Poor family farming: the sick and weak scholar's wife is very sturdy

Chapter 8 The Debt Collector

Zhou Dajun's thoughts naturally couldn't escape Lin Xiao's eyes. Lin Xiao didn't refuse, and agreed:
"It's better to be respectful than to obey, we're bothering you."

With a lot of tinkering with Li Xiangmei, a "rich" dinner was served on the table.

Salt-roasted river fish, stir-fried wild vegetables, small fish soup with wild vegetables and pancakes, simple meat, one vegetable and one soup.

The dish was originally mediocre, but with the salt made by Lin Xiao, the taste of the dish has been sublimated qualitatively.

Having never tasted the taste of food with refined salt, Zhou Dajun and Li Xiangmei feasted so much that they didn't even have time to talk.

It wasn't until they wiped out all the dishes on the table that they realized that they had been rude.

Originally, the two invited Lin Xiao and Li Yuyan to dinner. Who would have thought that the host would wipe out all the food before the guests had eaten a few bites.

"I'm sorry, it's the first time the two of us eat a dish with such good salt, and we couldn't resist it."

Zhou Dajun scratched his head in embarrassment, and said.

"It's okay, you can add salt boldly when cooking in the future, I will take care of it here!"

Lin Xiao patted his chest and smiled.

"Brother Lin, I don't know your salt... this salt..."

"I'm here today not only to buy charcoal, but most importantly, I want to cooperate with Brother Zhou to sell salt."

Seeing Zhou Dajun hesitating, Lin Xiao simply helped him clarify his words.

She also had this intention at first, and planned to find someone to cooperate in selling salt together.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, selling illegal salt was not a crime.

However, the audience of the grain and oil store in Jiuzhou Town is limited after all, so it would be more convenient and quick to carry a shoulder pole and ask door to door.

When Zhou Dajun heard it, he was overjoyed: "Brother Lin, are you serious?"

"It's hard to chase after a gentleman's words. From now on, I will make salt, and you will sell it door to door. We will share the profit with [-] or [-]%. How about I four and you six?"

"No, it's only fair for me to be four and you to be six. You rely on your brain to make salt, and it's just a waste of energy for me to sell it."

"Okay, that's it!"

In the Great Xia Dynasty, a catty was 16 taels. Lin Xiao sold it to the grain and oil store in the town at the price of fifty copper plates per catty. In order not to disturb the market, she set a price that should not be too low.

After some discussions among several people, the final price was three copper coins for one tael of salt, five copper coins for two taels of salt, and one catty for every purchase of one catty for one tael free.

After everything was settled, Li Xiangmei cleaned up the back room, and she and Zhou Dajun moved to the woodshed.

It is said that Lin Xiao and Li Yuyan are newlyweds, so there is no reason to live in a wood house, unlike the two of them who are old couples, they live in the same place wherever they live.

In fact, the Ninth Prince is here, how dare they live in the back room!

The dim candlelight flickered in the darkness, and there was a touch of embarrassment and tension in the air.

"Rest early, there is still a big project to do tomorrow!"

The big project that Lin Xiao mentioned meant that she would give the dried fruit snacks she bought in the town today to the head of Linjia Village, and ask him to help call the villagers to carry salt rocks under the cliff.

You can get three copper coins for moving a cart of salt stone.

In this way, she can devote all her remaining energy to making salt.

Besides, wouldn't it be better if the village head was also interested in selling salt?

It was the first time for the two to lie on the same bed. Lin Xiao, who mistakenly thought that Li Yuyan was a daughter, didn't care, and fell asleep soundly after sticking to the pillow.

Li Yuyan, on the other hand, was tense, waking up from sleep, feeling very uncomfortable.

As soon as it was daybreak, he got up.

In the courtyard at this time, Li Xiangmei and Zhou Dajun were already waiting outside the door.

As soon as he opened the door, the two saluted him respectfully.

"Ninth Prince, your identity hasn't been revealed, has it?"

Zhou Dajun limped forward and asked in a low voice.

"Not yet." Li Yuyan looked at Zhou Dajun and said solemnly, "If you find a way to sell the salt made by Lin Xiao, we will rely on it for revenge!"

"Please rest assured, Ninth Prince, this subordinate understands what to do."

……

After breakfast, Lin Xiao and Li Yuyan rushed back to Linjiacun with charcoal.

Li Yuyan went back to put charcoal, while Lin Xiao went to the village chief's house with a bamboo basket.

Another gift of dried fruit and snacks, and another gift of salt, made the village head from ear to ear happy.

"Xiao Linzi, if you need help, just say it."

"I need some labor to help me move the salt rocks, and I will pay three Wen for a truckload of salt rocks."

"Three pennies?!"

The wife of the village chief, Ma Guihua, was surprised from ear to ear.

Three pennies can buy at least ten catties of miscellaneous grains!
Although not much, but also a lot.

It can be seen from this that on the day of marriage, Lin Xiao exchanged five cents for a small bag of brown rice and wild pork, what a luxury it was!

"Xiao Linzi, where did you get so much money?"

The village chief sized up Lin Xiao, the only scholar in the village, for fear that he would do something bad because of his greed!
Lin Xiao, who didn't want to hide anything from the start, told the truth, telling the whole story about her ability to make salt.

The village head and Ma Guihua were really shocked.

There is a golden house in the book, and the ancients did not deceive me!
"Xiao Linzi, my aunt has a relative in Kyushu City, how about I help you sell the salt in the city, and then you give me some hard work money?"

Lin Xiao didn't expect Ma Guihua to be so straightforward, but she appreciates such a straightforward character.

"Auntie, do you think this works? I will supply you with the salt. If you sell the salt in the city, I will only charge you the cost price. As for how much you sell, I won't ask you for it. It's all yours."

Ma Guihua's heart was moved by what she said, she agreed without saying a word, and finally told Lin Xiao that no one else should know about this good deal.

Lin Xiao gave the village chief fifteen copper coins and asked him to find someone to bring four carts of salt and stone to her house, and the remaining two copper coins were for the village chief's hard work.

As the saying goes, the mouth of others is soft, and the hands of others are short. The village chief who received the money was full of enthusiasm, and soon called a group of labor forces to push the carts to the bottom of the abyss.

Lin Xiao just arrived home, before he had time to drink a sip of water, a sharp voice came from the door:

"Lin Xiao, you motherfucker, get out of here!"

I saw the rascal Wang Le walking into the yard step by step.

A pair of small eyes looking around at the objects in the courtyard.

Li Yuyan stared at Wang Le coldly, his eyes filled with a penetrating chill.

Lin Xiao said coldly: "What are you doing here?!"

"Your mother asked me to borrow thirty copper coins before. I saw that you orphans and widows were pitiful, so I borrowed it, and didn't ask you to repay the debt. But it's different now. I married a daughter-in-law, and there are more mouths in the family. It is also helpless for you to collect debts."

Wang Le pulled up a chair and sat in the courtyard, as if he was the master of the house.

"Have you ever seen what thirty coppers look like?"

Lin Xiao just thought it was ridiculous.

If this word came from other people's mouth, it might still be credible, but it would be extremely ridiculous to say it from Wang Le's mouth.

His family is a foreigner who moved to Linjia Village from outside. His parents are fairly hardworking, but for some reason they gave birth to such a prodigal son!
After Wang Le's parents passed away, he drank and had fun every day, became addicted to gambling, and lost everything in the family.

　After picking up the last time, he became more and more uncomfortable. He couldn't even eat, and he was still drowsy.

　　So went to bed.

　　In his sleep, he dreamed of his deceased grandfather, who was followed by several old people he didn't know.

　　As soon as grandpa saw him, he scolded him for being unfilial, saying that he was the one who invited them back to dinner, and they had just started eating, and he showed off the meal by himself, how unfilial!

　　So I gave him a little bit of trouble to eat and eat, and have a long memory!
　　later……

　　
　
(End of this chapter)