Chapter 9: 'White Snow Candy'
"Brother, you, aren't you happy......"
Yu Niang was a little lost when she saw Li Yuanjing's face, but she soon realized that she was too much.
After all.
Two catties of grain is not a small amount in this era, and saving some food is enough for the people to live for ten days and a half months.
The life of their little couple finally improved a little, and she was a loser like this, obviously not virtuous enough.
"Little fool, what are you thinking? Isn't it just two catties of grain, just go and see Aunt Zhang, the Zhang family has taken a lot of care of us over the years. ”
Li Yuanjing came back from his thoughts at this time, and rubbed Yu Niang's little head with a smile.
"Yikes."
"Brother, are you really not angry?"
The jade lady is overjoyed, and her beautiful eyes are like stars in the sky.
Li Yuanjing said with a smile:
"What am I angry about this kind of necessary human exchange? By the way, Yu Niang, what is the white snow candy you just said? ”
The reason why Li Yuanjing was thinking just now was that the affairs of the Zhang family were only a small part of it, and the more critical thing was naturally this white snow candy.
As a qualified businessman, he is quite sensitive to the things that are convenient for business.
"Brother, don't you know Bai Xuetang? White snow candy is ......"
Yu Niang didn't expect Li Yuanjing to know Bai Xuetang, so she was busy explaining carefully for Li Yuanjing.
Through Yu Niang's explanation, it was confirmed that this so-called 'white snow candy' was the white sugar of later generations, which was extremely expensive at this time, and it was a luxury that only high-ranking officials and nobles could consume, Li Yuanjing's fists clenched excitedly!
He was worried about how to make money and pay off Xue Dashanren's old melon scoop money, but he didn't expect that there would be a better opportunity than catching wolf skins!
As an old fritter who has suffered from the wind and frost in later generations, the pediatric medicine of brown sugar precipitation and white sugar is obviously handy for Li Yuanjing.
It's a pity.
When he went to the county seat before, he didn't expect this stubble at all, and he bought less brown sugar.
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Yu Niang quickly happily carried two catties of rice, as well as two big fish and a few small fish, to visit Aunt Zhang.
Li Yuanjing, who stayed at home, did not rush to analyze the sugar, but whistled patiently and made dinner.
Such confidential matters are naturally more reliable to do at night.
Another point.
Li Yuanjing should prepare the sales channel for realisation in advance, and be prepared!
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"Aunt Zhang, are you busy?"
Aunt Zhang's house was very close to Li Yuanjing's house, and it didn't take long for Yu Niang to push open the dilapidated courtyard door of the Zhang family.
Pity.
At this time, the Zhang family no longer has the usual serenity......
Although the owner of Zhang's second brother who came to collect debts has left, the mess in the yard and house has not had time to clean up.
Aunt Zhang seemed to be ten years old again on this day, and she was trembling and boiling a pot of vegetable paste soup.
And Zhang Kun is also like a 'living dead' who has completely lost hope, so stupidly leaning against the earthen wall at the door, he can't even turn his eyelids a little when Yu Niang comes.
Originally.
His father and his pension money were almost enough for him and his younger brother Zhang Liang to marry a daughter-in-law.
But in this emergency, not to mention the pension money that they exchanged for their lives, they also owed a few taels of foreign debt.
With the income level of the Zhang family, Zhang Liang, who is still in a coma in the house, still doesn't know if he can wake up, how can he pay back the money?
What hope is there for life?
"Yu Niang, why did you come here? Why do you still bring so many things......"
Aunt Zhang reacted at this time, and hurriedly got up to greet Yu Niang, and the two Zhang sisters who were taking care of Zhang Liang in the house also came out.
Can be for a while.
These two little ladies who have always had a good relationship with Yu Niang really don't know what to say.
Yu Niang is not good at facing this kind of scene, and said with a red face:
"Aunt Zhang, I've heard about it, it's really, hey...... These two catties of grain and a few fish, let's make up for you and the two eldest brothers, Aunt Zhang......"
"Yikes."
"Yu Niang, how can this be done?"
"These two catties of grain, and so many fish, have a lot of money. How does this make ah......"
Aunt Zhang said, tears could no longer hold back and fall wildly.
Although Yu Niang is just a thin little lady in front of her, Aunt Zhang doesn't have to be strong anymore, and she can finally vent.
Yu Niang looked at Aunt Zhang's painful appearance, and there was nothing she could do but shed tears with her.
What else can be done?
That's the way the world is.
I heard that the neighboring villages have begun to sell their children and daughters to make a living, what else can the people do?
Soon.
Aunt Zhang, Yu Niang, and two sisters of the Zhang family, the four big and small women all cried together.
The dead-like Zhang Kun didn't dare to look at this scene, and closed his eyes in great pain, but he couldn't cry if he wanted to.
Long.
Yu Niang finally reacted and hurriedly asked:
"Aunt Zhang, then, what are you going to do later......
Aunt Zhang's heart was pinched, and she had no choice but to wipe her tears:
"What else can I do? I really can't do it, so I can only sell the big girl to Xue Dashan and get through this difficulty first. My poor girl......"
Aunt Zhang and the mother and daughter of the Zhang family hugged their heads and cried together.
"This ......"
Yu Niang was also dumbfounded.
Although she had known for a long time that the sale of children and daughters had happened from time to time, she had never seen it with her own eyes, how could she have thought that such a terrible thing would happen to her good friend......
"Aunt Zhang, how can you sell a big girl? How can you sell a big girl? The eldest girl is a year younger than me......"
"Otherwise, I'll go back and beg my brother. My brother is a scholar, and he will definitely find a way to solve the matter of the eldest girl. ”
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"What?"
"Brother Zhang Kun, Brother Zhang, are you waiting for me outside the door?"
The Li family.
Li Yuanjing had already made dinner and was about to eat with Yu Niang, and he had a good rest to analyze the sugar at night, but he saw Yu Niang standing aside at a loss, wanting to say but not daring to say it.
As Li Yuanjing asked, he figured out the whole story.
"Woo......"
Yu Niang couldn't hold back, her tears were like springs, and she said sadly:
"Brother, it's not good to blame me, you, you beat me, right?"
Yu Niang really didn't know what to do, so while wiping her tears, she turned around and pouted at Li Yuanjing's upturned little buttocks.
"I ......"
Li Yuanjing raised his hand and was about to slap him, but he hesitated again and again, and he was still not willing.
The main Li Yuanjing suddenly figured out a crucial question.
Although he had a lot of experience in later generations and knew how to make all kinds of tools, including inventions, it can be said that he had a thousand gullies in his mind.
But after all, this era is different from later generations, productivity is too low, and people's thinking is far from enough.
So.
He wants to do things, one person is definitely not enough, he must form his own force, or team.
Again.
It is better to give them fish than to give them fish.
The problem of the Zhang family is certainly not something that can be solved by saving the poor.
And although Zhang Kun, the boss of the Zhang family, is crippled and missing an arm, he is a soldier who has been on the battlefield in Liaodong after all.
And Li Yuanjing also has a certain understanding of Zhang Kun, he is very straightforward, he is a hard-working person who has no fancy.
In addition, Zhang Kun can be regarded as helping himself before, and if he really wants to do something, he seems to be a good help......
This time, giving Zhang Kun a stable job is obviously more able to solve the problems of the Zhang family than directly helping the poor.
"Smack."
Moment.
Li Yuanjing's slap still fell on Yu Niang's little upright, but he didn't use any strength at all, it was more like taking advantage of Yu Niang......
Road:
"Stinky girl, you will have a snack in the future, this kind of thing, you can't mess with others, understand?"
said.
Li Yuanjing strode out of the door.
"Yikes."
"Brother, you, aren't you angry with Yu Niang?"
Yu Niang was stunned for a moment before she reacted, and hurriedly chased out towards Li Yuanjing.
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Brothers, kneel down and beg for some support, thank you