Chapter 67: Liu Yiyu's plan
Originally, there were two taels of silver and one hanging money for selling fish, and the embroidery sample earned another one or two silver for the Huang shopkeeper, and bought hoes, pork and seeds, and then returned two hangs of money to find the old.
By the time Zhang Xin sent everyone from the Liu family back, it was already more than half of the time, which was equivalent to two o'clock in the afternoon.
Fortunately, this winter, the villagers of Shangou Village are all warming themselves in the house, and Zhang Xin is driving the ox cart, not taking the main road at the head of the village, but the small road, and the villagers of Shangou Village did not find that Liu Yiyu's family came back to Shangu Village by ox cart, otherwise they would be seen and might be shouting or something.
The Liu family sisters and brothers who returned home, and after Zhang Xin, who sent them back, left, the Liu family sisters and brothers shouted excitedly.
The sisters and brothers of the Liu family didn't expect that they would earn two taels of silver in just one or two days.
Seeing that they had made so much money, after returning to the bamboo house, Liu Yishuang and Liu Yihao couldn't wait to take the hoe and the wooden basin and walk to the river.
"It's not too early today, it's time to cook and have dinner later, and I'll go catch fish tomorrow." Liu Yiyu pulled Liu Yihao's sister and brother and said.
"What your eldest sister said is that it's too late today, and I'll go again tomorrow." Liu Li also said uneasily.
"Tomorrow we will go fishing, just like yesterday, we will go fishing in groups of two, everyone should be careful."
That night, after seeing that the fish had been sold for so much money, the Liu Li family made a sumptuous dinner for the Liu family.
In the baked black flour cake, eggs are added to mix the noodles, and white sugar, braised pork and stewed potatoes, eggs and fried leeks, braised crucian carp, and a pot of fish soup is stewed.
The next day, before dawn, the Liu brothers and sisters got up and dressed, took their hoes, and went to the riverside in pairs.
This time, Liu Yiyu arranged a group of himself and the sixth sister, Liu Li and the fifth brother in a group, and the second, third and fourth sisters in a group of three, leaving Xun'er and the seventh brother to help cook at home, and by the way, the meal made in the morning was sent to Liu Yiyu and them to eat.
Liu Yiyu also has another meaning in it, Liu Yiyu is also afraid that his younger siblings will stay by the river for a long time and be afraid of getting cold, so he left Xun'er and the seventh brother at home as alternates, so that everyone can take turns to rest.
Rao is like this, and the fish that the Liu family can catch are getting fewer and fewer day by day.
In the past, I could catch three or four fish weighing four or five catties a day, but now there are fewer and fewer fish weighing three or four catties.
There were even a lot of fish the size of adult fingers that swam up, but the Liu family didn't catch them and let them go.
The shopkeeper Zhang asked Zhang Xin to come to Liu's house once every three days to drag fish, and after Zhang Xin came to Liu's house to drag fish twice, after that, Liu's family caught fewer and fewer fish from the river, or even none.
Liu Yiyu also knew that it was the hot time to buy fish in the restaurant in the town now, and there was no fish supply to Xiangmanlou at once, and Liu Yiyu was a little apologetic.
But fortunately, the fish raised by the owner of Xiangmanlou from a pond have been caught, which just fills the vacancy of Liu Yiyu and them.
Rao is like this, after the Liu family sold the fish twice, the first time they sold it for one tael of silver and five hangings, and the second time they sold it for only one tael of silver, plus the fish silver that they went to the town to sell and other additions and subtractions, the Liu family now has saved five taels of silver and three hangings.
These five taels of silver are enough for a family of seven or eight people to live for two or three years.
Liu Yiyu thought in his heart, if there are no more accidents at home, and after picking honeysuckle and selling it in the spring of next year, his family will have enough money to build a house in Shangou Village for his family to live in, although in the bamboo house and in the cave, Liu Li's family is clean and tidy, but a family of more than ten people lives in a cave, plus Liu Yihao and Liu Yiyang have gradually grown up, and their own, second sister, and third sister are not small, and it is really inconvenient.
Liu Yiyu figured out, next year, let's see if there is any way, can we settle my eleven family in Shangu Village, otherwise, if we don't settle in Shangu Village, I am afraid that building a house is also a luxury.
After selling the first two fish, Liu Yiyu pondered, I am afraid that there are not many fish in the river at the junction of the Celestial Empire and the Goryeo Kingdom, Liu Yiyu said to Zhang Xin, the next time I come to the Liu family to get fish, it will be five days later, after taking the fish after five days, the Liu family will not go to the river to fish, if you catch again, I am afraid that there will be no fish in the river tomorrow.
In the past few days, I went out to fish on the river every day, and there was ice on the river, and after the fish surfaced, I had to catch it with my hands, and the cold air was very heavy.
After a few days, Liu Li's had some back pain, cold hands and feet, and a slight fever, and Liu Yiyu, who was scared, didn't want it, Liu Yiyu was going to invite Zhang Langzhong to show Liu Li, but Liu Li refused, saying that he was fine, and invited Zhang Langzhong to spend money.
In desperation, Liu Yiyu had no choice but to cook a big pot of ginger soup and green onions for Liu Li to drink, but fortunately, Liu Li was sweating profusely, and he was all right the next day.
The next day, Liu Li had to go to the ground and go fishing in the river, Liu Yiyu refused, Liu Yiyu was afraid that Liu Yimeng, Liu Yihao, and Liu Yiya would not be able to stand the cold, and they were afraid of damaging their bodies.
Since the last time to fetch fish was set, Liu Yiyu asked the second sister, the third sister and the fifth brother to go out fishing, and the others stayed at home.
On this day, the snow stopped all day long, the sun was clear, and the weather was cold and tight in the northern winter.
After Liu Yiyu and the second sister came back from fishing, they saw Liu Yimeng with Xun'er, Liu Yiyang and Liu Yile, piling snowmen in the open space at the entrance of the bamboo house, having a snowball fight, and the laughter of Yinling continued to echo over the bamboo house, carefree.
It's just that when Liu Yiyu watched the four of them playing, he saw birds and sparrows, pecking at the grass roots on the ground that the six sisters had swept clean.
Suddenly, Liu Yiyu's heart moved slightly, now in the north in winter, it is snowing, and the snow covers the earth for two or three months, these birds and finches have nowhere to forage for a long time, at this moment, I saw a ground without snow cover, flying down from the branches one by one, pecking at the grass roots that exposed the snow.
"Sister, what's wrong with you". After Liu Yihao saw his eldest sister staring at the birds and birds intently, he urged his eldest sister a little strangely.
"It's okay, let's go back quickly." After Liu Yiyu thought of something, a cheerful smile appeared on his face, and he walked briskly towards the bamboo house.