Su Ruyi's picky problem in her previous life was cured in this era of scarcity. She couldn't stop eating a plate of pickles, and she immediately decided to ask her mother-in-law to pickle them in a big pot for everyone when she went back. This was no better than cooking it in rice. The soul-killing vegetable leaves are a hundred times stronger?
There are no stir-fried vegetables, but you can have pickles!
She silently added salt to her shopping list.
After breakfast, Su Ruyi was satisfied. This seemed to be the first full meal she had eaten here.
After having breakfast, I found a deserted place and got into the space.
Take a break and count your savings.
The 190 Wen brought from home, plus the 250 Wen earned from selling vegetables, and the three pieces of silver given by the Yang family, were almost enough, and his net worth suddenly more than tripled.
Just after calculating the things I wanted to buy, I felt that the money was simply not enough.
There is no rush to put the shelves in the space first, but the iron pots used for business and the iron stoves that can be moved are two things that must be purchased. This is a big deal. The price of iron is not cheap, plus the cost of making it...
At first, I was too naive to think that I could earn enough starting capital in two days.
In addition, you will also need a small cart, which may not be too expensive.
You also need to bring some sheep bones to Lu Duotian when you go back. He can't delay recuperation.
As the saying goes, you should eat what you eat, and mutton bone stew is especially effective for broken bones. She didn’t see anyone selling mutton in Ping’an Town, but yesterday she saw two companies selling mutton at the market in Tongzhou. Mutton is very expensive, but mutton bones are The price is still acceptable.
Su Ruyi stood up, stretched out, and did a few stretching exercises.
After leaving the space, she went straight to the blacksmith shop. After comparing shopping and haggling, she finally placed an order at a remote small blacksmith shop.
A one-and-a-half-foot-diameter iron pot costs one tael of silver, and the iron stove that goes with the pot is even more expensive. People won't pay for less than two taels of silver.
Two big pieces cost three taels of silver, and what I earned was just a fraction.
She knew that iron was expensive in this era, but she didn't expect that the price was far beyond the affordability of people at the bottom.
If you want to buy a pot at the bottom level, you will have to spend a year's savings.
Therefore, the Lu family's pot was full of pits and had been used for countless years and refused to be discarded. It cost a lot of money when I bought it.
There was still the matter of a cart. Although I felt a little tired, I still went to the carpenter's shop to ask.
Small carts are a common tool in people's lives, and they are relatively not too expensive. A well-made one costs 300 yuan, or even more. The workmanship is rough, the panels are not polished, and it only costs more than 100 yuan. Whether it can walk or not is not a consideration.
Su Ruyi thought about it and decided not to just be cheap. As the saying goes, sharpening a knife does not waste time chopping wood. The tool for making money must also be handy. It should be a medium-priced one, that is, three hundred yuan.
The trolleys are ready-made and can be rolled away at any time, which saves the time and deposit for customization.
"Old man, do you have wheelchairs for sale here?"
"What chair?"
"A wheelchair is a chair for people with limited legs and feet. It has two wheels. You can sit on it and turn the wheels with your hands, so you can move..."
"I know what you're talking about,"
The carpenter interrupted her. He was a little surprised that a country woman covered in rags would ask him about a wheelchair.
"You want to build a wheelchair? That chair is not cheap. I have only heard that rich men and women would build that kind of chair when they were inconvenient. They have to be pushed around. The kind you mentioned can be done with your hands. Pushing yourself away is a bit more complicated, otherwise you won’t be able to push yourself away.”
Su Ruyi asked: "How much silver will it cost?"
"Using a wooden shaft costs at least two taels of silver. Using an iron shaft is even more expensive, but the iron shaft is good. You can turn yourself around, which saves effort! As for the price, it's hard to say whether it's three taels or four taels. There are rich people who can make this or that fine thing for any amount of money, so I won’t mention it to you.”
The old man was kind-hearted and looked her over: "I see you are not from a wealthy family. Why are you spending this wasteful money? Your house is full of dirt and mud. Can this wheelchair move around? What if you are not in good health? , just lie down on the bed honestly, there’s no need!”
Su Ruyi thanked the old carpenter and came out of the shop.
What they say is not unreasonable, but this wheelchair still needs to be built. How can a good young man in his prime be lying in bed all the time? If he lies there for a long time, he will become useless.
She had to remember to go back and remind Carpenter Li to use an iron shaft, which saves effort and the price is negotiable.
You can see that this thing has to be made in the village, so it is cheap.
The next step is to earn another three taels of silver.
Three taels of silver is not a small amount. The farmers in the village are generally self-sufficient in food. They can save some eggs and sell two chickens a year by selling food other than rations. If they are lucky, they can successfully raise a pig. Big, that's a lot of income.
In addition, we can sell some vegetables and game.
After excluding a year's expenses for oil, salt, sugar, clothing, medical treatment, etc., it is a very happy thing to be able to save two taels of silver throughout the year.
People like the Lu family not only cannot save any money in a year, but also have to use their savings to buy food. They are considered to be a particularly useless family.
In any case, three taels of silver is not theoretically easy to earn.
Su Ruyi thought about it carefully and decided that she had to stay in Tongzhou City for a few more days to earn enough money to pay the blacksmith's fees, which also gave the blacksmith enough time to make pots and stoves, so she took them back with her when she returned.
My family may be a little worried, but it's not a big problem.
Why?
Because the original owner Su Ruyi is a scourge. After just ten days of hard work, she should be worthy of a little worry from her family. There should be no more worries. If you think about it, you will feel that such a woman has been lost. Just lost it.
After finishing her work, she would just go back and give her family a surprise.
Thinking of this, Su Ruyi decided to stay in Tongzhou for a few more days with complete calmness.
Su Ruyi wandered to the market again. Tongzhou is indeed a prosperous city, and the variety of vegetables is much richer than in the town. There are onions, ginger, and garlic. In addition, there are loofah, bitter gourd, pumpkin, and coriander.
Su Ruyi wanted to buy all of these, but when she thought that they would all be boiled in brown rice and mixed into a pot, she didn't want to buy them so much.
Making money was more important. After making money, she had to buy 10 kilograms of pork suet and boil it into oil. Then she had to eat stir-fried vegetables. She was really scared of the mushy vegetables.
Walking and looking, I came to an old vegetable farmer.
The old vegetable farmer's stall was larger than other stalls and had more dishes. He sat leisurely on a small stool and waited for the customers who came to buy vegetables, his expression not at all anxious.
Su Ruyi judged that others might come to sell vegetables to earn some extra income, but he made a living by selling vegetables.
