Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

After returning to the village, Li Yuer and the others gathered in the west wing of the Cai family and began to divide the money.

Because Li Laosan and his men went to the county town, Naonao decided to increase their wages from ten cents to thirty cents, and Erdan and his men had no objection.

All in all, they had less than ten taels of silver left, which was divided equally among the five of them, with each person getting nearly two taels.

Seeing the real gold and silver, everyone was extremely excited. It was a huge sum of money, enough for an ordinary family's son to pay the bride price, and they earned it in one day.

After receiving the silver, everyone went back home happily to report the good news.

Not long after Li Yuer and his friends arrived home, it was time for dinner. After dinner, Old Mrs. Cai had something to say.

"A few days ago, the two kids, Lao San and Er Lang, said they had started a business with Nongchao Tower. I asked around and it turned out to be true.

I have discussed this with the old man, and we should all do this business together."

When Mr. Cai heard this, he immediately stopped picking conches and said, "No, we can't get involved in a business that you guys are in charge of."

"Brother, don't be impatient. It's not too late to refuse after you hear me out."

At the dinner table, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over attentively, waiting for Mrs. Cai to speak in detail.

Old Lady Cai continued, "This time, the business is quite big, and time is tight. Nongchaolou needs this batch of goods before the New Year. The Li family can't eat it all, so we need a lot of manpower. We can give you about 1,000 kilograms of shells and fish bubbles, and you can get one penny per kilogram.

Dried fish bladders are three cents per pound, and fresh fish bladders are one cent per pound. I guess there are no fresh fish bladders now, so I bought 30 pounds of dried fish bladders.

This is the price given to you. Of course you cannot charge this price to others.

Our family collects shells on Rabbit Island for one cent per three pounds, and dried fish for three pounds and two cents.

As for the oil lamps, let's just have our own family members work on them for now. If we can't keep up with the progress, we can ask outsiders to help.

Different oil lamps have different labor costs. An ordinary lamp costs five cents. For each higher grade of the oil lamp, the labor cost increases by one cent.

"Oil lamps? We can't make oil lamps." Grandpa Cai thought that the business of collecting shells and fish bubbles would definitely be successful, but they really didn't know how to make oil lamps.

Mrs. Cai said, "It's not the kind of oil lamp sold in the market. It's a shell oil lamp. When the time comes, we will teach you how to make it. It's not difficult to learn."

"That's great." Cai Chengping said happily.

Li Yuer had given them some silver before. These days, Grandpa Cai and Cai Junyi have been taking medicine, and the silver has been almost used up. If the family can have some income at this time, Grandpa Cai will naturally be happy.

Zhao was so moved that her eyes immediately turned red. "Aunt is really a lucky star for our family. If you hadn't come back, we really don't know how we would have survived these days."

Old Mrs. Cai quickly comforted her and said, "Qiuyue, the New Year is coming soon, you can't cry at this time. Besides, Brother Yi is much better now, and our family will make money again, don't cry."

Cai Junyi has come out to have dinner with everyone. Although he still has to rely on his left hand to move around, his right hand has already recovered.

He stood up and bowed to the old man Li and his wife as a scholar, and said respectfully: "Jingxing is grateful to my aunt and uncle for taking care of me during this period. I will never forget your kindness in the future."

Old man Li had never been greeted so respectfully by a scholar before, and he felt a little awkward. He quickly waved his hand and said, "We are all family, don't be so formal."

The more Old Lady Cai looked at Cai Junyi, the more she found him attractive. Cai Junyi looked like Zhao, handsome, well-educated, sensible and polite. Suddenly, an idea came to her mind, and then she glanced at Li Meir.

Her granddaughter is hardworking, capable, kind, and filial. These two...

When Li Yuer saw the expression on Mrs. Cai's face, he cried out in his heart that something was wrong: Grandma, please don't match people up randomly. Cousins ​​are not a good match at all. There have been many tragic relationships between cousins ​​since ancient times. If you don't believe me, look at Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu. If you still don't believe me, look at Nalan Rongruo and his cousin.

Li Yuer quickly stepped on Li Erlang's foot under the table, and Li Erlang cried out in pain, "Li Yuer, what are you doing?"

Everyone looked at the two of them.

Li Yuer blinked innocently and said, "I didn't do anything!"

"you you you!"

Receiving the unfriendly look from Old Lady Cai, Li Erlang dared to be angry but not to say anything. Li Yuer was now his breadwinner, and the money was still warm in his heart. He could only swallow his anger like a bullied wife.

The topic returned to the sale, and everyone discussed it and the matter was settled.

At night, Zhao turned off the lights and lay on the bed, but she couldn't fall asleep.

"Husband, do you think we should share this thing or not? How much should we share?"

In fact, Cai Chengping was not asleep either. His mind was full of the mess of things that happened during the day, and his thoughts were much more complicated than Zhao's.

The owner of the grocery store has been acting a little strange recently. He seems to be particularly concerned about his family affairs and often asks him questions that seem reasonable but are wrong.

The villain who plotted against Brother Yi and the Cai family behind the scenes, they still don’t even know who the other party is.

And that Doctor Huang, I don’t know when he will come again…

Seeing that the other party didn't speak, Zhao thought he was asleep and pushed him gently.

"Ah? Ah, Qiuyue, you're talking about the goods. We don't have any fish bubbles at home, so we must collect them from the villagers. The price is the same as what my aunt said. As for shells, a thousand kilograms may seem like a lot, but an adult can pick up a hundred or eighty kilograms a day. This job is as easy as it can be, and any half-grown child, boy or girl, can do it.

My aunt said that the restaurant needs it urgently. I have to go to work, and you have to take care of the family's food and drink. I think it's better to give this job to someone who has a good relationship with our family."

The two of them discussed it and finally decided on the village chief's family, the clan leader's family, Shanzi's family, Dazhuang's family, Zhou Dafa's family. Zhou Dafa is Erdan's father, and Aunt Qiu'e's family. Aunt Qiu'e, Shanzi and Dazhuang were the three clan elders who came on the day of the last broken engagement.

They are all families who are close to the Cai family.

Early the next morning, Old Man Li and Old Lady Cai went back to Rabbit Island to collect shells, and Li Meir followed them.

Old Man Li wanted Li Laosan to go back with him to help, but Li Laosan was not happy about it, so he sent Shitou to go back with the two elders.

Having not been home for a few days, Mrs. Cai and her husband were somewhat worried. Fortunately, their eldest grandson was steady and their eldest daughter-in-law was honest and hardworking, otherwise they would have been worried.

Li Laoer can now walk slowly on his own with the help of a cane, and can also help with mending nets and weaving wicker baskets at home.

Boss Li is used to working. Now his family has enough food and he doesn't have to go hungry or suffer from the cold anymore. He has a lot of energy to do every day, but he is bored.

He looked for work everywhere, and when Old Man Li and his wife arrived home, there was a pile of firewood as tall as a person next to the stove shed.

At this time, Boss Li was wearing new cotton trousers and a cotton jacket, swinging an axe to chop wood.

When he saw Old Man Li and his wife coming back, he quickly dropped his axe and went out to greet them.

"Father and mother, you are finally back."

Seeing her eldest son still being so diligent and caring, Mrs. Cai couldn't help but be moved and said, "Big brother, don't always think about working. There is always work to be done. You should also take a proper rest."

Boss Li laughed a few times and said nothing, then stepped forward to help the two of them carry their things.

Zhao gave back some gifts, including a piece of cloth, a basket of eggs, and two pounds of sugar.

Although it was not as much as what the Li family gave to the Cai family, Old Mrs. Cai knew that this was the best thing the Cai family could give at the moment.

"Zhao Di! Dad and Mom are back!"

Zhaodi was sewing clothes for her little nephew Hainiu in the cabin. When she heard the boss calling her, she quickly put down the work.

Old man Li waved his hand and said, "We are family, let's all get on board and talk, it's cold outside."