Chapter 44: The Difficult Way of the World
"Lo mei, delicious lo mei, you can eat it when you take it home, it's convenient and neat, buy it at a special price today, and there will be ten copper plates less."
On the street, Xu Fugui and Lai Shun shouted happily with their throats, and the happy event on their faces was visible to the naked eye.
Kang Baozi wiped his hands and closed the lid of the steamer, "Fugui, why do you feel so happy?" What's going on? ”
Xu Fugui laughed and said proudly: "Brother Kang, I have a son." ”
Kang Baozi stretched out his finger and nodded at him, "No wonder, it's full of red light, it's a good thing, what's your name." ”
"Youqing, Xu Youqing."
"Good name, it doesn't sound like a farmer, maybe I'll have to talk about martial arts in the future."
Xu Fugui laughed, "Bullshit talks about martial arts, when my son grows up, there will definitely be no war, no need to go to military school, and it's almost the same to go to Peking University." ”
"What kind of school is Peking University?"
"BJ University, you don't know this, the best university, it used to be called Jingshi University."
Kang Baozi smashed his mouth twice, "Tsk, you have ambition, if your family has Qingzhen and can go to the best university, I will marry my daughter to him in the future." ”
"Hahaha, it's okay." Of course, the two of them are joking, Xu Fugui has no requirements for his children, he is happy, and he just doesn't die halfway.
Reliving a life, he is easily content now, it is enough for the family to be together peacefully, and there is no need to pursue his own career.
After all, the world is too chaotic, the gun shoots the first bird, and he has seen many big people in his previous life who have been crushed by the wheel of history, and there is nothing he can do if he is wronged.
Without further ado, perhaps because of the price reduction, today's business is a little better, and there are several waves of customers at once.
After finishing his work, he rubbed his palms, looked to the right, and asked, "Brother Kang, why didn't Brother Li come today." ”
Kang Baozi shook his head and handed the steamed bun in his hand to the guest, "Who knows, you may have encountered something with a sad face recently." ”
The two were talking, but Li Tofu walked over with his tofu stall, his eyes a little haggard.
"Brother Li." Xu Fugui walked over to help him set up the tofu stall, and then said with a smile: "I have a son, and in the future, my Xu Ji lo-mei will also be a time-honored brand." ”
Li Tofu smiled reluctantly, "Congratulations, I'm so happy." ”
Xu Fugui put away his smile, "Brother Li, what's wrong with you, you're sad." ”
Li Tofu shook his head and said, "Fugui, Kang Baozi, I won't come to the county seat to sell tofu in the future." ”
The two looked at him in surprise, "Why?" ”
Li Tofu smiled self-deprecatingly, and pointed to the scattered pedestrians on the street, "What else can I do, I can't do it anymore, my business is not as good as yours, and I don't make much money." ”
"I finally made a little money, and I asked the army and the county master to take it for me, and those green-skinned gangsters still have to come to collect a copy, and I can't even get the cost back."
"So, it's not interesting to stay in this county, and I won't come in the future."
Xu Fugui and Kang Baozi were silent, Li Tofu was telling the truth, and the two of them could clearly feel that business was getting worse and worse recently.
The two of them are okay, the price of lo-mei is expensive, and the customers are not those poor croppers, most of them are local to the county, and the family is at least well-off, so the fluctuation is not very large, but it is affected by the season.
And Kang Baozi's bun shop has a wide range of customers, even poor people, thinking of the children at home, they will grit their teeth and buy a solution to their hunger.
Rich people also eat steamed buns, so the business of the two of them has been affected somewhat, but it is not a big problem.
But the tofu business is relatively unlucky, the selling price can't be too expensive, it is squeezed too much, and it can't live naturally.
"Brother Li, then you won't sell tofu in the future? The tofu you make is so delicious. Lai Shun said regretfully.
Li Tofu waved his hand, "That's not it, I just don't sell it in the county seat, and I'll go to other villages to sell it in the future." ”
"I'm a little tired, and I'm making less money, but at least no one will make me pay taxes or protection money."
Lai Shun muttered: "What kind of world do you say this is, doesn't it mean that peace has come, the days are getting harder and harder, and he has to take thirty catties of rice out every month, why doesn't he just grab it?" ”
Everyone was silent, and no one wanted to answer this question, otherwise they would be listened to by someone who cared about it, and maybe the whole family would be imprisoned.
This world is too difficult.
"Okay, don't talk about this, Fugui, Kang Baozi, I'll bring you two pieces of tofu when you leave, don't forget me when you develop in the future."
Xu Fugui smiled, "Brother Li, if you want to come to our Xujia Village to sell tofu, you can inquire casually when you come to the village, remember to come and sit at home." ”
"Xujia Village, I haven't been there, it's too far, I don't know if there is a chance to come, let's talk about it later."
At noon, the lo-mei was sold for seventy-seven eighty-eight, and there were only two or three catties of heart and lungs and a few braised eggs left.
In addition, there is a pound of pig's head meat, ten braised eggs, and five or six pieces of kelp, which he specially left for Jiazhen Fengxia, and packed it in two oily paper bags.
After packing the lo-mei, the remaining oily paper and seasonings were placed in the cabinet, and the two carried the stall to the back kitchen of Wang's Restaurant.
"Young master, are you going to see the young grandmother?"
Xu Fugui put his hands into his sleeves, "Of course you have to go, let's go, let's go first to see if my father-in-law is in Mixing." ”
When I came to the outside of the largest rice store in the county, I secretly looked inside for a while, but I didn't see Chen Liping's figure.
"Young Master, Master Chen doesn't seem to be in there, do you think he's at home?"
Xu Fu licked his lips, sniffled, and turned around and walked towards Chen's mansion, "Fuck it, Lao Tzu went to see his own woman, I'm afraid that he won't make it, so I'll fight it!" ”
Laishun's eyelids jumped, and he followed excitedly, "Young master, wait for me." ”
On the way, Xu Fugui bought an old hen, thought about it, and reluctantly bought half a catty of expensive tea, and the money he earned today was not enough for the half catty of tea just now.
Striding to the front of the Chen Mansion, Xu Fugui hid behind the stone lion, swallowed his saliva, and tentatively looked inside.
"Young master, aren't you afraid, go and fight with Master Chen." Lai Shun said excitedly.
Xu Fugui patted his bald head, "Brainless bastard, if you get married in the future, do you dare to fight with your father-in-law?" ”
Lai Shun said angrily: "If my father-in-law is unreasonable in the future, I will have to fight with him." ”
Xu Fugui rolled his eyes, poked his head out and looked at the Chen Mansion with the wooden door wide open, and kept thinking about what to say when he met his father-in-law later.
"Young Master." Lai Shun shouted again and carefully patted him on the shoulder.
Xu Fugui turned his head impatiently, and when he opened his eyes, the whole person was suddenly stunned in place, and Chen Liping looked at him expressionlessly with his hands behind his back.
"Daddy......"