Farmhouse Qiaofei

Chapter 162 Teach Bai Chuanbai a Lesson

It was still in Jinse's shop, with the same people just now, the difference was that the atmosphere had changed from the tense one just now to a relaxed, happy and peaceful one.

"Father, those lotus roots, I mean, give them at the market price. No matter how big brother buys them, the price of lotus roots in Izumo Town is there after all." Bai Chuanbai said loudly to old man Bai.

For the first time, he didn't speak in a low voice but straightened his back, because he could help the Bai family, and it was justified, with the consent of the whole family.

Although one of the "whole family" is still sulking and making plans, but in Bai Shao's family, most people agree, and the hammer can be settled.

"Okay, okay." Both Mr. Bai and Bai Chuanqiang couldn't say anything else. After what happened, Bai Chuanbai was still willing to take their lotus root. It is enough to get back a little of the capital.

"Then after lunch later, big brother, you can bring the lotus root here." Bai Chuanbai pondered for a moment and said, "The lotus root is here, and after inspection, I will give you money. What do you think?"

"Third brother, do we brothers still need to inspect the goods?" Bai Chuanqiang became a little dissatisfied when he heard this.

"If you don't inspect the goods, you don't want it." Bai Wei fiddled with the abacus beside him, and threw a sentence over, Bai Chuanqiang quickly shut his mouth, not daring to speak again.

He can be seen that his younger brother is not an arbitrary person, and any girl's words will affect him and make him change his mind.

Now, Bai Chuanqiang dare not offend anyone, what if Bai Chuanbai changes his mind...

"We won't eat, we'll go get it right away." Fearing that things might change again, Bai Chuanqiang and Mr. Bai got up and went back to Shilipu to get the lotus root.

After Bai Chuanbai held back a few words, seeing that they were really anxious, he also nodded and said, "Then elder brother, you can go, father is not in good health, you should sit in the shop for a while."

"Then...that's fine." Bai Chuanqiang glanced at old man Bai, and saw that his complexion was really pale, which was not very good, so he nodded, and he took the lead in making a mule cart and went back to Shilipu to transport the several carts of lotus root. .

"Father, I'll pour you some hot tea. When you're hungry later, go eat for the sky. You know Da Chunniang, just tell her what you want to eat." Bai Chuanbai saw Bai Chuanqiang leaving, I went forward and poured a cup of hot tea for Mr. Bai, and put it in front of him, "If you are still not feeling well, you can eat and go to bed later. That's where our family lives, and there's an embroidery room behind here. address."

"Hey, hey, good boy, don't bother me, I'll just sit here for a while." Old Master Bai nodded happily, looking at Bai Chuanbai with extremely gentle eyes, "You are a promising child in the family, why not?" In the past, I was only a drug boy for other people's shops, but my son has become the owner, and I am very happy. I also know your filial piety..."

When Bai Chuanbai heard his words, he just pursed his lips and smiled, without saying anything else.

Just when someone came in to choose cloth, he hurried over to greet him.

Old Man Bai sat where he was, savoring the tea his son poured him with great taste, and finally closed his eyes contentedly.

Bai Wei used to stand behind the counter and fiddle with the abacus, but seeing this scene, she finally couldn't help but walk out from behind the counter, took Bai Shao's hand into the back yard, and asked with some dissatisfaction, "Shao'er , why did you ask our father to buy those lotus roots and give them at the market price, can the lotus roots that have been stored for a long time be the same as ordinary lotus roots?"

"Sister, this is why you don't understand. Lotus root doesn't go bad in just two months, and the more water it puts, the less water it has. Even if our father buys it at the price uncle paid, he will still lose a lot of money, so After all, we still took advantage." Bai Shao comforted Bai Wei with a smile.

"What are you taking advantage of? What are you doing with the car loads of lotus root? Do we want to eat lotus root every day?" Bai Wei's eyes widened when she heard this. If the person in front of her was not her beloved sister, she would probably have Just started yelling.

"Sister, why don't you believe me? I can do such a disadvantageous thing?" Bai Shao blinked her watery eyes, looked at Bai Wei with a smile, tiptoed, and whispered in her ear, "This I think the lotus root in Qingfeng County is better than our local lotus root after all, but the price is according to our side, and it has been stored for some time, and the water has evaporated a lot, which is better than buying our local lotus root. It’s a good deal. And let our father sell face to our grandfather, our father is also happy, and our grandfather is also grateful to us, so why not do it.”

"Wow, you ghost spirit." After Bai Wei finished listening, she stared at Bai Shao for a while, then flicked her head lightly, and said angrily, "You should have told me a long time ago. , made me sulking for so long, the abacus was about to be set aside."

"It's okay, sister, I've prepared several abacus, if you break the dial, I'll get you another one." Bai Shao said mischievously.

When Bai Wei saw this, she was about to pinch her itchy flesh. Naturally, Bai Shao would not just sit still and ran away. Bai Wei chased after her. The two sisters chased livelyly for a while until it was time for lunch. Just stopped.

After lunch, Bai Chuanqiang came over with several carts of lotus root.

It just so happened that Zhao Long also came back from Wujia Village, so he helped to weigh and check the catties, and there was also a man who lived a lot to help move the things to the empty room. It took about half an afternoon to tidy up the loads of lotus root before counting the loads. clear.

In the end, a total of 100 taels of silver was handed over to Bai Chuanqiang.

In fact, the lotus root itself didn't have 100 taels of silver, it was Bai Chuanbai who made the decision to scrape it up for him, and barely reached 100 taels.

"At the beginning, I took 200 taels of silver to go to Qingfeng County, eating and drinking on the way, and the mule fare... After deducting these, I bought a total of more than 100 taels of lotus root, but now it is only 100 taels." Bai Chuanqiang looked at the palm of his hand. The five ingots of silver in the bag made me feel very uncomfortable. I calculated well at the beginning, and if I took two hundred taels of silver to go away, I could earn double when I came back. No matter what I said, I could always get 500 taels of silver.

The result was unexpected...

In the end, there were only 100 taels left.

Counting the dozen or so taels that Bai Chuanqiang took home and the twenty or so taels in Liu's hands, the entire Bai family now only has one hundred and thirty and forty taels of silver.

If it was normal, it would not be particularly small, but compared to the ones that were taken away, it was a loss of more than 100 taels. After such a calculation, my heart began to throb.

"Okay, don't think too much about it, it's just that our family is not that lucky, so let's just farm the land well and accept our fate." Mr. Bai sighed, put down the teacup in his hand, and returned home with Bai Chuanqiang. Shilipu.

Bai Chuanbai didn't try to stop them, but after watching them go away, he began to worry about the lotus root in the room.

Bai Shao and Bai Wei snickered at the side, neither of them stepped forward to comfort him.

This is Bai Shao's idea: just now, Bai Chuanbai obviously softened his heart and wanted to help Mr. Bai. Although Bai Shao agreed this time because of his own considerations, the two sisters did not want to help the elder Bai Chuanbai to help the Bai family at Shilipu This arrogance.

In general, it is okay to help this time, but it is still necessary to teach Bai Chuanbai a lesson, let Bai Chuanbai know that if he helps them, he will bear the consequences.

For example, that night, Bai Shao's family ate fried lotus root slices, stewed lotus root with pork, and shredded lotus root soup.

At first, Bai Chuanbai happily ate several mouthfuls of sliced ​​lotus root, and praised his family, "This lotus root tastes really good, very delicious."

When he realized that every dish he ate was lotus root, and even the soup he ate contained lotus root, Bai Chuanbai's expression finally turned bitter, "Mother, what do we want to sell this lotus root? Make a broken lotus root soup."

"To make minced lotus root soup, it's good to use two catties of lotus root a day, and this room can be used by us until next year." Wu's proposal was neutrally rejected.

Bai Chuanbai's face became even more bitter, and at the same time, a slight sense of regret rose from the bottom of his heart, "Then... what should I do."

This time, the mothers ignored him and just bowed their heads silently to eat.

When the meal was over, the mothers washed the dishes and were about to go to bed, they saw Bai Chuanbai standing in the yard, looking at the room where the lotus root was stored, sighing, with a sad face, the mothers were all happy.

Bai Wei couldn't help laughing out loud.

"You child, what are you laughing at? There are so many lotus roots... Why do you say that I felt sorry for your grandfather at that time...I..." Bai Chuanbai couldn't tell what to do with so many lotus roots.

"What should I do, of course I made it and ate it." Bai Shao also smiled faintly.

"I can't finish it. I can't give customers lotus root every day. It would be bad if I smashed the signboard that food is the sky, hey." Bai Chuanbai sighed, shook his head, and said in a low voice, "How about , I’ll sell lotus root in the shop, I can always sell it... At worst, I will lose money, um, that’s it..."

"Okay Dad, there is a way." Bai Shao saw that he was really planning to sell lotus root in Shiweitian, and stopped him funny, "Father, listen to me, do you still remember the cold noodle we made?" Is there a way? Let me tell you, this lotus root has to do this..."

She briefly told Bai Chuanbai how to make lotus root flour.

First buy a mill to grind the chopped lotus root into slurry water, pour out the water after sedimentation, and expose the remaining batter to the sun, and after drying it into dry powder, it is lotus root powder.

"What can this lotus root powder do?" Bai Chuanbai couldn't help asking curiously after hearing the novelty.

"You'll know when you make it." Bai Shao glanced at the black shadow hiding behind the door, and said softly, "Father, if you believe me, do it first, don't worry about it so much."

"Okay." Bai Chuanbai trusted the little girl very much, and agreed immediately, "I'll go buy a mill tomorrow, and I'll do it."

At this moment, Bai Yunshi, who had been yawning lazily, suddenly looked vigilantly at the direction Bai Shao was looking at before, and shouted in a low voice, "Who is hiding there sneaking around."

After speaking, he protected his family behind him in a protective gesture, then picked up a stone and threw it at the place where the shadow was.

(End of this chapter)