Peasant girl farming: I did beauty in ancient times

Chapter 91 Business
"Didn't you say that Lao Ding won't be full? How about we sell rice? We can make some meat dishes, and the price is a few cents a spoonful. Someone will buy it."

As soon as Lin Yuehua finished speaking, Fang objected: "Big girl, this is not acceptable. Meat is so expensive, and you have to spend firewood, oil and salt. It's not worth it."

Aunt Zhang ran a lo-mei stall. After a little thought, she felt that she could still make money, but it might not be more profitable than her own lo-mei stall. She thought she would not participate.

"Aunt Fang, we can make soup and buy some pork bones and beef bones. It's not expensive, but at least it can make the laborers get a little bit of meat. In addition, we can collect some vegetables from the village and make some stews for sale."

Lin Yuehua went out of the village to see that some low-lying villagers' fields were flooded. This year's harvest is definitely not as good as in previous years. Selling vegetables to them can earn more income.

Lin Yuehua's one-acre pepper field was not affected, thanks to the ditches dug by Zhang Daguan. In addition, her aloe vera and ginger were planted on slopes and were not flooded.

Seeing Fang counting with his fingers, Lin Yuehua smiled as if worried about making money.

"Big girl, I'm idle anyway, so I'll partner with you to do it." It's okay if Fang can't figure it out, she feels that she will definitely not lose money by following the big girl.

Lin Yuehua said: "That's OK, but we have to find out where Lao Ding is serving corvee. If it's too far away, the business may not be possible."

"Leave it on me, I'll go and find out right away." Fang said cheerfully, and ran away in a hurry.

"Big girl, I won't participate in this business. I'll go to set up a lo mei stall. I'm here today to see you."

Aunt Zhang looked into the room, then leaned close to Lin Yuehua and whispered in Lin Yuehua's ear: "Then the grandparents and grandchildren of the Zhao family still live in your house? Girl, it's not that your aunt is talking about you. You can't be too kind. Gossip and spittle in this village are all the same. Can drown people."

Lin Yuehua raised her eyebrows: "Auntie, what gossip is going on in the village?"

Aunt Zhang lowered her voice and said: "Big girl, you have reached the age to talk about marriage, and you don't have any elders in your family. You are lonely and widowed. Anyway, it's not good. After a long time, gossip will come."

Lin Yuehua really didn't think about it that much, and felt that what Aunt Zhang said was reasonable: "Auntie, please remind me, I will pay attention, but Grandpa Zhao is very sick now, and it is difficult to move now."

Aunt Zhang sighed: "Then Mr. Zhao's health is indeed too poor. In fact, it is quite pitiful for the boy of the Zhao family to have no father or mother. How about letting Zhao boy live in my house? Or let Zhao boy live in my house?"

"We'll leave when my grandfather is well."

Aunt Zhang was startled by Zhao Yunting's utterance. I don't know when he appeared, but after hearing so much, Aunt Zhang looked very embarrassed.

Also embarrassed was Lin Yuehua, feeling like she was being caught behind her back, she forced herself to smile at Zhao Yunting: "Brother Zhao, are you going out?"

"Yeah." Zhao Yunting nodded, and strode away.

After sending Aunt Zhang away, Lin Yuehua thought about it and decided that she still needed to buy a carriage. The carriage was too expensive and there was no money left, so she could just buy an ox cart or a donkey cart.

Lin Yuehua found Zhang Sanlang and Zhang Liulang, and talked about going to sell food.

Zhang Liulang was very happy: "Big girl, I'm going. Our brothers are serving corvee in turns. This year is my second brother. I just happen to be able to visit him."

Lin Yuehua's first choice was Zhang Sanlang, and he asked him to cook, so he asked, "Brother Zhang, would you like to go? You go to cook, and you set up a pot near the corvee, and cook it now."

As soon as he heard that he could cook, Zhang Sanlang immediately agreed.

"Big girl, what about me?" Zhang Liulang was so anxious that he wanted to see his second brother.

Lin Yuehua thought about it, the workshop is not busy now, Zhang Liulang can go chop firewood for a start: "Then you go too, but you have to go to town with me today, I want to buy a bullock cart."

Zhang Liulang was shocked: "Big girl, you are really good! A cow is quite expensive. I will ask my elder brother to go with me. My elder brother is the best at picking."

Lin Yuehua learned from Zhang Dalang that a cow is about five or six taels, and if she bought a cow or not, she slaughtered it at will, and it was registered by the yamen. She went to the town to see both the cow and the donkey.

In the end, I bought a donkey. As for the carriage, I had to ask a carpenter to order it. However, Zhang Liulang had a cart at home and borrowed it for temporary use.

When Lin Yuehua bought a donkey and returned to the village, the villagers watched the excitement again, spreading the word to ten and ten to hundreds. Now the village is saying that the big girl has made money, and many people come to apply for work in the workshop again, but Lin Yuehua has no shortage of people. Neither.

The people who were reluctant to come when Lin Yuehua recruited workers at the beginning are now full of regrets.

"Oh, good guy, you really bought a donkey, big girl." Fang rushed over as soon as she heard the news.

"Aunt Fang, what's the news you inquired about? With the donkey cart, we can sell food, isn't it convenient to pull things?" Lin Yuehua took the donkey to the yard on the other side of the workshop to raise it.

"Big girl, you are not afraid that the business will fail, so you bought the donkey first. I found out that our Linjia Village and the neighboring Liujia Village are all allocated to the downstream river of Linshui Town, which is half an hour away from our village." Fang What Shi said is the distance with a car, and it is estimated that it will be more than walking by foot.

"That line is not very far away, Aunt Fang, how about four or six cents of the money I will make with you? I will pay two people, you four and me six."

Lin Yuehua planned to give half of the silver she got to the Zhang family. Although the Zhang family brothers worked for her and she paid her wages, the cooking utensils, pots and pots were all provided by the Zhang family.

Fang felt that she was not bad at all, so she offered someone, donkey carts, cooking utensils, she didn't have to worry about it, so she naturally agreed.

"Big girl, I'll collect the vegetables from the villagers." Fang also took the initiative to take on a job.

Lin Yuehua called the two brothers of the Zhang family, and the four of them discussed the division of labor, and then they split up. Zhang Sanlang was responsible for buying bone meat and other meat dishes and cooking, Zhang Liulang was in charge of driving the car and chopping firewood, and Fang was in charge of collecting vegetables and cooking. Lay hands and sell meals.

On the first day, Lin Yuehua went to the corvee office in the river course, and she planned not to go after Zhang Sanlang and the others got things done.

When he arrived at the place, Zhang Sanlang picked up stones and built two simple stoves, then propped up the big pot and the big earthen pot for making soup, and Zhang Liulang went to the stream to fetch water.

"What are you doing?" An official saw the movement and ran up to question.

Fang said with a smile on her face, "Master, isn't my guy serving here? I cook and boil some water so he can have a warm drink."

The officer recalled it, and stared: "You came here to cook?"

Fang didn't panic, and responded freely: "Don't worry, the official, we are not causing trouble. We are going to make broth. When the broth is ready, you can come and drink a big bowl."

The officer also saw Zhang Sanlang chopping a large bone on a wooden board with a large piece of meat attached to it, and he swallowed his saliva as he thought of the hot broth.

(End of this chapter)