12dz Chapter 215 What kind of household management is this?
Chapter 215 What kind of household management is this?
"You're not bad either, you even came back for the New Year. Where have you been making your fortune all these years? Can you bring your brothers along for the new year?"
Gu Dachui is no longer the Gu Dachui of the past. He can do business now and is quite adept at dealing with those bosses.
"What are you talking about, brother? Someone like you, with such a big house and such a nice coat, would you need to follow me around?"
"Look at me now, my house is dilapidated, and all the clothes I wear are patched. You still want to stick with me like this? Are we going to starve together?"
After Er Lengzi finished speaking, he punched Gu Dachui hard. Upon hearing what he said, Gu Dachui punched him back.
"Don't talk about starving. After the New Year, I'll still be toiling in the fields for food. You're going to go out and do big business. Everyone who does business is a boss."
The two were exchanging compliments, and Lin Cai couldn't stand it anymore. She turned around and prepared to leave, while Er Lengzi, who had been chatting with Gu Dachui, remained silent.
Seeing that she was about to leave, he quickly said to Gu Dachui, "Hey Dachui! How well you do business depends on your skills."
"If a person can't even manage their own family, then they really are nothing!"
Gu Dachui didn't understand what this meant, but Lin Cai, who was about to leave, stopped after hearing it.
She turned to look at Gu Dachui: "They told you to take good care of the household and the people in it. Do you want to take care of them?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Dachui shuddered and then shook his head.
What does a housekeeper manage?
He can't even manage himself, how can he manage a household?
Besides, isn't this family already being managed? Why would he need to manage it?
"How dare you speak to the head of the household like that, woman?"
Haven't you heard the saying, "When the husband dies, the son should follow"?
“You’re just a woman, meant to bear children for men. Now that your man is dead, you have to listen to your son.”
"Even though you're a stepmother, Da Chui is still your son. How can you talk to your son like that?"
If he was only vaguely aware of something before, Gu Dachui now had a complete understanding. He stared in shock at the simpleton who was speaking.
But this person didn't notice anything wrong at all, and kept babbling on and on: "This is the Gu family home, that's Da Chui's home. As Da Chui's stepmother, you should put Da Chui first in everything."
"You should listen to whatever Big Hammer says and do whatever he tells you to do. If you don't listen, it's only right that he kicks you out."
"After all, you're just a stepmother. If Da Chui doesn't want to support you, he can send you back to your parents' home."
"When you're sent back to your parents' home, won't they look down on you? Won't they call you a jinx?"
Er Lengzi talked too much, leaving Gu Dachui completely dumbfounded.
He suspected that this simpleton must have been drinking early in the morning, otherwise why would he be spouting nonsense?
Lin Cai didn't say a word when she heard those words, and even nodded from time to time, as if she was agreeing with what Er Lengzi said.
When Er Lengzi saw this, he also thought that Lin Cai had listened to what he said and even agreed with it.
Then I heard him say, "It's almost Chinese New Year now, and it snowed again last night. I don't know what next year will be like."
"Da Chui and his family all share the surname Gu. Our village is also called Gu Family Village, and the village has the most people with the surname Gu..."
"...When faced with such a situation, we should unite and work together to find a way to overcome this difficulty, so..."
Lin Cai knew the other person was getting to the point, so she nodded and asked cooperatively, "So what's wrong?"
"So our families discussed it and hoped that you and Lin Laosan could go and find Lin Laoda and Lin Laoer..."
"Aren't they the bosses of the street? They're bosses, so getting them to help us with something shouldn't be a problem."
"We don't need anything valuable, just a few cartloads of grain and winter coats will do."
"If we had cotton quilts, we could get several truckloads of new cotton quilts and coal, and then everyone in Gujia Village would be able to get through this winter warmly."
Upon hearing this, Lin Cai nodded seriously, while Gu Dachui, who was standing next to her, had already been thinking of making a run for it.
Because at this moment, Lin Cai's expression was very serious and solemn, and according to his understanding, someone would definitely suffer in a moment.
Gu Dachui didn't want to suffer along with them, so he shifted his feet, but in the end he still didn't move himself back into the house.
"Big Hammer Bro, did you hear what I just said? Isn't what I said reasonable?"
“I thought we were all from the same village, so if these siblings could help each other out, they could ask us for help if they have any problems in the future, right?”
Gu Dachui didn't dare to speak, but Lin Cai spoke up: "You're right, I also think we should help each other, but I just don't know how much silver you can give?"
After asking her questions, Lin Cai counted on her fingers: "How many cartloads of grain, how many cartloads of padded jackets, quilts, and coal do you need? I won't say too much, but you need five cartloads of each kind..."
Before she could finish speaking, Er Lengzi became unhappy.
"Hey Gu Linshi, why are you being so petty?"
"Five carts aren't enough. We need at least fifteen!"
There are so many households in Gujia Village, and each household has several people. If we take five cartloads, how will we be able to distinguish them?
Upon hearing Er Lengzi say he wanted fifteen carts, Lin Cai immediately nodded: "You're right, five carts is too few, but fifteen carts isn't much either, so why not just get twenty carts?"
"Let's bring twenty cartloads of each kind, just enough to make a round number, that'll be eighty cartloads in total. What do you think?"
Upon hearing that there were twenty carts, Er Lengzi paused for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Okay, okay, of course it's fine. Those are all things to fill our stomachs and keep us warm, so the more the better."
"Since that's the case, then twenty cartloads of each type, but I just don't know how the price will be calculated?"
“My brother and the others will help you get it. Of course, you need money to buy things, otherwise they won't give it to you. Besides, it's so chaotic outside right now, there's bound to be danger…”
"If you send my brother, how much silver will you pay? A hundred taels or a thousand taels?"
After Lin Cai finished asking her question, she blinked at Er Lengzi, who was also a little confused.
Do you need more money?
Do you want a hundred taels of silver or a thousand taels of silver?
The total amount of silver held by every household in Gujia Village combined probably wouldn't even amount to one hundred taels of silver. Where would they get the money?