Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 17, Negotiation

The small courtyard of Liu Jin's house was very lively. Liu Jin sat in the main seat, Wang Shi, Zhao Heishan, Zhao Dahu, and Zhao Erhu sat next to each other. As for Zhao Erhu's younger siblings, his mother, sister-in-law, Zhao Dahu's son, etc., they were all alone. One stood aside with a thick bowl in his hand, and did not serve it.

On the table, there was a large bowl of braised pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, and a plate of stir-fried Chinese cabbage exuding an enticing aroma. Zhao Dahu, Zhao Erhu and others all stared at the meat on the table while swallowing. , while waiting for Liu Jin to move the chopsticks first.

According to the rules, women and children are not allowed on the table. Liu Jin's mother, Wang, is the host, so as an exception, the host does not move the chopsticks, and the guests are also not allowed to use the chopsticks.

Zhao Heishan is not bad, after all, he is old and has been here, so he chatted with Liu Jin with a smile on his face, but Zhao Erhu's younger brothers and sisters all seemed very impatient, drooling.

The fragrant rice, the rice from the south of the Yangtze River, is not white noodles; the aroma of the large and large pieces of red braised pork makes these young people wipe their saliva over and over again.

Such a good day has never been seen even in the good years of the past. Zhao Heishan's family is really too poor, and they haven't eaten meat for a long, long time.

"Everyone, let's eat. If there is anything else, we can talk about it after eating."

Liu Jin looked at the crowd, smiled and said, he also took the lead to pick up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs. Liu Jin knew that if he didn't move his chopsticks, Zhao Heishan and others wouldn't.

"Thank you, Brother Jin."

Zhao Heishan also squeezed out a smile on his dark, wrinkled face. Although he still doesn't know why Brother Jin wants to treat his family to such a big meal like crazy today, but it is definitely worth it to have meat and white rice. Smile.

As Liu Jin moved the chopsticks, the people on the table also started to move the chopsticks one after another, and the children who had been waiting with Hala all the time were naturally excited.

Flying to the big steamer with a thick bowl, there is steamed fragrant rice in it, fill a bowl full, and then come to the side of the pot with braised pork.

Here, Zhao Heishan's daughter-in-law is holding the spoon. When someone comes over, she pours a spoonful of braised pork on top of the rice. Her hands can't help shaking when she beats the braised pork. This level is comparable to that of later generations of canteen aunts.

There is no way, after all, it is not my own home, and the food is Liu Jin's, and I can't always open it. When I meet the youngest son and grandson, I really love him, and I also secretly eat an extra piece of braised pork.

Such a good braised pork, since when have they been so extravagant, being able to eat a spoonful is already a very happy thing for them, and they dare not be greedy.

Liu Jin savored the sweet and sour pork ribs carefully. To be honest, Wang's craftsmanship is really average. The sweet and sour pork ribs are very average, but this pork is a farm-raised pig, not the kind of pig that grew up on feed.

It usually takes a year to raise a pig now, and what they eat is wild vegetables, swill, etc., without any hormones, so it is considered a pure natural food.

The taste is naturally much better than that of feed pigs, and the meat is also more fragrant.

While eating, he inadvertently observed his surroundings. Zhao Heishan on the table ate fairly well, but it could be seen that he hadn’t eaten meat for a long time. The big pieces of braised pork, one piece at a time, was greasy. It all flows from the corner of the mouth.

Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu were reincarnated like starved ghosts, and they had already forgotten what Zhao Heishan told them. A big bowl of rice could be eaten in a few mouthfuls, and big mouthfuls of braised pork were also eaten in one bite.

As for the rest of Zhao Heishan's family, they all ate in a hurry. A bowl of rice and a spoonful of braised pork were eaten in the blink of an eye. He looked at the others helplessly, as if he wanted to continue eating another bowl.

Liu Jin's mother, Mrs. Wang, ate very slowly, chewing slowly, looking preoccupied and hesitant to speak. It was obvious that she really didn't know where Liu Jin got the money from, and she wanted to ask for it. Invite Zhao Heishan's family to dinner.

"Auntie, make an extra bowl for Sanhu and the others. After eating all the food, it's easy to spoil if you keep it."

Liu Jin saw the children who had finished eating in the yard, looking at the people at the main table eagerly, and said to Zhao Heishan's wife with a smile.

"Eh~"

She nodded. For a rural woman like her, with such a free meal, she naturally wished to eat more. Now that Liu Jin spoke again, it was naturally impolite.

Soon, the members of Zhao Heishan's family filled a full bowl of rice with a spoonful of braised pork again, but this time they ate it slowly. The taste of braised pork with rice is really unforgettable.

For a meal, everyone ate in silence, except for the sound of eating, there was no sound.

After a full half an hour, the meal was considered finished. Zhao Erhu's mother and Zhao Dahu's wife also consciously helped clean up, washing the dishes and so on.

As for the children of the Zhao family who were full and full of food, they were sent back contentedly, and it was time for the adults to discuss important matters.

"I know you have a lot of questions. Before I talk about these things, let me show you one thing."

Liu Jin looked at his current Wang family, then looked at Zhao Heishan and Zhao Dahu, took out a bag of snow salt and slowly spread it out, "This is what I get rich, snow salt!"

"Snow salt?"

Wang Shi and Zhao Heishan said suspiciously at the same time, then took a little snow salt with their fingers and looked at it carefully.

"Is this the salt you boil these days?"

Wang tasted the snow salt, and her eyes widened immediately. Then she remembered that Liu Jin had been cooking salt these days, but she didn't expect that the boiled salt turned out to be this kind of fine salt.

"Yes, last time I heard Uncle Heishan say that high-quality green salt costs more than 200 yuan a catty, and only rich landlords can afford it, but the sea salt we cook only sells for a few cents a catty , the price difference is too far.”

"So I wondered if we could turn our sea salt into green salt, which would naturally sell for a good price. Last time the salt dealers came to our village to collect salt, I also quietly sold the snow salt for 200 renminbi a catty. , I sold it for more than 10 taels of silver."

Liu Jin nodded, and then explained how he got rich.

"I have been cooking sea salt all my life, why didn't I know that this sea salt can also turn into green salt?"

When Zhao Heishan heard this, his eyes were as wide as a bull's-eye. He has been cooking salt all his life, and his ancestors have been cooking salt for generations, but he never thought that the boiled salt can turn into such snow-white, snow-white refined salt , sells for 200 wen per catty.

"Of course you won't know. This is what I read in a book."

Liu Jin smiled and blamed all this on what he had read in books. Liu Jin was the only scholar in Xiahetun, and the status of a scholar was very high, so naturally he would not arouse suspicion.

"The time I cooked the snow salt was also thanks to Huzi's help, so I invited everyone to have a meal together. It is a thank you to Huzi, and I am also grateful to Uncle Heishan and your family for taking care of our mother and son."

Then, Liu Jin also told the reason for the dinner. If he didn't say it, Zhao Heishan and the others would feel uncomfortable and unsteady when eating.

"Brother Jin, you're welcome. If it weren't for your father's help, our Zhao Heishan family would have starved to death long ago. What's the point? Treat us to a large piece of red gauze meat and a big bowl of white rice. I don't know how to thank you."

"It's his blessing that the dog can help you. If there is anything we need to do in the future, just ask."

When Zhao Heishan heard this, he immediately said very seriously.

"Uncle Heishan, I have come here today to discuss something with you."

After listening to Liu Jin, he smiled and nodded, this Zhao Heishan is still very good.

"This snow salt is refined from our sea salt. We sell sea salt to salt dealers for only 5 yuan a catty, but when refined into snow salt, it can be sold for 200 yuan a catty. I don't need to talk about the profits in it. .”

"Just relying on me and Huzi to do this, there is always limited manpower and energy, the output is very small, and I can't make much money, so I want to cooperate with Zhao Heishan and your family to do this business."

"When the time comes to make money, we can split it [-]-[-]."

At this time, Liu Jin also spoke out his plan, and pulled Zhao Heishan's family into his boat to make money together. Not only would he have time and energy left to do other things, but he could also have Zhao Heishan's family as his own. Helper, among other things, if only Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu followed his words in the future, it would not be so easy for Tang Huo to make trouble for him.

"No, no, no, absolutely no!"

Unexpectedly, Zhao Heishan shook his head and said: "You discovered the method of refining snow salt, brother Jin, and this way of getting rich is naturally also yours. Although I, Zhao Heishan, have no prospects, I will never do it." This kind of thing that takes advantage of others.”

"Our family can help Brother Jin with things, and you can enjoy a bite of food. As for the [-]-[-] offer, I will never agree."

"This~"

Liu Jin was also dumbfounded when he heard it. He didn't expect people in this era to be so honest. To be honest, I was willing to give money to their family in order to pull them on board and prevent unnecessary troubles in the future. I didn't expect him to be so honest. Life and death do not agree.

"Yeah, brother Jin, I'm satisfied if I can do things with you. It's absolutely not for the money."

Zhao Erhu also said with a silly head, for him, being able to follow Liu Jin seemed to be enough, and nothing else was important.

(End of this chapter)