In Xie Jiaojiao's mind, she got over this little episode in a few moments.
The villagers who planted sugar cane with her were waiting for her to return.
Seeing everyone surrounding her warehouse, Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone, someone will come to collect the brown sugar tomorrow. At that time, I will give everyone the money according to the price I set for you."
With her words, everyone was relieved. Shopkeeper Chen priced Xie Jiaojiao at 2 cents of silver, while Xie Jiaojiao gave everyone 1 cent and 40 cents!
This is what she said from the beginning. She will get 3 cents for every pound. Every time the sugar cane is harvested and pressed, everyone will work together. If anyone is sent, she will be the one to do it. It is written in the contract!
Early the next morning, shopkeeper Chen arrived with an ox cart and horse-drawn carriage, followed by Gao Shen and Boss Gao.
Xie Jiaojiao first showed Boss Gao the porcini mushrooms dried at home. Boss Gao smelled the smell and was very satisfied.
After discussing the price for a while, the dried porcini mushrooms must be fresh and more expensive. Xie Jiaojiao priced 50 cents per catty. Boss Gao thought it was reasonable. The two immediately weighed them. They weighed almost two hundred catties. Thank you. Jiaojiao happily paid a small change, and Gao Shen also happily paid the money.
Gao Shen asked again: "I wonder if Miss Xie's house still has fermented bean curd. I want to buy some."
"Shopkeeper Chen told you?"
Shopkeeper Chen said angrily: "Boss Gao, when he saw you bringing me food yesterday, he kept asking. I was helpless after being asked, so I told him."
Gao Shen smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Chen is righteous."
Shopkeeper Chen smiled helplessly.
Xie Jiaojiao thought to herself that Gao Shen was sold to the north and not in the town. It was nothing. She had made a lot of fermented bean curd at home, so she agreed: "There is still some fermented bean curd at home. If Boss Gao needs it, , I will give you the price given to Shopkeeper Chen, do you think it is suitable?"
How could it be inappropriate? Gao Shen immediately agreed.
In the past, all the bean curds were made in large tanks. For the convenience of Boss Gao, Xie Jiaojiao asked Sun Ruhua to find the empty jars at home. When the time came, she packed the fermented bean curd into large baskets and placed them in large baskets. Surround the jars with straw so they won't get damaged no matter how far they are shipped.
After finishing what Gao Shen wanted, Xie Jiaojiao took shopkeeper Chen to see Brown Sugar.
Shopkeeper Chen's eyes lit up when he looked at the piles of red envelopes.
Gao Shen looked at it and said immediately: "Thank you, girl, can you give me some brown sugar?"
Xie Jiaojiao looked at Shopkeeper Chen with some embarrassment.
"Gao Shen, that's enough. I'll introduce business to you, why are you trying to steal my business?" Shopkeeper Chen said angrily.
Gao Shen smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Oh, my old brother, you see you are still angry. I won't argue with you, so you can just pull him away and give me some scraps." Yes, this thing is expensive on the market, so I just thought of buying some and taking them back to give a cent to my relatives at home as a gift."
That's not bad. Shopkeeper Chen immediately looked much better. He glared at Gao Shen and said, "That's not bad!"
On that day, everyone saw several ox-carts and horse-drawn carriages pulling a lot of things away from Xie Jiaojiao's house. The things in each cart made people jealous!
When Shopkeeper Chen left, Xie Jiaojiao was extremely excited as she took the hundreds of taels of silver that Shopkeeper Chen had made!
She's been here for two years!
You should be considered to have made a lot of money, right?
Seeing Xie Jiaojiao return to the house, Sun Ruhua quickly closed the door.
Xie Jiaojiao smiled silently: "Mom, why are you closing the door?"
Sun Ruhua said cautiously: "Mom is worried about so much money!"
"What are you worried about?" Xie Jiaojiao went to open the door.
I went to take out the account book again. The weight of brown sugar for each household was calculated on it.
She told shopkeeper Chen yesterday not to take all the banknotes when the time comes. If you have silver ingots or loose silver, that's fine.
I just calculated the amount of money each family deserved in the ledger.
Xie Jiaojiao asked Xie Zhiyi to tell Tian Hu and ask him to inform everyone to collect money from the village chief's house.
Xie Zhiyi went in a hurry.
Xie Jiaojiao found the small cloth bag she had asked Sun Ruhua to help sew, put the money in each bag, and took Sun Ruhua to the village chief's house.
The village chief also stretched his neck waiting for her to come!
As soon as she arrived, the village chief's wife immediately brought stools for her and her mother to sit on, and poured them a bowl of hot water. This was surprising. When ordinary people came, let alone water, they had roots. It’s wrong to sit on a stool!
After a while, everyone came, with smiles on their faces, sunburned faces, and a little bit of red from excitement.
Although the villagers in the village were not notified, many people gathered around and wanted to see how much money the people who planted sugar cane last year could get.
Mrs. Wang's family was the last one to arrive, including Niu Fusheng and his wife. Xie Jiaojiao also rarely met Niu Fusheng's daughter-in-law Li Lihua. Since she married into the Niu family, this woman basically doesn't go out much, even doing farm work. , they all covered themselves very tightly, and it seemed that they were much richer than the peasant women in the village. Niu Fusheng was seen clinging to her everywhere, moving stools, and holding hands for her to sit on...
Everyone arrived, and the editor asked Sun Ruhua to take out the baggage. Inside was the money divided into cloth bags, with names written on each bag in Xie Jiaojiao's way.
The village chief and his wife also sat down, and everyone looked at Xie Jiaojiao.
Xie Jiaojiao said: "Here, I would like to thank you all for trusting me and planting sugar cane with me. This year we harvested the first batch of sugar cane. Yesterday, all the sugar cane was sold for money. Today we enjoy the fruits. It's time."
Then Xie Jiaojiao began to read which household one by one, how much kilograms, how much silver according to the contract...
First, the village chief, Chen Shouren's family, produced 356 kilograms of brown sugar and 49 taels, 8 qian and 4 wen of silver.
After reading the name, Xie Jiaojiao gave him the silver bag that belonged to his family.
As the village chief, Chen Shouren's face turned red with excitement. His annual salary was only a few taels of silver. In order to provide for his children's education, his family was scrimping on food and clothing. Without thinking, he planted sugar cane like this, which was worth his ten years of salary. Got it!
The village chief's wife was even more excited than he was. It could be said that she was so excited that tears filled her eyes. Everyone envied her for being the village chief's wife and her children for being able to study. But there was nothing to envy. She was not scrimping on food and clothing all day long. This meat can only be eaten once a month when the baby is taking a bath, and I can't even eat two pieces because I'm holding on to the baby!
Next is the Tian Hu family, with a brown sugar output of 330 kilograms and a silver of 46 taels and 2 cents!
When Tian Hu took the silver bag, his hands were shaking.
Then there was Wang Dawei, one of the five people who followed him. He looked about the same age as Xie Zhen before, but he still looked strong. His family weighed 345 kilograms and 48 taels and 3 yuan.
Wang Dawei has lived his whole life and has never seen more than 5 taels of silver. So he planted two acres of sugar cane and harvested 48 taels of silver. The old man couldn't control his emotions, and he was so excited that he cried. .
When Xie Jiaojiao handed him the money bag, she took the money and looked at Xie Jiaojiao with gratitude!
Who isn’t!
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Finally, Mrs. Wang’s family had two acres of land worth 346 kilograms, 48 taels of silver and 4 wen.
It was Niu Fusheng who came to get the money. Niu Fusheng was also excited at first, but when Xie Jiaojiao handed him the money, she couldn't help but joked and said with a smile: "Brother Niu, last time I saw Niu Erbi I lost weight last year, so you have to buy some meat to replenish Niu Er's health..."
Niu Fusheng suddenly felt embarrassed...
Xie Jiaojiao glanced at Li Lihua again. The woman was wringing her handkerchief and smiling awkwardly...
