Chapter 7 Hidden Worries in the Bright Future
Su Guan finally encountered such a new vegetable, and it was even more rare that it was so delicious, so he was ready to buy ten catties as soon as he made a move, after all, the Pei Mansion family has a big business, and there are a lot of ladies and sons in the house, and it is not enough to eat if they buy too little, as for money and the like, there is no need to worry about it, will the Prime Minister's Mansion be short of money? It's just that what he never expected was that the other party said that he couldn't sell it to him.
"Why can't you sell it to me? Aren't you going to do business? Steward Su said with a not very good-looking face at the moment.
"The guest misunderstood, because the number of bean sprouts we planted this time was not much, and the total was only a dozen catties, and our host said that this time the main purpose of entering the city was to make the bean sprouts famous, so it can only be supplied in limited quantities, and each person can only buy one catty at most each time!" The country man who sold vegetables explained apologetically that he was Boss Liu, and his brother-in-law Zhang Feng was also his brother-in-law, and it was his mother-in-law who stir-fried vegetables, and as for the method of stir-frying, Li Xiu naturally taught her.
Steward Su was also stunned when he heard Boss Liu's words, and then understood the thoughts of the other party's master, it seems that the other party's ambition is not small, and the limited supply will naturally allow more people to taste the deliciousness of bean sprouts, and when they sell it next time, more people will definitely buy it, and it seems that the other party's master will really do business.
Although Pei Lin is in a high position, he has extremely strict constraints on the people in his family, and he has never allowed them to use the reputation of the Pei family to bully the people, but one pound is too little, Su Guan Shi thought about it for a while, and suddenly pointed to the two house slaves behind him and said: "There are three people on our side, one person buys you a catty, this is always okay, right?" ”
Although Boss Liu is a farmer, he also has some eyesight, knowing that although the Su steward in front of him is dressed as a servant, when he stepped forward to ask the price, the people around him did not dare to step forward, and he knew that the other party's master must be a famous person in the city, so he didn't dare to offend too much, and when he heard the other party's proposal, he had to nod and weigh him three catties of bean sprouts, and the result was that Sixty Wen finally got it.
After the Su steward finished buying, the people who had already tried it just now rushed up, you and I divided more than a dozen catties of bean sprouts one pound and I gave them a pound, and finally the bean sprouts were sold out, but the people who didn't buy the bean sprouts were still around Boss Liu and they were not allowed to go, which made Boss Liu and the three of them happy and helpless, shouting that they would definitely come to sell bean sprouts again in three days, and the number was more, which would definitely satisfy everyone.
On the way back, Liu Boss and Zhang Feng pushed the wheelbarrow while walking and discussed excitedly, his mother-in-law was even more excited to sit in the car, holding a bag in her arms, counting the copper coins in it one after another, although it was not the first time she saw so many copper coins, but it was the first time to earn so much money so easily, when Li Xiu borrowed some beans from her home before, she was still a little reluctant, but she didn't dare to say it clearly, but she didn't expect that the beans that were less than a few pennies changed hands, and they were exchanged for more than 300 yuan. If the business can be done for a long time, how much do they have to earn?
People are in good spirits on happy occasions, Liu Boss and their steps can't help but be much brisker, they only took half an hour to come back, at this time Li Xiu and several other tenants are waiting in the courtyard of Liu Lao's family, when Liu Boss's mother-in-law put the bag containing copper coins on the table, and there was a sound of copper coins hitting inside, Li Xiu's face couldn't help but show a little relaxed smile, after coming to Datang, he finally solved the problem of eating.
"Master, you didn't see those people buying things today, no one paid attention to us at first, until my mother-in-law fried the bean sprouts, those people immediately surrounded them, and then they all rushed to buy, and when they were sold out, those people still surrounded us and didn't let us go, and finally Wuhou came to let us leave!" At this time, Boss Liu excitedly told Li Xiu about the experience of selling bean sprouts today, he was also the first time in his life that he was watched and welcomed by so many people, and Zhang Feng next to him was also telling other tenants about their detailed experience, which caused the tenants to be shocked and completely unseen in the world.
"Uncle Liu, today is just a trial marketing, it can only be regarded as a preliminary opening of the market, and when the second batch of bean sprouts is on the market in a few days, it will be regarded as real money!" Li Xiu said with a smile, although Boss Liu couldn't understand many words in his words, he already understood that as long as he followed the master's family, there would be a good day waiting for them in the future.
Li Xiu didn't move a penny of the more than 300 yuan he earned today, but asked Boss Liu to buy beans, mainly mung beans, as for the soybeans, they can be put into the future and then launched, in addition, Zhang Feng's brothers know some carpenter work, so Li Xiu asked them to make some simple shelves, several women use bamboo to weave into flat bamboo baskets, layer by layer on the shelves, this is the method of bean sprouts that Li Xiu came up with, the bamboo basket is ventilated and permeable, and it is very suitable for bean sprouts.
Of course, these things can't be done in a day or two, in order to make the next batch of bean sprouts as soon as possible, so while busy with these, Li Xiu asked Boss Liu to collect some broken jars and broken pots, and pile them all up in a warm room to make bean sprouts, because of the lack of manpower, in the end, even the children were mobilized to water the bean sprouts every two hours.
Three days later, the second batch of bean sprouts finally sprouted, and in order to maintain the continuity of the supply of bean sprouts, Li Xiu asked people to make a new batch of bean sprouts every day, so there will be a third batch and a fourth batch tomorrow and the day after tomorrow......
The first batch of bean sprouts has made a little famous in the vegetable market, so when the second and third batches of bean sprouts were listed, they were robbed almost in the blink of an eye, and some people even simply guarded in front of the city gate, as long as Liu Boss pushed the car past the city gate, they would run forward to stop the car to buy bean sprouts, because there were too many people in the vegetable market, and now the production of bean sprouts is still insufficient, so many times they can't grab it at all.
Relying on the sales of bean sprouts, Liu Boss and they pull back more and more copper coins every time, although many of them are used by Li Xiu to buy various appliances, but in the end there is still a lot of surplus, and there are more and more people who go into the city to sell bean sprouts every day, and now all the men in the Li family Zhuangzi have gone into battle, and even some half-sized children have followed their fathers into the city to sell bean sprouts, which is also half a labor, and the women get up early every day to take care of the growth of bean sprouts, and the whole Zhuangzi has become a miniature bean sprout production base.
Half a month later, Li Xiu gathered everyone in the Zhuangzi together, this time not in Liu Lao's house, but on the threshing floor outside the village, it was already evening, and the weather was too cold, so Li Xiu raised a fire in the open space in the field, and everyone sat around the fire.
There are only five households in the whole Li family Zhuangzi, and there are a total of thirty-seven people, all of whom are here now, at the beginning, the whole grain field is a mess, the noise of the children, the voices of the women, and the laughter of the men come and go, until Li Xiu stood up and motioned for everyone to be quiet, and the whole grain field was quiet.
"Everyone has worked hard during this time, but everyone's hard work has not been in vain, and now the business of bean sprouts is on the right track, and there are several times in the account every day, and everyone no longer has to worry about running out of money to buy food to eat!" Li Xiu said very directly, talking to these tenants, you don't need to make too many detours, you can say what you want to say directly, so that everyone can understand.
After hearing this, there was no need to worry about starvation, and everyone present cheered happily, but Li Xiu's words were not finished, only to see him signal everyone to be quiet again, and then continued: "I also see everyone's hard work, so I invite everyone to come today, there is only one thing, that is-divide the money!" ”
After Li Xiu finished speaking, he turned around and dragged out a hemp bag from behind his back, and finally dragged the sack to the middle of the field with great difficulty, and then continued: "Everyone, we have made a lot of money by selling bean sprouts in the past half a month, in addition to the cost and some necessary expenses, according to the sharing standard that I discussed with Uncle Liu before, I am ready to share half of the net profit with everyone!" ”
"Wow~" As soon as Li Xiu's words fell, the whole venue was in an uproar, except for the ignorant children, everyone looked at Li Xiu in surprise, although they didn't know how much half of the net profit was, but just looking at the weight of the sack in Li Xiu's hand could guess a lot, which made many people excited.
In contrast, although Boss Liu and other men in charge were also excited, they could at least control their emotions, because they had known in advance before, and even when Li Xiu proposed to share the profits with them, they resolutely did not want to, because they felt that the solution was thought up by Li Xiu, and they only worked with Li Xiu for half a month, so Li Xiu only needed to pay their wages, just like working in the winter before, men had two pennies a day, and women and children had one penny a day. In this way, each family also has hundreds of Wen per month, which is already a very generous reward.
However, Li Xiu insisted on sharing the profits with Boss Liu, because selling bean sprouts was originally to improve the life in Zhuangzi, and it could be regarded as his repayment of the two bags of flour before, and for him, the income from selling bean sprouts was nothing at all, and now that he had capital, as long as he wanted, he could come up with more ways to make money. However, Boss Liu and the others thought that this was taking advantage of Li Xiu, and in the end, Li Xiu persuaded them for a long time before Boss Liu was willing to accept half of the profits.
At the moment, Li Xiu personally poured out the copper coins in the bag, and then divided them into five parts for Boss Liu to take away, each family was divided into more than two runs, which made the entire threshing floor suddenly enter a climax, the old man smiled and closed his toothless mouth, the children sang and danced, the women excitedly held their copper coins and did not let go, they lived for half a lifetime, and it was the first time they had so many copper coins, and this was half a month's share, if they did it until the end of the year, the family would become rich.
Seeing everyone's happy looks, Li Xiu announced again that tomorrow is the beginning of winter, so he is ready to let people buy pigs, everyone has a meal to kill pigs, and divide the pork, in order to treat everyone, this is to detonate everyone's enthusiasm, the folk customs of Datang are open, and many people have begun to sing and dance around the fire.
Li Xiu looked at the smiling faces by the fire one after another, and his face also showed a relaxed look, as the so-called "vote for me with a peach, repay it with Qiong Yao", the tenants of the Li family Zhuangzi sent two bags of flour when he needed help the most, then he would return to these tenants a rich life, for these tenants, eating and drinking is a prosperous age, and they will enter the prosperous era many years earlier than the other people of the Tang Dynasty.
It's just that in his heart, a trace of worry suddenly flashed in Li Xiu's eyes, sometimes things are too smooth, it may not be a good thing, maybe under this beautiful prospect, there is an unknown danger.