Yoshida Mii

Chapter 69 Prosperity
The ancients seem to have such a mentality, they always shrink back when facing new things, just like crabs, until the first person who ate crabs stood up and tried it, and found it delicious, everyone suddenly realized and rushed to share the food.

After the first person who came to buy bean curds said it was delicious, Dong Bao never stopped collecting money. At the beginning, he was a little flustered. The three of them often touched each other. Dong Bao hurriedly made a work plan. Dong Bao To collect the money, Mrs. Li is responsible for scooping the bean curd from the pot, and Li Hongqin is responsible for pouring marinade on the bean curd.

Before leaving home, Dong Bao told Li Shi and Li Hongqin that they don’t care how much money they make when they go today, but they must make a name for themselves. Farmers who come to the market usually eat less oil and like to eat food with a strong taste, so On the first day of selling bean curd, not only do you have to give more bean curd, but you can't be stingy with the marinade and sesame oil in the bean curd.

The three of them brought only six bowls, four of which were borrowed from the Lin family. Many people ate the first bowl and found it unsatisfactory, so they bought the second bowl.People who want to buy bean curds in the back can only wait for the people in front to finish eating and wash the dishes before they can continue eating.Dong Bao saw that he had saved forty renminbi in his pocket, so he told Mrs. Li, took the money and went to the stall selling bowls and chopsticks. chopsticks pressure.

More and more people went to the market, and the people who ate bean curds in front made live advertisements for those who came behind.When Aunt Qiuxia led Quanzi and Shuanzi back from shopping at the market, she was pleasantly surprised to find that the big pot of bean curd had already bottomed out, and there were still many people waiting to buy it.

"It's gone." Dong Bao smiled apologetically to the aunt who came over to buy bean curd.

As soon as it was gone, the chubby boy in the aunt's arms grinned and was about to cry, sobbing and feeling wronged, he was gone when everyone else had eaten, this world is too cruel!Children are like this, they have to get what they want.

Dongbao saw that there was still a little bit at the bottom of the basin, so he scraped out the remaining bean curd with a spoon, put sesame oil and marinade in it, handed it to the auntie, and said, "This is not enough for a bowl, give it to my little brother, don't eat it." The money is gone. Today is the first day we sell this, and we have less preparations. We will come again tomorrow, and you will definitely have it when you come again."

The aunt gratefully thanked Dongbao, squatted down to feed Xiaopangdun and started to eat, and repeatedly explained that the brother and father who brought the child would come to eat together tomorrow, to cheer the little girl up.

"Alas!" The two good brothers Quanzi and Shuanzi looked at each other and sighed in unison. The two of them only ate one bowl, and it was gone before they had had enough!
From the beginning of selling the first bowl to the time it was sold out, Dong Bao estimated that it only took a little more than an hour. This is the time when there are the most people in the market. If you make more, you will definitely be able to sell them. Earn more.

"There's less to do." Aunt Qiuxia smiled and helped Li Shi and Li Hongqin clean up the stalls. "If you make more tomorrow, you can definitely sell them."

Li's face is full of joyful smiles. She hasn't had a good sleep since last night. She is not sure about doing business for the first time. She is afraid that she will not be able to sell it. She was looking for a job of starching and washing clothes, but she never thought that it would be so easy to sell.

"It's not that we farmers have never done business. We are timid. No one dares to make too much. Now that we have found the market, it will be easy!" Li Hongqin laughed. Her husband used to drive a car to do business. He has much better business acumen than Mrs. Li, and he speaks sharply.

Several people closed the stalls and walked happily all the way to Tagouji, their steps became much lighter.Dong Bao touched the money bag in his arms and smirked several times along the way.Seeing her appearance as a "little money fan", Mrs. Li smiled from ear to ear.

The price in the grain store in the town was about the same as the price in Laocheng's grocery store, so Dongbao didn't buy beans in the town, and picking them back was quite tiring.After arriving in the village, several of them went home to unload their burdens, and then went to the old family's grocery store to weigh [-] catties of beans.

Seeing Mrs. Li's ruddy complexion, relaxed and happy expression, Lao Cheng was slightly surprised. It seems that the lady of the scholar has really recovered from her illness. Now two people come to buy beans, and they cost 150 catties. It costs [-] yuan, which is not a small sum. .

Lao Cheng cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Miss Xiucai recovered from her illness? Congratulations! If you survive a catastrophe, you will have a future, and you two will surely have a better life in the future!"

Mrs. Li was a little shy. In fact, she was not sick at all. In order to protect her daughter, she pretended to be sick. She told such a lie and deceived the whole village, but she couldn't let others know. "I accept your good words." Li said with a smile.

"Dongbao's mother is not really sick." Aunt Qiuxia smiled, and then complained: "It's all because of me and the child's father's lame eyes. I went to the town and invited two doctors to come over. It's not worth it. I almost killed Dongbao. Mother, it's better to be a doctor invited by the elder sister!"

In the past few days, Aunt Qiuxia has been saying this to the people in the village.

Lao Cheng smiled and joked, "You and Lin Fu are both kind, and the lady who is a scholar is a good person, so why would a good person blame a kind person!" The big business of buying [-] catties of beans at a time like Dongbao's is rare a few times a year, and the old man is too late to be happy, and the flattery is even harder.

When they got home, Dong Bao saw Lin Shi hugging a little black puppy waiting for them at the door. Li Hongqin smiled and said, "Why didn't Dashi knock on the door and go in? Your sister Xiuyu is at home!"

Lin Shi smiled and said, "I've just arrived too, I heard you talking, and I'm waiting for you to come over."

When the little milk dog heard the voice, his triangular ears froze for a moment, and he raised his head from Lin Shi's arms, staring at the person with his black eyes.

Dong Bao didn't like it so much, so he ran over to pet the little milk dog's head. The little milk dog was not afraid of strangers, and after a while, he got acquainted with Dong Bao and the others.

"Why did you bring a black dog here? Male or female?" Aunt Qiuxia said to Lin Shi with some dissatisfaction.

Lin Shi smiled and said: "It's a little bitch, it's too late for us to speak, when I passed by, there were only two puppies left in the Second Aunt's house, and the other dog was a flower dog, I was not very happy looking at it, It’s not as strong as this little black dog, so I don’t need a flower dog.”

"The black dog is very good." Dong Bao was afraid that Aunt Qiuxia would reprimand Lin Shi for "not doing things well", so he quickly said, "The black dog wards off evil spirits. With Xiao Hei here, those ghosts and monsters dare not come here."

Aunt Qiuxia laughed, patted Lin Shi on the shoulder, and whispered to her son, "Look, I haven't said anything about you yet, and now I'm covering you!"

Lin Shijunxiu's face was stained with a layer of blush. He glanced at Dongbao and saw that she was concentrating on playing with the little black dog and didn't pay attention to her. She was relieved and complained softly: "Mother, what are you talking about? Dongbao is still young!" Then he smiled at Li Shi and Li Hongqin: "Ma'am, auntie, I'm going home to feed the pigs first." After saying that, he carried the bean dregs and walked away quickly with his head down.

When Mrs. Li came out of the kitchen, she only saw the back of Lin Shi leaving. She sighed and said to Aunt Qiuxia: "This child, why did you leave, stay for lunch later."

After teasing her son, Aunt Qiuxia was in a good mood, laughed and said: "No, we still have a large piece of tofu at home. Quanzi has been arguing for it since he got home last night. I won't make it for him at noon. I'm afraid I have to talk about it for a long time again!"

Zhang Xiuyu also likes the fat and chubby little black dog. She stroked the little black dog's head and said enviously, "I also want a puppy to keep and play with."

"That's no problem." Dong Bao immediately became bold, "When Xiao Hei gives birth to puppies, I'll keep the funniest one for you."

Near noon, Li Shi and Li Hongqin were cooking in the kitchen, while Dong Bao and Zhang Xiuyu took Xiao Hei to the woods to collect firewood.Generally, peasant households don't burn much firewood, and the straw, sorghum stalks, and corn stalks produced in the field are enough to burn. Dongbao and the others are separated from the Song family, so they can only collect firewood by themselves.

Fortunately, there are many groves in the village, and there are many scattered branches, which are easy to pick up.

When the villagers came back from the field carrying a hoe, everyone who recognized Dong Bao smiled and greeted him, and those who called him uncle and uncle were very close.

"Dong Bao, I heard that your mother is recovering?" Many people asked Dong Bao.

Dong Bao nodded and said with a smile: "Tuofu, well, I can get out of bed and cook!"

"Who is this girl next to you? She looks so handsome!"

"It's my aunt's cousin." Dong Bao pulled Zhang Xiuyu and smiled. Zhang Xiuyu was shy, and when her aunt and daughter-in-law looked at her face, she lowered her head and blushed.

"What are you selling at the market this morning? I see that there are quite a few people who bought it!" This was asked by someone who saw Dong Bao at the market. The subtext is that you have made a lot of money!
"It's tofu." Dong Bao said.

The person who asked was even more surprised, "Isn't tofu astringent? I heard that the ones you sell are quite delicious, not bitter at all!"

Dong Bao giggled, shook his head and said: "I don't know, I tried to make it last night and thought it was delicious, so I sold it. My mother and I are still in debt for a few taels of silver." , I have to find a way to pay back the money."

Hearing this, everyone would give Dong Bao mother and daughter a thumbs up.It is difficult for orphans and widows to live and work. With the Lin family and Hong family as guarantees, if the lazy people let go of their debts, they will not take their debts seriously. Anyway, if someone pays them back, Dong Bao and her daughter can find a way to make money to pay off their debts. people admire.

When Dong Bao and Zhang Xiuyu returned home with firewood, they saw a child standing at the door of her house, tiptoeing furtively to look inside.

"Who is that?" Zhang Xiuyu asked wonderingly.There are Li Shi and Li Hongqin in the house, so the door is not closed. The farmers are all from the village, especially the children, who have no scruples, and they all come in directly.

Dong Bao saw the child's back clearly, and the anger in his heart rose up. The upper beam was really wrong and the lower beam was crooked. When the old man returned home, he replaced his son.

"Er Mao, what are you trying to do secretly?" Dong Bao tugged at Er Mao's ear and started cursing.

(End of this chapter)