The strongest peasant girl in Xiuse Jinyuan

Chapter 174 Abnormally spicy, add chicken and duck into the water (2)
The butcher who sold the meat happened to be idle, and I saw him holding a palm-leaf fan and chasing flies from the meat stall.

Seeing Wei Changqu coming towards his stall, the butcher chased away the flies while looking at Wei Changqu, and asked with a smile, "Little girl, it's so early today to buy meat."

Wei Changqu often cuts meat at his butcher stall, and has become a regular customer.

Wei Changjue nodded and replied, "Master Chen, I'm not here to cut ready-made pork today, but I want to order fifty catties of pork from you in advance."

The butcher surnamed Chen was very happy when he heard that Wei Changjue wanted to order [-] catties of pork. Fifty catties of pork is a big deal. If it is for idle retail, he can sell at most fifty or sixty catties a day. catties of pork.

So, he immediately patted his chest and assured Wei Changqu: "Little girl, when you want it, I promise to prepare the best pork for you."

"So, I would like to thank Master Chen." Wei Changju said to him politely, and then said, "I wonder if Master Chen can help deliver the pork I ordered to Zuixiangfang on the afternoon of the 25th."

The butcher surnamed Chen thought for a while, Zuixiangfang was also close to his meat stall, it would be fine for him to walk away for a while, at worst, he would ask his wife to watch the meat stall temporarily.

"Okay, little girl, don't worry, this little thing is not a problem."

"So, I will trouble Master Chen." After paying part of the deposit, Wei Changjue suddenly saw that the pig's trotters on the butcher's stall were quite fresh, thinking that he hadn't eaten pig's trotters for a long time, he said again: "Master Chen , you can keep the pig’s trotters for me these days, and I want some pork ribs too.”

Like pig trotters and pork ribs, with many bones and little meat, they have always been difficult to sell, and they can't be sold at a good price.

The butcher surnamed Chen heard that Wei Changjue was going to buy these things, and felt that she was very good at shopping.

When he was idle, he chatted and said: "Little girl, why do you buy these pig bones to eat, there is no meat on the pig bones, and it takes a lot of firewood to cook them. Stewing these pig bones to eat is really troublesome."

After hearing what the butcher surnamed Chen said, Wei Changjue didn't say anything, just smiled.

In the end, she bought the ready-made pig's trotter from the meat stall, carried it and left.

It was still early at noon, and while there was still time, Wei Changju was going to visit the brick and tile kilns in Zhishui Town again.

There are two brick and tile kilns in Zhishui Town, one in the east of the town and one in the west of the town.

Because it is relatively close to the east of the town, and it only takes two or three sticks of incense to walk, Wei Changqu went straight to the house in the east of the town to turn the tile kiln.

After arriving at the brick and tile kiln, Wei Changju found the person in charge of the brick and tile kiln and told him that he wanted to buy bricks.

Unexpectedly, the person in charge of the brick kiln told her that all the existing bricks and tiles in the kiln had been bought and there was no stock.

There was no other way, so Wei Changju had no choice but to leave, and hurried to the brick kiln in the west of Zhenxi.

But when she arrived at the brick and tile kiln in Zhenxi, the person in charge there still told her that-the existing bricks and tiles had been sold out, and there was no stock.

Thinking that construction will start at 26, what if I can't buy bricks and tiles.

If you can't buy bricks, tiles and stone materials for building in Zhishui Town, you can only go to nearby towns to buy them.

Qinggang Town is the closest to Zhishui Town, but it takes half a day to travel from Zhishui Town to Qinggang Town by light vehicle. If you want to transport those heavy bricks, tiles and stone materials from Qinggang Town to Zhishui Isn't it time-consuming and troublesome to go to the town, and you have to hire more than a dozen carriages, which is a lot of cost.

Wei Changqu thought about it, and felt that this method was very unworkable.

So she pulled the person in charge of the brick kiln and asked: "Master, can't you let your fellows rush to fire a batch of bricks and tiles?"

The person in charge of the brick kiln saw that Wei Changjue really came to buy bricks and tiles sincerely, so he also wanted to help her.

Then he asked, "I don't know when the girl will need it?"

Wei Changjue thought about it, if the construction starts on 26, it will only take three or four days at most to dig the foundation, and then lay the bricks. Besides, it will be winter soon, and it will take at least a month to build the house. , after the house is completed, it has to be vacant to wait for the air to dry. Only after the lime powder on the plaster wall is blown dry by the wind can it be moved in. It will take at least two months to add up the time. In the golden autumn of October, it will feel cool sooner or later, and the building of the house cannot be delayed any longer.

After estimating the time, Wei Changjue replied, "Master, the construction of my house is scheduled to start on the 26th of this month. The bricks and stones should be used at the beginning of next month. As for the tiles, we can catch up later." system."

As soon as Wei Changju finished speaking, the person in charge of the brick kiln waved his hand directly at her and said, "Girl, it's not that I refuse to help you, but that you are in a hurry, even if I let you The guys are rushing to work day and night, but it can’t keep up. Burning bricks is a cumbersome process. It will take at least one day to tamp the earth, and it will take at least several days to mold the mud into the shape of bricks. It will take five or six days to dry the shaped bricks. It depends on the face of God. If it is raining, it will be even more troublesome. Finally, it will be fired in a kiln. , I’m really sorry I can’t make it out.”

How could Wei Changqu not know that calcining bricks is a tedious process.

The person in charge of the brick kiln crackled and pushed, and she knew that she would not be able to buy bricks and tiles today, and she had to think of other ways, so she was about to turn around and leave.

However, just as she turned around and took two steps, the person in charge of the brick kiln called to stop her.

"Girl, don't rush away."

Wei Changjue heard the voice, turned around, looked at the person in charge of the brick kiln, and said, "I don't know what else is going on, master?"

The person in charge of the brick kiln told her that Wei Changqu needed to buy bricks urgently.

"Girl, all the bricks and tiles in my brick kiln were bought by a young gentleman. I heard that the gentleman seems to be from Fengxiang Tower. If the girl needs bricks and tiles urgently, you might as well discuss it with that gentleman. Maybe that son will resell some of it to you, girl."

When Wei Changjue heard about the young master of Fengxianglou, the first thing he thought of was Gu Xizhao.

Isn't that guy going back to Shangjing? Why buy so many bricks and tiles?

For the time being, Wei Changqu still couldn't figure it out, then she thanked the person in charge of the brick kiln, then turned and left.

After Wei Changjue left the brick kiln in the west of Zhenxi, he did not go directly back to Zuixiangfang, but went directly to Fengxiang Tower.

When she stepped into Fengxiang Building, she saw that the hall on the first floor of Fengxiang Building was deserted, and there was no table of guests. The business was indeed bleak. No wonder Zhao Tianxiang would disguise himself as a barbarian and sneak into Zuixiangfang to inquire about the situation that day.

(End of this chapter)