It's still in the brocade shop, it's still the people just now, the difference is that the atmosphere has changed from the tension just now to a relaxed and peaceful one.

"Dad, those lotus roots, I mean they will be given according to the market price, no matter how the eldest brother enters, the price of the lotus root in Izumo Town is there after all." Bai Chuanbai said loudly to Old Man Bai.

For the first time, he didn't speak in a low voice but straightened his back, because he could help the Bai family, and it was justified, with the consent of the whole family.

Although one of the "whole family" was still sulking next to him, in Bai Shao's family, most people agreed, and the hammer could be fixed.

"Okay, okay." Old Man Bai and Bai Chuanqiang couldn't say anything else, after something like that happened, Bai Chuanbai was still willing to ask for their lotus root, it can be said that benevolence and righteousness have been exhausted, they don't want anything now, they just want to get back a little bit of capital, that's enough.

"Then I'll have lunch later, big brother, you can transport the lotus root." Bai Chuanbai pondered for a moment and said, "The lotus root is here, and after inspecting the goods, I will give you money, what do you think?" ”

"Third brother, do we brothers still have to inspect the goods?" When Bai Chuanqiang heard this, he was slightly dissatisfied.

"If you don't inspect the goods, don't do it." Bai Wei fiddled with the abacus beside him, and threw a sentence lightly, Bai Chuanqiang quickly closed his mouth, not daring to speak again.

He can be regarded as seeing that his younger brother is not an arbitrary person, and any girl's words will affect him and make him change his mind.

Now, no one dares to offend Bai Chuanqiang, what if Bai Chuanbai changes his mind......

"We're not going to eat, we're going to get lucky." Afraid that things would change again, Bai Chuanqiang and Old Man Bai stood up and were about to go back to Shili to transport lotus roots.

After Bai Chuanbai kept a few sentences, seeing that they were really in a hurry, he also nodded and said, "Then big brother, you can go, my father is not in good health, let's sit in the shop for a while." ”

"That'...... Okay, too. Bai Chuanqiang glanced at Old Man Bai, and saw that his face was really a little white, not very good, so he nodded, and took the lead in making a mule cart and returning to Shilipu to transport the several carts of lotus root.

"Dad, I'll pour you some hot tea, and when you're hungry, you'll go to eat for the day, Da Chunniang, you know, just tell her what you want to eat." Bai Chuanbai saw that Bai Chuanqiang was gone, so he stepped forward and poured a cup of hot tea for Old Man Bai and put it in front of him, "If you are still not feeling well, go to sleep for the queen of heaven, there is a place where our family lives, and there is an embroidery room behind here, and there is no place to live." ”

"Hey, hey, good boy, don't bother, I'll just sit here for a while." Old Man Bai nodded happily, looking at Bai Chuanbai's gaze was extremely soft, "You are a promising child in the family, you have opened two shops, in the past, I was just a medicine boy in other people's shops, but my son has become the owner, I am happy." Your filial piety, I also know ......"

As soon as Bai Chuanbai heard what he said, he just pursed his lips and smiled, and didn't say anything else.

Someone just came in to choose the cloth, so he hurried over to greet someone.

The old man sat in place, tasting the tea poured by his son with great taste, and finally closed his eyes with satisfaction.

Bai Wei was originally standing behind the counter and playing with the abacus, but now seeing this scene, she finally couldn't help but come out from behind the counter, took Bai Shao's hand into the courtyard behind, and asked with some dissatisfaction, "Shao'er, why did you let our father buy those lotus roots, and give them at the market price, can the lotus root that has been put for a long time be the same as ordinary lotus roots?" ”

"Sister, this is what you don't understand, this kind of thing is not bad in two months, and the more water is released, the less water is released, even if our father buys it according to the price of the uncle, he will lose a lot, so we still take advantage of it." Bai Shao smiled and comforted Bai Wei.

"What's the advantage, what are you doing with a few truckloads of lotus roots, do we want to eat lotus root every day." Bai Wei's eyes widened when she heard this, if it weren't for the fact that the person in front of her was her beloved sister, it is estimated that she would have shouted a long time ago.

"Sister, don't you believe me, what can I do?" Bai Shao blinked a pair of watery eyes, looked at Bai Wei with a smile, tiptoed, leaned into her ear and whispered, "I want to ...... this lotus root The lotus root in Qingfeng County is a little better than our local lotus, but the price is according to our side, and it has been put for some time, and the water has evaporated a lot, which is more cost-effective than buying our local one. And let our father sell a face to our father, our father is also happy, and our father is also grateful to us, why not do it. ”

"Wow, you goblin." After Bai Wei listened, she looked at Bai Shao with some dumbfounded eyes, and finally flicked her head lightly, and said angrily, "You should have told me a long time ago, I have been sulking for so long, and my abacus will be broken." ”

"It's okay sister, I have prepared several abacus, if you break it, I'll get you another one." Bai Peony said mischievously.

Seeing this, Bai Wei was about to twist her itchy flesh, Bai Shao naturally wouldn't sit still, she raised her feet and ran, Bai Wei chased after her, and the sisters chased after her for a while, until it was time for lunch, and then stopped.

After lunch, Bai Chuanqiang came over with several truckloads of lotus roots.

It just so happened that Zhao Long also came back from Wujia Village, so he helped to pass the scales, check the number of catties, and there were guys who were good at food to help move things to the empty room.

In the end, a total of one hundred taels of silver were handed over to Bai Chuanqiang.

In fact, these lotus roots themselves did not have a hundred taels of silver, but Bai Chuanbai made up a whole for him, and he barely reached a hundred taels.

"I took two hundred taels of silver to Qingfeng County, and I ate and drank on the way, as well as the mule fare...... After deducting these, I also bought a total of more than 100 taels of lotus root, but now it is only 100 taels. Bai Chuanqiang looked at the five ingots of silver in his palm, and felt very uncomfortable in his heart, he calculated it well, he took two hundred taels of silver and left, and he could double his earnings when he came back, no matter what he said, five hundred taels of silver could always be obtained.

I didn't expect it......

In the end, there were only one hundred taels left.

Counting the dozen taels that Bai Chuanqiang took home, and the twenty taels in Liu's hands, now the entire Bai family only has one hundred and thirty or forty taels of silver.

If this is in normal times, it is not particularly small, but compared to the ones that were taken away, it was a forced loss of more than a hundred taels, so as soon as I calculated it, my heart began to twitch and hurt.

"Okay, don't think about it so much, it's just that our family doesn't have that luck, so be it, farm well in the future, and accept your fate." Old Man Bai sighed, put down the teacup in his hand, and went back to Shilipu with Bai Chuanqiang.

Bai Chuanbai didn't stop them, but after watching them go away, he began to worry about a room of lotus roots.

Bai Shao and Bai Wei snickered on the side, and neither of them took the initiative to step forward to comfort him.

This is Bai Shao's idea: Bai Chuanbai is obviously soft-hearted and wants to help Old Man Bai, although this time it was Bai Shao who agreed to this time because of his own considerations, but the two sisters didn't want to fuel Bai Chuanbai's arrogance of helping the Bai family for ten miles.

In general, it's okay to help this time, but you still have to teach Bai Chuanbai a lesson, let Bai Chuanbai know that if you help them, you have to bear the consequences.

For example, that night, Bai Shao's family ate fried lotus root slices, pork stewed lotus root, and lotus root soup.

At first, Bai Chuanbai happily ate several bites of lotus root slices, and praised his family, "This lotus root tastes really good, very delicious." ”

When he found that every dish he ate was lotus root, and even when he drank the soup, Bai Chuanbai's face finally became bitter, "Child, you said this lotus, how do we sell it?" Otherwise, let's make a soup with minced lotus root. ”

"To make lotus root soup, it's good to be able to use two catties of lotus root a day, and this room is enough for us to use until next year." Wu vetoed his proposal without being salty.

Bai Chuanbai's face became even more bitter, and at the same time, a faint sense of regret rose in his heart, "That's ...... What to do. ”

This time, the mothers ignored him and only bowed their heads silently to eat.

When the meal was over, the mothers brushed the dishes and were about to go to bed, when they saw Bai Chuanbai standing in the yard, looking at the room with lotus roots, sighing for a long time, with a sad face, and the mothers were happy.

Bai Wei couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"You kid, what are you laughing at, so many lotus roots...... You said I felt sorry for your grandfather at that time...... I ...... "Shirakawa Bai has a bitterness and can't say it, it's such a lotus, but what should I do."

"What to do, of course I made it and ate it." Bai Shao also smiled faintly.

"I can't finish eating, I can't always eat lotus root for guests every day, and it's not good to smash the signboard of food for the sky when the time comes, hey." Bai Chuanbai sighed, shook his head, and said in a low voice, "Otherwise, I'll sell lotus root in the shop, I can always sell it...... Big deal loss point, well, that's it......"

"Okay Dad, there's a way." Bai Shao saw that he really planned to sell lotus root in the food for the sky, and stopped him funny, "Dad, listen to me, do you remember the way we make cold skin?" I'm telling you, this lotus root has to do this......"

She briefly told Bai Chuanbai how to make lotus root powder.

First buy a mill to grind the chopped lotus root into slurry, pour out the water after precipitation, and the remaining batter is exposed to the sun and dried into dry powder, which is lotus root powder.

"What can this lotus root powder do?" Bai Chuanbai listened to the novelty and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"You'll find out when you make it." Bai Shao glanced at the black shadow hiding behind the door, and said softly, "Dad, if you want to believe me, just do it first, don't worry so much." ”

"Okay." Bai Chuanbai trusted the little girl very much, and agreed in one bite, "I'll go buy a mill tomorrow and get it." ”

At this moment, Bai Yunshi, who had been yawning lazily, suddenly glanced at the direction that Bai Shao had looked at before, and shouted in a low voice, "Who is hiding there sneaky." ”

After saying that, he took a protective gesture to protect his family behind him, then picked up a stone and smashed it at the place of the black shadow.