my grandmother

Chapter 48 Bronze and Silver

Li Xiaoyin carried the one tael of silver in his pocket, and waited until the next afternoon when Gu Yan didn't come over, so he and Li Yinzhu locked the door and went out from the other side of Shuyuan Street, and then went shopping.

"What kind of business are we looking for?" Li Yinzhu was still dazzled and asked casually.

"It can make money." Li Xiaonan looked at the shops on both sides of the street one by one.

"Don't we have a preserved egg shop?"

"Too little money." Li Xiaonan replied casually.

"Ah? Then how much copper tin do you want to earn?" Li Yinzhu looked at Li Xiaonan in surprise, not watching the excitement.

"There are too few copper tins, so I want silver, piles of silver." Li Xiaonan raised her hand over her head, and then scratched it down to show that this pile is a big pile.

Li Yinzhu glanced sideways at Li Xiaonan, rolled her eyes, and continued to watch the fun.

"Aunt, look at that restaurant. The people who go in are all wearing silk, and the shopkeeper is also wearing silk. This restaurant must make money." Li Yinzhu pointed to a restaurant full of flowers across the street.

"The capital is too much, the threshold is too high." Li Xiaonan shook her head.

"That pharmacy must be very profitable." Li Yinzhu pointed to a pharmacy in front.

"The pharmacy knows how to do it, do you know the medicinal materials?" Li Xiaonan didn't look at the pharmacy.

"That's right. Those who can recognize medicinal materials are all gentlemen. What about that?" Li Yinzhu pointed at the ram horn lamp shop, dazzled.

"The craft is difficult to learn, and there are too few horns." Li Xiaonan looked at it carefully and sighed.

"What about that house?"

"It takes a long time to do the same thing, it's too slow."

"that?"

"Too few people use that thing."

……

Li Yinzhu pointed to most of the street, and Li Xiaonan shook her head one by one.

"You want to have less capital, no barriers to entry, more money, and faster money." Li Yinzhu concluded for Li Xiaonan by wringing her fingers, "According to what Eldest Sister said, you are dreaming in broad daylight."

"There must be such a business, but I haven't found it yet." Li Xiaonan replied casually, staring at a small stall selling rice dumplings made with wine, pinching the silver curly in her purse.

Alas, forget it, according to her experience, as long as a hundred yuan bill is broken, it will be blink of an eye, and this silver lock must be the same.

The only one tael of silver is the capital for her big business to make a fortune, so she can't eat it up.

Li Xiaonan and Li Yinzhu wandered to Youchu, and hurried back home.

Around the end of the unitary year, when Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu returned home, Li Yinzhu had already prepared the meal, and Li Xuedong washed his pens and went to the kitchen to eat.

Li Jinzhu took out three small eggs from his pocket, and gave one to each of Li Yinzhu. "The freshly made preserved egg, try it."

"Only three?" Li Xiaonan took one and asked casually.

"Eldest sister said one is enough, but sister-in-law Yin forced three." Li Yuzhu patted Li Xiaonan on the head.

"Your second sister and I have both tasted this thing. It's enough to taste something new, and it can be eaten as a meal." Li Jinzhu sat down to eat.

"If you just taste it, you can't eat it as a meal, then we have made so many preserved eggs, who are we selling them to?" Li Xiaonan replied casually while cracking open the preserved eggs.

Li Jinzhu glared at Li Xiaonan, Li Yinzhu giggled, and Li Yuzhu laughed too.

Li Xuedong looked at his elder sister and said seriously: "Ah Nan is right."

"The rich people still eat mutton all the time, can we afford it? Hurry up and eat!" Li Jinzhu glared at Li Xuedong again.

"The Hong family is a rich family. Brother Hong said that he eats chicken, fish, meat and eggs every day." Li Xuedong looked at Li Yinzhu and said.

Hearing what Li Xuedong said, Li Yinzhu looked at the freshly peeled preserved egg, hesitated, broke the egg white and egg yolk, handed the egg yolk to Li Xiaonan, and the egg white to Li Xuedong, "You two eat it. I will definitely be able to eat it every day in the future."

"I can eat it every day from now on, and so can my brother." Li Xiaonan pushed Li Yinzhu's hand to Li Yinzhu's mouth.

"Yeah! I can eat it right now! Brother Hong asked me to eat with him every day, and I had roast leg of lamb for lunch today. How about..." Li Xuedong brought the half-bitten preserved egg to Li Xiaonan , "Aunt, eat."

"Everyone eats his own food, eat quickly." Li Jinzhu patted Li Yinzhu.

The five siblings ate a good meal, Li Yinzhu shabu-shabu, Li Xuedong continued to write and endorse, Li Jinzhu sat next to Li Xuedong, spinning the thread under the light, Li Yuzhu quietly pulled Li Xiaonan, hid in the shadow under the tree, and stuffed it into Li Xiaonan's hand. I got a preserved egg.

"Eat it soon, eldest sister doesn't know." Li Yuzhu leaned into Li Xiaonan's ear and smiled.

Li Xiaonan nodded repeatedly, watched Li Yuzhu go into the main room to weave, took the preserved egg into the kitchen, peeled the preserved egg, stuffed half of it into Li Yinzhu's mouth. "Hush! The second elder sister gave it to me, but the eldest elder sister doesn't know."

Li Yinzhu was rinsing the pot, when Li Xiaonan stuffed a preserved egg into his mouth, subconsciously stretched his head to look out, slowly bit and swallowed, and smiled at Li Xiaonan, "Our preserved egg is really delicious!"

Li Xiaonan was about to speak when Li Wenliang's voice came from outside the courtyard, "Is Xuedong at home?"

"Yes, hall uncle, please come in." Li Jinzhu hurriedly responded and went out.

"I'll go and listen!" Li Xiaonan confessed to Li Yinzhu, came out in two steps and followed into the main room.

Li Wenliang first handed the mulberry paper bag in his hand to Li Xiaonan, "Your sister Ai Ye likes pine nut candy the most. She said that you all like it, so I bought a bag and took it to eat."

"Thank you, uncle!" Li Xiaonan thanked her, took the mulberry paper bag, put it on the table, picked up a piece and stuffed it into her mouth, standing next to Li Jinzhu obediently.

Li Yuzhu made a bowl of tea and put it next to Li Wenliang.

"This is the Hong family's dowry list, read it to your sister." Li Wenliang took out a long and thin booklet from his sleeve and handed it to Li Xiaonan.

Li Xiaonan took it, pulled it away, and read softly: "Two pairs of silver 99, two pairs of gold hairpins, two pairs of gold temple covers, two pairs of gold pendants, two pairs of gold bracelets..."

Li Xiaonan finished reading in one breath, closed the notebook, and looked at the stunned Li Jinzhu.

This dowry is too expensive.

"This betrothal gift is really heavy." Li Wenliang said with a smile: "When Mrs. Hong gave me this betrothal gift list, I was also taken aback. Mrs. Hong said that these betrothal gifts are for Yinzhu's makeup, saying It’s because we don’t need to prepare another dowry here, we just need to send these betrothal gifts over there.”

Li Wenliang paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'll take it back and tell my father about it first, what father means, we accept the kindness of the Hong family, but we can't really have no dowry at all, ah According to father, he prepares a dowry for Yinzhu, which is almost the same as this dowry, and there is not much money."

"This dowry is converted into silver, how much is it?" Li Xiaonan looked at Li Wenliang and asked.

"I don't know the weight of the four-color gold jewelry. It's hard to say. It's not counted as gold jewelry. If you add 99 taels of silver, it's only 500 taels." Li Wenliang replied with a smile.

"Too much!" Li Jinzhu took a breath in fright, "Can this betrothal gift be forfeited? We can't afford it..."

"We have to think for Yinzhu." Li Wenliang interrupted Li Jinzhu's words in a gentle voice, "The Hong family is rich, so this dowry is not a small amount, but it is really nothing to the Hong family. I have asked, Hong Er Auntie's dowry was said to be worth tens of thousands of silver. Hong Er's aunt got married, and the Hong family gave away three to four thousand taels including the dowry.

"The dowry gift of Yinzhu, plus what we prepared ourselves, is only about 1000 taels. Compared with other wives in the Hong family, it is almost the least. If there is no such dowry, I am afraid that Yinzhu will marry Hong Life at home is not easy."

"Let us brothers and sisters discuss it and talk to the Hong family tomorrow, do you think it's okay?" Li Jinzhu was silent for a moment, looking at Li Wenliang and discussing.

"This must be discussed and discussed carefully. This matter cannot be rushed. Then I will come back tomorrow night." Li Wenliang stood up and smiled.

(End of this chapter)