Super cute daughter-in-law

Chapter 229 The Disturbance of Selling Pork
A room full of women were chattering, when suddenly they heard someone talking in the yard, the voices sounded like Yangliu's second aunt Liu and third aunt Zhao, Cao said hello to everyone, then jumped off the kang and went out.

After a while, I saw Mrs. Cao leading Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhao in. After Yang Liu saw it, she hurriedly got off the kang to heat up the brazier in the ground, and at the same time called Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhao to sit by the brazier.

Sitting by the brazier, Mrs. Zhao stretched out her hands to roast by the side of the basin, took a breath and said, "This damn weather, it's so cold."

Mrs. Cao followed, sat next to Mrs. Zhao, and continued, "No, the weather was fine last month. I looked at the last month and thought it would be a warm winter this year. I didn't expect it to be so cold. I don't know. What to do."

Mrs. Liu looked at Mrs. Cao and smiled, and said, "Fortunately, it's not always like this in the past years. We are not the same here."

As Mrs. Liu said, she also sat on the edge of the kang to look at Sini's embroidered things, and asked Sini what she liked in a low voice, and went to the town tomorrow to buy some dowry for Sini.

Looking at the posture, Mrs. Liu came here today for Sini's dowry, but Mrs. Zhao was obviously not. After hearing Mrs. Liu's words, she opened the conversation by the way: "How could it be the same in previous years? We didn't Doing business, our family will do business this year, the weather is not good, so it is not easy to do business."

Then, Mrs. Zhao raised her head and asked Yang Liu again: "By the way, Liu'er, it's the first month of the twelfth lunar month, so what are you going to do with the pigs in the pigsty?"

Yang Liu reckoned that Mrs. Zhao's visit today must not be casual chatter, and since she entered the house, she didn't ask about Sini's affairs at all. It seems that she came here today to discuss with their family the matter of the pigsty at the top of the mountain. .

Hearing Zhao Shi's tone just now, she seemed to have made up her mind, so she smiled and asked Zhao Shi: "Third Aunt, what do you think about it?"

Mrs. Zhao hesitated for a while, but said nothing.

On the contrary, Mrs. Cao looked at Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Liu and said, "Third daughter-in-law, you are here just in time. My Liu'er and his father were still discussing with Liu'er this morning, asking if we should start preparing for the slaughter of pigs?" It’s already the twelfth lunar month, and some families have to prepare some bacon strips, and they need to buy a lot of meat.”

Mrs. Liu looked at Mrs. Cao with a smile, and said indifferently: "Sister-in-law, you can handle this matter according to your own needs. When killing pigs, come and call my guy. I will ask him to come and help me. I don't care about other things."

Cao Shi nodded, then turned to look at Zhao Shi.

Mrs. Zhao didn't answer Mrs. Cao directly, but just looked at Yang Liu and asked, "How much is a catty of pork now? Has the price increased?"

Yang Liu glanced at Mrs. Cao: "No, it's still twelve cents a catty of pork. It's still early before the Chinese New Year. The price of pork can't rise that fast. In previous years, the price increase would have to be done by the end of the year. It's not so early. .”

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao had a look of disappointment on her face, and said nothing more.

After hearing Yang Liu's words, Mrs. Huang said anxiously: "Then what should we do? We have a lot of pigs in the pigsty. If we wait until the Chinese New Year to kill them, I'm afraid we won't be able to sell all the pork by then."

Yang Liu originally wanted to wait for the weather to improve, so she called Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhao to come over to discuss the matter of the pigpen. It happened that Mrs. Zhao also mentioned this matter, so Yang Liu said her plan: "My father and I After discussion, we mean that we will start killing pigs and selling meat from the next time we go to the market. No matter whether the price of pork rises or not, we have to prepare to sell it. Otherwise, we will wait until the end of the year, and the pork will definitely not be sold all at once. Finish."

As soon as Yang Liu's words fell, Mrs. Zhao replied, "Why can't we sell them all? In the days before and after the Chinese New Year, no matter whether the family can eat or not, but during the Chinese New Year and the first month, we have to eat. This meat will always be sold." In the past, every year after the 25th in our village, the villagers killed up to five pigs a day, and all the meat could be sold in our village without sending it to the market for sale."

Then, Mrs. Zhao calculated carefully in her heart, and then said: "I think, there are more than 30 pigs in our pigsty, and more than 20 pigs can be killed for meat. They will be killed from the 25th of the twelfth lunar month until the New Year's Eve." Thirty, just enough to sell out, plus the price of pork will rise on those days every year, I think those days are the best days to kill pigs."

Mrs. Zhao's calculation is correct, because the living standards of the people here are limited, especially in winter, because most of the families have no income, and they basically will not starve to death throughout the winter, and the saved money will be kept for the future. a prosperous year.

In addition to the customs here, during the first lunar month, relatives in the family have to walk around each other, and every family has to serve some good wine and food to entertain guests. Few families will kill pigs during the first lunar month, so everyone usually celebrates during the new year. I bought pork a few days ago. Anyway, the weather is cold in the first month, and the meat will not go bad.

Therefore, regardless of whether the family has money or not, it is absolutely indispensable for the whole family to buy more than ten catties of meat during the Chinese New Year.

It stands to reason that the price of pigs slaughtered after 25 is naturally the highest, but the pigsty in their house must not be comparable to that in someone else's house with only one or two pigs.

Therefore, Yang Liu smiled and analyzed with Zhao: "Third Aunt, the price is higher in the days near the end of the year, but have you ever thought that if there are people in the village who kill pigs and everyone thinks so, the original village Killing five pigs a day, plus our five would make ten pigs, and there were only two episodes in those few days, are you sure we can sell all those pigs in our village?"

"If it can't be sold out before the year ago, not many people will spend money to buy the old pork a few days after that year, so what are you going to do with the remaining meat, Third Aunt?"

"The rest..." Mrs. Zhao thought for a while, and then said: "The rest of the meat will be divided between us for the New Year. I think so, you see, you are selling it now, although it is to ensure that the meat can be sold out." , but the price is not as high as during the Chinese New Year, I guess the money earned will be about the same by then."

Yang Liu felt that Mrs. Zhao's idea was too risky, and shook her head with a smile: "No, no, Third Aunt, I don't think your idea is safe. If there is more than a little bit of our meat left in those few days, then we can eat it. It’s going to waste a lot of money.”

"I don't think money will be wasted. Think about it, if a catty of pork is worth three Wen, we can sell a pig for a hundred catties of meat, but three hundred Wen, do the math, which one is worth it?" Zhao always insisted on herself idea.

Yang Liu knew in her heart that Zhao's idea was inappropriate, but after all, the business was a partnership between the three, so she must not only listen to what she said, but the other two also had the right to speak.

Besides, this is only her first year here, and she doesn't know much about how much the people here attach importance to the New Year or their spending power.

After thinking about it, she turned around and asked Huang Shi and Liu Shi for their opinions: "Well, Grandma, Second Aunt, tell me, which idea do you think is better?"

Mrs. Liu lowered her head and thought for a while, then smiled and said: "I don't care, you can do whatever you say is good, as long as you can make money, it doesn't matter if you make less, after all, this is the first year we are doing this business. , I think it’s good insurance.”

Although Mrs. Liu said it didn't matter, the meaning behind her words was obvious. She supported Yang Liu's idea.

After Mrs. Zhao heard this, she glanced at Mrs. Liu angrily, thinking that Mrs. Liu is a villain who likes to flatter. Seeing that the life of Yangliu's family is getting better, she favors Yangliu's family.

Therefore, Mrs. Zhao looked up at Mrs. Huang, hoping that Mrs. Huang would stand by her side and speak.

But to her disappointment, Huang's words were more straightforward than Liu's, and she stood by Yang Liu's side without hesitation: "I also think Liu'er's idea is good. Look, if you start killing pigs from the next market , not only worry about not being able to sell the pork, but we can still sell the pigs here, if we wait until the Chinese New Year to kill them, we can’t deal with the pigs, and if we can’t sell them, it’s all a waste.”

Yang Liu pursed her lips, thinking that Mrs. Huang shouldn't be talking about the pig being thrown into the water at this time. Originally, because no one supported Mrs. Zhao, she felt uncomfortable. Grab the reason to make a fuss.

Sure enough, as soon as Mrs. Huang's words fell, Mrs. Zhao looked at Mrs. Huang with a mocking face, and said bluntly: "Oh, mother, this plan can kill two birds with one stone. This pig can help the old people earn a fortune. , Sure enough, what people said is correct, the old man in this family, whoever lives with her son, must be partial to that son in her heart, and the other sons have become outsiders in her heart."

"You see my mother is like this. Now our three brothers' family is the best among our eldest brother's family. In this winter, we ordinary people not only cannot earn money, but also have to eat our family's capital, but our eldest brother's family is not only I can support my own family, and even my son-in-law’s family.”

After a pause, she continued with a smile that was not a smile: "That's it, my mother has to help the elder brother's family, thinking about the pigs in the pigsty, and there are dozens of pigs in the pigsty. The big brother’s family can deal with it, but it can be sold for a lot of money.”

Mrs. Zhao's words were blatantly provoking Mrs. Huang, and she refused to even be tactful.

After hearing this, Mrs. Huang naturally wouldn't show a good face to Mrs. Zhao.

She looked at Mrs. Zhao with a livid face: "Third daughter-in-law, are you here today because you want to quarrel again?"

"Hmph." Mrs. Zhao glanced at Mrs. Huang and Yang Liu, sneered, and didn't reply.

Angrily, Huang wanted to stand up and talk to Zhao, but Yang Liu stopped her.

Yang Liu put down the purse bag she was playing in her hand, and said to Zhao with a light smile, "Third Aunt, don't worry, the three of us built the pigsty together, no matter what we sell to make money, I will definitely share it." I'll give you a share, whether it's pork or pig offal, as long as it's in the pigsty, you'll have your share."

"As for the pig that Nai just said, if you are willing to sell it to my family after the slaughter, I will naturally pay for it. If you don't want to sell it, then you can share your share."

"You bought it with money?" It's another way of saying to buy it with money. When Mrs. Zhao heard this, her eyes lit up, she looked at Yang Liu and asked, "How did you buy the pig into the water?"

(End of this chapter)