Chapter 914 (2/2)
”Don't worry. Not to mention a dozen people, 30 people can fit in. ”
”Can you hold so many people?”
”A widened and lengthened carriage, especially for carrying goods. In order to facilitate our refugees, they have taken them out specially to carry people. ””A person only has more than 100 Wen. Is it not a loss of money for such a long distance?” Cao Xu asked curiously.
Cao Dalang shook his head. ”It's said that it's beneficial to the people. He only collects a little grass money.”
”The court has been very generous to our refugees these years.” Cao Xu's heart was filled with emotion.
Mr. Cao, smoking a dry cigarette, nodded and said, ”today's court is much better than that of earlier years. Old lady, do you remember that the year when we got married was also a war. The court is not so kind as it is now. Grain was collected by the government, and there was no grain left in the family. It's lucky that you have two pancakes hidden in your body that we survived. ”
”Who said no! Now the court is really thinking about the common people. ”
Cao Xushi said and laughed, ”I didn't expect that my old lady will be able to eat a bowl of rice from the imperial court after living for decades.”
Both husband and wife laughed.
Cao Dalang said weakly, ”or stay in the capital? The capital city is much better than Xihe County, both in workmanship and in business. ”
”Fart!” ”If you live in Xihe County, you must go back to Xihe county. If people don't go back, who will take care of the land at home? Who is in charge of the oil extraction workshop? Don't think about what you have. Don't worry about going back to farming. Land is our foundation. If you stay in the capital, you have no house or land. People are like duckweeds. If you die, you can only bury them in a mass grave. You can't enter the ancestral graves. ”
Cao Xu echoed, ”boss, your father is right. Xihe county is our root. You can't think of something you shouldn't have. ”
Cao Dalang's daughter-in-law stealthily tugs at Cao Dalang's sleeve and signals him to stop talking.
”I'll just talk about it. I didn't say that I couldn't go back to Xihe county. I just wanted to have more opportunities in the capital and make some money to go back. ”
”Dream! You don't want to stay in the capital unless I die. ” A word from master Cao blocked Cao Dalang's careful thinking.
The couple went back to the next room.
Cao Dalang's daughter-in-law complained: ”what do you do to keep it in the capital city?”
”I don't just want to try out.” Cao Dalang was wronged.
Cao Dalang's wife snorted, ”it's not now to stay in the capital. I've been away from home for so many years. Anyway, I have to go back and have a look. Next year, we will find another opportunity to come to Beijing. While I'm at home, I'll do more embroidery, and then I'll sell it in the capital. The price is at least twice as much as that in Xihe county. ”
”So much?” Cao Dalang was surprised.
Cao Dalang's daughter-in-law nodded heavily, ”I specially bought silk thread, which is not available in Xihe county. Don't tell your mother-in-law about this. If she knows, she should give my silk thread to the elder sister and the younger sister
Cao Dalang hit ha ha and didn't answer. The elder sister and younger sister in the daughter-in-law's mouth are all his own sisters. What can he do for a woman who is partial to her daughter.
”What can I do?” he asked
Cao Dalang's daughter-in-law gave him a look and said, ”honestly squeeze oil. You don't mean that tea seed oil is expensive here in Beijing. You can squeeze more tea seed oil and take it to the capital for sale
”It's a way. Don't forget that we also have shares in universal transportation, and we can get dividends every year. ”
Speaking of this, Cao Dalang's daughter-in-law is beaming with joy.
At the beginning, I put all my savings out to buy shares of universal transportation. I was right.
Unfortunately, there are only three shares.
If there were thirty strands, she would wake up laughing.
Then she sighed, ”it's a pity that Dabao can't stay in Beijing to study. It's said that primary schools in Xinmin county should not be repaired in bundles. Even pen, ink, paper and inkstone are free. There is no free school for Dabao in Xihe county. ”
”So I said we should stay in Beijing, and we also bought a suite in Xinmin county. We live downstairs and we rent upstairs. ”
Cao Dalang's daughter-in-law gave him a white eye, ”where's the money? Where does the money come from? Can you persuade father and mother? ”
Cao Dalang looked depressed. ”Just, just, I'll try to come to the capital next year.”
I have to go back this year anyway.
There was no one in my family for several years. I didn't know what the house looked like.
Early the next morning, a dozen members of the Cao family, carrying large bags and small bags, found the No. 235 carriage along the official road.
”All large luggage should be put on the roof, and it is not allowed to take up space in the car.”
”What if the roof falls off?”
”No. If you really want to fall down, the people sitting at the door of the car will certainly see it. ”
The door of the carriage was open at the back. If the luggage falls, it can be seen.
”Can the roof hold so much luggage?”
”With a hundred hearts, iron bars are welded on the roof and boards are built to ensure that nothing will happen. We went back and forth to pull people and goods for hundreds of times, and we never had any problems. ”
”Where did you go before?”
”The frontier, even the prairie.”
”To Xihe County, you have to walk for about ten days. Can you make money with such a small fare? ”
”We can't walk for more than ten days. We can get there in seven or eight days. If the road is paved with cement, it can be faster. I'll tell you the truth about the fare you gave me. I don't even have enough money for fodder, let alone the wages of our coachman. ””Would you like to take us back to Xihe county?”
”The court has subsidies, and the car companies can't lose.”
”This year, the court was generous enough to organize a car company to send our refugees home.”
”It is said that the imperial court made a lot of money last year and had a little spare money on hand, so it was willing to take out money to benefit the people.”
”Where does the court make money? Tell me about you and us. ”
”It seems that 100000 cattle, sheep, horses and tens of thousands of captives have been captured for money.”
”A hundred thousand cattle, sheep and horses. How much does that cost?”
”There must be millions of taels.”
”How can a prisoner exchange money? Don't they say that prisoners waste food
”You're talking about the old almanac. Now the captives are valuable. The border troops are not willing to cut off their heads, they are more willing to capture the living ones. ”
”Talk, talk, what's going on?”
”When you go back to Xihe county and see it with your own eyes, you will understand. Now I'm telling you, you don't understand. ”