Farmer's happy event

Chapter 25
Forty cents a catty?Did she hear correctly?Lianzi was a little skeptical.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, didn't we agree that time? It's fifty cents a catty." Can this change?

Shopkeeper Zhang was very calm. Instead of looking at the lotus seeds, he looked at Liu Jingren, who had been taciturn, and said, "In this season, the price of fruit is already high, and there are few people to buy. My purchase price is only [-] Wen. If it is higher, I'm afraid I won't be able to buy it." A few people bought it. In order for us to earn more, let’s set the price lower.”

At first glance, these words sound very reasonable, and they seem to be thinking of them.

Liu Jingren was about to nod his head and say yes, when Lianzi said decisively: "No!"

Shopkeeper Zhang knew that Liu Jingren was honest, and Lianzi also knew her father's character.So say no before he nods.This time, the goods were sold at a dead price, and they were not paid a share. For shopkeeper Zhang, the lower the better.As for the selling price, of course he has the final say, and it has nothing to do with Lianzi in the future.

Lianzi didn't believe what he said.

"Think about it, just buying fresh fruit costs several pennies per catty, and three catties of fresh fruit can produce one catty of preserved fruit. You have to buy special equipment and use a lot of firewood. How much are these? And this But our family's unique secret recipe, [-] Wen per catty is already very profitable." Lianzi analyzed the difficulty, and firmly disagreed with Zhang's lower price.

I didn't expect this little girl to be so eloquent and so clear-headed.

"Hehe, what my niece and daughter said is the same, we must understand each other. It's just that I do have difficulties here, how about 45 essays?" Zhang Zhang thought that he had let go of his mouth a lot.

When Lianzi bought saplings and seeds in her previous life, she often haggled over the price, so she said again: "We clearly agreed last time, fifty renminbi, if you think it's not suitable, then we'll find another shop." It's still very useful to make one shoot and two break ups.

Shopkeeper Zhang didn't show any anxious look on his face, instead he said: "I'm really doing it for your own good, even if you go out and look for it again, but the reputation of my shop is here, and it can't be suppressed with just one or two clicks." Go on." He felt that this little girl was still a little immature when it came to business, and anyway, even if she could make a fortune, he would win.

"How about this, I'll add three words to make it auspicious, 48." After he finished speaking, he looked at Lianzi, waiting for her to make a decision.

Lianzi knew that this was probably Zhang's bottom line, and there were other matters, so she said: "Okay, we agree. It's just that you also know the situation of our family. I'm afraid you have to lend us some money first. , you just deduct it.”

Shopkeeper Zhang was stunned for a moment, he suddenly seemed to have a feeling of being cheated, so he tried to save it: "The money I have on hand is not turning around very well, if this is the case, let's pay 47 cents per catty. "

Lianzi knew that it would not be so easy, but after all, the current situation is not good for them, and the days of cooperation will be long in the future, so there is no way but to accept it.At the same time, she thought silently in her heart that when she had money, she would open a shop by herself.

The two parties finally reached an agreement, and the shopkeeper Zhang first lent two taels of silver to Lianzi's family, and then settled the deal at a price of 47 Wen per catty of preserved fruit.

After leaving shopkeeper Zhang's shop, Liu Jingren drove the bullock cart with two taels of silver in his pocket, and took Yang's wife and son to the market.

"Why are you going?" Seeing that the car was about to enter the downtown area, Mrs. Yang hurriedly asked.

"Buy fruit." This time Liu Jingren answered simply, but Yang immediately scolded him back.

"You are stupid! Do you know how expensive the fruit here is? There is an orchard in Caojiawanzi ready-made, and you still rush here to buy it and take it back?"

Lianzi of Caojiawanzi Village knew that the village where Mrs. Li wanted to sell her as a child bride was adjacent to their Liujiazhuang.

After being scolded by Mrs. Yang, Liu Jingren remembered this, immediately laughed, turned the bullock cart around, and walked back.

"Wait," Yang called to him again, jumped out of the car, bought two pancakes from a roadside stall, and stuffed them into Lianzi's hands after getting on the car.

I haven't eaten since morning, so I must be hungry.

It happened that there was an ox cart now, so instead of letting Liu Jingren go back to Liujiazhuang, Mrs. Yang went to the orchard in Caojiawanzi first.

Although it is winter, there will be apples stored in the orchard so that they can be sold in winter.Buying in bulk at the orchard and taking them away yourself will save you a lot of money than buying in town.

They bought two hundred catties at a price of seven cents a catty, loaded more than half of the ox cart, and drove back to their village heavily.

Two hundred catties of fresh fruit can definitely make more than fifty catties of preserved fruit, but this thing is easy to store, whether it is to sell it next time, or keep it for yourself, it is fine.

After returning home, it was almost time for dinner. The lunch was cooked with millet and beans, and the three sisters ate a little indiscriminately.After Mrs. Yang returned home, she unloaded the fruit from the cart, and then went into the stove to wash the pots and cook.

Apples are easy to oxidize, and they will turn dark and ugly, and the preserved fruit will not be ready in a short while, so Lianzi plans to get up early tomorrow to talk about it.

Calculating how much money this batch of preserved fruits could make, Lian Zi got a good night's sleep.

The next day, before Lianzi woke up, she was photographed by Yang.Because Lianzi said the night before that she would use the kang this time, Mrs. Yang cleaned up the kang early and went to the stove to heat hot water.

Fifty catties of preserved fruit, even if it is spread all over the kang, it will not be released.So Lianzi decided to divide it into two batches. First, he washed nearly one hundred catties of apples, put them in a large pot and boiled them for several pots, peeling the skins while cooking.After peeling off the skin, cut them into four pieces one by one, and then stack them neatly on the bare kang, cover the top with mats, withered grass leaves, etc., and start a fire underneath.

Because of the successful experience of the last time, it is not difficult to do it this time.The big kang is easier to use than the small earthen pot. This time, after burning for an hour, I stopped the fire. After the temperature dropped completely, I put the dried and hard dried apples into the big pot to soften.After doing this work, it is not finished until it is completely dark.

The whole family was so busy that they didn't even have a good meal.When the preserved fruit was ready in the evening, Mrs. Yang actually steamed rice.Anyway, they will be able to make money soon, so there is no fear that they will be hungry in the future.Although the food was still pickled vegetables, the family of six really had a full meal.

Yang made a big bag with oiled paper, put the prepared preserved fruit into the bag, weighed it, and felt that it could weigh about [-] catties. If I make so much more tomorrow, it will be ready for delivery.

Now the whole room on the kang is full of the smell of apples, whether it is fresh fruit or preserved fruit, I have eaten a lot of chestnuts, and I don’t say lotus seeds are stingy anymore.

On the second day, the process of yesterday was repeated. Although it was hard work, the hearts of the whole family were open and bright.

On the third day, Yang and Liu Jingren took the lotus seeds and drove the bullock cart to the town early in the morning, and handed over fifty catties of preserved fruit to shopkeeper Zhang.

With the experience of successfully advertising last time, shopkeeper Zhang also learned to be smart, and made the advertisement extremely beautiful. Only on the first day, the preserved fruit that was originally planned to sell only [-] catties was sold out, and the reservation was also reserved. Quite a lot.

Excluding the two taels of silver borrowed from shopkeeper Zhang, Lianzi only got the remaining 350 Wen, plus the remaining 950 Wen from buying fresh fruits, which means that they have earned a full [-] Wen through hard work in the past two days.And there are fifty or sixty catties of fresh fruit at home, and they can earn almost another penny.

Suddenly making money became easier, Yang and Liu Jingren were so excited that they had nothing to say.

Shopkeeper Zhang has already made an appointment to send another [-] catties the day after tomorrow. Mrs. Yang originally wanted to go to Jishang to buy some items, but because of time constraints, she had to go to Caojiawanzi to buy another [-] catties of fresh fruit.In this way, only two hundred wen were left from the money we had just earned.But it doesn't matter, as soon as the delivery is made, they will have money soon.

In the past few days, Lianzi's kang has been very busy. She sleeps on it at night and makes preserved fruits on it during the day.

Yang couldn't help sighing, it would be great if there was another kang, so that not only can I do more, but I can also sleep the children in the future.

Liu Jingren said with a smile: "In a few days, I will ask someone to help me build another one."

An average of 200 catties of preserved fruit can be made every two days. Before the Lantern Festival, Lianzi's family made a total of more than [-] catties. Calculated in this way, they made a net profit of more than six taels of silver, almost half a penny every day.

Fortunately, they have separated their families now, live in front of the village, and have no neighbors. Except for Mrs. Zhao, few people come to visit. Therefore, except Mrs. Zhao, no one else knows that their family has jumped from a poor and a poor family a few days ago. Wealthy households in the village.

The recipe for making preserved fruit must be kept secret, and fortunately, Mrs. Zhao is a person who knows the importance, and did not say a word to others.

After the Lantern Festival, the sales of preserved fruit dropped significantly. At the beginning, it was not enough to sell [-] catties a day, and finally it could barely sell [-] or [-] catties a day.In the end, all the apples in Caojiawanzi Village had been bought up by Lianzi's family, and it was time for the apples to go off the market.

In addition to preserved fruits, roasted seeds and nuts sold in shopkeeper Zhang's shop are obviously not as much as during the New Year's Eve, and the off-season has begun.At the same time, it also means that the small baskets made by Liu Jinglin are also sold less and less.Although the family separated, the Yang family and Liu Jingren still brought Liu Jinglin's handiwork over as usual.One is to help him, and the other is that if the preserved fruit is to be sold better, it also needs to be packaged.

In the blink of an eye, it was February, and the weather started to warm up as usual. With the nourishment of several heavy snowfalls in winter, everything began to recover quickly at a speed that could be seen by the eyes.That terrible famine has completely passed away, and what is left only exists in the memory of the people of Liujiazhuang.

For the Lianzi family, the matter of preserved fruit has come to an end, and they are only waiting for the coming of the next peak season.Now the busy spring plowing is the top priority.

In the two months of the first month and the second month, I earned more than 20 taels of silver. Now I have purchased not only the necessities of life, but also farm tools. Even the dilapidated gate and the door of the hall have been replaced with new ones.

Yang originally wanted to buy another cow, so it would not be a problem to borrow from Zhou Tongli's house all day long.But when I thought about spending money on spring plowing, I had to let it go.

Even so, the life of their family is also nourished, not just one or two festivals.

(End of this chapter)