Chapter 29 Refuse to pay dividends
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"I can earn thirty taels of silver in half a month, which is a good business. Dad, our family has to keep the recipe tight, and don't leak it out. Xie Shi lowered his voice.
"How can it, even the three girls' family didn't tell them, just asked them to help dig bamboo shoots and give a penny and a pound of hard work."
In this way, the little sister should not have ideas, they are all relatives, if you have a dislike for a few taels of silver, it is not beautiful. Xie Shi was worried again.
"I know the temperament of the three girls, and they are not the kind of people who are cautious. This year, I also earned a few taels of silver by helping to dig bamboo shoots, which is worth the usual income for most of the year, and my in-laws are also very happy. Xie Laohan said it didn't matter.
Liu Qingyan listened quietly on the side, her eyes flashed a few times, and she didn't interject.
Xie Qiugui tapped his fingers on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Second sister, the shopkeeper of Ruyi Building said that Ruyi Lou's family in Yuxi County is just a semicolon, and the general number is in Fucheng, and other counties and the entire 28 prefectures in Jiangnan have semicolons. I have thought about this matter for a while, and there are two preliminary countermeasures to the outcome, and the specific matters will have to be reviewed one by one after receiving a reply. ”
"Tut, this Ruyi Building is so amazing." Xie smacked his tongue.
The light in Liu Qingyan's eyes shone like a star, and the big enterprise Ruyi Building had already imprinted clear traces on her heart.
"That's exactly what it is." Xie Laohan stroked his long beard under his chin and was quite pleased, and he was proud to be able to do business with Ruyi Lou.
Xie Qiugui also said happily: "No matter what the result of this matter is, according to this year's market, next year to build a shed in the yard, build a few more stoves, and build a set of yard silver can always be earned, and the bamboo shoot period of a year is only more than a month, so do not delay doing other things." ”
"That's a great thing. Dad, our family will have hope in the future, thank you Bodhisattva for your blessing. Xie was so excited that he folded his hands and bowed out a few times.
Liu Qingyan looked at Xie and thought: Niang, the great good thing is only next year, but I am afraid that after next year, it will no longer be a unique business.
"The Bodhisattva wants to thank you, and Yan Yatou also wants to thank her, she is the virgin next to the God of Wealth Bodhisattva." Xie Laohan said and took out two silver ingots from his arms and said to Liu Qingyan: "Yan girl, your recipe for making dried bamboo shoots helped my grandfather earn silver, and my grandfather can't ask for your recipe for nothing, this is the dividend from selling dried bamboo shoots this year, and you will also have a share of the silver you earn in the future." ”
The silver ingots were placed in front of her, Liu Qingyan was stunned, and she made that bamboo shoot just to let Qiaozhen get rid of the fate of changing relatives, and she never thought of asking the Xie family to give her money, which was completely unexpected by her.
I haven't seen an ingot of silver for so long, and the private property is only more than 100 yuan. Liu Qingyan really wanted to take the ingots over and let them go, to see if the ancient ingots were cute or the modern 'Grandpa Mao' cute, but this money could not be collected, so she had to think of an excuse to refuse.
Quickly organized a statement in his mind and was about to speak, Jiang and Old Man Liu came back with Liu Boyu, so they had to stop.
After the polite greetings between the two parents, Old Man Liu saw the silver on the table at a glance, and said to Xie Laohan: "In-laws, it is not easy for you to come all the way to come here. ”
Liu Qingyan grinned and smiled in her heart.
Xie Laohan and the two grandfathers saw that Old Man Liu mistook the silver for gift money, so they explained the reason for the incident.
After hearing this, Old Man Liu waved his hand and said: "The in-laws are too outside, but it is just a few hard-earned money from a bamboo shoot recipe, how can there be such a thing as a dividend, and the kinship is not weak." ”
Xie also wanted to help persuade him, but in this way, he seemed to care too much about his mother's family, so he had to remain silent.
Liu Qingyan also took the opportunity to take out the prepared rhetoric, "Grandpa, since we want to increase the production of dried bamboo shoots next year, it will take money to buy spices and harvest bamboo shoots, so we should prepare more turnover." Dawu's cousin marries after the New Year, and there are many places where he needs to use silver, so he might as well put this money in his grandfather's place first, and wait for the dried bamboo shoots to be sold next year, and his grandfather will have more money in his hands and then calculate the dividend. ”
"Yan Yatou is right, the in-laws might as well take this silver to their grandson to handle the marriage well, and it is right to welcome the granddaughter-in-law into the door in the scenery." Old Man Liu's words have their own majesty and cannot be refuted.
Xie Laohan was helpless, and glanced at Xie Qiugui for help, Xie Qiugui thought for a while and said: "My father-in-law is affectionate, how can our family be such a person who forgets his righteousness, and if there is a dividend in the coming year, my father-in-law should not refuse." ”
Old Man Liu stroked his beard and said, "It's still the nephew of the Xie family." He turned his head and said to Jiang: "Old woman, it's rare for your in-laws to come back, catch a chicken and kill it at noon." ”
Xie Laohan hurriedly stopped, "The in-laws who often come and go, how can you kill chickens, just eat some casually, the chicken's precious things should be kept to lay eggs and sell for money." ”
Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "It should be killed, a few days ago, dozens of chicks were hatched out to raise, there are too many chickens at home, and it takes a lot of food to feed the chickens." Now there is a hen who wants to hold the nest and not lay eggs, just in time for the noon kill to eat. Eldest daughter-in-law, follow me to catch chickens. ”
Xie Shi responded and went with Mrs. Liu.
Liu Qingyan said, "I'll go too" and followed.
There are only a few old men left in the hall, Liu Boyu and Xie Qiugui are both people who have read books, and they are also similar in age and can talk together, so the old ones say that the old ones say the small ones, and the atmosphere is harmonious and harmonious.
After lunch, the Xie family, father and son, said goodbye and returned to Huangzhuao.
Liu Qingyan wrote in the study for a while, and heard the sound of the merchant beating the drum and selling in front of the courtyard gate, and wanted to go to see it curiously, but saw Guo Shi walk out and stand outside the courtyard gate and whispered to the merchant, and the merchant left with the drum for a while.
"This woman doesn't know what she's doing." Liu Qingyan muttered in a low voice, and went back to the house to continue reading and practicing calligraphy.
After this period of practice, her handwriting is a little more free and proud than the rules and regulations of the original owner, and it looks more beautiful.
In the afternoon of the next day, Liu Lanqing came back, although the wind and dust were served, but the arrogance and high-spirited spirit of the young scholar were not hidden.
Baishui Village is a few days away from Fucheng, and after the exam, Li Guang took him around Fucheng, visiting places of interest and historic sites one by one, and trying all the delicious and delicious food in the streets and alleys. As the saying goes, 'it's better to travel thousands of miles than to read 10,000 books', Fucheng's stay in Fucheng allowed Liu Lanqing to gain a lot of knowledge and benefits.
Li Guang's family has an industry in Fucheng, and there are people to take care of food, housing and transportation, so the two of them wandered leisurely and waited until after the release of the list before returning.
As expected, both of them passed the exam.
This news made the courtyard of the Liu family jubilant, and the old man Liu smiled from ear to ear and ordered to kill the chicken to celebrate.
The next morning, while eating, willow branches and catkins stuck their heads in at the gate of the courtyard and called Liu Qingyan.
Liu Qingyan hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and ran out.
Liu Zhi said to her: "Let's go, Sister Qingyan, go up the mountain to collect mushrooms, the current umbrella mushrooms have come out." ”
People in the Baishui Village area are accustomed to calling chicken fir mushrooms, and umbrella mushrooms only come out in late April and early May, and are rarely seen in other seasons.
Liu Qingyan glanced back at the hall and said to the willow branches: "Okay, I'll go get the basket, you wait for me, I'll come right away." ”
The willow branches and catkins readily agreed.
Liu Qingyan hurriedly returned to the hall, picked up the bowl and drank the porridge in the bowl and said to Qingzhi: "Eat quickly, go up the mountain to collect mushrooms." ”
"Okay." Qingzhi was happy, and also sped up to "snort" to drink porridge.
Liu Lanqing saw it and hurriedly said, "I'll go to pick mushrooms too." Then he looked at his grandfather with a soliciting gaze.
Because he came back in time for the exam, and the day after tomorrow it was the day when the school was closed, Mr. Liu asked him to rest at home for two days, and then go to the town together when Liu Bowen came back. At the age of fifteen, he usually devoted himself to studying the books of sages and sages, and did not dare to relax at all, but now that he has this rare opportunity to relax, his youthful heart is naturally revealed.
Old Man Liu nodded in agreement.
Liu Qingyan looked at the robe on Liu Lanqing's body, and said with a grin: "Brother, you can't wear this dress to the mountains, you will be torn." ”
Liu Lanqing glanced at the clothes on his body, and felt that it was not suitable, "Then I'll go and change my clothes." So he went back to his room and changed his clothes.
By the time he finished changing into a dark blue coarse cloth and punching it out, Liu Qingyan was already carrying a bamboo basket at the gate of the courtyard, talking and laughing with the willow branches and catkins.
Xie chased to the gate of the courtyard and instructed behind: "Be careful when you go to the mountains, don't go deep into the mountains." ”
"Got it."
Liu Lanqing, who is dressed as an ordinary country boy, has clear eyebrows, and a coarse cloth dress can't hide the bookish atmosphere from within, and walking with the little girls with Liu Qingyan's bamboo basket is particularly conspicuous.
He usually only cares about reading sage books, he is still ignorant of the relationship between men and women, and his heart is pure and innocent, and the little girls are not in love except for Liu Qingyan, who is an outlier, and only treats Liu Lanqing as a brother, laughing along the way, without any shyness and embarrassment.
Walking on the village road, the villagers saw Liu Lanqing and asked about the results of the exam.
Liu Lanqing smiled and answered one by one, and Sven was polite and retreated, showing the demeanor of a student.
Seeing him like this, Liu Qingyan thought of the children's song 'Reading Lang', so she smiled and said to Liu Lanqing: "Brother, I have a children's song here, and you are singing in it." ”
"How is the nursery rhyme sung here?" Liu Lanqing said curiously.
"Little boy, carrying a book basket to school, not afraid of the sun, not afraid of ......"
Liu Qingyan was quick and changed the schoolbag into a bookbasket, but there was no such thing as a schoolbag in ancient times.
Liu Zhi clapped his hands one after another, "This song is sung well, Brother Lan Qing is like this." ”
Liu Lanqing's face was slightly embarrassed, and he said with a smile: "It's not just me, it's all poor students. ”
The group laughed and frolicked, sang and sang to the foot of the mountain.
Liu Qingyan's singing has always been caused by improvisation, and when she went uphill, she blurted out 'the sun comes out joyfully'. Those songs of love and love can't be sung in front of the little girls, so as not to poison the flowers of the motherland, and just sing them when you are alone.
"The sun comes out, I am happy to feed ...... children, I carry the flat shoulder, and I go up the mountain to feed the "
The crisp, cheerful, and loud song startled the little animals in the grass to flee in all directions.
The willow branches and catkins listened to it and joked with a smile.
"Where did she get the flat pole and the axe, she didn't even have a basket."
"I don't think she can hold the axe."
"It's just that it's going to be made up all day long."
Liu Qingyan didn't care about the teasing of the willow branches, broke the branch of a shrub and waved it in her hand, and grimaced at the funny eyebrows of the two of them.
When the sun came out and sang happily, they reached the top of the slope, so the soldiers went into the mountains and forests in two ways.
Liu Lanqing firmly remembered Xie's instructions to take care of his sister, and did not dare to be separated from Liu Qingyan and Qingzhi.