Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 161
Gu Yu stayed in the yard, holding a bamboo stick in his hand, and scratching on the ground.

She was settling accounts. In order to make everyone feel at ease, she gave cash when buying peaches. The 18 taels were gone, and there were 77 taels left. She used a bamboo stick on the ground to calculate whether it was enough.

A few people walked in from time to time in the yard, most of them heard that Gu Yu's family was inviting someone to do simple and light things like peeling and removing the core. Naturally, there were many people who came to ask, Gu Yu's thoughts were repeated I was interrupted by them, and I was a little annoyed for a while, but then I simply stopped looking up and asked them to go to the second aunt directly.Mrs. Xu stayed in the Zhuangzi for a long time, and she did things neatly and fairly. Mrs. Jiang could only help if she wanted to avoid suspicion. Aunt Wen and Mrs. Wang were not familiar with the people in the Zhuangzi, so it was better to let Mrs. Xu choose someone.

Seeing that Gu Yu was upset, Xiaoman simply moved a stool and sat in the front of the yard embroidering things. If anyone came to ask, let them go directly to Mrs. Xu.

Gu Yu was able to calm down a little.In my mind, I thought about 77 taels of silver. If I want to buy caramel candy, I need to buy jars, and I have to invite so many people. Labor is the most difficult thing to calculate.Originally, if the peach jam was made when the peaches were first ripe, these problems would not be encountered at all. She could pick some peaches first, buy some caramel and jars, and even save labor costs and so on. , I make it at home and sell it, and then repeat this cycle, even if it doesn't sell smoothly every time, at least it is much more comfortable than now.It's just that it can't be done now. The peaches can't be delayed for a few days. The later they are picked, the more they fall, which is too bad.What's more, for this one-time picking, you have to hire someone to peel and remove the core, and you have to build a pot and stove, and all of them come together. No matter how you count, the money is not enough, and you have to leave some to sell the peach sauce. People have some travel expenses or something.

As a result, the money is very tight, or to get the money that Li Dejiang and the others used to build the tile-roofed houses. there is none left.Or give up some of the peaches and buy less caramel and jars, but Gu Yu is not reconciled to this. Since she is going to make it, she can't just watch the peaches thrown on the ground like this. She doesn't want those who are waiting to see the joke There is talk.

Thinking that Gu Yu's head was getting bigger, she scratched the ground with a bamboo stick. Although she couldn't remember to write anything, she just repeated the movement mechanically, squatting on the ground, and when Xia Zhi came, she scolded her to go back. He carried Xia Zhi into the house to prevent him from coming out.

Gu Yu was like an old monk in samadhi, staring at the shadow of the bamboo stick cast by the sun on the ground.

All of a sudden, the eyes dimmed, and there were a few feet wearing cloth shoes in front of him. The cloth shoes were already covered with dust. Gu Yu used bamboo sticks to touch them, four pieces, two pairs. Looking up, he exclaimed in surprise: "Brother !!"

Jing Zhe stood and laughed with An Jinxuan, and then An Jinxuan squatted down, "Gu Yu, why didn't you ask us to come back to help with such a big business as buying all the peaches? Are you trying to break your head here?"

Gu Yu smiled foolishly, but he was clear in his heart that An Jinxuan was working as a clerk in the cloth shop in the town, and it was too much trouble for him to come back every few days to pick him up to the medical clinic in the town. If something happened, he would hire them Come back, Gu Yu didn't want to, besides, Jing Zhe was studying in the town, not to mention that he didn't call him, even if he called his parents, he might not agree, so he thought to himself.

Seeing what An Jinxuan said, Gu Yu said seriously: "Brother Jinxuan, you worked as a clerk outside and received their wages, but you can't be so comfortable anymore. After all, you will be controlled by them. It is normal for you to study in the town. You can’t call it back, can you?”

An Jinxuan squatted down, coughed and coughed twice, and then managed to stabilize himself, "Well, I'm a buddy, but the boss's people are okay, and Jing Zhe also came to live with me as a companion. No need to give it away, Jing Zhe will eat with me, it's just that the wages are less."

Gu Yu nodded, and thought that this was not bad. Seeing An Jinxuan and the others like this, Gu Yu thought of comforting him, "You can be content, this guy is already pretty good, if Brother Jinxuan wasn't there Dude, if my brother comes back every day, it will be so troublesome and there will be food, you can earn money by working alone and two people, and you will be paid, your boss is really nice."

Jing Zhe also turned around and smiled in a weird way.

Gu Yu said again: "That's how it is. Uncle is too embarrassed to bother him. There is no one gossiping when you go out, hehe, but it's good for you to come back."

Jing Zhe and An Jinxuan looked at each other and laughed for a while, then Jing Zhe said: "How is the peach sauce thing going now, last time Jinxuan mentioned it, we thought it was the whole Zhuangzi together, where is it?" Only people who knew that they met people in Zhuangzi yesterday knew that our family made it ourselves."

Gu Yu could say anything in front of them, "I've been doing the math all morning, but I still have 77 taels of silver left after I bought the peaches. That's all. I need to buy a batch of caramel, and there is another A batch of big pots, and a batch of jars, and then set up a row of stoves on the ground in front of our yard, and then invite people, and hire people to pick peaches. Originally, I thought about including it in the peach money that day, but at the time I didn’t mention the softness, and a large number of people have to be hired for peeling and pitting, otherwise the time will wait for no one, and I am so anxious that I dare not let them know so as not to be in a hurry.”

An Jinxuan nodded after listening, and then said: "This is not possible. First of all, Gu Yu, you can't make these pots and stoves here in the front yard. You knew that when we made peach sauce that day. It's not difficult." It’s difficult, it’s not easy to say, anyway, we can’t let everyone know. To put it bluntly, this is our secret recipe. If we really make money, there will be one more person who will do it in the future. It’s not a good thing. If I ask you to clean out the threshing machine in the backyard first, and then install a row of stoves in the back, you can just use your own people. Among us, Xiaohe and Xiaoman can light the fire, but it’s not What, you don’t need to worry about the steaming process, it’s enough for one person to watch the fire, and when it’s time to stir here, I, Uncle Quan and I, Jing Zhe, can do it, it’s about the same.”

Gu Yu was taken aback when he heard that, he didn't think that An Jinxuan was indeed a material for doing business, and the first thing he thought about would be the future, which made sense.

Seeing that they didn't respond, An Jinxuan continued, "This money is not enough, but it needs to be counted. Excluding the few items you counted, there are other things you haven't counted."

Gu Yu stood up, surprised and said: "There is more? There is not enough money!"

An Jinxuan smiled, as if he didn't take it seriously, "Now we have to figure out all the problems, and then solve them one by one, and then do it right away, otherwise there will be more problems when we really do it. It’s called sharpening the knife and not mistakenly chopping firewood. For example, if you want to steam, you haven’t ordered a batch of bowls yet, and the pot also costs money, so what about the bricks for the stove? What about the labor for the stove if you have bricks? Here You need money. Another thing to pay attention to is that Uncle Chen needs to send people to guard the peach forest. You also know that some people in Zhuangzi just hate others. If you know that you are using it to make money, you may have to shake it off when you walk over to let Uncle Chen send a safe person to guard it before we finish picking the peaches. Since we bought peaches, this request is not too much Yes, you should also pay attention to things like peeling and packing jars. Although it is to invite people, someone must be watching. We are making food, but we can’t let people take advantage of the loopholes and cause accidents. These are all After thinking about it, there is also God, what should we do if God doesn't reward us, we can't let the peach jam that is almost done get rained and all previous efforts will be wasted, right?"

Gu Yu opened his mouth wide in surprise.Jing Zhe shook his head, didn't say anything, pulled An Jinxuan and Gu Yu and said, "Oh, there are so many things, let's go to the backyard, I'm afraid it's not good for people to come and go here."

It was only then that Gu Yu realized that those who wanted to work had several people staying behind them, listening to them.

The three of them arrived at the backyard. After all, they were separated from the main room, so they were too embarrassed to walk in.

An Jinxuan continued to talk, "All these things must be considered carefully. There are almost so many problems. Let's start to solve them one by one now."

The whole process seemed to be him asking and answering alone. Gu Yu originally thought that she was thinking about it, but now she was really ashamed. She was just thinking about the cost of making peach sauce. Not quite right yet.As soon as An Jinxuan said, not only did he take all aspects into consideration, but he also had to look at Taozi, hire people, keep secrets, and the weather. Gu Yu could only listen.Jing Zhe wandered around the backyard.

An Jinxuan continued to talk about his thoughts, "In general, these are the problems. We will solve them one by one. As for the pots and bowls, don't worry. I know an acquaintance in the town who can help. Once I hear about it, Just tell him that we will send someone to pull it when the time comes, and the money will be paid after we sell the peach jam. Then there is labor. You know that this is the most difficult to control, but you are confused for a while. Don't give a person ten pennies a day. No matter how accurate the second aunt is in seeing people, she can't guarantee that someone is wrong. If others don't say it, the few aunts in your yard will suffer. What's wrong with you? I didn't think of the idea I came up with at the time, pick a basket of peaches and give a penny. Wen or five Wen, it’s about the same amount of money, but we can control it a lot, and don’t let others take advantage of the time to be lazy. If there are those who are safe, we can let them go to the peach forest to pick it and make it Give us the peach meat, and we won’t be afraid if it rains or not..."

Gu Yu sighed inwardly. It is really difficult to do business. You have to worry about everything, and you can't make any mistakes. It's just that now she keeps thinking that the money is not enough. After An Jinxuan said so much, it is still It didn't mention how to solve the problem of money, "But brother Jinxuan, we don't have enough money now, what about those caramel jars? I can't wait for those peaches."

An Jinxuan waved his hands with a confident smile, and shouted, "Jingzhe!"

Tears, this chapter was originally written, and I wanted to double-update it. After the result was coded, I was about to save it. I didn’t know that it was written directly from the USB flash drive. In the end, the word did not respond, and then it said that it was damaged, and then I just coded it. The good words are gone, and the remedial measures on the Internet are all downloaded by some software, which may not be able to get it out, so I have to bite the bullet and write it again. I haven’t gone to bed so late for a long time, scratching the wall.

(End of this chapter)