bayedsolid Chapter 53
Chapter 53
"I have this plan. If I want to do the lime business in the future, I will inevitably have to transport the goods. If it is transported by people, it will be too troublesome."
Lin Xiaofan explained.
"Indeed, using donkey carts or ox carts to transport can save manpower. But as someone who has been here, I have to remind you that livestock is not easy to raise. After all, people don't have enough food rations now. Who has so much food? Feeding the livestock."
As someone who has experienced this, Li Zheng gave Lin Xiaofan suggestions.
He has two cows at home, which he can use to plow the fields in the spring and sometimes use them to transport things.
The fodder that cattle eat every year costs a lot of money. If he hadn't been upright and had a lot of spare money on weekdays, he might not have been able to afford it.
Lin Xiaofan smiled and said:
"Then I'll think about it."
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A donkey cart drove towards Lijiazhuang and soon attracted everyone's attention.
"Isn't this donkey cart the same one that came last time?"
Many people in the village recognized him at a glance.
The main reason is that life in the village is boring all year round, so some new things can be remembered for a long time.
"Yes, it's a donkey cart from Baijia Grain Store. Why is he here to transport grain again?"
"Could it be that Xiaofan bought food again?"
"Are you kidding? Xiaofan just bought six shi of grain last time. In just these days, I'm afraid I can't finish half of it. How can I continue to buy it?"
"Yes, and Lin Xiaofan was taken away by people from the Yamen. It's not sure whether he can come out safely. How can he buy food?"
"Could it be Li Zheng? I saw him going to the city today."
"I think it's possible."
Li Daniu, who was basking in the sun in the village, soon learned the news and hurried over.
The familiar donkey cart and the familiar driver gave him a bad feeling.
Could it be that Lin Xiaofan really bought it?
But soon, he shook his head hard.
Lin Xiaofan might have died in the Yamen, so how could he come to buy food?
"Hey, brother, where do you want to send this food to?"
In order to confirm his conjecture, Li Daniu asked.
He kept praying in his heart that it was not Lin Xiaofan, and he must not have bought it. He had offended someone and should be locked up.
The driver looked at Li Daniu and recognized the person who talked to him that day.
But I don’t know what happened to this person last time. In the middle of his words, he ran away angrily.
This time, he didn't want to talk to this person. Out of politeness, he still replied:
"It's still Mr. Lin's house from last time."
They shopkeepers treat this person with special eyes, and now he doesn't dare to be negligent in the slightest.
Mr. Lin? Lin Xiaofan? How can it be?
Li Daniu was stunned. Isn't this person mentally ill? For someone like Lin Xiaofan, why do you still call him Mr. Lin?
"Are you kidding me? Wasn't this bumpkin Lin Xiaofan taken to the Yamen? How could he buy food? You must have remembered the wrong name, right? Or the wrong village?"
After Li Daniu learned that it was Lin Xiaofan, a fire of ignorance arose in his heart.
He knew that there was no need for the driver to lie to him, and the possibility of remembering the wrong name was very small, but he still didn't want to believe this fact.
Why wasn't this country bumpkin killed by the Yamen?
After hearing this, the driver glared at Li Daniu angrily, picked up the whip and was about to hit him:
"What did you say? How dare you say that the VIPs of our Baijia Grain Store are bumpkins? What do you think of our Baijia Grain Store? Also, the name and village together do not exceed ten characters. I can remember them all wrong. ?What do you think I am?"
At this time, he regretted talking to this person.
After Li Daniu heard this, he was stunned again.
Lin Xiaofan? A VIP from Baijia Food Store?
He had heard of Baijia Grain Store. It had a large piece of land in the city center and had a rich background.
How could Lin Xiaofan be related to such a big businessman? There must be a mistake somewhere.
"Brother, are you mistaken? How can a country bumpkin like Lin Xiaofan become a VIP in your store?"
Li Daniu asked tentatively.
However, the coachman could no longer tolerate Li Daniu, so he whipped him hard.
The whip used by the driver to drive the cart was very long and very big. When the whip came down, Li Daniu was whipped around in a circle, and a little blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"Listen, Lin Xiaofan, Mr. Lin is our distinguished guest. There is no mistake about this. If you dare to be disrespectful to our distinguished guest again, I will tell the shopkeeper about it. We at Baijia Grain Store dare not say anything else. It's the number one grain store near Degao Town. You can think about the consequences yourself."
After saying that, the driver stopped paying attention to Li Daniu, whipped the donkey violently, and drove forward.
Li Daniu, who had been whipped, was left alone and messy in the wind.
Li Daniu came to his senses and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
Although he was whipped by the coachman, he did not dare to say anything.
After all, it was him who was disrespectful to Baijia Grain Store in the first place. Even if the trouble continued, he would only be the one to suffer.
Thinking of this, he once again attributed the fault to Lin Xiaofan.
"This country bumpkin is hurting me again, why doesn't he die?"
"If I hadn't made a bet with him and won the hillside land, he would still be impoverished now."
"If I hadn't given him four taels of silver, how could he have developed so fast."
"Why is this country bumpkin still associated with Baijia Grain Store? Why is he so lucky!"
The more Li Daniu thought about it, the angrier he became. He was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood and passed out.
The nearby villagers ignored Li Daniu, and after learning that Lin Xiaofan had become a distinguished guest at hundreds of grain stores, they started discussing it intensely as if a pot was exploding.
"Lin Xiaofan has become a distinguished guest at hundreds of grain stores?"
"How is that possible? Wasn't he taken away by people from the Yamen? Moreover, these hundreds of grain stores are the largest grain stores within a few miles. It is extremely difficult to become their honored guest."
"Wait a minute, when Lin Xiaofan left, he said he was going to the Yamen to discuss something. Could he be telling the truth?"
Many people didn't believe this before.
After all, how long has it been since Lin Xiaofan started doing business? It only lasted for more than ten days, during which time I only went to the city three times. How could I have anything to do with people from the Yamen?
But looking at the attitudes of hundreds of grain stores, many of them gradually chose to believe this.
"Now it seems that it is very possible."
"Then since he has contacts with the yamen and is related to hundreds of grain stores, won't he become prosperous in the future?"
"Yeah, who dares to touch him in the future?"
"It seems that we need to establish a good relationship with him quickly."
"Fortunately, I was wise at the time and didn't ask my wife to pay her wages."
"By the way, Li Ermazi, don't you have a good relationship with Lin Xiaofan? Give us a few nice words in front of him."
"Yes, Li Ermazi, if you need anything in the future, just ask and we will help you."
Li Ermazi, who was originally a little lonely, was suddenly squeezed into the center when everyone noticed him.