Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 78
Shopkeeper Li came out of Lai Fushun with his hands behind his back, and walked all the way to the Lu family's wild wharf.

After entering the embankment, he stopped under the shade of the trees, and the leaves were blown by the wind above his head, making the sound of sparse branches and leaves intertwining.Shopkeeper Li looked at the bustling people in front of him, and let out a slight sigh.

It's a pity that if it wasn't for the difficult times, he might have to stay in Jiangjiaba for another ten or twenty years.

After a while, some children ran towards him noisyly, and when they saw shopkeeper Li standing under the tree, they suddenly stopped in their tracks.

The bird was naked, and the tanned one was Li Cancan. He tilted his head and glanced at the shopkeeper Li, scratched his bald head, and then looked back at the bamboo shed not far away.

As if remembering something, Li Canguan hopped and ran back, shouting as he ran, "Uncle Lu, Uncle Lu, shopkeeper Li is here."

"Treasurer Li is here!"

"It's shopkeeper Li."

A few children shouted after Li Canguan, and the clear and clear children's voice filled the entire embankment.

Before Lu Quan, who was busy under the embankment, heard the children's shouts, Li Sixi, who was busy moving bamboo on the embankment, heard it first.He immediately stopped and glanced at the direction of the river embankment towards the town, and after making sure that the man in plain clothes was indeed Shopkeeper Li, he turned to call Lu Quan.

Shopkeeper Li is only in his early thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, full of righteousness.It doesn't look like a shopkeeper, but like a knight walking in the rivers and lakes.

The busy people were also awakened by the children's shouts, and they all got up and greeted shopkeeper Li politely.

"Master Li's."

"Shopkeeper Li, you are here."

"Shopkeeper Li, hurry up, sit in the shed, it's very hot outside."

Everyone greeted shopkeeper Li warmly, and adults and children surrounded him one after another.

There was hope in everyone's eyes. This time the shopkeeper Li came, did he change his mind, and could the eel cage business continue.

Seeing Lu Quan striding over with sweat on his face, shopkeeper Li cupped his fists politely at the big guy: "Everyone get busy first, I'll talk to Brother Lu."

Lu Quan hurriedly stepped forward: "Shopkeeper Li, sit on the boat, it's cool on the boat."

The Lu family's boat was tied under a tall willow tree, the shade of the tree just covered the hull, the river wind blew through and made ripples, and the cabin was extremely cool.

Xiao Wu and Xiao Si are resting in the cabin, even though it is a hot summer day, as long as they are in the cabin, they basically don't feel the heat.Except for the two children walking around the river embankment in the morning and evening when it was shady, they would not easily leave the cabin after the sun rose.

With Lu Quan in the front and shopkeeper Li in the back, the two entered Li's cabin one after the other.

On the river embankment, Li Sixi stood on tiptoe and watched the shopkeeper Li enter the cabin shortly, and then hurried to Sange Zhang's side, muttering in a low voice.

"Third brother, what do you think this shopkeeper Li is doing?"

Brother Zhang put away the bundle of bamboo in his hand, and then looked at the Lu family's boat: "I can't tell, I have to wait for Brother Lu and the others to come out, and ask later."

"I think maybe this eel cage business can continue."

This was said by Li Sixi, but it hit everyone's heart.

If, according to shopkeeper Li, the eel baskets continue to be compiled, the goods will be delivered as usual.

Even if the rebels fought against the imperial court, it would still take some time.Before the insurgents came, they would earn more copper coins by doing more, and every penny in their hands was like a penny.The more the court wants to fight the Hongying Army, the more money and food they need in order to survive.

Even if you are fleeing, you can buy food if you have money, and you will not be afraid of starving to death if you have food.

Anyway, everyone has a boat, but it’s really not good, just like what the big guys discussed before, the boats of more than a dozen companies are all wandering around the lake.

When the imperial court and the Hongying Army finish fighting, they will come out again.

Don't talk about Li Sixi, even the people who were busy weaving eel cages on the embankment stopped for a rare moment, and went to Qiu's side to ask, what is shopkeeper Li doing here?

"I don't know either." Qiu replied vaguely with a smile.

She really didn't know what shopkeeper Li was doing here, but when there were guests at home, she always had to boil a pot of hot water to deliver them if there was no tea.

After a few words casually, Qiu stood up and brushed off the bamboo shavings from his body, straightened his hair and prepared to go to the boat to boil water: "I won't talk to you guys, I'll go make tea first."

Xiaoqing hurriedly put down the eel basket in her hand: "Mother, let me boil the water."

After saying that, regardless of whether Qiu Shi agreed or not, he got up and walked to his shack.

It was rare for her to be so stubborn, which made Qiu Shi stunned for a moment.

The sun was getting bigger and bigger, and the area in front of the shack was just shrouded in sunlight.Seeing Lu Xiaoqing pack up the sticks and crouch under the bright sun to boil water, Qiu's words were a little choked up for a moment.

How could Mrs. Qiu not understand her daughter's little thought of caring for him, thinking of his such a well-behaved and submissive daughter, because of stuttering, she was afraid of being laughed at and kept hiding behind others silently like a shadow.

It's better now, and I don't know what method Xiao Si taught, Xiaoqing's speech is getting better and better, and her courage is getting bigger and bigger.

Because Lu Quan started the eel cage business, several people came to her to talk about it, and they both had the intention of getting married.

Lu Xiaoli glanced at the elder sister who was burning the fire, wanted to get up, thought for a while and sat back down.

It's just boiling a pot of water, and the eldest sister can do it by herself, but she will make the eldest sister unhappy if she helps out.

Forget it, forget it, let’s make up a few more eel cages.

Taking advantage of the fact that I can still weave eel cages to earn money in the past few days, I will earn more money to buy a pair of silver earrings for my eldest sister.

In the past few days, Aunt Li, Aunt Zhang, and Aunt Wang have been wandering around my mother. It's not that she doesn't understand what these aunts and aunts mean.

Thinking of earning money to buy silver earrings for his eldest sister, Lu Xiaoli lowered his head, and started working faster.

Earn more, and when the time comes, I will buy big and beautiful silver earrings for my eldest sister, the one in the shape of an orchid, my eldest sister will definitely like it.

She went to see it with Xiaoyu, and the pair of silver orchid stud earrings cost one tael or seven renminbi.

Sitting cross-legged on the side, Lu Xiaoyu lowered his head and was seriously busy arranging the bamboo strips, not noticing who was going to boil the water at home.

She is very busy, and she is not as quick as the elder sister and second sister when she has small hands and small hands, and she earns less money.

Xiaoyu can only suppress his playful thoughts as much as possible, and never listen to Xiaosi's temptation, saying that it's cool in the cabin, and saying that weaving eel cages can't make money.

Why can't I earn money, my mother can say, we can make an eel cage for ten cents, which is all theirs.Children from other people's families have to cut bamboo strips and weave eel cages by themselves, and the money they earn cannot be kept.

The bamboo strips in her house are all cut by her father, and the four of them just weave them.

She is so young, she can still earn twenty Wen a day.Twenty Wen, why is it not silver?

Because they can earn money, almost none of the children in Yemao's family is idle, and they all help out under the shed.

But for someone as young as Lu Xiaoyu, who can sit willingly from morning to night, there are not many girls except Chen Yaoyao and Malanhua.

Like Li Canguan, it's okay in the morning, but in the afternoon, it's like a needle in the buttocks, and I can't sit still.

(End of this chapter)