With that said, he said "swish", and in the eyes of everyone who was used to it, he ran as fast as a dog. This time he ran directly back to the third room.
Oops, where's my broom? Mrs. Wu stood up and looked around for the big broom. She had to repair this bad thing, but she spent so much money without any discussion.
However, when Mrs. Wu glanced under the table, she always felt that something was wrong, "Hey, my pork and pig's feet?"
Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly looked under the table.
Right, what about pork and pig's feet?
"Sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, do you smell the smell of meat?" As she said that, Mrs. Feng sniffed hard again. Yes, it definitely smells like meat.
After hearing what Feng said, everyone noticed that there was indeed a strong smell of meat coming from the direction of the kitchen.
Wu stepped out and everyone in the room, except Lao Lintou, followed her.
Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu felt anxious, thinking that Pi Wa'er would never cook the meat, right?
Ms. Feng was not worried at all. Her dog was not a greedy person.
In the end, Feng was overconfident.
No, when the group of people approached the kitchen door, they heard the voices of several children.
Lin Yuanhuai: "Well, I taste the salty taste just right. Brother Gouzi, you are really capable!"
Lin Yuanbai couldn't wait: "Let me have a taste, let me have a taste!"
Chunyan also took a sip of the broth: "Brother, you are so awesome!"
Chun Cao chewed the meat: "It's so fragrant and delicious. Brother is so awesome!"
Lin Yuanqiu: How can it be done if he doesn't take over? If the third brother and the fourth brother are really allowed to sprinkle salt on each other, it will be so salty for him personally that he will definitely be beaten.
But even so, the punishment was not spared. In order to prevent their son from being beaten even more, Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu each held their youngest son's ears and asked them if they dared to do it next time.
Mrs. Wu remained silent, holding a firewood stick in her hand, wanting to hear what they had to say.
Lin Yuanhuai said, "Mom, I want to eat pork."
Lin Yuanbai was a bachelor, "Mom, I bought everything, why don't you cook it and eat it?"
Mrs. Wu was angry, huh, she did something wrong and didn't know how to admit it, and she still made excuses, so she deserved a beating.
As a result, Lin Yuanhuai and Lin Yuanbai each received a blow on the butt.
The two of them gritted their teeth and did not cry. Humph, only women cry.
Seeing that the atmosphere had reached this point, Mrs. Feng felt that it would be unreasonable for her not to take action. Moreover, looking at the situation, her son was still the mastermind, so she gritted her teeth and pulled her dog's ear and said, "Say , why did you cook the pork?"
Lin Yuanqiu, who had never had his ears ripped off in his previous life, felt it was the first time today. Looking at the stick in Wu's hand, it would definitely hurt his butt.
It is said that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, so Lin Yuanqiu thought for a while, then organized his words, then looked at Wu, and said: "Mistress, my grandson has met grandpa, and my uncle and uncle have been digging the ground these days. After working so hard, I just thought that daddy bought meat just to replenish their health, so I helped cook it."
Everyone: This kid is so sensible!
Lin Yuanhuai and Lin Yuanbai: They will have to learn from Brother Gouzi in the future, so that they can be beaten less.
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The next day, at about the same hour as yesterday, Lin Sanzhu got on the bullock cart heading to the town.
The package she is carrying today is much larger than yesterday. No, when packing last night, Feng specially added an extra layer of baggage to prevent it from accidentally spreading out when arriving and soiling the embroidery. After all, this is a five-story building. More than two silver coins.
Yes, after dinner last night, the family had already calculated how much money the remaining embroidery could be sold for.
Forty-six pencil cases, fifty-two fan cases, thirty-six money bags, twenty-five purses and twenty-two square handkerchiefs, plus twenty pairs of shoe insoles.
There was a total of five taels and three cents and sixty cents in income.
Mrs. Wu had no choice but to hold Lin Sanzhu's ear and tell her again and again, if you spend money squandering again tomorrow, be careful when I come back to deal with you.
Lin Sanzhu shook his head repeatedly. He promised not to spend it frivolously, "Mom, are you going to divide the money tomorrow?"
Wu rolled her eyes, turned around, and gave Lin Sanzhu a back, too lazy to pay attention to this nasty thing that fell into Qian's eyes.
When Lin Sanzhu arrived at the bookstore, shopkeeper Gao was already waiting. When he saw Lin Sanzhu coming, he hurriedly brought the goods into the back hall, and then couldn't wait to look at the embroidery.
Well, that's right. After shopkeeper Gao saw that there were many new words, he couldn't help but nod his head.
After he put the embroidery on display yesterday, he immediately sold three pencil cases, five fan cases, purses and money bags, and insoles that he thought would be hard to sell, but he actually sold six of them in one go. A pair of insoles, and the scholar who bought the insoles kept asking if there were any other insoles with good meanings. If so, he would like to buy them again.
And driven by these embroideries, the business of the shop's study room has also improved a lot. Yesterday alone, more than 20 taels of silver were collected, which was more than the income of the previous two or three days.
Looking at the table full of embroidery, shopkeeper Gao thought to himself, would it be better if he put all the embroidery out at once, or if he could put out more than ten pieces every day in a steady stream?
After counting the goods and settling the account, shopkeeper Gao invited Lin Sanzhu to sit down and drink tea. "Brother Lin, if you have some embroidery done at home in the future, just send it over."
Lin Sanzhu nodded, he thought so too.
In fact, Lin Sanzhu originally wanted to mention signing a long-term supply contract, but everyone said that it was not the business that caught up with him. Since Shopkeeper Gao hadn't had this idea yet, it meant that he had his own considerations, so he might as well wait for a while before talking about it.
As for why he had to wait for a while, Lin Sanzhu had a premonition that he could be sure that within a few days, someone in the town would imitate his embroidery. After all, this was not a difficult task. As long as anyone could do embroidery, he could basically do it. 99% can be learned.
The most important thing is that the more people imitate, the selling price of embroidery will definitely drop. I think shopkeeper Gao understands this, so he didn't propose the idea of further cooperation.
Lin Sanzhu planned to talk to his parents about this matter when he got home later, and then asked his wife and sister-in-law to come to the town to prepare the embroidery thread and fabric. He had to take advantage of the fact that there was still a good price. Get the embroidery done.
I think of the days when I was selling persimmons. My eldest brother and my second brother carried their burdens and worked from dawn to dusk, running around for more than half a month. They only earned a little over one tael of silver. In comparison, you could earn a lot more by doing embroidery work. If you missed it, it would really be a shame. pity.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanzhu didn't stay long. After leaving the bookstore, he walked quickly to Nanmen Street. Lin Dong's oxcart was parked at the entrance of Nanmen Street. Going there now, he could catch up with the trip back to the village at noon. .
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Chapter 25 Divide the Money
The three fathers and sons who were leisurely at home today were really not used to it. After wandering back and forth at home for a few times, they went to the fields again, but this time they did not carry the hoe. The remaining ten acres of land were occupied by hired workers. The oxen had plowed. If they carried the hoe again, wouldn't they be too full to eat?
"Dad, why does my son feel so much more at ease?" Lin Erzhu couldn't help but say as soon as he left the courtyard.
Lin Dazhu also nodded, "My son also feels like the big stone in his heart has been relieved."
Looking at his two dark and skinny sons, Old Lintou felt a little distressed. The meat he had managed to raise during the first month had gone back again. Alas, the farm work these days was really tiring.
In fact, Lao Lintou also wanted to say that he felt much more comfortable.
Can you not feel comfortable? Hiring an ox not only saves a lot of energy, but also speeds up a lot.
And speed is the most important thing. Farming time waits for no one. If you miss it, it will affect the harvest of crops.
Therefore, in the past few days, everyone's heart strings were tight, and they did not dare to take a rest when going to the fields to dig the ground.
Just like the eldest son, his waist was not fully recovered from a fall while picking persimmons years ago. He was told to rest at home, but the eldest son refused to listen and continued to dig in the ground day after day.
There is also the third child, such a lazy person, but at this time of year, he also changes his previous lazy behavior and uses his full strength in turning the hoe.
Old Lintou knew that the reason why his sons were so concerned was because they were afraid of delaying the planting time.
But now, Old Lintou looked at his eldest son beside him, his second son walking in front, and himself. They all looked rare and leisurely. There was no need to worry that he would not be able to dig out the ground in time and would be late to sow the seeds. , and then the harvest failed, leaving the family hungry.
"Dad, look at our land, it seems that plowing has already started!"
Lin Erzhu was overjoyed and quickened his pace as he spoke. Lin Dazhu followed closely and walked quickly to his own field.
Old Lintou, on the other hand, stopped his steps and looked up.
I saw in the field not far from the foot of the mountain, a big buffalo with its head lowered, pulling the plow forward with all its strength, and behind it was Lin Xia, holding a whip in one hand and a rake in the other, shouting from time to time. The sound came.
Looking at my own land, less than half of it has been plowed, which is really fast.
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Wu was feeling particularly refreshed today. She scooped out two bowls of soybeans, soaked them in water, and said they were stewed pig's feet.
When they heard that they could have soybeans and pig's feet stewed for dinner, the little ones were so excited. Although they had already eaten pork last night, there was no way there was too much delicious food. They were eager to eat meat every day.
The little baby was happy, and the mother was naturally happy too, especially after seeing her child's face much rosier than before. The three sisters-in-law felt that it was nothing to be tired from the embroidery work they had done in the past few days.
Lin Sanzhu arrived home late. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he smelled the strong aroma of meat. It seemed that my mother knew that today was a good day and was preparing to stew pig's trotters to celebrate.
Just as Lin Sanzhu was about to shout, "Mom, I'm back," he saw his mother has already walked out of the house quickly, as if she had been waiting for him.
Seeing that his mother was still holding a broom to sweep away the dust from the kang, Lin Sanzhu, who had no money to spend, was naturally not afraid. No, they quickly ran to Wu and said with smiles on their faces, "Mom, look what is this?"
After that, he took out all the money from selling embroidery today.
Wu slapped him with a broom, "You're such a bad thing, the courtyard door is still open, so you show off."
After the photo was taken, before Lin Sanzhu could recover, Wu grabbed his ear and walked into the house.
Lin Yuanfeng, who came after hearing the sound, quickly closed the courtyard door and told his brothers and sisters to remember to close the door in the future. The family is doing business now. If others look at it, there will be no pork and pigs in the future. The hoof ate it.
The children nodded as if nothing could be more terrifying than not having meat to eat.
The consequence of this is that when Lin Yuanqiu returns home with his schoolbag on his back, if he just knocks on the door and doesn't shout a few words, no one will answer him at all.
Lin Yuanqiu was wondering, is everyone in the family going out now? As a result, I soon heard a rustling sound coming from behind the door.
Lin Yuanbai leaned on the crack of the door and looked out, thinking that it must be brother Gouzi, "Brother Gouzi, is that you?"
Lin Yuanqiu nodded, "Fourth brother, please open the door quickly. I'm back from school."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door creaked half open, and then Lin Yuanhuai and Lin Yuanqiu poked their heads out, "Brother Gouzi, no one is following you, right?"
Lin Yuanqiu was confused, "No."
"Then come in."
Lin Yuanhuai and Lin Yuanbai opened the door one on the left and the other on the right. When Lin Yuanqiu, who was in the mist, walked in, they closed the door again with a "snap".
After inserting the door latch, Lin Yuanhuai said to Lin Yuanqiu: "Brother said, we must remember to close the door in the future, otherwise our family's money-making skills will be copied, and there will be no meat to eat in the future."
Lin Yuanbai nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, eldest brother asked us to have fun with Niu Dan and the others from now on, but we must not tell anyone about making money at home. Brother Gouzi, don't say it in school."
Lin Yuanqiu nodded, naturally he would not say anything outside.
These days, if anyone has a way to make money, they should not hide it. It is normal for the cousin to tell them like this.
Lin Yuanqiu planned to talk to his two younger sisters later. The two little girls also had several playmates in the village, so don't let anything slip by then.
After dinner, the three brothers and their wives went to their parents' house together. Since all the embroidery was sold out, the next step was to divide the money.
Mrs. Wu had already planned in her heart. When she saw her son and daughter-in-law coming, she took out the camphor wood box containing the coins. Then the eldest son came first. Mrs. Wu took out five strings of copper coins, each string was one hundred Wen. Five strings were Five hundred coins were handed to Zhou. Then the second child was given five strings of copper coins, followed by the third child, who was also given five hundred copper coins.
