Lu Xiaoyi began to calculate the detailed accounts for his father, carrying passengers into the city in the morning, and helping to pull goods when he entered the city, and then carrying passengers back in the evening, at least 20 wen a day, and an income of 600 wen in a month.

Yulan was surprised: "Seven or eight taels of silver? Can you have so much income? What did you learn from your brother-in-law, it's a mess. ”

Lu Xiaoyi was unconvinced: "I don't believe you asked Dad, am I right?" ”

Lu Zhong nodded and said with a smile: "The account is right!" It's just the money, not the family's expenses. ”

Lu Xiaoyi said with a smile: "Let's find the expenses of the family from chickens and pigs, mother, let's raise more chickens and pigs, Xiaoding and I can mow the grass every day, and the money from selling eggs and pigs can be used for the family's expenses, and the money earned by my father can be saved, and it can be used for Xiao Geng to study in the future, and he can also build a big house, sell cattle, buy horses, and buy land, do you say okay?" ”

"Sounds good, I wonder if that's actually what it actually does?" Yulan was obviously moved, and said with a smile: "It's not impossible to raise more chickens and pigs, when the time comes, there will be a lot of work to mow the grass and chop the grass and clean up the enclosure, just don't cry and call your mother!" ”

"I promise not to cry." Lu Xiaoyi patted his chest and shook his words.

Yulan looked at Lu Zhong and asked: "If you think it's feasible, let's try it, compare the two, if it's about the same as your loading and unloading income, then it's okay to carry passengers, driving won't be so tiring, if you can't make money, you can continue to go to the city to find work." ”

Lu Zhong nodded: "There happens to be a big wooden board at home, I'll go to Carpenter Zhao to change it now, if it's fast, I can go on the road tomorrow." ”

Lu Xiaoyi hurriedly followed, "Dad, I'm going too." ”

"Holo."

Xiaoyi's donkey cart was quickly ready, in fact, it was a simple board car, and Lu Xiaoyi proposed to increase the handrail to improve the safety factor. The car wheel was bought ready-made, and it cost a hundred yuan, and Yulan had a lot of complaints when she paid for it, but she was relieved when she thought that she couldn't run without a wheel.

That night, Magnolia fed the big donkey a basket full of green fodder and corn flour, and the donkey happily shook its tail and chewed crookedly with its white mouth.

Lu Xiaoyi couldn't sleep with excitement, if his family could make money by donkey cart transportation, and wait until a lot of copper was placed in front of her father's mother, then she would have more bargaining chips for the family to advise in the future.

Early the next morning, Yulan got up early to make wheat flour cakes and mung bean porridge, and loaded Lu Zhong with cakes and boiling water before leaving.

Lu Xiaoyi's three sisters and brothers sent Lu Zhong out of the house with a smile.

Then, it's just a matter of waiting for results.

There is hope in my heart, the waiting time is always the slowest, and when Lu Zhong comes back in the evening, Lu Xiaoyi really feels that after three autumns.

Lu Zhong came over after eating and taking a shower, and saw his wife and children sitting around the kang table waiting for him, he pulled on his coat and asked knowingly, "Are you waiting for me?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi stood up and shouted, "Dad, Dad, come and sit." ”

Xiao Geng was even more direct: "Dad, how much money did you make?" ”

Lu Zhong sat down next to Yulan with a smile, took out the money bag from his sleeve pocket, handed it to Yulan and said, "You count." ”

Yulan poured the copper on the kang table, and several copper coins rolling around were held down by the children's hands.

After counting it a few times, Yulan was disappointed and said, "It's only ten wen!" ”

Lu Zhong coughed a few times and said, "The first day, many people don't know yet. ”

Lu Xiaoyi immediately understood and asked, "Dad, are the people in the same village who don't know how to charge, and they all say that they take a ride, and you are embarrassed to open your mouth to withdraw money?" ”

Seeing that Xiao Yi was smart, Lu Zhong patted Xiao Yi's head with satisfaction, and said: "It's also strange that I'm embarrassed to shout, the people in the village who want to enter the city don't know that I have changed to a passenger business, and they all laugh and let me go a little way, and I will be even more embarrassed to mention money." Later, when I got on the official road, people from neighboring villages waved for a ride, and I said that each person had one penny. ”

Lu Xiaoyi said angrily: "Then the people in our village don't make up for it when they see others giving money?" ”

Lu Zhong waved his hand and said: "Forget it, the villagers should give it a ride." ”

"Humph! They are too unkind, if they don't know, forget it, don't they know later? I also pretended not to give. Lu Xiaoyi said angrily: "Dad, do you know how to write?" Let's write a 'one person, one penny' and hang it on the front of the car. ”

Lu Zhong felt that this method was good, and nodded: "I can still write these words." ”

There was no pen and paper at home, so Lu Xiaoyi went to the utility room to find a board, and then went to the stove to find a piece of charcoal, and asked Lu Zhong to write a big five words "One person and one money", Lu Xiaoyi looked at it and knew it.

"Dad, the people in the village also have to collect money for taking the car, you don't want to lose face, it's really not good, you just go to the official road and wait, I'd rather pull more people from other villages." Lu Xiaoyi said.

Yulan smiled and put away the ten texts, and educated Lu Xiaoyi: "You kid is in the eyes of money, your father just started doing this business, and it is understandable that the people in the village don't know, and when everyone knows, those who talk about the rules will naturally give, and those who take advantage of it will take advantage of it once or twice, and your father will definitely not let him take it for the third time." ”

Lu Zhong nodded, "You kid is still too anxious, you have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to earn money one by one, if you really want to be able to earn twenty or thirty wen a day, no matter how hard and tired I am, I am happy!" Ha ha! ”

Lu Xiaoyi had to remind: "Dad, by the end of the year at the latest, there will definitely be people in our village who will learn from you, and at that time, you may not be able to earn ten cents a day." ”

Lu Zhong suppressed his laughter, thought about it, and said helplessly: "People want to follow, we can't help it, we can't smash other people's cars." ”

Yulan also frowned and said: "When the time comes, we won't be able to make money, so it's a big deal not to do this, let your father go back to his old job." ”

Lu Xiaoyi said with a smile: "Mother, you said that there are so many grain stores in the city, how do they make money?" ”

"How do I know? I haven't opened a store before. Yulan glanced at Xiao Yi.

"Mother, don't look at my young age, I didn't sleep all night last night and pondered about this, do you listen to this reason, suppose my father pulls the car alone, this route is ten people a day, and you can earn twenty dollars a day, if there is one more car to rob half of the guests, two handlebar type one person can only earn ten yuan, if there is one more car, three handlebar type one person can only earn seven yuan, in exchange for you, earn seven yuan a day, what do you do?" Lu Xiaoyi followed the good path.

Yulan thought for a long time and poked Lu Xiaoyi's forehead: "Hey, your little brain is quite capable of pondering." ”

Lu Zhong heard that the three handlebar styles were only seven cents a day, and if there were four or five handlebar styles to divide, wouldn't there be no income, Lu Zhong said depressedly: "Earn a few cents a day, I might as well go to the city to find odd jobs." ”

"Dad, don't worry, now that you take the lead, you will make more money than later, as long as you have a better attitude and make people happy to take your car, no matter how many people come to grab business with you in the future, you will win if you persist, and the only thing that you can't stick to is to change your career."

Lu Zhong thought about it, this is indeed the reason, the business is put there, if you can do it, you can do it, if you can't do it, you will leave, as long as he can insist, there will always be people who can't do it, Lu Zhong figured it out and became happy, and said yes again and again.

Yulan put away the copper coins separately, returned the money bag to Lu Zhong, and said, "Let's talk about the future later, it's too early to say anything." It's not early, so let's go to bed quickly. ”

That night, Lu Xiaoyi couldn't sleep with excitement.

In the following ten days, Lu Zhong brought back about 20 yuan of money every day, and when he met someone in the city shouting to pull goods, he could earn more than 10 yuan, and Xi Yulan hid in the house to count the money as soon as he was free.

Mrs. Lu learned that Lu Zhong was carrying passengers on a donkey, and she also wanted Lu Yong to bring the family's cattle to run, she revealed her meaning to Lu Shouzeng, and Lu Shouzeng scolded with a slashing head: "Have you been kicked in the head by a donkey?" The boss has just started, and he hasn't made a lot of money, so you let the second child go to grab business, and you want the people in the village to see the Lu family's jokes? ”

Mrs. Lu said aggrievedly: "Yong'er has been moving goods in the city for the past few days, and her tired waist is about to break, don't I look at driving more easily?" also wants Yong'er to run away with Zhong'er, the brothers have a response, and the money they earn can't fall to other people's families, and Yong'er can also pay off the account as soon as possible. ”

"Do you think the money is all there for you to pick up? Yong'er he can't endure hardship, I prefer him to endure hardship, you let him be a handlebar type to carry passengers, his playful temperament, maybe even the cow and the cart are lost! Lu Shouzeng thought of Lu Yong's performance for a while, his teeth itched with anger, for more than half a month, he had only been working for a few days, and he had a lot of excuses, which was lazy.

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she also felt that it was very likely that Lu Yong would lose the cow, and her heart suddenly cooled, "That's not good, our family is counting on that cow to work." ”

"It's all what you stupid woman is used to!" Lu Shouzeng snorted, buried himself in the basket, and no longer bothered her.

Mrs. Lu sat dejectedly and thought about it, thinking about it, she was worried about Lu Zhong, for fear that Lu Zhong would lose the donkey in a trance, and the crops would have no livestock, and life would be difficult, and even her good grandson would have to work in the field.

Lu Shouzeng's work in his hands did not stop, glanced at Mrs. Lu who left in a hurry, and complained: "Crazy woman." ”

Mrs. Lu went to the East Courtyard and directly explained her intentions, and Yulan said: "Don't worry, my husband is not a three-year-old child, he makes money by driving a car, how can he lose the guy who makes money." ”

Mrs. Lu felt that there was something in Yulan's words, and roared angrily: "You mean Yong'er is a three-year-old child?" ”

Yulan didn't know what Mrs. Lu said to Lu Shouzeng, she was asked inexplicably by Mrs. Lu, and then she thought about it carefully, and she also figured out the reason, and she was immediately unhappy, and she stopped paying attention to Mrs. Lu with a cold face.

Mrs. Lu asked Lu Zhong how much money he could make a day, and Yulan said coldly: "Gu Niu Che in the neighboring village has been doing it for so many years, if he can make money, he has already married his son to a daughter-in-law, and driving the car is also a manual work, and it is good to earn seven or eight cents in the wind and rain in the sun one day." ”

Mrs. Lu said with a dark face: "Phew, don't coax me, that old man Gu's son has a brain problem, and he can marry a daughter-in-law." ”

Yulan's face was scornful, she didn't expect Mrs. Lu to be so well-informed.

Lu Xiaoyi answered: "Grandmother, they all say that money can make ghosts grind, if Old Man Gu can really make money, there are many people who marry fools, why don't I see anyone coming to his house, in my opinion, then Old Man Gu will just make a family." ”

Mrs. Lu nodded, she could still listen to Lu Xiaoyi's words.

"Grandmother, my father earns seven or eight cents a day, and it is almost the same as him doing odd jobs in the city in January, and my mother is also distressed by my father's hard work in loading and unloading, so he asked him to do this, I don't believe you ask Xiao Geng." Lu Xiaoyi glanced at Xiao Geng.

Xiao Geng hurriedly hugged Mrs. Lu's leg and said coquettishly: "Grandmother, my father has a donkey cart, he can take me into the city." ”

Mrs. Lu picked up Xiao Geng and said happily: "Yes, you can take our good grandson into the city." ”

Xiao Geng's arm wrapped around Lu Pozi's neck and said affectionately: "Xiao Geng wants to go into the city with his grandmother, and grandmother will buy delicious food for Xiao Geng." ”

"Okay, whatever the good grandson wants to eat, grandmother will buy it for you!"

Xiao Geng was coquettish and behaved, how could Mrs. Lu still have the heart to ask about the others, so she went to the west yard with Xiao Geng, and Yulan did not stop her.

In the days that followed, Mrs. Lu was busy preparing for Lu Yong's family affairs, and she didn't ask about Lu Zhong again.

Lu Zhong handed over all the copper to Yulan every night, no matter how much, Yulan counted it several times with a smile, and then put it in the piggy jar.