take a wife to support the family

Chapter 121

Going home from the county seat, Song Haonian felt quite uncomfortable along the way.

He had a bad relationship with his own brothers when he was a child, and later developed feelings for a group of sworn brothers. Qingsong is his brother-in-law, and in terms of this level of relationship alone, he is closer than others. Qingsong is clever and lovable. own children.

Now that Qingsong is left alone in the silk shop, it will be up to him in the future, although Song Haonian has not yet become a father, he already has some old father-like worries.

It was noon when we returned to the town, Song Haonian wanted to go to the tofu shop to bring a piece of tofu home, but his wife said that the shallots are growing well these days, so she made a tofu with shallots.

I don't want the tofu shop to be half-closed, and there is no trace of bean fragrance. It is actually a deserted posture.

Song Haonian was stunned for a moment, stepped forward and asked, "What happened?"

Xu Erchou, who owns a tofu shop, came out from behind, with a sad face, saw that it was Song Haonian, forced a smile, and said: "The shop is closed, from now on, we will not make tofu."

He didn't say why he didn't open it, and Song Haonian didn't want to ask too much, he just said: "Life has to go on, there are other ways to live if you don't open a store, if I can help, Uncle Er Ugly just come Find me."

Xu Erchou said a few perfunctory words and sent Song Haonian away.

Song Haonian went home and talked to Baihe: "I don't know why, if I can't open it, I won't open it. It's a pity to be a tofu shop."

Lily didn't wait for the tofu to cook. Fortunately, the mung bean sprouts she made were still there. She fried bean sprouts, then fried shredded pork with green onion sauce, and cut a plate of pickled cucumbers and pickled radishes.The dishes are all crispy and raw, and they are mouth-watering.

Bake two pancakes the size of a palm in a flat-bottomed pan, beat two eggs in the flour, make them soft and tough, and eat them with vegetables.

Song Haonian can finish a burrito in three or four mouthfuls, eat two pancakes, and drink two mouthfuls of egg fermented glutinous rice, he just feels very comfortable.

Lily made pancakes slowly, and said, "I heard people talk about this, and it's said that Uncle Er Chou's son is going to take them to live in the provincial capital."

"This is a good thing, what's the matter with Uncle Er Ugly?"

"The provincial capital costs a lot, and the old couple have no idea." Lily handed the cake to Song Haonian, "I am afraid that going to the provincial capital will not be good, and now I want to sell the tofu shop, but I can't do it for a while. I am worried about this."

Song Haonian stared at Lily, and she touched her face: "There is ashes on my face? What do you think I am doing?"

Her face was as white and tender as tofu, without any trace of gray, Song Haonian smiled and said, "You don't want to bring over the tofu shop?"

Lily sighed: "Why do you think I don't want to? It's just that our family has no money now."

He spent all his savings on building the house, and now he can only live comfortably, but the tofu shop is a big business, and if he doesn't have seven or eight pennies, he may not be able to get it down. Lily calculated her own savings, so she had to give up.

Song Haonian knew that her daughter-in-law had some ambitions, but she didn't believe that she didn't care about the tofu shop, otherwise she didn't like people who listened to gossip, how could she know about Uncle Er Chou's family?

Now that a great opportunity is in front of her eyes, but she is worried about having no money, Song Haonian suddenly feels sad.He rolled a pancake for Lily, put two more pieces of sour radish she loved, and said, "Eat first, I'll come up with something else."

Lily's eyes lit up, and then she became worried again: "You have to think hard, don't think about my idea and drag our family into the quagmire."

Song Haonian smiled: "I have some concerns, don't worry."

Lamei drank the fermented glutinous rice soup and said, "Sister, do you really want to open a tofu shop?"

The tofu shop of Xu Erchou's family is on the main street. It is a neat and tidy shop. It makes tofu at the back and sells it at the front. La Mei is very envious every time he passes by: how much capital does it cost to open such a shop!

She didn't expect her family to come up with the idea of ​​a tofu shop so quickly. Looking back, since she lived with her eldest sister, everything happened so fast, it was like a magic spell, which dazzled her.

Lily smiled and nodded: "If you miss such a good opportunity, you won't miss it. If you can take down the shop, you won't be selling raspberries and wild fruits in the future, and you can have a fixed income—those things are novelty. , after all, it’s not a long-term thing.”

Last year, she benefited from raspberries and wild fruits, and others learned from her. This year, more people learned from her. If there are too many people, the profits will be divided. How can it be as safe as opening a tofu shop?

Song Haonian said that he wanted to solve the money problem, so he went to Uncle Sheng the next day and proposed to borrow money from the Liu family.

Uncle Sheng felt strange: "I also said that when you repaired the house, you had to borrow some money to turn around. I didn't want you to repair the house with a large courtyard and a neat house by yourself. What is the reason now? I don't think you need a lot of money. What's the use of money."

Song Haonian talked about Xu Erchou's plan to sell the tofu shop, and said: "My daughter-in-law is a woman, and I feel really sorry for subsidizing the family in the wind and rain. It's better to take the tofu shop down She has something to do, so she doesn't have to run into the fields anymore."

Uncle Sheng said: "Are you just playing tricks? If this matter hadn't been your wife's idea, I would have lived all these years in vain!"

Being exposed all of a sudden, Song Haonian smiled embarrassedly, and said honestly: "Uncle Sheng has a lot of experience and knowledge. My wife wants to buy a tofu shop, but the family has no money, so she just thinks about it and gives up. She never forced me to go out to borrow money. It's just that I thought that a tofu shop is always a good way to make a living, which is better than her little woman's petty thinking."

Liu Sheng squinted his eyes and smiled: "This is the truth! Let me ask you, opening a tofu shop is not just a matter of subscribing to the shop. Do you know where the beans come from and how to make tofu?"

Song Haonian had inquired clearly before: "I asked Uncle Er Chou first, they still have some soybeans in their shop, if I can sell the shop, I will transfer all of them to me. Their soybeans are all Harvest them in the town, and in autumn I just do the same as him and harvest soybeans in the town.”

"My daughter-in-law knows a little bit about making tofu, and Wen Wa's parents are helping in the shop. Uncle Er Chou is going to leave. They can't, so I still ask them to help."

He had a good plan, Xu Caiwen was working with Qingsong in the county, and Song Haonian recommended him here, Xu Caiwen's parents were also afraid that Xu Erchou would leave and close the tofu shop, and they would have nowhere to go. Hearing that Song Haonian was going to sell the tofu shop, he took the initiative to ask him that he could help.

Now that everything is ready, Uncle Sheng no longer refuses, saying: "In that case, I will lend you ten guan at the lowest interest rate."

Song Haonian was overjoyed and thanked repeatedly.

This loan is also very particular, especially when landlords in rural areas lend money to others, it depends on the family background of the other party. The richer the person, the lower the interest rate.

Some people wonder why this is so?

The trick here is this: the poorer the person is, the easier it is for them to not be able to pay back the money they borrowed. Unless they want to plot against other people's acres of land, Liu's residence generally does not lend money to people who are too poor to afford food. , so as not to get the money back when the time comes, and also get a reputation for being rich and unkind.

If the person has one or two points of ability, you can also take the risk of lending him some. To be on the safe side, the interest rate will be extraordinarily high, and it is also to urge people to pay back the money earlier.

Like Song Haonian and his wife, Uncle Sheng and Aunt Sheng have a very good relationship with them. Master Liu also thinks that this young man is good. interest rate is low.

If it is a higher level, such as the friendship between Patriarch Song and Master Liu, it is no problem to borrow hundreds or thousands of taels of silver, even interest is not required, what people borrow is not money, but friendship.

If it was two or three years ago, even if Song Haonian begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother, Uncle Sheng would not lend him a penny. Now Song Haonian is impressive, even though his family is still not rich, Uncle Sheng is willing to give him the lowest. Interest—this family is capable and good-natured, as long as the turnover is over, it will get better and better.

Song Haonian came home with ten pennies in cash, Lily's eyes widened: "Where did it come from?"

Song Haonian talked about the process of borrowing money, and then said: "I negotiated the price with Uncle Er Chou, and Uncle Er Chou was in a hurry to make a move. The tofu shop has a dozen stones of soybeans, which count as nine pennies, and the rest comes out. This is consistent, see if there is any need, add it together.”

Lily is actually a somewhat cautious person. When she was in college, many classmates opened credit cards. She never used them for fear of owed money.

She borrowed student loans to go to school and repaid them as soon as she graduated, all because she was uneasy about owing money.Now that Song Haonian opened a shop for her to borrow money from others, she was moved but also a little scared: "What if I don't open the shop and the money will be wasted, what should I do?"

Song Haonian said earnestly: "Just open the store well, don't worry about the cost, if you really lose money, and I will take care of it, we are not stupid and lazy, at most one or two years we can earn back and pay back the money .”

Besides, he truly believed that with his wife's intelligence, she would be able to make the tofu shop more prosperous than it was under the hands of Uncle Er Chou.

Lily pursed her lips and smiled: "Is that why you trust me?"

"I don't believe you, who else should I believe?" Song Haonian felt that Baihe was talking stupidly, "You are my daughter-in-law, the mother of my child in the future, and you will spend all of our family's money and food."

Lily blossomed: "Even so, you have to know it in your heart. If one day I make a mistake, you can pull me back."

Among the people she has met, Song Haonian is not the most intelligent, but he is the kind of person who is the most assertive and will not go astray. If one day she goes astray, she can only rely on him.

Song Haonian nodded solemnly: "I think you won't go astray, but let me agree first, if one day I feel that you are doing something wrong, don't blame me."

Lily tiptoed and kissed his chin: "It's for our family, I won't blame you, not only don't blame you, but also thank you."

Song Haonian thought about it, and decided to let his daughter-in-law go to the kang to thank him first.

(End of this chapter)