Su Yuyan's face instantly turned redder.
"Maybe... Mr. Cheng thinks it's more convenient to ask me. After all, the gentlemen who teach Mr. Cheng are quite busy." Su Yuyan lowered her head, not daring to look at Shen Shuangshuang.
"Oh. Yu Yan, aren't you busy?" Shen Shuang's eyes became more interesting.
"I-I'm okay."
"My students are young, and the content they learn is less and relatively simple."
"Oh. So that's it..." Shen Shuangshuang looked at Su Yuyan, and his tone of voice was full of meaning.
Su Yuyan felt even more guilty.
I wanted to say "that's it" but couldn't.
When Shen Shuangshuang saw Su Yuyan's reaction, she sighed in her heart that such a good cabbage would be eaten by a pig.
Next, Shen Shuangshuang finally stopped testing.
Instead, he changed the subject and chatted with Su Yuyan about spices.
"You must have discovered that there are several spices in the soup base used for maocai."
"Yes." Su Yuyan nodded.
"I found cayenne pepper, Sichuan peppercorns and peppercorns in it."
"Not only the maocai soup base, but also your fermented bean curd, it seems to have these in it too."
"Sister-in-law, you are so amazing, you actually thought of using spices as seasonings."
Shen Shuangshuang glanced at Su Yuyan with a smile.
"I didn't think of it, it was my mother."
"The Maocai soup base contains not only the spices you mentioned, but also some medicinal materials."
"My mother is proficient in pharmacology, so she developed Maocai soup."
Su Yuyan looked surprised.
Shen Shuangshuang was not prepared to go into depth on this issue.
Then he said: "You should also have discovered that whether it is Maocai soup or fermented bean curd, among all the ingredients, the largest amount of chili is used."
"Other spices are fine because they are not used in large quantities, so it is not too troublesome to prepare."
"But the amount of chili pepper is too large. Even if I have a big supplier to supply it, I won't feel at ease."
Su Yuyan nodded.
"The spices are like this because most of them come from abroad and are subject to transportation restrictions. Not to mention the high price, the volume of goods is not stable."
"From my side... let's do this. If my sister-in-law wants goods, I will give them to you first. You can give me 80% of the market price."
Shen Shuangshuang smiled and refused.
"That's not what I meant."
The spices she uses now are all grown in her own space, and they only cost a little money to buy seeds.
But the amount of red land in her space was limited, and her business expanded too quickly.
To continue to expand her business, she worried that the little red land she had would not be enough.
She wasn't looking for Su Yuyan to buy spices. How could she be willing to pay such an expensive price?
"What does sister-in-law mean?" Su Yuyan was puzzled.
"I want to grow spices." Shen Shuangshuang said directly.
Su Yuyan was shocked.
"Growing spices?"
"Sister-in-law, do you know how to plant seeds? Do you have seeds in your hands?!" Su Yuyan looked at Shen Shuangshuang in surprise.
"Yeah." Shen Shuangshuang nodded.
Su Yuyan's eyes widened.
"I have the seeds and I have learned how to grow them. I am confident that I can grow spices."
"But I don't have enough land."
"What I mean is, next year, I need enough land." Shen Shuangshuang said.
Su Yuyan thought for a while.
"How much land is needed?" asked.
"At least two hundred acres. The more, the better. It would be best to have a village, and then use all the land in the village to grow spices."
Su Yuyan's heart trembled.
"Growing spices all over?"
"Um."
"Ninety percent of the crops are peppers, and the remaining 10% are peppers and peppers. Peppers are annual crops that can bear fruit in the same year. Zanthoxylum bungeanum and pepper are perennial crops that take two or three years to bear fruit after being planted."
"When the spices are produced, I can use most of them or even more myself. If there are more, I can also contact some spice shops and go out."
She wouldn't mind the amount of chili peppers produced.
Her business is just getting started, and the demand for chili peppers will only grow in the future.
Su Yuyan felt excited after hearing this.
He swallowed and suppressed his excitement.
"But just in case - your planting fails."
Shen Shuangshuang looked at Su Yuyan.
"That's why I said we won't need a large amount of land until next year."
"I will try planting this year to see how it goes, and get some more seeds by the way."
"If the situation is feasible, I will buy land and plant it in batches."
Su Yuyan nodded.
"I think you can give it a try."
Shen Shuangshuang smiled.
"If we try planting, we don't need much land. I can handle this myself."
"But Zhuangzi is hard to buy, and good Zhuangzi is even rarer."
"Therefore, sister Yuyan, I just want to ask you to please help me pay attention to this matter."
Su Yuyan's eyes fluctuated.
"It's true that Zhuangzi is not easy to buy. Unless the big landowners are moving their families, there are very few people who want to sell Zhuangzi."
"However, my third brother does have two villages."
Shen Shuangshuang's eyes lit up and he immediately looked at Su Yuyan.
"There are two villages, one big and one small. The smaller one is called Wangjiazhuang. The total land is about 230 acres. Go out from the south city gate and walk ten miles along the official road."
"The big one is called Mengjiazhuang. It has about 660 acres of land and is also in the south of the town. You have to walk twenty-five miles along the official road."
"I heard from Third Brother before that the output of the two Zhuangzis in the past two years has not been ideal."
"Especially Mengjiazhuang, which is still far away from Shangyang Town. Many grain merchants disliked the inconvenience of collecting grain in the past and kept the prices very low."
"I heard from Third Brother that he should be interested in selling Zhuangzi."
Shen Shuangshuang looked happy.
"It's just about the price, I'm afraid-" Su Yuyan looked at Shen Shuangshuang.
"I can buy it at market price."
"But Zhuangzi, I don't want it until next year. This year I will only pay a 10% deposit, and I will pay the rest next year. Do you think it's feasible?" Shen Shuangshuang said.
Although she had saved some money recently, it was far from enough to buy a Zhuangzi.
Besides, she really doesn't need Zhuangzi right now.
"Um - based on market price, how much are the two Zhuangzi worth?" Before Su Yuyan could reply, Shen Shuangshuang asked again.
Su Yuyan was amused by Shen Shuangshuang's expression.
"Wangjiazhuang estimates it will be 3,000 taels and upwards. Mengjiazhuang, it will be 7,500 taels and upwards."
Seeing Shen Shuang's eyes widening, Su Yuyan explained: "There is not only land in the village, but also Zhuangzi and his servants."
"If Third Brother wants to sell Zhuangzi, he will leave Zhuangzi and his slaves together."
"The heads of these two villages have signed slave contracts. When the time comes, you need to find the tenant farmers, and they can come forward to deal with it."
"There are also some long-term workers on the farm who will also be handed over."
Shen Shuangshuang's heart moved.
The manpower is readily available, which saves her a lot of trouble.
"What are the prices of those big houses in the east of the city?" Shen Shuangshuang suddenly asked.
Su Yuyan was stunned.
Immediately, the corner of his mouth turned into a smile.
"It depends on the location my sister-in-law chooses and how big the house is."
"By the way, Mr. Zhou's house next to my house is planning to move out of Shangyang Town. There are two entrances to that house, and it is said that it costs more than 6,000 taels of silver." (End of Chapter)
