A pleasant life in a courtyard

Time flies, and it’s Li Xiang’s birthday in a blink of an eye.

Unlike previous years where it was celebrated as a family, this year there were also relatives and friends participating.

The first cousin and the second cousin specifically chose this day to deliver the goods.

Because of the Li family's advertising, their furniture business gradually radiated outwards and gradually extended to this area.

With the increase in user demand, the supply and demand relationship between Dabojia and Li Carpenter has been reversed.

No longer just serving as an intermediary and delivery party, you can only get 10%.

No matter what year it is, the party that controls the sales channels will definitely be the king.

Uncle Li's family tightly controls delivery and order taking, and Carpenter Li cannot handle the large number of orders alone.

So now everyone in Lijiagou who has some talent for manual work learns some basic carpentry work from him.

The preliminary work of preparing the boards freed up Carpenter Li to concentrate on the subsequent molding work.

In this way, the division of labor in the simple assembly line makes the shipment speed much faster than before.

Every family gets a share of the money earned from furniture.

Other villagers earn money from boards, Carpenter Li earns from handicrafts, and Uncle Li's family earns from sales channels.

After everyone took the money, they would not make trouble, and would even remain silent to the outside world.

Although other villages occasionally saw furniture transported from Lijiagou, everyone had already agreed that they had gotten it for relatives.

Uncle Li's delivery time is getting earlier and earlier.

While the country people were still sleeping in the house, they had already gone out covered in stars and moonlight.

Although I did make some money over the past year, it was really hard money.

Fortunately, simple country people are not afraid of hardship.

If you let him stay at home, he is still not used to it and needs to find something to do when he has nothing to do.

By the time the second cousin finished delivering the goods on the car, it was already afternoon.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the two of them were doing physical work. When they arrived at Li's house, they were all shiny and shiny with sweat.

Mother Li quickly asked Li Xiaodi to fetch water for his two brothers to wash their faces.

"Second Aunt, we really can't leave home. No one in the village is keeping an eye on us. Today, my two brothers are here. My parents asked us to take care of you and my brother." He took the handover from Mother Li. Teapot, the clear-tongued second cousin, explained why there were only two of them today.

Then the cousin dug around in his arms and took out a cloth bag and pushed it to Li Xiang and asked him to open it and take a look.

When Li Xiang opened the cloth bag that was no bigger than a palm and revealed the contents, he stood up immediately.

He quickly looked outside the door and found no one. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his voice and asked, "Where did it come from?"

"I met a prodigal son who got so dizzy with gambling that even his mother-in-law lost. His father couldn't take this thing out and replaced his wife." The second cousin said what Li Xiang was holding. origin.

"There are still people doing this kind of thing, and the commune doesn't care?" Li Xiang touched the warm jade pendant in his hand curiously.

"There are still king's laws to talk about near the city. Shangougou still talks about family laws and ancestral precepts. If the people inside don't complain, how can the people outside take care of it." The second cousin said with a smile.

"Then why did it fall into your hands? Didn't you say that you lost the bet?" Mother Li was a little confused, but she didn't think that the two nephews won it by gambling.

"Although that place is a little out of the way, it has a lot of trees. Now that we are making furniture, we can't just keep cutting it down in one place. Over time, if a place becomes bald, the villages nearby will definitely not allow it. I My dad decided to go to their place to collect it. It just happened that my dad, a layman, could tell that this thing was unusual, so he thought of it and collected it. Today, he asked us to bring it to Brother Xiang. "

Li Xiang could tell just by looking at it that the materials and workmanship of this jade pendant were of the highest quality.

Even the chain on the jade pendant is made of beads polished from the same material as the jade pendant. The pattern is also engraved with dragon patterns, indicating that the origin of this jade pendant is not simple.

Li Xiang reluctantly rubbed it twice and pushed it back.

"This is too expensive. I can't take it. You should take it back."

This thing is very good. If you treat it as a family heirloom, it will be sold at a good price in a few decades and help your children and grandchildren move to the next level. It will not be a problem.

"This thing is just for you, how can you push it back?" The cousin immediately pushed it back and refused to take it back.

"That's right. Why do we country people want this? It's not something to eat or drink. My father has specially greeted me. It's just a birthday gift for you." The second cousin added.

"You still don't understand the value of this thing. It will be valuable in the future, so you can just use it as a foundation for your descendants. Look, the original owner used it and saved his daughter-in-law's life." Li I wanted to patiently explain it to my two cousins.

"We don't understand, so don't waste it. As long as you understand it, just keep it with peace of mind. There are many such things in the countryside. Although the quality is not as good as this one, they are still good things. If you like it, try it next time. Can I help you search for it?" In the last few words, the second cousin asked Li Xiang in a low voice.

Li Xiang quickly waved his hand to show no need.

Where could he hide those things?

If it is made a fuss about in the next few years, it will really outweigh the gain.

Moreover, antiques will not be sold for much in the next ten years.

It’s hard to say which one is cheaper now or ten years from now.

Li Xiang really liked this jade pendant, but the two cousins ​​were very insistent and refused to take it back. In the end, Li Xiang accepted it with gratitude, and had already made plans to repay them in the future.

After the two cousins ​​completed the tasks assigned by their father, they seemed to have thrown away a heavy burden, and their bodies became lighter.

Then he refused to rest. After washing his face, he helped Mother Li slaughter chickens and fish. She was very busy.

When Mother Li persuaded them to take a rest, the cousin shook his head honestly and replied:

"At home, you are busy and your feet are not touching the ground, but at my aunt's house, you are resting."

"You're so busy, so you have to take care of yourselves. You won't be able to make enough money." Mother Li said to the two brothers while preparing the dishes.

"Unlike last year, when I got married and emptied out all the money in our family, my father was anxious to get his original savings back. He was very happy with the money he made."

"That's about it." Li Xiang calculated how often his uncle's family came to the city.

"You don't understand this. Making money is not enough. What the second aunt said is right, but there are a few people who can do it. You can't make money if you put it under your nose." The second cousin smiled. replied.

That's true. Now, Li Xiang couldn't do it himself.

You must know that just by taking a trip now, the uncle and his family can earn more than ten or twenty yuan. If you ask him to earn this money by digging food in the fields, it will probably take him a year's work.

And at this scale, even if the uncle's family wants to stop, the villagers in Lijiagou will not let them stop.