Chapter 66: Dreams
Qiu didn't know how she came out of Fushun, and in her arms, she was holding the two hundred and fifty taels of silver that Master Li gave her.
Yes, that's right, two hundred and fifty taels of silver.
The neat little silver ingots, ten taels and one, a total of twenty-five, were all in the package in Qiu's arms.
Master Li originally said two hundred taels, but the Lu family agreed. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper Li, who had not spoken, opened his mouth and asked them to bargain again.
At that time, when the shopkeeper Li said this, Master Li's nose was crooked.
Even if Qiu is an ignorant country woman, she knows that the two hundred taels are less. Otherwise, Shopkeeper Li would not let them bargain again.
With the idea that asking for more is some, Qiu was ruthless and asked for an extra fifty taels.
Unexpectedly, Master Li agreed without hesitation.
With this promise, Qiu knew that she still had to be less.
But it's useless to regret it, the shopkeeper Li has reminded her, and she didn't dare to ask for a high price, which can't be blamed on others.
But when Qiu Shi took the two hundred and fifty taels of silver ingots given by Master Li, she felt that it was a lot, and this was two hundred and fifty taels of silver.
If you buy land, you can buy more than 20 acres of fertile land, let alone build a house in the countryside.
"Little four, isn't it, the silver is going to be less?"
Xiaoqing glanced at the mother who was holding the silver and looked nervous, and then at Xiao Si, who looked around and looked indifferent, and finally couldn't hold back and asked the question in her heart.
"Is it missing?"
Hearing this, Qiu Shi turned his head first, "Little Four, am I going to be less?" ”
"That's a lot."
Lu Xiaosi smiled and pointed to the baked cake stall not far away, "Mother, I want to eat baked cakes." ”
"Eat the baked cakes, my mother will buy them for you."
Qiu had to take care of the silver in his arms, and he had to take out copper coins to buy baked cakes for Xiao Si, and in the end, he endured heartache and watched Xiao Si and Xiao Qing spend her twenty-one dollars to buy seven roasted cakes.
These two loser children, she originally meant that the two sisters each bought a piece, and she didn't even count the three children in the family.
Unexpectedly, Xiaosi not only bought it for them, but also forgot her and the child's father's share.
It's very distressing.
Lu Yangge nibbled on the baked cake and asked, "Mother, we have silver, what do you want to do first?" ”
Do what?
Qiu subconsciously replied: "Buy land and build a house." ”
This is her lifelong dream, to have her own house, to have her own land, no longer afraid of starvation, and not afraid of children suffering with them.
"Okay, then we'll buy land and buy a house." Lu Yangge looked at Lu Xiaoqing, "Eldest sister, what about you?" ”
Lu Xiaoqing is talking better and better now, but his courage is still so small, even when he walks, he walks behind everyone and shrinks into the shadow of others.
"I, me?"
"Huh?"
"I didn't think about it!"
"Think about it."
Lu Yangge secretly encouraged Lu Xiaoqing, "Now that our family has money to buy land and build a house, our family will become richer and richer in the future, you might as well think about what to do in the future now, and then work hard towards this goal." ”
"What do you want to do?"
Lu Xiaoqing tilted her head slightly, and the sunlight leaked from her mother's shoulders and shone right on her face.
Warm, soft, dazzling but not dazzling.
"I want to ......"
Lu Xiaoqing seemed to have fallen into a gentle dream, and she almost murmured her dream. "I want to open a hotel like Laifushun and cook a lot of dishes that guests like to eat. You can sit behind the counter and count the money every day, one penny or two pennies, one penny and one tael......"
Once, she was just a little girl who wanted to be well fed and clothed.
But she followed her mother and eldest brother into Fushun, and the dishes she cooked could be sold for silver.
At that moment, the little girl suddenly had a dream in her heart, and she also wanted to open such a hotel.
In this way, she will not have to sell her son to others in the future, she will earn a lot of money, so that the eldest brother can eat and dress well, and her parents and siblings can also eat and dress well.
Lu Xiaoqing said her dream word by word, not noticing at all that she didn't stop saying such a long word.
You know, in the past, she sometimes couldn't say a word a day.
Qiu Shi looked at the eldest daughter's little face that radiated joy, and couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his mouth, suppressing the whimper he couldn't help but let out.
Her little green didn't stutter.
She...... She said she wanted to open a store like Laifushun.
At this moment, what kind of house and field is not important in Qiu's eyes.
She actually had an urge to give all the money she was holding to her daughter so that she could realize her dream.
Maybe the sun is too warm, maybe the wind is too gentle.
Over the years, Lu Xiaoqing will never forget this afternoon, when she stood on the stone street of Jiangjiaba and talked about her dream.
It turns out that as long as she works hard, as long as Xiaosi is there, her dream can really come true.
The fact that Qiu brought back two hundred and fifty taels of silver did not let Xiao Li and Xiao Yu know.
At night, the whole family was crammed into the small cabin to weave eel cages, and Lu Yangge sat silently alone in the stern of the boat looking at the moon that was getting rounder and rounder in a daze.
The world she can't go back to, she may have to say goodbye to it.
Lu Quan came out of the cabin, sat next to Lu Yangge, and asked softly, "Little Four, do you think that two hundred and fifty taels is too low?" ”
Although he felt that two hundred and fifty taels was already a lot, the share of more than a dozen stores in Laifushun might not be so much in a year.
But at the beginning, Xiao Si said that it was shared, and now that Qiu Shi directly took the silver back, will Xiao Si feel that it is less?
"Dad, I don't think it's less."
Lu Yangge hugged his knees, looked down at the moon in the river and pulled the corners of his mouth lightly, "Two hundred and fifty taels, maybe the share of a year in Fushun is not so much." It's good, we take the silver, they take the formula, and everyone doesn't get entangled in the future, I think it's good. ”
It's just that she was a little disappointed in her heart, originally, she wanted to use these eight recipes to do business with Shopkeeper Li.
She can still trust the character of the shopkeeper Li, but unfortunately, the shopkeeper Li also works for others and cannot really be the master of the house.
However, it's okay like this, who knows that the owner of Fushun is a good guy and a bad guy.
In this way, paying money with one hand and handing over the formula with the other hand is clean and neat.
Lu Quan didn't understand Lu Yangge's thoughts, and when he heard her say this, his heart was slightly relieved.
"Do you have any thoughts?"
Seeing Xiao Si shaking his head, Lu Quan didn't ask any further, but talked about the things he had discussed with the Qiu family.
"The money from selling the formula, I discussed it with your mother, can you lend us fifty taels first. I have calculated that it will take about five taels to buy a homestead in the countryside for about one acre. Building a house, plus adding things, fifty taels is enough. This money is borrowed from you, and when your father earns the money, can we pay you back? ”
When he said these words, Lu Quan was cautious, and he was even a little ashamed that he didn't dare to look into Lu Yangge's eyes.
I am incompetent, and I have to borrow the money earned by a child to build a house.
But let's build a house, you can't let Xiaosi follow them all the time floating on the water, right?