When Lu Lin came back, Liu Guiyong and others had already left.
"You are in a good mood!" As soon as Lu Lin entered the room, he saw a basket of things in front of Chen Xiaomi, and his face was full of joy.
Chen Xiaomi nodded, "Lizheng and Uncle Liu from Dawan Village came here and gave some things as a thank you for helping to sell sweet potatoes. Look here, they are all sent from their village."
"Uncle Liu is too polite, Li Zheng from Dawan Village is also here."
Chen Xiaomi nodded, "Lizheng in Dawan Village is very polite." The other party seemed to respect him very much. "
Lu Lin smiled and said, "Really? Li Zheng of Dawan Village is a nice guy."
Lu Lin has been to Dawan Village several times, and has had contact with Li Zheng of Dawan Village several times, and he feels that Li Zheng is an approachable person.
"It seems that there is no airs." Chen Xiaomi said.
The unsalable sweet potatoes in Dawan Village have also spread to Dashi Village. The two villages are adjacent villages. Many families in Dashi Village are related to Dawan Village by marriage.
The problem of unsalable sweet potatoes in Dawan Village is also known to people in Dashi Village. Originally, people in Dashi Village heard that the sweet potatoes in Dawan Village were too small to be sold, and many people expressed sympathy. I heard that the sweet potatoes in Dawan Village are on fire.
The dried sweet potatoes made from sweet potatoes in Dawan Village are very delicious. Many people in the town like to buy the small sweet potatoes in Dawan Village. The price of sweet potatoes in Dawan Village has gone up.
The people in Dashi Village inquired and found that the matter had something to do with Lu Lin. It was Lu Lin who made the sweet potatoes in Dawan Village into dried sweet potatoes and gave them out as gifts, which made the sweet potatoes in Dawan Village famous. Small sweet potatoes will be in short supply at once.
In fact, there are also several families in Dashi Village who secretly followed the people of Dawan Village to grow sweet potatoes. At first, these families were also worried, but now that the supply of sweet potatoes is in short supply, these families are relieved.
There are still too many sweet potatoes in Dawan Village, and it is still difficult to sell them all. After thinking about it, Lizheng called on the whole village to make dried sweet potatoes and sell them.
After Lu Lin found out, he bought a batch of dried sweet potatoes directly from Dawan Village and put them in the store for sale.
After the news spread, everyone in the village felt that Lu Lin was powerful, and the problem of unsalable sweet potatoes in Dawan Village was solved casually.
In time, Lu Lin in the village was worthy of being a gangster in the town, and rumors spread that he was promising.
Wherever Tang went, he could hear all kinds of compliments from the villagers towards Lu Lin. The people in this village depended on the land for food, and the unsalable food was also a big problem. Lu Lin solved this problem at once. In the hearts of the villagers status has been raised to a new level.
Lu Lin has been in the town all the time, completely unaware that he has become famous in the village again.
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Zhang Cheng smoked a cigarette and said, "This kid Lu Lin is really talented."
Some time ago, when Zhang Cheng met Li Zheng from Dawan Village, he was still frowning, but this time he was beaming.
The dried sweet potatoes in Dawan Village seem to be very popular and have sold a lot. Although it takes a lot of time to make sweet potatoes into dried sweet potatoes, it will be much easier to sell after being made into dried sweet potatoes, and some of them are sold to other towns. Many people in Dawan Village have made a lot of money.
I heard that many people sent things to Lu Lin after making money.
Zhang Jin nodded and said, "Yes, if it weren't for Lu Lin, the families in Dawan Village would have had a hard time this winter."
"He's so capable, he doesn't care about the people in the village, he's really concerned about the affairs of Dawan Village, and he doesn't think about where he came from."
Zhang Jin thought to himself: Although Lu Lin is from Dashi Village, isn't he doing well in Dashi Village? What's more, many people in the village are selling embroidery to Lu Lin. The embroidery skills of the women in this village are still a little worse than those of the embroiderers in the town who specialize in this. For the sake of the same village.
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Chen Xiaocai looked at the dried sweet potatoes and said happily, "This tastes good."
Shen Chi nodded, and said: "That's right, the dried sweet potatoes I've eaten before are not as sweet as this."
"Brother Lin, it seems like it's been a while." Chen Xiaocai scratched his head and said.
Shen Chi nodded, and said: "The sweet potato pancakes he made were really delicious when Brother Lin came over last time."
Chen Xiaocai nodded and said, "Brother Lin's craftsmanship is very good."
When he was in the countryside, Lu Lin often cooked, but he didn't cook much when he came to the town. However, if the eldest brother wanted to eat something, Lu Lin would probably cook it.
Chen Xiaocai felt that many of the things Lu Lin made were very novel, and ordinary cooks couldn't make them.
After the people in Dawan Village sold dried sweet potatoes, the shop as a gift of sweet potatoes lost a bit of novelty.
Lu Lin collected some thorn balls and made them into sugar-fried chestnuts, intending to give them as gifts.
After the sugar-fried chestnuts were made, Lu Lin asked a few people to try them.
Chen Maimai was very appreciative of the sugar-fried chestnuts, and he kept applauding after eating them.
Qin Lang ate a bowl of fried chestnuts with Qin Ming.
"Brother Lin, I didn't expect the food in this thorn ball to be so delicious. I have encountered this food before, but I didn't know it was edible. It was a waste."
Qin Ming nodded, and said, "I've seen it too, and I've seen a lot more. If I had known it was edible, I should have picked it all up."
Qin Ming remembered that there were several thorn ball trees within his father's territory. He used to think that he had nothing to eat. He was really wrong. It wasn't that there was nothing to eat, but he didn't know how to eat it.
Qin Lang thought to himself: If he has time to go back to the mountains, he must get more good things.
Lu Lin looked at Qin Lang and Qin Ming who had never seen the world, and smiled. Their shop should be on fire again. Chen Xiaomi used to be a hunter and knew a few colleagues. Qin Yi was a mountain man. I personally told a few people in the mountains about the acquisition of the thorn ball, and they all agreed. The Orion and the mountain people have little income. Lu Lin's willingness to buy the thorn ball also gave them an extra income.
Not long after, a large number of thorn balls were delivered to Lu Lin. Lu Lin made some fried chestnuts and distributed them as gifts.
Dried sweet potatoes are very common, but stir-fried chestnuts are different. Many people in the town have never seen chestnuts, but people in the village have, but they don't know that this thing can be eaten.
Being able to eat something that has never been seen before is a novel feeling for many people.
After the sugar-fried chestnuts appeared as a gift, some people came to buy things for the gift.
Yang Hengzhi looked at Lu Lin and said, "Brother Lu, the gifts in your shop are really popular!" The dried sweet potatoes some time ago solved the problem of unsalable sweet potatoes in Dawan Village. There was a rush.
Lu Lin smiled, and said, "It's all thanks to everyone for your support."
Yang Hengzhi looked at Lu Lin and said, "Sell me some chestnuts."
"Okay!"
Yang Hengzhi was a little surprised to see Lu Lin's willingness to agree, but he was a little discouraged when he saw the small bag of chestnuts that Lu Lin took out. "Only so much!"
"There are not many of these things, and they are still used as gifts, so I can only sell you a little." Lu Lin apologized with a smile.
Yang Hengzhi said sullenly: "All right."
The sugar-fried chestnuts in the Huaxia store are also very popular recently. Many people in the college buy things in the store for the sugar-fried chestnuts. When Yang Hengzhi and other students got together, whoever could take out a small bag of fried chestnuts with sugar would be very honorable.
After the Lu family sold the grain, after deducting the taxes and helpers' money, there was only less than ten taels of silver left.
Looking at the silver in hand, Wang said: "This year is a good year! How can I see that the crops in the field are not growing well!"
Mr. Lu sighed, and said: "This land needs to be carefully raised. If you don't fool it, it won't fool you. There is no one to water and fertilize the land, so naturally it won't grow well."
This manure is the most nourishing for the land, but it is too dirty. No one in this family is willing to do such a job, let alone plant ash to raise the land. No one would think of watering the crops in the field on weekdays. , Weeding, how can this grow well.
Gritting her teeth, Wang said, "My daughter-in-law and grand-daughter-in-law are about to give birth, so please be careful, and it will cost money."
Mr. Lu took a look at Wang and warned, "What are you thinking, this money can't be saved!"
Wang smiled awkwardly and said, "Who do you think I am?"
Old man Lu sighed. He always felt that life was poorer than before, and there was no rest at home. The eldest son and youngest son quarreled every day, and so did the daughter-in-law. During this time, old man Lu has aged a lot.
After the autumn harvest, another bad news came from the town, that the higher-ups were about to conscript corvee.
Knowing that the higher-ups were going to levy corvee, the village couldn't help feeling a little gloomy.
Lu Lin is in the town and has relatively good news.
I know that the main purpose of this conscript is to build bridges and roads, and the time is not long, about 20 days. If you don't want to go, you can pay for it.
The incident of the corvee spread to the village, causing the village to be gloomy.
According to the above regulations, if there are two to three young and middle-aged men over the age of 12 and under the age of 50 in the family, one needs to be born, and if there are four young and middle-aged men in the family, two young and middle-aged men need to be born. One tael of silver is exempted from corvee fees. Chen Xiaomi has already separated, and their family is also going to pay for one. Lu Lin plans to pay one tael of silver to redeem it. Nothing.
A tael of silver is nothing to Lu Lin, but it is still a lot to the villagers. The poorer villagers in the countryside can only send out people to serve.
Because of the forced labor, some people in the village were panicked.
Many people crowded into Lizheng's house, bustling with each other.
In fact, the position of Lizheng is not very easy to do. This kind of corvee work is exactly what Li is responsible for assisting officials. If you are not careful, you will complain.
The matter of forced labor also affected the Lu family. There were three young and middle-aged men in the Lu family, and one of them was going to be born. This Lu Chengyu is a scholar, so naturally he can't go, so if he wants to go, he can only choose between Lu Ming and Lu An.
Naturally, neither of the two brothers wanted to go. Corvée was very hard work, and if it wasn't done well, they would die from exhaustion. But if they didn't go, it would cost them a tael of silver.
Mr. Lu sighed, and said, "If you are a corvee, you can get rid of the money."
Mrs. Wang said depressingly: "There are not many taels of silver at home, and I have to go out for another tael." Wang couldn't help but miss the time when the second house was here. If the second house was still there, there was no need to hire helpers in the fields. You can also let the second room do it.
"It's not easy to let the boss and the fourth son go to serve corvee. This family will soon have a baby." In his heart, Mr. Lu felt that even if he let his two sons go, neither of them would be willing to go. At that time, There is still a fuss.
Wang said with some hesitation: "The fourth child has lost his job in the town, and the family has been a little stressed recently." The older he gets, the more important Wang is about money. "This corvee is only for twenty days." This is equivalent to fifty cents a day, and the wages of fifty cents a day are not easy to find!