The shopkeeper of Laifu Restaurant accepted the Song family's sika deer. Because it was an adult male deer, the antlers and deer whip were valuable items. The shopkeeper directly gave it ten taels of silver, which was a high price that Song Cai and Song Yin brothers could not have imagined.
With ten taels of heavy silver in her pocket, Song Xixi rushed to the largest carpentry workshop in Hongfeng Town and ordered not only a complete set of tables, chairs and benches, but also four large boxes.
The old couple has one share, and the second and third bedrooms in the big house each have one share. It is very fair and impartial.
Song Xixi also wanted to buy a large wardrobe, but later she felt that it could not be too high-profile and that a large wardrobe was not a necessity for the time being, so she gave up the idea, which made Song Cai and Song Yin breath a sigh of relief.
Just these few pieces of furniture cost nearly two taels of silver.
After agreeing on a day to pick up the goods with the carpentry workshop, Song Xixi went to the market and bought two kilograms of meat. Under Song Cai and Song Yin's pained eyes, she plausibly said: "I made so much money today, shouldn't I make something delicious to celebrate?"
For a moment?”
Song Cai and Song Yin looked at each other with helplessness: OK, OK, you hunted the sika deer, you can celebrate if you want to.
After all, he was worried that his daughter would be scolded by his mother, so Song Cai repeatedly told his second brother: "When my mother asks about it when you go back, just say that you sold it for eight taels of silver. Don't let it slip."
Song Yin scratched his head: "Mom is not stupid, can you believe that tables, chairs, benches and boxes are free of charge?"
Song Cai felt from the bottom of his heart that his second brother was too honest: "This is not simple. Let's just say that these only cost one tael of silver. For the extra taels of silver, let me secretly give it to my father. As long as you don't say anything, mother
Do you still know?"
Song Yin didn't want to lie to his own mother, but when he thought about his old age and never had a penny on hand, Song Yin gritted his teeth and agreed: "Okay, I won't tell my mother!"
Song Cai was satisfied and rubbed Song Xixi's head again and gave these instructions.
Song Xixi was not afraid of Zhang Xiaomei's anger, but seeing that Song San'er was worried, she didn't want to let down his good intentions, so she nodded in agreement.
Back home, Song Cai was afraid that Song Yin would expose his secrets when he was nervous, so he deliberately pushed him away and handed two kilograms of pork and seven taels of silver to Zhang Xiaomei.
While Zhang Xiaomei was happy, she told her about spending one tael of silver on a table, chairs, bench and four large suitcases.
"That's not right, our family spent two taels on buying six beds before. I'm afraid we can't buy the tables, chairs, benches, and big boxes if we don't have two taels of silver on them, right?" Zhang Xiaomei is the most astute about money matters, and she immediately grasped the key point.
Song Cai rolled his eyes and made an excuse: "The workshop owner's wife is going to celebrate her sixtieth birthday. The boss wanted to bring good fortune to her, so he sold it at a profit. In addition, our family is a customer and we bought a lot of things, so we just
I got it for just two taels of silver."
Unexpectedly, after listening to this, Zhang Xiaomei not only did not praise him for his ability to buy things, but also gave him a slap on the back: "You are a waste of money. If you catch up with the boss and give him a profit, how can you buy more?"
Song Cai was dumbfounded. He touched his feverish back and said cautiously: "Mom, there are only fourteen people in our family. What we bought is enough. If we buy too much, won't we take up space?"
Seeing that even the shrewdest son can be stupid, Zhang Xiaomei beat her chest and said: "You buy it back at a low price, and we sell it to others at a higher price. Just like this, you can make a huge profit, which is no better than the good boy who goes up the mountain every day and works hard to hunt."
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Song Xixi, who was watching the excitement from the sidelines, did not expect that the old lady had such a business acumen. When she saw Song San'er scratching her head and head anxiously, she stood aside and prepared to watch the mother and son "fighting wits and courage", but unfortunately there were no melon seeds on hand.
"Mom, no, that's not the way it is calculated. You are stupid for being the owner of someone else's workshop and letting outsiders take advantage of you!"
Song Cai was in a hurry and quickly thought of an excuse: "They have set a threshold. Only a small number of items are available for profit, and if the number exceeds the limit, they will not sell it to you."
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaomei was immediately disappointed: "It can still be like this...but it's true that business people never take advantage of themselves."
Song Cai nodded repeatedly: "No, what you buy is not as good as what you sell. It's just a coincidence that we can take advantage this time!"
Her dream of making a profit came to nothing, and Zhang Xiaomei said "what a pity" in despair, and happily went back to her room to hide her money.
Song Cai wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought that he had finally fooled me, otherwise the things he had tried so hard to hide today would definitely be exposed.
Seeing that his daughter hadn't left yet, he angrily walked over and pinched her cheek: "You heartless girl, you didn't know how to speak up for dad just now. Do you wish you could punish dad?"
Song Xixi denied it flatly: "I was afraid that saying the wrong thing would affect your performance, so I didn't dare to speak easily."
Song Cai said suspiciously: "Really?"
Song Xixi nodded fiercely: "It's absolutely true!"
Song Cai believed it temporarily, but in fact he couldn't accept the fact that his daughter wanted to see him beaten.
Before Zhang Xiaomei came out, he strolled to the backyard and quietly gave Song Wufu the extra one tael of silver: "Dad, keep this."
Song Wufu was admiring the bamboo pigsty he had just built. Suddenly, his youngest son handed him a piece of silver, which made him jump up in shock: "This, this is..."
Song Cai was afraid of being noticed by his mother, so he hurriedly covered his father's mouth: "Dad, this is the money from selling the deer. My second son and I will repay my mother a couple of dollars, and we will keep it to honor you."
Song Wufu didn't expect that his two sons still had this kind of heart, and a look of emotion appeared on his wrinkled face: "Hey, my pain is not in vain, I am not hurting you two brats in vain!"
After that, he stared at the money in his hand and hesitated: "Your mother doesn't know, does she?"
Song Cai patted his chest and assured: "Dad can rest assured that I will do things!"
Song Wufu then put away the money with confidence and touched the belt where the money was hidden from time to time, with a happy smile on his face.
This is the first time I have private money, a whole tael of silver. I’m afraid none of the elders in the village have that much. How can I not be happy?
Unfortunately, happiness is short-lived.
In the evening of that day, Zhang Xiaomei came to the backyard angrily with a fire stick in hand, and beat Song Cai and Song Yin indiscriminately: "I raised you two bastards with shit and pee, and I will let you grow up when you are old.
Two unfilial sons lied to you! If you don’t deal with you two properly today, I, Xiaomei Zhang, will call you daddy!”
Song Cai secretly thought that something was wrong. He hid while desperately trying to survive: "Mom, calm down and listen to me slowly explain to you. Ah - Mom, it hurts so much. Be gentle. Please feed me gently -"
Song Yin turned pale, huddled in the corner with a guilty conscience, and let the fire stick fall on him, not even daring to say an explanation.
The others were confused. Seeing that Zhang Xiaomei was really ruthless, they hurriedly stepped forward to stop her: "Mom, if you have something to say, say it well. If you have something to say, say it well. Don't make yourself so angry!"
Under the obstruction of everyone, Zhang Xiaomei stopped panting and pointed the fire stick directly at Song Cai and Song Yin: "Tell me, did you two keep the remaining one tael of silver in secret?"
After Song Cai and Song Yin were beaten, they dared to lie. They all pointed at their biological father: "Dad took it away!"
Song Wufu's vision went dark and he couldn't straighten his back.