Volume 1 Chapter 25 The Thief
Life is getting better day by day, greens, cucumbers with the help of Qiao Xi's ability, also began to reach the maturity stage, the last time I asked Aunt Hua for a few soybeans left, this time Qiao Xi did not ask Aunt Hua for nothing, directly gave the silver money, but Aunt Hua said nothing she wanted, and then she accepted the money under Qiao Xi's good words, and at the same time, Qiao Xi also explained to Aunt Hua that these soybeans she used to do a little business, Aunt Hua knew that after she was doing business, she no longer shirked, and when it came, when the carriage of Juxian Lou came to Qiao's house, Only then did she really understand that the business Qiao Xi said was actually done with Juxian Lou, Juxian Lou, that is the largest restaurant in the town.
Selling vegetables at home, or going to the town to sell hawthorn cakes, the money in the hands of the Qiao family brothers and sisters has become more and more abundant.
Braised fish in the town also spread the popularity, the first day Juxian Lou began to sell, no one cared at all, in the evening, Yang shopkeeper simply put his heart sideways, sent the old patron to taste, I didn't expect the effect to be so good, if not to see the whole fish, I can't believe that it is fish, when the fish can be made so delicious.
Under the propaganda of this old patron, the braised fish in Juxian Lou is selling very well, ten per day is not enough to supply, Yang shopkeeper also asked Qiao Song to send ten more per day, but Qiao Xi refused, although fishing in the winter is not very difficult, but she will not agree to supply too many fish, once there are more things, there will be greasy times, how to attract guests when they are tired, what they are tired of is what they say, not what the guests say is what it is, but what the restaurant says is what it is!
So, Qiao Xi specially wrote a letter for Su Cheng to bring back to the shopkeeper.
When Shopkeeper Yang got the letter, when he saw the words on it, he had to sigh, although the brothers and sisters of the Qiao family are small, they are all extraordinary, with their current age, they will definitely be able to break through the world in the future.
Shopkeeper Yang's exclamation today is indeed fulfilled in the future, at that time, he was also transferred to Juxian Building in the capital because of the relationship between the three of them and became the shopkeeper there, which he always wanted to do but did not do, but because of them he did it!
The content of the letter is very simple, Qiao Xi wrote like this: The fish can be supplied up to fifteen a day, and if they are sold out, they can only wait for tomorrow, or they can make an appointment in advance, so that they can keep the customers, and the business will only get better and better.
After reading it, Shopkeeper Yang also felt that Qiao Xi's words were reasonable, fifteen were supplied every day, and there was no way~~ There was no way for him to do it, where could there be so many fish to supply in this winter, this reason is strong and sufficient.
Every three days, there is a carriage to Qiao's house, and then from Qiao's house, they really don't know what the carriage is pulling away, the only thing they know is the fish in the river, they didn't pay attention to it at first, because they couldn't look down on this thing, and only like the brothers and sisters of the Qiao family, those who can't live will catch and eat, to fill their stomachs, until the braised fish is booming in the town, The way they looked at the Qiao brothers and sisters also began to change.
I never thought that the fish that was worthless and unpalatable in their eyes would be sold for one or two pieces of silver, which is simply eating money, which is eating fish. The idea of rich people is really not what they farmers can imagine.
Knowing that the brothers and sisters of the Qiao family can make money by fishing and selling, some people also have the idea of catching fish and selling fish, Qiao Xi can sell it to Juxian Lou, and they can also sell fish to other restaurants. As soon as this idea came out, many people in the village began to go to the river to fish. In fact, the life of each family is not much better, and everyone wants to add more income to the family.
That's a good idea, but they don't have Qiao Xi's plug-in ability, so they can't catch fish at all.
It's good like them, but the most feared thing is to be targeted by the ruffians in the village, as soon as the Qiao family made money, Qiao Si, the ruffian in Qiaojia Village, happened to return to the village and was remembered by him.
"Sister, so many people catch fish, can we still catch fish?" Qiao Bai saw that so many people were fishing by the river, and asked directly in worry.
Not only Qiao Bai had this idea, but also Qiao Song, but he didn't ask for it. His eyes suddenly turned to look at his little sister.
"Of course, we have a secret weapon, you can't catch a fish with an empty basket, it's really so easy to catch a fish." People here don't eat fish, so there's no fishing nets or anything like that. In the winter, you can't go down to the river to touch the fish, so you throw the empty basket into the river, and it's strange if you can catch fish. Daqian is a landlocked country, and it is understandable that he does not know the technology of fishing.
Winter is also a fishing season, and when the water freezes, the water below the ice can remain at about four degrees Celsius, and the fish hibernate in this relatively warm area.
Now that the day is getting colder and colder, she guesses that it is likely to snow in a few days, and the New Year is almost here.
Not all of the fish in this river hibernate because of the weather, and the grass she gave them with abilities has a different attraction.
"Oh, then rest assured, rest assured. So are we still going fishing today? "There are so many people, how can they fish when the water is muddy?
"If they want to catch them, let them catch them, and we won't rob them. Besides, the river doesn't belong to anyone, everyone can go and catch it, we can, and so can they. "They want to live in Qiaojia Village, but they can't offend people to death, they arrest them, she arrests her, and no one can offend anyone." Let them catch it during the day, and we will catch it at night. ”
"At night, okay?" Qiao Bai looked at his sister Qiao Xi with an incomprehensible expression.
"Absolutely. Now let's catch up on sleep, so that we can have the energy to go fishing at night. "Get up and walk over and close the fence door in the courtyard.
She knew what the eldest brother and the younger brother were worried about, wasn't it just that they were afraid that the people from Juxian Mansion would come to pull vegetables and fish tomorrow, and they would have nothing to do.
There's still one night to go, so what are you afraid of!
I slept comfortably in the afternoon, and after getting up, Qiao Xi began to prepare for the evening's meal.
In winter, the sky gets dark early, and the weather is getting colder and colder, generally nothing to do, after dinner, go to bed early, the weather is cold, and it will always be more comfortable to nest in bed.
After Qiao Xi's family had dinner today, they began to prepare to go fishing in the river.
Close the door, take the fish basket and bucket, go to the nearest river bank, scatter the fish basket and wait for the fish to enter the fish basket.
The three of them worked until the middle of the moon, and then rushed home with buckets and fish baskets.
At the same time, some people like to take advantage of the dark moon and high wind to do bad things.
The whole village was silent, and after the silence, a slender figure quickly passed through the alley, looking a little hazy under the cold moonlight, presumably very familiar with the geographical environment here, and was able to avoid some obstacles lightly, and came quickly all the way to the direction of Qiao's house at the foot of the mountain.
When he got to the outside of the fence, he raised his head and shot around, but he didn't see anything unusual, the fence door was nothing to cover him at all, and he destroyed the fence door casually.
He thought that he could easily enter Qiao's house to search, but he didn't want anyone to go further than he thought, Qiao Xi took precautions early on, and he was lucky to go to the main gate, otherwise he would have been uncomfortable at this moment, and he was afraid that he would have the heart to die.
This time Qiao Xi was the last one, and she also thought that she would be remembered by the thief, so she sprinkled a little itchy powder at the door when she didn't leave.
The visitor didn't know that he had already landed on the road, and walked lightly to the house.
Standing at the window, he put his finger in his mouth and dipped some saliva, and gently poked the window paper, and a small hole appeared, through which someone looked at the situation in the house with one eye, and found nothing unusual.
The silver light flashed in his arms, he took out a knife, came to the main entrance, and pried it up little by little against the crack of the door, only to hear a click, which was particularly crisp and loud in the silent night.
Qiao Xi has Gu Wu with her, and when she was only a little away from home, she heard this crisp sound, and continued to walk quietly, anyway, she was not afraid of thieves, there was no silver tael stored at home, and some food was placed in the kitchen, fortunately, she sprinkled itch powder at the gate before going out, and I don't know how long the thief had been in the house, once her itchy powder was contaminated, a stick of incense would definitely attack within a time.
Qiao Song looked at the door of the house that was opened with a bucket of water, and his face changed suddenly, this is a thief.
Putting down the bucket and quickly running into the yard, he saw a black shadow standing at the door, and immediately shouted at the comer: "Who? "Then he jumped up and struck at the comer, and the speed was called fast.
"Sister, someone." Qiao Bai also saw a figure at the door, and was so frightened that he hid behind Qiao Xi.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't go in, just stay here, it's hard for the eldest brother to deal with alone, I'll help." After appeasing his younger brother first, Qiao Xi followed in, and when he passed the kitchen, he went inside and touched a wooden stick and held it in his hand.
In the hall, the two people have already scuffled together, the eldest brother is not that person's opponent at all, he has been beaten by that person several times, Qiao Xi will let his eldest brother suffer, quietly approached them, waved the wooden stick in his hand, and knocked the person again and again, and heard a wail before the next hand, "Don't fight, don't fight...... Oops...... It hurts me, it hurts me......"
Qiao Xi doesn't care so much, who doesn't steal, steals to her house, don't beat you, the stick is getting heavier and heavier.
I didn't get any benefits, but I got a nose of ashes, I didn't care if I stole it or not, I moved towards the door little by little, and ran away.