Yoshida Mii

Chapter 75 Tax Payment
Quanzi and Shuanzi are terrified. Everyone is so familiar. Do you still need money to eat Douhua? "That... Sister Dongbao." Quanzi smiled cheekily and flattered him, "We have no money."

Dong Bao nodded, and said with a smile: "I know you don't have any money, so you can eat this bean curd as you like in the future, and you can eat it freely. But, you have to exchange it for something!"

When they heard that they didn't want money, Quanzi and Shuanzi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "What do you want?"

"You guys know how to catch fish and shrimp, right? Just put the baskets by the river, don't want big fish, but small fish and shrimps, just give me as much as you can get." Dong Bao said.

The bank of the small river at the head of the village is lush with water and grass, and there are many small fish and shrimps hiding in it. If you put it in the basket, you can get a lot in a day, and you can touch a lot when you go down, but the small fish are small miscellaneous fish, and at most they have fingers. Long, the shrimps are small grass shrimps, not too big, no one in the village eats these things, there is no meat, and it is very troublesome to cook.

"Sister Dongbao, why do you want this?" Quanzi wondered, "This food is not delicious!"

Dong Bao smiled, "I'm sure I can make it delicious, you just bring it to me. If it's too much, I'll give you wages, and I'll give you... two dollars per catty!"

"Really?!" Quanzi and Shuanzi were so happy that they almost jumped up. Although they were young, they could clearly see that it was Dongbao who took the money from Dongbao's housekeeper. If she offered to give the money, she would definitely give it to her. .They are the first among the children in the village to be able to earn money by fishing for fish and shrimp!
"Of course it's true." Dong Bao nodded earnestly, with a serious face, "But you have to remember clearly, I don't want big fish in the river, if you dare to go down the river to play, don't come to eat our food in the future It's gone." She was thinking about the two children, although the children can swim, who can guarantee that there will be no problems if they get into the river?Dong Bao only needs them to catch some small fish and shrimps from the shore.

Quanzi and Shuanzi looked at each other, then stuck out their tongues helplessly.Every year, I heard about the tragedy of children drowning in the river to take a bath. The adults strictly forbid the children to go into the river, and if they found out, they would be beaten easily.Just now, the two boys coincidentally planned to take this opportunity to go down to the river to have fun, but Dong Bao strangled the idea in the cradle before it could be implemented.Going down the river is attractive, but it is obvious that the delicious food and bean curd made by Dongbao are even more reluctant.

The bean curd made today also sold very quickly. However, due to the large quantity, when the market gradually decreased, it was sold out, and the tofu was sold more than yesterday. It sold 25 catties. Many people came to buy tofu. Repeat customers, there are a few people who ask for three or four catties at a time.These days, there are more than ten or twenty people living in the same house with a large family of four generations. If they eat in one pot and fry a dish alone, they will need three or four catties of tofu.

For this result, Dongbao was secretly satisfied. Within a month, the tofu would definitely be a hit.

More and more tofu will definitely be sold. She and Zhang Xiuyu are weak, and it is obviously impossible to keep up with the work of Li Shi and Li Hongqin. In the long run, they must hire helpers, but who will they hire? ?Dongbao has been having a headache with this problem all morning.We must find loyal and reliable helpers to help. There is no man in the family to support the family. If the helper has any bad intentions, he will be in big trouble.

On both sides of Dongbao’s stall are sellers of sesame seed cakes and fried peanuts and melon seeds. Dongbao’s business is booming, attracting many people to come. Many people will buy another sesame seed cake after buying a bowl of bean curd. The melon seeds worth one or two pennies went back, and the business of these two families improved a lot.

Dongbao cut the remaining tofu into two pieces, each weighing eight taels, and wrapped them in leaves for the two stallholders next to them.Old Chen Tou, who sells sesame seed cakes, and Mrs. Geng, who sells melon seeds, were so happy from ear to ear, they repeatedly declined, "How can I ask for this? They are both in business and know that it is not easy for you!"

"Take it." Li said with a smile, "In the future, we will all be neighbors for a long time!" If we build a good relationship, we can also have someone to take care of.

Hearing Mrs. Li's words, old Chen Tou and Mrs. Geng accepted the tofu. They were close to each other, and they knew that the tofu cost two cents a catty. After buying it, they said it was delicious. The little girl gave it to them. catty.Old Chen took a few freshly baked sesame seed cakes, which must be Dongbao. Then, Mrs. Geng also filled a bag full of peanuts and melon seeds in a paper bag, and said with a smile that she would let the little girl try her handicrafts.

Dong Bao refused, but took a piece of sesame seed cake from Old Chen, and grabbed a handful of melon seeds from Mrs. Geng. Seeing that Dong Bao was polite and sensible, Mrs. Geng liked it even more. It's enough to fill up a handful.So far, the three small businesses have officially formed a relationship.

The two neighbors are not bad people, Dong Bao thought to himself.When they didn't know each other two days ago, Mrs. Geng secretly rolled her eyes at them for a while, thinking that Dongbao's stall took her place. Today, I officially got to know each other and found that these two people are quite easy to talk to, and there are also exchanges in etiquette. , which is a good thing.

"Dongbao's mother." After getting acquainted, Mrs. Geng called Li Shi Dongbao's mother, "Are you planning to set up a stall to sell bean curd and tofu for many years?"

Mrs. Li nodded, seeing old Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Geng coming over, as if they had something to say, they put down the stalls they wanted to collect, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"

Old Chen said: "This is the first time you have come out to do business, you must not know that you have to pay taxes to set up a stall on this street, like Sister Geng, you pay 260 yuan a month, and me, [-] yuan a month. "

Before Mrs. Li could speak, Mrs. Geng said, "We're doing pretty well here. There's a conscientious official lord, surnamed Yan, who asked us how little tax we want. I heard that in other towns, the official lord sees that your business is good. , there are many reasons to search you, and the money you earn can't cover the taxes you pay!"

"Your business is good. We see that you plan to continue working for a long time. Let me remind you first." Old man Chen said.Seeing that no one was paying attention, he lowered his voice and said to Li Shi and Li Hongqin: "It is estimated that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, a government official will come to ask you to collect taxes. You guys can charge a little less."

Li Shi was a little panicked. Although she has a husband who is a scholar, she has been working at home and has basically never gone out to meet anyone. When she heard that she was going to deal with officials, she felt apprehensive and involuntarily afraid.

"Mr. Chen, my father is a scholar. He passed away a few years ago. My mother and I were driven out of the house by my grandma and my uncle. We have nothing but a shabby house. You make an estimate, and the official sent a master to ask us how much we want." Tax?" Dong Bao asked.

Mrs. Geng and Old Chen were stunned. They didn't expect that the hard-working woman in front of them turned out to be a scholar!Out of a natural awe of scholars and sympathy for Li's mother and daughter, Mrs. Geng and old Chen Tou respected Li more and more.

"It's hard to say, but I guess it's only five hundred dollars at most. If you plead with Mr. Yan, I can definitely charge you less." Old Chen said.

Dong Bao nodded, it was much better than she expected.As long as you do business, you have to pay taxes. It has not changed since ancient times. Fortunately, according to Mrs. Geng and the others, they are still lucky, and they have not encountered corrupt officials who are unlucky.

After delivering the tofu to uncle, Dongbao took [-] yuan from today's income and went to the paper and pen shop on the street to buy a blank blue book. After spending [-] yuan, Dongbao stuck out his tongue, Ancient paper was handmade and not cheap.The cheapest pens cost three pennies a piece, and the top-grade wolf pens and brush pens are even more expensive. A set of pens, ink, paper and inkstones costs forty pennies!
Dong Bao was stunned. She understood how difficult it was to support a scholar. Not to mention Shu Xiu and living expenses, just pens, ink, paper and inkstones would cost a lot of money in a year, and it was difficult for ordinary farmers to support them.

In order to save money, Dong Bao only bought the cheapest pen and a small piece of ink, which cost a total of twelve cash including the account book. She planned to go home and find stones to make an inkstone.Now is the initial stage of starting a business, save as much as you can.However, when going back and passing the pork stall, Dong Bao swallowed her saliva looking at the ribs on the table. She has been here for so long, except for that time when she went out with Lin Shi to eat grilled fish and shrimp, she almost forgot what meat tastes like.

When he returned to Mrs. Li, Dong Bao held a piece of pork belly tied with hemp rope in his hand, which weighed about seven taels.Compared with meat, she prefers to eat ribs, but ribs are more expensive than meat, and in the eyes of the farmers, eating ribs is a waste, it is better to eat pure meat.

"This is in your hand..." Li Shi couldn't help being stunned when he saw what Dong Bao was holding. Besides the notebook and pen, there was also a piece of pork.

Dong Bao smiled, "Mom, let's improve our life too." Eating well will keep your health healthy and your work will be vigorous.

If Mrs. Huang was present, she would definitely scold Dong Bao for spending money without her consent, which is delicious!But Mrs. Li is not Mrs. Huang, she only criticizes herself as useless, and her tired daughter can't even eat meat.If the daughter hadn't found a way to start a small business to make money, the two of them would have been desperate.

"Okay, let's eat meat at noon!" Mrs. Li pulled Li Hongqin and laughed.

Back in the village, the three of them went to Lao Cheng's shop first. This time, Dongbao directly ordered a hundred catties of beans, and asked Lao Cheng to deliver them to his home later, and Lao Cheng naturally agreed.

"Miss Xiucai, business is good!" Lao Cheng said with a smile.

Mrs. Li still couldn't get rid of it, and smiled awkwardly: "Toefl TOEFL, as long as you can repay the debt!"

"It's a big loss for you to separate your family this time, and the villagers all see it. It's good to separate, as the days are getting better and better, you will get out of it soon!" Lao Cheng laughed with a low voice.

Dong Bao thought about it, and every time before dinner, a group of villagers gathered in the grocery store to chat and chat, and it was regarded as a news distribution center.

"What the hell!" Dong Bao complained half-truthfully, "Old Uncle Cheng, you don't know, yesterday my grandma said that the previous separation doesn't count, let my mother and I go home!"

(End of this chapter)