The splendid youth of the farm gate

Chapter 13 The First Business Opportunity

"Sister, I heard from Guo'er that your brother-in-law Luo Xingcai plans to marry the young daughter of Mr. Zhang's family."

Lin's face tightened, and a wry smile appeared on her face. She wanted to say a few words, but in the end she just let out a long sigh.

Lin Xiaotao, who was sitting on the side, thought about the five taels of silver from the Luo family, and was about to speak, but was pulled by Lin.She was silent for a moment, and had to lower her head even lower.

Huang Baozhong glanced at Lin Xiaotao, then reached into his arms to take out a purse, and handed it to Mrs. Lin.

"This is..." Lin looked at Huang Baozhong in a daze.

"This is five taels of silver. Sister, take it first. If it's not enough, I'll think of a way."

"No...no..." Lin waved his hands repeatedly and pushed the purse back towards Huang Baozhong, "This won't work, this..."

"Don't be polite to me." Huang Baozhong stuffed the purse into Lin's hand involuntarily, scratched his head and said, "This is not for nothing, but I just lent it to you for a while, and I will return it when I have it." that is."

Lin's eyes were red, and the purse in her hand was like a piece of hot coal, which made her hands tremble.She trembled her lips, but couldn't say a complete sentence.

"Third Uncle, I will definitely return this money to you next spring at the latest." Qing Guo snatched it in from the outside, and said to Huang Baozhong with red eyes.

Huang Baozhong didn't expect that Qingguo was eavesdropping outside, and after hearing what Qingguo said, he was planning to tease Qingguo, "If you don't pay it back, it's fine, just be my daughter." But when he met Qingguo's flushed and determined face , but nodded involuntarily.

"Well, Third Uncle believes in you."

After finishing her work in the kitchen, Mrs. Zhong, who was walking this way, heard Huang Baozhong's words, and answered, "Don't tell me, this girl Qingguo just found a job to make money!"

Huang Baozhong was interested, so he said to Qingguo: "What kind of business, tell third uncle?"

Qingguo frowned, smiled and told about how she encouraged Lin Zhengda to go to the market to sell straw weaves, and at the end, brought in the few straw weaves outside the door to show Huang Baozhong.

"Third uncle, look, can this be exchanged for money?"

Huang Baozhong took it in his hand, looked it over carefully, nodded and said, "I think it will work."

With his statement, everyone in the room burst into laughter.

"Guo'er, how many copper coins do you think is worth selling?" Huang Baozhong asked after looking at the green fruit.

Qingguo thought for a while, pointed at Caodie and said, "This kind of simple ones are worth three to five copper coins. As for the complicated ones like puppies, they must be more expensive, eight to ten copper coins." !"

"It's so expensive!" Mrs. Zhong looked at Qingguo in astonishment, and said slowly, "This...does anyone buy this?"

She originally thought that this palm leaf grows in the mountains, and it doesn't cost money. At most, it can be sold for one or two copper coins. , I can't help but worry that it will be expensive and no one will buy it.

Qing Guo smiled at Mrs. Zhong, and said softly, "Grandma, you still have room for bargaining, don't you?"

Mrs. Zhong was taken aback when she heard that, but continued laughing: "You girl, why are you like your second uncle, full of business experience!"

Qingguo knew that her second uncle was a well-known shrewd figure in Liujiang Village!
There was another burst of hearty laughter in the room.

Not long after, the two brothers Lin Zhengda and Lin Fangda came back from cutting palm leaves in the mountains, and several old and young men sat under the eaves of the porch to weave them. Qingguo looked at it for a while, and then went to Huang Baozhong and asked.

"Third uncle, how do you know that our family will pay five taels of silver?"

Huang Baozhong smiled and pinched Qingguo's face, and said softly: "Your grandma told the matchmaker that the ten taels of silver will be transferred to your family!"

The fire in Qingguo's heart is like a flaming mountain, burning so much that her mouth smells like burnt fire!
Huang Baozhong may not be ignorant of what Luo Xu's plan is. Lin Xiaotao was brought up by the Lin family. Many times, Lin Xiaotao and his mother have not gotten close to this eldest sister. Lin has been married to the Luo family for many years, and Luo Xu's is also Knowing this, that's why she let out the words, the purpose was to let Lin Xiaotao know, and she had to reach out to help Lin in the end.

It doesn't matter if Lin Xiaotao arrives, they must be her own sisters, but Huang Baozhong took out these five taels of silver after knowing Luo Xu's calculations!
Qing Guo really felt that the heavens had finally not killed them all, and after closing a door, left a window for her!

With Huang Baozhong's five taels of silver, Qingguo and her mother no longer have to go to her second aunt's house.

Qingguo recalled another idea of ​​her own, she raised her head and said to Huang Baozhong who was looking at her kindly.

"Third uncle, I want to sell snails in the town, do you think it's okay?"

Not to mention Huang Baozhong was stunned for a moment, even Lin Shi and Lin Xiaotao were also stunned for a moment.

The three of them asked in unison: "Selling snails?"

Qingguo nodded.

"There are a lot of snails in the river."

Huang Baozhong couldn't help laughing and said: "There are a lot of snails in the river, but the water is so deep, and the weather is getting colder and colder, how do you feel it?"

"I have a solution for that." Qing Guo said with the corners of her lips curled up.

"Oh?" Huang Baozhong looked at Qingguo with raised eyebrows, and said curiously: "Qingguo, tell me, what can you do?"

"I asked my grandfather to go to the mountain to cut some bamboos and throw them into the river overnight. There will be many snails on it the next day!"

This idea was the thought that flashed through Qingguo's mind when he saw those snails clinging to the branches on the way home just now.

She still remembered that when she was traveling with her friends, she saw someone fishing for snails in a small boat at Jiang Jian's side. It is said that after a day, the income was very considerable!Their family is so poor that they can't afford to buy fishing nets. Besides, they don't have a strong laborer who can rock the boat. Let's start with a little trouble and make a little money.

Huang Baozhong is a simple and honest person, but like Lin Xiaotao, he likes green fruits very much, and secretly thought of passing green fruits under their knees.Therefore, be especially fond of green fruits!
"Well, it's really a way!" Huang Baozhong said with a smile: "But, this snail is not a rare thing. Every household can eat it. How much can it sell for?"

Qingguo wrinkled her little nose, said with curved eyebrows, "We sell cooked ones differently from others."

"Cooked?"

"Well, it's cooked." Qingguo nodded, and spoke out her thoughts, "We fried the snails, and put them on a small stove to heat them up in the pot. We can buy them as we like."

"Then you don't have to buy a bowl!" Huang Baozhong said with a smile: "Who would buy a bowl just to eat a few snails?"

"No bowl!" Qingguo shook her head and said, "There are so many bamboos in the mountains, we cut them down to make bowls, and it doesn't cost money."

(End of this chapter)