"Brother, you're tired all the way, right? I'll take it for you. Chen An picked out the pork meat from Chen Ping's goods, and shouted to the hall, "Mother, my brother has come back from buying meat, it's a lot." ”

"Meat, meat, I want to eat meat." Chen Zhen let go of her hands, and the two poor wild ducks fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and flapped their little wings to escape.

Liu came out of the hall and saw the goods picked by Chen Ping, which were meat and guise fat, as well as condiments such as pepper and vinegar, and a smile appeared on his face.

"You kid, go to your uncle's house, your uncle's belongings have to be emptied." Liu Shi picked up the pork meat from Chen An's hand and said, "It's cold, it's okay to leave this pork meat for a few days." ”

Chen's father got down from the ladder, threw away the rotten thatch in his hand, patted the ashes, and went to the clay pot by the well to wash his hands.

"I took a few sets of clothes last time, why did you take such things again?" Father Chen's face was a little unsightly, even if he was a brother, he couldn't take things from his own house like this.

This meat is not cheap, and there is that gua fat, Chen's father looked at the goods, and Chen Ping was counted on the side.

"Brother, what is this?" Chen An was holding a palm-sized clay pot, which was milky white and paste-like, and it smelled very fragrant, Chen An picked some with his fingers, tangled, "It's so fragrant, can you eat it?" ”

"That's a jar of cheese, you and the little lady have a jar." The cheese was accidentally discovered by Chen Ping in the county and city, and it was quite expensive, so that small can cost 100 yuan, and Chen Ping bought two cans.

After putting the things into the hall, Liu hung up the pork, and Chen An and Xiaoniang sat at the entrance of the hall with clay pots, skimmed the spoon, and picked them with their fingers.

"Mine, it's mine." Seeing that Chen An was picking and eating faster, the little lady was immediately unhappy, stuffed her little hand into the clay pot, grabbed a handful of cheese and licked it.

Chen An saw the cheese stained on the little lady's clothes, his eyes were full of pity, so he carefully pinched it and sucked it into his mouth.

"It's delicious, it's delicious." The condiments are not rich, there are only one or two flavors in the mouth, and at this time, Chen An and Xiaoniang enjoyed the sweet and sour cheese very much.

It was the meal, and Liu's meal was ready and put on the table.

"How much does that thing cost?" Cheese Liu has never seen it, but he feels that it will not be cheap.

Chen An and Xiao Niang finished the jar of cheese in a moment's effort, and they were pouring hot water into it at this time.

"Baiwen money." Chen Ping said three words, and then reached out and took out a cloth bag from his pocket, which contained money, "Mother, there are still two hundred dollars here, you keep it." ”

On the table, Chen's father's chopsticks stopped in the bowl, but Liu looked at the small clay pot in Chen An's hand at the entrance of the hall.

"This ...... Where did you get all this money? That is, he had already prepared, Baiwen money, at that point, Liu Shi withdrew his gaze and stared at the Wen Qian on the table, unable to hide his gloom, "Did you ask Yuanliang to borrow it?" ”

It's okay to borrow it, but if it is obtained through other means, Liu is worried.

"Mother, don't worry, this money is justified, I earned it." Chen Ping knew what Liu was worried about, and pressed Liu's heart back to his throat with a word, "Grandpa also knows about this." ”

"How do I know?" Father Chen said strangely, and after a while, he said, "Could it be that it is really the money that Qu Yuan ploughed for?" ”

After the demonstration of Quyuan plough that day, many people in the village have ordered, and people from other villages also came to ask. If Chen Xiaoyi didn't want to go to the blacksmith to order one because he was not short of money, he would be much faster in the coming year.

Because he knew that the Quyuan plough was Chen Ping's idea, the blacksmith would often boast about it, and the Quyuan plough was indeed more expensive than the previous straight plough, and there were many words in the village that the blacksmith and Chen Ping made a lot of money together.

Chen Xiaoyi had also heard of these words, but he didn't take them to heart. At this time, when he saw the money that Chen Ping took out, he naturally went up.

"I wanted to make some money with the Quyuan plow, but Uncle Blacksmith refused, so I got a silk from the chief, and one person and one set of clothes, this grandfather, you and your mother have seen it." I don't know if the matter of this Quyuan plough has been reported by the chief, there has been no news for so many days, Chen Ping is still counting on getting some more rewards from the county, "This money is actually the money earned by the sale of the fire sickle." ”

"Fire Scythe?" Chen's father knew that Chen Ping put the fire sickle in Chen Xiaozhong's grocery store to sell, but he didn't think that those two sets of fire sickles could be sold for so much money, "Just that one broken stone, a piece of broken iron, can be sold for so much money?" ”

Psychologically speaking, Chen's father didn't want to believe it. I worked hard to sow seeds, fertilize and weed, and served more than ten acres of fields all year round, and only harvested about 14 stone of rice, which was only a thousand yuan at the price of a bucket and seven yuan.

But these two sets of fire sickles can actually allow Chen Ping to cut more than a pound of pork meat, and also buy so many things, if he gets a few more sets of fire sickles, it will not be compared to the income from this hard farming?

A few pieces of broken iron picked up in the blacksmith's corner, a few rocks on the river beach, are so valuable?

Father Chen was a little overwhelmed for a while, and he was very panicked. This, this can't be justified.

How can it be justified that the effort is disproportionate to the gain? How can it make people feel good?

"That's marketing." Chen Pingdao, and then explained the meaning of marketing, "I just packaged this fire sickle a little and sold it at such a price, this is marketing." ”

Of course, marketing can't be so narrow, but that's basically what it means, catering to the needs of consumers. The reason why the county and the master bookkeeper rushed to buy the fire sickle was nothing more than showing off, which catered to their psychology.

The selling price is greater than the list price, which makes sense.

"I don't care what kind of marketing you do or not, you don't have to do that cheating and tricking thing, otherwise I will know that I have to break your legs." The thinking is still a little advanced, and Chen's father can't figure out why anyone would be willing to pay such a high price for such a simple object.

Chen Ping nodded in agreement.

"Next time you have so much money, don't spend it indiscriminately, put it here for your mother, and save it for you." Liu put down the dishes and chopsticks, put away the money, gave a sigh, and entered the east room.

This meal was quite cheerful, Chen Ping thought that his decision to cut first and then play would make his parents unhappy, but seeing the two of them like this, he didn't seem to be really angry.

"Looks like I'm going to be half a family too." Chen Ping thought so, if this is placed in the future generations, let alone that he made money, even if it is the New Year's money, if he spends it without making a report, it will definitely be a scolding.

This is actually Chen Ping's thoughts, Liu only admonished, that is because he felt sorry for his own son and did not say it, and Chen's father was embarrassed to speak because his income from a year's hard work was not as good as these sets of fire sickles.

One is unbearable, and the other is awkward.

"Mother, I'll make dinner." After eating, Chen Ping helped Liu clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and said, "My mother always cooks for us, and I should let my mother rest." ”

"Okay, let my mother taste the food you cooked." Liu smiled gently.