of her younger siblings. She went out to look for cow grass and received money from Xu Ling on the pretext of going out.
When she really got the money, Lian Zhen was very happy. She also made money!
"Xu Ling, I remember I only gave you a dozen kilograms of lotus roots. How can you get sixty-five cents?" Lian Zhen stepped forward and boldly asked Xu Ling.
Xu Ling said with a smile: "This book records that you brought thirteen kilograms of lotus root, shipped one kilogram to the city and sold it for eight cents, and I took three cents from it for shipping, giving you a total of sixty-five cents."
He works for the people in the village, and naturally he doesn't do it for nothing. Favors are favors, and business is business. But he has already said this before, and now he will remind everyone.
Lian Zhen said in surprise: "A pound of lotus roots can be sold for eight cents! That's a lot!"
She felt a little regretful, why she didn't force He Dayou to dig more with her. If she could make more money from selling, she could also make new clothes for her children.
As for the three cents per catty given to Xu Ling, Lian Zhen felt a little regretful, but she also understood the reason.
"You should get the money. You have to sell so many things in our village by yourself. If we don't give you some money, we will be embarrassed."
Xu Ling smiled and said, "Sister-in-law said that next time I travel far away, I will continue to help the village sell things."
Lian Zhen said happily: "Are you still collecting those things?"
"Yes." Xu Ling affirmed.
Lian Zhen held the money with a look of thought on her face. Now that the lotus pond is frozen, it will be difficult to dig lotus roots. So what should she sell? But you have to go back and think about it.
Other people in the village were also curious about the price of their own things, so they stepped forward to ask Xu Ling, and Lian Zhen was squeezed out.
Xu Ling didn't hide it from them. He charged different freight charges for different types of goods. He made it clear and honest.
In the end, some people in the village who were originally happy to receive the money were still happy, while others were a little dissatisfied.
If Xu Ling didn't take a cut from it, wouldn't they be able to earn more?
After the villagers received the money and dispersed, Gu Litian stepped forward and said worriedly: "You are just too honest. Why are you telling them so clearly? I don't know what unpleasant things the villagers will say about you tomorrow!"
Xu Ling took a shovel out of the corridor and shoveled the snow at the door. "It must be made clear that I am a businessman. If they can accept it, they will cooperate with me. If they can't accept it, then I will have to pay for manpower." Is it free to give them material resources?”
"Sign up for favor and fight for favor. If this continues for a long time, I'm afraid it will become a habit for them and they will get into trouble with their noses."
Xu Ling shook his head and sighed, "It's not like you can always make money in business. If I lose money another day, will those people who don't understand the truth still want to eat me?"
Gu Litian was speechless.
Yes, if Xu Ling is not allowed to explain clearly, is it possible that he will be allowed to work for free?
There is no such good thing in the world.
Fan Shiqing put away his paper and pen, moved slowly, and finally said a kind word for Xu Ling.
"His good intentions are good intentions, and business is business. Only by following the rules can your relationships with others last. Don't worry."
Gu Litian didn't understand this, he was just worried in advance about the infamy Xu Ling might bear.
