Scientific farming and raising cute babies

Chapter 332 Did not meet expectations
Gu Miao was a little optimistic about the situation before, so looking at the 18 taels of silver now, the gap made her a little uncomfortable.

Meng Xizhou saw her two arched eyebrows twitched into a ball, so he sat down beside her, and gently stroked the center of her brows with callused big hands, trying to smooth out the wrinkles.

"The Ding family doesn't have enough hands. It's unexpected that they can build so many kangs within a month."

18 There are more than [-] kangs hidden behind the taels of silver. This number is beyond his expectation.

"But it's really a little less." Gu Miao couldn't help sighing as she said.

Her green brick and tile-roofed house, her pigs, cattle and sheep are full of pens, and her fruit trees are in full bloom...

The [-] jars of fermented bean curd sold to Ding's family could not solve all these problems, because pigs, cattle and sheep were too expensive, and she thought too easily before.

Pigs are better, because many people raise them, so the price is cheap, but sheep are more expensive, and a big sheep costs eight taels of silver!
Twenty thousand pots of fermented bean curd can only earn 100 taels of silver, that is to say, if you buy twelve sheep, you will have nothing!
She also wants to raise more sheep so that she can collect cashmere to make woolen sweaters!

As a result, they can't even afford sheep now!

Sheep are expensive, and cattle are even more expensive. A decent cattle needs more than a dozen taels of silver. If you want a better one, you need 20 taels of silver!

This is even worse, 100 taels of silver can only buy five cattle!

After the beginning of spring next year, Yunmo, Meng Xizhou, and Wang Tiancai's family will add up to [-] mu of land. If there is no cattle and only labor is needed, what will they be able to cultivate?
Although it has been decided to hire people to cultivate, if the progress is too slow, the daily labor cost will be a considerable expense.

And, to be honest, she wants to raise a few cows. Although soy milk is good, she prefers to drink milk...

However, if it is a cow, it will be even more expensive. There are no cows in Da'an County, so they have to go to other places to buy them, and they cost dozens of taels of silver.

Thinking about the price of these livestock, Gu Miao's eyebrows that were knit together couldn't be stretched.

worry!
Meng Xizhou looked at her frowning face, and said, "The situation in the capital may be better than ours. A kang in the capital will cost fifty or sixty yuan at least."

"But there are fewer people in the capital, and Master Ding only brought ten men with him."

"Don't worry, take your time. Besides, there are multi-purpose knives and piggy banks. You can always earn money."

"Now we have paid back the money owed to Uncle Yun, and we still have some money left. If we don't have enough money in the spring of next year, then we will continue to live in Yun's house. When will we save enough money to build a house?"

"Uncle Yun doesn't want us to move away."

Mentioning Yun Mo, Gu Miao took a long breath, well, she knew this, Yun Mo hoped that she and Meng Xizhou would stay at Yun's house forever.

"Our house still needs to be built. When the time comes, we will definitely hold the banquet in the new house."

Anyway, the tofu-making yard was next to Yun's house, so even if she and Meng Xizhou built a new house, they would stay at Yun's house all day long, so they could go back to the new house at night when they slept.

"That's right." Meng Xizhou thought for a while, and then said, "Let's wait and see next year. If it doesn't work, let's continue to recruit people and make more tofu every day."

"Okay." Gu Miao sighed again, and then closed the ledger on the table. It was getting dark, and it was time to make dinner.

At this moment, the sound of Gu Tang's stomping footsteps came from outside, "Sister! Brother-in-law! Brother Ji Duo is back and wants to separate the family. There is a commotion in the old house right now!"

(End of this chapter)