Chapter Ninety-Seven: Return Gift
"We will send you a congratulatory gift, why do you want a return gift, your shop has just opened, and you are missing everything, so keep it for yourself." Old Man Bai hurriedly excused himself.
"Master, what are you polite, we are giving a little heart to milk, this is our filial piety." Bai Shao smiled and handed the crimson little burden to Old Man Bai's hand.
"This ......" Old Man Bai still wanted to excuse himself, but Bai Chuanlian on the side snatched it over, and said beautifully, "Since that's the case, then I'll thank you for my mother." ”
After saying that, I wanted to unpack the burden and see what was inside.
Old Man Bai coughed beside him and stopped his shameful behavior.
"Third child, let's go, you do business here, remember to go back to see me and your mother more in the future......" Old man Bai was afraid that Bai Chuanlian would be embarrassed in front of the crowd again, so he patted Bai Chuanbai's shoulder, and left here with a group of children and grandchildren.
Bai Chuanbai stood at the door of Shiweitian, and he couldn't see the figure of Old Man Bai until he sighed, turned around and went back to Shiweitian, and continued to be busy.
On this day, because only half of the money was collected, as long as it was a place to eat, the shop was full.
Even if it's not a place to eat, there are many people who come one after another.
The Hou brothers and Hou Yu helped Bai Laosan's family for an afternoon, and then they quit and returned to the Hou family's blacksmith shop.
Bai Shao reciprocated the favor and packed a lot of pastries for them to take home.
In this way, after a busy day, when Bai Laosan's family sold all their things, and there was really nothing to sell and had to close, there were still people who came over and wanted to buy some pumpkin balls and mille-feuille cakes.
"Business is really good today." Bai Wei counted the large box full of copper coins he received today, and talked to his family about whether he had a match or not.
"Today it is only half of the charge, and tomorrow the original price is restored, and fewer people come to buy." Bai Shao saw it much more clearly, "Tomorrow we won't make so many things, only half of them, and they will be closed when they are sold out." ”
"Let's do more, if someone comes to buy it, we won't sell it, won't it be less profitable." Bai Wei didn't understand.
"Sister, this is what you don't understand, we have to control the quantity of sales, if we have everything, we don't have to worry about not being able to buy it, no one will rush to our things." Bai Shao said confidently, "In the future, our family's things are on a first-come, first-served basis, so that we can make money and rest early, otherwise we will have to work all day long, and we will have to be tired sooner or later." ”
"It's still Shao'er smart." Wu stir-fried the vegetables while praising the white peony.
The whole family laughed.
Smiling and smiling, Bai Chuanbai suddenly remembered today's return gift, so he asked Bai Shao, "Shao'er, what did you give your master?" ”
Bai Chuanbai has been in the front shop, and he didn't see Bai Shao eating anything. But in the backyard, there were no good things to give in return, so he asked with some curiosity.
In a word, the warm atmosphere slowly disappeared.
Bai Wei silently finished ordering the last copper plate, poured the money into a big wooden box, took a big lock, and locked the wooden box, only then did he look at Bai Chuanbai indifferently, "Dad, don't ask about the return gift first, do you know what congratulatory gifts the milk brought us?" ”
"What......" Bai Chuanbai asked a little confused.
"A piece of black and green cloth." Bai Weimu had a face, and said angrily.
"Ah, the black and green cloth is not bad, let your mother make the upper for me and Yunshi in the future, and you will go to buy red cloth with Shao'er and your mother." Bai Chuanbai's heart was relieved, and he said with a smile.
"Ha, if it's a black and green cloth that can be used as an upper, it's fine, but the black and green cloth that the milk gave us is a piece of black and green cloth that has been placed under the box for many years, damp and moldy." Bai Wei sneered.
The quality of the black and green cloth is not particularly good, and it can be used if it is stored well, but if it is damp and moldy, it is basically torn and broken, and it cannot be used after washing, which is equivalent to a waste cloth.
The smile on Bai Chuanbai's face froze.
After a long time, he said, "I don't believe it, I don't believe that your grandmother can give me such a thing, Wei'er, you take it out and show it to me." ”
"I can't see it." Bai Wei said angrily, "We will take it as a return gift and take it back to the master." ”
"Ah......h
Back in the afternoon, on a mule cart from Izumo Town to Shilipu, Shirakawa Lian held the small cloth bag in his hand, and his heart was ready to move.
"Dad, I'll see what the third child gave us in return, it's so light, will it be a silver ticket." Shirakawa said with a grin.
Old Man Bai glared at him fiercely, "The third child has just opened a shop, everything needs money, and it will take some time to get back the capital, where will the silver ticket be given to you." ”
"I'll see, I'll see." Bai Chuan smiled disapprerovingly, and with a slight movement of his hands, he untied the crimson little burden.
Old Man Bai frowned a little, but his gaze still fell on Bai Chuanlian's hand involuntarily.
"Oh, there's a blue bag in it, why is it so tight, I'm afraid we'll steal it." Shirakawa muttered dissatisfiedly as he continued to untie the somewhat tight blue baggage.
The old man squinted his eyes and looked the blue burden up and down, feeling a little familiar.
At this moment, Bai Chuanlian had already bitten his teeth and ripped open the dead knot on the burden.
"Wait a minute......" Old Man Bai suddenly thought of something, and his heart was shocked, and he wanted to stop Bai Chuanlian from opening things.
But it was too late, Bai Chuanlian had already opened the little blue baggage, took out the black and cyan cloth inside, put it on his face and looked at it carefully, "Dad, why do I look so familiar with this thing." ”
"Yesterday, the milk rummaged through the box cage and found a moldy cloth, which is this piece." Bai Angelica said vaguely while eating.
"Moldy ......" Bai Chuan was stunned for a moment, pulled the black cloth and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, he saw the white-green long-haired object attached to it, he yelled disgustingly, and threw the cloth directly out of the car, "Why is this cloth here, it's so disgusting, the third child is too lacking in morality, take this thing for us." ”
After finishing speaking, such a stupid person as he was stunned.
This is obviously the cloth that the Liu family turned out of the cage, how could it be sent from the hands of the third family.
Unless it's ......
"Mother is too immoral, it's better not to send a moldy rotten cloth to someone." Bai Chuan shook his hand several times in disgust, as if this could shake off the wet and sticky feeling, "The third family is not authentic, and they returned the things directly, this thing is ......"
"Alright, don't talk about it." Old man Bai blackened his face and stopped Bai Chuanlian.
Although all the people on this mule cart are from the Bai family, the driver is an outsider.
Some family ugliness is better not to be exposed to outsiders.
When the mule cart stopped at the head of Shilipu Village, Old Man Bai paid the money and took his children and grandchildren back to Bai's house.
Liu was standing at the door of the hall and looking out, and after seeing Old Man Bai, she was overjoyed, so she hurriedly ran over and asked, "How is the third child's store opened, what delicious food is sold in it, and how many things did the third child bring back to me?" ”
The old man ignored her with a dark face, and strode straight into the hall.
"What's the matter, what kind of face are you throwing at me." Liu Shi was also unhappy, and shouted loudly, "Bai Jingsheng, you are angry outside, what kind of face do you give me, and I am not angry with you, who has the ability to give you anger, don't be an uncle in front of me." ”
After saying that, he dropped the curtain and entered the east room.
Old Man Bai breathed a sigh of anger, touched the tea bowl, made himself a cup of tea, and after smelling a few sips of tea, he held back his anger and said, "Tell me, what kind of congratulatory gift did you give to the third family?" ”
The thrashing in the east room suddenly stopped.
Liu Shi made a straight face, slowly lifted the curtain and walked out, sat next to the old man Bai, and said angrily, "Did the third daughter-in-law tell you something?" ”
"Nope." Old Man Bai touched the temperature of the teacup, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, "You just said, I asked you to get a congratulatory gift for the third family, what did you take?" ”
"It's just a piece of black and green cloth, I showed it to you at the time, and you said you could do it yourself." Liu was dissatisfied with Old Man Bai's tone, and yelled at him angrily.
"Is it really the one I saw?" Old Man Bai frowned, he didn't expect that his wife was still unwilling to tell the truth until this time.
"Yes...... Oh, yes. Liu straightened his chest and said loudly.
"Okay, okay, okay." Old Man Bai said three lines in a row, "You are very good, Liu Xianxiang, you are getting more and more powerful now, you used to cover your face, but now you don't even cover your face." ”
After saying that, he angrily dropped the teacup, lifted the curtain and went out.
"What are you going to do...... Liu Shi only now felt uneasy, "What's wrong, what's going on, what's going on......"
She hurriedly followed Old Man Bai out of the hall, seeing that he went directly out of the Bai family, Liu was in a hurry, grabbed Bai Chuanlian and asked, "What's the matter, what's wrong." ”
Seeing this, Bai Chuanlian rolled his eyes, and turned around directly, took the small bag that was thrown behind the door, and handed it to Liu.
Liu untied the little burden layer by layer, and when she saw the familiar black and green cloth inside, her face suddenly changed. for a better user experience.