Chapter 44: On Value
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Wang Zhong hurriedly persuaded: "Madam, Shizi, it's cold here, go up quickly!" ”
"Sheng'er, do you still want to watch it?" Wang Ru asked Zheng Sheng.
Zheng Sheng shook his head: "Don't look at it, let's go." ”
Out of the ice cellar, Wang Zhong commanded the people to close the door.
"Steward Wang, at night, fill each vat with water." Zheng Sheng said to Wang Zhong.
"Shizi, it's useless. While it's true that the ice cellar is cold, it's not freezing at night. Wang Zhong shook his head.
"You'll find out if you give it a try." Zheng Sheng continued.
"Sheng'er, if the ice cellar is filled with water at night and freezes the next day, there is no need to store ice in the ice cellar in the winter and use it in the summer. Fill it with water every night. Mrs. Wang felt that Zheng Sheng's smart head was starting to get confused again.
"I've added saltpeter to the tank." Zheng Sheng explained.
Wang Ru and Wang Zhong were shocked!
"You added something? When was it added? Why didn't I see it? Wang Ru asked a series of questions.
Zheng Sheng smiled and said, "Mother, otherwise what am I doing with every cylinder?" ”
"Can you still eat ice with saltpeter?" Wang Ru said in surprise.
"Mother, this thing is used to make medicinal herbs." Zheng Sheng said, "Moreover, the amount is very small, and it's fine." ”
Wang Ru believed it.
Then the next day, Wang Ru used the ice that Zheng Sheng had exchanged.
It was still the largest amount of exchange, and this time it needed 300 kilograms of water, which Zheng Sheng exchanged for 300 kilograms of ice.
Zheng Sheng thus obtained the most detailed data: the maximum weight of the balance is 300 kilograms. Of course, if you count both pallets, the maximum load is 600 kg.
Zheng Sheng's visit to relatives and pick-up was over, and they were going to return to the Lijia Village Courtyard.
Zheng Sheng suddenly felt a sense of fear, just like the feeling of not wanting to go back to school after the summer vacation.
After all, if you go back to Lijia Village and practice martial arts with Bubo, you will be beaten! Thinking of his partners who have been living in "pain", Zheng Sheng couldn't help but smile.
Zheng Shangke didn't have this mind, he was now in a kind of trouble, and this trouble was brought to him by Zheng Sheng.
Zheng Shang has been thinking about a question all this time.
The cause of the incident was the plate of scrambled eggs, and when Mrs. Wang said that the scrambled eggs were worth a thousand dollars, Zheng Shang couldn't eat them. How many plates of scrambled eggs has he eaten? How much meat have you eaten? It's more than 10,000 dollars, right? Their family was poor and white, and they had never had so much money.
What Zheng Shang didn't understand was why Zheng Sheng was so good to him. Why did Zheng Sheng help him? Is it really just because it's a relative? Then Zheng Yang is also his relative, but he treats him like that.
On the carriage, Zheng Shang couldn't help but think, and finally said: "Shizi, you took me in and gave me such an expensive meal, I can't afford it." ”
Zheng Sheng, who closed his eyes and recuperated, opened his eyes, "Why do you think like this?" What is such an expensive meal? ”
Zheng Shang said the scrambled eggs for 3,000 yuan, "My family couldn't spend 3,000 yuan a month before." ”
"I'll do the math for you." Zheng Sheng couldn't laugh or cry, "How much does a chicken cost?" ”
"It's about three or four dollars per chicken now, right?" Zheng Shang is not very sure.
"Scrambled eggs are made with chicken and sesame oil. Sesame oil is not expensive, and a bottle is only a few dozen dollars. ”
"You calculate, how many chickens can you eat in a scrambled egg? Two or three at most, right? Ten yuan, plus a little oil, the cost of a meal of scrambled eggs is only a dozen yuan. Zheng Sheng looked at Zheng Shang's round mouth and was very satisfied with his expression.
Of course, Zheng Sheng didn't say what exchange oil they were using now, and Zheng Sheng planned to sell it to Zheng Wen for fifty yuan per liter (promotion, about 250 milliliters). According to the standard of winter leaves oiling, the value of a meal of scrambled eggs is probably more than 20 yuan.
Of course, things can't be calculated like this, Zheng Sheng's real cost of oil, a liter of lamp oil is only worth more than ten yuan, and the cost of one liter of exchange oil is only thirty yuan. In this way, the value of scrambled eggs is only a dozen dollars.
Looking at the blank look on Zheng Shang's face, Zheng Sheng continued to explain: "This is its value. ”
Zheng Shang still didn't understand.
Zheng Sheng scratched his head, he could only bite the bullet and continue.
"Analogy, you, your worth."
"Me." Zheng Shang is at a loss, me? What am I worth?
"You have a good endorsement, and you are the best person to endorse in the Zheng Academy. I set up a reward: the best person in the school can eat my breakfast. Three days, although only for three days. But it's all yours for three days, and you're getting all the rewards. Why are you, and not someone else, getting the reward? ”
"Because I'm a good endorsement." Zheng Shang blurted out.
"Yes, it's because you endorse it well. But why is it that you endorse it well, but others don't? In those two days, Zheng Ze and Zheng Hao also riveted their efforts to get rewards. But it's still you, it's always been you. ”
Zheng Shang was dumbfounded, "Why is this?" ”
"That's what you're worth."
"That's what I'm worth." Zheng Shang was still very confused, "But why?" ”
Zheng Sheng said: "I remember that when most people were discussing the rewards you received, when they were determined to work hard, when they were jealous, when they hated you, only you were still endorsing, except when you were eating, you were always learning, always endorsing. You've been working hard. When they are envious and jealous, no one sees that it is because of your hard work that you have always been rewarded,"
The doubt in Zheng Shang's eyes disappeared, "That's right." I worked hard because I really thought, "Live a good life, live in a beautiful big house without rain, eat good food, wear good clothes, and my mother is the same as me, of course she doesn't have to weave every day, it's too hard."
"You get the idea, right? Strive to realize value. Because you work hard, you are the best endorsement in the school. My reward, you can always get it. ”
Zheng Shang nodded, his mother said that he should not be arrogant. So, he has to work hard and try to get the daily reward. Zheng Shang just wanted to get a reward, and today Zheng Sheng told him that this is value. Because of his hard work, he has always endorsed the best, and this is the value of his hard work!
"My value is the best endorsement, and my value is what I work hard to get."
"Yes. That's what you're worth. Zheng Sheng himself was almost dizzy, "The value of hard work." ”
"Then, you look at the scrambled eggs. The scrambled eggs made by Dongye with a few chickens, oil, salt and other things are worth more than a dozen dollars. Zheng Shangzheng sat upright, straightened up and listened carefully.
"But why did my mother say that if you put it in Wancheng Zuixiangju, this scrambled egg can be worth 3,000 yuan?"
Zheng Shang also wondered about this question.
"It's actually quite simple. Because this delicious scrambled egg is the only one we can make. Zheng Sheng said with a smile.
"Scarcity is expensive, and of course the rarer the food, the more expensive it is. Scrambled eggs, only we will do. People who go to Zuixiangju to eat can only sell it for 3,000 yuan if they are either rich or expensive, and this is its value. ”
Zheng Shang suddenly realized.
"Value." Zheng Shang continued to ponder the word, the value of scrambled eggs is because it is rare and delicious, and it can be worth a hundred times.
Zheng Shang thought of himself again, is his value just an endorsement? Now, endorsement is no longer the most important criterion for measuring good or bad. Everyone had to train in the military, run, exercise, study, and be beaten. It's a busy day.
Zheng Shang laughed, thinking that hard work was the reason why his endorsement became the best.
So, just keep trying!