Liu Laozhu took the money hesitantly:
"Don't you mean to pay it back when the caravan comes? Give me your time. Once I spend it, if you don't have enough, I won't be able to help you anymore."
Mrs. Xu used the firelight in the stove to glance at Liu Laozhu's hair, which had become thinner recently. Unlike Guan Erbald, who has only two strands left on his head from east to west, Liu Laozhu has only one tuft left on the back of his head.
She can indeed continue to be "smart" and use Liu Laozhu's money to make money for her family. Anyway, it has been agreed upon in advance. Whether you want to be a good person or not is just a matter of thought.
But every moment Liu Laozhu bends over to ask for help, she knows clearly that Liu Laozhu's "getting better" is still not pure. She also respects the old guy in front of her for his willingness to work hard even if he has a goal. He struggled and never backed down.
It's really strange. This rotten old man, who is obviously full of shortcomings, has a lot of black heart. The more she cooperates, the more bright spots she can find in the mess. But even she doesn't have this little bit of brilliance and needs to learn from Liu Laozhu.
"Here you go, take it and ask Tian Xin to copy the address of the shipment later. Whatever is missing, I'll come back to buy it later when I earn money. It's not just a one-time visit to Fucheng. It just so happened that my youngest son followed me and asked him to write it down. "
It's just that she won't come again in the near future.
Compared with how she was able to buy everything back this time, she was always a little uneasy letting her son go out to buy things. Forget it, there are so many perfect things.
Liu Laozhu was so happy that he realized, yes, at least his family will come again.
He didn't even have time to say congratulations. I heard what the elder brother just said, and it means that I will order "cotton" again in the future.
Liu Laozhu realized that there was nothing to be embarrassed about and he happily hid the money in the cloth strip around his waist. He used the money to make a belt. The panic is also rich.
When I was hiding the money, I was thinking: Isn't it the uncle who borrowed the money? Why did he have to be so cautious about collecting the debt just now?
It was so sad, he must have been bullied into a shadow by the eldest sister of the Xu family.
Not only did Liu Laozhu accept the money without any psychological burden this time, but he also mentioned the next purchase: "Yes, when we get back to Fucheng, I will lead your warehouse to buy everywhere, and be sure to let him write down the route. This Normally, if something is sold out, let your three boys help replenish it, and our village can make more money. Otherwise, we will not have to sell out your cotton to eat, and the car will be empty on the way back."
To make a living, he had to calculate his accounts carefully. He didn't have to suffer hard when the freezing cold weather came in November. He decided not to travel far in the near future.
Mrs. Xu said disgustedly: "Hurry up and write me a receipt, don't forget to fingerprint it."
"You still need to write a receipt?" This means you don't trust him.
Yes, you just know?
Mrs. Xu put away the note and first urged Youcang and Liu Laozhu to go to bed quickly, but she opened the lid of the pot and stirred the porridge with a spoon.
The porridge needs to be cooked for at least two hours before it tastes mushy.
Tomorrow morning, big lump porridge with big pancakes and shepherd's purse pickles will be everyone's breakfast.
Compared with eating potatoes and sweet potatoes after bumpy roads for several days, this breakfast is already better.
I heard that Mr. Liu doesn’t charge for meals.
Not only did they confiscate it, but they also asked the two chefs to steam four drawers of pancakes in the empty cauldron for them to take away at dawn.
Boss Liu said: If there are too many people coming to the village, he will accept them if they are close enough. But this time they were all young people from the village, and only a table of fellow villagers came together. It stands to reason that anyone who is an uncle during the Chinese New Year should be invited to dinner, not to mention that there are many younger generations who have not seen each other for ten or eight years. I didn’t eat anything good, so how could I still pay for dry food? That's not to let the elders poke the spine. No matter how bad the uncle is, he is still capable of entertaining his nephews for a homely meal.
Boss Liu's reasons relieved Liu Laozhu, who didn't want to pay for the meal.
Mrs. Xu thought to herself: When she comes back from Fucheng, she will pass by here again. If Liu Laozhu still has money left at that time, he will put the meal money on the kang of the house where they live and let him know before leaving. Qian Qiang stayed.
If Liu Laozhuhua's pockets are cleaner than her face, she will wait until someone comes from her house next time to deliver the goods, and ask each family in the village to collect gifts before departure. Even if there is nothing good to bring to Mr. Liu, and he only brings some salted fish, drawer cloths, steamers, or more woven baskets and bath buckets, he still cannot stay and eat empty-handed.
Mrs. Xu finished stirring the big ballast porridge and simmered it with a pot lid before going into the house and lying down.
At that time, Xu Tianxin was already sleeping soundly and soundly.
Old Mrs. Xu felt that her ears were full of snoring, and a boy was snoring halfway. She was so anxious that she couldn't breathe, so she could only half-close her eyes to rest.
I kept thinking about what I should buy.
For example, six people have cotton-padded clothes and trousers, and they have to buy cotton and cloth. Cotton is several times more expensive than refined salt. I think cotton retails for 400 yuan per pound in town. How much does it cost for six people?
I also want to make a double quilt cover for Youliang and Qinniang’s house.
The young couple was very angry when they hugged each other, but there was no need to change the cotton quilt core. The quilt core was made of catkins, and the mattress under the body was made of Kang mats and straw mats for the hot Kang.
But the quilt cover in the second child's room had to be replaced, because Qin Niang had patched it up into diamond-shaped patches. The smallest piece of cloth was only as big as the palm of your hand, and it wasn't even enough to patch up the knees. It looked too sad.
Besides, if they don't change it, the couple will break it if they just kick their feet.
On the other hand, the other two boys had nothing to ask for in the room. From pants to quilt.
In fact, Mrs. Xu originally planned to make cotton quilt cores, quilt covers and mattresses, and even the mattresses would be replaced with cotton. But I paid forty taels of debt in advance, and I still had to tear out so much cloth for a pound of cotton worth several hundred yuan. In addition, I had to buy wine, pepper, aniseed, and other things for the restaurant. I really couldn't afford to change it all at once.
It can only depend on the situation.
Early the next morning, a group of people from Erdaohe Village set out.
As soon as Mrs. Xu and the others left, Boss Liu ordered his nephew to deliver some fish floss to the station diagonally opposite.
It wasn't until the afternoon that Yi Cheng found time to come.
Boss Liu asked his brother why he was so busy. Yi Cheng said that he was busy replacing all the inns with new ones, and also gave Boss Liu a few words to prepare more quilts for the mattress.
Then Yi Cheng asked: "What you sent me there this morning is really unique craftsmanship? How to sell it?"
Boss Liu: "To tell you the truth, brother, six taels of silver per jar. You should be smart enough to know that this is excellent. Six taels cannot be lower. Brother wholesales it to others for eight taels and retails it for ten taels at the official inn." Two silver dollars is no problem.”
