inspire-indiana Chapter 246: Whose back door did you pick it up from?
Chapter 246: Whose back door did you pick it up from?
Li said, "I'll go and cultivate the remaining land. When your grandfather was not at home, no one cultivated the land at home, so I was the one who did it."
Zhou Guo was unwilling to give up. She had just started and was not yet proficient. "I'll go. It won't take long anyway. If I hurry up tomorrow, maybe I can plow the rest of the land in one day. It's not a paddy field. It's much faster to plow dry land. If you have nothing to do, go with my brother and the others to cut grass. Aren't we still in great need of grass at home?"
There is a serious shortage of livestock. We have a lot of livestock at home now.
Li thought about it and agreed, sighing, "The village has started harvesting wheat. Although the two landlords' fields have not started harvesting yet, it will be soon. I originally thought that since there is no grain to harvest at home, I might take some time to harvest wheat for a few days and earn a few copper coins. Now it seems that I don't have the time for that."
Zhou Mi and others looked up and said, "There's money to be made from doing this work!"
The few coins they earned on the way to escape are still in their hands, but they always feel a little uncomfortable. They keep counting the same few coins. They dream of earning a few more.
Zhou Guo took a bite of rice and seeing their bright and expectant eyes, he reminded them, "I'm afraid you won't be selected with your bodies."
There should be requirements for those who do short-term work, right?
Several people immediately turned to look at Li.
Li nodded, "She's right. Among you, only Da Mao can be selected. The two of you in charge will definitely not be favored by you."
Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi were very disappointed as they lost an opportunity to make money.
Zhou Gu was shocked. "I don't know how much I can earn for a day. I should be able to earn a lot if I go to cut for a few days, right?"
Zhou Dacang said: "At best you can earn 40 coins a day. Even if you work hard for ten days you can earn 400 coins."
Four hundred coins!
Several people were thinking about the few copper coins in their hands, what a huge sum of money!
envy!
Zhou Gu looked at everyone and said, "How about I go to the landlord's house to harvest wheat?"
Li didn't say yes or no.
Zhou Guo did the math for him, "Brother, let's put it this way. You earn 40 wen a day for cutting wheat for the landlord. If you go into the mountains to chop firewood, you can chop at least 10 bundles a day. It's still too little at your pace. In winter, a bundle of firewood can be sold for 8 wen. If you chop 10 bundles a day, 8 wen a bundle means 80 wen."
Eighty cents?
Can he earn another 80 coins a day? Zhou Gu was confused. Can he earn so much money?
Zhou Guo went on to say, "If we don't have enough firewood stored before winter, and there is no firewood in winter, and the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, we will have to spend money to buy firewood from the villagers. How much money will we lose from this purchase and expenditure?"
The others watched as Zhou Gu's brows slowly furrowed, and he began to count on his fingers. The more he counted, the tighter his brows furrowed.
The old man smiled and glanced at her.
Zhou Dacang said: "That's right. If you calculate it this way, the little money we earn may not even be enough to buy firewood."
Zhou Gu calculated for a long time but couldn't figure out the account. After hearing this, he immediately gave up. He just chopped firewood. There was nothing wrong with it. He could also eat roasted rabbit in the mountains.
Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi also fell silent.
After dinner, Zhou Guo took out everything he had bought in the county town today.
"These are the six earthenware jars we bought, and a few packets of asarum. The shopkeeper said that one ounce of asarum equals one pound of ginseng. If they are sealed in these new jars, they can be kept for a long time. There are also these spices, which are used to make roast suckling pig. The most important thing is this set of white tea cups. Look at them."
A set of teacups full of flaws was placed on the table. Although the light was dim and the color could not be seen clearly, the defects on the cups were clearly visible.
The whole family looked at the cup and no one spoke.
The old man looked at them all, his brows furrowed so tightly that they could kill a mosquito. Finally, he looked at the teapot with a crooked mouth and couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Whose back door did you pick this up from? You think it's a treasure when someone doesn't want it?"
You know what, it's becoming more and more like this. The lighting is dim and the glaze can't be seen clearly. Only the outline can be seen.
Li looked at the old man and said in a cryptic way, "Guoguo, even though our family is very poor, there is no need to pick up this teapot that someone threw away."
They didn't care, but the key point was that the gentleman, although he did all kinds of work on weekdays, was quite particular about food. How could he be willing to use a teapot that had been used by someone else?
Zhou Guo was speechless. "I bought this from a small stall. The stall owner asked for 1.5 yuan. If you don't believe me, ask Third Brother."
Zhou Mi nodded repeatedly, "We really bought it back."
When they heard that it cost five hundred coins per string, no one could accept it.
Zhou Dacang said, "You want 1,500 coins for this thing? If you give it to me for free... I still need to think about it."
Zhou Gu: "...It's fine if it's given for free, but I don't know what to put in it. It's so small, I need several cups of water to drink, and I'm too lazy to scoop it out."
Zhou Guo rolled his eyes at them and said, "That's a nice thought!"
Zhou Xing asked, "How much did this set cost? It wasn't really bought for 1,500 coins, was it?"
Zhou Guo shook his head, "Of course not, we spent a full 120 coins to get this set of teacups!"
The two words were pronounced quite heavily.
The old man shook his head when he heard this. "You still say it wasn't picked up. If it wasn't picked up, how could someone sell it to you at such a low price? You can buy it for 100 coins for 500 coins?"
Everyone nodded, it made sense, even if five hundred coins were cheaper, it couldn't be this much cheaper.
Zhou Mi described the bargaining process in detail.
Zhou Dacang and others couldn't help but admire Zhou Guo's wit.
Zhou Xing was silent for a long while before saying, "If our family gets this imperfect teacup, won't it be unable to hold wealth?"
The faces of the people who had been cheering just now froze and they looked at each other in bewilderment.
Zhou Guo placed several cups in a circle around the teapot. "Look, six cups surrounding a teapot, not too many, not too few, just right. How can it be imperfect? It's just that each of the brothers and sisters has some flaws, but isn't this normal? There is no such thing as perfect in the world. It is normal to have flaws."
The old man was shocked and looked at his apprentice with complicated expression.
The Zhou family looked at the teacups in silence, as if it made sense.
Zhou Dacang suddenly seemed to have discovered something new and exclaimed, "Look, these cups are ugly in different ways. They are really ugly in all kinds of ways."
Zhou Mai nodded. "It would be hard to find such an ugly teacup in the world. This is a unique set of teacups."
The more people watched it, the more they liked it.
Zhou Guo took the opportunity to say to the old man, "Master, take a look. This set of cups is actually quite pretty in its ugly form. I also bought you two kilograms of tea leaves. When you are bored every day, you can make a pot of tea and drink a few cups leisurely in the yard. That is a nice thing, isn't it?"