A Husband Who Traveled Through the Famine and Developed a Chronicle

50 taels is already a lot for ordinary people, but for Bai Xia, it is just a drop in the bucket. After all, there is a gold-swallowing beast that needs 20 to buy a mountain!
Hold on, it's not a big deal.

Bai Xia comforted herself and looked at the weather outside. However, around five o'clock in the afternoon, the sky had already darkened. Compared with the previous days, it was getting dark earlier and earlier, which also meant that winter was coming.

In recent days, people in the village have come out more and more frequently, and the work in the fields has become almost busy.

Everyone got up early in the morning and went up the mountain. When they went down the mountain, they all carried dry firewood on their backs. This was to prepare for the cat winter.

"Uncle Hai, take this money to the town to buy some cotton. If there isn't any in the town, go to the county."

"Also, brother Yuan, how are the textile machines prepared?"

Yu Dahai has not been idle in the past ten days, because he knows that Bai Xia does not have enough money in his hand, so he has to count the sales of grain almost every day or two so that he can collect the money.

I am also afraid that if I put too much money, the people below will become greedy.

So I finally came back to rest for a while.

He didn't ask Bai Xia why he bought the cotton. He took the money first and then replied: "The village owner arranged for someone to deliver it half a month ago. I think it will be delivered in a few days."

"it is good"

"You can let the news about the grain merchants out."

The sales were still in decimals, and I only sold 45 taels in half a month. Compared with this kind of fixed-point sales, I earned too little.

Yu Dahai nodded in agreement and quickly went down to make arrangements.

First, I told the village chief about the grain merchants from the south coming to Qingyang County, and then told him that this time the grain merchants brought a lot of grain, and each person was limited to buying 100 kilograms of grain. After selling this time, they would have to wait. After winter has passed, grain merchants will come again.

Moreover, the grain merchants will stay in Qingyang County for three days this time, and thanks to their lady's relationship, they will stay in the town for one day.

Upon hearing this, the village chief immediately told the news to the villagers.

This time they did not hesitate. When they heard that the grain merchant had brought a lot of grain, they took out their money and counted it again and again.

Thanks to Bai Xia, she spent these days building pig pens and growing radishes. In addition, the villagers made a lot of money by building houses.

Especially if the whole family works for her, they can earn hundreds of cents a day, and after a few days, they can earn half a cent or one tael of silver.

In addition to some savings from daily life, I also have a few taels of silver.

Stock up on food and firewood to survive the winter.

Afraid that the grain merchant would leave early again, this time they prepared the money early and also prepared some things.

Everyone in the village has to buy grain, so they can't just rely on Bai Xia's carriage to pull it, they have to pick it up themselves.

Yu Dahai failed to buy cotton in the town, so he drove a carriage to the county and traveled back and forth for two days before finally buying the cotton.

A lot of cotton, not very good, cotton seeds are mixed in it.

He handed the cotton to Yun Shu and Jin Xi to pick and remove the seeds, while Bai Xia and Yu Dahai arranged to sell the grain.

"when"

"when"

"If you want to buy grain, come to Miss Xia's house. The grain merchant has come to our village. Everyone, please bring some food. Each person is limited to 100 kilograms."

"If you want to buy grain, come to Miss Xia's house. The grain merchant has come to our village. Everyone, please bring some food. Each person is limited to 100 kilograms."

The children's shouts spread throughout the village. The villagers were waiting anxiously, wondering when the grain merchant would arrive in the town. Unexpectedly, they arrived directly in the village, and suddenly rushed outside Bai Xia's house like a swarm of bees.

The door panels were lined up, and six young men stood energetically outside the corner door of Bai Xia's house, which was connected to the backyard, where there were big bags of grain piled up.

"Good guy, when did they bring so much food? Why didn't we hear any movement?"

When the villagers arrived at the scene, they saw that the young men were tall and stern, and they lined up subconsciously.With so much food, I can definitely buy it.

“Hello folks”

A fat figure appeared at the corner door, standing behind the six young men.

"My surname is Shang, everyone calls me Shang Jiu. I am a traveling businessman who comes from the south. I know that life is not easy for everyone, so the food here is still sold at 30 Wen per catty. Every day The purchase limit per person is 100 kilograms. There will definitely be enough food. Everyone, please line up and come one by one."

He said a few simple words and started asking six young men to sell grain.

Bag after bag of grain was carried out of the house, and pieces of silver and copper coins were put into the small basket held by Shang Jiu. The corner door of Bai Xia's house was packed to the brim.

The villagers bought the food and quickly carried it home.

The children were all waiting at home, watching the adults come back with the food, and kept swallowing.

There are only a dozen households in the village, but there are hundreds of people.

When each family was buying grain, the women or children of the family walked out of their homes and walked towards other villages.

In the morning, it was mostly people from Douer Village who were buying grain. Six clerks took the scales and collected money little by little. In the afternoon, the number of people increased instead of decreasing.

Many family members of the daughter-in-law from Douer Village also rushed over.

Holding cloth bags, carrying baskets on their backs, and some carrying baskets, this grain selling operation lasted until midnight.

Under the watch of the villagers, the grain merchant and others left the village pulling several large carts of grain.

It can be seen that their food has not been sold out.

Some impure people from other villages followed the food team, hoping to seize the opportunity to grab some. Unexpectedly, they were knocked unconscious just as they were halfway along.

"Okay, you go back first, I will have these grains delivered to the town."

Bai Xia dropped the stick in his hand and sent Shang Jiu and others away, because when they left, Bai Xia's house had a lot of food piled up. They always thought that Bai Xia had brought another person besides them. He is a group of people who specialize in managing food sources, so he has no doubts.

Several people hugged each other respectfully and soon disappeared into the dark night.

After making sure that everyone was gone, Bai Xia collected the food together with the carts.

Walking on the dew, I returned home.

At home, the basket containing silver was placed in the main room. Jin Xi, Yun Shu and Yu Dahai were all counting the money and recording the amount, with the abacus crackling.

Bai Xia took a look, went to the kitchen to sit for a while, took out the rice from the transformation tank, poured it into the pot, added some water, burned two fires to simmer it, then took some vegetables out to heat, and brought them to the main room. .

"Eat first, and then do the math after you finish eating."

Copper coins need to be worn one by one, so the counting work is very busy.

The reason why the grain sales are so slow is partly because of the money. I don't dare to hand over the grain to the other party without knowing clearly.

Now they are making reconciliations while transferring money.

Several people took note of the money in their hands, ate first, and then continued counting.

In fact, there is a simple method. Bai Xia collects the money into the transformation pool, and as much as he has is released in one go.

But in this way, there is no way to keep a good account book.

After eating, Bai Xia pulled some aside to count.

Since they couldn't see it, she put the money into the transformation pool, counted it directly, and then released the money to string it out faster than any of them. (End of chapter)