Xia Chengze and Xia Bilei, who rarely come out to play, are crazy, learning that many bare-bottomed children on the beach are holding small wooden sticks and small wooden barrels to poke crabs everywhere, it is said that there are many crabs after the tide recedes, and they are hidden in the cracks of the stones and everywhere on the beach.

Catching crabs is such a fun and affordable thing Xia Bilei of course will not stop, she herself is also eager to try it, she never ate a bite of crabs until she died in her last life, this thing is so valuable that she can't afford to eat it, of course, she can't afford to eat it in this life, this thing is cold, Sun doesn't allow her to eat more. Xia Bilei looked at the small fish on the beach that no one picked up after the low tide, in ancient times, it was really a treasure everywhere, and the seafood was as if it didn't cost money.

Xia Bilei took a small stick to poke the crab with great interest, and of course did not forget to tell her subordinates to look at the two small ones, so as not to be caught by the crabs. Then she found out that it was ordered in vain, because they couldn't catch a single crab.

"Damn!" Xia Bilei looked at the crab running fast with an unhappy face, no wonder it ran so fast with 8 legs. Looking at the people around her, she was a little depressed, if it weren't for someone, she would have gone down with a lightning bolt, and it would be easy to catch as many as she wanted!

"Quick, dig for me!" Xia Chengze was very excited, just now he saw a fat and big crab burrowed into a pit on the beach, after the low tide, all the holes on the beach were crab holes, and there were crabs living in them, and he wanted to dig them out one by one.

The people were not annoyed, and borrowed shovels to dig up on the beach to resist.

"Young master, there shouldn't be any crabs here, you see we've all dug one step closer."

Xia Chengze was not depressed and looked at the big pit on the ground, this crab was too good to hide, where did it go.

"Sister, sister, I've got a crab!" Xia Bilei shouted excitedly.

"Don't panic, my sister will let people arrest you immediately, you must not do it yourself." Xia Bilei, who was also turning over the stones, hurriedly said that her sister was born with fine skin and tender meat, and when she ran into the iron clamp of the crab, there must be bloodshed.

Of course, the subordinates who have been staring at it will not let such an unsafe thing happen, otherwise the lady who goes home will have to tear them up, "Second girl, let the little come, look!" The crab is caught! ”

"Yo, this crab is really big." Xia Bilei looked at the crabs in the bucket, and sure enough, the crabs in autumn were fat, "Biai is really amazing." ”

Xia Chengze snorted unwillingly, "It's okay, but I'll definitely find a bigger one." ”

Xia Biai's villain glanced at her brother proudly, "Then you have to find it." ”

"Is there any way you can catch a fat, big crab?" Xia Chengze turned his head and said to his subordinates, "If there is a way to win the second sister, this reward will be for you." He took out a grain of broken silver, which almost dazzled a man's eyes in the bright sunlight.

Xia Bilei frowned, looked around, fortunately did not attract the attention of others, seeing that people were excited but still measured, she couldn't help but sigh that her mother's family did have a hand in managing people.

"The little ones know." A swarthy little guy with obvious characteristics of Haicheng people came out and said, "Find fish and meat to hang on a rope and put it in the crack of the stone, and you will have it after a while." ”

Xia Chengze was happy and immediately asked people to do the same. After waiting patiently for a while, there were several fat crabs hanging on the rope.

"Hahaha......" Xia Chengze laughed proudly, "Big sister, you see I caught a lot of crabs!" ”

"Well, that's a good idea." Xia Bilei had to admit that Xia Biai next to her snorted unconvinced, "It's not as big as the one I caught!" ”

Xia Chengze, who felt that he was a winner in life, didn't care about her, and asked people to draw gourds and continue to fish for crabs with great interest.

"This method is so easy to use, why doesn't anyone use it?" Xia Chengze looked at the children on the beach with a questioning expression, weren't they looking for crabs.

"Ahem, those kids can't eat so many crabs at home, and besides, they can catch a lot with sticks." The subordinate was a little hesitant, embarrassed to tell the little master that those who used this method were all new.

After fishing several more times, the crabs in the barrel were full, and Xia Bilei coughed and reminded him, "Aze, have you forgotten something?" ”

Xia Chengze, who was overexcited, was confused, "What did you forget?" By the way, Wang San, come and get the silver and reward you. ”

Wang San, who had just come up with an idea, said respectfully, "Thank you for the master's reward, but you can't ask for the small one, and the monthly money given by the lady to the small one is high enough." ”

Xia Chengze couldn't help but say that he would give him the silver, "If you say you will give it, do you want Young Master Ben to become a person who is untrustworthy?" ”

Xia Bilei nodded with satisfaction, although she doesn't use her brains to do things, she is not useless.

When she went back, Xia Bilei was training her brother in the carriage, "Do you know what you did wrong today?" ”

Xia Chengze was confused, "Big sister, just say what you think is wrong, I can't think of it." ”

"Stupid!" Xia Biai teased, "The broken silver you gave today is enough to buy dozens of baskets of crabs, but you are still too happy to think that you have taken advantage of it." ”

"It's hard to buy a favorite." Xia Chengze said unconvinced, "My mother said that if silver can buy happiness, it is also cost-effective." ”

Xia Bilei touched his head, "I'm not saying that you are wrong to spend money, I mean that you shouldn't make money in public, you just think about the simplicity of the people here, if there are people around who happen to see money, will they think about robbing?" You are a small person, and it is just a matter of being robbed, what if the gangsters have bad intentions and kidnap you by the way? "This small piece of silver is nothing to their family, but it is a lot of wealth to the common people.

Xia Chengze thought thoughtfully, "This is what my mother said about not revealing her wealth?" ”

"That's right, showing off your wealth in public is actually very hateful." Xia Bilei continued, "And the way you reward people in public is not good, if the subordinates think that they can please you and get so much silver, people's minds will change, and the subordinates in the family will be difficult to manage in the future, and they may think that hard work is not as fast as pleasing the master......

Xia Chengze was stunned, Xia Biai looked at her sister with admiration, she also felt that it was inappropriate at the time, but she couldn't say anything wrong, or her sister was amazing.

"Also, the most important point...... Xia Bilei said with a smile, "Aze is actually very lo when he gives silver in public, cough, I mean low-level, do you see which personable son of a family has broken silver everywhere to reward people?" If you can not say a word one day, someone will do everything possible to solve it for you, and that is a successful son...... "This means that your pretending skills are finally at the full level."

Xia Chengze didn't understand it, but he understood one thing: what my sister meant was to make him a person who didn't spend money to reward others and someone did everything possible to relieve his worries, that is to say, --- white wolf with empty gloves! (Fog)

Xia Chengze, who suddenly came to his senses, then thought about what method to use to empty the white wolf......

I didn't know that my younger brother was raising Xia Bilei, who was raised crookedly by herself, and she was relieved, and her son could be taught.

"Sister, look how good the smoke is there." Xia Biai exclaimed, "Is it on fire?" ”

Xia Bilei frowned, it was indeed too much smoke, "Stop, ask what's going on ahead." "This is her father's one-third of an acre of land, and it would be bad if something happened.

"Big girl, don't worry, there is a salt shop in front, and salt is boiling inside, so the smoke is so big." The servant replied.

It turned out to be boiled salt, so why not dry the salt? Xia Bilei felt a little strange, and discussed with her subordinates, "Can you take a closer look, I want to know how the salt is cooked." ”

This was not a big deal, of course the subordinates agreed, and took a slight detour to the salt station.

Hundreds of cauldrons, blazing flames, sweaty workers...... This scene was particularly spectacular, and the three sisters and brothers of the Xia family opened their mouths wide. Xia Chengze couldn't help but take a step back, it was so hot, standing at the door, he felt that he was almost dry, and the sweat was crackling and flowing down like a stream.

"Aren't they hot?" Xia Chengze looked at the sun in the sky in a daze, he just felt too hot on the beach to hurry home, and now these people are exposed to the sun and boiling salt.

"Of course it's hot." The subordinate smiled and said, "How can this boiled salt not be hot, the workers have to work in shifts, otherwise someone will suffer from heat stroke at both ends in three days." ”

"It's so hard, no wonder salt is so expensive." Xia Bilei thought about the price of salt and smacked her tongue, she thought of the salted fish she made when she was wandering with Qin Mao's little fat man, no wonder it was so easy to sell, if it wasn't for the fact that the fish was free to sell fish at that price, it would really be a loss, salt is precious.

"Let's settle Haicheng." The subordinates disagreed, "Every household is not short of salt, but this salt is expensive in other places, several times more expensive, or even more than ten times, and it is said that it will increase dozens of times when it reaches the grassland." ”

Xia Bilei nodded, the cost of boiling salt itself is huge, coupled with the fact that the freight is not cheap, and the exploitation among the salt merchants makes salt a high-priced luxury in ancient times, no wonder the emperor has always levied salt taxes.

"Hurry up, bring the water, Ma Si is dizzy." There was a flurry inside.

"What's wrong?" Xia Biai clung to her sister's clothes and probed out a little uneasily, "Has anyone fainted?" ”

The subordinate motioned to the three sisters and brothers of the Xia family to get into the carriage quickly, there were too many people, it was easy to make trouble, and several of them were also in the way.

"Is there a doctor in the salt office?" Xia Bilei asked uneasily, heat stroke will also kill people.

"This ......," the subordinate paused, "There are a lot of medicines for heat stroke hoarded in the salt house, there should be no problem, besides, no one has heat stroke one day, it's autumn, and there are more people suffering from heat stroke in summer." ”

Xia Chengze, who had personally experienced how hot the salt was, muttered, "Why don't they do other work, it's too uncomfortable." ”

The subordinate disagreed, "Little master, there are always people who do this work, and working in the salt house is an enviable thing, and you get a lot of silver." ”

Xia Bilei put aside the complicated thoughts in her mind and knocked on Xia Chengze's head, "So it is impossible to say that it is impossible to study hard, you know the allusion of not eating minced meat." ”

"That's it, it's my brother." Xia Biai nodded again and again, although she usually doesn't go out, she can't help but like to read, plus she is kind-hearted and knows how to empathize, naturally knows more than Xia Chengze, who is always self-centered, "I don't even understand the truth of reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles." ”

Xia Chengze twisted his little body dissatisfied, "I also figured it out, but isn't my mother worried." "On weekdays, it's hard to go out with my mother to go shopping, but my mother always goes around in a few shops, and people look at him to death, even if he experiences it, he can't experience anything. 166 Reading Network