Their daily life consists of waking up and starting to work.
Those who cultivate the land naturally work in the fields.
Migrant workers naturally go to work in the homes of wealthy people.
But in winter.
The busiest people are those who make and sell charcoal.
Because there is no natural carbon in Chuzhou’s territory.
So every winter.
When wealthy people need coal.
They are all people who usually work on the land and go up to the mountains to cut firewood and burn charcoal, thereby earning a bit of extra money.
So early in the morning.
Among the teams entering the city.
In addition to the vegetable sellers, there were also some charcoal sellers dragging bullock carts.
Liu Cheng is very happy today.
Because he burned a thousand kilograms of carbon yesterday.
Calculated according to the market price, that’s a full thousand yuan!
This thousand yuan is equivalent to working in the fields for more than half a year.
"Hey, Brother Liu, have you burned enough today? I'm afraid you've burned all the wood on Nanshan Mountain, right?"
There was an acquaintance nearby who knew him and couldn't help but joke.
Hearing this, Liu Cheng suddenly glared, and the beard on his mouth trembled slightly: "Can I, Liu Cheng, do such an immoral thing as giving birth to a son without an asshole?"
"Who among these seven villages and eight stores doesn't know that I, Liu Cheng, only know how to pick up broken limbs and cut down old and dead trees?"
"You and I will do that kind of thing where you only focus on the present and don't look at the future?"
Those who were joking were scolded and suddenly looked embarrassed and said: "Hey, Mr. Liu, this is indeed our fault."
"Don't be surprised. Don't we think that selling carbon will make our lives easier? We were overjoyed for a while, so don't be surprised!"
Liu Chengcheng is not a harsh person.
After hearing what he said, I was no longer angry.
At the same time, after receiving such a reminder from the other party.
He was also extremely happy.
yes!
After selling this carbon, our life will finally be better.
Everyone came to the trading house with smiles on their faces.
All goods sold into Gao County are purchased by commercial banks and then distributed to various markets in the county.
The person responsible for collecting carbon is a branch of the Huang family named Huang Danian.
He has a very wretched appearance.
Especially the two buck teeth exposed on the lips, they look more like a mouse.
On weekdays, he always likes to find fault with everyone and then deduct the settlement money.
So everyone doesn't have a good impression of him.
It was only because of the power of the Huang family that they did not dare to beat him.
So as soon as I entered the business.
Everyone just shrank their necks and didn't dare to say anything.
I was afraid that if I was not careful, Huang Danian would be caught and my money would be deducted.
But as soon as he entered, Liu Chengcheng saw a sign hanging on the wall of the business.
It read, "The market price of coal has been reduced today!"
Wow!
At this time, all the people who came to sell charcoal were excited.
Yelling loudly about why the article should be lowered.
Liu Cheng suddenly also had a sad look on his face.
If the market price drops by one penny, it will be a thousand copper coins less!
This is worth their family’s expenses for more than half a year!
"What's the fuss about? What's the fuss about?"
"Who dares to make trouble here?"
"If any of you dare to make noise here again, I will have you all kicked out immediately!"
Hearing the sound, Huang Danian rushed over and said angrily.
moment.
The store became completely quiet.
But there were still unwilling people who asked Huang Danian with evasive eyes: "Master Huang, we don't want to cause trouble here, but we don't understand why today's market price has to be lowered by one penny."
"We have a total of several hundred kilograms of goods. If we lower the price by just one cent, wouldn't we lose hundreds of cents?"
"Yes! Manager Huang, we are all working from the fields, so just be kind and charge us the normal market price!"
"Yes! Yes! Manager Huang, you have a Bodhisattva heart, so you are pitiful..."
The people around him immediately began to beg.
Huang Danian stared, waving his hands impatiently: "I pity you, who can pity me?"
"Today's market price is like this. If you want to sell it, get out!"
He waved his sleeves suddenly and said unceremoniously.
Everyone's faces suddenly became very ugly.
Not to mention how difficult it is to drag hundreds of kilograms of stuff back.
Let's just say this is the market price.
If this happens every day, it will be useless even if they drag it back!
It would have offended Huang Danian.
So many people sighed.
well!
Just one article!
That can still sell a lot, right?
But if it is not sold today.
What should I live on?
So they thought about it, gritted their teeth, and sold it!
See this scene.
While Huang Danian was happy in his heart, there was also a hint of disdain on his face.
Ah.
This group of stupid people is so easy to deal with!
But at this moment, a burst of laughter suddenly came from outside the hospital.
"Hahaha...Brother Huang, the method you mentioned before is really amazing."
"As long as the market price is lowered by one penny, we can make a lot of money."
"But those idiots can only accept this price, hahaha..."
Amidst the laughter, a middle-aged man with a big belly walked in from outside.
Face full of joy.
Everyone recognized him, he was the steward Wang who was responsible for collecting wild animals.
But when he saw there were so many people.
The smile on his face suddenly froze.
And Huang Danian even wanted to kill him!
The next second, he saw a pair of angry eyes staring at him!
This made him feel a little guilty.
But the high position he had gained over the years made it impossible for him to explain anything to these people. Instead, he glared and said: "What are you looking at? Anyone who doesn't want to sell can get out!"
This sentence ignited the anger in everyone's hearts.
It was at this time.
Outside the courtyard wall, a nursery rhyme suddenly came.
"The charcoal seller, the charcoal seller, cuts firewood and burns charcoal in the southern mountains."
"My face is dusty and smoky, and my temples are stained with black spots."
"Where can I make a living from selling charcoal? We have clothes on our backs and food in our mouths."
"I'm so sorry that I'm only dressed in so many clothes, but my heart is so miserable and I wish the weather would be cold."
"..."
The light nursery rhymes in the children's mouths are so heavy in everyone's hearts.
They looked at their thin clothes and ten dark fingers.
Listen to Huang Danian's shouting and cursing again.
The anger in their hearts was like a volcano erupting, and they couldn't stop it.
I don’t know who roared angrily, “Kill these inhuman beasts!”
There was a "boom" sound.
These words were like the fuse that detonated a bomb, completely detonating the anger in everyone's hearts.
They all rushed forward angrily.
Huang Danian screamed in fear and asked his men to resist the group of people.
But these people who usually cowered after being scolded by him a few times, now did not even retreat even when the whip was on them.
Instead, Huang Danian was thrown to the ground.
After a while, Huang Danian and others were swamped by the angry crowd.
But Manager Wang, who was still shouting here just now, has long disappeared.
And things similar to this are happening all over the county!
