Chapter 52: Selling Soybeans
The second girl carried the cleaned raw grass into the Su family's courtyard, and Su Lingyu took out the dustpan and asked her to pour the aconitum into the dustpan.
She stuffed two taro pieces for the second girl, "Your mother has been guarding outside for a while, you go over and take a look." If you have something to do in the hospital, if you have nothing to do, go back. ”
"Hey."
Su Zhangshi held his feet and peeled soybeans with kapok, "You really asked Erniu to help?" The leper is not easy to mess with. ”
She took a bundle of sun-dried soybeans and peeled the soybeans, "It's not what it used to be, we used to be strangers, but now we are old people." Now let her in again, she doesn't dare to enter, don't say that she is insulted. ”
It is also human nature to bully the weak and fear the hard, and no matter how vicious the bully is, there are people and things that he is afraid of.
The second girl came back soon, empty-handed, and the taro she brought out was probably given to her mother.
Su Lingyu asked Kapok to get taro to the second girl again, and gave out a piece of egg cake, but the second girl didn't dare to take the egg cake.
Su Zhang smiled: "I'm not a harsh person, you can eat this egg cake with confidence." ”
The second girl looked at the egg cake and swallowed her saliva, but finally ate it. Quickly finish the food in your hand and help peel the soybeans. With money and stuttering, she works more quickly.
The soybeans planted by the Su family have three acres of mountainous land, all of which are harvested and can be piled up in the small yard. They are all harvested and dried at the same time, and the beans are peeled when they are half dry.
In the past, when the family did not show talents, one mu of soybeans had to pay 30% of the soybean tax, but now not only do not have to pay the bean tax and grain tax, but also can go to the government to receive some grain.
"Let me tell you, the Su family's soybeans are good, and one acre of land can harvest one hundred and fifty catties of beans." The leper mother said in the village.
And all the women who heard this came near to inquire whether it was true or false.
"Erniu is working over there, peeling soybeans every day, peeling for three days, and she hasn't finished peeling yet. Peel out three large bags of dried beans from one acre, one bag of fifty catties. ”
"It's a big joke, it's already very good to have fifty catties of beans on one acre of land. Can you peel out a hundred and fifty pounds? Leper mother, you spread rumors like this, aren't you afraid that the Su family won't want the second girl to work? ”
The leper mother was unhappy, "I didn't spread rumors, this is a sure thing." He pointed to the woman and said, "Do you envy the second girl for taking money and want to grab the second girl's position?" ”
"I'm envious? Phew, my eldest girl's salary for going into the city to be a maid is higher than that of the second girl. What if I envy you? ”
"When a maid can have two girls, when a maid has to be beaten and scolded, it is different in the village, under the nose, the Su family will not beat and scold the two girls. Of course you envy it. The leper said happily.
The man glanced at the leper and said nonchalantly, "One Kefu, the other can't lay eggs." It's really a family. ”
"You, you slut......"
The two fought, and the spectators quickly went to stop them.
"Don't fight, don't fight."
"Don't fight...... Leper mother, the second girl is here. ”
Listening to the name of the second girl, and hearing that the daughter-in-law who let her son be held as a baby came, the leper mother let go and left with a scolding.
The farce broke up, and several women made an appointment to go to Su's house.
Seeing that there were soybean stalks piled up in front of the Su family's courtyard, I picked it up and took a look, and found that a pod had five or six bean prints. There are seven or eight pods on a bean stalk, which is a good harvest. No one can compare to the Su family.
The situation of this bean seedling increased their determination to enter the Su family.
"Su Niangzi, are you busy?" As he spoke, he walked into Su's house and saw the bean seedlings drying in the yard, and his eyes lit up.
In the yard, three or four people were piling soybean stalks around the soybean stalks, peeling soybeans. The basket on the side is already half full.
A woman stooped down and picked up a bean stalk, counted the pods, and counted the bean prints, and the more she counted, the more happy she became, and the more she clicked, the happier she became. "These beans are so well grown, several times better than mine!"
Su Zhangshi stood up with his crutches and said with a smile: "This year is a good year, coupled with diligent weeding, there will be more harvests." ”
"Who doesn't weed and fertilize diligently?"
"You grow soybeans well, why don't you allow me to use them as bean seeds."
"Absolutely."
As soon as her mother's voice fell, Su Lingyu quickly picked up a bundle of bean stalks and tied them, "Five cents." ”
When they heard the five cents, they were unhappy at first, but then they saw that the bean stalk was very large, and the pods were many and full. Five cents is five cents, just buy seeds.
Su Lingyu bundled a few more bundles and sold them to them, personally sent them out, and said, "My soybeans taste good, if you want to taste them, you can come to my house to buy them." He sent them away and turned to face his mother's black face.
"Are you poor and crazy, or are you in the eyes of money? Folks, you dare to collect copper plates. ”
"Mother, Dongquan Village is not big, but there are more than 200 households. Our soybean harvest is gratifying, if every household comes to ask for soybeans as seeds, how much can you give? Give less, and you will be called stingy. I give too much, but I can't bear it. Why not just collect the money and block the hearts of some people who don't want it in vain.
Although I received money, I gave them a lot of soybeans. Peel out the soybeans, at least a pound. When you go to the city to buy bean seeds, you can get more than a dozen dollars for a catty. In the end, our family suffered. ”
Su Zhang sat down and took a handful of soybean stalks, "If you suffer a loss, you won't have a good reputation, you are moving a stone to shoot yourself in the foot." ”
"It's a good family, and they will say that our family is good. It's a greedy person, and they won't say a good word about how much they give. The human heart is a scale, and it will measure itself. ”
Anyone who lives by counting copper plates will know that buying the soybean seeds of the Su family will not suffer a loss.
If someone wants to use this to slander the Su family, there are fair people who refute it and spit on it.
After the propaganda of the leper mother, the villagers of Dongquan came to see it and wanted to know if it was true. When they saw this, they were moved and wanted to plant some seeds.
Su Lingyu still collects money to sell beans, and those who come do not refuse.
Acquaintances came to help peel the beans, and she was not stingy and gave them a pound of beans.
When Su Shan learned of this, he disagreed very much, thinking that the cashier money would damage his reputation.
Su Zhang also followed the persuasion, stating that he would not accept money from now on, and said that he would return the money received.
Su Lingyu saw her mother's chatter, Su Shan was displeased, and her grandmother bowed her head and said nothing.
Then he said: "Our soybeans are high-quality soybeans, and they can be sold for ten cents a catty." If you sell it to the tofu factory in the city, you can get four taels and two dollars of silver. If you sell the seeds to the Wang Long caravan, you can get five taels and three dollars. Is it too much to sell it to the villagers for five pennies a pound? ”
"Not excessive." Kapok, who has a milky voice, has always supported her sister.
"It has already been calculated that Erlang needs fifty taels of silver to travel out. And the family had twenty-two taels of silver, and rebuilt the house, and bought things, and spent more than three taels of silver. The yield of the Niutouao paddy field was reduced, and the spring grain was less than 500 catties. All the grain can be sold, and at most fifteen taels can be raised. How do you raise fifty taels if you don't sell beans? ”
"Doesn't it take money to buy a scholar or a chariot or a horse? Da Lang is going to go to the academy after the Mid-Autumn Festival, doesn't it cost money here? For the sake of face and hunger, I want to send you there. ”
Su Lingyu threw the money bag on the table and didn't care.