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Chapter 57 Finding a Good Partner

The two families get along well, even the meat is willing to be sent to eat. If the leather is valuable, it would have been said in the morning, so why wait until now.

Li Cuizhen said: "Dakui and the others really won't hide it from us, presumably they don't know either."

After all, hunting is sneaky, and if you always sell the skins, you will inevitably be discovered by others.Over the years, Wu Dakui ate all the wild animals and meat he hunted, and packed up the skins and put them away. After a long period of time, he took them out to exchange for some money and food to subsidize his family.This thing is not worth much, so I don't pay much attention to it, and I often forget about it, and I don't have a piece of it for several months.

These words reminded Zhao Wenduo, yes, Wu Dakui must have a lot of leather in his hands after he has been on the mountain for so long.

Just when she was about to tell the news that the price of leather had doubled when the customers from outside the customs came to grab the goods, Wu Dakui's voice sounded outside.

"Second brother, I just made small tofu at home, I'll bring some for you to try."

Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of footsteps in the outer room, and Wu Dakui appeared at the door carrying a small aluminum basin with the mouth of the basin.

It really means that Cao Cao and Cao Cao will be there, which saves the time of running errands back and forth.

The brigade where Wu Dakui's daughter-in-law's natal family belongs to has had a bumper harvest of soybeans this year, and before the end of the year, each family has distributed an extra [-] catties of beans.Remembering her daughter who married out, someone brought eight catties to her.

Cui Yuzhen is also diligent, soaking soybeans that day, and pressing a small board of tofu overnight.

The bean curd from the brine and the bean dregs from the filter are also good things. Chop up some dried radish husks, put them in a large pot on a low heat, and the bean curd that comes out is small tofu.Dip it in garlic sauce or stir-fried miso, and eat it with a spoon, both as a dish and as a meal.

Wu Dakui talked about small tofu, but it wasn't just that.In the aluminum basin, in addition to a large bowl of small tofu with blackened radish tassels, there is also a piece of tofu weighing three catties, a large jug of soy milk and a small packet of water tofu.

I brought all the things for making tofu at home, for fear that if any one was left behind, the Zhao family would eat less.

"Da Kui, why did you take so much? Leave it at home for the children to eat, and send it here when it's cold." Li Cuizhen hurriedly asked Zhao Wenying to take the basin, and let Wu Dakui into the room to sit down.

Zhao Mingyu sat with the guest together, turned around and took the half catty of sauced beef on the cabinet: "Take this when you go back later, the 'Wang's sauced meat' that the youngest just bought from the town tastes the best. alright."

Wu Dakui was a little stunned. He was quite aware of the Zhao family's situation. There were more women and less labor, and they were either sick or young, not to mention poor and unable to get rid of the pot. That's not far behind.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to help them from time to time, giving them a piece of wild animal meat for tooth-beating sacrifices every now and then.There are not a few drops of oil and water in the stomach all year round. Adults can bear it, but children can't bear it either.

According to his understanding, the Zhao family's economic conditions are not enough to eat such small and unaffordable beef with sauce.This is not to say that you can't afford it, and you can still get it for a dollar or two.The problem is, the whole family doesn't have much money to spare. It costs half a month to buy such a piece of meat, and they don't plan to spend the second half of the month.

What's more, what they bought wasn't just sauced beef. The oily paper packets were placed next to each other, and they knew it was roast chicken just by smelling it.

Ready-made cooked food is the most expensive, but it is half the price of raw food.Farmers know how to live. They would rather spend money to buy fresh meat and cook it at home than buy this kind of cooked meat.

Only those workers' families in the town, who earn a lot of money and have good conditions, will patronize them. Villagers like them rarely buy food.If someone buys it, they will surely be called a prodigal and will not live a life.

Zhao Mingyu and Li Cuizhen are not the kind of extravagant people. Two taels of soybean oil can last a month. Such people say that they buy roast chicken and sauced beef together. If others say that he will not believe it.

The problem is, the meat has been handed to him, why don't you believe it when you see it with your own eyes?
Zhao Mingyu is a sensible person, Wu Dakui's pause, he immediately noticed, and even explained: "The family just got a little money, and the hand went up for a while, brother, you will laugh at me."

"Where there is, it is necessary to improve the food if conditions permit." Wu Dakui responded politely.But in my heart I don't think so, seeing how much money I can have, it is nothing more than the salary of Zhao Wenlan Embroidery Factory, which is 32 yuan, half of the small milk powder is spent, and the rest will cost a dollar. As for Yue, several people don’t get money everywhere, not much at all.

Knowing that he had misunderstood his designation, Zhao Mingyu hurriedly turned to the main topic, and said, "I remember you said that most of those wild animals ate their skins and kept them, are they still there?"

He was talking about the money and expenses, and immediately changed to this one. Wu Dakui didn't know why, but he still replied: "Isn't it because I'm afraid that people will know about going up the mountain? Besides, it's not worth two dollars. Did they all stay here? What’s wrong with the second brother, is there something wrong with this thing, then I’ll go back and dig a hole, and burn it down with a fire, so as not to cause trouble again.”

As soon as I heard this, I knew that I was completely frightened, and I could be startled by the slightest sign of trouble.

"No, don't be surprised, it's been a while since the limelight, and no one can talk about it anymore."

The current situation has gradually become clearer. Even an authentic farmer like Zhao Mingyu has received a lot of news. Just in the streets and alleys, you can see one or two of the itinerant vendors that appear from time to time.

In the past, he was reported and arrested a long time ago. Now look at it, no one will take care of it.It's not acquiescing to anything.

Qiushui Town is relatively late, and someone just showed his head. It is said that several towns to the south have started their own businesses early. There are pancake shops, noodle soup stalls, and dumpling restaurants. Food vendors alone can set up a street. .

Wu Dakui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and said: "I was bitten by a snake once, and I have been afraid of well ropes for ten years. Be careful everywhere, lest it will happen again, that crime is really unbearable. If not, then I'm relieved. What is the second brother's plan when he mentions those skins?"

Zhao Mingyu nodded, waved at Zhao Wenduo, and said, "Let the youngest of our family tell you about the skin, don't worry, it's a good thing."

Zhao Wenduo had been waiting by her side early in the morning, and as soon as Zhao Mingyu waved her hand down, she dashed over, snuggled onto the chair, and glared at the two people sitting in front of the table with a smooth and swift movement.

"Uncle Da Kui, are you courageous?" Zhao Wenduo said in his opening remarks.

Wu Dakui said "Ah", and replied reflexively: "It's not bad, it's not too small." If you don't have the guts, how dare you go up the mountain to put the clips on by yourself, but you can drill in the woods.

Zhao Mingyu, who was next to him, was also taken aback, and asked her to come over to talk about the price increase of leather, which was obviously not appropriate.But he knew that Zhao Wenduo was not an ordinary little girl, who would casually talk about family matters whenever she caught an acquaintance.On the contrary, if nothing happened, she would not say a few words all day long, which was pitiful.

The famous mouth is not sweet, so he took the initiative to call Shangshu, specifying what purpose he was running for.Seeing her excited appearance, this matter should not be taken lightly.

Zhao Wenduo didn't care about her father's way of thinking, she focused all her attention on motivating Wu Dakui.

"Does that uncle want to make money?" He didn't explain too much, but continued to lay the groundwork and dig holes.

The successive questions confused Wu Dakui.Looking at the little girl across the street staring at Hei Youyou's big eyes, with a serious expression on her face, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Third girl, what exactly do you want to say, can you tell uncle clearly, okay?" The little girl is not very old , but there are many ideas.

Finally getting to the point, Zhao Wenduo grinned and showed some big white teeth, and said, "I want to start a business with my uncle, and it won't take long, ten and a half days to finish. The money I earn is enough to buy new year's goods There's still the rest, uncle, do you want to do it?"

The people in the village have no other livelihood, they work in the fields day in and day out, and after a year, they can get some rest during the Chinese New Year.

The year is the most important festival again!
People who have worked hard for more than 300 days also took this opportunity to take a good breath, eat something good, wear something new, and give themselves and their families a vacation.

Purchasing New Year's goods has become a very big project. Whether it is a poor family or a rich family, they will spend a sum of money to buy some miscellaneous things for the New Year, commonly known as "New Year's goods".

Although there are not a few days, most families will spend a large part of the money they have saved throughout the year on this.People who search and search on weekdays will be rare and generous at this time.

It is precisely because of this that when it comes to doing New Year's goods, it will not be a small sum of money.At least for villagers like them.

You can earn this fee in ten or so days, such a good thing, so why hesitate.

"What are you doing, why not!" Wu Dakui said quite simply.

With the expected answer, Zhao Wenduo's smile deepened once, and said: "Then let's talk about this business——"

Wu Dakui pricked up his ears, not only did he listen carefully, but also several people in the room slowed down, wanting to hear what the youngest had to say.

Most of these fur traders from outside Guan lived in the small hotel at Qiaotou, Zhennan Street.

On the main street of Qiushui Town, there is only this decent hotel with a sign. Foreigners come to strange places and always want safety, so this is the first choice.

The hotel is not big, it is a two-story building with only ten rooms in total.On weekdays, the occupancy rate is only [-] to [-]%, and most of the rooms are empty.It’s not that particular, you can live here as soon as you come, except for one day’s rent, you will be charged a little less deposit if you want to stay longer.However, this approach of coming and going is not very applicable now.

According to the past practice, in the twelfth lunar month, there are not many visitors from outside. Those with three cats and two paws staying in the hotel are all regular customers nearby, and those who usually stay for half a day or three or two hours will leave.

It was the first time that so many people came all at once at this time.Because I don't have much experience, the rooms here are full, and the regular guests over there come to the door, so I can't accommodate them.

Seeing that the money can't be earned, can the shopkeeper be happy?Immediately inquire about each room, how many days can you stay, if you stay for a short period of time, you will be forced to vacate the place, and if you stay for a long time, you must pay the full amount, and you can't waste the place if you have an empty room.

These merchants outside the customs lived in six rooms, and the shortest one paid for ten days, and the two long ones continued until the Chinese New Year.

No one's money came from the strong wind. If they were not very sure that they would live for such a long time, no one would pay all the money first.This also means that they will stay for at least ten days, which can be said to be a certainty.

Master Liu has set up a stall to sell meat for so many years, and he has also had a lot of contact with the three religions and nine streams in the town.The hotel owner was one of them, and the relationship between the two of them was not bad, and it was easy to inquire about some inside information.

After Zhao Wenduo sold the leather, he gave some gifts to Master Liu, but the other party was very sorry, and before leaving, he added a few more words, that is to say, this.

From Guanwai to Qiushui Town is a thousand miles away in the true sense. It takes three or four days to take the train alone. In remote places, the time will only be longer.

After traveling a long distance to here, they will not just leave after receiving ten or twenty small leather bags.It's not just the money spent along the way.

Even if Master Liu didn't add those words, Zhao Wenduo could guess that these people would stay for a while. Only one market is not enough, at least there were several large and small markets a year ago.

Everything is rare and expensive, and the trend of leather will only become more and more popular, as can be seen from the leather sold before.

After listening to Zhao Wenduo's trend analysis, Wu Dakui's eyes lit up: "So, the price of leather has doubled now, and I wish I had known that those few pieces would not be sold." There are still some at home. , but it's a pity to sell it.At this moment, it can cost more than ten yuan.

Zhao Wenduo shook his head, and said, "It's not that all leathers have gone up, there are not many such as pigskin and cowhide." After all, these people who came here are mainly engaged in fur, not leather, and there is still a difference.

"That means the big one didn't go up much, but the little one did, right?" Wu Dakui said according to his own understanding.No wonder I haven't heard any news. If the price of pigskin had increased, there would have been a lot of noise in the village.

Years ago, there were a lot of people who slaughtered pigs, and many people sold the pig skins. They should be the first to know about changes in the market.

"Not exactly. It should be said that the plush ones are more valuable."

"Oh, that's it, then I understand." Wu Dakui finally understood it, and he confirmed that this business can be done, and immediately said: "Well, I will come over tomorrow morning. First, collect from a few villages farther away. stand up."

Taking advantage of the good market, they went down to the villages to collect some furs, and sold them to these fur dealers a year ago, earning a difference in price, and there will be money in this year.

Zhao Wenduo said: "The road is far away, and we have to leave at seven o'clock in the morning." Just relying on the legs, it takes more than an hour to walk two villages away, and it takes more time to go further.

There are old cows, mules and horses in the village, but they are public property and not suitable for private work.Even if there is an emergency, the village head needs to issue a certificate, and a series of procedures can be borrowed for a short time.

If you have the time, you might as well walk.What's more, it didn't take a short while, and it was impossible to agree to run out for ten days and a half months, and borrow something that was useless from the village.

If he was rejected, he might as well stop talking.

When to say what to say, since this is the condition, then you have to do as the Romans do, the 11th road is the 11th road.Everyone came out like this, and she was not the only one.

"Okay, then it's settled." Wu Dakui finalized the time and left with a little excitement.Go home and tell the good news.

After listening to it for a long time, several people who also understood it had different expressions.

Zhao Mingyu hesitated for a while, and said: "Third brother, I don't want to interrupt what I said just now. Isn't your business just buying leather, I can do this job, why do you have to find Da Kui, the two families share the money, we What a profit."

Wu Dakui is a good brother, but good brothers also say that they must settle accounts clearly, and everyone is equal before interests.No matter how good the relationship is, it can't match the family of Qinxiang.Now that you know the way, why bother to go far away.

"Look at what you said, Dakui and the others are very good to our family, and they ate less of their food in the past. You eat the most meat, and they are still cousins. They don't look like brothers at all. "

Sitting on the kang, Li Cuizhen rolled her eyes at Zhao Mingyu, and continued: "Since this is a profitable business, it's only because of the relationship between the two families that you can do nothing if you give them a hand. Besides, you have Is Dakuina in good health, let alone go to the village to collect the goods, you will be exhausted after running outside for a day, so there are still ten and a half months left."

Zhao Mingyu was weak, unable to do any heavy work for many years, she would suffer from shortness of breath when walking in a hurry, and cough when it was windy and cold.During this period of time, it was much stronger. Thanks to that mountain ginseng, I cut two slices and soaked it in water to drink every day. I don't know if it was a mental effect, and my waist straightened twice.

But this freezing three feet, not a day's cold.Sickness comes like a mountain, and goes away like silk.The root of the disease that has been left for a long time cannot be removed in a few days, and it is already good to see the strong.

Still wanting to be like a strong and healthy person, isn't that pure boasting?How big the bowl is, how big the rice is, if you don’t have that diamond, don’t do that porcelain work.If it is not done well, it will be completely shattered.

"Father, don't meddle in it. The youngest brother went to Uncle Da Kui, that was the result of careful consideration. Although it sounds simple to receive the goods, there is a lot of knowledge in it. Right, youngest?" Zhao Wenying looked I understand that the third child in her family doesn't talk much, but she has big ideas. As far as the business experience in her little head is concerned, no one else can catch up with her.

It is true that Wu Dakui is a cousin, but the most important thing is that he has been hunting wild animals in the mountains all year round, and his understanding of leather is much better than that of ordinary people. In addition, he has drilled around the mountains, and he is more familiar with the surrounding villages.Just these two things are not comparable to their father who has been recuperating at home all year round.

Just as she thought, Zhao Wenduo was indeed based on such considerations, plus an additional point, that is, Wu Dakui's understanding of the surrounding villagers.Over the years, he has traveled a lot to distant mountains and near mountains, and from time to time he will meet a few people who also run in the mountains, and he will have a general understanding of the village where they live.

(End of this chapter)