A small peasant girl

Chapter 507
After hearing Xiaobei's words, the woman who delivered the mountain goods felt that this family really did not greedy other people's things as the rumors spread, so she hurriedly said, "Girl, let's count it as 65 catties, and four taels don't count."

I don’t blame these women for thinking this way. Those who used to collect wild goods like to mess with the scales most. Women who have clearly weighed the wild goods at home will always lose a few catties when they weigh them.However, they dared to be angry and dare not speak out, so they could only grit their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs, suffering from a dull loss.

"That can't be done. The rule of our family is that less than half a catty is counted as half a catty. This is the silver of mountain goods. Auntie, you can count them. Next time, if there are more mountain goods, you can also send them here. The price is still the same. "Wenzi likes the feeling of paying the money and delivering the goods, and everyone will not suffer, "But Auntie, when you come back next time, don't rush early, there are people at home who collect mountain goods these days."

Wenzi somewhat understood the mood of these villagers who came to sell mountain goods early in the morning, and spread the good news, so that the villagers in several nearby villages ran up the mountain all day.

If there are more people picking, the mountain products will increase. If the Wang family only buys part of the mountain products, then those who arrive late will waste their efforts in picking mountain products.

Wenzi in Liujia Village is busily collecting mountain goods, but Father Wen in Wenjia Village has encountered a very difficult matter.

Most of the villagers in Wenjia Village grow mulberry trees, and every family has a simple loom. In their spare time, the women sit at home and weave, so that the income can be used to supplement their household income.

But recently, a group of vicious bullies came to Wenjia Village. They broke in without anyone's consent. When they saw someone with a loom at home, they beat him up without saying hello, and put down their harsh words, " From now on, anyone who dares to sell the cloth to others will lose their arms and legs, don't blame me for not reminding you."

The leading villain was Wang Xiong. If his subordinates couldn't receive a low price for a day, their income would be reduced, and they felt uneasy.

But Wang Digai asked him to wait, which made the violent Wang Xiong really unable to wait for a moment. How much money he earned in a day flew away, and he was unwilling to sit and wait for death.

Wang Xiong led his men to warn several villagers in succession, using violent means to force them not to sell cloth to Father Wen.

Some would rather hide the cloth at home, with the idea that no one will sell it, and do not want to get into unnecessary trouble.

Father Wen went to several families that he had agreed to in the morning, and they all rejected Father Wen's proposal on the grounds that they had too many things to do at home and had no time to weave.

But during this period of time, there wasn't much farm work in the field, and I didn't see them go out to do odd jobs. How could they be so busy with non-weaving? Father Wen was very puzzled and had a headache about this.

Father Wen, who was at a loss, couldn't figure it out even after thinking about it. The price he paid for the cloth was extremely high in the whole town. Why did the villagers suddenly not want to sell the cloth to him?

Father Wen, who was sighing when he got home, couldn't eat, couldn't sleep well, and finally found a way to make money. It took only a few days, and he didn't know what happened.

Seeing her own father's worried face, Wen Xiaodu showed no expression other than sighing, and asked in a worried tone, "Father, what's wrong with you, is there something wrong?"

"Satin'er, Daddy is fine, remember to eat more, look how thin you have been during this time." Father Wen tried his best to squeeze a smile on his face, but because he was too depressed, he showed a little stiff.

Wen's mother, who had lived with Wen's father for many years, suddenly saw that Wen's father had something on his mind. At this time, there were only five members of the family present, and there were no outsiders, so she said, "Father, what's wrong with you? If you don’t know what’s going on, we can help you figure out a solution, right?”

"Yes, dad, your business is the family's business. It's better for the family to figure out a solution together than you to sigh and think about it." Wen Xiaoya heard what Wen's mother said, and directly expressed her opinion.

"Hey, how can you say that?" Father Wen sighed deeply. He has always been a person who can't hide his thoughts, so he can only say with a helpless expression, "I don't know what's wrong. Go to collect the cloth, as if we have discussed it, we will not sell a piece of cloth to us."

"Father, the price given by the family is not low, why don't they sell it?" Wen Xiaodu, as someone who has sold cloth before, knows the price offered by her father, and it is not low for the market in the town.

"Yeah, Dad is also surprised. They excused that they are busy at home and don't have time to weave, but there is not much work to do in the field recently, so they don't know..." Father Wen lowered his head after speaking, and fell into a Go in a depressed state.

"It is reasonable to say that if you can sell a piece of cloth, you will have an extra income. You can use the cloth to exchange some money for the family, and everyone is happy to see it. But now everyone is not selling it. Could it be because they heard some rumors or ..." As the hostess of the Wen family, Mother Wen can empathize with the thoughts of the women around her. In order to solve the problem of food and clothing for the young and old, they can eat anything. Unless it is an extremely special situation, otherwise they are Cloth will not be kept unsold.

After the Wen family discussed it all night, Wen Xiaojuan took the salesman to visit the next day. The beaten villagers gritted their teeth and dared not say anything, but the youngest doll in the family was coaxed by Wen Xiaojuan with sugar. Tell the story of Wang Xiong beating and threatening people.

On the way home, the embarrassment on the faces of the two sisters Wen Xiaodu and Wen Xiaoya clenched their fists even more, wanting to fight those bad guys, "Sister, what do you think these bad guys are like? I deliberately lowered the price of the cloth collection before, and now I’m making things difficult for my father to collect the cloth. Is it because our family is all starving to death that they are satisfied?”

"Xiaoya, I'm afraid they're not targeting us, but daddy." Wen Xiaodu calmly explained the reason, logically speaking, if the group of bad guys didn't leave them a way out, they would come directly to the door , there is no need to threaten or intimidate the villagers.

"Sister, what's the difference? It's all about making us live a better life." Wen Xiaoya pouted dissatisfiedly and scolded Wang Xiong and others for their bad words.

"Xiaoya, they originally wanted to buy cloth from everyone at a low price, and then sell it to cloth merchants at a high price to make a profit. Now that Daddy has taken away the cloth at a high price, no one is willing to sell it to them at a low price. These bad guys have no money to make, so they use small tricks to harm the village." Wen Xiaodu is older and can analyze things comprehensively.

As the eldest daughter of the family, Wen Xiaodu always plays the role of father and mother, and her mind is slightly more mature than ordinary girls.

(End of this chapter)