Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

Chapter 225 Liulicai Order

The Li family's buffet was a great success and both the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

After the meal, many villagers voluntarily stayed to help clean up. The Li family gave them the leftover food as a thank you gift, and the villagers were very happy.

Li Yuer packed a lot of bean sprouts for Captain Zhong, County Magistrate Wei and Jinbao. During the lean period, having fresh vegetables to eat not only enriched their diet but was also a symbol of status.

Everyone had left, but Manager Qian and Lai Fu were still chatting with Mr. Cai and others in the main hall. Li Yuer knew what they were up to.

After whispering a few words to Li Erlang, Li Erlang smiled and winked at Li Yuer, straightened his collar, walked into the main room, and sat opposite Manager Qian.

Li Erlang considerately refilled the tea for Shopkeeper Qian, "Uncle Qian, do you have anything to say?"

Shopkeeper Qian took the teacup, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "When a man has been away for three days, he should be treated with new eyes. Erlang is now a man who can stand on his own. Yes, I do have business to discuss with you."

Li Erlang did not respond, just waiting for the other party to speak first.

Shopkeeper Qian sighed inwardly, this kid has made rapid progress. Years ago, he was a timid fisherman, but now he can compete with him in patience.

They have collaborated twice, once for whale meat and once for shell oil lamps, and their credibility is still there.

So, Shopkeeper Qian got straight to the point and said, "I want to receive the recipe for braised pork elbow and the glass vegetable."

Shopkeeper Qian knew that the Li family would not sell seafood recipes, so he had to settle for meat recipes.

Li Erlang took a sip of tea and said, "We don't plan to sell the recipe for now, but we can supply the Liuli vegetable to Nongchaolou."

In fact, Shopkeeper Qian also guessed that given the Li family’s current conditions and their relationship with the Wan family, they might not sell recipes. But after getting the definite answer, he was still a little disappointed.

"How many glass vegetables can you provide in a day?"

There are two shops in Nongchaolou, and both have a lot of customers, so a few dozen kilograms are definitely not enough.

In the lean season, vegetables are a scarce commodity. A month later, the first crop of vegetables in the field can be eaten, but they cannot be sold at a high price. What they are doing is seizing the opportunity first.

Li Erlang said: "Five hundred kilograms is no problem."

"That's enough." Shopkeeper Qian said happily.

Nongchaolou now has two branches, each of which can handle more than 200 kilograms, so it can definitely handle the food. Besides, they can't just rely on selling glass vegetables, they have to use glass vegetables to attract customers, and then customers will not order just one dish.

After some discussion, the final price of bean sprouts was two cents per pound, and the supply period was one month, just until the beginning of May, before the vegetables arrived in large quantities.

Cai Junyi wrote the contract and both parties signed it, with the village chief and the clerk acting as guarantors.

Nowadays, the clerk in the county government is considered the right-hand man of County Magistrate Wei, and his words carry a lot of weight.

If nothing unexpected happens, if County Cheng Wei can be promoted to County Magistrate, the position of County Cheng will be his. After all, he was the first to report the kang and fireplace, and this merit is more than enough to be promoted to County Cheng.

When Manager Qian and Lai Fu left, the Li family prepared the same bean sprouts as a return gift to Captain Zhong, Jinbao and the village chief.

At night, the Li family finally moved into the big brick and tile house they had dreamed of.

The furniture had been made more than ten days in advance, and Zhang the Woodman had the furniture delivered one day in advance as agreed.

Lying on the high bed with soft pillows, the Li family members were filled with emotion.

Old man Li was so happy that he couldn't sleep.

"Old woman, are you asleep? Do you think I am destined to be poor? I have moved to a bigger house and covered myself with a new cotton quilt, but why can't I sleep?"

Old man Li seemed to be talking to Old Lady Cai, but also seemed to be talking to himself.

In the darkness, the voice of Old Lady Cai could be heard, "Actually, I can't sleep either. Our ancestors have accumulated good karma and have given birth to a group of good children and grandchildren, especially Yu Baoer, who is really the treasure of our Li family."

"Yes, we are blessed with children and grandchildren."

Mr. and Mrs. Li didn't expect that they would receive an order after hosting a housewarming banquet.

Old Man Li said: "The business of this Liuli vegetable is really unexpected."

Mrs. Cai said, "Yu Baoer said that our family won't do this business. We can't handle it, so let the Cai family do it."

Old man Li was not upset about losing his business to his brother-in-law. Instead, he said, "It's only natural. We have lived here for so long for nothing. If it weren't for my brother-in-law, we wouldn't have been able to establish a good relationship with the village chief's family so quickly, and we wouldn't have been able to settle down and build a house so smoothly."

Mrs. Cai was happy to see that her husband was a sensible person.

"We can only do this business for a month. Once the vegetables are ready, we can't do it anymore. Brother Yi is going to take the college entrance examination this year and he needs a lot of money. We should help him if we can. When Brother Yi becomes successful in the future, we can also benefit from it. At least we won't be bullied so easily anymore."

Old Man Li hummed, "It's hard to do business in this world. If you encounter a corrupt official like Magistrate Wu, who has no one behind him, you will really lose everything."

During the reign of County Magistrate Wu, many merchants without any background in Huihai County had their properties confiscated by him for various reasons, and all their money was pocketed by him.

Speaking of Magistrate Wu, Old Lady Cai couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. "You said that the complaint has been submitted for more than a month, why is there no response? And where is Magistrate Wu hiding?"

"Ah! My brother-in-law is right. The officialdom is complicated!"

The next day, at dawn, Cai Chengping and his wife got up and followed Li Dalang to learn how to grow bean sprouts.

Li Dalang carried a bag of soybeans and said, "Growing bean sprouts is very simple. The key is to control the humidity and temperature."

Li Dalang taught the couple the recipe for growing bean sprouts. "It doesn't take much time, you just need to keep an eye on it occasionally. Today's bean sprouts are the ones we grew before. When your cousin goes to set up his stall later, you can take some with him."

Cai Chengping didn't expect that Liulicai could be grown in water and it was so simple, he was amazed.

"You are really smart. We have had soybeans in front of us for so many years, but we only used them to grind bean flour and feed pigs. We never thought that soybeans can not only be used to make tofu, but also to grow bean sprouts."

Li Dalang shook his head and said, "I didn't come up with this idea. Yu Baoer and the others are smart."

At this time, Li Erlang walked into the kitchen in new clothes.

"Is there anything to eat? I'm starving. I was so tired yesterday that I got hungry in the middle of the night."

Li Dalang brought the boiled eggs to him and said, "Help yourself."

I looked at the tassel around his waist again. Li Erlang treasured this tassel very much. Once, when he was selling things at the stall, he accidentally got it a little dirty, and he never wore it again when selling things at the stall. Today, not only was he wearing it very well, but he also wore the tassel again for the first time. How strange, so strange.

Li Dalang asked: "Erlang, it seems that it is not your shift today?"

Li Erlang lied, "No, I came to town for something."

Li Dalang gave him a strange look and didn't ask any more questions. He just thought that Li Yuer asked him to do something and continued with his work.