in2ebook Chapter 146: Missing Eggs
Chapter 146: Missing Eggs
The young master is optimistic about the prospects of preserved eggs and comes to discuss cooperation with sincerity.
The Lin family is responsible for buying eggs and making preserved eggs in the early stages, while the young master is responsible for a series of matters including transportation and sales.
The money used to buy eggs is recorded by the Lin family, and the subsequent expenses of the young master are also recorded, and the accounts are reconciled every two months.
The profits from the final sale of the preserved eggs are split 50-50.
Lin Xiaoman agreed readily.
The second batch of 800 preserved eggs will take another five or six days to make. As the weather gets colder, the preserved eggs will need to be left out for even longer.
When the young master left, he took away the remaining eggs in the house.
As soon as he left, Lin Xiaoman had to collect eggs again.
Not enough eggs!
The second batch of 800 duck eggs took Li Erli, Lin Dahai and his four uncles five or six days to collect.
The farmers who sold eggs at the beginning basically gave them all the eggs they had stored at home in recent days. If they go to collect them this time, the number will be even smaller.
Originally we only collected eggs in a few nearby towns, but it seems we have to go a little further.
Fortunately, the weather is getting cooler now, so fewer people are buying frozen treats.
The area around Shanglin Village and Shadi Village is located in the north of Dayi Town, so Lin Xiaoman's uncles had to travel south with great difficulty.
Lin Dahai took Lin Lichun and ran to the southeast.
Lin Dajiang had to sell breakfast in the morning, and after lunch, he took Lin Jingzhe and headed southwest without stopping. Fortunately, they had a donkey cart, which was much faster than walking on foot.
Lin Xiaoman, Lin Jingzhe and Li Taohua made baking soda at home. The rice stalks stored last year were not enough, so they bought some from Li Erli.
Lin Dahai brought the rice husks and rice stalks from his home, but refused to take any money.
Several families were busy, getting up early and working late, but after four or five days, they only collected more than 600 duck eggs and more than 300 chicken eggs.
Of the first batch of more than 800 duck eggs, more than 200 went to the families of Lin Xiaoman's four uncles, 100 to Li Erli's family, more than 30 to Lin Dahai's family, and about 100 to the families in Shanglin Village who followed the Lin family in raising ducks.
As you can imagine, there are very few families who raise chickens and ducks.
Lin Xiaoman saw that her parents were exhausted and her brother was exhausted after a whole day. She could take a hot bath in her space and have a good rest every night, but her parents and brother couldn't do that.
Apart from preparing delicious meals to improve their resistance, there is still no effect.
Lin Xiaoman couldn't bear it anymore.
What is the purpose of making money? To make yourself suffer?
October is coming soon and it’s time to harvest the rice in the fields.
Although my uncle's family has little land, they are always busy for four or five days.
There are also Li Erli and Lin Dahai, who will be busy harvesting at that time.
Lin Xiaoman felt like crying but had no tears when she thought of the seven acres of land at home. She would be really overwhelmed by that time.
If this continues, even the strongest person will not be able to bear it.
Lin Xiaoman sighed, and so did Lin Jingzhe, who was studying with Xie Ci'an.
Xie Ci'an knew that the Lin family was doing business again, so he asked Lin Jingzhe and found out the whole story.
From his few words, I could roughly know what Lin Xiaoman was worried about.
At the end of the afternoon, Xie Ci'an finished early. When Lin Jingzhe was sorting out the cloth bag, he heard him ask, "Does there exist a secret recipe for preserved eggs?"
Lin Jingzhe chuckled: "Of course."
"If you are worried about the secret recipe being leaked and you don't want to hire someone to help you, you can go to the pawnbroker to buy someone. With the indenture, the master has the power of life and death, so generally they don't dare to rebel."
Lin Jingzhe was surprised, he had never thought of buying anyone.
Not to mention him, even his parents and Xiaoman certainly haven't thought about it.
Xiaoman has thought about hiring someone. These past few days, she has been thinking about asking her four aunts to come every afternoon to coat the chicken and duck eggs with mud.
My family specializes in making soda ash. After all, the success of preserved eggs depends half on soda ash.
As for making baking soda, basically anyone can learn how to make it as long as they watch the Lin family do it once or twice.
Even with such a simple and easy-to-learn method, Lin Xiaoman still felt uneasy even if his uncle was his closest friend.
Li Taohua and Lin Dajiang had the same idea.
People are unpredictable!
When it comes to interests, everything else takes a back seat.
"I'll go back and talk to Xiaoman. Our family has never thought about buying someone."
After Lin Jingzhe returned home, he told Lin Xiaoman about the purchase of people.
Regarding hiring people, Lin Xiaoman was originally opposed to it from the bottom of his heart.
But I can't take care of it now. I can't let my family members ruin their health by doing business to make money.
That night, Lin Xiaoman discussed it with his family.
The demand for chicken and duck eggs is huge, and they need to be collected from farther away, so it is not practical just to walk.
She thought of Lin Yaowu, the eldest grandson of the village head.
He often followed his uncle to trade goods, commonly known as reselling. If someone in Shanglin Village wanted to buy something rare, they would ask Lin Yaowu to help buy it for them.
Their stove was originally custom-made by Tolin Yaowu.
So can they also collect duck eggs?
When Lin Xiaoman told this, Lin Jingzhe thought of something and said eagerly: "Xiaoman, let's buy another donkey cart. I will go to Jialin County to find a restaurant to buy rabbits, and then I can buy duck eggs when I come back. We have more and more land at home, so it's time to buy more livestock."
Buying Livestock Lin Dajiang raised his hand in approval without even thinking, "Buying livestock is good, but isn't it better to buy cows? They can also plow the land."
Lin Jingzhe was not happy. If he bought a cow, he could only keep it at home to till the land. The cow was so precious that he could not go out with it.
By then he had taken the family's donkey away, and my parents had no choice but to pull the cart to town.
"Dad, buy a donkey. Donkeys run fast."
Lin Dajiang had been thinking about cows for a long time, "Buy a cow."
Lin Jingzhe refused to give up and said, "Buy a donkey."
Lin Xiaoman glanced at them both and said, "Can't we buy both?"
Li Taohua was no longer calm. She turned to look at Xiaoman with a pained expression, "What? Buy them all?"
"Yes. Buy them all. Last time, my father and brother were plowing the fields, and their palms were all worn out. Especially my father, the wound at the base of his palm took several days to heal. And my brother, can you bear to let him walk for three or four hours? Not only is it tiring, but it also delays things. It's not worth it."
"Buy, buy, buy. If you three all say buy, I won't be a bad person." Li Taohua closed her eyes and decided to give it a try.
Lin Xiaoman and Lin Jingzhe looked at each other.
Lin Xiaoman even raised an eyebrow at him.
Does that mean mom agrees to all this?
So why don't they just tell others about their plan to hire someone and just get beaten up once? There's no need to wait until the next time and get beaten up again.
Lin Jingzhe coughed and snapped his fingers at Lin Xiaoman.
Lin Xiaoman understood that he was planning to let her be the first to take action.
He is such a shrewd brother, everyone thinks he is a fool.
However, if I don’t tell you today, I don’t know when I will have such a good opportunity again. Lin Xiaoman didn’t wait for Li Taohua to react and talked about buying people.
This time Li Taohua couldn't hold it anymore.
"After buying livestock, do you also need to buy people?"
"What are you two planning?" Li Taohua had seen Landlord Liu beating and scolding his servants at will. She couldn't say anything at first, but in her heart she hated people like Landlord Liu the most.
We are all human beings, why should we fight and kill each other?
Now they want to buy people too?
"Xiaoman, we all come from poor backgrounds, we won't do such immoral things!" Li Taohua waved her hands and refused to agree to anything.
"Mom, the season is bad. Our family is so poor that we can't even afford to eat, so we have to sell our children. We can't let the whole family starve to death! The lucky ones who are sold will get into a wealthy family, and the unlucky ones..."
Before Lin Xiaoman finished speaking, Li Taohua interrupted, "What a sin!"
Lin Xiaoman struck while the iron was hot, "Mom, so their experience was not caused by you, nor by me. If you didn't buy them, they might have been sold into a fire pit. If you bought them, they might have just worked to earn a living."
"Yes, Taohua, I think we will have to raise rabbits in the future. It will be the three of us who will be busy making baking soda. We can't handle it! Didn't you say last time that you wanted to visit Jialin County? If you are so busy getting up early and working late every day, when can you get away?" Lin Dajiang thought a lot.
You can tire anyone out, but you must not tire your wife and children. Otherwise, what’s the point of making money!