"Luo Xuan, look how many good things I have brought to you?"
The man raised his hand.
I saw that he was holding a bunch of small turtles in his left hand and three old turtles in his right hand.
Luo Xuan stepped forward, took the turtle in his hand and counted it. There were 7 small turtles in total, and 2 old turtles weighing more than 3 kilograms.
The remaining old turtle looked like it weighed less than 3 pounds, but it wasn't much different.
Luo Xuan said: "Uncle, I don't have that much money on hand now."
When the man heard this, the smile on his face condensed slightly, and he immediately said: "That's okay, you can give it to me whenever you have money."
Luo Xuan shook his head.
He said: "Uncle, as you know, I use these turtles to treat my own illnesses. But now I don't have so much money on hand. Do you think this will work? I can exchange them for you with vermicelli?"
The man pondered: "How about paying the bill with vermicelli? That's okay. But, how much do you give me per kilogram?"
"It's 2 cents per catty, what do you think?"
"Vermicelli is only 2 cents per catty? Then wouldn't you be at a disadvantage?"
The man was startled: "Besides, according to the calculation, the big old turtle costs 5 yuan a piece...forget it, as a fellow villager, we can't let you make nothing, so I'll give you 4 yuan and 5 yuan a piece. Then you
Do you have so many vermicelli for me?"
Luo Xuan nodded, "Yes, don't worry. In a few days, I will have someone deliver the vermicelli to you."
Vermicelli can be considered a hard currency in rural areas.
Its status is second only to rare items such as white sugar and brown sugar, and it is not as valuable as grains such as rice.
But the importance of vermicelli is far higher than that of dried sweet potatoes, broad beans, and soybeans.
Any era.
As long as a person is alive, human relationships are inevitable.
If you can carry a small bag of white sugar or brown sugar when you go out to visit relatives, it will be a very honorable thing.
If the gift given by someone is substantial enough, he can speak louder in front of relatives and friends.
Giving away white and brown sugar is good, but the vast majority of club members don’t have the ability to get sugar coupons.
Therefore, the next best thing is to carry a bundle of vermicelli to visit relatives, which is a pretty good hand-covering gift.
——You can’t carry a small bag of rice, or soybeans, or broad beans to visit relatives, right?
Therefore, men are willing to accept the payment of vermicelli with vermicelli. It just depends on whether the price is suitable.
The man used to think that Luo Xuan would pay him in cash, but now that he heard that Luo Xuan paid himself with vermicelli at the price of 2 cents per catty, it turned out to be a good deal.
So the man agreed to the barter deal without even thinking about it.
When it comes to business transactions, each has his or her own account.
The man thought he was a good deal, while Luo Xuan felt that he was a better deal.
The 7 small turtles collected this time were a bit expensive, so I gave him 3 yuan in the end.
The largest of the two turtles is worth 4.5 yuan each; the smaller one is worth 3 yuan.
In this way, this batch of turtles will cost me a total of 15 yuan!
It doesn’t sound like much, but Luo Xuan had to use 75 kilograms of vermicelli to pay for it!
This time, the three Zhou brothers went to buy themselves 50 pounds of starch.
Add a little bit of alum to the starch, and then calculate the moisture content. This batch of starch will eventually be able to make about 55 kilograms of vermicelli.
It's not enough to cover the bill.
It seems that when I go to Hongxing Township tomorrow, I have to buy some more starch.
I’m about to start making vermicelli.
Luo Xuan ran to Aunt Zhang and his third sister-in-law's house and asked them to come over in the afternoon to help him work for half a day.
Then Luo Xuan returned home and started building a rack to dry the vermicelli.
Been busy for a while.
The third sister-in-law and Aunt Zhang also came to help. With the help of these two expert workers, the bamboo frame was built very quickly.
It's just that the weather is a bit hot, which makes the three of us sweat profusely and our bodies are soaked with sweat.
Not long after, the three people who had built part of the shelf were taking a rest under the eaves.
When the third sister-in-law saw it, she pointed at the three figures in the distance and said, "Aren't those the three brothers of the Zhou family? Why do they always come to you, Luo Xuan? You have to be careful about them."
Aunt Zhang also echoed: "Yes, these three stickmen are a little bit different... Luo Xuan, you should be more careful."
Luo Xuan smiled and said, "Aunt Zhang, third sister-in-law, don't worry, it's okay, they won't steal my things. And the food in my house is all stored in your house, Aunt Zhang, so they can't steal anything."
Hearing this, Aunt Zhang asked: "Luo Xuan, when your family was separated, you only took away part of the fine grains and only a few kilograms of coarse grains. You should have eaten about the same amount of grains this time." Alright?"
Luo Xuan smiled slightly: "Aunt Zhang, I will find a way to solve my food rations in the future. The food placed in your house will be saved first. If your family is short of food, just use it first without saying hello to me. .”
Aunt Zhang and the third sister-in-law knew that Luo Xuan was hard-working and could earn some living expenses and pocket money by selling eels and the like.
Luo Xuan is now fully fed, the whole family is not hungry, and his demand for food is not particularly large.
So Aunt Zhang stopped asking any more questions.
The reason why Aunt Zhang and the third sister-in-law said that to the three brothers of the Zhou family just now is because the reputation of the Zhou family is very, very bad in the production team.
At this time, the two of them saw that Luo Xuan was not worried about the three brothers of the Zhou family, and Aunt Zhang and the third sister-in-law were relieved.
There was no words for a moment.
Wait until the three brothers walked into the yard and unloaded the starch and large iron pot on the trolley.
See this situation.
Aunt Zhang and Third Sister-in-law then smiled at Luo Xuan, which meant: Luo Xuan, you can do it! You can actually make these three guys run errands for you.
I bought an iron pot, starch, and a little bit of alum.
The third sister-in-law was busy using small stones to polish the iron sand on the big iron pot and the sharp edge of the pot to prevent cuts on her hands.
Aunt Zhang was busy kneading starch in a bucket and a large casserole, and adding alum to it.
Boss Zhou wiped the sweat from his head and ran over to Luo Xuan and said: "Luo Xuan, when I went to the catering service club to buy pea cakes, there was a fat man inside who asked me which production team I was from?
I told him that I was from Production Team 6 of Zhengxing Brigade.
He asked me to bring you a message, asking you to bring some for him if you have a 'hat' on hand this afternoon, he is in a hurry to get it!"
Fatty Gu actually could guess which production team these three guys were from, even if he didn't ask Boss Zhou.
On that trolley, the words "Zhengxing 6 Production Team" were clearly written in red paint!
Zhou Laoer asked: "Luo Xuan, what is wearing a hat?"
Luo Xuan glared at him, "Don't ask these questions! Look at the chickens you raised for me, two of them have died."
Among the chickens in the yard, two chickens were very weak and probably could not survive. The three brothers had known this for a long time.
After hearing what Luo Xuan said, the three brothers no longer wanted to take credit from Luo Xuan, so they hurried out to find firewood for Luo Xuan so that they could boil water and make vermicelli.
The three brothers of the Zhou family are hoping that by relying on their hard work, when the vermicelli is ready, they will be able to get some water noodles to go back to eat.
The freshly made sweet potato vermicelli tastes more delicious. It is used like boiled noodles. When cooked and eaten, the taste is much better than dry vermicelli.
Hearing that Fatty Gu was looking for him, Luo Xuan said hello to Aunt Zhang and Third Sister-in-law who were busy in the kitchen, then stared at the scorching sun and hurried to Hongxing Township.
Taking care of Fatty is very important to me.
This was the first time that he took the initiative to come to him, and Luo Xuan had to let Fatty Gu maintain confidence in him.
