Reborn Scholar

Chapter 32

Mom was angry until the separation was complete, and then under the pressure of Meng Shi's sweet words, she gave her a big white eye, and the matter was finally over.

The division of the Meng family this time is rather strange.

No, it's pretty weird.

Other families also had the phenomenon that after the eldest son got married, the family was separated directly.Generally, whoever the two old people live with will share more things. If the old people get sick in the future, the sons will share the medical expenses equally.Or the old man takes turns living in his son's house.

But this time the Meng family split up, grandma directly chose to be with my uncle, and then asked grandpa to follow Meng Shi's family.

It is equivalent to sharing all the responsibilities of the two old people on the two families, and sharing other things equally, and the two old people will take care of their own life, old age, sickness and death in the future.

It means that the funeral of grandpa's illness and even his final death will be managed by Meng Shi's family.

And everything about grandma in the future will be managed by uncle.Probably only the grandparents of the Meng family could do such a thing.

Other people's husbands and wives quarreled, quarreled on the bedside and the bed, these two, once quarreled, until they died, they ignored each other.

Originally, the family property was divided equally, but grandma said that my uncle and sister-in-law were not married yet, so I asked for more.

Meng Qingshan and Lu Caixia also agreed.

Because most of the houses of Meng Shi's family in the town were borrowed money from his grandmother's house, and to build the house, the old man in the family should help cook and greet the workers, and help take care of the construction site if there is something to do, but grandparents completely It doesn't care about anything, so the houses in the town, of course, cannot be placed on public property.

Other things are much easier to divide, Meng Qingshan and Lu Caixia don't care about everything in the old house.

The homestead of the old house is still lived by the old people, but in the future when the old people are gone, the homestead will be divided equally.And the field is based on the head.

This can't be divided equally.

The land given to each household in the village is based on the head of the person.

There are four members of Meng Shi's family plus grandfather, which is a land of five people.Then uncle, sister-in-law and grandma, the land of three people.This is also a good score.

However, grandma asked for the piece of land closest to the village, which was also the best piece of land in the Meng family, on the grounds that her uncle and aunt were not at home and it was inconvenient for her to farm alone.

Ever since Lu Caixia found out about what Meng Shi was doing, she was only looking forward to the early separation of the family. The land was almost the same, but the big deal was that people put in more effort. One thing she often said was: Strength is a slave. return.

Therefore, even though she knew that grandma would never grow that piece of land, but wanted to rent the land to others, she agreed, so that the family could be divided up quickly.

As for the ones in the old house, it's even better.

Grandma said that Meng Shi's family had already built a house in the town, and her uncle Meng Xiushan was about to get married. The green brick and tile house on the Nanlongmen side of the old house was relatively new and could be used as a new house for her uncle, so she wanted this place of.

Parents also agreed, even if grandma didn't say anything, they would leave this good brick and tile house to uncle.

The adobe tile house in the north, where my grandfather lived temporarily, will belong to Meng Shi's family in the future.

Meng Shi's parents also thought simply, whether they will come to live in the village in the future is uncertain, but they definitely won't come back to live now.So there is no difference between the blue brick house and the adobe house.As long as the homestead is there, it will be fine. In the future, these old houses will have to be demolished and rebuilt!

This matter still needs the consent of Uncle Meng Xiushan.

After flipping through the telegram, my uncle replied with a word, "OK."

That's right, the fastest thing these days is not the phone, but the telegram, which charges money by the word.

Originally, grandma also said that Lu Caixia must have saved money for so many years in charge of the family, and the saved money must be divided.

How could Lu Caixia be so stupid? She said directly, "Did you give me a penny when I got married? The gift money of 300 yuan, I bought and sold furniture, what was left? I brought everything back. Except In addition, we earned all the food and drink expenses of the family, and we buried Qingshan milk's death, and all the expenses were paid by us. These should be the affairs of your two elders, right? Is this all counted? And the eldest sister’s family, I’ll do the math, and this year, I’ve borrowed a total of six thousand catties of wheat, not to mention the other soybeans and peanuts, the six thousand catties of wheat have also been transferred to your account The eldest sister said that she would definitely pay it back, and it will be on your account. How much is the six thousand catties of wheat? If you want to count it as a deposit now, that’s fine. By the way, let’s settle all the accounts. I I don't have any deposits, and I still owe more than 1 yuan in the accounts outside, let's spread the accounts equally..."

"All right, all right, let me just say one thing, you can say a lot. There is really every kind of mother and every kind of girl, exactly the same." Grandma hurriedly stopped Lu Caixia from continuing.She also knew that if she was serious, she wouldn't even be able to share these things now.

Lu Caixia snorted coldly, anyway, as long as the goal is achieved, she is too lazy to talk to this unclear mother-in-law.

She doesn't know what kind of person her uncle Meng Xiushan is?Everything is completely listened to by this mother-in-law.

If Meng Qingshan is honest and restrained, then Meng Xiushan is dull and stupid.

Meng Xiushan is a very nice person, a standard rural old man, and he is very kind to the Meng Shi siblings, who liked their uncle very much when they were young.But Meng Xiushan was too dull, not tactful at all, and didn't like socializing around.From the perspective of later generations, Uncle has a personality, does not change himself for the surrounding environment, does not care about the eyes of the people around him, and is stubborn.

But such a person doesn't like it when the mother-in-law is looking for her son-in-law.In today's terms, it means that if you are petty, you won't be able to achieve great things.

Everyone likes to be talkative, good-looking, and from a good family background.

Uncle... doesn't occupy anything, and there is an old bastard like grandma at home, who is willing to marry their daughter over?

Later, my uncle married a...a wife who was even more awkward than him, who was Meng Shi's aunt.

My aunt's personality is beyond description, even her own brothers and sisters can't stand her, and always tell my uncle to be more forgiving.It just so happened that my uncle had an invincible personality, so he didn't say a word when my aunt made a fuss or was awkward.

Meng Shi wondered if it was because the aunt's family fell in love with the uncle's personality that they readily married the aunt to him.If it's left in someone else's house, I'm afraid they will get divorced in a few days' time!
In short, my uncle Meng Xiushan has this kind of personality, so if grandma decides, he will definitely not object.

The separation is finally over.

Grandpa didn't come to live in the town, and he lived alone in the old house, just like before. Anyway, he used to cook by himself, and went to the teahouse in the village to drink tea and play cards when he had nothing to do.

Grandma is the same as before, living by herself.

Because the wheat has already been planted this year, my parents don't bother to worry about it so much. When we separated, we made it clear that next year we can each cut our own wheat, and the seeds and artificial labor are not counted.Of course grandma has no objection.

After the separation, mother Lu Caixia specially made dumplings.

There is a habit in the countryside. When everything is over, they like to make dumplings, which means that everything is wrapped up and everything is over.

For example, when someone dies, noodles are eaten at the banquet before the funeral, and noodles are sprinkled on the way off, implying involvement and nostalgia. After the funeral, when everyone comes back for dinner, they can no longer eat noodles , you must eat dumplings or buns, which means that everything is covered and it's over.

Meng Shi was very happy, but he didn't dare to show it too obviously.

But knowing a daughter is like a mother, how could Lu Caixia not know about Meng Shi's psychology?

She is a little powerless, this daughter is too mature, she understands everything, she doesn't look like a child at all, and there is no way to fool her, it's really... Tired of love.

However, out of a mother's mentality, she still wanted to warn Meng Shi, "Don't let me get ahead of you in everything in the future, so that you can show that you can. Do you know what people in the village are saying now? You can't provoke me! If you do this again Come back, I think your reputation can be spread and saved."

Meng Shi curled his lips, "What are you afraid of? With this reputation, we won't be troubled by uneasy people."

Lu Caixia glared at her, then smiled at Meng Qingshan, "When our family is admitted to Q University, we must let them know that our family is better than them!"

Meng Shi Fu forehead, this topic is really familiar.

In the previous life, my parents liked to say this, always urging Meng Shi to study hard and get into a good university in the future, otherwise others would look down on them and so on.

In the past, she thought such words were extremely long-winded, but now she finds them quite kind.

Of course she has to study hard, and studying is quite useful.

In the heart of every Huaxia student, there is a dream of being a top student. Meng Shi had the opportunity to realize this dream again, how could he give up?
The separation of the family has been completely settled.It's winter now, the winter solstice is over, and the weather has already turned cold.The fields are full of wheat, and there is no other farm work. This is also the most idle time for the farm.

Rural people have a slow pace of life. They work hard when the farming season is busy. When the farming season is slack, they visit each other, drinking tea and chatting. Women sit together to knit sweaters, wear shoe soles, or do it for children. Cotton trousers, cotton clothes, boots and so on for the New Year.

In the Meng family, Lu Caixia can knit sweaters, but she can't make cotton trousers and cotton boots. Her grandmother helped to make them. There are no children in her grandmother's house, and her grandmother is not a person who can live at leisure, so there is no need for Lu Caixia to worry about these.

And Meng Qingshan originally just idled around teahouses at most, nothing else.Now that the separation is over, there is a wife by his side, and a daughter who is so mature and smart that he has no friends. The head of his family is also Alexander.

Therefore, Meng Qingshan and Lu Caixia decided to do some other business.

The bean sprouts business can only be regarded as a small business on weekdays. There are two or three families doing it on the street, and the sales volume is about the same every time they go to the market, without any ups and downs.

The couple are not content with the status quo, so they began to want to do other businesses.

"Sell fish? Go to market X to sell fish?" Meng Shi was a little surprised when he heard what his parents said.

But that's right, although farmers nowadays are reluctant to spend money, but the Spring Festival is approaching, and people are superstitious about having more than every year, so more or less, big or small, they must buy even one fish.

In fact, life is much better now than in previous years, and most people are willing to buy a fish during the Spring Festival.

However, Meng Shi thought a little too much.

In her memory, her parents only sold fish once when she was a child.

Because the fish they brought back were expensive, but soon after, the fish ponds in Linxian County also opened up, and the number of fish suddenly increased. People thought that the fish price was still good last year, so they all brought them back to sell.

In this way, there are too many fish.The price of fish dropped immediately.

That time, Meng Shi's fish were sold at a loss in the end, and they were not sold out until New Year's Eve.

But this year, because around the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month, the temperature suddenly plummeted. Around W City in the neighboring province, where the main lotus roots are produced, the mud was frozen solid, and the lotus roots could not be dug at all. For a while, the lotus roots soared!
Meng Shi knew this, but he couldn't tell his parents directly that the price of fish would fall this year and the price of lotus root would rise.

After thinking about it, it's only the first day of the twelfth lunar month, and there is still time.

"Dad, why don't you go to City X and inquire about the surrounding areas to see if there are many fish this year. If there are too many fish, the price will drop all of a sudden, and we will lose money. We still need to inquire about this matter." It's good to be clear." Meng Shi said seriously.

Parents are very cautious. After all, it is not easy to make money. If the business loses money, it will really hurt like gouging out their flesh.

"Okay, anyway, it's not too late to go fishing on the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month. I'll go and find out first." Meng Qingshan said.

"Mom, you can go together too. We have a holiday in ten days or so, it's okay."

"That's fine, you and Xiaofei go to your grandma's house for lunch at noon."

"I know."

Because of Meng Shi's consistent performance, her parents still had a lot of trust in her.And mother is really worried that father will go alone, if something is wrong, it will be a waste of money.

Meng Shi sighed.

She will not interfere any more, it is enough to remind parents to pay attention, and there is no more to say.

Anyway, even if she really lost that little money, she wouldn't be able to afford it. At least it would allow her parents to accumulate some experience. After all, for any business, you have to pay the tuition first, so that you can remember clearly, and be more cautious next time.

January 1th, the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Mom and Dad went to investigate the purchase market together. Meng Shi, his younger brother Meng Xiangfei, and grandma were at home.

Meng Shi originally said that he and his younger brother could do it, but grandma was worried that the two children would be at home, so she insisted on coming to accompany them.Meng Shi had no choice but to agree.

In winter, it gets dark early and the nights are long.

Generally speaking, the farmers have eaten their meals after six o'clock and got into bed.

Meng Shi wanted to read and write something. The night was quiet and he felt good, so naturally he wouldn't go to bed so early.

At eight o'clock, the phone rang.

Except for Han Cheng, there was no one else at this time.

"Little girl, thank me quickly, the contract has been negotiated, and the price is higher than what you asked for!" Han Cheng asked for credit.

Meng Shi was not surprised. If Han Cheng didn't even have this ability, he wouldn't be him.

"Didn't I say that the extra part is your commission. It's not easy to negotiate with Jin Qiu, I can't let you do it for nothing." Meng Shi laughed.

Who knows, Han Cheng was furious, "I don't care about your little money, it's not even enough to plug my teeth! Did I help you negotiate the contract for your little money? Don't ask me for help in the future !"

"Snapped!"

Han Cheng actually hung up the phone directly.

Meng Shi was speechless.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with that, shouldn't this kind of thing be like this?
Give others benefits, and others will be motivated to help you negotiate. This is a very basic business rule, and everyone can make money.What the hell is Han Cheng annoyed about!

Just as Meng Shi shook his head in confusion, the phone rang again.

Or Han Cheng.

Meng Shi couldn't help mourning for the telephone switcher. When meeting someone like Han Cheng, the call switcher couldn't do anything except light wax for himself.

"If you ask me to help, that is to help. Who cares about your money? It's like helping you for your money. You are insulting me with money. Do I have more coins?"

Han Cheng's voice came through the microphone. Although it was seriously distorted, Meng Shi still heard a strong arrogance from it.

"Okay, Han Cheng, you have been in business for so long, you should be very clear about these business rules. It's like you still need commissions when you enter and exit the stock market. Isn't it all the same reason. I know you have been They are all grateful to me for saving Pippi, so they want to repay my favor, but these are two different things. Brothers have to settle accounts clearly, these things are clear, you are comfortable and I am comfortable. Moreover, I will definitely need you in the future The place to help, if you are like this, will I dare to find you next time? It's like I am looking for you on purpose in order to save the commission money. "

After Meng Shi finished speaking, there was a silence on the phone.

Meng Shi paused, and then said, "Even if I didn't think carefully this time, I misunderstood your kindness. Then let's do it, let's start next time. Next time if I have something, you can treat me as normal Is it okay for your business partners to look at it?"

"Humph!"

Hearing this, Meng Shi couldn't help laughing, this man is really like a child.

Once this was confirmed, Han Chengcai continued to claim credit.

"You said it yourself, if the global box office does not exceed 3 million US dollars, you will not take any money; but if the final global box office exceeds 5 million US dollars, you will need 500 million US dollars in script copyright fees; if the final global box office exceeds 9 million US dollars, you It costs 3000 million dollars! Hehe, what I’m talking about is that the box office exceeds 5 million, 500 million dollars; more than 6 million, 1000 million; more than 7 million, 2000 million; more than 8 million, 3000 million; 9 million U.S. dollars. How about it, great!"

Hearing this, Meng Shi couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

5000 million US dollars, she heard it right!
How did Han Cheng talk about it?

This... is simply a miracle.

A movie script sold for a sky-high price of 5000 million US dollars, Nima, this is the rhythm that will make her collapse, okay!No, no, she has to calm down, she has to calm down, she can't bear the fact that she is about to become a multi-millionaire all of a sudden, oh no, if it is exchanged for RMB, she will be a billionaire, oh!
"Why don't you talk anymore? Are you so excited that you're about to faint? But Meng Shi, don't get too excited. In my opinion, it's still possible for this movie to gross more than 5 million U.S. dollars. I'm afraid it will be difficult." Han Cheng said.

In fact, Han Cheng's words were already very polite. If it were anyone else, they would definitely think that Meng Shi's box office of 9 million US dollars was just nonsense, how could there be 9 million US dollars!
A...a movie with a script that looks rather idiot and nonsense, even with the blessing of special effects, it is impossible to reach the box office of 9 million US dollars.

Meng Shi coughed lightly to conceal his inner excitement.

Nima, 5000 million US dollars, this is simply... oh, is there a way to die happily?
Moreover, she had only set two levels before, [-] million US dollars and [-] million US dollars, but what Han Cheng negotiated for her was not higher than [-] million US dollars, and both had a level.This is undoubtedly more reasonable.

According to her own requirements, if the box office is only less than 8 million to 9 million, then she can only get 500 million.Now, according to the contract negotiated by Han Cheng, if the box office is 8 million, she will get 3000 million US dollars.Even if the box office is only 7 million or more than 500 million, the money she took is far more than [-] million US dollars!

Sure enough, master negotiators are different. When the film finally comes out at the global box office, Golden Globe Pictures will definitely be quite distressed.

Meng Shi seemed to have seen the scene where he was buried by a large pile of dollars.

Forgive her for being just a commoner at heart, unable to bear the surprise of 5000 million dollars.

"That... Thank you. When I get the money, I'll treat you to dinner." Meng Shi said.

"Of course you have to invite me to dinner. In order to discuss your order, I traveled to country M a few times, and I was almost exhausted." Han Cheng said bluntly.

Meng Shi chuckled, "Are you sure you don't want the commission this time? If I say too much, it's yours."

"Stop talking nonsense, am I short of your little money!" Han Cheng snorted.

"Then don't regret it."

"You think that everyone is a child like you, and you have to go back on what you promised." Han Cheng said contemptuously.

Meng Shi was speechless, "I didn't regret anything, did I?"

"...Not having it now doesn't mean not having it in the future. Children are the most untrustworthy."

"..."

"By the way, the R Economic Index has begun to plummet, but at present, it has not fallen below [-] points for the time being." Han Cheng said again.

"Yeah." Meng Shi's mind was full of colorful banknotes at the moment, and he didn't care what Han Cheng said.

Han Cheng said a few more words, and found that Meng Shi was completely out of shape, so he hung up the phone again angrily.

Children or something, it's so annoying!
Meng Shi didn't care what Han Cheng was thinking, she was completely sleepwalking right now.

In the two days since he was connected, Meng Shi was in an extremely good mood. Although he didn't dare to tell others, he was very happy in his heart!
"From time to time, thanks to your reminder, we went to County X and the surrounding area to look around. We looked at several places. There are really a lot of fish this year. The price of fish was high last year, and the number of fish raised in County X alone increased. It’s more than doubled, not to mention the fish in those places around. I think the fish price this year is really bad. It’s okay if the price is cheaper now, but the wholesale price is not low now. The fish are all squeezed out of the pond, and those who enter the front will lose out!"

After Meng Qingshan and Lu Caixia came back, they both had lingering fears.

If they go fishing according to their original plan, they will lose at least a thousand yuan now, which is not a small sum!

"I just mentioned it casually. I read in magazines that people have to do market research before starting a business. That's the purpose. It's the same as the sesame cotton I said before. When the price is high, everyone grows it. When the quantity increases, the price goes down. "Meng Shi nodded. It seems that parents are still very reliable. After all, they have been in business for a while before, and they are quite successful in their hearts, and they can tell at all.

"Then what should we do? If we can't do fish business, what else can we do?" Meng Qingshan and his wife began to find another way out.

Meng Shi didn't intend to remind them, it was all up to them.

But probably by chance, they still decided to buy and sell lotus root.

In the words of my parents, the price of lotus root has always been flat. They can't make a lot of money, but they can earn a moving fee anyway.Anyway, if you are idle now, you are idle, and if you can earn a dime, it is a dime.

The two of them had to wait until the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month to eat the lotus root, but Meng Shi said. "On the 15th, I will participate in some kind of competition on the 21th day of the twelfth lunar month, and then on the [-]st of the twelfth lunar month, I will go to the county to compete. If you can't come back, what will you do at home? Otherwise, it will be two days earlier, anyway. , it won’t go bad at this temperature for another three to five days.”

Just kidding, I went to City W on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, and it was already dark when I got there, at least until the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month to pack lotus root.And on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the sudden drop in temperature had already arrived, and the silt in the lake was frozen hard, making it impossible to dig lotus roots!
"That's fine." Meng Qingshan and Lu Caixia decided without hesitation.

It was the same in the first place, it didn't matter if it was two days earlier or two days later, since exams were always needed, they couldn't be delayed by such a trivial matter.

So, the next day, on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, they drove to pull lotus root around W City in the neighboring province.

The surrounding area of ​​W City has been a sacred place for producing lotus root since ancient times. The lotus root here is the most delicious, and the people of W City also know how to eat lotus root.You can't go wrong with lotus root here.

On the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, all schools here in Mengshi had to take exams.

One day for elementary school, two days for junior high school, three days for high school, two days off after the exam, and then go to receive the notice.

The fourth grade exam was quite easy for Meng Shi, plus she followed the teacher's instructions and memorized everything that should be recited, so there was absolutely no problem with the exam.

However, after the exam, when she moved the stool home, she suddenly discovered something.

Where have all the old friends gone?

She has no friends anymore!
But this is normal. A little girl at this age spends the 10 minutes between classes every day, jumping rubber bands, grabbing, and hitting sandbags. She always sits in the classroom alone, or just goes out for a few steps. Never play a game like this.

In addition, her grades are really excellent, so in the eyes of her classmates, she has become someone else's child who can only be seen from a distance.

And because every time she went home, her grandmother usually came to pick her up, so gradually, the neighbors Meng Shasha and Yin Di stopped being with her.

Suddenly realizing the fact that he has no friends, Meng Shi was a little dazed for a while.

Fortunately, there is also her younger brother, Meng Xiangfei, who goes to school and goes home with her every day.

It's strange to say that other children like to play and fight with the children in the same class when they go to and from school, but Meng Xiangfei always behaves with her every time.

"Has Xiaofei finished the problem?" Meng Shi asked.

"finished."

"Do you know the words on the question? Do you understand the meaning of the question?" Meng Shi asked again.

In primary school exams, some questions are read by the teacher to the children. Many children don’t mean that they don’t understand how much one plus one equals. They just don’t understand the questions. Even after the teacher reads them, they don’t understand what does that mean.

"Well, you taught me." Meng Xiangfei smiled happily, "I will definitely win a certificate."

Meng Shi stroked Meng Xiangfei's head and smiled happily.

After the exam, my aunt came.

"From time to time, I want to start a small business." Aunt Lu Zhaoxia said with a smile.

"Ah?" Meng Shi was a little dazed.

The aunt said again, "Your grandfather asked me to ask you."

The corner of Meng Shi's mouth twitched, he was speechless.

"Auntie, what business do you want to do?"

"Selling Spring Festival couplets, and those pictorials." Lu Zhaoxia said.

"Okay, it's pretty good." Meng Shi was not surprised. After all, my aunt has worked outside for so many years, so she still has some experience.

Lu Zhaoxia said coyly again, "I want to sell the kind of pictorials with singers and actors on them. Do you know Guan Zhizhi? She is popular, and many people like her. I want to buy something like that, but I don't know." Has anyone bought it? I discussed it with your uncle and grandpa, and they all said that no one here knows about Guan Zhizhi."

"It doesn't matter if they don't know each other, anyway, during the Spring Festival, it's enough for those who come back from working outside to know her." Meng Shi said directly.

In fact, in the past, my aunt also set up a street stall to sell Spring Festival couplets. At that time, she only brought a few pictorials and calendars with these stars printed on them. As a result, those calendars were sold for ten cents a piece. The high price of one yuan is still in short supply.

(End of this chapter)