The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 173 Shop 2
Li Xiangli also thought this look was good-looking, so Shiliu settled on this look and asked her eldest sister if she liked it.

Li Xiangli only had 2 taels of silver, which was not enough to buy a set of noodles. She looked around and saw a bronze mirror and a silver hairpin, which added up to 2 taels of silver.

But seeing that her sister didn't want anything, she hesitated again and wanted to exchange the hairpin for two pairs of earrings so that she could have a pair with her sister.

Seeing this, Shiliu hurriedly stopped her and said: "I have a box of jewelry, and two or three sets of hairpins. How can I wear them all? Sister, don't look after me, just buy this silver hairpin. You can wear it." nice!"

While she was looking at the several sets she had just seen, the hair and face were particularly flattering to her eldest sister. She thought that when the time came to prepare a dowry for her eldest sister, she would have to ask her mother to bring money to buy those sets.

The two sisters went to the jewelry store and walked slowly back to the store. They put their things in the store and locked them, then left the store and went to the grocery store next to them.

I plan to buy some oil and salt. There are pots, pans, dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen. But for cooking, oil and salt are indispensable. Li Jizu and Li Rongyu will be here to look after the shop. It is better to cook by yourself than to buy it outside. Eat strong.

After buying almost everything, Pomegranate specially bought a lot of salt and white flour, ready to take them back for use, and also bought a lot of corn noodles and rice.

Now the workers in the workshop need to eat a lot of food in one meal. The food they got from the previous separation has long been eaten. Later, they bought more from people in the village who had more food. At the moment, the food in the village is not sold out.

The reason why I bought both corn noodle and rice is that it is good to eat them interchangeably. Compared to corn steamed buns, Pomegranate still prefers rice. And after calculation, rice costs five cents per catty, and corn noodle costs two cents per catty. Not much more expensive.

Then he went to the fabric shop to pull out some fabric for bedding, bought cotton liner, and asked the landlady to tell her about needles and threads. When he came back, Pomegranate helped the eldest sister sew the quilt.

At this time, the three people who went to buy mules also came back.

"It's the same Xia dealer we were looking for. Just in time, he got this new mule. It's also a horse mule. He's a brother to our little black one! They all look the same, so I fell in love with it right away!" Li Rongzong said with a smile. .

Shiliu saw that the mule he brought back looked exactly like the mule he bought before, so he nodded. Looking at the ox again, he couldn't help but ask the price.

Li Rongzong said: "Including going to the Yamen to register and prepare, it cost a total of thirteen ounces of silver!"

Pomegranate listened and nodded. Buying a cow is different from buying a donkey or a mule. If you buy it, you have to go to the Yamen to register it. Otherwise, the dealer will not dare to sell it to you, and you won't be able to raise it even if you buy it. I can't help but be called a liar and want to take the cow back.

The laws of the Jin Dynasty stipulated that all farming cattle must be registered with the government, and they were not allowed to be sold or slaughtered privately.

Therefore, there is almost no beef for sale in this market. Occasionally, if you are lucky enough to see someone selling beef, the cows are usually those that died of illness, or those that were old and unable to move and were slaughtered. In both cases, cattle must be reported to the government before being slaughtered.

In short, the control over farm cattle is very strict, otherwise a cow would be so expensive.

Of course, horses are more expensive, and ordinary people can't afford them at all. And those who can afford them can't buy very good horses. Those good horses are sent to the battlefield, and those who can buy them are from capable people.

For example, the Ding family's cart-pulling horses are not very good, but they cost more than thirty taels each.

She has also ridden in that carriage, and it is indeed faster and less bumpy than the mule carriage. When the opportunity arises in the future, it will be easy to replace the mule carriage with a horse carriage. But that's all for later.

It was getting dark now, so they were resting in this shop today. Li Xiangli was quick with her hands and feet, and the two quilts were about to be sewn. Pomegranate came in with a light so that she could put in the remaining quilts. Finished sewing.

Li Rongzong and the others were lighting a fire in the kitchen to prepare dinner. They bought all the pomegranates they should buy, so they would make them by themselves tonight instead of going out to buy them.

There was no more firewood, but there was a bundle of pomegranates from shopkeeper Xie next door. I asked Mr. Just buy it, but be careful, some sellers of firewood are very clever, and the firewood in the middle is filled with firewood that is not easy to burn, so you have to keep your eyes peeled.

Pomegranate immediately responded, but after thinking that they didn't need to buy firewood, they bought it directly from the village when it was delivered. A bundle of firewood in the village only cost ten cents, and they kept it dry and easy to burn.

When the fire is lit and the pot is hot, Pomegranate pours the cut pieces of meat into it and stir-fries it. The only meat sold in the market is this piece of fat pork. Pomegranate buys it to boil some oil, and waits When the meat was boiled dry and oil came out, I poured two ladles of water into the pot, and the oil was sizzling.

When the oil soup starts to bubble, use a spoon to scrape the kneaded dough into it. The fire is roaring, and a pot full of oil and water is boiling.

One big bowl per person, several people can enjoy the delicious food.

After dinner, I washed the dishes and chopsticks with the water in the pot, washed the pot again, and boiled a pot of hot water to wash my face and feet.

It is convenient to have a well in the backyard. You can use water as you like, which saves money on buying water and food and the effort of carrying water.

After washing, the two pomegranate sisters lay down in the room on the left and slept. Later, the bed in this room was given to Li Rongyu, while Li Rongyu and Li Rongzhong stayed in Li Jizu's room tonight.

The newly sewn quilt was very warm to sleep on. The two sisters sat next to each other, chatting, and soon fell asleep.

He slept until dawn. When he got up, Li Jizu had already cooked half a pot of porridge. He didn't know how to steam buns, but he could add more water and cook them together, which was no problem.

Pomegranate looked at the porridge, which was soup, soup, and rice. It was so clear that people could be seen. She knew that he was being frugal and couldn't bear to put in more rice, so she couldn't help but open her mouth and let the two of them cook and eat. Don’t skimp, just cook as much as you need to eat, eating enough is important.

Li Jizu also listened to the advice and agreed with a smile.

After one person drank two bowls of porridge and felt full, he immediately tidied up the kitchen and checked the inside and outside of the shop. Then several people loaded the rice and grains that Pomegranate bought yesterday onto the mule cart, preparing to leave the city and go home. .

There were two mule carts, one driven by Li Jizu and one driven by Li Rongzong. As for the cow, it was led by Li Rongyu, who didn't know how to drive the cart.

She asked Li Rongyu to lead the ox and go ahead. Pomegranate asked Li Rongyu to go to the South Gate Market and collect a lot of eggs and duck eggs that were being sold in the market. It would not be finished until the mule cart could no longer be loaded. Don’t forget to tell the egg sellers that if you have eggs for sale in the future, you can send them directly to the shop on Lingshui Street.

After buying the eggs, they went to the city gate and caught up with Li Jizu and the others. They saw Li Rongyu riding on the back of an ox, slowly and leisurely riding on the back, saving his leg strength. He was as happy as a big fool on the back of the ox. The three pomegranate brothers and sisters looked at each other. Everyone also grinned.