Pinellia pastoral

Chapter 163
The weather has turned warm, but at this time, Ban Xia and the others seem to be in an ice cellar.

Zhang Liu was very guilty and kept blaming himself, "I was too careless, I ordered so much at once, but I couldn't get it back."

After finishing speaking, he gritted his teeth and said, "Third brother, don't worry too much about this. I provoked it. Even if I sell the house and land, I can get the money back!"

Su Youli hurriedly dissuaded him, but Zhang Liu seemed to have made up his mind.

Zhang Liu is already estimating the value of his own things, he is such a bully.

Seeing that Su Youli couldn't persuade Zhang Liu, Mrs. Li hurried to talk to the new sister-in-law, "Talk about it, this is all your own business, even if Ban Xia's father went by himself, it might be like this, how can you blame this. "

The new sister-in-law curled her lips, "Don't worry about it, he just has no brains in doing things! This kind of thing can also be cheated by others, if it is sold, it will be sold, and I will help keep the workshop when the time comes."

Not only did not dissuade, but was very supportive.

Li was at a loss.

Ban Xia tried her best to calm down, now that there is no way to go, and there is no money in hand, otherwise the soybeans over there will be eaten, and there will be delivery here, I am afraid there is some way.

It's not a problem to continue to make trouble like this.

Ban Xia opened her mouth, "Don't make noise, don't make noise, we haven't reached a dead end yet, we can't push ourselves to a dead end."

"What way?"

Seeing these gazes, Banxia felt a little uncomfortable. If it wasn't for her greediness, they wouldn't need to endure such torture, but the matter has come to the fore, and there is absolutely no reason to retreat, "Now that the soybeans are bought, But in the city, it’s just that they can’t be transported back. There is no other way to solve this problem. Anyway, they come and go. However, the shipping fee is probably not much cheaper. This is one, and the other is that we already have five thousand catties of soybeans, and we can also produce two thousand catties of bean curd sticks. If you pay, the rest can be operated, if not...we sell our land, and we can buy it back when the time comes."

"Yes, this is still a land sale, so it's for us anyway."

Ban Xia disagreed very much, "Uncle, don't talk about selling your own land. If you sell the land, not to mention we feel sorry for it, even if people outside see it, who would dare to work for our family? No? What's more, it wasn't your fault in the first place, now is not the time to think about it, in a crisis, in a crisis, maybe our chance has come."

Zhang Liu himself is a very hard-working person. He was so guilty that he had no choice but to bear the consequences. After Ban Xia's analysis, he felt better. After careful consideration, he gave himself a hard time. Slap, "My pig's brain!"

Having said that, needless to say, they are still divided into two groups. Zhang Liu is very tired after rushing back from the city, but he still refuses to rest. He went to contact Su Youzhang about the horses and horses, but Su Youli and Su Youde went. Discuss with Boss Tang.

Mrs. Li came over and patted Banxia's head, "Don't think too much, we already have so many fields in our family, even if there is an emergency, it is enough, mother just needs you to be good."

Ban Xia is happy, "Look at what mother said, what is this, we are not only fine, but also need to live a good life!"

The situation here is not a secret at all, and spread quickly.

The first one who came to the door was Bo He leading Yuan Lei, and Sun Shi who was on the side walked over with a rosy face.

Seeing Mrs. Li, he didn't say much, "I heard that there is not enough money here, and we can't help you with anything else. They are all stupid. Take this."

In Mrs. Sun's purse, there are more than twenty taels of silver, scattered and broken, and it seems that it is not easy to get together.

Li Shi's hand trembled, "What are you doing?!"

Mint said carelessly, "Third Aunt, don't push it anymore, now we still have food and shelter, so we are not afraid of anything."

After saying this, the thief looked outside with his eyes, and suddenly lowered his voice, "If it's really not enough, I'll go and steal something from my father's mountain. Last time someone paid a very high price."

Mrs. Li was both moved and funny, this little girl said stealing, as if she was saying to get it.

She is not a coy person either, "Then I won't push it anymore, it's a debt, don't worry..."

"Third Aunt!"

Sun's eyes were also a little red, thinking about the past days, "Mother Banxia, ​​if you make me feel better like this, don't talk about the thing about Wumei back then, didn't I drag you down before? It's rare for us Being able to make this contribution is not worth what happened before."

Speaking of this, Li Shi naturally didn't say much.

Unexpectedly, this is just the beginning.

The second person who came to the door was Wu Mei.

A person, without a child, stuffed the things in Li's hands, and hurried back.

Open it, but it is a silver note of 100 taels.

"Your eldest sister, hey—"

Presumably Wu Mei couldn't afford so much money, it was Wu Liangping who gave it.

Ban Xia was also very moved, the relationship between people is wonderful, at first they were more sympathetic with the second room, and they would help out with anything, but now they are all thinking about it.

Ban Xia wrote down the amount one by one, and secretly made up her mind to pay it back together in the future.

Afterwards, the Qiu family and the new sister-in-law also gave the family's little silver to the Banxia family.

Immediately afterwards, the people who worked in the workshop also said that they would not get paid for the time being, and they would talk about it later.

Even, the person who sold seventy catties of soybeans for more than one tael of silver only knew which village he was in, but he was not familiar with him at all, so he also came over and returned the money. This time, Mrs. Li refused desperately I accepted it, but the man didn't care at all, "I can trust you, if you don't accept this, it will be considered that I put it here, and I will come to get it when you get better later!"

After this person, some villagers came over with soybeans and didn't accept eight cents, "We don't have anything else, a few catties of beans are nothing, it's from the villagers."

Speaking of Wu Mei and Mint, there is a reason anyway, but these people who don't know each other at all can do this, Ban Xia is very moved, compared with these people, she feels that she is still selfish.

And listening to the reasons others said, she felt a little ashamed.

"A few catties of beans are not worth anything. My youngest son is working in a workshop. This kid always says his boss is good."

"It's rare for people from far and wide to do some business. After this time, it will be better in the future."

"Last time, I took bean sprouts and fermented bean curd back home. I ate all the precious things. A few catties of beans are nothing. If it weren't for the fact that the family couldn't afford it..."

"It's this bean curd stick. We have sold a lot of our bamboo baskets."

"I heard that I'm going to pull things in the city, and I haven't started planting rice seedlings yet. I'll just say hello when the time comes."

Hearing these simple words, Banxia was very shocked. At the beginning, she thought about setting up a workshop, but she never thought about others. She just wanted to get rid of relatives like the Su family as soon as possible, so that her family's life would be easier and they would have more money. , my heart is at peace.

Now this situation made her very heartbroken, thinking that even if she really had no money, wouldn't she still be afraid that she would not be able to survive in such a place?

It is easy to add icing on the cake, but difficult to give charcoal in the snow.

Some people don't know their names at all, so they can only remember their faces as much as possible, thinking about seeing if this friendship can be repaid by then.

By the time Su Youli's two groups returned home one after another, the family already had nearly 200 taels of silver and some soybeans.

Su Youzhang and Zhang Liu did not go well, "There are few horse-drawn carts, and there are some ox carts. I heard that they are going to the city, but no one is willing to go. Even if they give money first, they can only hire a few, which is not enough at all. .

Su Youli's side was even more troubled. It was easy to meet Boss Tang. The deed was very clear, but they had to pay so much at one time to get the money. It seemed that they were powerless to resist.

Su Youde was very annoyed, "How can there be such a person!"

Ban Xia calculates the money on hand, it is enough to buy the soybeans in the city, but if the high shipping fee is included, it is hard to say, not to mention that it is too bad for the soybeans to be transported back in this way. It's a good idea to have both.

Ban Xia's idea hadn't come up yet, but Su Youde summoned Su Youli and the others to close the door in the workshop, with a mysterious and serious expression on his face, "Third brother, you have to listen to me this time." Yes, you must not think left, maybe there is still a little hope.”

Seeing him being so solemn, Su Youli also had a serious expression on his face, "Brother, tell me."

Su Youde nodded, and asked Ban Xia, "How much money do you have now?"

Ban Xia's heart trembled, it wasn't because she was narrow-minded, it was because this uncle was too helpless in the past, now that she asked this question, she thought for a while, and then pretended to calculate, "It's less than 200 taels, many of them are Everyone gathered together, the rest, hey..."
Su Youde didn't pay attention to the question of how much money, but said, "In that case, I thought I might as well buy the soybeans in the city, find a safe place, store them, and use so much money to transport the soybeans. My brain is flooded!"

After a pause, Su Youde said again, "This Boss Tang is not a thing, he is plotting against us like that with that surname Pang, anyway, I found out that Boss Tang is a foreigner, let's mess with him, find some people Go beat him up and see if he dares to be arrogant. If it doesn’t work, there is another way. Let’s hide all the bean curd sticks and things that can be taken out of the house. It is also a big deal to get the bean curd sticks out of town and sell them. money."

Listen and listen, something seems wrong.

Sure enough, because Su Youde continued, "At that time, the money will be on our side. When he comes, what can he do? The strong dragon will not overwhelm the snake, and what is left to him is just a broken workshop with nothing. Report to the yamen and shut it down for a while at most..."

(End of this chapter)