Farming with Taobao - C26
Chapter 26 The Road to Well-off (2)
With the sudden increase in money, the feeling of being short on money to build a house disappeared, replacing it with a feeling of being rich overnight. Li Yannian spent the entire day floating in the air. Fortunately, she was still rational and did not lose her mind completely.
Since the Gu family was so “at ease” with her, it was either because the paper she was selling was extremely profitable, or because they were in urgent need of a large supply of goods. After Li Yannian carefully thought about it, she thought back to what the Shopkeeper Xing had told the Gu family’s third young master that day. She thought it was probably because of this that the young master was able to discuss business with the books in the manor. It was a pity that she could only earn a maximum of one thousand yuan per month. Even if she bought the cheapest paper, it probably wouldn’t be enough to cover the gap that their family needed.
So far, she had only accumulated eight credit points. If she remembered correctly, if she wanted to reach two stars in the next month, she would have to sell her eggs twice more.
What made Li Yannian depressed was that there was no hope for this month’s worth of silver to be exchanged for gold. For the time being, he could only repair the house and use the leftover money from the Gu family’s return to sell it back next month.
Black Bean brought back the good news very quickly, “Uncle said that he doesn’t need an oxcart tomorrow, and Aunty even warmly told me to bring the oxcart home today, so as to not delay any further time in the morning.”
He laughed foolishly, “I thought auntie’s words were quite reasonable, so I pulled the oxcart back. Er Niu, then I’ll go to Du Jia Village tomorrow morning to deliver the goods. ”
Li Yannian thought that if it wasn’t for the last time where Black Bean listened to him and gave him the white rice to rent the ox-cart, she wouldn’t have agreed so easily. She was just a country bumpkin, and once or twice she would try to help him out. That was because she was very righteous. However, if she were to shamelessly take the kindness of others as a matter of course, then she would truly be a villain.
No matter how familiar they were with each other, they had to have a certain level of familiarity with each other.
Li Yannian did not figure out the reason, and continued: “Alright, brother, let’s go to bed early tonight, tomorrow we will head to Du Jia Village with Mao Dou.”
Black Bean was a little shocked, he looked at his little brother who had a surprised expression and asked hesitantly, “Mao Dou is going too? “The road is so far, but Mao Dou is still young …”
Li Yannian didn’t even need to say anything as Mao Dou patted his chest and jumped out, “I’m already seven years old after the new year. Bro, I’m not small anymore. Furthermore, you still haven’t made up your mind about what you promised last time. This time, I’ll go with you guys, but Sis has already spoken, so don’t mess around. ”
Li Yannian and Black Bean were amused, seeing that his brother was insisting, Black Bean did not object anymore. She rubbed her chin and nodded: “It’s good for you to follow me. When I’ve finished delivering my goods, let’s go to First Uncle’s clothing store and have a look. If there’s anything that’s ready, let me buy two sets of clothes for you. ”
“Great, then I have new clothes to wear again!” Mao Dou was so happy that he jumped up and down. “When I buy a new jacket, I’ll dress to the point that Da Niu will covet it!” Last time, when Da Niu saw my new cotton-padded jacket, his eyes were so wide that they almost went numb. He shouted for Eldest Aunt to wear a new set of clothes, hahahaha, Eldest Aunt dragged him all the way home with his ears, it’s so funny! ”
Li Yannian felt that the tempo wasn’t right. Although there were many times when a child’s words were spoken carelessly, a young girl like her had such a strong desire for revenge. To her, a person who had never raised a child before was truly worrisome.
In the end, Black Bean was still a big brother, so he had more methods to take care of his younger brother and sister than Li Yannian. When he had heard Mao Dou’s words, he had frowned. However, his expression did not turn cold. Instead, he had put on an extremely serious expression as he tried to reason with Mao Dou.
“Dou, I know it’s bad for Da Niu so I often bully you.” But you have to remember, it’s someone else’s business to spoil others. We have to do our own thing. For example, if Da Niu hit you, you would either hit him back then, or come back and find your elder brother and sister to ask for an explanation. Big Sis He only wanted to buy yummy things and new clothes for you, so that you would feel that they were delicious. The new clothes were beautiful, but it was not intentional to show them to people who didn’t have these good things, which made them feel uncomfortable. I feel that if you do this, then I, Big Sister He’s, will be biased towards you. The food will no longer taste good, and the clothes will no longer look good. Can you understand what I’m saying? ”
Although it sounded a bit roundabout, Mao Dou still understood. He lowered his head, a little embarrassed, and whispered, “I know, then I won’t purposely get so angry next time. If he dares to hit me again, I’ll get big sis to help me beat him up.”
Li Yannian could not help but burst out laughing, “Sure, then big sis will definitely help you the next time. But Da Niu also has a big sister. If your Sister Lotus comes to fight, what should we do? Sister Lotus secretly gave us a bag of noodles before. ”
Mao Dou immediately felt troubled. His small face was almost puckered into a bitter melon.
“If Sister Lotus really comes, then let her hit me. I’m not afraid of pain.”
Black Bean could not help but stroke his little head, “Dou’er is so obedient. Don’t worry, your Sister Lotus knows what’s good for him, even if she comes, he wouldn’t beat him up. ”
Mao Dou heaved a sigh of relief. As long as he didn’t beat him up. Suddenly, he saw his big brother and big sister looking at him with a funny expression. His face was slightly hanging, and he scratched the back of his head as an excuse, saying that he wanted to practice and leave.
Black Bean and Li Yannian looked at each other and laughed, then the former said: “We’ve talked for the better part of the day, the food is still not ready yet. I’ll go heat up the fire in the kitchen and boil some hot water in a while.
Li Yannian nodded, and turned to look through the things they bought today, only to see a pork chop, two white radishes, and a cabbage inside the vegetable basket. It looked normal, but from what Li Yannian had seen from other people’s houses, there were many people who could not afford to eat at this time of year. It would be nice if there was even a plate of salted bamboo shoots on the table. Most of them were a small bowl of fried salt. Their chopsticks were smeared with some flavor as they drank a big bowl of porridge for the day.
If a guest came and sliced a salty duck egg and put it on the table to watch, there wouldn’t be such an untactful person as to actually put chopsticks on and off the salted duck egg. When the guest left, the host put the salted duck egg into the cupboard and continued to take it out the next day.
She couldn’t understand it at first. It was obvious that they had their own fields and fields to grow their own dishes, so why couldn’t they even eat vegetables? When she heard the Auntie Li counting the expenses of her family for a year, she suddenly realized. It was not that the people of Li Village were not diligent, but that the taxes they had to pay were too high. At the end of the year, after selling the grains and paying taxes, they didn’t have much left over except to buy seedlings and other miscellaneous expenses. The fields that could be planted were all tightly planted with food. Usually, the vegetables would also grow in the large areas in front of and behind the house.
It was no wonder that major chamber spent so much effort to obtain the two rooms’ three acres of land. The land was originally bought by the Li Hongshan couple using the wasteland as their home. Since the taxes in the county were low and they had raised the land for the next few years, they had long since cooked the land up. As a result, when the two of them left, the major chamber did not take seriously at all.
If a person was poor, his ambition would be short.
Li Yannian could understand them, but that did not mean she could forgive them. At most, she would be able to avoid taking revenge on them. A person who could hurt his own flesh and blood without a care in the world was not a good person. Li Yannian was curious, that kind of family could actually raise such a kind-hearted and beautiful girl like her.
“Er Niu, Er Niu!”
Just as Li Yannian was lost in thought, she was woken up by Black Bean’s shout. Baffled, she blinked her eyes, only to realize that she had already been squatting on the ground with the radish in his hands and her ribs in his hands for a long time.
“What are you thinking about? I called for you a few times but you didn’t even hear me,” However, Black Bean merely teased her casually and didn’t seriously wait for Li Yannian’s reply. She pointed at the empty basket and said: “Er Niu, there’s no rice left.
Mao Dou, who was still arguing with Sha Huang, immediately frowned. “Ah, aren’t we eating today?”
Li Yannian could not help but laugh, “Why is it that I remember someone previously telling me that rice porridge is the most delicious, and that they would have to cook rice porridge for me every day?”
Mao Dou knew that Li Yannian was laughing at him, so he hurriedly pretended to be “Aiya, I’m practicing my writing skills, I actually didn’t say anything, and didn’t hear anything”.
In fact, Black Bean was also somewhat shocked in his heart. In a short span of a month, not only Mao Dou, even he himself had become accustomed to eating food that was almost extravagant on a daily basis. If it was in the past, when they had such good white rice to eat, their parents would occasionally cook some mashed meat, and the two of them would feel like it was the new year.
In the end, it was her sister who changed their lives. Black Bean looked at Li Yannian with a complicated gaze. The latter didn’t care at all, as she was still considering whether she should spend her remaining points on eating or not. Although she still had the authority to purchase and sell the goods four times this month, the Gu family was still waiting for them …
After thinking about it for a long time, Li Yannian finally made a decision. Since she was lacking a lot of papers from the Gu family, she wouldn’t need three to four hundred of them. After making up her mind, she immediately turned on the Taobao System. However, before she could type in a few rice packets into the search bar, she was greeted with a large golden word:
“Your current credit is good. Considering your needs, you can choose to start spending the money. Your current quota is 501, your bill is the 20th of every month, and your repayment is the 14th of every month …”
There was no need to explain the results anymore. Li Yannian did not hesitate to open the flower shop to pay. This sum just happened to be within the limit of one thousand yuan. She had to pay it back completely, and if her credit level rose to two stars next month, she might be able to propose that the transaction limit be raised. The amount of money she had to pay for the paper next month wouldn’t be just four or five hundred yuan.
With the set up of silver, Li Yannian no longer hesitated and directly opened the Sky Cat Market. She took out the rice, soy sauce, vinegar, and other condiments that could be seen on the first page, and threw all the things that she randomly picked into the shopping cart.
The next second, three parcels appeared out of nowhere.
Although it was not Black Bean’s first time seeing such a scene, he was still shocked inwardly. However, seeing Li Yannian’s happy look as if she was engrossed in opening the bag, he did not say anything, but took a kitchen knife from the stove, and cut the white stitches on the big rice bag as if she was familiar with it.
“Sis, what are these?” Mao Dou could not help but come over to watch the commotion. When he saw the multicolored “jar” in the chest, he asked curiously.
In truth, Li Yannian couldn’t even remember what sshe bought just now, the one minute rule was really too crappy. In the past, he didn’t dare to buy anything casually since she didn’t have any money, but now it was different.
“Oh, this one consumes oil. If you put a little bit of it in when cooking, it will taste really good.” This is Harmony… Sigh, this is the cooking oil. This is the soy sauce and this is the Soup Dumplings with Shrimp Rice. These are the dried shrimps and seaweed. You can drink the soup by boiling it in boiling water … “Aiyah, why did I buy this!”
Li Yannian stared at the things in her hands for a long time, she couldn’t remember when she threw them into the shopping cart. The original owner would need at least three or four years for him to use her useless body.
The two brothers saw the awkwardness on her face and tactfully did not pursue the matter. Li Yannian spent a total of 113.8 on this one, while Cat’s Chao had a total of 88 packets of emails. She had frequented this place many times before as well. The first reason was because she was too lazy to drive to the supermarket. The second reason was because she really liked the feeling of flipping through her brand when she placed the order. However, in terms of price, Cat Chao might not be cheap.
Li Yannian only wanted “convenience”, the things she could do in a minute was too little. How she wished that the moment she opened her eyes, she would be able to jump onto a diamond and be crowned with a crown … Sigh, I still have to quickly level up!