Pick up a killer and farm together

Chapter 25
Liu Ruchun saw that her father and mother were also kneeling down, so she quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Yes, thank you Bodhisattva for blessing us, and I hope Bodhisattva will continue to bless my brother and sister so that they can recover soon."

Because the dried beans were going to be sent to Shopkeeper Jin’s store the day after tomorrow, Zhong and Liu Mingqiao started picking beans with the lights on. Liu Ruchun went to prepare pots for soaking beans, but found that there were only two clean pots at home. If they were all used for soaking If the beans are gone, those who will not cook tomorrow will be bored for a while.

Seeing this, Liu Mingqiao couldn't help feeling guilty, and said: "How about I go to your third uncle's house and bring back that iron pot."

It turned out that when the family was separated, Liu Ruchun's family divided two iron pots, one large and one small, and three other wooden basins. One of the three wooden basins was used as a washbasin, and the other two were used for washing dishes and washing rice. The iron pot was borrowed from her third uncle's family. It has been borrowed for more than a year, and there is no intention of returning it. For more than a year, their family has used that big iron pot to cook vegetables and stew rice.

Mrs. Zhong just shook her head when she heard the words, "Forget it, if Third Brother and the others intend to pay back, it's impossible for them to delay until now."

"That's right, maybe Third Aunt still doesn't admit it." Liu Ruchun also agreed with her mother's idea, and she just went to make fun of herself.

"Hey, what should we do?" Liu Mingqiao scratched his head, feeling annoyed for a moment.

"Why don't we do this? Anyway, the beans are ground soy milk, and our pot can't be filled at one time, or we can divide them into two." Zhong suggested.

This is the only way to do it now, Liu Mingqiao nodded, "Then soak these first, I will get up and grind these at the moment of ugly, and then soak the rest, when the first batch of dried beans come out at noon, these beans It’s also soaked just right, so I can make 5000 yuan the day after tomorrow.”

That's good, so everyone went their own way, and they all became a little nervous. After all, it was the first time to do business, so they couldn't mess it up.

When Chou was ugly, Liu Ruchun asked Si'er to wake up at night, and sure enough, when she saw the light in the kitchen dimly lit, she knew that her father was grinding soybean milk, so she didn't dare to fall asleep when she went back, and as soon as the sun was shining, she quickly got up and cooked soybean milk with her mother , because I was worried that it would not be enough, so I didn't dare to take a sip, I just filled a bowl for Si'er and left it.

He has been busy all day, but fortunately Si'er has new fabrics for making new clothes, so he looks extraordinarily well-behaved, but he just shows off behind Liu Ruchun's butt all day long.

In the evening at Xushi, I finally made the last 700 yuan of dried tofu and packed them all, but found that the two baskets could not be filled, and it was easy to break the dried tofu, so I went to vacate Zhong's dowry box. , a full box has just been filled.

But looking at this big box, Mrs. Zhong had to worry again, and said to Liu Mingqiao: "There are so many, you can't finish it all by yourself, if not tomorrow, I will go with you, and the two of us will carry it with a pole." go."

The dried tofu is not light, not to mention that he has to walk such a long mountain road, Liu Mingqiao is not willing to suffer with her, seeing that it is not too late, and there is moonlight outside, he said: "Don't worry, I will go to the village chief Borrow his family's ox cart."

There are quite a few families in this village, but unfortunately they are all poor families. There are only three oxen in the whole village, and the village head can afford the ox cart. He only stopped his father, "Daddy, you don't know who the village chief is, and if you go empty-handed like this, he probably won't borrow it."

After being reminded by her daughter, Liu Mingqiao came to her senses and patted her head, "Look at my brain." At the same time, she asked Mrs. Zhong to bring the last piece of bacon at home.

What a prodigal.Liu Ruchun shook his head helplessly, "Father, if you sell the bacon there, it will be worth a lot of money, but if you just take it like this and give it to the village chief's grandfather, he has bad teeth and can't eat much, I'm afraid it won't work." In your sympathy, according to my opinion, it is better to bring ten copper coins to him, the money can be held in your hand and in your bosom, it is more practical than anything else."

Mrs. Zhong also heard that the village chief’s teeth are not good, and the bacon in their house is roe deer meat, which is fat and lean, and it has been left for so long, so it is dry and hard. He also said: "What girl Chun said is right, so I rented it to him at that time."

Although Liu Mingqiao was the head of the family, he never had any ideas, so seeing his wife and daughter saying that, she nodded, went into the room and took ten coppers from the earthen pot on the bed frame.

The tofu has been doing business for more than a month, and it has earned a lot of money for their family, but it is not convenient to rent the ox cart of the village chief's house, and he has to feed it at noon. Liu Mingqiao wanted to rent an ox cart, so he never fed the cows in the morning.So the whole family made up their minds and bought a donkey, which can carry things on the one hand and grind the mill on the other.

Because Liu Zhao was studying in the town, so Liu Mingqiao went to the town every now and then to deliver dried beans, and everyone didn't pay much attention to it. They didn't want him to suddenly buy a donkey, and everyone couldn't help but wondered, thinking where he made a fortune. After Mrs. Lin heard about it, , immediately put down the work and came to Liu Ruchun's house to watch the donkey.

In any case, it was her own mother, and Liu Mingqiao bought a donkey today, and she was very happy in her heart, so she didn't stop her, but politely invited her in, but she didn't want Mrs. Lin to stand in front of the donkey shed with her waist pinched and look at the donkey After a while, he turned to Liu Mingqiao with a straight face and said, "Have you gone to find your little sister?"

Mrs. Lin would never believe that her elm-headed son could do business, so it is assumed that Liu Mingqiao went to the big city to ask Liu Huan'er for money to buy it.

Liu Mingqiao was honest, didn't understand Lin's words, but continued to happily say: "In the future, for the autumn harvest or something, mother can just let daddy come and lead the donkey to the hunchback, so that you don't have to worry about it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Lin snorted coldly, "You know what is good or bad." As he spoke, he went forward to untie the rope.

Seeing this, Liu Mingqiao said hurriedly: "Mother, why do you want to hunch, this donkey hasn't been fed yet, let me feed it first."

"Hey, what are you feeding? I'll just let your father put it on the mountain to graze. It's a waste of food for a beast." Speaking of this, he paused, and then said to Liu Mingqiao: "And this donkey, If you want to use it in the future, you have to give the old lady ten coppers."

Liu Mingqiao's brain seemed to have been struck by lightning, and it took him a moment to realize that his mother had already led the donkey to the gate, but fortunately, Xiao Hei noticed the change in the owner, and barked towards the gate barking.

Xiao Hei's cry ushered in Zhong's mother and daughter three who were unwilling to meet Lin in the room.

"Grandma, what are you doing?" Liu Ruchun was in the room, seeing this scene, the first thing she didn't call back to Xiao Hei, but questioned Lin Shi.

This granddaughter is what Lin hates the most. She immediately smiled coldly and said confidently, "What am I doing? Your father has the cheek to ask me to buy a donkey from Huan'er, but how can I let my daughter's money go for nothing?" I fell into the home of people like you who don't know what to do." Patted the donkey's buttocks in satisfaction, as if the aggrieved breath that had been accumulating recently disappeared all at once, raised his head and said with a straight chest: "This donkey I naturally It's taking it back."

(End of this chapter)