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Chapter 268 Look how generous they are (two chapters in one)

At half past five in the morning, it was still dark outside, and someone suddenly appeared from a corner and interrupted:

"Master Zhenting, even if we don't have these goods, the frozen fish collected by your administration can't be loaded. Can't we hire a donkey?"

Here in the Northeast, what word can be used to describe too much work, which has reached the point of exhaustion and exhaustion? That is: If it doesn't work, hire someone.

It would be a good idea for this one to hire a donkey.

Liu Jingdong was in the middle of the team, and he vaguely seemed to hear his uncle's voice: "Old familiar (uncle), is it you? Why are you here?"

Liu Laozhu's younger brother put his hands on warm sleeves and didn't even look at Liu Jingdong, thinking:

It was cold and air-conditioned, and he had no time to pay attention to his nephew, who was talking about business.

Liu Laozhu's younger brother got a batch of donkeys not long ago. He is very optimistic about the farmers who have become the land of Zhenbei. He firmly believes that if they work hard, there will be many appointments to buy donkeys next year, so he bought a batch while the price is low.

But for large animals, before they are sold, if they are not used for chewing purposes, then that is considered an expense.

So he wanted to share a donkey in Moji Zhao Zhenting and asked the government to rent his car. He dared not change the old town pavilion, and the government at that time would not pay for the requisition of cattle and donkeys.

But now that it belongs to Zhenbei, and Zhao Zhenting is an upright man, Liu Laozhu's third brother thought about it. If opening his mouth to make three points is not enough, it is enough.

Zhao Dashan looked at Xu Youliang who looked hesitant and guessed that he was hesitant and wanted to leave with them.

But tomorrow will be the Chinese New Year. The batch of goods that my aunt sold was handed over to him with the deed, and the frozen fish were already under the jurisdiction of the government. It was just a trip for the government officials to suffer. This is their duty. Let the second brother and a few boys do it. It's not like that.

Then he thought about the twenty ox carts and donkey carts he had assembled, plus his old horse, which was really not enough. If his old horse couldn't bear the load and collapsed, I felt heartbroken and gritted my teeth just thinking about it. Said: "Okay, rent."

"Okay, Mr. Zhenting, seeing that you still have to work for us little people on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and you are so kind-hearted, I will assign you the lowest rental price. Another one, you will know after you use it, my donkeys With a whine and a scratch, you can cover a distance of a kilogram, and with a swish of a run, you will definitely win the red rabbit among the horses, and the donkey among the horse households."

Here, if you don't talk too much, you won't be able to sell goods, and you will never let your words fall on the floor. Everyone has their own specialties.

With the donkey carts of Liu Laozhu's third brother, and the steward Chen who accompanied the team, I heard that the Zhenbei Army was going to deliver fish for the New Year's Eve dinner, and Erdao River, yes, it was the one where he stayed last night Erdaohe still has a new year gift to give to General Jia and General Lu? !

Butler Chen's fat face showed surprise.

Butler Chen didn't know that there was actually General Huo. Without knowing it, he stretched out his chubby hand with wealth and love, waved and said: "Load it into our car, there is still some room in our car."

Before Zhao Dashan set off, he specifically explained to the Xu family: "Your sister-in-law and I will not go to your house until the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Your sister-in-law has to do it tomorrow, and tomorrow is not possible. She has to be on duty when she comes back to escort the goods tomorrow morning. I will be on duty on the first day of the thirtieth day." . On the second day of the second year of junior high school, I will go back to my hometown to worship my ancestors and tell your mother."

The three Xu family members helped load the car and responded happily: "Don't worry, Brother Dashan, I'll go home whenever I can." Mainly because they were afraid that they wouldn't have time to entertain them.

Seven o'clock in the morning, Chen hour.

The Erdaohe boys first went to the market entrance in the town to buy some odds and ends.

The first thing that catches the eye is the pork stall. The price of pork has increased sharply this year.

It went from twenty cents at the beginning to twenty-two cents, and then to twenty-six cents per catty during the Chinese New Year.

Nowadays, the Xu family often goes to the town to buy grain and oil, and there are many rumors about their own business, so they heard that the current meat price is controlled by the Zhenbei Army.

The Zhenbei Army itself bought a lot of meat and cooperated with other towns and counties outside, so it brought in a lot of pork from outside, otherwise there would be nothing to sell at the moment.

Yes, it’s not sold, so it’s an exaggeration.

Because there are a lot of people raising pigs, life was difficult in the past, and there were few people buying meat, who would dare to raise so many pigs in one go?

And the Xu family is still complaining about others, saying, who is this? Buying so much meat and hoarding it must be done by those big households, just to join in the fun.

Don't you know that there is his family inside, and they have the nerve to scold others?

I make sausages every day and take out meat from the shop every day. Not to mention, since October, they have bought a lot of pig pancreas and pig fat to make saponins. At that time, all the fat on the market had been stripped away. good?

For example, the pork dealer who supplies the Xu family used to have a stall on New Year's Eve if he couldn't sell all the meat. This year, the pig pen was empty early this year, and all the pig intestines and other items were given to the Xu family for free. Then he called it a day and became prosperous. At this time, he was sitting on the hot bed and studying with his wife whether he should go and give a gift to the Xu family in the first month of the year. He was afraid that the Xu family would not be able to cooperate with their family for a long time next year.

His wife was stingy and said that the Xu family still had three young men who were not married yet. Can't they wait until they get married before paying tribute? When celebrating the New Year, you need to go out with rituals, and when you build a new house, you need to follow the rituals. Why does the Xu family have to follow the rituals for so many things? Our boys are all married, and if they don’t return the gift, then it’s a loss.

As a result, her man scolded her: "Don't make blind calculations, you don't know what's going on here. Look, our family will make a lot of money this year, and there will definitely be more people raising pigs next year. When everyone's life becomes better, when Just raise pigs for fun if you have a child. Don't worry, do you think the Xu family can't raise pigs themselves? Those buckets of oily swill for cleaning the pots, even if the Xu family doesn't look down on such a small amount, Erdaohe can borrow it Someone will take care of you.”

It can be seen that only one company's business can be sold to other places. If it can become bigger and stronger, it can affect the lives of many people, and all related parties can make money.

If there are many "Xu families" rising up in Zhenbei, and if the General's Mansion itself does business, then the people here will have a lot of work to do.

Isn't that right? Although this pork vendor has never cooperated with the Xu family, he knows the three Xu family members, but they don't know him.

Seeing the leader Xu Youcang and the poorly dressed Liu Jingdong, his eyes were filled with light. Could he close the stall as soon as he left the stall? He hurriedly said: "This is a rare customer. Do you want to buy meat? I'll weigh it for you." .”

"Uncle, how do you sell pig paws?"

Xu Youliang came from behind and added: "What's the price of Houyan?"

Liangzi felt that the aunts in the village were right. Although they stocked meat at home, it was best not to leave it alone, lest guests go without anything to eat. That would affect their reputation. If you leave a bad impression, if they don't come next time, it will affect the income of your family and all the villagers.

So I would rather spend an extra three to five cents per pound to buy some.

Xu Youliang planned to buy some meat for his mother-in-law and his brother-in-law at home.

Xiaoqin had been married to him for three years, and his uncle never gave his mother-in-law any decent New Year gifts.

Yes, this year my mother and Tian Xin gave me two sets of clothes and cloth for my mother-in-law.

But that was what my mother and niece wanted.

He wanted to use the couple's money to buy something more for his mother-in-law. Just like what Youyin said, on the day when I was driving my ox cart, I would specially pass by Uncle Xiaoqin's house to show it to the family. When the Yu family separated, they often bullied his brothers-in-law.

It's one thing for Dali to be successful now, but it's another thing that his only son-in-law has to help vent his anger.

Xu Youliang bought thirty kilograms of pork belly in one go. Dali didn't think much about it, thinking it was Mrs. Xu's order, and went to the stall to answer Liu Jingdong's question.

Liu Jingdong asked: "Who else in our village wants to buy pig paws? I was so cold that I forgot."

Dali said: "There are four from the Fourth Master's family, four from the Second Lazy Uncle's family, two from the Seventh Master's family and Uncle Cao's family, and Sister Meizhuang's family will give two annual gifts to Mozi's family. There are also Uncle Li Zheng's family and Uncle Wan's family. I want a fan of ribs. Brother Wang, how much do you want?"

Wang Yusheng said: "When I opened a shop to buy food, my father-in-law lent me a lot of money. I wanted to buy pig head meat for him. Huh? Shopkeeper, are all your pig paws roasted?" Well, okay, I'll weigh them all for you." The pork dealer was very happy.

Twelve boys gathered together and talked with excited smiles on their faces as if they were shopping. They laughed and asked Liu Jingdong if he wanted to eat pork ribs. Liu Jingdong said: "You know me best. I have never been a greedy person. My grandparents are in the village this year." , my grandma loves to eat."

His mother also said that since his father came back from the county, he has been thinking about inviting the old brothers in the village to drink, so he simply took advantage of the New Year to treat the family to a meal. As a member of the Li Zheng family, he never entertained guests in the past years. This time, a big pot of ribs was stewed, which made people think it was a tough dish.

Xu Youyin had already gone to the stall next to him and was trying to stop a boy from the same village from buying a chicken with feathers. "Don't you know? The ladies in our village don't care about white-striped chicken. They have all the chicken, duck and goose feathers."

However, no one has saved as much as his sister-in-law. The Xu family has already saved several sacks.

This group of boys bought two more baskets of geese, one basket containing six geese, and they bought twelve. Shunzui also asked about how to sell pheasants and wild ducks.

As all kinds of meat were bought, there were more and more people in the market.

There are people selling charcoal and shoe mats in the market.

"Guests, please buy some. It's five cents for a pair of insoles. If you can't sell them all, my mother won't let you go home for dinner."

Don't do this, we bought your shoe mats, and my mother won't let us in.

"Selling cotton trousers and non-slip shoes, come to me if you break your butt."

It's just a scam for out-of-town businessmen. There are no slippery shoes for walking here. When it snows, the road is full of ice and you have to crawl. The old cow also took one step and took three steps back.

There are also sellers of cassava flour, tofu, and mustard knots in the market. There are hills of mustard knots on the ground, covered with tattered quilts.

Going further, there is a stone mill selling pepper aniseed ingredients, grinding the powder on site.

Liu Jingdong thought he could make money selling candy, bean bags, red paper, and helping write couplets in five verses.

There were also many sellers of fungus, hazelnuts and small frozen fish. Finally, the boys caught the egg seller and said, "Here are four baskets."

As I was waiting for the eggs to be loaded, I heard a familiar voice again: "Donkeys for sale!"

Next to him, his wife and her son shouted: "They also sell donkey meat and burn it."

"Old familiar," what his uncle meant, Liu Jingdong was puzzled: "How many donkeys did your family get back? The cattle that were sent to the village for consignment have not been sold out yet. You see, they are not for us to use. Besides, in addition to live donkeys Why are there still dead donkeys? Auntie, why are you selling them on fire? When will you go home for the New Year? My master is looking forward to it. Pigs will be killed in the village today."

"Tomorrow, early tomorrow morning." Liu Laozhu's younger brother was also worried. Why did he meet his nephew again? He wanted to put some donkey meat on the fire. With a smile on his face, he took out the fire and said: "No, no, we must have one for each person." , don’t interfere with your aunt’s sales by pushing her back and forth, and try what donkey meat tastes like.”

Only Liu Jingdong made it on the spot. The others all made excuses, saying they had to buy food and had no time to eat.

The three Xu family members and Dapeng coincidentally held the fire in their arms, intending to take it back and share it with their families. This is the real life of several "young masters" of the Xu family.

"Second Young Master, Third Young Master, Fourth Young Master, I wish you a happy New Year. Who are these?"

Xu Youyin looked at Dapeng: "This should be Xiao Shao."

The young master's children or nephews must be called this.

"Those are also young masters from our village. Brother, we are all here to buy food."

After a while, the sound of three waiters discussing was heard from the grain store. They were discussing whether they should go to the cashier's wife's house to find the owner and ask if they could sell it. While explaining to the Xu family:

“To be honest, if we sell everything, you will be empty.

First, due to the heavy snowfall two years ago, there were not many heavy items such as wine and food.

Secondly, I heard that next year there will be big grain dealers coming to our place to open branches and specialize in selling to government officials, so our boss does not dare to stock up on more grain.

And our industry is controlled. Even if it is not controlled, our owner has always been a grain store and is not allowed to sell short.

He said that no matter what time, even if the city is destroyed, the grain stores cannot be sold short and cannot leave first, otherwise the people will be even more panicked. This is a rule set by our ancestors. How about, brothers, leave me more than 100 kilograms each? "

"We brothers won't find fault with your boss's character, that's it!"

You have to do it even if you don't want it. As we were moving, we found that the twelve carts were full. Dapeng had pig trotters hanging on his neck, Wang Yusheng was carrying millet, Liu Jingdong had a pig head hanging on his chest, ribs on his back, and four baskets of eggs were carefully placed The grain bag is the top, and a straw curtain is spread on the top.

"It's over, it's snowing, but don't let it rain heavily. We have to go back and kill the pigs as soon as possible."

As we were leaving the city, there was a scene that stopped passers-by.

That is when a caravan suddenly called Xu Laoer and the others: "Are they from Erdaohe?"

The three Xu family members all looked back: "Yes."

Are you the legendary caravan going to our village to celebrate the New Year?

more than.

There was also a caravan running out from the big car shop. As they ran, the leader of the caravan was ridiculed by many people: "You just said you didn't want to go. You said it was a foreign country everywhere. It took two days to wait until the second grade of junior high school. Leave directly after the goods are full.”

Suddenly I don’t want to deal with it anymore.

"Wait for us!"

At the same time, Zhao Dashan's delivery team also encountered a special horse team.

Butler Chen recognized at a glance that the leader of the team opposite was Huo Yunqian's personal guard named Yue.

Originally, Huo Yunqian planned to send gifts to Erdaohe in the name of Mr. Mu, so it would be most appropriate to send Jiubao.

But one of the New Year gifts Huo Yunqian gave to Erdaohe was a basket of pomegranates.

Huo Yunqian was afraid that Jiubao would be described as rare and described the basket of pomegranate seeds as relics, so he decided to choose another person, someone who didn't talk much.

While he was choosing, he heard from Jiubao that Lu Yan was sending people to load a car to give Xu Tianxin a New Year's gift and load a lot of fireworks. After Jia Lai found out, he was also loading the car, including the salted hairtail fish brought from the sea. Just like that, his New Year's gift was also mixed in here. There was no need to find something to do for Jia Lai and Lu Yan in the name of Mr. Mu, so he sent his own personal guard.

(End of this chapter)