Big businessman and little fisherman

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The astonishment in Lu Quan's heart could no longer be concealed.

He stammered and asked, "Then... he... have they all learned it?"

I have learned it all, who will buy their eel cages.

"Not everyone can weave eel cages, and not every family has bamboo forests. Besides, we can sell other things instead of eel cages."

Lu Yange casually stuffed a small piece of biscuit into his mouth, and chewed it bit by bit. The sesame biscuit was really delicious, and her father felt sorry for buying it for three pennies.

As for Lu Quan, looking at the biscuits in Xiaosi's arms was no longer as distressing as before.

In the past, the biscuits cost 3 Wen and 3 Yuan, but now they have risen to [-] Wen and [-] Yuan. There are seven people in the family, except Xiao Wu, and Lu Quan spent [-] Wen for one sesame seed cake.

Eighteen cents, in the past, it was only this amount for him to carry a day's work at the pier.

Now, he feels even more distressed that the craftsmanship he acquired will be given away by this prodigal little four!

Then I don't know how many eighteen Wen coins were lost.

Lu Quan coughed lightly, convincing Xiaosi and himself: "Xiaosi, do you know how rare it is to have a handicraft in Jufan's family? As long as we cover this eel cage for one more day, we can get more Earn a lot of money. Even if your uncles learn it in the future, they will do the same as us, try to keep this craft tightly, so that it will not be easy for people to spy on. If we teach others, why will we need our money in the future? earn!"

"Father, don't worry. As long as we can rely on this eel cage to earn the first pot of gold, we can do anything in the future. Only when we have money can we do whatever we want."

Isn't she working so hard for herself to eat and drink well, and live a good life!
You can’t just eat every biscuit like you are now, and you can’t bear to eat it in one big bite!

Lu Quan shut up and didn't say a word. How could he rest assured? He was very worried now.

If everything was as easy as Xiaosi said, he and those brothers in Yemao wouldn't be so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat.

Seeing that Lu Quan was still unwilling, Lu Yange continued to persuade: "Father, think about it the other way around. If Uncle Li or Uncle Zhang knew how to make eel cages, and they were willing to teach you, what would you think?"

No matter what you think, of course you are grateful to Dade, and you can't wait to confess to the other party.

"Father, if you think about it again, they will learn it anyway sooner or later. It's you who guarded against it and let them learn it secretly in the end. Or should you teach them generously and let them accept your favor by the way?"

Of course Lu Quan knew that it was good to teach them generously and let them bear the favor, but he was still a little unwilling.

"I can't..." Lu Quan hesitated and sighed, "Forget it, you're right."

He doesn't teach these brothers in the wild pier, as long as they can get the eel cage, they can learn it. It's only a matter of time before they want to learn it.

Instead of hiding and letting your eel cages be targeted, it is better to teach them to make money together.

Back on the boat, Lu Quan talked to Qiu Shi privately about Lu Yange's suggestion.

Qiu Shi listened to Lu Quan's stuttering words, only pondered for a moment, and then figured out the key point.She is a woman who is more straightforward than Lu Quan: "Teaching is fine. After I learn the long fish dishes that Xiaosi said, I will talk to the shopkeeper Li about the price before teaching."

If shopkeeper Li is willing to accept the long fish dish that Xiaosi said, in the future, Lai Fushun will demand a lot of long fish.

As long as Lai Fushun's long fish dishes can be prepared, a large amount of long fish is bound to be needed.

At that time, they will not have to worry about the sale of long fish, and they will not worry about no one buying eel cages.

However, the premise of all this is whether the long fish dishes made by the Qiu family can pass the test of shopkeeper Li.

The next day, Lu Quange kept the two buckets of long fish that Lu Quan brought back, and kept them in Qingshui, while Qiu Shi and Lu Xiaoqing devoted themselves to practicing knife skills at home.

For three days in a row, the mother and daughter practiced four dishes: soy tiger tail, fried butterfly slices, eel casserole, and long shredded fish.

In the past few days, except for the long fish left on the first day, the rest of the long fish were sold to Lai Fushun for more than five taels of silver.

Today is the fourth day when Qiu's mother and daughter learned how to make a long fish banquet. Lu Quan packed up the long fish he had harvested, glanced at Qiu who was a little nervous, and comforted her: "You and Xiaoqing have practiced for a few days, and Xiao Si It is said that the long shredded fish you make is as thin as hair and tastes very delicious, what else do you have to worry about?"

Qiu gave Lu Quan an annoyed look, and brushed back the hair on his temples, saying that he didn't feel comforted.

Two buckets of long fish, she has been very careful in training these few days, and she bleeds even more when eating.

I always feel that what I eat is not long fish, but her meat.

Every bite has the taste of copper coins!
Qiu looked at Lu Yange, who was doing nothing, and said, "Xiao Si, can you go to Lai Fushun with your mother to see if it's okay?"

"Okay!" Lu Yange agreed.

Qiu Shi was still a little worried: "Why don't you practice two more dishes, mother? Didn't you say that you want to gather eight long fish dishes for Lai Fushun..."

Still practicing?

How many long fish will be used and how much money will it cost?
Lu Xiaoli's complexion hasn't changed yet, and Lu Yange has already refused to agree, "Mother, no matter how hard you practice, you won't go to Lai Fushun to be a chef. These four dishes are enough. I also told you the process of making the other four. When the time comes, you can teach Lai Fushun's chef as I said. If you practice again, you will have to spend a lot of time."

Qiu didn't refute the previous words, but Qiu took the last sentence seriously.

The more dishes she practiced, the more long fish she spent. Although they were all eaten by her family in the end, she couldn't bear it!

"Then, then I won't practice. If Shopkeeper Li must do it herself..."

Lu Yange raised his chin slightly: "Mother just said, I'm tired, I'll do it after a two-day break, and it won't be too late to practice again when I come back."

She didn't believe that Shopkeeper Li would be such a pedantic person.

You know, since shopkeeper Li bought [-] copper coins of Zongye from her last time, she can clearly inquire about shopkeeper Li's personality and character.

If it was someone with bad character, she wouldn't be too troublesome, and would teach Lai Fushun's chef how to make a long fish feast.

Some money, even if it is easy to earn, she dare not reach out to take it easily.

"What long fish dish, long fish feast?"

Shopkeeper Li looked at the weather-stained woman in plain clothes, and couldn't believe what he heard.

The woman from the country came to deliver the long fish, saying that she belonged to Lu's family.

Lu Quan sent a lot of long fish to the store these days, all of which were hand-checked by the shopkeeper Li, so he naturally knew each other.

Looking at the woman in front of her, the barrels she brought were indeed the two wooden barrels that Lu Quan picked up every day, and even the shoulder pole that was a little cracked and wrapped several times with straw ropes was also the one used by Lu Quanchang.

However, he did not understand what the woman said.

What does she mean?
"Do you mean to say that you have a recipe for making long fish and you want to sell it to me?"

"No... not..."

Qiu's face was flushed, and she tried her best to express herself clearly, but because of her embarrassment, she couldn't even say what she had practiced at home several times.

(End of this chapter)