Poor family mother and son

Three days later, Chu Qing went to the fertilizer workshop again, deliberately took a detour, and walked around the fields in the military household area.

She saw a little girl carrying a small cloth bag and blowing a whistle, demonstrating to the other children how to keep the chickens from spoiling the seedlings.

That is no disaster.

And those children didn't keep their eyes on the chicken, but stared at the whistle in her mouth with some awe and envy.

The small cloth bag in Wuzai's hand hit one of the children's shoulders: "Look at the ridges of the field! Where are your eyes looking!"

To scare the chickens and monkeys, all the children concentrated their attention and went to see Tianlong.

When approaching the fertilizer workshop, passing by the water bubble, I saw Wubing waving a reed pole to drive away ducks, and poking the soil with the pole from time to time. When he poked, the ducks imitated the pole and poked the soil with their long and flat bills .

A few children around him waved their arms to drive away the ducks in their family, and at the same time listened to the explanation that they were not sick.

Chu Qing vaguely heard Wu Bing shout loudly: "How many times have I said that! Shovel duck dung! It's all money, do you understand!"

Those children were all bigger than Wubing, but no one dared to talk back.

Zhuo Yao said: "That day you asked me to take them home, and there were many people in the village watching. Your thirty fried dough sticks and a big urn of soy milk were a bit too eye-catching."

Chu Qing said: "It's a good thing they weren't divided by the villagers, otherwise the child would cry and talk to me for so long because of this little thing."

Zhuo Yao pursed his lips: "It's almost a split! If you're not sick, his mother asked him to pour the soymilk to the villagers so that everyone can taste it. You didn't see the expressions on the villagers' expressions, you'd be so pissed off!
One by one, it seems that this is the way to do it, and it would be hurtful not to do so!
If he is not sick and refuses to give it to him, his mother will beat him, and the villagers will also scold him, saying that "there is a mother who gave birth but no father taught him";
In the end, I persuaded his mother, saying that this is what you earned from Mr. Cotton to make up for you, so the villagers didn't say anything. "

When Chu Qing heard that he mentioned himself to the villagers, he was a little worried: "You didn't say that I ordered them to learn how to raise chickens and ducks with the two children, did you? We don't have the right, this is the county magistrate's authority."

Zhuo Yao looked at Chu Qing, feeling a little helpless: "I know you are timid, so I didn't say it. However, it's okay even if I say it. Your official position is higher than that of the county magistrate. Even if you are in charge of the cotton stall, it's not considered exceeding your authority. You After all, he is a farm official!"

Chu Qing smiled and said nothing.What she was thinking was: "If I were Bai Hua, and there was a dad behind me, I would be timid!"

When a woman is an official, she has no prestige.

Not to mention no family background, no background.

Today's fertilizer workshop is very different, the open space in front of the house is divided into several pieces.There are only two aisles left for people to queue.

One aisle is for sellers, and the other is for buyers.

Chu Qing confessed that what he buys is what he sells. Chu Qing’s middleman doesn’t “earn the price difference” but only serves as a transfer, so that people don’t have to go door to door in the military area to inquire and buy.

So the buyer can see with his own eyes how much the seller is selling, and how much he is buying.

They are very satisfied because they don't have to go door-to-door to buy. After all, the number of chicks and ducklings that can be sold by each household is different, some are few, and some are many; the size of chickens and ducks that can be sold is also different.

To be clear is to gather these "goods" together for them to choose.

But did the fertilizer workshop make any money?Earned, but not much.

The fertilizer workshop not only sold a lot of fertilizer, but also sold a lot of fried dough sticks.

The cook is so clever!

The cook said: "Except for the boss, anyone who wants to eat has to pay!"

Seeing those who bought chicken and ducklings, Chu Qing cursed: "Chicken is only two pennies a piece, but chicklings are sold for ten pennies a piece. You must be crazy about money!"

He counted out six copper plates and handed them to the cook: "Here's a deep-fried dough stick, you pick that one for me! That one is big!"

As for the fact that the fritters would eventually swell to the same size in the pot, they all chose to ignore it collectively.Because that would make you feel frustrated, and who wouldn't want to take advantage?
"Six cents for a fritter, who sets the price?" Chu Qing secretly asked Xiangzi.

Liuwenqian = two meat buns = three eggs = six steamed buns.

Chu Qing felt that this price was a challenge to the price and consumption level of Yibin Mansion.

"The cook ordered it!" Xiangzi also lowered his voice, "When we collected the chicklings on the first day, you gave the child [-] deep-fried sticks, and Zhuo Yao took them all the way back. On the way, I met many people who came to inquire about buying chicklings. people;

A woman who came with a child was so greedy for the child that she wanted to ask what it was and where to buy it;
You also know that Zhuo Yao's face, except for you and Xiaobao, is like a door god at other times, so scared that others dare not come forward;

When they were done, they went into the fertilizer yard and saw that there were really chickens and ducks for sale. They also saw that the cook was disposing of the oil in the pot, so they came up to ask, and the cook said, "There is no more today, let someone make it round!"If you want to eat, hurry up tomorrow! '

Then someone asked how to sell it, and the person next to us asked the military household selling chicken seedlings how many chickens to sell. The military household said "six pieces", and the cook said, "six cents a piece"!guess what? "

Chu Qing really wanted to beat Xiangzi up, what's wrong with this? "Guess what" has become the common mantra of the Chu family boys!I can guess that I still need to listen to you?

Gritting his teeth clearly, Xiangzi continued with a playful smile: "The cook was scolded as soon as the price of six cents a piece was reported;

Those who asked didn't scold enough, and those who came in to inquire about the chicklings later scolded the cook without asking what the matter was;
The cook knocked on the rim of the oil pan with the fence, and cursed back: "Open your dog eyes and look, iron pan!"soybean oil!Alum!Thin flour!Whether you like to buy or not, I also told you that only those who buy chickens and ducks here can buy it, and empty-handed ones will not be sold! '

Originally, the cook cleaned up the dregs in the pot and was going to pour the oil back into the oil jar, but now she was so angry that the cook blew up the remaining noodles!
Sizzling and fragrant, these people are a little dumbfounded. They brought their children here, and the children all jumped to eat, and the result, huh!The cook doesn't sell any of them! "

However, iron pots are rare items that ordinary people cannot afford; soybean oil is good in the north, but less in the south; alum, which can only be bought in drugstores, is expensive!
Fine white noodles are even more important. Rice is mainly grown in the south, and there is little wheat, and they are all cooked with rice. Who would be willing to grind it into fine white noodles?How much wheat would be lost!

Chu Qing heard it was fun, so he asked, "The fried food is already fried, why not sell it? It won't taste good when it's cold."

Xiangzi said: "After frying, the cook will cut all the pieces into small pieces. Look at the military households who sell chickens and ducks over there. If anyone brings children, they will give a small piece to taste, and the rest will be given to the manure farm." Workers are divided;

The workers on the front foot praised the cook for her skill and generosity when they tasted it, and the cook asked them to hand over one penny each when they were having lunch on the back foot!
A deep-fried dough stick is cut into six sections, and there is nothing wrong with one section!A penny tasted something new, and it was not expensive, so the workers had no objections;

As a result, in the afternoon, the number of military households who came to sell chickens and ducks began to increase, saying that the people in our fertilizer farm are kind and cheered up their military households!
The military households used to spend a lot of food on raising chickens and ducks, and these chickens who bought them scolded them for being unscrupulous. A group of people, they can't do it, there are young men in every family, and they don't have the confidence to fight with others;
He also said that chickens in the market cost ten cents a piece, and here they are also ten cents. They also saved the money of renting a bullock cart and traveling long distances, and they are very willing to sell them to us. "

The conflict between military households and civilian households was very prominent in the local area, and Chu Qing was speechless for a long time after listening.

She couldn't agree with the cook's approach, because it seemed to intensify the conflict; but she couldn't criticize it, and she didn't allow people to be angry when they were scolded, so she could relieve her anger?

This kind of contradiction is caused by the combination of various factors such as the national system, the attitude of the government, and the understanding of the people, and it is beyond Chu Qing's control.

No one can control it, and no one wants to control it.

*Note: Alum, also called alum.It is a double salt of potassium sulfate and aluminum sulfate containing crystal water, chemical formula KAl(SO)·12HO.

Alum has an antibacterial and astringent effect and can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine.External use can detoxify, kill insects, dry dampness and relieve itching; internal use can stop bleeding, stop diarrhea, and reduce phlegm, so it is useful for treating insect bites, itchy skin, scabies, and eczema. Soaking feet with alum solution can treat foot hyperhidrosis and foot pain. Smelly.

Alum is sour in nature and flavor, cold, slightly poisonous, and can be eaten in small amounts.

Can be eaten in small amounts.

Can be eaten in small amounts.

Show your desire to survive: put a small amount of alum in deep-fried dough sticks to increase the taste, without poisoning, and it is not good to eat more.

It's not good to eat more.

It's not good to eat more.