Chapter 60: New Year

With the addition of three rooms, many good neighbors have come to visit, and at this time, the distance between relatives and relatives is clear at a glance. Half a month ago, even if it was a good day, collect twenty or thirty eggs, and then put some white flour brown sugar or something, as soon as you enter the door, it will be a stack of congratulations; The relationship is far away, but the face is lovely, it is good to be able to take ten eggs, and they are more curious than He Xi Yes, the three-room mansion is also a novelty to the servant Huangshan family of four, and it is even more strange to charge the master in their three-room.

This strange person is Ji Xiaorong. The whole old mansion came with Lou Mingzhu, ten eggs and old children's clothes, and he smiled and instructed Liu Kui to serve tea and pour water, and Lou Yuzhu was also drunk when he looked at it.

I don't want to feel uncomfortable on the big day, I eat and drink well to send people away, and when I look back, I compare the four uncles of the Zhang family with this Ji Xiaorong, which is really a heaven and a place.

The more the day in December goes to the end of the year, the colder the weather, the heavy snow closes the road, every day before dawn Zhou Cheng sent the people to transport the off-season vegetables will knock on the door of the three-room backyard, Huangshan is busy welcoming people in, and then he and Liu Kui cleaned up the vegetables that were tied together on the back of the two horses that the other party brought more, and then sent people away to close the backyard door, and a new day begins.

On the day of Xiao Nian, Lou Chengyi sent Xu Se back to Zhang's house, and after coming back, the third room also began to be busy with the New Year's affairs. This is the first year after the separation of the three rooms, counting the year they divided the family and built a house to live a new life, but also a big joy to add Ding, resign from the old year and look forward to a better new year, is to take the whole family seriously, do not want to be sloppy. Purchasing new clothes, purchasing new utensils, purchasing New Year's goods, and New Year's goods sent to the Zhang family, sent to Pei Guanying, and the shopkeeper Jiao and Zhai shopkeepers in the town, except for Fu Linshu, who was still in confinement, and Lou Chen, who was wrapped in swaddling clothes, the rest of the people were busy with their feet not sticking to the ground.

Finally finished these ceremonies, and on the twenty-eighth day, the brothers and sisters put on new clothes and wore a special spirit of Lou Chengyi, Pei Guanying invited him and the Hu steward to wait for their house for the New Year.

Pei Guanying hesitated a little, and finally agreed to go to Lou's house for the New Year under the persuasion of Steward Hu. When Zhou Cheng rushed back from Fucheng in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, it was logical to stay in the third room for the New Year.

Needless to say, on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Sanfang held a lively full moon ceremony for Xiao Louchen. After the full moon ceremony, after the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, the smell of the year faded.

After that, Lou Hua and Lou Ming nervously prepared for the exam, and after the beginning of spring, he was admitted to Yishan Academy with his two cousins of the Zhang family. Lou Hua Lou Ming got up early in the morning and asked Huangshan to set an ox cart to send him to the town academy, and then picked up the day days in the evening, Lou Yuzhu began to think about business.

The division of Xinyi Building Zhou Cheng will be sent over at the end of every month, three or four months add up to more than 730 taels, plus the division of off-season vegetables into 210 taels, and his own family sold in Xinyi Lou for 10 yuan a pound to get 180 taels of silver, as well as more than 140 taels left over from the previous trip to Fucheng, a total of 1,260 taels of silver, and the full moon wine of the New Year and Xiao Louchen only cost more than 80 taels, that is to say, the remaining cash silver in the account of the third room is 1,180 taels.

Lou Yuzhu thought about it and called the Sanfang family to a meeting.

"I'm going to buy some more fertile land, as long as it's close to our house and easy to pick up."

First, Lou Chengyi, who was stunned by his own property, said that he would buy a field, and this honest man nodded like pounding garlic.

Glancing at him angrily, Lou Yuzhu continued: "I also plan to buy five acres of land for the village as a sacrificial field." ”

Lou Hua groaned and nodded, "Yes." "Their family is really eye-catching now, if it is better to give the village a little benefit, the sour and vinegar of the province is too ugly.

Lou Ming's eyes were shining, and he was an audience throughout the whole process. As for Xiao Lou Chen, who was held in Fu Linshu's arms, he fell asleep directly.

"I don't plan to do the snail business, and I will do red shrimp full-time."

The business of instigating snails and tea eggs will earn fifteen taels a month, and they can earn seventy taels for half a year, and they are tired and bitter and grinding time, if they stop, they will fish for the red shrimp at night, and the white sky will come out to serve dozens of acres of fertile land.

Lou Hua also thought about it, but he thought that he and Lou Ming couldn't learn empty, and Lou Chengyi and Fu Linshu couldn't intervene in business, so Lou Yuzhu was too tired to bear it alone, so it would be good to have a rest. "I think it's okay, I don't do the snail business, and Huang Shan and Liu Kui help me in catching red shrimp at night, so I don't need a few uncles to come over to help. In this way, why don't you give your grandfather the snail business to them? ”

Lou Hua can think of transferring the instigator business, which means that he has already thought long-term, and Lou Yuzhu is quite pleased. However, he instigated the snail business to the Zhang family, but he guessed that the Zhang family was unwilling to accept it.

When I went to Zhang's house to ask, the other party was really unwilling to take over the business of instigating snails, the reason was that good things could not be taken up by one family. Now, it is a question of who the instigator business will be transferred to.

It stands to reason that whoever does this business is done, but Lou Yuzhu thinks that since this business is started by them, it is natural that there is no reason for this business, and when the time comes, the person who takes over will not have a strong sense of responsibility to ruin the food of the snail or make people eat something wrong, and then the original village material of this business is made with the people in the village, no matter what, it is a sum of money for the villagers, and then the person who takes over is unwilling to bid to buy from the people in the village or play tricks at a lower price. Why do you want to give him harm and they have no money to make or anything, I listen to it.

It's obviously a good thing, but when you give others a money-making income, it will bring resentment to their family, hehe, it's beautiful enough to think about.

Of course, Lou Chengyi prefers the old house, and after hesitating for a few days, he still mentioned it to Lou Yuzhu. "Your craftsmanship is actually quite good, do it at noon and let your second uncle and second uncle pick it up in the town in the afternoon to buy it, it will definitely be done!"

Yes? Lou Yuzhu squinted. Selling raw materials and cutting corners, and still think they are responsible for the finished product?

Fu Linshu pulled down the jade beads downstairs and smiled at Chengyi: "If the owner is willing to give the old house, give it to the old house, vertical and horizontal is a business, who is not to give it?" ”

Lou Yuzhu looked at Lou Chengyi depressedly, and compared with Wei Laosi, this soft-hearted problem is really a hard injury! Receiving Fu Linshu's eyes, he was depressed and said, "Since my father wants to give it to the old house, then I have no opinion." I'll go with my dad and see what the old house thinks. ”

As soon as she arrived at the old mansion, Lou Yuzhu kept silent and let Lou Chengyi stammer.

Old Man Lou and Liu Ah Mo were still blocking Lou Chengyi's breath, so Lou Chengli took over, but he didn't mean the snail business, but the big red crayfish business!

Lou Yuzhu is going to laugh angrily!

"I don't have to worry about the big red crayfish, you also know that my family has bought a room of servants, and we don't have to worry about catching shrimp with them!" His eyes seemed to be smiling, and he glanced at the old man Lou's side, and continued: "The second uncle and we are both relatives with the same surname, although we have separated from each other, but no matter what, blood is as thick as water. Is this instigation business to be picked up, give a quasi-word. Pick it up, I'll just talk to Lizheng, and in the future, the folks will send the processed snail lion here, and if you don't pick it up, we can consider who to pick it up. I'm not afraid that the second uncle will say that we are arrogant, our family really doesn't need to instigate the snail business now, but since this business started by our family, we want to have an end. It's also worthy of the diners in town who often take care of our business. ”

"The snail business is comparable to the business of the big red crayfish?" Thinking about the more than 500 taels of business buildings, Cheng Cheng's heart is hot!

"I want to add money to my second uncle and grandfather, why do you still complain?" Lou Yuzhu smiled: "Since the second uncle doesn't want to take it, then we won't force it." Dad, let's go, while it's still early, let's find a few more families, there will always be those who are willing. ”

"Stop!"

Old Man Lou spoke, Lou Yuzhu rolled her eyes secretly, but still had to stop. "Grandpa called me?"

"You bought another piece of fertile land this spring?"

Lou Yuzhu nodded: "I bought 70 acres, plus the 20 acres we bought last year, our family now has 90 acres of fertile land, and we have also added 5 acres of sacrificial land to the village." ”

"Seventy-five acres of fertile land and more than 400 taels of silver, where do you have so much money?"

"Grandpa doesn't need to worry about where the money comes from, we don't rob the two, don't cheat and don't beat people, the money comes clean!" Lou Yuzhu finished speaking with a smile, and then looked at Old Man Lou's dark and gloomy face with satisfaction. "It's just this business, it has never been in vain to tell others about it, of course, how to hide it."

Liu A, who had been silent, spoke, his gloomy eyes swept around the two of them, and said in a deep voice: "Third child, are you still planning to find the Zhang family to do that red shrimp business this year?" ”

"Ah, I'm saying a reason not to look for my grandfather."

"The Zhang family is their serious grandfather?!"

Lou Yuzhu flashed with sarcasm, and her eyes swept over Liu Ah Mo coldly: "Ah Mo, it's boring to keep going around in circles on these old things." The old man bent his knees: "It's okay, we'll go back, grandpa take care." ”

Lou Chengli was in a hurry, and a pause made the two stop, Lou Yuzhu stopped, but the cold glance made Lou Chengli, a big man, speechless for a long time as if he was choked by the neck.

"What else does the second uncle want to say? Brother Ming almost killed my second uncle before, and he only scolded me for not being clear, and now he dislikes the snail business as much as the red shrimp, hehe, I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to ask me for a good doctor to let me dress, twenty taels almost forced my father to die twice, and now he can make a net profit of more than 70 taels of business The second uncle is still too little, what a big face! ”

Lou Yuzhu's words at Sang and scolding Huai were trembling, and he pointed at the person and scolded angrily: "Shut up!" ”

"Shut up?" Lou Yuzhu raised her eyebrows: "Grandpa told me to shut up, I won't think I forgot, right?" Painful in my body, hovering on the verge of death, such a painful and frightening experience, grandpa stopped my mouth, let me forget it, forget it? How big is this experience~~ But grandpa's heart is indeed big, his biological brother who has raised him for 16 years said that he would drive it out, and he ignored it for 18 years, and he didn't delve into the truth of the facts. ”

Liu Ah Mo is going crazy. "Shut up! You get out, you get out! This is my home, and I won't let me come again! ”

Lou Yuzhu stared at Liu Ah, saw a trace of panic in her angry eyes, and hooked her lips with satisfaction. Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, it's not that they won't be rewarded, it's just that the time has not yet come!