The matter of the shop made Ling'er busy for two whole days before it was basically over, and all the IOUs issued before had been settled, and people began to sell grain at the door of the shop again! This time, Ling'er confiscated it, but instead set up a sign by the door: "Our store will be rectified for three days, only settle the bill, do not buy and sell grain, please tell each other!" ”

Yue'er looked at the wooden sign and said, "Ling'er, didn't you get the deed from the government?" What do grain stores do when they don't collect grain? ”

"I didn't say no, it's just that it's just suspended for three days!"

"Oh! Such! Wasn't you in a hurry before, saying that the more you receive, the better? …… Oh, I see, it must be that your big proprietor thinks the grain you collect is too expensive and doesn't want it, right? ”

"Not really! A few days ago, you collected too much, and you thought it was only three or four hundred stones, but after liquidation, there were nearly six hundred stones, which was too much, and there was almost no place to put it, so you had to deal with these first; Second, there is a problem with your accounts, so you need to check it carefully.

Hey, by the way, Sister Yue'er, there was an account four days ago the night, a family surnamed Qian sold fifty stone of grain at once, and you kept that account, right? ”

Yue'er tilted her head and thought for a while: "Four days ago? …… It seems like that's the case! Ling'er, there can't be a problem with that account, right? Don't blame me, there are too many people selling grain these days, and the door is full of people every day, and we can't keep busy! ”

"What's the matter, Sister Yue'er, I think fifty stone of grain is too much, do you think how many families in the neighborhood can collect fifty stone of grain a year? There is no grain for this year, and what is sold now is the grain stored last year or before, even if it is a large family, it is not easy to come up with fifty stone of grain at once! ”

"This ...... Hey! It's true, my grandfather's family has a lot of fields, and I heard my grandmother say that there are only three stones of millet left! But Ling'er, wouldn't it be better for people to sell more to us? Fifty stones for a family, ten or so families can collect enough, and it is easy to do accounts, and it is easy to settle accounts, so it saves trouble! ”

"If you want to save trouble, I might as well go directly to the big grain store to buy it, why bother to open this rice grain shop again?"

"Oh, yes! Anyway, the price of our grain is high, and it's almost the same to go to other shops to buy it, so it's better to buy it, and save trouble! Ling'er, let's just not accept it, just go to the big grain store to buy it and transfer it to your big owner? ”

"How's that going to work? People have long said that it doesn't matter if the price is higher as long as they only need the grain collected by the farmers, but they don't want to buy it from the grain store! If I play tricks and let them know, they don't want so much grain, and they don't give money, who will I go to? ”

"Huh? No way! But the proprietor is too strange, the grain of the farmer's house is millet, and the grain of the grain store is not the grain? What is given to farmers is money, and if you go to the grain store to buy it, can you use straw paper? ”

Ling'er shook her head amusedly, and Yue'er said again: "Hey, Ling'er, what are you doing with that big boss?" How is it mysterious? I wonder how I think about them...... Didn't you do something unseemly, right? ”

Ling'er was stunned for a moment, twitched the corners of her mouth and laughed dryly: "Sister Yue'er, what did you say!" It doesn't matter what they do, we just collect money and do things, and just make money! ”

Yue'er flattened her mouth: "I'm embarrassed to say that I am a fan of money, you yourself are even more of a fan of money, no matter, we have been tired these days, we must process money!" ”

"Okay, no problem, but I have to finish today's work!"

"What work today, you can say!"

Ling'er looked around, the shop had been cleaned up, the accounts had been settled, and some scattered grain bags had been stacked, and a bunch of clothes in the backyard had not been washed, these two things couldn't be done for a while, what did she do?

At this time, Ning Ba ran out with the tenth sister, pulled Ling'er's sleeve and said, "Sister Ling'er, didn't you say that you would take us to the town for a walk today, and you would go to the school to have a look?" ”

"Huh? That one...... Ning Ba and Tenth Sister, I have something to do now, and I will definitely take you there tomorrow and tomorrow! ”

The faces of the two suddenly showed disappointment, Ling'er was a little embarrassed, and Yue'er said, "Ling'er, why don't I take them there?" ”

Ling'er looked back at her, saw Yue'er looking like an eldest sister and said, "Don't worry, I'll take them around and make sure they go and come back!" "Ling'er thinks about it, it just so happens that Yue'er is fine, so it's good to let her take these two children out for a walk, and ......

Ling'er pulled her aside and stuffed her with a bag of copper coins, "Sister Yue'er, give it to you, buy some food for Ning Ba and Tenth Sister later, and the rest will be your hard-earned money!" In addition, there is another matter to ask Sister Yue'er to help, you go to the town to inquire and see if there are any big families with the surname Qian in our town or nearby? ”

"The surname Qian? Inquire about this for what? ”

"Sister Ling'er, have you forgotten? The one we just talked about, isn't the one who sold us fifty stone grains at once surnamed Qian? I want to see what that family does? ”

"What else can I do? It's probably similar to Wang Fugui's family, right? ”

"If only that! But it's better to make sure! ”

"Huh? Wang Fugui's family is so good? ”

"That's not what I meant! I mean...... Oh, don't ask, just help me inquire! Ling'er was afraid that the more she explained, the more troublesome it would be, so she directly pushed Yue'er into the street, and told Ning Ba and Tenth Sister to follow Yue'er closely and not run around!

After sending the three people away, Ling'er returned to the shop, took out the account book and checked it again. She studied the ink, spread out the paper, and excerpted all the people in the ledger who sold more than ten stones of grain at a time.

Half an hour later, she rubbed her shoulders and looked at the excerpt of the paper, when suddenly she stopped and frowned. During the three days of his absence, there were six families that sold more than 10 stone of grain at a time, and they had two things in common:

First, the time when they came to sell grain was after the first hour of the evening, that is, after dark, and the Qian family came after the middle hour; Second, these people only left a name, no address, and their IOU was the first to settle the account on the night of their return, as if they were guarding the door at any time!

Ling'er felt a little strange, these families are all big families? Why do really big families need to sell grain? Even if he sells fifty stone of grain, one stone is calculated at four hundred yuan, and the total is only twenty taels of silver; What's more, large grain growers generally sell their grain after a bumper harvest, and there are not many of them that are still saved. If it's not a big one, what do you do?

Ling'er was full of questions, and couldn't find an answer for a while, so she put the question into her stomach, and worked with Uncle Jia Rong and Xiaohuzi, just waiting for the people from Liangjia Village to come to transport grain in the middle of the night tonight!

In the evening, Ling'er sent Wang Jiarong and Yue'er away, settled down a few Daqiang, and went to see her father and mother, so she set up a bamboo chair in the courtyard near the backyard door on the grounds of enjoying the cold, and lay on it lazily shaking a fan to enjoy the coolness.

She waited and waited, and Baba looked at the moon in the sky and climbed up into the air little by little, and began to sink little by little, and every time there was a slight sound, she would immediately jump up and rush to the courtyard gate, but when she opened it, it was empty outside, and there was no one at all!

Ling'er wondered, what's going on? Could it be that after going out for a few days, the people of Liangjia Village thought that they would not help them collect food? Or did they not receive their own code? Or is there something delayed? She thought about it and fell asleep unconsciously, and when she woke up again, she found that she was actually in bed!

Ling'er jumped up suddenly, and looked out the window again, the sun had climbed into the air! She hurriedly got dressed and ran out, and the old lady who was washing clothes in the courtyard looked back at her and said with a smile: "Ling'er, are you awake?" The food is warmed in the pot, and I bring it out to eat, ah! ”

"Mother, I... Didn't I sleep in the yard last night? How did you get to the room? ”

"Oh! It was the little tiger who moved you in! You kid, how many times have you said that don't fall asleep outside, you want to go back to the house to sleep, but you just don't listen, fortunately you put a thick dress on you, or you are sure that you are cold, it is really ......"

The old lady muttered, Ling'er strode towards the warehouse, the food in it was good, not missing at all, and the food in the other rooms was still there, obviously the people from Liangjia Village didn't come at all last night, and they waited all night.

"Ling'er, you're awake!" Yue'er and Xiaohuzi came in from the backyard door, each carrying a basket in their hands. The old lady hurriedly went over and took it: "Yue'er, Xiaohuzi, have you bought all the vegetables?" Thank you very much! ”

"What's the hard work? We still have to eat at noon, hard work Grandma Yang is! ”

"Hehe, Yue'er, this kid is really good at talking!" The old lady carried the basket into the kitchen, and Ling'er said, "Sister Yue'er, Xiaohuzi, didn't you say that you would rest today?" How did you guys get here? ”

"Why, Ling'er, you don't feel comfortable when you don't see us working, don't you? Okay, you little girl, you really treat us like buddies? ”

"How dare you! I'll be a buddy for Sister Yue'er! ”

The two laughed, and Yue'er said, "By the way, Ling'er, what you asked me to do yesterday is almost done!" ”

"Huh? What's the matter? ”

"That's it, you asked me to help you find a big family with the surname Qian!"

Ling'er suddenly realized: "Found it?" ”

"No, I've asked all of them, we don't have big families with the surname Qian in Yamaguchi Town, not even rich families with slightly better families, and there are no nearby towns, but ......" Yue'er looked proud, just waiting for Ling'er to ask!

Ling'er was amused, but she still made a gesture and saluted: "Please teach Sister Yue'er!" ”

"Hey, that's pretty much it! Let me tell you, Ling'er, when I took the two little ones shopping, I saw a grain shop in the south of the town, called 'Qian Ji Grain Shop'.

I remembered that you asked me to inquire about the family surnamed Qian, so I paid a little attention and went to the nearby people to inquire, and it is said that the money grain shop shipped a lot of grain out of the back door on the night five days ago, and it seems that it is coming to us!

Hey, Ling'er! Do you think that the person who sold the grain to us is the one who wrote the money to the grain store? ”

Ling'er was stunned for a moment, and strung the front and back together to think about it, it was really very possible! Generally, when the grain shop buys grain, it is two cents and a liter, and the sale is three cents and a liter, and the amount sold every day is not much, at most dozens of stones, and the price of their own purchase is the same as the price sold by the grain store.

This can explain why they only leave their names and do not write their addresses, but they are the fastest when it comes to clearing the accounts, and the few people who stirred up trouble in front of their house a few days ago may also have something to do with it! It turned out that his good intentions had become a tool for his peers to speculate! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )