Chapter 19 The sausage business is booming, and the thief is thinking about it
"Ah, the meat is really delicious."
After Li Rong tried the sausage and it didn't turn over, she started loading it up.
She and He Xing wrapped the sausages in brown paper pound by pound, and then handed them over to Zhao Qingsong to sell.
This is a "new product", and Li Rong is actually a little worried that it won't sell well.
Zhao Qingsong squeezed her hand: "Hey, now I'm worried. Why didn't I worry when I went to the 'free market' alone to take braised food?"
Li Rong rolled her eyes at him: "Who said I didn't panic at that time."
Zhao Qingsong took advantage of his elder brother not looking here and quickly lowered his head and kissed Li Rong: "Don't panic, this time it's your man who sells it. If you can't sell it, blame me."
"You're the only one who talks so much!" Li Rong laughed, "Go quickly and be careful on the road."
People who had bought braised meat before saw Zhao Qingsong selling sausages, and they readily paid for it without him having to say anything.
Therefore, the sausage business is going smoothly.
When Zhao Qingsong got back the money from selling the sausages, Li Rong was sitting on the kang, counting the money and she was extremely happy.
With the market determined, Li Rong's production volume has almost been fixed, so she doesn't have to worry about sales at all.
It is probably impossible for people to be smooth all the time. Once they feel that everything is going smoothly, some unexpected surprises will occur.
That day when He Xing was packing the sausages, she found that a few sausages were missing. She counted them again and found that they were correct. She was sure that there were indeed a few sausages missing. She hurriedly told Li Rong about it.
Li Rong said: "You just realized that it has disappeared several times. I didn't care about the missing one or two before. I didn't expect that the stealing would become more and more frequent. This bad guy is so rampant. He really thought we were fools!"
He Xing pursed her lips: "Brother and sister, I didn't take this." Li Rong had already discovered that the sausage was stolen, but didn't say anything. He Xing was worried that she would doubt herself, so after thinking about it, she didn't beat around the bush and spoke directly to show her innocence.
"I know! I didn't doubt you." Li Rong smiled reassuringly, "I know who my sister-in-law is."
Li Rong told the truth. She really didn't doubt He Xing. First of all, the salary offered to He Xing was not low. Secondly, she knew He Xing's character very well. Furthermore, as the Chinese New Year was approaching, He Xing also bought some with her own money.
I will cook the pork and prepare it to be taken back when I go back to my parents’ home to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year.
He Xing earns a lot of money, and there is no shortage of these sausages at home, so there is no way it could be her.
After hearing Li Rong's words, He Xing felt relieved, and then said angrily: "Who is doing this sneaky thing? They really lack virtue! What should I do? My brothers and sisters don't know how many times they have been stolen.
This time! No! I’ll tell Zhao Qingyang to go!”
"Hey," Li Rong held her back, "Don't make any noise for now. Big brother and Qingsong know about it. Once this matter becomes a big deal, the thief will know about it. No matter how many times he has stolen before, he will definitely not do it again! Don't alert the snake yet.
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"then what should we do!"
"Let me think about it, sister-in-law, let's install the rest first."
Zhao Qingsong and his elder brother had just driven the cattle cart out to deliver goods, and Li Rong was riding her bicycle to the county town.
When she came back, He Xing was marinating meat. Li Rong parked her bicycle, got some meat, took out a paper bag from her pocket, mixed the powder inside, poured it into casings and made four or five sausages.
He Xing saw her being mysterious and asked curiously: "What are you doing? Are these new flavors?"
"Yes!" Li Rong smiled and said mysteriously, "It contains good things. Don't move while I'm hanging here."
He Xing: "I know."
The first thing Li Rong does when she gets up every day is to see if those sausages are still there.
Previously, she observed that every time the sausage was missing, it was always hanging on the edge, so she hung the sausage with ingredients on the edge.
Sure enough, this batch of sausages disappeared after a few days of drying. Li Rong looked at the obviously vacant corner and sneered, "Just wait, little thief!"
After doing this, she also went to find Zhao's mother and He Xing, asking them to pay more attention to whose family asked for leave and could not work when they went to work.
Although Mother Zhao didn't know what Li Rong was going to do, what she said was not difficult. Mother Zhao readily agreed and said, "I know."
Two days have passed since the sausage was stolen, and no one in the commune has asked for leave from work.
Li Rong guessed that the thief had stolen it or maybe he didn't dare to take the pot immediately.
She curled her lips and didn't pay much attention to it.
On this day, Li Rong took He Xing to the county supply and marketing cooperative on a bicycle to buy things.
He Xing bought a lot of cloth and cotton, enough to make several sets of clothes. Li Rong asked in surprise: "What are you buying so much for?"
"I will make new clothes for my son to wear during the New Year, and their father's shoes are also in bad condition. I will give them new ones." He Xing's face was full of happiness.
Li Rong suddenly remembered that Zhao Qingsong's shoes were also in bad condition. The Jiefang shoes he wore after returning from the army were already worn out, and the old cloth shoes he had replaced some time ago were also worn out.
Because of his lameness, Zhao Qingsong's body's center of gravity almost rested on his healthy left foot, so the shoes on his left foot broke down the fastest.
The old pair of shoes probably wouldn't last long, so Li Rong came up with the idea of buying shoes for men.
He Xing paid the money and tickets for cleaning the cloth. When he saw Li Rong thinking deeply, he came to her and said with a smile: "Do you want to give your man a pair of shoes? In our village, the shoes worn by men are given by their mother-in-law.
If you do it, you probably haven’t put the soles on your second son, right? If you give it to him well, he will be happy until next year. How about it?"
Li Rong shook his head: "I don't know how to do this. Let me go and see if the finished shoes are suitable." In Li Rong's view, buying finished products is the same as buying raw materials and spending ten and a half months on them.
Li Rong took a look at the stalls selling finished shoes. Some sold cloth shoes and some sold leather shoes. She thought about it and brought a pair of cloth shoes to Zhao Qingsong because cloth shoes were more comfortable than leather shoes.
By the way, I also bought a pair of black cloth shoes for myself.
The finished shoes were several times more expensive than the raw materials, so Li Rong slashed the price and quickly paid for it, which made He Xing envious.
Immediately afterwards, Li Rong said she wanted to buy clothes.
He Xing thought that Li Rong also wanted to buy ready-made clothes, but unexpectedly, Li Rong went to the cloth store and carefully selected in front of bundles of cloth.
He Xing saw that the cloth she bought was expensive and simple with no patterns. This kind of cloth was not considered good by the villagers.
It's not bright and easy to get to the ground. Only the gangsters in the city will like it. He Xing asked: "Can you make clothes?"
This is my hometown. Li Rong majored in fashion design at university, so she had no problem making clothes, but she wouldn't tell He Xing. She smiled, raised her chin slightly, and said with a little pride: "Yes."
When she got home, Li Rong took out her shoes, wondering how to give them to Zhao Qingsong more naturally.
It's a bit embarrassing to think about giving it to a man in person, just like buying a gift for a partner during an ambiguous period and being too embarrassed to give it to him in person.