Rebirth of the poor elder sister-in-law

Chapter 51 Ye Qing's Abandonment
Most of the people who came from behind came from afar. Seeing that Liu Man'er and Ye He are both neatly dressed, and the most elegant lotus flowers are placed in the basket. The most important thing is that when others see that the people in front are holding lotus flowers, they don't care. Ask more, I just think this is a new custom at this temple fair.

Therefore, in just half an hour, all the lotus flowers in the baskets of the two were sold out.

When I went to get the last basket from Fang's, there were even more people. Xu felt that the gift of flowers was indeed more sincere. A person who looked like a maid came over and bought all of Liu Man'er's basket of flowers. .

To be honest, this was something Liu Man'er did not expect. At first she thought it might take a lot of effort, but she never expected that the goal would be achieved so easily.

"Sold out?" Seeing Liu Man'er coming back, Fang felt a little unbelievable, "Why so fast?"

"Our things are good, with a sense of Zen." Liu Man'er said with a smile, "These people don't care about such a small amount of money in order to pray for the Buddha. If they buy our lotus and pray for the Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva will definitely be happy."

"You're right, then let's go to the market quickly and buy some things to make flowers at home?" Fang said anxiously, "There are still two days left for the temple fair."

"Well, let's go, do more today." Originally, I planned to visit the temple fair first, but now it is of course the most important thing to make money. Anyway, there are two days left before the temple fair, so it is not too late to go on the last day.

But in fact, today is the day with the most people. If you wait until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, it will seem a little disingenuous. Liu Man'er feels that she really did not do enough and missed a good opportunity.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the lines are good, it can still be sold, but I'm afraid there will be imitations.

However, Liu Man'er has already made a decision in her heart, no matter how others imitate her things, she just needs to keep developing her products.

Went to the market, Liu Man'er bought a lot of silk cloth and colored paper, after returning home, Ye Yuan was busy with digging a hole, took a rest for a while, then went to cook, after lunch, Liu Man'er asked Ye Yuan to go to the mountain to dig Some vines came to make rattan baskets, while she was busy making flowers with Fang and others.

That's right, she's going to upgrade this time. She doesn't plan to sell individual flowers, but directly sells flower baskets.

Some ordinary believers must have come here today, but there are always some people who arrive late, and I heard from Mrs. Fang that at this time, some people from rich families will even stay in this Guanyin Temple and devote themselves to worshiping the Buddha. These rich people are naturally her potential customers.

After Ye Yuan cut the rattan from the mountain, Liu Man'er asked him to weave a small rattan basket. This kind of rattan basket should look good, and it should not be too big, it can hold about ten or twenty flowers.

I heard that the fourteen beads worn by Buddhists represent the same grief for Guanyin Bodhisattva and all sentient beings of the ten directions, the third world, and the six realms, so Liu Man'er also planned to put more than fourteen lotus flowers in each flower basket.

In this way, the price of each flower basket is [-] yuan, which she thinks is not expensive, but it is more cost-effective than selling individual flowers.

In other words, all the flowers she sold today were not worth the last flower basket. When she sold the last flower basket, the maid gave her a tael of silver directly.

Well, in the eyes of the poor, it is very difficult to earn a penny, but in the eyes of the rich, one or two silver is not a problem at all.

This society is like this, especially here, the gap between the rich and the poor is very obvious, and a lot of people live the same life as Liu Maner's family. Had a good time.

There are people who live even worse, that is, the people in the mountains of Liu Man'er's mother's family. They are completely dependent on God for food. They are obviously poor and miserable, but they still have to pay taxes.

This country of Liang is in dire straits, and the people's livelihood is really difficult. Fortunately, Liu Man'er's family is still in peace in this remote small village.

While making the flower basket, Liu Man'er chatted with Fang Shi. After Fang knew Liu Man'er's plan, she was still a little worried, "Just buy such a flower basket for fifty renminbi? Who would be willing?"

In Fang's view, this thing is simple and worthless.

But in Liu Man'er's view, this thing is a work of art, and it took her a lot of effort, not to mention, "This is just a matter of opportunism. Taking advantage of this good day, let's take advantage of the light of the Bodhisattva. Let's do more today and tomorrow I won't do it."

Hearing what Liu Man'er said, Fang Shi nodded, and said: "How about, tomorrow, just you and Xiao He, let Yuan'er go to help you, and I can't help you if I go, just not going."

Fang Shi was waiting there alone today, if it wasn't for the fact that Ye Tianchen was still with her, she would have felt a little bored.

"Okay." Liu Man'er agreed without hesitation, "Mother, you should have a good rest tomorrow. When we earn money tomorrow, we will go to the temple fair together the day after tomorrow."

Today she gave Fang the money she earned, but Fang didn't accept it, and only let her save it for herself. Liu Man'er has a sense of housekeeping, and when she heard Fang's words, she also took the money.

She plans to save the money to repair the house, widen the yard, dig a pond, raise fish, and plant lotus. What a wonderful thing, when the time comes, a special land will be set aside for planting trees. , some places are dedicated to raising poultry.

But let's not talk about repairing the house, Ye Yuan calculated for her, it was 20 taels of silver, and she would also need a lot of money to buy the land.

After all, doing these small businesses is not sustainable as she said, and she still needs to find a long-term business. In addition, she is determined to be a landlord, and people will starve to death just relying on the five acres of land of the Ye family.

When she has money and repairs a good house, her first big thing is to buy land!
However, it can only be imagined now.

But don't rush, take your time step by step.

In one night, Liu Man'er and the others made twenty flower baskets, and if they were lucky enough to sell all of them, they would just get one tael of silver.

"If we can earn one tael of silver every day, then our family will soon become rich." Fang's family also settled accounts aside, "Our family can also buy dozens of acres of good paddy fields for eight taels of silver per mu. Well, after buying a field, I don’t need to buy rice anymore.”

The more the accounts were settled, the happier Fang's heart was. She seemed to see a good paddy field beckoning to her.

"So mother, you also have a dream of being a landlord in your heart." Liu Man'er said jokingly: "It's just that such good luck doesn't happen every day. If our family wants to get rich, we still have to be down-to-earth and take one step at a time. Come."

"Man'er is right. My mother didn't say she was a landlord. It's just that our family has too little land. It's not feasible to hunt only by relying on the distance." Fang said. Think of things from the past:

"When he was young, his father was a hunter. When I followed his father, the family was really poor. There was only this foundation and two acres of dry land. His father worked hard and worked hard. He finally built a house and bought a house. A few acres of land, seeing the days getting better and better, who knows, what happened later."

"Mother, don't talk about it, everything will get better together." Liu Man'er said seriously, "Now our family Ye Yuan is capable, and I can earn a lot of money by raising more poultry at home."

"When Ye Feng reads, he can also help the family a lot. Now he is helping to copy the books, and he earns the money for the pen, ink, paper and inkstone." Liu Man'er said again.

"I can also help at home." A voice came from outside, but it was Ye Qing.

During this period of time, this guy was a little mysterious. He left early and returned late every day. Except for dinner at night, he basically didn't see anyone.

"Qing'er, why did you come back so early today?" Fang asked a little puzzled.

"It's nothing, the school ends early today." Ye Qing walked over, found a place to sit down on his own, and then said firmly to everyone, "Mother, brother, I won't study anymore."

"Not studying?" Fang glanced at him, "What's the matter? At least finish reading this year."

"I'm not going to read it anymore. It's a waste of time after reading it. I've already decided that I'll go to a restaurant in the town to do errands. I'll get food and accommodation every month, and I can take a penny back home." Ye Qing said.

"But what about we paid the tuition?" Fang asked again.

"Didn't you discuss letting Liu Fusheng go to study? Let him go to study. In the future, if he reads it, I will also be in his honor." Ye Qing replied.

When Ye Yuan heard him say this, he looked into his eyes, "Second brother, are you serious?"

"Of course, I'm serious." Ye Qing avoided Ye Yuan's eyes at first, but after thinking about it, he looked at Ye Yuan again, "Brother, I will pay you back the one tael I owe you for tuition fees. of."

"Brother didn't mean that, I just thought that you said what you said today, so don't blame Big Brother again." Ye Yuan said seriously, for Ye Qing, a somewhat rebellious young man, he was really a little scared .

He was afraid that his brother would be dissatisfied with him and would have thorns in his heart.

"Don't worry, big brother, I will walk the path I chose, and I will go to the town tomorrow." This time, Ye Qing acted resolutely.

But Fang obviously didn't think about it, "It's hard to find things these days. Where did you find a job? Why didn't you discuss it with your family?"

"It's in a restaurant in the town." Ye Qing lowered his head and said, "It's true that my son didn't think carefully about this matter and didn't tell his mother first."

As he spoke, he raised his head again and smiled: "That's all right, I'm working in a restaurant in the town, when the time comes, if the big brother wants to sell some prey, just come to me."

"But..." Fang wanted to say something more, but after thinking about it, she didn't have anything to say. After all, the child was grown up, and she couldn't say anything, otherwise she would complain again .

"Hey, it's up to you. Let your elder brother follow you to the restaurant tomorrow." Fang said.

"Okay." Ye Qing and Ye Yuan responded at the same time.

"Man'er, over there, let me deliver these flower baskets with you," Fang said.

"No, just borrow a wheelbarrow tomorrow and push it over. This one is not heavy." Liu Man'er replied.

"That's fine, then I'll ask Ye Yuan to borrow from Aunt Chunhua's next door tonight." Fang said.

"Okay." Liu Man'er nodded.

(End of this chapter)