A Husband Who Traveled Through the Famine and Developed a Chronicle

One by one, one by one, we need to take our time.

There is no hurry.

The women and girls in the village were quick with their hands and feet, and dozens of people planted [-] acres of land, which was quickly finished.

However, due to the short time, the girls were unable to repay the money for the fabrics.

After a detailed count, there were 63 people in total, including women and children. Not all of them came from each family, because they had to work in their own fields.

There were 32 children and 31 adults. After four days of farming, they received 12 taels and 4 cents plus 256 cents. Those children still owed Bai Xia 1 tael and 376 cents. Jin Xi made a special account book and checked with them. pass.

Speaking of wages, if Bai Xia hadn't returned to town, recycled 1500 kilograms of grain, and collected 15 taels of silver, she wouldn't have been able to pay them.

In addition to planting radish seedlings, the wages for the chicken coop were also paid. Seven people were hired, and the wages were still ten cents a day. After four full days, another 7 cents were spent, which was enough to repair the chicken coop and buy building materials. Li Xiuyuan gave it to Yu Dahai, but I guessed that Yu Dahai didn't have much money at all.

As soon as the wages were paid, Bai Xia only had more than 3 taels of silver left in his hand.

The chicken coop has not been completely built yet, and the workers will still have to be paid later, and after it is built, the chickens will have to be raised.

In addition, all the food and drinks for the chicks cost money.

She is so poor.

Bai Xia seemed to have returned to the feeling of not having a penny.

That night, I couldn't sleep well. The next day, the salesman came into the village, carrying miscellaneous things and shouting in the village for a whole day, and only sold a dozen or so things here and there.

Looking at the 56 copper coins handed over by Yu Dahai in the palm of his hand, Bai Xia fell silent.

“It seems that if you want to make money, you still have to sell food.”

If she didn't have enough capital and didn't want to attract other people's attention, she would have wanted to rent a storefront in Qingyang County to sell grain.

Now, the pigs have just been raised and the land has just been planted.

We don’t dare to sell the grain at once.

I took a look at the grains in the transformation pool. In addition to the coarse grains currently on sale, there is also polished rice. However, the price of polished rice is twice as expensive as that of coarse grains. Ordinary grains are worth ten cents per catty, while polished rice is worth twenty cents. , grown with upgraded land and food, it also tastes better.

The weather is getting colder. After the chicken coop is built, you can first buy an egg-laying hen, lay a dozen or twenty eggs, and then hatch them, which can save money on buying chicks.

Hmm... I also have to buy a rooster.

Otherwise, the chicks won’t be hatched.

For this job, you still have to find the village chief’s wife.

Two days later, the chicken coop was completed. I paid 140 cash and went out. I also asked the village chief's wife to help buy an old hen and a rooster for laying eggs, which cost 700 cash.

The chickens were put into the chicken coop that same day.

There is no need to invite anyone. After Yun Shu finishes his work every day, he goes to catch insects for the chickens.

When the chicken was caught, the eggs that day had already been laid at the original owner's house, so Bai Xia couldn't see the eggs.

"I'll feed you"

Yun Shu had prepared chicken food and was about to feed the chickens when Bai Xia took it.

She put the plate into the chicken coop and looked at the two chickens, a male and a female, eagerly.

"Good boy, eat quickly, you'll be able to lay eggs when you're full."

The two chickens couldn't understand human speech. When they saw something delicious, they immediately ran over, flapping their wings and pecking at the chicken food quickly.

In order for the chickens to lay eggs well, Bai Xia feeds them pure rice bran mixed with water.

Early the next morning, Bai Xia went to the chicken coop. She was a little disappointed that the chickens didn't lay eggs because of the change of environment.

On the third day, there was no egg.

On the fourth day, there were no eggs either.You won’t buy fake chickens, right?Could it be that the chickens they sold her were chickens that didn't lay eggs?

Bai Xia had self-doubt.

She squatted outside the chicken coop, staring at the two chickens inside with burning eyes. The two chickens became restless and made cooing sounds.

"Miss, miss, look"

At this moment, Yun Shu caught the bug feeding the chickens and ran in jumping.

She put the worms into the chicken plate, raised the things in her hands, and showed them to Bai Xia.

"Does this look like a grasshopper to you?"

Bai Xia's eyes lit up, he took it over and used the transformation pool to make an estimate. It was worth three cents.

It seemed like I was back to the time when I was collecting straw sandals.

"Where did you get this from?"

"Sanwazi gave it to me. He wanted me to ask Uncle Hai if this thing can be sold?"

"Of course," Bai Xia replied.

Yun Shu tilted her head, a little strange. She hadn't asked Uncle Hai yet. How did the lady know that it could be sold?

"Come on, Yun Shu, listen to me. Tell Sanwazi and the others that if each one can be made like this, we will charge one penny for each one."

I don’t know if the transformation pool regards this thing as a handicraft, but the recycling price is actually the same as straw sandals.

This thing is only a little bigger than your fingers and can be knitted very quickly, unlike straw sandals, which take more time to waste.

If all the children in the village make up this, how can one person make up more than ten? After all, as long as she recycles it, she can earn at least several hundred pennies a day, which is enough to support the daily expenses of raising chickens and pigs. .

If they made up more, she could even earn more.

Moreover, this thing is small and does not take up any space. Even if she puts it all into the transformation pool, the villagers will not suspect it.

"I'll leave this task to you. You go and tell Sanwazi and the others to let them make it up and make it look good. Besides this thing, if they can make up other stuff, they can bring it to me to see the price. If it can be sold, we will also accept it.”

Suddenly being entrusted with an important task, Yun Shu's heart boiled with excitement and he said with red cheeks: "Then I'll go tell him."

After saying that, she ran out without waiting for Bai Xia to answer.

Looking at her back, Bai Xia shook his head, turned around and glanced at the hen behind him that was still not laying eggs, and couldn't help but feel a toothache.

Forget it, if that doesn't work, just wait until she raises enough money to buy more chickens.

When I went back to the house, I passed by the pigsty. There was a large dam built next to the pigsty. At the moment, a large area of ​​black pig feces was lying on the dam. You could smell the stench from a long distance away.

Sister-in-law Chunhua was there, drying the wood with branches.

It looks like this batch of pig manure is almost drying out.

"You must put it in a bag and seal it before putting it in the transformation pool." Otherwise, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to stand the smell.

She covered her nose and left here quickly.

September has passed, and the weather has become colder day by day. In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed by in a hurry.

The radish seedlings that were planted all survived and grew a lot in half a month. During this half month, the children of Sanwazi were able to make up a dozen grasshoppers and send them to Bai Xia every day. Come on, they are all young, some are only four or five years old. Some children can weave twelve, and some can weave four or five. In half a month, Bai Xia collected 840 grasshoppers and earned 1 tael, 680 wen. money.

Several children earned their own clothes with their own hands.

Now those children were all dressed in linen clothes.

And Bai Xia finally received the money from everyone's grain sales. He counted the money and sold 1523 kilograms of grain in half a month, covering more than a dozen surrounding villages.

After receiving the 45 taels of 690 silver handed over by Yu Dahai, Bai Xia finally had 50 taels of silver in the transformation pool. (End of chapter)