Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

Chapter 136 The Old Woman Selling Her Granddaughter at the Town Gate

No one could figure out the reason for Li Laosan's question, so they simply threw it aside.

Li Erlang rolled his eyes and threw the cart to Li Laosan, "Uncle San, it's your turn."

Then the lackey ran to Li Yuer and walked side by side with her.

"Yu Baoer, tell me the truth, why did you buy the land at Yuge Wharf?"

Li Yuer looked at him with a smile and said, "Secret!"

"Tsk!" The more Li Yu'er said this, the more Li Erlang felt itchy. "Good sister, dear sister, just tell me, your brother. I swear to God, I will never tell anyone else."

"I haven't thought about it yet, it's just taking up space."

"What!" Li Erlang was very dissatisfied with this answer, "Occupying land? That's a garbage dump! All the unwanted things at the dock are thrown there. Are you planning to pick up the garbage?"

Seeing that Li Yu'er didn't say anything, Li Erlang said anxiously: "If you can't spend the money, I will help you spend it. Why buy a garbage dump? Give it to me, your brother, and I will buy you a house, land, and a shop. I guarantee that you will live a prosperous life. How about it?"

Li Yu'er remained unmoved.

When passing by the entrance of Wanbaozhai, I saw a waiter coming out and throwing a bunch of things into the garbage pile in the corner.

There are people in the town who specialize in collecting night-blooming incense and taking out the garbage. Residents usually put a bamboo basket or something like that at their doorstep to hold their garbage.

In this era, all fertilizers were derived from natural fertilizers, so night fragrance was not something that everyone disliked. Night fragrance merchants would transport night fragrance to rural areas and sell it to farmers at a low price as fertilizer.

The tricks of picking up garbage are even more complicated. Generally, towns are divided into four major urban areas: east, west, south and north. The east is rich, the west is wealthy, the north is poor and the south is cheap. Picking up garbage on the east and west streets is a good job, while picking up garbage on the south street depends on your location. As for the north street, you can basically not pick up anything good. It is a purely hard job, hard and dirty.

Li Erlang noticed a pile of white things with his sharp eyes, which were slightly fluttering in the wind.

He ran straight over, packed the things into the bag, and ran back happily.

Li Yuer said disdainfully: "Brother, why are you picking up trash?"

Just now he was complaining about her buying a garbage dump, but now his son is picking up the garbage himself.

She thought he had his old habit again. Poor people who came to the city would occasionally pick up some garbage that the city residents didn't want.

Li Yuer felt that these things might contain bacteria and it was best not to touch them.

The others looked indifferent, as they used to pick up trash all the time and sometimes even fought over it.

Li Erlang opened the bag and showed it to everyone. "See? The pith of the rush is all peeled, white as snow, not dirty at all."

When Li Yuer took a look, she found that it was indeed the marrow of the rush. She looked towards the shop where the thing was thrown. The shop was large and faced the street. There were four large characters in gold-plated lacquer written in a flamboyant style on the door: Wanbao Commercial Company.

OK! Li Yuer understood now that Wanbao Commercial Bank must be using rush stalks to make quicksand, and the pith was useless because they had not yet discovered that rush could be used as wick.

Li Yuer knew in his previous life that this kind of grass was called rush. People of this era simply treat them as weeds and probably don't even have a name for them.

Li Erlang said proudly: "They sell oil lamps, and we sell wicks. Isn't this another business?"

"Great! Brother Erlang! You are so smart!" Jia Que'er was extremely envious. He had just seen it, so why didn't he think of it?

Li Yu'er was also happy for Li Erlang. After spending some time together, she had been observing their strengths and personalities. It seemed that her brother had a business mind.

In his next sentence, Li Erlang revealed his profit-seeking nature as a businessman. "I'm telling you, this is something I found. It cannot be confiscated."

"Of course, we have no objection." Shi Tou said honestly.

The others also nodded, indicating that they would not steal the business.

Li Yuer didn't say anything, because this matter was not a big deal. It didn't mean that Li Erlang was selfish. Just observe him slowly in the future.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

From a distance, they heard the heart-wrenching cry of a little girl coming from the corner of the wall at the town gate.

At first, no one took it seriously. After all, it was normal for children to cry. It’s just that children in rural areas are tougher and generally won’t cry so miserably if they get bumped or bruised.

When they got closer, Li Laosan and Li Erlang were immediately shocked. They looked at each other and Li Erlang blurted out, "Is that the village chief's granddaughter Xinxin?"

I saw a fat and short old woman pulling a skinny little girl forward, saying vicious words: "You money-loser! I'm sending you to enjoy a good life! Why are you crying! Is your father dead or your grandmother dead? You unlucky thing!"

Maybe your poor mother is dead. It's better for an old hen that doesn't lay eggs to die!"

With a "thump", the girl was pushed to the ground, with her hands on the ground. It was obvious that she had fallen quite hard.

Gradually, many people gathered around. Some people could not stand it any longer and accused her, "You old woman are so evil-hearted. Are you stealing other people's children and selling them?"

"Bah!" The short and fat old woman spat a mouthful of yellow phlegm at the man's feet. She stared at him with her drooping eyes and cursed: "I am her grandmother. It's an unlucky thing. I want to sell it. It's natural and the government can't do anything about it! You are just a dog trying to catch a rat, so you keep talking nonsense!"

"You vicious woman! You are so vulgar. You eat like a fat pig, but you starve your granddaughter to a bag of bones. You are obviously a vicious woman!" The man was not stupid and pointed out the old woman's mistake immediately.

"What does a money-loser want to eat? What does she deserve to eat? She is just like her mother, a hen that doesn't lay eggs. She cries every day. What a bad luck."

She looked at the man standing opposite her, Yazi Dajinya, and said, "Are you going to buy it or not?"

Big Gold Teeth was not angry at all, his eyes were full of calculation. He grinned, revealing a golden front tooth, and his turbid eyes plundered the girl unscrupulously.

"He's too thin, and not good looking. Now you've given him a cut on his forehead. I'm afraid he'll be disfigured in the future. He'll be worth three and a half ounces!"

Only then did people notice that not only was the girl's palm bleeding, but her forehead was also cut by a stone on the ground.

"Useless thing! You can't even stand steadily! In just a short while, you've made me lose half a tael of silver!" The old woman went up and poked the girl's head with her pointed fingernails. A few pokes left several red marks, and it looked like she was about to bleed.

Da Jin Ya did not stop him and said, "Your face is damaged and even uglier! Three taels of silver!"

"Three taels of silver! No way!" The old woman glared at the girl viciously, "No matter where you sell it, I'll give you four taels of silver!"

There was a burst of discussion around.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk! What a vicious old woman! Everyone knows that Da Jin Ya is not a decent person, but she actually let Da Jin Ya sell his granddaughter to that kind of place."

"I have lived for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen such an evil woman!"

"Is this breast milk? Hind milk?"

"How long has it been since someone sold their children in public in our town? It's immoral!"

……

Big Gold Teeth smiled evilly and said, "Are you sure? If you're sure, I'll..."

"and many more!"