Chapter 216. Zhao Youcai failed to recruit a disciple
"No, brother? When you were..." After hearing Zhao Youcai say that he couldn't fix it, Jin Xiaomei quickly wanted to give an example to refute.
But at this moment, Jin Xiaomei saw the old lady winking at her. Jin Xiaomei reacted instantly and closed her mouth immediately.
Jin Xiaomei married here and has lived with the Zhao family in the East and West courtyard for twenty years. How can she still not know who Zhao Youcai is?
Looking at Zhao Youcai's posture, Jin Xiaomei knew that Zhao Youcai was in a mood.
As for why she was upset, Jin Xiaomei could guess it.
Knowing that this was not something she could deal with, Jin Xiaomei immediately changed the subject and asked Zhao Jun: "Jun, are you going to collect any of the skins on the side this time?"
"No." Before Zhao Jun could speak, Yang Yufeng followed closely and said, "I think they took the money and got all the money back."
"What happened? Didn't the collection go smoothly?" Xie Sun asked, "Is there anyone making things difficult for us?"
"No, Jie Niang." Zhao Jun hurriedly explained to the group of people, saying: "The Xiaohongshan family has a supply and marketing cooperative, and we can't compete with the supply and marketing cooperative. After all, we're over in Yongxing. Let's chat with him.
. They collect the skins and bear bile for us, and we don’t have to pay for it. Their team will pay for it for us first.”
"Hey? That's great!" After Zhao Jun finished speaking, Jin Xiaomei said, "Otherwise we won't have enough money."
"I'm not afraid this time, Auntie." Zhao Jun said with a smile, "This time before the end of the year, we've had enough."
"It's okay this time." As soon as Zhao Jun finished his words, Li Baoyu answered, "This is considered a loan, no interest is required."
Zhao Jun was startled when he heard this, and Zhang Yuanmin, who was sitting behind him, smiled bitterly.
That day, neither Tao Dabao nor Yu Xuewen mentioned interest, because this time it was not a loan.
The money advanced by the team is also collected from the team leader, and it is a mutual benefit and win-win situation.
But people's hearts are complicated, and they can say anything with their mouths.
If you want those people in the brigade to be able to say nothing, and if you want to keep Yongxing's mountain goods business in your hands for a long time, you have to arrange everything from top to bottom.
Therefore, even if interest is not mentioned, Zhao Jun will not save money. When he returns from Hebei after the new year, he will either buy two pigs or buy some things for the brigade.
That is to say, Li Baoyu was stupid and didn't listen to Zhao Jun and Tao talking about this, so he thought it was unnecessary.
Hearing Li Baoyu say that borrowing money does not require interest, the women believed him and were all very happy.
At this time, Xing San folded up the leopard skin quilt and stuffed it into the cloth bag, while asking Zhao Jun: "Boy, are you just collecting this thing this time?"
"Then this is it." Zhao Jun said, took the small cloth bag containing the big white leather and took out the leather roll from it.
"Ouch." After a month of training for these people, Zhao Ling knew that this leather was different from other big leathers as soon as she laid eyes on it. She immediately said in surprise: "Xiaojun, you guys can collect it this time."
They are all good things!”
"Yeah." Zhao Jun smiled and opened the leather roll. Xu Chunyan turned her tail and said, "It's done."
"Isn't it worth earning five or six thousand?" Mrs. Xie Sun interjected from the side, and she had a basis for saying so. Last time, the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce earned 10,500 from those two big white skins.
"Maybe we can sell more this time." Zhao Jun said with a smile: "The boss used white leather to make up the leather jacket, but it turned out that the sleeves were almost half in length. Without these half sleeves, his clothes would not be sold."
"Then this one of yours is not enough for half a sleeve." Xing San picked up the big white piece of leather and said to Zhao Jun: "I'd better go back to the mountain tomorrow."
As he spoke, Xing San raised his hand and pointed outward, saying: "We've caught mice in those cages in the past two days. I'll follow Li Erxiao's instructions tomorrow, and I'll go over and put up all the cages."
Li Ruhai previously provided information that Shi Baofeng had a dispute with the Tao brothers in the mountains and was pushed down by the Tao brothers. Shi Baofeng's ankle was sprained and he has been unable to go up the mountain recently.
In this way, Shi Baofeng's territory was vacated. The mountain field occupied by Shi Baofeng had once been visited by Bai Dapi, so Zhao Jun had the intention to set up a few traps.
"Third uncle, you should stop bothering me before the end of the year." Zhao Jun said, "Tomorrow we will take the dogs up the mountain to catch the roe deer. After that, we will get up early and leave home. We will first go to his big leather nest and uninstall the cages."
As soon as Zhao Jun said this, Zhao Youcai raised his eyelids and stared at Zhao Jun with his small eyes.
"Then...that..." After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Xing San hesitated and said, "I'm still thinking of going back to Lengchang to clean up. I'm still cleaning up."
After staying at Zhao's house for these days, Xing San really had the idea of going down the mountain. After all, no matter how well-built the shack on the mountain was, it still leaked air everywhere.
The most important thing is that he doesn't dislike the liveliness of Zhao Jun's family.
Just yesterday morning, Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei took Xing San to see a house. Although the one and a half room was small, it was enough for him to live alone.
"What else do you have to pack?" Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Xiao Nian'er, take Brother Xie down the mountain, and I'll carry it up to you after you finish. You can just come down with me after you finish packing."
"Then what should I do with the big pine wood I bought?"
, let them put the machine to break it open, and then pull it back when it's done."
The large pieces of wood that Xing San bought were reserved for longevity wood. Just like Zhao Jun said, he first took it to the forest farm workshop, found someone to help break it into wooden boards, and then found someone to process it when he came back.
When I looked at the house yesterday, Xing San took a special look. Although the house was not big, the yard was not small and there was a shed.
The old man had thought it all over, and when his birthday material was ready, he would put it in the shed.
While they were chatting, Wang Meilan and Wang Qiang outside had already inserted the pig food.
Half a large pot of pig food was poured into two feeding racks, and each of the sisters carried one to the backyard to feed the pigs.
Today, the six pigs were frightened by having their legs tied, their mouths tied, and driven for dozens of miles in a car. In addition, the new environment was unfamiliar, so they stayed in the donkey shed and roe deer enclosure quite honestly and did not go out.
Jumping.
"Oh..." Miss Wang and Second Young Master Wang have never done this job before, but they have both seen others feeding pigs.
Just like that, the two siblings filled the trough with food while shouting.
The cooked food was fragrant, and the sound of shouts attracted the pigs to look at Wang Meilan and Wang Qiang.
But in a strange environment and seeing strange people, none of the six pigs came forward.
Wang Meilan, who had poured out all the pig food, carried the fed Luo and said to Wang Qiang: "Let's go, Qiangzi, let's go, they will eat it."
When the siblings returned to the house, the gang was still chatting in the east room. Wang Meilan was cooking and the women were busy.
When they heard the sound of cooking, Zhao Hong, Zhao Na and Li Xiaoqiao in the west room cheered, dropped their books and got off the kang.
From the beginning of the winter vacation, Li Tongyun set a rule for them. Their study for the day would not end until they cooked dinner in the outer room every day.
The walls are not soundproof, so the children can vaguely hear the sounds and voices of Zhao Jun and others coming back.
It sounded like Zhao Jun had bought something, but it was for Zhao Hong, and Zhao Na was extremely anxious.
Seeing that these children were about to run away, Li Tongyun hurriedly stopped them and asked them to pack up their books and stationery before leaving.
Zhao Hong hurriedly packed her things, grabbed her schoolbag and got off the kang, opened the door and rushed to the east room.
"Brother! Brother!" Zhao Hong rushed into the east room and threw his schoolbag on the kang, hitting Zhao Youcai.
"Oh my second sister." Zhao Jun hugged Zhao Hong, but Zhao Hong asked: "Brother, what did you buy back?"
"Ah." Zhao Jun was startled, then smiled and said, "Brother bought a pig."
"Pig?" Zhao Hong raised her thin eyebrows and said in surprise: "Does our family still need to buy pigs?"
"Why don't we buy pigs?" Before Zhao Jun could react, Zhao Hong said: "There are plenty of them on the mountain, can't you just catch them?"
Zhao Jun: "..."
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Today's dinner is quite simple.
Roe deer meat stewed with sauerkraut and wild boar meat stewed with cabbage vermicelli. Both dishes are served in large pots, and the main thing is that one is large in quantity.
In addition, there are frozen cabbage and dried radish with dipping sauce.
It can be seen from this that the food served by the Zhao family recently is not very high-end.
But this didn't stop the men from drinking. While drinking, everyone mentioned buying a pig.
"Shunzi." Wang Qiang asked Lin Xiangshun, "You can't treat me? If you want to treat me, there will be many pigs."
"Please." Lin Xiangshun said without hesitation: "Uncle, how about we treat each other for a day?"
The Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and it will definitely be impossible to arrange a day treat for one person, and you have to leave time to go to other people's houses.
"Okay." Wang Qiang responded and said, "Then it will be twenty-five for our two families."
The twenty-fifth day Wang Qiang mentioned is the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month.
"Dad." After Wang Qiang finished speaking, Li Baoyu said to Li Dayong: "Shall we just come to my brother's house for twenty-four?"
As soon as Li Baoyu said this, he was glared hard by Li Dayong, followed closely by Zhao Youcai.
"So pretty!" Li Dayong cursed in his heart: "Little brat, are you the one who can decide this matter?"
And Zhao Youcai looked at Li Baoyu and cursed in his heart: "What do you call your brother's house? You are such a tiger. You can't tell the big and small kings."
Seeing that something was wrong, Zhao Jun quickly diverted everyone's attention, only to hear him ask the judge: "Minister, you guys stay at home and have a meal of slaughtered pigs and vegetables before leaving."
"Okay!" Xie Chen agreed happily. Zhao Youcai glared at Xie Chen again and thought to himself: "This is a stupid boy. He doesn't go home just because it's the Chinese New Year. He's going to be very mean-spirited in a day."
Thinking of this, Zhao Youcai's eyes fell on Li Baoyu again. Looking at the giggling Li Baoyu, Zhao Youcai thought to himself: "Why should I accept them as my apprentices? Why don't you make me angry to death?"
But at this moment, Li Dayong suddenly spoke and said to Li Baoyu: "Baoyu, after the new year, our business will not be so busy. You and your uncle will go to the mountains for a few days and learn your skills from your uncle."
After talking about Li Baoyu, Li Dayong said to Jie Chen: "When the time comes, I will follow you, my dear minister."
After the words fell, Li Dayong secretly glanced at Zhao Youcai. This was what the two brothers had discussed in advance. They both said that getting on the pole was not a business, so we couldn't let Zhao Youcai take the initiative to talk about accepting disciples, right?
"No need, dad." Li Baoyu was sincere and refused on the spot: "I can just learn from my brother."
When Li Baoyu said these words, he saw Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong's expressions darkened.
"Brother Li." Seeing this, Wang Qiang hurriedly helped Li Baoyu to rescue him, and said to Li Dayong: "How can my brother-in-law have that time? We will have a whole spring hunting in the next year, and these people are running around the mountain to catch things. They are not allowed to come to us.
Are you running away from home?”
Hearing Wang Qiang's words, Zhao Youcai almost didn't curse out loud. Zhang Yuanmin helped change the subject and said: "We have spring hunting in Yongxing, so our business can be good."
"Yes." Wang Qiang agreed, and then smiled at Zhao Youcai: "Brother-in-law, you have to give me a drink!"
Zhao Youcai cursed secretly in his heart, but when the chatter ended, he had to pick up the wine glass and invite everyone to drink together.
After having enough wine and food, the diners went back to their homes.
In the west room, Xing San was sitting on the edge of the Kang, with his feet on both sides of the basin.
The old man enjoys the blessing when he comes down the mountain. He can still warm his feet before going to bed every day.
At this time, Zhao Jun was in the east room, discussing with Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan about killing pigs to entertain guests on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.
"Look, you're talking too much!" Wang Meilan pulled Zhao Youcai and said, "Don't you decide who to invite and who not to invite?"
"Fuck! Can I order chicken feathers?" Zhao Youcai cursed and said, "You two, go ahead and order it."
"What can my mother and I agree on?" Wang Meilan glared at Zhao Youcai and said, "Why don't you organize the treat?"
Regardless of the actual situation, Zhao Youcai was the nominal head of the family. Killing pigs to entertain guests was a public event in the countryside. Zhao Youcai had to come forward to invite anyone, and it was impossible for Zhao Jun to mobilize.
"Let's talk about it after it's over." Zhao Youcai put the cigarette butt in the ashtray made of cans and said, "I'll think about it, think about it."
Saying that, Zhao Youcai was about to lie down on the kang.
Wang Meilan twitched her lips, but thinking that Zhao Youcai had been tired for a day, Wang Meilan didn't care about it. Besides, it didn't matter if it happened tonight, she could just get up early tomorrow and decide.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Dad." Seeing Zhao Youcai lying down, Zhao Jun hurriedly called Zhao Youcai and said, "How do you fix the little quilt of the native leopard?"
"How do you adjust this thing?" Zhao Youcai asked knowingly, but Zhao Jun, who wanted to ask for help, could only be patient and said: "The adjustment of this thing is smooth and smooth, can't we sell it for two extra bucks?"
After Zhao Jun said this, he didn't wait for Zhao Youcai's reply. Zhao Jun looked at Wang Meilan helplessly and saw Wang Meilan wink at him.
"Dad." Zhao Jun moved closer to Zhao Youcai's pillow and said, "My sister said you can fix it, so just work hard, work hard. When you finish making money, I'll buy you Moutai to drink."
"Why the hell am I still working so hard?" Zhao Youcai suddenly raised his head and said angrily: "How many days have I been working hard? Why did you get so horny in one day? Come to my whole family, you are even more tired than going to work."
"Keep your voice down, my daughter is asleep." At this time, Wang Meilan nudged Zhao Youcai, and then said: "There are a lot of things at home these days, which makes you tired. You wait for Chun'er, we should take care of it.
Everything has been collected and there won’t be much work to do then. So what do you want to do? Who can care about you?"
Hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhao Youcai's expression softened. From the time he was transferred to today, he has never stopped. It can be said that he is more tired at home than in the kitchen.
The reason that supported Zhao Youcai to persist for such a long time was just like what Wang Meilan said.
When the spring snow melts after the new year, there will be no more trapping. Those who are building shacks in the mountains, trapping yellow leaves, and big skins should all go down the mountain. Once these two things are gone, the business of the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce will be reduced by more than half.
The key is to wait until spring and the flowers bloom, so those who come to sell skins don't have to go inside to warm up, which saves a lot of trouble.
When the time comes to collect the gray skins, Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei and the others will be done as long as they can identify the male and female, receive the goods directly and pay them.
As for bear bile, except for the Zhao family gang in Yong'an Forest District, there are very few people who can kill bears. And only those few are known to Zhao Youcai and Zhao Jun, so everything can be done easily.
Thinking of this, Zhao Youcai raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said to Zhao Jun: "Okay, you can go to sleep. You don't have to worry about this matter."
"Ouch!" When Zhao Jun heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he immediately stood up and said, "Dad, it's up to you."
Zhao Youcai pinched Zhao Jun's eyelids and said nothing, so he agreed.
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Jiang's East House.
Old lady, Xie Sun is lying in bed chatting.
"Auntie," said Xie Sun, "after I leave, please take care of yourself."
"Yeah." The old lady responded. The two were together every day. Now when she heard that Mrs. Xie Sun was leaving, she was still a little reluctant to leave.
"Are you coming over after the new year?" the old lady asked. Xie Sun said, "I want to come over, but... there won't be much life here after the new year. I can't tell my eldest and second girls."
ah."
The former Jie Sun said that she didn't know how to hold the oil bottle when it fell. That was a bit exaggerated, but if she was asked to cook a dumpling by herself, she would definitely not be able to cook it properly.
But now Mr. Xie Sun can use helping others as an excuse.
"Why don't we have any work?" said the old lady, "It's spring time to start picking mountains, but when it's over we still have land!"
Speaking of the land, the old lady raised her voice and said, "Both my paddy fields and dry fields have been given to Mr. Zhao. There is no work in those fields!"