Yan Laoer came over, firstly to see how the charcoal was burning, and secondly to talk to Qi Wu about making doors, windows and furniture.
The amount of charcoal that was burned was more than he expected. Qi, Da and Qi also built a wooden platform to raise the ground and built a shed.
"I can do it," Qi Wu said, "It's just this window and the cabinets and stuff. Brother Yan, don't you want to do a better job?"
He knows his craft very well and is absolutely right on top of it.
"My family is not picky about these things, as long as they are useful, but Qi Wu, you brothers can't just rely on your good health to work hard like this. You can't make enough money, and you will be exhausted. I don't think you can go into the mountains to dig for medicine.
Forget it about our brothers, the charcoal and spices alone will keep us busy."
Yan Laoer felt sorry for his brother.
Without him watching from the side, Qi Da Qi and the five of them wished they could let the fire continue to burn.
There was a lot of charcoal and a lot of piled wood, which Qi Da and Qi Wu chopped down with their axes, out of sight of him. He didn't know how much they suffered secretly.
"Even with this charcoal, I think it can't just be the four of us. We need to add more people to help share the burden."
Qi Wu would only say: "Brother Yan, we are not tired, really, we are not tired at all."
Yan Laoer sighed. It was clear at a glance what Qi Wu, an honest man, was thinking.
I can't bear to give up these lucrative jobs.
It was hard to refute him, so I could only keep saying that I was not tired, and how could I not be tired?
Yan Laoer was carrying charcoal to the bullock cart, but Qi Wu was not allowed to do it, so he did it himself.
I was so tired that I looked back at Qi Wu. The big boss was squatting on the side, looking at him pitifully, like an abandoned big dog, and he was about to cry.
Yan Laoer walked over and squatted opposite him.
"Qi Wu, we have started to make money now. Let's sell the charcoal and sell the spices well. I will settle the accounts later and divide the money with you. We don't want to be rich, so we can simply dress and eat.
, is it enough?”
Qi Wu thought about his words for a while and nodded innocently.
Yan Laoer gave him time to react, and after he nodded, he said again: "Look, if you are exhausted, do you have to see a doctor and take medicine? The medicine is not cheap, and it is quite painful. Where can I get it?"
Rice smells good?
It's all about rushing to catch up with things, which makes us busy spinning in circles like a top, but we have to be lazy a little while we are busy, do you understand?"
Why didn't Qi Wu understand this? Brother Yan asked him to be lazy and do less work.
"Brother Yan, my fourth brother hasn't married yet." Qi Wu lowered his eyes and did not look at him.
This is Qi Wu's heartache, his fourth brother's marriage.
Yan Laoer almost didn't come up in one breath.
"Qi Wu, how much do you think it will cost to marry a wife?"
Qi Wu said seriously: "Brother Yan, I have been asking about it. If you are a good person, why don't you get five taels of silver?"
Yan Laoer: "Is that the market situation in Qishan, or did you not inquire about it recently before the famine?"
Qi Wu was stunned for a moment and shook his head.
"Go back and ask your mother if there is anyone in the west or north of the village that you like. You and your Qi Si are not much different. Shouldn't we also like each other?"
Yan Laoer thought about the age of these two brothers. It was a sin that they had to marry and have children at such a young age. However, the world was like this, so he could only follow the trend.
Qi Wu became uncomfortable and said angrily: "It's still early for me, let me see my fourth brother first."
If Yan Laoer hadn't stayed with them for a long time, he might not have been able to tell that this guy was blushing.
Is this face a little darker? Is it smoked by charcoal?
Thinking back to Qi Si again, his face was frozen in dust and weathered weather.
He cleared his throat uncomfortably, and the culprit of the two young men's torment was none other than him.
"Let's go back with me."
Qi Wu was reluctant to leave.
"Where are these old charcoals? I'll stay and watch them."
Yan Laoer said with a straight face: "What are you looking at? No one is here during the day and there is nothing missing, so you have to leave someone here to watch at night? Go home quickly and get some sleep."
Qi Wu got into the car slowly, not at all as agile as he usually worked.
Yan Laoer puffed out his cigarette to urge him, and when he was seated firmly, he asked Sanbao to leave.
He was still nagging on the way: "If I'm not at home from now on, I will let my waiter or your sister-in-law keep an eye on you. You are not allowed to sleep here at night, you are not allowed to burn so many piles, and you are not allowed to cut so much wood."
He made up his mind to find someone to help with the work, but just by looking at Qi Wu's reaction, he knew what would happen to Qi Da and Qi Si. He still had to take care of his brother's mood. He couldn't rush this matter, he had to take his time.
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The two returned to the village. Yan Laoer just lay down and then got up again.
The oxcart was loaded with charcoal. After thinking about it, he realized that he didn't have any spices with him, so he put the wrapped ginseng on his body again.
After a round trip to the brick factory, the charcoal on the cart was sold at a reasonable price. We agreed to pick up the bricks tomorrow, and Yan Laoer took the remaining charcoal to Yongning City.
He visited several drugstores to inquire about the price of ginseng and also inquired about medicines for treating epidemic diseases.
The answer I got was that the price of the latter had doubled several times, and there was no market for it.
The ginseng pharmacy offered prices ranging from 37 taels to 40 taels, which was slightly higher than when he asked a few days ago.
It seems that due to the epidemic, drug stores are short of medicines, and the overall drug prices are also rising.
Yan Laoer thought about it, but still wasn't willing to sell it.
According to his daughter's idea, once their raft can travel in the river, they will go upstream and downstream to buy food.
Longxing and Fengming in the upper reaches are close to mountains, so this wild ginseng may not be valuable. If you want to sell it at a higher price, you still have to go downstream to Changping, or simply go to Linhaifu to ask.
He took the opportunity to inquire about the price at the drug store and inquired about Gu Feng's situation.
It is said that now, like the Tiger City, the city gates have been sealed, and the sick people in the inner city have been removed and placed in separate places.
The victims outside the city don’t know what happened. Some said that most of them died, some said that they were taken to remote places for treatment, and some said that some of the victims fled in all directions and went to Changping...
These messages are contradictory to each other, but they are spread so enthusiastically that it is impossible to tell the actual situation of Gu Feng.
Yan Laoer went to Huimin Hall again.
Dr. An had been invited away by him for several days. He was afraid that his family would be worried and he hurried to Yongning. He wanted to stop by to say that he was safe.
The old doctor sitting in the hall recognized him and caught him immediately, asking him repeatedly about Dr. An's condition.
After he explained to others for a while, the old doctor let go of his hand, and the shopkeeper and waiters surrounded him again.
Yan Laoer: No need to do this, he won’t run away, really.
The people gathered around him for no other reason than to ask them how their young master's family was doing, where they were now, and what the situation was like in the Tiger City.
Yan Laoer answered them one by one, especially the diversion and isolation in Huju City, he was very serious and careful.
The shopkeeper asked him to wait, and the clerk ran out. After waiting for three-quarters of an hour, he came back with a bundle in his arms, breathlessly handed it to him, and asked him to take it to their young boss's house.
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