If you have half an acre of land, fifteen taels is enough, including twenty taels for taxes. It doesn’t cost much to build a house like the governor’s, so the few of us can scrape together five or six taels to build a simple shop. "
Xie Yushu waved her hand
"You can keep the money you have to buy rice and flour to recruit workers! I will give you thirty taels. Since we are building a shop, you can't be too complacent.
You can burn tiles at my villa, which is not far from yours. You can go to Qu Xiaodie and ask her to organize people to burn a batch of tiles for you. You can arrange the rest by yourself. I think it will be enough. use. "
Xie Yushu said that she wanted to take out the money, but she remembered that she had nothing on her, only a few taels of silver and a few large gold and silver notes, so she asked them to wait for a while, then went to the bank to get a hundred taels of silver notes and exchanged them for a five-dollar note. He put seventy taels and five ten-tael banknotes in his pocket, leaving three ten-tael notes and gave them to Xie Tianqi.
Although it was handed over to Xie Tianqi, the sale was a partnership between Liu Qiang and others. Liu Qiang wanted to write an IOU to Xie Yushu, but Xie Yushu refused and said
"I regard you as my brothers. These thirty taels are considered as my support for you. Any profit is yours, and any loss is mine. There is just one thing. As the old saying goes, it is difficult to do business in a partnership. Many brothers end up because of a little profit. We parted ways, I hope you don’t end up ruining your relationship because of money!”
The Liu Qiang brothers and Xie Tianqi and Xie Tianming were stunned for a moment, then they looked at each other again and patted their chests to assure themselves.
"That's not possible! None of us are like that!"
"That's right, we are all mortal friends, at what point can we not do things that are not on the table!"
Xie Yushu nodded
"I'm just going to give you a vaccination. You all should remember what you said today. If you don't do it then, you'll have to slap your own mouth!"
"OK!"
A few people joked for a while and then went to their duties.
Xie Yushu and Xie Baotian also went to Jinyang by boat.
Xie Baotian was very emotional on the way
"Your mother and I have always treated you as our little daughter. Unexpectedly, after two years of severe drought, we now count on you to support the family!"
"Dad, why are you talking about this? We are all blood relatives and brothers. Whoever has the ability can help others. Originally, I was counting on Xiao Yi and me to support each other. Now Xiao Yi doesn't even know where he is. I still have to I'll just look for him and bring him back. If I can't find him, all I can count on are my brothers from my mother's side. As for the Liu brothers, they are just one floor away!
Besides, you guys are living a good life, so I have confidence outside. By the way, this time I go to Jinyang, I plan to buy some sugar and hawthorn, and I will teach you how to make candied haws later.
This thing is easy to make and doesn’t cost much. This year our villagers probably won’t be able to afford it, so you can sell it to landlords or merchants in the town. They are willing to buy snacks for their children, and you can also make a profit. pocket money. "
Sugar costs fifty copper coins per catty, and hawthorn is cheap, only one copper coin per catty, but hawthorn can strengthen the spleen and whet the appetite. Usually people find it sour and don't like to eat it, so they stick it with sugar to make candied haws, which is sour and sweet. It's good for children to eat. One pound of sugar can stick to thirty to forty bunches of candied haws.
Even if there are thirty strings, the cost is about fifty-two or three copper coins. If you sell one string for three copper coins, thirty strings will be ninety copper coins. Thirty strings can make a net profit of thirty-seven or eight copper coins.
Even if you deduct some losses, for example, after eating for an acquaintance and dropping it on the floor, you go to order seven or eight, and there are still thirty copper coins left. If you, my second uncle, and my elder brother each sell thirty skewers a day, then Just make thirty copper coins per person, and if you sell it, you can make skewers, then you can make sixty copper coins per person!
Conservatively speaking, one person can earn one tael of silver per month.
But you can earn much more than working for the landlord, who only gets ten coppers for a day's work! "
"That's okay. I stay at home in the winter anyway, so I can still make a living!"
Xie Baotian instinctively wanted to refuse, but after hearing the calculation that Xie Yushu made for him, he was immediately moved. Thinking that his daughter would not be short of the money, he agreed. The extra share of his family's income also reassured her.
As they talked about things, time seemed to fly by quickly. Before the two of them had finished chatting, they arrived. Xie Yushu and Xie Baotian got off the boat and went straight to Li Daniu's blacksmith shop. When they arrived, they saw that the blacksmith shop was closed!
Xie Yushu asked people nearby and said that the Li family's wife had returned to the countryside with her children. Xie Yushu asked for directions and chased her to Li's shop in the countryside, where she found Li Daniu's wife.
"Sister-in-law Li, Brother Li and two soldiers went to my house a few days ago. Xiao Yi and Xiao Jinyu both followed Brother Li, but are they here with you?"
Li Daniu’s wife listened to Xie Yushu’s words and said
"Not here. Li Daniu also left. Before he left, he sold the shop and sent us mothers here. He only asked me to look after the house and take care of the children. He didn't say anything else."
"Then do you know where they will go? Or where they were before and what they were doing?"
"I don't know. He won't let me inquire about outside matters, and he won't tell me either!"
Xie Yushu was speechless!
Seeing that Mrs. Li's complexion was not as good as the last time she saw her, and her face was full of exhaustion, Xie Yushu couldn't help but ask.
"Sister-in-law Li, what can I do for you? Is it okay for you to take care of three children by yourself? How about you come back with me?"
"No need, I've adapted, and there are clansmen here to take care of me."
There was a whisper
"When Lao Li left, he bought five acres of land here for our mothers and his wife, and he also left some money for me. If I leave, it will be difficult to get this thing back if someone else takes it.
Don't worry, sister, I can survive. "
Seeing what she said, Xie Yushu left with Xie Baotian.
He thought that since Li Daniu could settle his wife and children, they should have a purpose for leaving. The reason why Xiao Yi didn't leave a word may be because she was not at home, or maybe he thought she was irrelevant.
But he couldn't say these words to Xie Baotian, he could only say vaguely
"Maybe they left together because they had something to do. It's just that it's not convenient to tell us, and I didn't hear that they were detained. Li Daniu can still settle down his wife and children, so there shouldn't be any danger, and you don't have to get angry too. Let’s just wait.”
On the way back, Xie Baotian's brows almost turned into pimples and he regretted
"It was us who harmed you! If I hadn't married you to Xiao Yi, you wouldn't have ended up like this!"
Xie Yushu was also making a fuss, with 10,000 mother-in-laws flashing through her heart. His uncle Xiao Yi, I regard you as a comrade-in-arms, and you regard me as a Taoist friend (a dead Taoist friend but not a poor Taoist friend). If something happens, you are really cheating!
But thinking that the original owner had voluntarily agreed to the marriage in order to keep his family alive, he had no choice but to comfort Xie Baotian.
"Dad, don't talk about that. Without the ten taels of silver that Xiao Yi gave me to buy food, our family wouldn't be able to survive now!"
Now I have no chance to pass through! It's all fate, just take it one step at a time! Regret is the most meaningless thing!
"But if Xiao Yi never comes back, what will you do? Your mother-in-law is not easy to get along with. With Xiao Yi here, she can still protect you. If Xiao Yi is gone, she will not eat you!"
"No! Your daughter has strong bones. She will lose a few of her teeth if she eats me. The worst I can do is give her the filial piety she deserves. On weekdays, it's okay! I'm avoiding her! The worst I can do is take Xiao Haitang to live in a villa!"
"Alas! This is the only way! That villa is not home after all, even you have to go this far!"
Xie Baotian said with a frown.
