Traveling through the mountains and fields to be leisurely

Chapter 15

Lan Lingxue was suddenly speechless. What kind of promise was that? Just a few simple words, but Lan Lingxue shed tears, and then, it surged into an ocean.

"Father, let's go."

Enough crying, Lan Lingxue wiped her eyes with her sleeve embarrassingly, and tugged on her father's skirt, yes, like her father, the promise that cannot be said, then I will show you and tell you with my actions You, that is a kind of blood and family relationship that is constantly parted, a sharing of joys and sorrows that connect bones and muscles. From then on, our family is connected by blood,
"Girl, your eyes are red from crying."

In the daughter's cry, Lan Erzhuang, who didn't say a word, endured the pain in his heart, stretched out his rough hand, and gently wiped the daughter's eyes, Lan Lingxue's eyes were red, and she smiled sweetly.

"Father, I'm ugly, don't I look like a red-eyed rabbit?"

coquettishly grabbing Dad's arm,

"Just talking nonsense, my daughter is beautiful."

Gently rubbed Lan Lingxue's eyes with the palm of her hand, they were a little swollen,
"I'm not afraid of being ugly. Your daughter has a magic weapon. Ugly will become a beauty in no time. I can't embarrass my father."

Lan Erzhuang looked at the girl and patted her eyes with her hands. Was it water that leaked from her fingers?Lan Erzhuang's eyes widened. Lan Lingxue washed his eyes well with spring water, massaged them a few times, wiped them with his sleeve, raised his head,

"How is it, Daddy, are you pretty?"

Looking at her daughter's big watery eyes, Lan Erzhuang really only had the mood of kneeling and worshiping. It is no wonder that it is a treasure bestowed by the Bodhisattva, it is omnipotent!
"Uncle Li, here I come."

Seeing her father move three and a half bags of flour to the door of Hongfa Grain Shop, Lan Lingxue opened the curtain of the Grain Shop and walked in. When she saw Boss Li, she greeted him affectionately.

"Hey, the little basket is here, come in quickly."

Looking at the young girl who was so beautiful, Li Yongtai hurriedly put down the work in his hands and came over to meet him. Only then did he see the strong man who followed Lan Lingxue, Li Yongtai was a little dazed,

"Little basket, who is this?"

At first glance, he came with this girl, but didn't the girl say that her father was not at home yesterday, if it was a family member, why didn't she come with this girl yesterday, let such a young girl come out to sell things by herself,
"Uncle Li, this is my father. He just came back last night. He heard that I came to trouble you yesterday, so he came here specially to thank you."

"Yes, yes, thank you, Boss Li, for taking such good care of our daughter."

"There's no need to thank me, it's not like I don't accept grain from others, am I just running a grain shop?"

Seeing the big hands stretched out by the man, Li Yongtai hurriedly grasped them. They were really working hands with thick and firm calluses.

"That's Boss Li's kindness. If someone else's family sees that such a young girl is here to sell things, no one will accept it."

Lan Erzhuang thanked her sincerely. If she treats her daughter well, she must be the one she wants to befriend.
"You're welcome, big brother. If you come and go often in the future, what's the difference?"

Let Lan Erzhuang move in, move two stools over,
"That's fine, I won't be courteous to Boss Li. My name is Lan Erzhuang, and Boss Li will call me Erzhuang."

"My name is Li Yongtai, Brother Er Zhuang, don't be polite to me, call me Brother Li, I don't want to wrong you."

"Don't be wronged, don't be wronged, it's my brother who climbed up."

"You're welcome."

"hey-hey……"

Seeing the two men having a good chat, Lan Lingxue gave her father a thumbs up in her heart, but she didn't realize that she usually looks like a simple and honest person, although he has a dark belly, but his mouth is not dexterous, but Listening to the conversation just now, this father still underestimated him.

"Brother Er Zhuang, at first glance, you are a good farmer. The things you grow are worthy of your daughter's daring to sell them. They are really good things."

"It's not as exaggerated as Brother Li said, it's just white noodles."

"Brother, don't be humble. I was grinding the bag of wheat grains in your family yesterday afternoon, and the flour that was ground was fine and white. I have to grind other people's wheat three times to get it so fine. The wheat is ground once, and there is still a faint fragrance of flour while grinding, I don’t even need to make steamed buns, I just know that this flour is a good thing.”

"As long as it's good, I'm afraid Brother Li will lose money if he accepts my flour."

"How can it be? It's just waiting to make money. I just don't know if Brother Er Zhuang still has this flour at home. If there is any leftover white flour, it's okay to sell all of it to my brother? My brother will give you a good price."

Li Yongtai's voice was full of eagerness, as soon as the flour was ground, he knew it was a good thing. I was afraid that the Lan family was a poor family and had no surplus food. If the Lan family could no longer produce such flour, then half Pocket flour, but I really don't want to sell it, I have to keep it for my family.

"Brother Li, what a coincidence. There is a lot of grain left at home. I didn't plan to sell it. Isn't this the family waiting for the money? I think it's autumn, and the new grain in the field is about to come down. I Today I brought more than three bags, and I want to sell them for urgent use, if you want to stay here, brother, then I will definitely let you here first."

"That's really great, old brother, I'm not welcome, where is the food, brother will come with you to pick it up, girl, help uncle look after the shop."

Li Yongtai stood up, pulled Lan Erzhuang, and walked straight out, seeing this man who was so anxious to close the shop, he made Lan Lingxue who was watching the excitement laugh,
"Uncle Li, I see that you are in a hurry. If you can't run away, it's right at the door of your shop."

"hey-hey……"

Li Yongtai scratched his head in embarrassment,
"Uncle, isn't he afraid that the food will be heavy, and your father won't be able to carry it by himself."

Two men carried the flour into the shop, Lan Erzhuang opened a bag of noodles,

"Brother Li, let's see how the quality is. If it's okay, you can stay. If you don't think it's right, I'll go find someone else."

"Me, why not, such good flour, but only you can grow it, brother, come on, let's weigh it, let's see how much there is?"

Li Yongtai grabbed a handful of flour and passed it over, and immediately tied the mouth of the bag, as if afraid of being snatched by someone, he hurriedly carried it to the large scale, and made an appointment about the weight,
"Brother, 52 catties and seven taels."

After reporting the number, I brought another bag over.

"This bag weighs 53 catties and two taels."

After all the appointments, I took the abacus and added up the total,

"Brother, these three and a half bags of flour are a total of 180 catties and 32 taels, plus the 220 catties and 220 taels of noodles I ground yesterday, and the total is [-] catties and [-] taels. , I pay fifteen Wen per catty..."

"Etc., etc……"

After hearing Li Wentai's words, Lan Lingxue hurriedly stopped him, why does the amount of money sound wrong?

"Uncle Li, wait a minute, how much do you say per catty?"

Lan Lingxue was afraid that she didn't hear clearly,
"Fifteen cents, why, my daughter thinks it's too little? It's not that uncle is stingy. In fact, this money is already the highest price that can be sold for white noodles on our street."

Li Yongtai was really afraid that the two of them would be dissatisfied, but this was a reasonable price after tossing and turning last night, after thinking for a long time before deciding on a reasonable price. This little girl is cheap,

"Uncle Li, don't worry, it's not that it's low, it's that it's high. The white flour in your shop only sells for thirteen cents a catty. When it comes to me, you only charge fifteen cents. That's not a big loss." Send it, did you make a mistake in your calculations, don’t worry, you can do the calculations again.”

Really afraid that Li Yongtai made a wrong calculation, Lan Lingxue hurriedly comforted Uncle Li to recalculate, but a big stone in Li Yongtai's heart fell to the ground.

"How can you do business like this? Others think that the buyer is undervalued when they sell things, but you girl are afraid that I will underestimate you."

Lovingly touching the little basket's hair, the soft and delicate touch unique to children, from the palm of his hand to Li Yongtai's heart, made his whole heart soften.
"Big brother, you are a good girl. You are kind-hearted. You will definitely be rewarded. If you take good care of her, you will surely have future blessings. Maybe she is a lucky star in your family."

"That's right, my girl is one in a million, so smart."

For the girl who praised her family, Lan Erzhuang was not modest at all, her waist was straighter than usual,

"Father, how can you praise your child like this, don't let Uncle Li laugh at you."

"What a joke, Uncle Li is envious, your father has such an obedient daughter as you."

Li Yongtai raised his hand and wiped his face, hiding the tears quietly welling up in his eyes, but Lan Lingxue saw it with sharp eyes, didn't reveal it, and quietly buried the secret in his heart.

"Brother Li, since my daughter has said it, you should do the hard work and don't lose your business just to help us."

I didn't pay attention to money at first, but after hearing what my daughter said, Lan Erzhuang also realized that something was wrong. This straightforward guy thought that he was taking good care of him, so he could lose money to do this business. Busy Pulling Li Yongtai to make him recalculate, he was still thinking about it, Brother Li is a kind person, and this advantage is absolutely unacceptable, sorry!
"What's the loss? There's no way to lose money when you open the door to do business. Brother Er Zhuang, although I received your flour at Shiwuwen, the quality of your flour is good. It is the best of the best. Selling high-priced flour, how can it be the same price as those ordinary flour, I am ready to make money, so put your heart in your stomach, brother, I can’t lose.”

"Really? Brother Li didn't lie to me?"

"Of course it's true. I plan to sell it for twenty cents a catty. I'm afraid it won't be enough for this price."

Li Yongtai did not expect that his casual words would become a prophecy. In the days to come, the Lan family's flour would be in short supply.

"Is there anyone who buys such expensive flour?"

Hearing the price, Lan Erzhuang was stunned. It was twenty cents, but Lan Lingxue was pissed in her heart. This Uncle Li is good at calculating. He is not afraid that good things will not be sold at a good price. Careful, he is definitely a shrewd person in business, and he is honest and kind in life. It seems that if I need to get in touch with this Uncle Li more, maybe it will be useful in future business.

(End of this chapter)