The Pretty Man I Picked Up [Time Travel]

Chapter 159 The abacus was clacking loudly

After eating and drinking, Mu Feng said goodbye to Xu Haorui and the others.

After he returned, he immediately went to Luo Mingxuan's study room with the oil lamp on and said, "Brother Luo, you should write the contract as soon as possible. Jubaolou offers four cents per pound. The Xu Tang family may come to you to sign the contract tomorrow."

Luo Mingxuan looked up from the book and saw that he poured a cup of tea without any hesitation and sat opposite him. He closed the book in his hand, put it on the desk, and stroked the corner of the book.

"Did you hear this from Brother Xu or Brother Liang?"

"It was Uncle Zhang. He said it after returning from Brother Liang's house. To be honest, anyone in the Xu Tang family who is sane will come to you to sign the contract. Write it quickly. "Okay, I'll write the contract and leave it to you. If they come looking for you tomorrow, you can ask them to press the contract.Fingerprint, I'll take the contract to the county government office the day after tomorrow." Luo Mingxuan said as he ground the ink.

"Well, OK."

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Xu Xingwu told Xu Tangshi and Xu Changsheng everything Luo Mingxuan said, and then stood aside, waiting for his mother and father to make a decision.

Seeing that his wife was hesitant to speak, Xu Changsheng said, "Tomorrow, Xingwu, go find Lord Luo and sell the potatoes."

Xu Xingwu turned to look at his mother, and Xu Tangshi said, "I'll think about it and discuss it with Wen'er later."

Xu Xingwen had just come back from outside, and he felt a little dizzy when he walked. He held onto the door frame, "Mom, what do you want to discuss with me? "
Hearing his voice, Xu Tang's turbid old eyes showed joy. Seeing this, she hurried forward to support him and smelled the smell of alcohol on him, "Wen'er went to drink with his classmates?"
"Well, my classmates invited me, so I had to go, so I went to drink...drank for a while."
Xu Xingwen was helped to a chair by his mother.
Xu Tang turned to her eldest son and said, "Go ask your wife to cook a bowl of sobering soup, and then you can go to eat. The food is warm in the pot for you."
Xu Xingwu nodded, and only Xu Changsheng, Xu Tang and Xu Xingwen were left in the hall.
"I'm not drunk, mother, what did you say you wanted to discuss with me?" Xu Xingwen shook his body and leaned on the back of the chair.
"Then mother let go. "
Xu Tang slowly let go of Xu Xingwen's hand, sat on a stool beside her, and sighed, "Alas, these days, you went to the town to write articles with your classmates. I don't know the situation at home. Our 8,000 kilograms of potatoes have not been sold yet."

Last September, we planted three mu and five mu of potatoes. Now we have harvested nearly 15,000 kilograms. Excluding grain taxes, seed potatoes, and our own use, we can sell 8,000 kilograms.

"Except for the Jubaolou in the town, no other vendors are willing to take it, but Jubaolou is only willing to pay four cents per kilogram. Today, I listened to your second sister and asked your eldest brother to go to Lord Luo. But when he came back, he said that the government offered the same price as rice, and collected it at five cents per kilogram."

Xu Xingwen said vaguely, "Well, then mother will sell it to the government, and it will be a few more taels of silver."

Xu Tang looked at her youngest son, "If we sell the 8,000 kilograms to the government, how much less will our family get than others? "
Xu Xingwen half-closed his eyes and rubbed his fingertips, "Probably... more than twenty taels."
Hearing this, Xu Tangshi looked painful, "More than twenty taels, a full twenty taels less, it can support you to study in a private school for several years."
Xu Changsheng couldn't listen anymore, and knocked the ground with the bamboo water pipe in his hand, "Don't worry about those things you don't have. Can't you see how much silver you can get from selling potatoes! If you don't sell it to the government, who else do you want to sell it to?"
The old woman who can't figure it out!
"You are not the head of the family, so naturally you don't know how useful this silver is to us. Don't worry about it, I have my own plans. "Xu Tang retorted angrily.