The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

Because everyone saw the arrogant attitude of the couple, many people bought it and said it was not delicious. After that, no one went to the new stall to buy things, and they all went back to the original one to buy lotus. Leaf rice.

Expensive is a bit expensive, but expensive is expensive, isn’t it?They are willing to pay a penny more.

"thanks, thanks……"

"It's delicious, come back next time."

Seeing that the business came to the door, Li Laoer collected money and sold things with a smile on his face. After a month, Li Laoer's eloquence became better and better.

They also witnessed the whole process of the incident on the other side here just now, and they knew that the couple were not kind people. Seeing Li's second son talking about other people's affairs, Li Shanshan reprimanded him, "We do what we do. Don’t talk nonsense about things that have nothing to do with us.”

Save yourself trouble.

The good business that started at the opposite house has no one behind it. They want to make money but are reluctant to spend the capital. Just take apart a lotus leaf and there is a rice inside, which is hard and candy.

If the food is good, people who have bought it will know after a taste. Only if it tastes good, others will continue to buy it. If it is not good, others will not go back after eating it. This is very clear. reason.But the couple on the opposite side didn't think so. They felt that the two brothers on the other side had robbed them of their business.

Because today there is an additional stall on the opposite side selling the same things as them to compete for business, many people in the front went to buy from them, but the number of people who came to buy things from them in the back is not as many as before, and there are still a lot of people here

The noon break time passed, and everyone continued to go back to work after the break. After this time period, no one came to buy things.

Seeing that there was so much lotus leaf rice left, Li Laoer felt a little worried, and asked, "Brother, there are so many left, what should we do?"

"Let's pack it up and sell it on South Street." Li Shanshan thought for a while and said decisively.

By this time in the afternoon, many people who come to the town to go to the market to do business will be ready to go back. They will go there and wait to see if they can sell some, otherwise there are so many left, and they will all be broken when they go back at night. , you can only take it and throw it away.

You can only see how much you can sell.

"That's the only way, brother, let's go quickly." Li Er Er understood this truth, he said.

The two brothers began to pack their things. The man opposite saw the two brothers packing up the stall, and looked at them with pride.Li Shanshan took up the burden, and the two brothers were about to leave when a steward who hurried over stopped them, "Wait..."

"Master, do you want to buy something?" Li Er Er heard the voice, turned around and looked at them, and when they came to him, he asked.

"Is the little boss going to close the stall and go back? You have sold out all these things, do you have any more..." asked the manager.

"Yes, yes, we are preparing to sell it in another place. You are here, sir. We still have more for how much you want to buy." Li Lao Er put down his courage, opened the lid, and asked.

The manager took a look and asked, "How do you sell these things? I want them all."

Li Laoer was about to speak when Li Shanshan spoke up and said, "We usually sell three yuan for one, and five yuan for two. Seeing that you want so much from us, let's count it as two yuan for you. You Do you think so?"

"Yes, it's already very cheap. Our lotus leaf rice is guaranteed to be delicious. If you don't like it, come to us tomorrow for a refund, and we will definitely refund it to you without saying a word." Li Lao Er added. .

Li Shanshan even directly dismantled one and handed it over to the steward to have a taste.

The manager was not polite, took a bite after receiving it, and immediately said that he wanted it all, "Two cents a piece, right? Chengcheng, I want it all."

"There are a lot of these things, let's send them to you." Li Shanshan counted how many there were, quoted the price, and the manager counted all the money to them without saying a word.

"Our food is cooked in the morning. It's not easy to keep it for too long in this hot weather. You'd better eat it immediately after buying it. If you can't finish it, put it in the steamer and cook it completely. You can also eat it at night. "

"Okay, thank you little boss for reminding me."

The two brothers carried the burden and followed the steward onto the boat.

It turned out that today the cook on the boat got sick and was sent to the hospital. There was no one cooking, and the boatmen on the boat hadn’t eaten yet. The manager heard that there was a good food stall below, so he hurried over to buy it. .

When the two brothers finished selling their things and passed by the stall on the pier with empty loads, the man with a stern face looked at them unkindly.

Li Shanshan walked over without looking sideways, ignoring this kind of person.

In the past, after they finished selling their stuff, Li Lao Er would go back first, but today they finished selling their stuff later than usual, so he simply came over and waited for his nephew to finish school with his elder brother.

There is a tea stand not far from the entrance of the academy, Li Shanshan used to sit here waiting for his son.Today, the two brothers are sitting here waiting. They want a cheap rough tea, and they both pay two cents for a pot.

On weekdays, Li Shanshan came alone to wait for his son, and he was reluctant to even have a pot of tea.

"Come here and wait for your son to leave school, right?" The owner of the tea stall saw this man waiting here every day, and knew that he was here to wait for his son to leave school and pick him up every day, so he saw him more often, he remembered this person. "Well, yes." Li Shanshan greeted the boss.

The academy didn't end until the hour, and when the gate opened, the students came out.

As soon as Li Wen came out, he saw his father, and today he also saw his second uncle who came to pick him up together, and the three of them went back home together.On the way back, Li Laoer told his nephew what happened today, "I bought food with them, but it didn't taste good, so I went back to reason with them, and the two of them are going to arrest people to see the officials."

"You say it makes sense?"

"Father, Second Uncle, this kind of person is a rascal, you do your business, don't fight with them. After listening to what his Second Uncle said, Li Wen knew that the two people his Second Uncle said must not be good people.

Noticing what his second uncle said, the man said that he was pulling people to see the official as soon as he opened his mouth. Li Wen had a guess in his heart and said, "Second uncle, they must have known each other in the Yamen Who is it?" "Father, I think you don't go to that location to set up a stall tomorrow, change to another location, and try to avoid conflicts with them."

The people don't fight with the officials. In this era, even if someone has a relative who works as a small yamen servant in the yamen, they can run rampant.They are powerless, and it is a trouble to provoke such a person, it is better to get out of the way

"Don't worry, Sambo, Dad knows it well." Li Shanshan has a calm personality and never acts impulsively.

On the contrary, Li's second son is a bit hot-tempered, and he doesn't care about the front and back when doing things.

On the way back, Li Wen was thinking about what happened to his father and second uncle today. The food they made is not difficult, if someone thinks about it carefully, they can make it.Their lotus leaf rice is selling so well, I'm afraid someone has been eyeing it for a long time. Today, Zhang San will sell it, and tomorrow, Li Si will sell it. Originally, Li Wen didn't think that their business would last for a long time, but in a short time. It is still possible to do it internally, but we still have to think of other ways.

Now that some people learn what they do, others will learn later, or they will stop doing it, but if they want to continue doing it, they have to do it in a different way.

When he got home, Li Laoer talked about what happened to his family today.

After listening to his son's words, Li Wang was also very worried. He was worried that someone would steal their business and they would not be able to continue this business. He was also worried that the two sons would be outside and would provoke some hooligans. He said, "How about we Are you going to the town to do business in the past few days?"

"Auntie, how can you not do this business." Li Laoer is reluctant to do this good business and refuses to do you. They do it every day but they earn a lot of money every day.Li Dahua also echoed, "Yes, mother, how can I not do it, this is a profitable business."

Li Shanshan sat there without saying a word, his attitude showed that they would continue to do this business tomorrow.

Sun Yi was more worried.

There was a moment of silence in the yard, and Li Wen broke the silence by speaking, "Mother, Father, and Second Uncle, I have an idea here, listen to it and see what you think."

"What's your grandson's idea, tell me quickly." Mrs. Li said when she heard her grandson said that she had an idea.

"Grandma, isn't our family the only one in our village who knows how to make this lotus leaf rice? Now people in the village know that we are in business, and many people have come to our house to ask about it." Li asked himself that he was shocked People in the village asked about their family's cooking, and the envy and jealousy in the words were not concealed.

Hearing his grandson's words, Li Wang said, "Yes, only our family can do this."

Speaking of this matter, Mrs. Li Wang glanced at the second daughter-in-law unkindly. Don't think that she didn't know where Li Dahua's natal family came to find her. What she asked was how they made this lotus leaf rice. She wanted to take the recipe. past.Li Wang doesn't like the people from the second daughter-in-law's natal family very much. Usually, everyone is in the same village and they don't have much contact with each other. Every time they come to their house, they just want to fight the autumn wind.

Her aunt and the others came to him, asked about their family's business, and asked her several times. Li Dahua really didn't know how to do it, everything was made by her sister-in-law.But if she knew, she wouldn't dare to tell her mother's family. After all, she was a married daughter, and she would rely on her husband's family to live in the future.

So this woman has no brains, and she is not stupid at certain times.

"Father, Second Uncle, it's not as good as us. You can ask Uncle Dazhu's family, and other real people who are close to our family, and ask them if they want to do this business too. Our family can Make more, sell them at a lower price, and let everyone come to us to take it and sell it." Li Wen said his suggestion, if their family made money, everyone's eyes must be on it. They, why not pull everyone to do it together, so that more people can make money together.

If everyone in a village is poor, the relationship between each family will be good; and once your family suddenly becomes rich, and other families are still poor, then the people who used to be close to you will slowly become richer. Alienated you.

Human jealousy is an instinct. They live in a place like Lijia Village. After all, it is better to maintain a good relationship with the people in the village.So it's better to have money for everyone to earn together, to continue to maintain this good relationship, and to make them no longer independent from others, which is also a good thing.

At least if they want to live in this village, they still have to rely on the help of their clan and neighbors and acquaintances for everything at home.

"For example, there are three companies that also do this business. One can go to the town, one can go to Zhaojia Village, and one can go to Xiajiagouzi. We don't want all the people to crowd into one place to sell, we can still make money. Yes." And this year's harvest is good, everyone's money is not so tight, if there is delicious food, there are still people who are willing to pay two dollars to buy it.

"If you go to the village to sell things, you are not limited to collecting money. You can exchange them with eggs or grain."

They go to the town to do business. Most people sell things with money, but if they go to the village to sell, there must be someone who wants to exchange things with them. Bartering is also a means of buying and selling here. .

The whole family was stunned for a moment when they heard what Li Sanbao said, and in the end it was Li Wang who spoke out first, and said, "This idea is good, but our good grandson's brains are good, why didn't we think of such a good idea?" The idea, my good grandson is so smart."

"Brother, what do you think of this idea?" Second Li asked.

"Yes, yes." Li Shanshan thought about his son's words, and finally nodded, agreeing with what his son said.

Before it got dark, Mrs. Li and her two sons went out to talk about it with the houses that were close to them.

Li Wen didn't care about what happened next, knowing that his grandma and father would do well.

Now that he is back from the academy, if he has time, Li Wen will teach Li Siya to read two sentences of the Three Character Classic, teach her to memorize two characters and some simple arithmetic.As far as he could, Li Wen wanted Li Siya to learn a few words and arithmetic, so that he would not be bullied for what he did in the future.

In this era, women were not allowed to go to the academy to study, so there is a story about Zhu Yingtai who disguised herself as a man and went to the academy to study.

Li Siya is smart and eager to learn, often she can remember what her brother taught her after reading it twice.Li Siya learned from her brother very seriously, and when she learned it, she would teach it to her two older sisters later.

The sisters would squat together on the ground to write and draw after finishing their work, and learn what Sanbao taught them.

In this way, the sisters remembered two words today, and learned two more words tomorrow. In this way, they learned more, remembered more and more words, and learned simple arithmetic.