Pig Killer

Chapter 118

"That's why! My jaw almost dropped." Shen Hui'e pointed at her chin and said, "Go to my grandmother's house and see if the pigs they raise are fat."

"It's fat, but not as exaggerated as A Niang said!" Da Chong looked at her in surprise and said.

"Her family feeds the baby diligently, not as they did before." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her bright dark eyes.

"You're no wonder! Grandma's feeding method hasn't changed." Da Chong nodded in understanding. "I'll go find grandma tomorrow and ask her to feed more."

"Where are the people?" Huang's mother's voice came from the front yard, "Big bug, Li Nu?"

"Speak of the devil, and he will be here." Shen Hui'e smiled at the front yard with her bright eyes, and replied loudly, "We are in the backyard!"

"Mother, Cao Cao?" Li Nu looked at her puzzledly and asked.

"A person's name, running fast." Shen Hui'e said without blushing or panting, "Let's go, let's see what your grandmother wants us to do!"

Shen Hui'e and the others walked quickly to the front yard, and Da Chong and Li Nu bowed and said, "Grandma, uncle, and uncle."

"Why are you all here?" Shen Hui'e looked at them in surprise and asked.

"Why are you in the backyard?" Huang's mother asked with a wink, "Are you going to the countryside to collect pigs again?"

"Yes! I've been working in the fields. I haven't been to the countryside for some time." Shen Hui'e pointed to the bench in the yard and said, "You all came together. Something must have happened."

"Mother, you're here to ask about the tofu business." Huang Bochang looked at her with his dark eyes and said, lifting up the hem of his clothes and sitting on the bench.

"How about it? Are you interested?" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with raised eyebrows.

"I heard from my mother that I still want to do the suspended ceiling business." Huang Bochang said after hesitating for a moment.

"Now that you have finished the ceiling business in the county, where else can you find work?" Huang's mother said very realistically, "Besides, ceilings are not made every day, and after they are made, they will not go bad for three to five years, and you don't even need to replace them." Then she added, "Everyone likes to eat tofu, so there is no problem in doing this for a long time."

"Mother is right, but this tofu business is too small." Huang Shuchang said honestly, "Our county is small, and if we really want to do this, the three of us brothers will have a fight."

"So what do you think?" Shen Hui'e asked them with her bright black eyes.

"We still want to install a suspended ceiling." Huang Bochang looked at her with his dark eyes and said.

"Then do it!" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with a smile.

"We want to do this so that we can make money together." Huang Bochang looked at her firmly and said, "If we do tofu business, it will be just us."

"You are a stranger in this place. If you run to other places, people will bully you!" Huang's mother said to them with a frown.

"We have been to all the counties around here, so we are unfamiliar with the place. Besides, the shop owners in the county see that we do a good job and have introduced us to some businesses," Huang Bochang said cheerfully.

"There are so many in-laws! Someone is the matchmaker." Huang Jichang said with a grin.

"Besides, it doesn't matter. We can just go and recommend ourselves!" Huang Shuchang said with a smile on his face.

"Can you do it? I'm afraid you can't speak clearly." Huang's mother looked at them worriedly.

"Why can't we say this?" Huang Bochang looked at her gently and said, "If they want to do it, we should do it well for them! If they don't want to do it, we will find another one."

"Even if the deal fails, we still have our friendship and righteousness!" Shen Hui'e said while looking at them with a smile.

"Second sister-in-law is right." Huang Shuchang said with a smile, "Under the nose is the mouth, so say whatever you want."

"You make it sound so simple. You're not afraid of running into unscrupulous merchants. But when you finish the work, they won't pay you!" Huang's mother pointed at them and said, "What will you do then?" Then she continued, "They won't say they'll pay you. They just say they're short of money now and they'll give you some time. Who knows when they'll give you some time?"

"Uh..." The three Huang Bochang brothers looked at each other, "Well..."

"You see there's nothing you can do! You're a foreigner, and they're bullying you because you're unfamiliar with the place. There's no one to reason with." Huang's mother stared at them and said, "You're just being honest. Who else can they bully?"

"You can't do business like this! There's no integrity at all!" Huang Bochang said after a long pause.

"If you are honest and trustworthy, how can you call him a dishonest businessman?" Huang's mother looked at her unhappily and said, "What I am most afraid of is that the store owner won't pay you, but the farmer who made the straw mats will ask you for the money."

"If they are all our family, then just suppress them! Can you owe wages to these neighbors?" Huang's mother stared at them seriously and said, "Their husbands don't even come, and they ask their own children to sit in our house with snot and tears. Are you going to pay them or not?"

"Uh..." Huang Bochang scratched his head and looked at her.

"Look! Without thinking about anything, you just rush forward like fools." Huang's mother looked at them unhappily.

"Well..." Huang Shuchang thought for a moment and said, "Let's check it out first and ask someone to find out what kind of people they are. Are they dishonest businessmen?"

"People will tell you!" Huang's mother sighed and said to them.

"Mother, if you say that, you won't be able to accomplish anything. You're afraid of wolves in front and tigers behind." Huang Bochang looked at her with a distressed face when he heard her.

"It's just to prepare you mentally. It's not as good as you think." Huang's mother reminded them, "Don't just think about the good, think about the worst, and lose everything."

"Then you won't lose all your money making tofu." Huang Jichang said with a pout and a bad tone.

"We are a small business and we don't sell on credit." Huang's mother said seriously.

"What about the soybeans being used up?" Huang Jichang asked casually.

"Stupid!" Huang's mother said angrily, "Let the people who buy tofu exchange soybeans for them! That way, there will be an endless supply of soybeans."

"Ah! Why didn't I think of that?" Huang Jichang said to his mother with sparkling eyes.

"What can you think of? All you know is eating." Huang's mother glanced at him and said.

Huang Shuchang's eyes rolled around and he asked, "So what's the good idea for this ceiling business, mother?"

"Yes! Yes!" Huang Jichang also asked cleverly, "What if we do the work and the store owner doesn't pay us?"

"No, I haven't thought about it." Huang's mother said without thinking.

"Mother, you must have a way, just tell me!" Huang Shuchang looked at his mother with a pleading face and begged.

"Can't you think for yourself? You still go out to do business like this." Huang's mother glared at them.

"If it were me! I would definitely block his door..."

"And then he started throwing a tantrum! Like a scoundrel." Huang's mother looked at them unhappily.

"How can I be a woman and beat them up if they don't give me money?" Huang Jichang said, waving his fist.

"You haven't learned anything from your second sister-in-law." Huang's mother leaned forward and patted his forehead, saying, "Harmony brings wealth. Are you fighting with others? You can't do business anymore. If you fight, the government will be alerted! The officials won't arrest you! They are locals. If they bribe them and throw you into jail, what will you do?"

"Then what do you say we should do?" Huang Jichang rubbed his forehead and said in pain.

"How would I know?" Huang's mother sat back and looked at them and said.

"What you said makes sense. I thought you had a solution." Huang Shuchang muttered in a low voice.

"What did you say?" Huang's mother looked at him with a stern face.

"No, I didn't say anything!" Huang Shuchang said pretending to be ignorant.

"How should my sister-in-law solve this problem?" Huang Bochang looked at his sister-in-law and said, "You are the only one in our family who does business. We don't understand the ways here."

"Yes, yes, yes! What should my second sister-in-law do? She meets someone who doesn't pay when buying pork or buying on credit. He says nice things but never pays." Huang Jichang looked at her eagerly and asked.

"To be honest, we've been selling pork for such a long time, but we've never sold it on credit." Shen Hui'e said with some surprise.

"The money and goods have been paid. Is everything so good?" Huang Bochang said to her with his black eyes flashing.

"I'm running a small business, and my neighbors buy pork in small amounts, such as two taels or half a catty." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her bright black eyes and said, "It's just a few copper coins! Rich people in the city buy half a pig, and they even buy on credit if they have money!"

"The richer you are, the more stingy you are. Don't you know that?" Huang Shuchang muttered when he heard this.

"If he's stingy, I won't sell it to him. If I suffer a loss once, I can suffer a second time! Now I won't have any trouble selling this pork." Shen Hui'e said proudly with her chin slightly raised.

"Everyone is rushing to buy it. If you are slow, it will be gone." The big tiger's black eyes curved into crescents.

"But the nature of our business is different. My pig is different from your ceiling. People cheated me of my money, so I just have to bear the loss myself." Shen Hui'e looked at them with clear eyes and said, "You are different. You have a big business. People owe you money, but you owe the farmers money. Over time, no one will do business with you."

"Pah!" Huang's mother clapped her hands and said, "That's what I mean. We should keep it to ourselves, make money or lose money, and not involve other people."

"And the most terrifying thing is that in order to pay the farmers, if you don't have money, you have to borrow." Shen Hui'e looked at them with clear eyes and said, "It's not easy to ask for a loan, and it's even harder to repay a debt of gratitude. After borrowing from relatives and friends, you're afraid of borrowing usury, which is a bottomless pit. Not to mention making money, it will ruin your family."

Huang's mother looked at them with horror and said, "No, no, you are not allowed to borrow money at high interest rates. I'd rather not do this business than borrow money. It's too terrible."

"What else do you want to do?" Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and bottomless eyes.

"Uh..." Huang Bochang pursed his lips and thought for a moment, "There aren't so many unscrupulous businessmen in this world!"

"There is no business without fraud." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her deep and penetrating black eyes.