Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 19 Ways to Make Money
  "Mom, why are you here?" Li An asked in surprise as he pulled his mother to the side.

"Mom came to the city today to look for work. I thought you were about to finish school, so I came to see you."

Mrs. Liu looked at Li An and asked with concern: "Why have you lost weight? Did you not have enough to eat in the academy?"

Li An: "..."

He had been in the academy for less than three days, so even if he really lost weight, he wouldn't have lost weight so quickly.

"Mom, have you found a job? What do you do? Where do you live?" Li An cleverly changed the subject.

A trace of uneasiness flashed in Ms. Liu's eyes and she said, "I've found it. Don't worry about mother. You have to study hard in the academy. Mother will give you some money. If you don't have enough to eat, buy some."

"Mom, tell the truth, have you not found a job?"

When Li An saw his mother's expression, he guessed something.

How can it be so easy for an ordinary woman like Liu with no skills to find a job?

"Didn't I just come here? I will ask again tomorrow and I will definitely find someone alive. Don't worry about me." Mrs. Liu said.

"Then where will you stay tonight?" Li An asked.

"I'm going to live with your father. You should go back quickly. It's time for dinner in the academy." Mrs. Liu said.

"How are you going to live at Dad's place? They are all grown men, how many of them live in one room? Mom, why don't I ask someone in the village to see if I can rent a house," Li An said.

It's not like he hasn't been to his father's place before. They are all men, and several of them live in one room. His mother is a woman, which is not convenient at all.

"Isn't renting a house a waste of money? Your father and the other people in his house have agreed that if you go to other houses to squeeze in at night, it'll be fine." Ms. Liu refused.

She hasn't found a job yet, and it's not convenient to rent a house here. If she can't find her, she has to go back, and she can't live here forever.

After hearing this, Li An pondered for a while and said, "Mom, how about we start a small business ourselves."

He had already had the idea of ​​letting his parents start a business. It was too late after school for him to inspect the business he wanted to do.

He originally wanted to go to the city during his break and be prepared before telling his mother.

I didn't expect my mother to come to the city so soon.

"We don't have that ability, and we have to have capital to do business. What if we lose money?" Ms. Liu shook her head and said, "Just study hard. Your father and I are responsible for making money, so you don't have to worry about it. "

"Mom, this business I'm talking about doesn't cost much, so I can't lose anything. It costs me a lot of money to study, and my brother is getting older. When the time comes, we'll have to spend money to get married. I'll have to rely on my father to do the hard work and you to do odd jobs for others. The little money I make is simply not enough," said Ang Lee.

Mrs. Liu was a little hesitant when she heard this. She also knew that the little she and her husband earned was indeed not enough, but she, an honest peasant woman, was suddenly asked to do business, which made her feel very hesitant.

Seeing his mother's hesitation, Li An said, "Mom, you can try this business I'm talking about. Even if it doesn't work, you'll be wasted for a few days at most and lose hundreds of pennies."

"Is it true that I will only lose a few hundred coins at most?"

Mr. Liu was a little shaken when he heard this. Although a few hundred yuan was a lot, it was not something he couldn't afford.

Seeing that his mother was a little relaxed, Li An quickly said: "Really, I said too much. Even if you can't make any money, losing a hundred cents is enough."

"What business?" Ms. Liu looked at her son suspiciously.

She hesitated before, not only because she was afraid of being owed, but also because she didn't really believe what Li An said about the business.

After all, Li An is just a child, he doesn't understand anything, what can he understand.

If Li An hadn't brought back ten taels of silver before, she wouldn't even have listened to what Li An said.

Li An whispered his plan in detail.

In fact, the business he wanted to do was to braise offal. This was what inspired him when he went to the dock with his father two days ago.

Many people think that ancient people did not eat offal, but this is not true.

Offal is still meat no matter how you say it. Even if it tastes bigger, some people will still eat it. The ancients didn't know how to handle it, and they were unwilling to eat it even if they had some conditions, so the price of that thing was very cheap.

Even if Ang Lee had a way to make the offal delicious, it would probably be difficult for city dwellers to accept it.

However, he had no intention of selling it in the city, but at the dock.

There are a lot of hardworking porters there. As long as the price is cheap, someone will definitely be willing to buy some as a souvenir.

"Can that thing be sold?" Mrs. Liu looked unbelieving.

It's not like she hasn't eaten offal before. Someone in the village kills a pig during the Chinese New Year, so those things are given directly to her.

The smell is so bad that it's hard to swallow. As long as it's not a person who can't afford to eat, who would eat that thing?

"Mom, Goudan's father has a secret recipe that can process the internal organs and make it very light. I ate it once at his house. It was not only not unpleasant but also delicious." Li An could only use the master as a shield again.

"Really?"

Mr. Liu didn't doubt it when he heard this. Shi Lin had a withdrawn personality and didn't interact with many people in the village. In addition, he was a hunter and often hunted some prey. He knew a secret recipe for treating internal organs, so it made sense.

"Mom, how much are the offal worth? It's just that other things cost a little money. When the time comes to make it and try it, you won't lose much money anyway. If the business is good, why don't you make money in a hurry?" Li An said.

"What do I need to buy?"

After hearing this, Ms. Liu thought about it carefully and realized that offal was indeed not expensive, so she might as well give it a try.

"Mom, you can't remember what I told you. Let's go buy the things needed for the secret recipe now. You go to the city to buy some pig offal tomorrow morning. I'll teach you how to make it during your lunch break." Li An said.

Ms. Liu nodded when she heard this and said, "But before we go to the city, we have to rent a house first."

Liu has one advantage: he is very hesitant before making a decision, but once he makes a decision, he is very decisive.

Whether it was processing or production, she needed a place, so she directly proposed renting a house.

"Well, then let's go to Zhuangzi and ask."

Li An originally wanted to mention it, but his mother took the initiative to speak.

Xujiazhuang, a large village with hundreds of households, naturally has some vacant houses.

Li An and his mother went to the village to inquire about it and were lucky enough to find an empty house with a yard.

Although there are only three rooms, it is very private because it is a private house.

After talking with the landlord, we finally rented it for ten days at the price of three cents a day.

After paying the money, the landlord gave them the keys and left happily with the money.

This house belonged to his younger brother. His younger brother died of illness and he had no children. His sister-in-law remarried, so the house naturally belonged to him.

There is no use for it if it is empty. Renting it out for three cents a day is like picking it up for free.

The house had been unoccupied for a while and was very dusty, but the mother and son were in a hurry to go shopping in the city and had no time to clean it, so they had to wait until they got back.

When they arrived in Yangzhou City, Li An took his mother to buy all the things he needed at a condiment shop and drug store, and bought a few pancakes before heading back.

"Just this little thing, plus the rent, it cost nearly a hundred yuan." Ms. Liu said with some distress.

"Mom, I didn't expect these materials to be so expensive, but fortunately, everything is complete. The only thing missing is pig offal. That thing is not expensive."

Isn't it expensive? Some condiments from later generations are still used as medicinal materials.

However, Li An made some estimates and found that he still made some money.

It's definitely impossible to make a fortune from this, but it's still much more cost-effective than working hard as your parents doing odd jobs.

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