After traveling to ancient times, I became a superb shrew

Chapter 20
Looking at the hens in the big bamboo baskets behind the little brother, Gu Qing smiled with satisfaction.

"Okay, then we'll move these things inside for you." Then, under the surprised eyes of everyone, the two younger brothers went back and forth several times, and moved several baskets into the courtyard.

After all the chickens were counted, the two little brothers began to weigh the mushrooms. The mushrooms had been sorted and packed when they were purchased yesterday, and the weighing was very fast.

The mushrooms were sold for a total of 27 taels of silver. After deducting 50 taels of silver for 4 hens and a tael of door-to-door service fee, a total of 22 taels of silver was obtained.

Since it was inconvenient to buy mushrooms, Gu Qing asked for copper coins.

After the two parties paid the money, the old lady came back to ask Gu Qing after the two younger brothers drove away.

"Well, are you really taking advantage of this mushroom to pay a high price?"

"That's right, grandma, I told you that I'm doing serious business now, but you still don't believe me. Look, you slapped my back. I couldn't sleep because of the pain last night."

Gu Qing said carelessly, but she didn't get angry with the old lady. The old lady beat her because she was afraid of her messing up. Before Gu Qing came here, she was an only child. He loves her but doesn't spoil her. Every time Gu Qing makes a mistake, his grandparents still chase her around the village with a broom.

These are the love of the elders, Gu Qing understands, but the love is too heavy, some can't bear it.

Thinking of the ruthless hands she slapped yesterday, Old Madam Gu felt very distressed: "It's Grandma who was wrong. I beat you by mistake yesterday. Grandma apologizes to you."

"Grandma, what are you doing here?" Gu Qing came out with a basket of chickens, "Grandma, I'll ask A Pei to send these chickens to you when you go back. You can kill them and eat them or keep them for laying eggs." Follow you!"

"It's not going to happen, my wife doesn't want it. You have so many mouths to eat, and I have two uncles of yours. Now that you have a profitable business, I can rest assured that you will die. I can go see your parents with peace of mind." Mrs. Gu rubbed her eyes, wiped away her tears, and walked tremblingly towards herself.

Gu Qing hurriedly told Yang Pei to follow with the chicken in his arms.

The two walked to Lao Gu's house, and the whole family was enjoying the coolness in the yard.

"Early in the morning, did you go to Gu Qing's?" Old Master Gu looked at the chicken coop Yang Pei was holding in his hand, "Why did you buy so many chickens?"

Yang Pei smiled and said, "Master, I didn't buy this, the owner asked me to send it to you."

"I said no, why are you still following me back?" Mrs. Gu muttered, "There are so many of you, Gu Yu and Gu Nuo are still young, so hurry up and take them back."

"Grandma, you know the owner's temper. If I take it back, the owner might go to the Flower House again when he gets angry."

The old lady thought that that bastard Gu Qing might really do such a thing, so she had to accept it, "Now that your patriarch has changed, you can live a good life in the future, Dong Rong and those two boys will leave as soon as they leave."

I haven't seen Dong Rong and the others in the field for the past few days. It was only after the old lady Gu asked Gu Nuo in private that she found out that Gu Qing had reconciled with others. There are many people and many people open their mouths. Life would be better for both sides.

Yang Pei put the chicken coop in the yard and went back. After seeing the mushrooms sold for so much money, he had to hurry back and do more work, leaving Zhu Han and Mo Li free to pick mushrooms.

The second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Sun, looked at the chicken coop and gasped. How much money would it cost for ten chickens?When did the eldest niece become so generous?

Mrs. Gu entered the room, and said to Old Man Gu: "Gu Qing is finally sensible, and she is more and more open and generous in doing things. It is really different from before."

Old man Gu smoked a dry pipe and said, "I guess she came to her senses after being beaten up. Can she really make money collecting those mushrooms?"

The old lady Gu nodded: "No, I saw it with my own eyes, and there are more than 50 taels left after paying off the 20 chickens. I reckon that excluding the money for collecting mushrooms, we should be able to make a lot of money. We are all honest and responsible. I’m a farmer who has never done business, and I can’t teach her anything, let her figure it out on her own..."

Gu Qing has been counting.

With the 22 taels of silver in hand, minus the unsettled 9 taels of silver, she earned more than a dozen taels a day.

You must know that in this era, the income of peasant households is only four or five taels of silver a year, and this is still under the condition of good weather.

Gu Yu and Gu Nuo sat beside and counted the money excitedly.

Yang Pei was dumbfounded: "It's 22 taels of silver in total, my God, how can I earn so much in one day!"

Zhu Han, Moli and the two also couldn't believe it: "It only costs 60 Wen for a day to carry a big bag, and only [-] Wen for copying books. We have earned so much just by harvesting mushrooms. Our family is going to become a rich man!"

Gu Qing: "..."

Can these people put away their inexperienced appearance?
She said angrily: "We still owe the villagers 22 taels of silver on 9 taels, why are you happy?"

Gu Yu and Gu Nuo's faces immediately collapsed.

But when he thought that there was more than half of the money left, especially the forty chickens in the yard, he immediately became happy again.

Gu Nuo cautiously asked: "Sister, can we have chicken for lunch?"

Gu Qing put away the copper plate: "Yes, Zhu Han, come back early at noon, kill three chickens, let everyone eat enough, and cut off the wings of the rest, raise them to lay eggs and eat."

"Great, elder sister, can you chop the chicken legs?" There were too many people in the half chicken last time, so Zhu Han chopped the chicken legs into small pieces too.

"Yes, for three chickens, I'll chop you 6 big chicken legs and 6 small chicken legs, so you can eat as much as you want!"

"Sister, you are so kind!" Gu Nuo looked at Gu Qing with bright eyes, very pretty.

Even though she is too thin and short, looking at the sallow and emaciated faces of everyone in the family, hey, it's all the fault of the original body.

Mo Li went out with a basket on his back to dig wild vegetables for the chickens to eat, while Yang Pei was cutting the wings of the chickens, otherwise they would fly away and escape.

Zhu Han went to the kitchen to spread white flour pancakes, and had eaten early to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms.

"Brother Zhu, spread out more pancakes. Xiao Nuo and I will take them up the mountain to eat, and we won't be back at noon."

"No, it's not safe for you two to come back on the mountain when you are young, you must come back at noon!" She has a mall in her hand, she can make money no matter what, but she can't let the child take risks.

As soon as Gu Qing raised her eyes, she saw Yang Pei squatting on the ground cutting feathers for chickens, still wearing the old clothes that had been washed and turned white and were full of patches. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that everyone except herself had never worn the clothes she bought last time. new clothes.

Or there are too few clothes, and I can't bear to wear them.

"What is the head of the family thinking?" Yang Pei felt that Gu Qing had been staring at him for a long time, but when he turned around, he found that he was thinking too much. daze.

"I'm wondering how much money I can make so that we can completely improve our lives, so that you don't have to wear patched clothes, you can eat every meal, and you can build a big house with green bricks and tiles before winter."

Yang Pei was shocked and speechless after hearing this. The big tiled house with green bricks is a place only the magistrate of the county can afford to live in. The owner really dares to think about it.

(End of this chapter)