Rebirth 1983

Chapter 40

Today's sales time was extended to around ten o'clock, before the whole three barrels of lobsters were sold out.

The weather was hot, even at night it was sweltering, plus there was no wind, the clothes of Chen Song and the others were all wet with sweat in the past few hours, even the little girl who played obediently on the donkey cart was sweating profusely.

It's just that even though it was so hot and so tired, the three of them didn't say anything to complain, they just looked at the iron box in Wang Yao's hand in a daze.

Wang Yao’s bag could hardly hold the income from the previous few times. This time, Wang Yao had already prepared for it. After all, there were nearly [-] to [-] catties of lobsters.

Wang Yao handed the iron box to Chen Song, and Chen Song weighed it a little, the iron box was heavy.

Chen Song put the box in one of the wooden barrels, closed the lid, tied several wooden barrels, and waved his hand: "Go, go back."

Accompanied by the sound of frogs croaking in the dark night, several people rushed back to the village in a hurry. This time there was no road tyrant who didn't have long eyes, and everyone returned to the village smoothly.

In Chen Song's house.

The room was empty, and everyone took a stool and sat down at random.

Chen Song poured out the tickets in the iron box, and piled them up into a small hill.

Everyone is already familiar with the matter of counting money, the three of them divided the labor and cooperated, and within a short while, they gathered up and counted the bills like the hill.

"240 five. Lobster and beer, a new record."

Chen Song added up the numbers in the hands of the three, and both Daniel and Wang Yao covered their mouths in surprise.

"It's doubled from yesterday, which is crazy."

Wang Yao hurriedly took out her small bookkeeping book and wrote down today's income.

"Deducting the cost of buying lobsters today, our profit today is 180 yuan." Wang Yao did the calculations, her eyes filled with joy.

Originally, they thought that everyone rushing up to catch lobsters would cause their income to drop sharply. Unexpectedly, Chen Song directly proposed the idea of ​​buying lobsters from the villagers. This not only solved their supply of goods, but also increased their income a lot.

"Keep going, tomorrow we will continue to receive the lobsters sent by everyone in the village."

Chen Song hid the money, and everyone cheered and encouraged them, until the little girl was too sleepy, and then they dispersed and returned to their home.

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The next day.

Chen Song woke up from the dream, and hurried to the back of the house to relax.

Taking a long breath, Chen Song began to turn on the water while whistling.

"Chen Song, Chen Song!"

The sharp roar reached Chen Song's ears, and Chen Song was so frightened that he quickly shook, zipped up, and ran to the front yard of the house.

The sister-in-law was holding her hands on her hips, and was about to enter the house angrily, looking left and right for Chen Song.

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing yelling at me so early in the morning?"

Chen Song walked from the backyard to the front yard, frowning at her, with a trace of displeasure on his face.

"Well, you Chen Song, that's how you act like a younger brother? We treat you as a family member, yet you cheat us like this!" The sister-in-law was about to step forward and scratch Chen Song's face: "Trick us, I'll scratch you to death, scratch you to death!"

Chen Song took a step back, grabbed the hand of his sister-in-law who was scratching his face, his face became serious, and his brows were frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about? How did I cheat you? What did I do, and I cheated you?"

"Still saying no, what bad idea did you give your brother to sell snails? Do you know how much we sold overnight and how much we lost? How could you cheat your brother like this!"

She couldn't move her hands, and the sister-in-law was about to step on it, trying to catch Chen Song's toes and step on them.

Chen Song avoided his sister-in-law's hidden feet, and his face became impatient.

"Sister-in-law, don't push yourself too hard! I won't cheat on my own brother. Please calm down first, let's make it clear! If you do it again, I will fight back!"

"Okay, you still want to fight back!" The sister-in-law started to make a fuss.

Chen Song couldn't bear it anymore, and directly used his hands hard.

"It hurts, it hurts, let go!"

The sister-in-law was grabbed by Chen Song's wrist, and she couldn't break free even with all her strength, so she calmed down a lot in an instant.

"Let's talk about it first, let's talk about the matter, don't make any more moves." Chen Song let go of his sister-in-law's hand, and took two steps back, keeping a distance.

"Third brother."

When the sister-in-law calmed down, Chen Song saw Chen Mo running over from a distance. He ran into the small courtyard, panting, and was about to drag the sister-in-law away.

"Why did you come here without telling me, what on earth do you want to do? Do you want the whole village to see our jokes?" Chen Mo just greeted Chen Song, then grabbed his sister-in-law's hand, trying to pull her away.

"Why, I can't say it yet. Your good brother has done such a thing, and you still won't let me say it?" The sister-in-law shook off the hand held by her elder brother Chen Mo's, and pointed at Chen Song, with anger floating on her face again.

She who had just calmed down, felt angry again.

"Go back first."

Chen Mo was going to pull her again, and the sister-in-law hid her hands and looked at him stubbornly, with the look that she would never give up until she understood what happened today.

"Okay, big brother and sister-in-law, sit down first." Chen Song pulled Chen Mo to the chair and looked at sister-in-law.

The sister-in-law was silent for a while, and sat down too.

"Tell me clearly first, what happened and what did I do? Do you want the two of you to come to me early in the morning?" Chen Song also sat down and glanced at the two people who were silent: "Tell me."

"What you do yourself, don't you know?"

The sister-in-law sneered and said to Chen Song.

"He's my brother, what can I do to trick my brother?" Chen Song got a little angry, pointed at Chen Mo who was sitting, and asked his sister-in-law.

"Then who made it clear, maybe you complained about the unfair division of the family, and now that you've made some money, you don't want to recognize your relatives anymore?" The sister-in-law said casually, with an expression of what you like.

"Brother, tell me? What happened?"

Chen Song really didn't know what to say to his sister-in-law, so he simply ignored her and turned to his elder brother Chen Mo.

"Actually, it's not a big deal. You know, didn't you give me an idea yesterday, asking me to get some fried snails and sell them? You also said that people in the county really like this stuff. I was thinking that you have sold so many lobsters, so what you said must make sense, so I bought a few catties of snails that day."

Chen Mo paused, seeing that his mother-in-law didn't speak, so he had to continue: "Then your sister-in-law cooked the snails, and we sold them in the county, but I didn't expect that no one came to buy them. I shouted for a long time and no one came, so I had to take this thing home. Your sister-in-law is the one who counts.

After listening to Chen Mo's words, Chen Song understood.

That is to say, Chen Song's method of selling snails to Chen Mo not only failed to make them any money, but also lost a lot of money.

"It shouldn't be. I also sold a lot of snails a few days ago. The sales are very good, and everyone likes them very much." Chen Song explained to Chen Mo, and suddenly thought of something, and asked them: "By the way, have you tried the snails you made yourself?"

"That's for sale, how can you eat it yourself?" The sister-in-law interrupted what Chen Mo was about to say.

"Normally speaking, this idea must be profitable. I thought I sold it a few days ago and I know it. But I don't know the reason why you can't sell it, brother. First, take me to your house to see the snails you made last night."

Chen Song sighed, and a general idea popped up in his mind, but this idea still needs to be verified.

"Then I'll take you to have a look."

Chen Mo ignored his mother-in-law, stood up and walked out.

Chen Song followed Chen Mo and left. The sister-in-law saw them all leave, muttered a few words, and followed them back.

"See what you have to say!"

(End of this chapter)