Chapter 2020: gratitude
Chapter 2020: gratitude
Chapter 2020: gratitude
Chapter 2020 Gratitude
Gu Jinli nodded: "Yes, a bag of clay costs thirty cents. Why, do you think the price is low?"
I was so excited to come to Sanzhuang that I was still in a daze.
Niu Sijin pushed him, leaned close to his ear, and shouted loudly: "Why are you stunned? Sister-in-law Qin asked you if you think the price of thirty cents for a bag of clay is too low? If it is, just say something." Sister-in-law Qin is rich!"
With a snap, Mrs. Kuang slapped Niu Sijin again and said angrily: "You stinky brat, what are you talking about? No matter how rich your sister-in-law Qin is, she can't be taken advantage of."
Niu Sijin: "Mom, I just repeated what sister-in-law Qin said, so why am I eating the inside out?"
Like his three brothers, he admires elder brother Qin the most. No matter how good his relationship is with the Lai family, he cannot trick the Qin family.
Seeing that they were making such a fuss, Gu Jinli smiled and said, "I just asked a question, and I didn't kill anyone, so I'll make you nervous."
Looking at Laisan Village again, he asked again: "Thirty cents for a bag of clay. Do you think this price is low? But do you want a higher price?"
"Don't think about it!" Lai Sanzhuang was finally brought back to his senses by the fuss, and he hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Thirty coins for a sack of clay is already a high price. It is twice as high as what mother said... At such a high price, Mrs. Qin will Wont you lose money? You cant lose money, my mother said, if you dont make money, we wont be able to sell it no matter how much clay we have.
Gu Jinli nodded: "Your mother is right."
Mrs. Lai can say such things, which shows that she is a good person, not greedy, and knows the principle of long-lasting water.
He added: "I won't lose money. If your family thinks the price is right, we will sign the contract now, and you, the Great Thorn Guard, will supply us with clay in the future."
After speaking, I looked around at Lai Sanzhuang and saw that he was at most twelve or thirteen years old. I was afraid that he would not be able to become a family man, so he asked, "Can you sign a deed with me on behalf of your family?"
You can sign if you can! Lai Sanzhuang said, untying a cloth bag from his waist, taking out a stack of cloth, opening it layer by layer, and finally revealing a small bag sewn from leather.
After opening the small leather bag, he took out six pieces of white paper and handed them to Gu Jinli: "These papers have my mother's fingerprints and signatures on them. Mrs. Qin can just use these papers to write the deed."
Afraid that Gu Jinli wouldn't believe it, he reiterated: "The handprints and signatures on it belong to my mother, and they are not lying."
Gu Jinli:
Your family is quite well prepared.
She took six pieces of paper, and on each piece of paper was crookedly written "Lai Pingshi, the wife of Qianhu Lai Mingwang, the great thorn guard". There was also a palm print with five whorls visible on it.
It's true... the paper must be big enough, otherwise if the space is taken up by the palm print, I'm afraid there will be no room to write the deed.
When I came to Sanzhuang, I saw that Gu Jinli was silent. He was very scared and asked with red eyes: "...Mrs. Qin, can these papers be used to sign the deed? Yes, if not, I will go back and call my mother right away!"
Gu Jinli smiled, looked at him and said, "I can sign, but I need to add your signature and fingerprint, okay?"
Although Laijia was very sincere, she had never met Mrs. Lai and could not be sure whether the fingerprints on the six pieces of paper belonged to Mrs. Lai, so she had to add Lai Sanzhuang's signature and fingerprints to be safer.
After coming to Sanzhuang to listen, the panic on his face disappeared, he showed a big smile, nodded and said: "Okay!"
Hahaha, its great that his family can finally help the relatives of the guards earn money.
He then solemnly thanked Mr. Kuang: "Thank you Aunt Niu."
If it weren't for Aunt Niu's help, his family wouldn't be able to do this business.
Kuang said: "Thank you, this business can be done because you, Dajiwei, have good clay."
But Lai Sanzhuang was still very grateful and almost cried... They thought that after their father became a thousand households, their family would be able to live a good life. However, they did not expect that their father's military salary and supplies could not support so many relatives at all. Wei was extremely poor, and many of his relatives had objections. If it weren't for his mother's fierceness and ability to suppress him, Wei would have been upset by his relatives.
Seeing him like this, Gu Jinli felt a little sad. Seeing that he was about the same age as Si Jin, but much thinner than Si Jin, he said, "It's getting late. Let's go to the guardhouse for dinner first, and then sign the deed after eating."
I was very embarrassed to come to Sanzhuang, so I hurriedly said: "No, Mrs. Qin, I'm not hungry... Can we sign the deed first?"
Without signing the deed, he felt uneasy and always felt that the deal was going to fail.
Moreover, my mother told me that when you go to other people's guardhouses, you can't be greedy, you have to hold back your stomach. If you eat too much, you will be disliked by others.
"Okay, let's go to the guard house and sign the contract." Seeing that he was really worried, Gu Jinli and Kuang took him to a tent behind the gate of the guard house. After sitting down, they started writing the deed.
After finishing writing, I read it to him once and handed him the two deeds: "Look... do you know how to read?"
"...get to know each other a little bit." He felt ashamed when he came to Sanzhuang. When he returned, he must ask his brothers to read carefully, otherwise they would be laughed at when they went out to socialize.
He looked at the two deeds carefully, but he could still only understand half of them, but the most important thing was the thirty cents and a sack of clay. He could understand it, and that was enough.
And his family believes in Aunt Niu.
"No problem." Lai Sanzhuang said, picked up the pen, carefully wrote his name on it, put his fingerprint on it, and handed one of the deeds to Gu Jinli: "Mrs. Qin's."
Gu Jinli took it, looked at it, nodded and said, "It's done. From now on, you, the Great Thorn Guard, will provide us with clay. As long as the quality is good, we will accept whatever amount you can bring."
He also said: "There is also firewood. We need a lot of firewood to burn green bricks. If you, the Great Thorn Guard, send you firewood, we will also accept it. A load of firewood will cost twelve cents."
Firewood must be purchased. Even if the fired bricks are not used up, they can be saved for use. In short, it is not a loss at all.
After coming to Sanzhuang to listen, he stood up excitedly and said, "Do you want firewood too? Twelve cents per load of firewood, isn't it too high? My hometown only sells firewood for eight cents per load."
Si Jin is right. Mrs. Qin is very generous, but if she is too generous, will she lose money and make the brick kiln unable to operate?
Gu Jinli is a little helpless. Why do you all think I will lose money? Could it be that the words "You will lose money in business" are engraved on my forehead?
"It's a long way. You have to run for a day to get to Changliangwei. Twelve cents per load of firewood is just right. The firewood Aunt Niu and the others sent is also the same price." Gu Jinli said silently in his heart, so don't think that I will lose money anymore. , otherwise I will reduce the price for you on the spot.
I am very happy to come to Sanzhuang: "Thank you, Mrs. Qin."
He asked again: Do you want to sign the deed?
Gu Jinli shook his head: "No, you can just bring it. As long as the firewood is enough to burn, we will take it. If you dare to fool us, then there is no need to do all the business."
Lai Sanzhuang said hurriedly: "No, no, no, we don't do bad things like that to fool people."
Gu Jinli nodded: "Well, you put the deed away and go have something to eat with Si Jin."
"Thank you sister-in-law." After Niu Sijin thanked Gu Jinli, he pulled Lai Sanzhuang and ran away: "Let's go eat. The food at Sister-in-law Qin's house is delicious, and Sister-in-law Qin is generous. We will definitely be able to eat it later. To the eggs!
Niu Sijin was right. Aunt Xiong actually brought them a plate of eggs and said there would be meat rice for them to eat in the evening.
I was shocked when I came to Sanzhuang. His family had only eaten meat once on New Year's Eve, but Chang Liang Wei actually used meat and vegetables to entertain guests, who were still young and not very important guests like them.
Really, so rich.