The koi wife dressed as the male protagonist of the imperial examination

Chapter 34 A group of debt collectors
Wasn't it because he couldn't find a job for his father-in-law that he took such a risk?

Simple, Fang Qingqing felt that she could help them find a way to make a living.

"Father, mother, have you considered going to the county town to sell food?"

"Sell food? No, no," Li's mother kept shaking her head, "It's hard to do business, and if you can't sell it and lose money, your family's life will be even worse."

Basically, people in this era have this kind of thinking. It’s not that they can’t live without land at home, and very few people want to go out to do business.

And guarding an acre of land, it is difficult to make money other than food, so it is difficult to study.

Old Li's family is already pretty good in Hongqiao Village, but it is a big family who grit their teeth to provide for Saburo. How can other families have spare money to send their children to study.

But Fang Qingqing knows that it is not difficult to make money in business, as long as there are good channels to sell things of good quality, they will not fail to sell.

So, she first asked everyone, is the soy milk and tofu curd made earlier delicious?

Of course they nodded unanimously.

He also talked about what happened at the entrance of the school. Saburo's classmates were also greedy for bean curd and were willing to give a penny.

"For example, there are people in the county who sell sesame seed cakes with wooden carts. We can try to sell bean curds with carts first, and then do other things later."

Fang Qingqing smiled at Li's mother and said, "Mother, you have to trust me, we will work hard to make money so that Xiang An can study with peace of mind."

Mentioning the third son and seeing the smiling face of the third daughter-in-law, Li's mother miraculously settled down.

But she is still hesitating, after all, she has been a farmer all her life, except that old man Li takes his son to do some carpentry work from time to time.

Apart from serving the crops, they really didn't do anything else.

"Mother," Fang Qingqing tugged on Li's mother's sleeve coquettishly, and pushed again: "You have also drank it, the soy milk and tofu curd I make are delicious, and I can make tofu in two days.

Besides, there is a cart at home, even if you can't sell it, you can take it back and drink these beans by yourself. You said that I can do whatever I want. "

Even the second sister-in-law Li was shocked when she heard this, and persuaded her:

"Yeah, mother, why don't you give it a try anyway. If you don't do anything, you won't have any money. Maybe you can do it if you give it a try?"

He glanced over there again, and signaled that Mrs. Li would also help to say good things.

Sister Li also nodded.

As a result, Li's mother quit, pointing at the other two daughters-in-law and scolding: "All of you only know what to say, if you can't sell it, who will lose the time?

In other words, the third daughter-in-law, Li's mother, is the "gentle and amiable" kind mother-in-law. As for Li's sister-in-law, Li's second sister-in-law, she was afraid of her mother-in-law's deterrent power 800 years ago.

Fang Qingqing is not afraid, after all, she is much younger than the two sisters-in-law, even if she is coquettish and cute, there is no pressure.

She directly hugged Li's mother's arm and shook it, "Mother, you just agreed, let me try it. I just want to earn some money so that my husband can concentrate on studying."

Li Sanlang is the Dinghai Shenzhen of the old Li's family, and Fang Qingqing is very sure that Xiucai Lang is effective in front of her mother-in-law.

Sure enough, Li's mother's face|complexion|comfort|relaxed a lot, "Are you coming?"

Fang Qingqing shook her head, "How can I have such ability, I just came up with an idea, and you must be the leader in such a big event."

"Hmph, they're all a bunch of debt collectors."

Having said that, Li's mother turned around and went into the main room, and took out the money bag from the clay pot where the money was hidden.

She counted and counted, and there were two small silver ingots, three strings of copper coins and a handful of loose coins, all of which added up to only two taels of 350 Wen.

If Saburo passed the exam next year, he would have to go to Beijing to take the exam, such a small amount of money would obviously not be enough.

That's why she and the old man are so anxious, hoping to save a little more in the past two years.

Saburo is capable, if it is because of the burden of his family that prevents him from going to Beijing to catch up on the draft, Li's mother feels that she will have no face to face the Li family's ancestors when she goes underground.

Even if Qingqing said it nicely, Li's mother knew that doing business required capital, but the basics of the family could not be shaken.

Therefore, the two silver ingots cannot be moved, and the three strings of copper coins—

After thinking about it, Mother Li took out the handful of fifty;
I thought about it again, forget it, and took out another string.

A total of 150 Wen, no more, Li's mother quickly came out of the back room with the money.

"Qingqing, you take the money."

Afraid of taking a step too slowly, she wavered and took back the hundred wen first.

Fang Qingqing was startled, "Mother, I—"

Li's mother did not allow her to refuse: "The rest of the family don't understand this, so we can only rely on you."

Fang Qingqing still refused, "I don't understand either, mother, father, and elder brother often go out and see a lot of people. Let them do something better, and I'll just help with ideas."

She didn't want to take this responsibility on herself. She didn't plan to get involved in the money she made, so she didn't plan to work too much.

Unexpectedly, Li's mother decided that the third daughter-in-law must take care of this matter.

She knew very well in her heart that her old man and the other two sons were not that kind of material, and they hadn't made any money in the past few decades, so they couldn't afford to go out now.

Another one is that she believes in Qingqing's luck, since the third daughter-in-law, Wangfu, is working hard to make money for Saburo's study.

Of course, you can only succeed if you rely on Qingqing to get ahead.

Now in Li's mother's heart, she firmly believes that the third daughter-in-law is the lucky star of their family, that's why Fang Qingqing listens to her advice.

To put it bluntly, seeing her mother-in-law persisted, Fang Qingqing had no choice but to shoulder this important task.

At the beginning, I couldn't do too much. Fang Qingqing's plan was to grind a pot of soy milk and cook a pot of bean curd.

It is really a lot of people and a lot of power. All the soy milk and tofu are ready in one night, and other preparations have also been made.

As for the price, a large bowl costs one penny, and two pennies if sugar is added.

There can't be too many changes in taste, and we will consider other additions in the future.

After the things were ready, Li's mother asked how to sell them.

This is a small business, so they can only be like peddlers and hawkers on the street, pushing and selling on the street with a cart.

The family sat together and discussed for half the night, and imagined in advance all kinds of situations that they would encounter the next day. The next day, Li Erlang's nephew and his eldest son went to the city together.

Li's mother was thoughtful, although Qingqing came up with this idea, but it was not easy to ask women to come forward in the first place.

Let the two older grandsons and the second son go to explore the wind together, while the old man continues to take Da Lang to find work.

At noon, the eldest grandson went to the academy to deliver meals to the third child.

After giving it away for a few days and saying that the third child likes to eat it, Li's mother has become a habit, thinking that it is okay to keep giving it away.

But Qingqing is tired after running for a few days, let her sit at home and rest for now.

(End of this chapter)