Chapter 2021 Gratitude

Gu Jinli nodded: "Yes, a bag of clay costs thirty cents. Why, do you think the price is low?"

I was so excited to come to Sanzhuang that I was still in a daze.

Niu Sijin pushed him, leaned close to his ear, and shouted loudly: "Why are you stunned? Sister-in-law Qin asked you if you think the price of thirty cents for a bag of clay is too low? If it is, just say something." Sister-in-law Qin is rich!"

With a snap, Mrs. Kuang slapped Niu Sijin again and said angrily: "You stinky brat, what are you talking about? No matter how rich your sister-in-law Qin is, she can't be taken advantage of."

Niu Sijin: "Mom, I just repeated what sister-in-law Qin said, so why am I spoiling it?"

Like his three brothers, he admires Brother Qin the most. No matter how good his relationship is with the Lai family, there is no way he can cheat the Qin family.

Seeing that they were making such a fuss, Gu Jinli smiled and said, "I just asked a question, and I didn't kill anyone. Look, I made you nervous."

He looked at Lai Sanzhuang and asked again: "Thirty cents for a bag of clay. Do you think this price is low? But you want a higher price?"

"Don't think about it!" Lai Sanzhuang was finally brought back to his senses by the fuss, and he hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Thirty coins for a sack of clay is already a high price, twice as high as what mother said... Such a high price, Mrs. Qin Will it be a loss? You can't lose money, my mother said, if you don't make money, we can't sell it no matter how much clay we have."

Gu Jinli nodded: "Your mother is right."

Mrs. Lai can say such things, which shows that she is a good person, not greedy, and knows the principle of long-lasting water.

Then he said: "I will not lose money. If your family thinks the price is right, we will sign the contract now, and your Dajiwei will supply us with clay in the future."

After saying that, I looked around at Lai Sanzhuang and saw that he was at most twelve or thirteen years old. I was afraid that he would not be able to become a family man, so he asked, "Can you sign a deed with me on behalf of your family?"

"You can sign if you can!" Lai Sanzhuang said, untying a cloth bag from his waist, taking out a stack of cloth from it, opening it layer by layer, and finally revealing a small bag sewn from leather.

After opening the small leather bag, he took out six pieces of white paper and handed it to Gu Jinli: "These papers have my mother's fingerprints and signature. Mrs. Qin can just use these papers to write the deed."

Afraid that Gu Jinli wouldn't believe it, he reiterated: "The handprints and signatures on it are my mother's, and I'm not lying."

Gu Jinli: "..."

Your family is quite well prepared.

She took six pieces of paper, and on each piece of paper was crookedly written "Lai Pingshi, the wife of Qianhu Lai Mingwang, the Great Thorn Guard", and there was a slap mark on it with five whorls visible.

It's really... the paper must be big enough, otherwise if the palm print takes up the space, I might not have enough space to write the deed.

When I came to Sanzhuang, I saw Gu Jinli was speechless. He was very scared and asked with red eyes: "...Mrs. Qin, can these papers be used to sign the deed? Yes, if not, I will go back and call my mother right away!"

Gu Jinli smiled, looked at him and said, "I can sign, but I have to add your signature and fingerprint, okay?"

Although Laijia was very sincere, she had never met Mrs. Lai and could not be sure whether the fingerprints on the six pieces of paper belonged to Mrs. Lai, so she had to add Lai Sanzhuang's signature and fingerprints to be safer.

After coming to Sanzhuang to listen, the panic on his face disappeared, he showed a big smile, nodded and said: "Okay!"

Hahaha, his family can finally help the family members of the guardhouse earn money, which is great.

Then he solemnly thanked Mr. Kuang: "Thank you Aunt Niu."

If it weren't for Aunt Niu's help, his family wouldn't be able to do this business.

Kuang said: "Thank you, this business can be done because you, Dajiwei, have good clay."

But Lai Sanzhuang was still very grateful and almost cried... They thought that after their father became a member of a thousand households, their family would be able to live a good life. However, they did not expect that their father's military salary and supplies could not support so many relatives at all. Thorn Guard is extremely poor, and many relatives have opinions.

If it weren't for his mother's fierceness and ability to suppress him, Wei would have been brought into trouble by his relatives.

Gu Jinli felt a little sad when he saw him like this. Seeing that he was about the same age as Si Jin, but much thinner than Si Jin, he said: "It's getting late. Let's go to the guardhouse for dinner first, and then sign the deed after eating."

I was very embarrassed to come to Sanzhuang, so I hurriedly said: "No, Mrs. Qin, I'm not hungry... Can we sign the deed first?"

Without signing the deed, he felt uneasy and always felt that the deal would fail.

Moreover, my mother told me that when you go to other people's guardhouses, you can't be greedy, you have to hold back your stomach. If you eat too much, you will be disliked by others.

"Okay, let's go into the guardhouse and sign the contract right now." Seeing that he was really worried, Gu Jinli and Kuang took him to a tent behind the gate of the guardhouse. After sitting down, they started writing the deed.

After finishing writing, I read it to him and handed him the two deeds: "Look... do you know how to read?"

"...get to know each other a little bit." He felt ashamed when he came to Sanzhuang. When he went back, he would make sure his brothers learned to read carefully, otherwise they would be laughed at when they went out to socialize.

He looked at the two deeds carefully, but he could still only understand half of them, but the most important thing was thirty cents for a sack of clay, and that was enough.

And his family believes in Aunt Niu.

"No problem." Lai Sanzhuang said, picked up the pen, carefully wrote his name on it, put his fingerprint on it, and handed one of the deeds to Gu Jinli: "Mrs. Qin's."

Gu Jinli took it, looked at it, nodded and said, "It's done. From now on, you, the Great Thorn Guard, will provide us with clay. As long as the quality is good, we will accept whatever quantity you bring."

He added: "There is also firewood. We need a lot of firewood to burn green bricks. If you, the Great Thorn Guard, send you firewood, we will also accept it. A load of firewood will cost you twelve cents."

Firewood is a must-buy. Even if you don't run out of fired green bricks, you can still save them for use. In short, you won't lose money if you buy them.

After coming to Sanzhuang to listen, he stood up excitedly: "Do you want firewood too? Twelve cents per load of firewood, isn't it too high? I only sell it for eight cents per load back home."

Sijin was right, Mrs. Qin was very generous, but if she was too generous, would she lose money and make the brick kiln unable to operate?

Gu Jinli was a little helpless. Why do you all think I will lose money? Could it be that the words "You will lose money in business" are engraved on my forehead?

"It's a long way. You have to run for a day to get to Changliangwei. Twelve cents per load of firewood is just right. The firewood Aunt Niu and the others sent is also the same price." Gu Jinli said silently in his heart, so don't think that I will lose money anymore. , otherwise I will reduce the price for you on the spot.

I am very happy to come to Sanzhuang: "Thank you, Mrs. Qin."

Then he asked: "Do you want to sign the deed?"

Gu Jinli shook his head: "No, you can just bring it. As long as the firewood is enough to burn, we will take it. If you dare to fool us, then there is no need to do all the business."

Lai Sanzhuang said hurriedly: "No, no, no, we don't do bad things like that to fool people."

Gu Jinli nodded: "Well, you put the deed away and go have something to eat with Si Jin."

"Thank you sister-in-law." After Niu Sijin thanked Gu Jinli, he pulled Lai Sanzhuang and ran away: "Let's go eat. The food at Sister-in-law Qin's house is delicious, and Sister-in-law Qin is generous. We will definitely be able to eat it later. To the eggs!”

Niu Sijin was right. Aunt Xiong actually brought them a plate of eggs and said there would be meat rice for them to eat in the evening.

Lai Sanzhuang was shocked. His family had only eaten meat once on New Year's Eve, but Chang Liang Wei actually used meat dishes to entertain guests, who were still young and unimportant guests like them.

Really, so rich.