Chapter 499
Li Er was a little thin-skinned and said that if it weren't for the help of the villagers, his younger brothers and sisters would have starved to death. He would never have done such a thing. If it were for the exchange of money, he would just take the meat to the town and sell it. He kept half of it not for the money, but mainly to give back to the village.
For the villagers, it is rare for everyone to eat good meat once a year. This time they have picked up good luck. Even if they accumulate blessings for their third brother, they have to "send" some to the villagers. The villagers' conditions are not very good. They can get some if they are willing to exchange for something, and if they are unwilling to exchange for it.
Liu Kang immediately disagreed. The villagers helped the people, but they could not be generous. Their own family would starve to death, so how could they care about the extra meat? Either the villagers exchanged things for them, or they should not take their meat for nothing. If they wanted to take it away, they had no way to do so.
I was so angry that I almost had a quarrel with Li Er directly.
Li Zheng quickly persuaded him a few words and mixed up with him, expressing his intentions that even if he had a little intention, he would not let the family lose too much.
"If you buy meat with money, the villagers can't afford it, but it's absolutely fine to buy some food for exchange. At that time, you will give them a little cheaper, don't make their money, and they won't let you suffer too much. At least you can't give it away so much meat, so you can't go hungry."
Li Er, who was persuaded, blushed and said, "Mr. Li Zheng, do you think this is OK? I am young and I may not be able to change meat so much. Then we will make an appointment with a time and we will send the meat to you and ask the villagers to come to change meat here. Is it okay to change meat? After the meat is changed, we will collect as much as the villagers give."
"This... isn't that good? After all, it's your meat. I know you believe me, but this favor is too great. Nowadays, no one has eaten meat. At this time, whoever wants to take out the meat to share with everyone, how happy the villagers are." Li Zheng's heart was thrilled. He was Li Zheng, so he naturally knew how sad the villagers' lives were.
He usually can't see meat, but he found a way to get some for everyone, and he didn't have to pay money, just exchanged for some food. Not only was he cheap, but he could eat meat. Wouldn't the villagers be grateful to them?
And he also thought of something. If the old woman asked his family to do it, whether it was meat or the food brought by the villagers, their family would probably be able to make some money.
As soon as I think of not only making money from both sides, but also favors and reputation, I feel that nothing is better than this, and I wish I could agree on the spot.
"I'm not for this. Master Li Zheng, please help me. For the sake of the villagers, I will work hard for us."
Li Er said good things again and persuaded him for a while, and then Li Zheng let go and agreed.
This is the first step, and it is successfully passed.
The second step plan has not been implemented yet, so I have to wait until tomorrow. Li Er and Liu Kang were about to leave when they were almost done.
I pretended to come back after going out, but in fact, I was hiding outside and eavesdropping on the spot, Mrs. Li Zheng quickly took a few sweet potatoes, a bowl of millet and a handful of wild vegetables from the room, so I enthusiastically stuffed them into their backpacks and asked them to take them back.
"How can you beg for your business? We came to ask you to do something, but we even took the things back..." Li Er looked scared, but in the end he couldn't push it away and carried it away honestly.
A handful of wild vegetables is nothing, and sweet potatoes are nothing. The most expensive one is the bowl of millet. But their family has it, and it has harvest every year. It saves some food. Although it cannot be eaten at the end of the year, it can still wait for the autumn harvest.
Mrs. Li Zheng is not very generous this time. If the other party only gave her a piece of meat, she would never bring out millet, but she also gave her a complete tiger skin. Now, she had to return the gift from the tiger.
Not only that, in the future, the old man from her family helped her go to the town to sell meat, and in the village they also helped to exchange meat for food. There were more places to operate in the middle, and no matter which one was, it was enough for her to make a profit. Thinking of this, she naturally became more generous and gave her an extra bowl of millet.
The third family was staying in the pit in the house, and she naturally saw the movement outside.
After so many years of marriage, no one knows the virtues of her mother-in-law better than her. Logically speaking, if a person as poor as the Li Er family comes, her mother-in-law will never be able to give her things, let alone welcome her into the door. But this time she actually welcomes her and gives away her, why does it feel something is wrong?
No, Li Er and Liu Kang came just now, carrying a basket on their backs.
When they come in and carry them on their backs, who knows what they put in their backpack?
The third family's mind immediately started to wander around, and they suspected that the other party had given him something good, otherwise the mother-in-law would not have been so generous.
She quickly got up, no longer wanted to be lazy in bed, and sneaked into her father-in-law's window and wanted to find out.
"What are you doing?" Mrs. Li Zheng didn't know the daughter-in-law at home. She stood at the door and looked at her daughter-in-law who wanted to eavesdrop, and said with a stern face, "If my old couple say you, are you a daughter-in-law, and you are so embarrassed to eavesdrop? Are you shameless? Wash the dirty clothes at home? Have you changed the sheets of the third brother? I haven't known to change them once a few months. Our family is in great trouble and marry a lazy wife like you. What are you doing and go to work quickly."
After several times, she made sure that her daughter-in-law had been honest, she returned to the house and started discussing with the inside.
On the other hand, Li Er and Liu Kang returned home and reported to everyone about the incident.
"I have to work hard these days. I'll avoid others. Others will find out that you are not hurt." Bian Pingling said.
The reason why she chose the third brother as the injured party was that he was not very talkative, and the family affairs might need to be handled by the second brother, Liu Kang and others; the other was that he had strong hands-on ability and was able to help a lot of work at home even if he didn't go out.
Although he can't do carpenter work, he did it all. So Bian Pingling decided that she would be responsible for the design and the third brother would be responsible for the hands-on work, let him use his brain and think about some cabinets, tables, boxes and other things.
In addition, the cellar at home must be prepared.
In winter, food should not be kept in the house only. Food such as sweet potatoes and potatoes is best placed in the cellar, covered with hay or wood ash, and fire prevention treatment is done, so that these things can be kept well for winter.
At that time, if you have salt at home, things like meat cannot be hung on the beam all the time, as they are easily discovered. It will be safe to put them in the cellar after handling them.
The third brother said in a silence: "Yes."
"When the meat is delivered tomorrow, please remember, the second brother, when they want to go to the town to sell meat, let Xiaokang go together, just say he is young and go to see the world." Bian Pingling continued, "Xiaokang, you have to remember how they sell meat, whether they have deducted money, don't worry about it. Your purpose is to learn and see how they do it, and have a idea in your mind. In addition, you must understand the market of salt. In the future, you have to be responsible for changing salt. Whether we can eat meat every day depends on you if we can eat meat every day in winter."
"Haole, there will be no problem." In order to be able to eat meat every day, Liu Kang swears that he will definitely understand the meat selling business and the matter of changing salt.
Chapter completed!