"After lunch, while taking a break, Li Shankui took a puff on his pipe and asked, "Xiaoyi, what are your plans for the future?"
"What plans?"
"You're about to get married, you can't just stay at home and do nothing, you have to find something to do!"
Before Li You could answer, Li Na on the side said disdainfully, "What can he do? He's too delicate to do farm work, and he has no connections to get into the factory!" https://www.x81zw.co
Tang Ying subconsciously looked at Li You and found that he was indeed as Li Na said, with fair and delicate skin, white and rosy, and a square face and broad eyebrows, which made him quite good-looking.
If it weren't for the tattered clothes on his body, he would be no worse than the young guys in the city.
But the more this was the case, the sadder Tang Ying felt!
What's the use of looking good? It doesn't even earn a living!
This was a rural area, which child wasn't a strong laborer in the family? Who wasn't so busy with farm work that their hands became soft? Whose skin wasn't as dark as a potato from being exposed to the wind and sun? Whose hands weren't covered with calluses?
In the entire Nianshan Brigade, except for Li You, it was probably difficult to find such delicate skin.
Thinking that she would have to live with such a useless man for the rest of her life, Tang Ying couldn't help but want to shed tears!
If it weren't for some special reasons, she didn't want to return to the city, she really wanted to leave...
"Father, what do you think about me selling Liangpi in the county?" Li You suddenly said.
As soon as the words fell, Li Shankui's face changed and his voice increased sharply, "Are you crazy? This is speculation, and if you're caught, you'll go to jail!"
When Zhang Yuehong heard the word "jail", she also panicked and hurriedly said, "Son, you mustn't act foolishly. If it really doesn't work, we can just farm at home. With me and your father helping, we won't let you and Xiao Yin go hungry!"
Li You immediately said, "It's just a small stall selling Liangpi. How can it be considered speculation?"
Then Li You continued, "Father, I read the newspaper a few days ago. Due to the large number of educated youth returning to the city and being unemployed, in order to solve the livelihood of these people, the state has allowed these educated youth to "set up stalls" on the streets."
"And, it's also been said above that cases of speculation are mainly reviewed and handled by the administrative department for industry and commerce. Only cases that are serious and involve major speculation will be handled by the public security organs. Even if our selling of Liangpi is identified as speculation, at most, it will be confiscated by the administrative department for industry and commerce, and we will definitely not go to jail!"
Li Shankui hesitated for a moment, but still firmly said, "No, you see who dares to do this in the city. Once caught, it will be a typical case!"
"Father, just like my third sister said, I can't stand the hard work in farming and I can't get into the factory. Can you support me for a lifetime?"
Then Li You continued, "Liangpi is definitely a novelty in Qingshan County. It's delicious, not expensive, and the cost is not high.Ten thousand steps back, even if the city really doesn't allow setting up stalls, there won't be much loss, so I want to give it a try!"
Hearing Li You's words, Li Shankui's expression loosened, and after a long silence, he finally said, "Really not speculation?"
"Really not!" Li You said affirmatively.
"Well... then you can try it. If they really don't allow you to sell it, don't sell it!" Li Shankui said.
"Okay, I'll listen to you!"
At this time, Li Na frowned and said, "You really plan to sell this thing? Can you make money?"
"I don't know if I can make money, but I won't lose money!"
Although he said so, Li You knew very well in his heart that at this time, setting up a stall could make money lying down.
The reason was simple. On the one hand, due to policy reasons, no one dared to set up a street stall blatantly, so there were no competitors.
On the other hand, with the development of the economy, people's income has significantly increased.
And with money, consumption will naturally increase, which means there is a market.
There is a market and no competitors. If you still can't make money, then there is really no Tianli.
However, Li You couldn't explain this to his family, otherwise, they would think he was bragging. Let's wait until he makes money and prove it with facts!
"It's good that you don't lose money. Do you need help?" Li Na asked again.
Although she didn't believe that this incompetent younger brother could really make money by selling Liangpi, this was the first time Li You proposed to do a serious business, and she still wanted to help him. Who knows, maybe it would really succeed!
Li You immediately shook his head and said, "No, I can handle this matter!"
"Okay!"
At this time, Tang Ying, who had not said a word, suddenly said, "Uncle, Aunt, I want to go back to the educated youth spot later!"
Li Shankui opened his mouth to say something, but in the end, it could only be changed into an "um"!
He was a little worried that the child would be bullied when she went back. Although it had only been half a day since the incident, the whole brigade was talking about it. When Li Shankui and the others came back from the field, they heard a lot of gossip.
If possible, he really didn't want Tang Ying to go back to the educated youth spot and just stay at his house.
But this was even worse. Before getting married, she had already gone to bed with someone and directly moved into the man's house. It would be even more difficult to hold her head up in the village in the future.
Li You obviously thought of these things too, so he didn't Retain her, but said to his third sister Li Na, "Sister, in the afternoon, you accompany Xiao Yin back. Don't go to work in the fields these few days. If anyone dares to gossip, don't be polite and just resentment them back!"
Li Na was also a little worried about Tang Ying's state, and immediately nodded and said, "Okay!"
Tang Ying was a little touched when she heard this.
Although this guy was a bit muddleheaded, he wasn't completely useless. At least he was responsible and could cook, and he cared about her.
If he had a Orthodox business, this life could still be Make do with it!
For a moment, she couldn't help but be lost in thought!
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After eating, Li Shankui and his wife only rested for less than half an hour before going to work in the fields under the hot sun, but they left the mule cart behind because Li You needed it.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, Li You drove the mule cart to send Tang Ying and Li Na back to the educated youth spot in the village committee compound.
After that, he drove the mule cart to the back mountain.
Since he was going to set up a stall to sell Liangpi, he had to prepare some things.
The ingredients were available at home, but what was missing now were bowls and chopsticks.
In the later generations, Liangpi was sold in plastic bags, but there was nowhere for him to get these things now.
At first, Li You planned to use bowls, but looking at the big bowls with Gap everywhere at home, Li You could only shake his head Helplessness ly.
He wanted to buy some bowls, but he didn't even have a penny on him now, and the price of new bowls wasn't cheap. What's more, Li You needed quite a lot, so this idea just flashed through his mind.
After thinking about it, Li You finally thought of using bamboo tubes instead of bowls!
Bamboo tubes were indeed a good container, and there were plenty of them everywhere. As long as they were carefully polished, they could completely serve as bowls.
After messing around in the bamboo forest for two hours, Li You came back home with half a cart of thick bamboo.
The next step was the process of making bamboo tubes. He used a saw to cut the bamboo into 12-centimeter-high bamboo tubes, and then polished them with a file until they were smooth and Delicate and delicate inside and out.
This wasn't the end yet. Then Li You found a knife and carved simple patterns on the bamboo tubes.
The whole afternoon, Li You was doing related preparations.
When the sun set, he had already made 50 bamboo tubes and more than 60 pairs of bamboo chopsticks, and filtered out more than ten catties of flour and fried a small basin of chili oil.
After some preparations, Li You's business of selling Liangpi was ready, only the east wind was missing!"