Chapter 8 Now Stepping Forward from the Start 6
The three of them quickly returned home. The sun was already to the west. The adults at home had already stopped playing cards and were sitting in the house drinking water and chatting with peanuts.
Li Qingqi walked fast with two hares in his hand and ran into the house early. He chattered and told all the stories. He thought that these three children were just making fun of it, but he didn't expect that there would be so much gain in just one afternoon. The adults ran out and took over the burden on Li Qinglin and Wei Sanya's shoulders.
I heard that there were still many tung seeds in the forest, so the four adults quickly found a sack of shoulder poles and prepared to carry back the tung seeds from the mountain overnight. Li Qinglin thought for a while and said, "Don't go out together, you have to go one by one. In addition, don't take it home directly. Come back and find a place in our field to bury it with snow, and then wait for the opportunity to take it home slowly. We are young, and the villagers may not pay much attention, but you go out together and carry so many tung seeds together, and someone will notice it. After all, these tung seeds are from other people's homes, and it will be very troublesome if they are passed to Wang Changshan's ears."
Li Wanquan and the others thought about it and nodded.
Li Wanquan and the others went to pick the tung seeds, Li Qinglin, Li Qingqi and Wei Sanya stayed at home. Li Qinglin brought a kitchen knife, grind it on a stone, and began to peel rabbits in the yard. Li Qingqi and Wei Sanya were watching the fun.
The kitchen knife is obviously not a good tool for peeling the animal skin. Li Qinglin tried a lot of effort and was careful not to break the rabbit skin. Li Qinglin thought to himself that he would definitely get a dagger next time he had the chance. That thing was convenient for peeling the animal skin and could also be used for self-defense in this troubled world.
After peeling the rabbit's skin, he found a few small wooden sticks to support the two rabbit skins, hung them on the wall in front of the door, and slowly dried the skins on the sunny day. Then he handed the two rabbits to Wei Sanya and asked her to go to the kitchen to cook for dinner.
Although today is the first day of the New Year, there is no moon in the sky, but the snow is all over the ground, so the road is not very dark. The room is very dark, and Wei Sanya lights the tung oil lamp. At about seven o'clock in the evening, the four adults came back. They looked good today and everyone was smiling.
The main dish at night was a large pot of braised rabbit meat, the main food was pancakes and spicy soup. My mother Liu Yuzhen also made a few side dishes, and Li Wanquan took out a bottle of wine and drank it face to face with Li Wanxiang.
In this era, women had a low status and could not sit on the table. They had to wait for the men at home to finish eating before they could eat. Li Qinglin, who has modern education, disagreed and invited the women to serve them together.
Li Wanquan and Li Wanxiang were in a good mood and said, "We are all family members. Don't tell so many rules when eating at home. Let's eat together!"
Everyone sat together to eat and drink, two heads of the family were drinking and chatting about farming, women talked about family matters, and three children were lying on their heads to eat.
Under the dim tung oil light, my aunt Liu Erhua looked at the calm Li Qinglin and became more and more fond of her. She picked up a fat rabbit leg from the basin and put it into Li Qinglin's bowl, and said, "Qinglin has made the most contribution today. With you at home in the future, our Li family will become more and more developed!"
Li Qinglin looked up and saw Li Qingqi holding a piece of rabbit meat in each hand and eating it in big mouthfuls. Wei Sanya held the bowl, leaned against her body, lowered her head, and sat on the corner of the table, drinking the spicy soup in the bowl. He put the rabbit leg into Sanya's bowl and said, "Sanya has made great contributions today. She has brought Qingqi back so many tung seeds, and she has put a lot of effort into it. Let's eat it for Sanya to nourish her body and pick more next time."
The four adults looked at each other and smiled, and they all said, "Okay, OK, OK!"
Li Qinglin was a little strange. It was just such a small thing that was worth talking about by all four people?
Wei Sanya had never eaten so much meat in a meal. Her eyes were sour and she was particularly grateful to Li Qinglin. She buried her head low, for fear that her tears would fall out accidentally.
Seven or eight taels of wine were drunk into Li Wanquan and Li Wanxiang's stomachs. The two of them were in high spirits and began to calculate how much the tung seeds could be sold today.
Today, Li Qinglin and his team picked up about 130 kilograms of tung seeds for the first time. Four adults picked up about 3450 kilograms of tung fruit seeds, a total of about 480 kilograms of tung fruit seeds, a total of more than 50 kilograms of tung fruit seeds, a total of more than 50 kilograms of tung seeds, a total of more than 60 kilograms of tung seeds can be peeled out, and a total of more than 60 kilograms of tung seeds can be squeezed out, and a total of more than 70 kilograms of tung oil was obtained. The number of tung seeds picked up today can be squeezed out more than 70 kilograms of tung oil, and more than 70 kilograms of tung seed cakes. The oil pressing workshop in the town had to buy 100 kilograms of tung oil. Today, 480 kilograms of tung seed seeds can get at least ten kilograms of tung seeds. It is expected that a thousand kilograms of tung seeds can be picked up in the forest, and a total of more than 30 kilograms of tung seed cakes can be sold. The remaining tung seed shells are also the best potassium fertilizer.
Li Wanquan and Li Wanxiang agreed to share half of the money and the goods after the tung oil was sold out.
Li Qinglin was already full, and sat aside and listened to the two heads of the family settlement. Hearing that they were talking so lively, he said that when he finally talked about the money and stuff, he asked, "How do you plan to spend so much money?"
Li Wanxiang was stunned and smiled and said, "If you divide the tung seed cake, you will be used as fertilizer. If you go to the ground to make the base fertilizer, you will have a bumper harvest. If you have the grain at home, you will not go hungry next year; if you divide the ocean, you will save it. If you need urgent use, take it out and use it!"
Li Qinglin, who had received modern education in his previous life, experienced commodity society, and worked as a salesperson for the enterprise, was dissatisfied. He said: "I have no objection to making tung seed cakes for fat, but I don't think it's worth keeping the ocean at home. Thirty dollars in a hundred years will still be thirty dollars, and it won't turn into thirty dollars. Can't we use other methods to turn these thirty dollars into forty dollars or fifty dollars? For example, take it out and invest."
"What is investment?" Li Wanxiang couldn't understand.
Li Qinglin was shocked. This was another flaw. Fortunately, they felt that this "investment" was mysterious and had no doubts. To change their deep-rooted small peasant ideas, they should tell them in words they could understand. Only when they understand the principle of using money to make money will they be convinced.
Li Qinglin said: "For example, if you spend two pieces of oceans to buy 100 kilograms of cake and fertilizer, the grain production will increase by 500 kilograms next year. If these five hundred kilograms of grain can be sold for three oceans, will these two oceans become three? For example, if you invest ten oceans in your acquaintance shop, and you will get two oceans dividends at the end of the year, isn't this the ten oceans become twelve oceans?"
Li Wanquan and Li Wanxiang both understand the principle of putting more fertilizer and feeding more food. They will not know how to put their own money in other people's shops even if they kill such a thing.
Li Wanquan asked: "Does Qinglin mean that they all buy fat cakes?"
Li Wanxiang also nodded and said, "It's better to put the cake fertilizer into the field to ensure it. The food in our field is less because of insufficient fertilizer."
Li Qinglin said: "The more fertilizer you put in the ground, the better, and you don't have to use cake fertilizer. It takes several months to get the fertilizer when you put it in the ground, especially if God gives you face. If the weather is good, you can get more food. If it is a disaster, the fertilizer will be waived when it is drained into the ground."
Li Wanxiang said anxiously: "This is not true, that is not true. Qinglin, what should you do?"
Li Qinglin pointed to a worn spinning wheel placed at the corner of the wall with his hand and said, "Let's buy some lint, and then sell it to cloth weaving people. We can always make some money, so that we can make money faster. In addition, even if cotton yarn and cotton yarn drop in price, these things can always be used by our own homes and will not lose much money."
After hearing what Li Qinglin said, everyone nodded and said that the two hostesses were particularly active, saying that even on rainy days in the future, they would not be idle in winter, and there was no skill in spinning. Here, as long as a woman could spin, she could make money as long as the spinning wheel shook.
With Li Qinglin's tip, the four adults began to heat up discussing the grand plan of buying cotton spinning.
Li Qinglin only knew that rural areas were still wearing local cloth during the Republic of China period. He thought that spinning and weaving should make money. As for how to spin and weaving, he knew nothing. Since the elders were enthusiastic, it would be better to let them worry!
Li Qingqi was already dozing off, sitting at the table with his head hanging down, his head bit by bit. Li Wanxiang sent Wei Sanya Li Qingqi home to sleep, and the four adults continued to discuss the spinning plan.
Li Qinglin has walked so many roads and experienced so many things today. He felt a little tired, so he yawned and went back to the house to sleep. Li Qinglin was so tired today that he fell asleep just as his head was next to the pillow.
Chapter completed!