034, divide the silver
In addition to these dendrobiums, Liu Jiaojiao did not find any precious herbs, and seeing that it was already afternoon, she said hello to Liu Jun and led everyone down the mountain.
The village chief was already waiting at the foot of the mountain, and when he saw everyone appearing, he hurriedly walked over and said apologetically to Liu Jiaojiao: "Jiao girl, I have already trained those two unsuccessful boys, and they also know that they are wrong, you should take them with you next time you go up the mountain." ”
Liu Jiaojiao shook her head firmly and said, "Grandpa the village chief, it's not that I don't give you face, the two of them are indeed not this material, or else?" In the future, let them go to the town with my brother to deliver herbs, help load and unload the goods, once every two days, including lunch and wages, what do you think? ”
At first, the village chief thought that the two boys were out of play, but he didn't expect that there would be a follow-up, and he could be regarded as being able to give an explanation to the parents of the two, where was there any reason to disagree, so he nodded hurriedly and responded: "Okay, just do as you say!" If they cheat again, tell me directly, and see how I clean them up! ”
Liu Jiaojiao smiled noncommittally and did not answer. The reason why she made concessions was nothing more than that she and Liu Jun still had to live in the village for the time being, and if they could reduce the trouble, they would reduce it, after all, there was still a room of strange things waiting for her to clean up.
It happened that Lei Zhong was there, so Liu Jiaojiao asked the village chief to help borrow a pole to weigh the herbs that everyone dug up one by one, and then calculate the price.
Lei Zhong didn't have much broken silver on his body, but it was enough to pay for these herbs, and after throwing the destroyed herbs aside and carefully liquidating them, he said to the village chief: "These herbs are four taels and five yuan, for the sake of Jiaojiao's face, I will give you a rounding, and I will collect it according to five taels of silver." ”
After speaking, he took out five taels of silver and handed it to the village chief, as for how to distribute it, it was the village chief's business, and it had nothing to do with him.
However, he earned five taels of silver in most of the day, and the village chief smiled so much that his eyes narrowed into a slit, and repeatedly thanked Lei Zhong, and invited him to eat at home, but Lei Zhong refused, saying that he had to rush back to the town.
The group of young people who followed up the mountain saw that the silver eyes were also shining, in fact, they refused at first, even if they didn't collide with the two people who were driven down the mountain, they were still a little uncomfortable in their hearts, but now they saw that they could earn silver so easily, and those discomforts in their hearts were instantly thrown out of the clouds, and all that was left was excitement and gratitude to Liu Jiaojiao.
I didn't expect this little girl to be really capable, and she was really willing to teach them how to make money.
At this moment, almost everyone has a firm belief in their hearts, they must follow her to study hard, earn more money, and make the life of the family better!
The village chief found someone to call the two young men who were driven down the mountain, and then gave them a hard lesson in front of everyone, and then said sternly: "Fortunately, the delicate girl is a generous person, and she said that she doesn't care about you, but you don't have to learn medicine from her in the future!" ”
The two young people, one named Chunsheng and the other named Shishi, were frightened when they heard the first half of the village chief's words. When I came back to complain, I was reprimanded, and when I went home, I was scolded by my father and mother, saying that they were not angry, and I heard the village chief call them over and thought that things had taken a turn for the better, but I didn't expect that there was still no change, how can I explain this home?
Seeing their frightened appearance, the village chief snorted, and then continued: "In the future, every two days, you will follow Jun Xiaozi to the town to deliver medicinal herbs, and the girl said that she will provide you with lunch and pay you a monthly salary." If you can't do such a simple thing, even if your father and mother kneel in front of me, I won't care about you! ”
When Chunsheng and Shi heard this, they were as happy as if they had come back to life, nodded again and again, and did not forget to apologize and thank Liu Jiaojiao. Delivering herbs is a matter of transportation and delivery, and it is much easier than recognizing those herbs, and they will definitely be able to do it well.
They feel like they've picked up a bargain, but they don't notice the sympathetic glances that others throw at them. Delivery can earn a few dollars, they today the first time up the mountain to earn five taels of silver, although everyone to share, but on average down a person can also have a few dollars of broken silver, a month can also have a five or six taels, but more than delivery.
The rest of the young people decided to hug Liu Jiaojiao's thighs tightly in their hearts, learn from her well, and resolutely don't learn from these two stupid people, lose the watermelon and pick up sesame seeds, and be as happy as a fool.
Seeing that it was getting late, Lei Zhong had to go back to the pharmacy, so Liu Jun asked Lao Li Tou to borrow an ox cart, and everyone helped to move all the herbs they picked to the cart, because the ox cart was too small to sit so many people, so this time Hui Chunsheng and Shi did not follow.
Before leaving, Lei Zhong pulled Liu Jiaojiao aside and whispered: "Jiaojiao, after I concoct the dendrobium and sell it, will the silver be given to you or will I be put there temporarily?" ”
After all, he already recognizes his grandson, he knows Liu Jiaojiao's situation, it is not suitable to put too much silver money on his body, so as not to cause trouble, he will definitely not be greedy for his granddaughter's money, it is actually safer to let him go, but out of respect, he still has to ask first.
Liu Jiaojiao smiled playfully, "Grandpa, you can help me keep it first, and the silver ticket of one thousand taels, I told my brother, and I will give it to you when I get to the pharmacy." Tomorrow you will help me exchange fifty taels of silver, and I will fetch it the day after tomorrow. ”
"It's only fifty taels, you don't need to use your money, grandpa has this money."
"No need, grandpa, I'm going to use this money to renovate the house we live in, and you can see how dilapidated it is."
"That house is really bad, why don't you find someone to build a new one? Didn't the village chief just ask you to get you a better piece of land? ”
Liu Jiaojiao shook her head, "It's not right now, we're already a little high-profile, if we build a new house immediately, not only the Liu family will come to make trouble, but the people in the village will also be red-eyed, after all, everyone was poor before, and suddenly a nouveau riche appeared, and I would definitely feel uncomfortable." ”
Lei Zhong nodded understandingly, and secretly sighed that the little granddaughter was really a smart one, looking at her more and more gently, with a hint of pride, "Cheng, grandpa will prepare it for you, then I'll go first, you pay attention to safety at home, if the Liu family comes to find trouble, don't fight with them, go directly to the village chief, he will definitely not sit idly by." ”
Listening to Lei Zhong's slightly verbose instructions, Liu Jiaojiao was not bored at all, but felt very happy, and nodded while listening with a smile, because this kind of family affection was what she couldn't ask for in modern times.
Liu Jun also followed a few instructions, for fear that Liu Jiaojiao would be in trouble when she was not at home, but the more she instructed, the more worried she felt, so she simply called Liu Lotus over and said to her: "Lotus, it is inconvenient for you to accompany Jiaojiao, I don't worry that she is home alone." ”
Liu Lotus is kind by nature, and she also thinks that it is not good for Liu Jiaojiao to be a half-sized girl at home alone, so she nodded hurriedly and said, "Okay." ”
Liu Jun was relieved to drive the ox cart and left the village with Lei Zhong and a cart of herbs.
After the village distributed the silver to everyone, he walked up to Liu Jiaojiao and said with a very kind smile: "Jiao girl, you have worked hard today, will you gather here tomorrow at this time?" ”
"Yes, just this morning." As she spoke, Liu Jiaojiao's eyes rolled, "Grandpa the village chief, why didn't Brother Liu Qiang come?" She was impressed by the mighty man.
The village chief coughed a little embarrassed and said, "Qiangwa is a rough person, not this material." ”
He also wants his son to follow and learn, what a good thing, he can learn a craft and earn money, but Liu Qiang doesn't look at the developed limbs, but his mind is extremely simple, no matter what he learns, he can forget it cleanly, so he can only give up.
Liu Jiaojiao waved her hand indifferently, "Grandpa the village chief, I think Brother Liu Qiang is very good, you go back and ask him, are you interested in following me to earn silver?" ”
Of course, there is interest, but the village chief is still afraid that his son will be embarrassed, so he hesitated: "He really didn't make this material, he couldn't remember what those herbs taught him, and he forgot when he turned his head!" ”
"I didn't say that I would take him to collect medicine, Brother Liu Qiang can be surrounded by so many brothers, this is a rare ability, it is a pity for such a talent to let him go to collect medicine."
"What? He will blindly make fox friends and dog friends, which is also called ability? ”
Liu Jiaojiao didn't explain, but said with a smile: "You go back and tell him what I just said, and then ask him if he is willing to earn money, he will understand." ”
The village chief was confused when he heard it, but seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, he had to nod his head in response, but he muttered in his heart, could it be that his unobtrusive son is really capable? Did he look away?
Liu Jiaojiao's goal is very ambitious, she wants to build a business empire that belongs to herself and Liu Jun, and there will be more places to use people in the future, so no matter what kind of talent, as long as you encounter it, you can cheat it first, and then talk about it, so as to save yourself from finding someone temporarily.
A well-connected and cohesive person like Liu Qiang is exactly what she needs.
Liu Lotus is a trustworthy person, and sure enough, she accompanied Liu Jiaojiao back to the old house according to Liu Jun's instructions, and took the initiative to cook for her...... It's hard to explain, after all, the people in the village are really not so particular about food.
After finishing the dinner made by Liu Lotus with a little heart, and stopped her hand that wanted to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Liu Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Sister Lotus, don't worry, let's talk." ”
Liu Lotus was a little cramped, but she still answered and sat down opposite her.
"You also know that I haven't been out in the past few years, and I don't know much about the people and things in the village, can you tell me about it? Save yourself any jokes when dealing with the big guys in the future. ”
“…… Okay, I'll tell you everything I know. ”
So, one said and the other listened quietly, so that Liu Jiaojiao had a rough understanding of the situation of the people in the village.
In fact, she can also ask Liu Jun about these things, but if she wants to get familiar with someone as soon as possible, chatting with her and supporting her is undoubtedly the fastest way.