frightfiction Chapter 568 Uncle 6’s eldest daughter
Chapter 568 Uncle 6’s eldest daughter
The eldest uncle objected: "Your sixth uncle has difficulty walking, so he can only collect the goods from this village. It is not convenient for him to go to neighboring villages. Let your third uncle collect the goods. Your third uncle is very good at running a small business, so he is suitable for this."
"How about this, let them both collect scorpions. There are small vendors in the village every day anyway. Uncle San rides his bike and collects scorpions everywhere. Uncle Liu collects scorpions near his home. Business has to be done slowly."
When Liu Xia Lian and others came back, Second Aunt was no longer at Uncle's house.
Uncle gathered his brothers together to divide the donkey. Liu Xia Lian did not get involved and let them do it themselves.
Liu Xia Lian came to her sixth uncle's house next door. Her sixth uncle had gone to divide the donkey, and her sixth aunt and three children were at home.
My sixth uncle's family is very poor. They are the poorest among my father's brothers. He got married late and has some minor problems with his legs and feet.
The house was built with granite stones from the mountain. There was no cement floor in the house, just rammed earth, with potholes everywhere. There was a wooden dining table and a few low-legged stools. There were pickles on the table.
"Xia Lian, come here and sit down." Sixth Aunt warmly invited Liu Xia Lian to sit down.
"Auntie, our lives haven't improved much. Is the cow I bought last year still working?"
"I can work now. Last winter I tilled the wheat field, and this spring I tilled the field. But the two cows are about to give birth, so the wheat stubble field can't be tilled in a few days. The changes are definitely big, but raising livestock is a process, so we need to take it slow."
"Aunt is right, I was anxious. If you have any difficulties, please tell me, I will definitely help if I can."
"Your eldest sister, Yingzi, is fifteen this year, very rebellious, and doesn't work hard at home. I heard that your kimchi factory is hiring, so you can take her over to work for a few years. We don't want anything from her, just earn some money for your dowry."
"There are so many donkeys now. It would be great if you could ask her to help you raise them at home. In a few years, they will give birth to several mules a year and earn several thousand yuan. If she works in a factory, she won't be able to do much work at her age. How much can I pay her? Forty or fifty yuan is the limit."
Sixth Aunt was so angry that she shook her head: "You are disobedient, quarreling with me every day, and you have three reasons for what you say."
Liu Xia Lian waved her hand and said, "Sister Yingzi, come here and tell me what's going on."
Yingzi came over with a wronged look on her face. The little girl was very thin. She was barely 1.5 meters tall at the age of fifteen and looked skinny.
"I graduated from junior high school this year, but they just refused to let me go. Why?"
Aunt Six pointed to the report card and said, "Look at it yourself. With a barely passing score, can you get into high school? Can you get into a technical secondary school? You probably can't. Come home and help me with the work. Our family will soon be rich."
"Okay, Yingzi, come with me to the Northeast. It's better there than you think. At least we can eat meat and rice every day."
"Okay, I'll go with you, but I want to keep my salary for myself and not send it to my dad."
When children quarrel with their parents, they have a falling out.
"Aunt, I have a scorpion collecting business here. I want to assign it to Sixth Uncle and Third Uncle. They can make at least two or three hundred yuan in one spring."
"How?"
"You charge according to the market price. For every 100 yuan of goods, I will add 30 yuan to your price. As long as the goods are well kept, you will make a net profit of 30%."
When Aunt Six heard this, she was overjoyed: "Can you tell me where I can get pencils, notebooks, and erasers wholesale?"
"Why are you asking about this? There are many wholesale markets in Linyi. You want less, so just go to the wholesale store in the village."
"You can collect scorpions for money or small stationery. Some want money, some want stationery. Stationery is cheaper than money, and you can make more money."
Liu Xia Lian suddenly realized that exchanging stationery was much more cost-effective than paying for it.
The three children ran out to the mountain to grab shoes. A big female scorpion cost five cents, and one could be exchanged for a pencil. The marketing methods of the small vendors are still very powerful.
Seeing the children leave, Sixth Aunt suddenly said, "Your second aunt just came back from my house crying and making a fuss, saying that she regretted it and wanted a donkey too, and she insisted that my family give her two donkeys. What do you think is okay?"
Liu Xialian smiled and said, "I've given it all to you. It belongs to you now. You can arrange it yourself. If you give it to her, will she be able to give you the capital?"
Sixth Aunt was also a little worried. Second Aunt's family was living in poverty. Second Uncle-in-law had come from the Northeast to work in a coal mine. He had seen many accidents and had not made any money.
"How about this? When the donkey gives birth, I'll sell her two one-year-old foals on credit."
Liu Xia Lian didn't care about this matter. She would call in advance to ask before shipping. It was entirely voluntary whether to accept it or not. If you didn't want it, she would definitely not give it to you. She gave you the red envelope of 300 yuan without a penny less. She had already done her best.
Seven households, five donkeys in each household, not to mention the whole village, the surrounding villages were also alarmed, this is a big deal. Isn't this a big family? If it were in the past, it would be a landlord, and if it was not right, it would be dragged to the criticism. Fortunately, reform and opening up have come.
A veterinarian accompanied us and observed for two days before returning to the northeast. There was no empty truck to return, so we pulled 15,000 kilograms of apples from the nearby Tengxian market. At 10 cents per kilogram, if not overloaded, we could sell them for 25 cents per kilogram in the provincial market. The gas and labor costs of this trip were definitely recovered.
Liu Xia Lian, Zhao Hua, Daya, Li Daniu, Liu Ying and three middle-aged women from the village, a group of eight people returned in a car.
It is always inevitable that young people will fall in love, but Yingzi managed to hold back her tears.
Instead, Uncle Six and Aunt Six were eclipsed at the entrance of the village, as the eldest daughter had gone out.
The uncle next to him advised, "Why are you sad? This is a good thing. Look at my Fu Gang. He built a house and bought another one in less than a year after following Xia Lian. He now has a refrigerator and a color TV at home."
"How old is your Fugang? He is almost thirty. How old is my Yingzi?" Sixth Aunt lifted her clothes and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
In the car, Liu Xia Lian looked at Yingzi and tried hard to suppress her motion sickness.
"Take out the ginger slices you prepared and rub them on your tiger's mouth and philtrum. It will be fine in a moment."
"Okay, sis. I'm fine."
You know what, the effect is really good. I no longer feel motion sickness after a while.
These days, the roads are all national highways and traffic is slow. The three luxury cars were able to travel smoothly along the way. It would have taken them a day and a half to get there, but Liu Xia Lian was in her second trimester and had to be careful.
They arrived at the forest farm two days later. Liu Xia Lian brought four workers in. The three middle-aged women didn't have any special skills, but they did their job well. Their most profitable job was washing vegetables. Washing vegetables was the most tiring job, but the salary was high, over 80 yuan, which was much better than what they could make at home.
Yingzi was puzzled when she saw that Liu Xialian had not arranged any work for her: "Sister, am I unqualified? Why don't you arrange any work for me?"
"You are too small. Once you enter this factory, it will be your lifetime job. You won't learn anything, and you won't have any future. The best you can do is to be a workshop supervisor."