Mingshi

Chapter 142
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"Xin'er, you just said that you can only tell grandpa to buy five hundred catties, why is that?" Luo Ping asked again.

"Don't worry about scarcity but inequality!" Luo Xin said softly.

"What do you mean?" Luo Ping asked, frowning.

"It means not worrying about the lack of distribution, but worrying about the uneven distribution." Luo Xin said seriously: "Father, it is not impossible for us to give food to grandpa's family, but we have to make money, right? If we give them food in the future, It's not worth it if you don't fall behind, or even leave a bad name. At that time, not only will my mother be angry, but you will also feel uncomfortable? And these are not important, you don't want to get angry with grandpa because of this Uncle, is my uncle’s family feuding? You don’t want to leave a reputation of being unfilial in the village, do you?”

Roche's expression changed.

how?
Will they be scolded for giving them food for free?Will it still leave a reputation of unfilial piety?It would be better not to give!When he thought that he might not gain status in the family, gain respect from parents-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law, but instead left a reputation of being unfilial, Luo Shi was not happy at the time.

Luo Ping sat there frowning and thinking, although he is simple and honest, he is not stupid.Hearing Luo Xin's words "Don't worry about scarcity, but about inequality", after thinking about it for a while, I understood.However, his temper was still simple and honest, and he still asked in puzzlement:
"Xin'er, our family bought two thousand catties, and then we will give your grandfather one thousand catties. Isn't that very even? So you can always get a filial name, right?"

Luo Xin shook his head and said, "No!"

"why?"

"Because your calculations are wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"Because there are only four people in our family, and there are nine people in my grandfather's family. They will think that our family has left more than one thousand catties, and they should be divided according to the population."

Luo Ping's complexion immediately turned ugly. He wasn't angry with Luo Xin, but thought that the grandfather's family would really be like this.Before the family separation, bullying my own family has been done a lot. When bullying has become a habit, it becomes natural.If their own family keeps a thousand catties, they will definitely feel uncomfortable. At that time, they will not feel that this is a relief for them, but will be jealous and hate their own family.

"Okay, just do as Xin'er said."

"Also..." Luo Xin's expression became serious: "Once there is a food shortage, you can't give 250 catties of food to grandpa's family all at once."

This time Luo Ping didn't speak, but just looked over with questioning eyes.After being nurtured by later generations, Luo Xin understood human nature too well, so he said lightly:
"Grandpa's family has nine people, and they have food, and they know that our family has it, so they will eat it freely. The 250 catties of food will be eaten soon, and then they will continue to ask us confidently. Should we give it or not? And if we give it to them all at once, they will only be grateful for a while, and cannot make their gratitude a habit. Father, our family will be better off, not to mention our share money from Uncle Lu, when we wait My eldest brother and I became officials, and our family's life will change drastically.

It's not that I'm not filial to my grandparents, uncles and uncles, but because I'm afraid that they will turn into unfamiliar eyes..."

"Ahem..." Luo Ping coughed twice, and Luo Ping also stopped talking, instead of saying the word "wolf", he continued:

"At that time, they thought our family was as easy to bully as before, and they used to let our family do this and that, and my eldest brother and I would definitely not do it, so they became enemies again, and it was inevitable that the uncle and uncle would be in the village. Gossip will affect our family's reputation. This is still a trivial matter. In the future, if the uncle and my uncle's family use the reputation of my brother and me to go out and do some deceitful things, it will bring disaster to our family. So we must do it from now on Let's start with small things to prevent such things from happening.

Father, mother, and the elders should establish authority in the Luo family and make them fear us.Father, you must have an unambiguous position in the Luo family, so that you can avoid future disasters. "

Luo Ping frowned and said, "Xin'er, I know what you said is right, but do you want to do this?"

"Let's start by giving them food!" Luo Xin said seriously: "We will give them ten catties at a time."

"Ten catties is enough for them to eat for a few days?" Luo Ping's face was a bit unbearable.

Luo Xin laughed and said, "It's not that we don't help them any more, but we have to ask them to come to our house to ask for food, so that they can continue to be grateful to our family. Even if it's only for a few months, it will wear down uncle and brother. Uncle's pride makes them feel a head lower in front of their father and mother, from gratitude to respect."

Luo Shi was already beaming at this time, thinking of his sister-in-law and sister-in-law bowing their heads in front of her and complimenting her appearance, she felt relieved, not to mention a thousand catties of food, even if two thousand catties could be exchanged for that position, she would be happy.But Luo Ping thought more.

"Xin'er, if they come to beg for food once, we can give out ten catties of grain. We told you that grandpa bought five hundred catties of grain. There are thirteen people in the two families, which is not enough to eat. A few months. At that time, we will still be able to provide food, how do you explain this? Your grandfather will think that our family is lying and hate us, and we will also leave a reputation of being unfilial."

"This is what I'm going to talk about next! The previous actions can only make them respect our family. Whether it's the wisdom shown by our family's food storage in advance, or the filial piety that they are willing to help grandpa, they will make them respect our family, but They cannot be intimidated.

Dad, in a few days, you can remodel the bullock cart at home and make a hidden compartment at the bottom of the bullock cart.At that time, after the five hundred catties of grain have been eaten, one hundred catties of grain will be put in the hidden compartment in advance, and then my father and I will drive the ox cart into the county, and when we come back, we will say that we borrowed one hundred catties of grain from Uncle Lu.

Who is Uncle Lu?

When grandpa knew that we could borrow food from Uncle Lu's family, the grandpa's family would feel fear.Hehe... At that time, we can still say that we borrowed some food from the magistrate's family. I don't believe that Grandpa's family dare not think highly of our family?
Only in this way, on the one hand, we rescued the grandfather's family and performed our filial piety.On the other hand, our family has also earned status.It will save a lot of trouble later on. "

"Great, let's do it according to what Xin'er said." Luo Shi was beaming.

Luo Ping thought for a while, and finally nodded.

"Father, don't talk to grandpa about buying grain yet. Let's buy [-] catties secretly first, and then talk to grandpa about buying grain. If grandpa agrees, our two families will go to the county to buy grain together. If Grandpa disagrees, and if we go by ourselves, then the grandpa family will only know that we have bought five hundred catties of grain."

"Then our first three times?"

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