The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 17

Fu Shi joined the army at the age of 16. Before he left, he sold the house to the second room at a low price, and handed over all the land of the big house to them to take care of, as long as one-third of the harvest was used as rent. These two things are very important to the second room meaningful.I said before that there are many women in the second house, so what kind of food, drink, and marriage do not cost money?It is because of Fu Shi's fields that the second room can have enough food and surplus food, and it is also because of buying Fu Shi's house at a low price that the second room's sons have a place to live when they marry their wives.

Everyone in the second room had conflicting feelings towards Fu Shi, both taboo and grateful.

Although Fu Shi was a rough guy, he was very sensitive in his heart. Feeling the contradictory feelings of the second roomer, he took the initiative to alienate people other than the second uncle.Both parties are retreating, and naturally the relationship will not get any better.

If it was two months ago, Fu Shi would have preferred to walk back and forth rather than ride in the same car as the second roomer.However, with He Tao's encouragement these days and demonstrations of practical behavior, Fu Shi took such a step.It is precisely because He Tao and Fu Shi have been married smoothly since the marriage, the second room's taboo against Fu Shi has been reduced, and they discussed at home whether it is because the two fateful people are together, Fu Shi Shi is no longer able to restrain the people around him.

He Tao thought that since they were all sitting together, it would be too embarrassing for Gu Wuyan to talk to each other, so she took the initiative to talk to her and asked her second aunt Wu what New Year's goods she planned to buy.She started, Wu Shi didn't put on airs, and told her in detail what she was going to buy, thinking that there was no elder in the wasteland, Wu Shi even gave He Tao some pointers.

"...Everything has to be prepared, especially the salt, oil, etc. that are used every day. You must not miss out, otherwise all the shops will be closed during the Chinese New Year, and you will not be able to buy them with money!"

Walnut nodded kindly to express his understanding.

Then He Tao told them about the stall he had set up, and showed the packed goods to Mrs. Wu and Tang Wenmei, the sister-in-law in the hall, and told her price, and asked them if they thought they could sell them.

Wu and Tang Wenmei also felt that these gadgets were quite novel, and they both said they would definitely sell well.

He Tao cheerfully asked Mrs. Wu and Tang Wenmei to choose a few pieces by themselves: "Second aunt, sister-in-law in the lobby, take one if you like it, anyway, I don't know how much it costs!"

Wu just said that he was too old to take these things, so he didn't take any of them.

Tang Wenmei's eyes lit up when she first met her, but now He Tao asked her to choose. She took a few and couldn't put them down, but she refused to take them, saying, "It's not easy for you to start a small business."

Seeing that she really liked it, He Tao kept persuading her, but in the end Tang Wenmei couldn't hold back, so she took a hair tie and tied it on the spot.

After getting along, He Tao felt that the people in the second room seemed to have a good temper, and they were blood relatives, so it was worth her effort to "woo".The most effective way to attract people is money!She said to Tang Wenmei: "The cost of these things is very low. The rags only cost [-] Wen, and the silk threads of various colors did not cost more than [-] Wen. You can make a lot of money once you make it. The lobby sister-in-law Or you can sell more!"

Tang Wenmei's heart was moved when she heard it.She calculated in her mind that He Tao estimated that there were five or six hundred items in the pile in her hand. Even if they only bought one penny each, they could still get hundreds of pennies after deducting the cost!This is the salary for a man working as a coolie for a month.This business is really worth doing!
"But if you want to do it, you have to hurry. These things are not complicated to make, and you can make them with a little needlework. It's best to take advantage of the next two days, and then the Lantern Festival next year."

"Lantern Festival is also okay? Didn't you say that anyone who knows how to do needlework can do it?" Tang Wenmei asked puzzled.When the Lantern Festival is half a month away, it is estimated that all the daughters-in-law and daughters in ten villages and eight miles will be there.

"Didn't my second aunt just say that after the big market, the shops will not be open until the Lantern Festival, and others don't have the materials to make it!"

"That's true! When I get to the town, I'll go to the cloth shop to buy rags first!"

Tang Wenmei was a straightforward person. After thinking about the twists and turns, she immediately made a decision.

The women were discussing small business, while the men were silent all the way.The second uncle originally wanted to talk to Fu Shi about building a house, but he found that he was unusually silent today, so he didn't say anything in the end.

When they arrived at the market, the two groups made an appointment to meet up and split up. The people from the second room went to buy new year's goods, and He Tao took Fu Shi to the market to set up a street stall.

Because it was a big fair a year ago, there were a lot of people setting up stalls. When He Tao and the others arrived, all the good stalls were taken up.The two of them searched for a long time before they found a small place, and before they could get disgusted, they quickly spread a piece of coarse cloth on the floor to occupy the space, and then put out the headgear, purses and satchels in different categories, and squatted patiently waiting for the business to arrive. .

The number of people going to the market gradually increased. There were several young wives and daughters who kept looking at them when they passed by, and looked back reluctantly when they passed by, but the strange thing was that no one came forward to choose.

He Tao was so shocked that she groaned again and again, and turned her head to complain to Fu Shi, she immediately understood why no one came - Fu Shihu stood upright with a straight face, and he looked especially scary at this moment, who was already tall and strong!He Tao thought, if it were her, she probably wouldn't want to come shopping.

She twitched the corner of her mouth: "Shitou, why don't you go buy new year's goods first, and come back to me when you're done!"

Fu Shi frowned, then nodded: "Okay, daughter-in-law, don't go away, I'll be back soon!"

Seeing him walk away, He Tao breathed a sigh of relief, and told her intuitively that Fu Shi seemed not too happy about her setting up a stall, but she didn't understand why.Sure enough, not long after Fu Shi left, the first customer came to the door, and then the second and third came, and soon a crowd of young wives and girls crowded in front of the stall.

He Tao is not a good talker, so she can only introduce the price with a smile on her face, and the most she can say is "they are all new gadgets".

For the initiative to sell, she can't think of good words on the one hand, and on the other hand, she can't get rid of the face, but she has self-knowledge, cleverness, and practice, wearing her own headband and bunny bag, which has the effect of letting customers go up.

After raising this for more than a month, He Tao has already left the ranks of bean sprouts. Her sunken cheeks are fuller and her skin is brighter. In addition, she has specially dressed up, so she can be regarded as pretty and lovely.Some customers just looked at the rare ones and didn't plan to buy them. They were also moved when they saw the pretty ones she carried, so they squatted down and carefully selected them.

Hair accessories and purses are sold for one penny, two pennies, or three pennies depending on the material. Basically, everyone who reads it will buy one.The most expensive is the rabbit satchel thirty cash, which is equivalent to more than a catty of pork. Of course, the most popular is the rabbit satchel.Everyone will hold it in their hands and look at it again and again, but due to the price, most people just look at it and let it go.However, despite this, the last 36 rabbit satchels were sold out!
When Fu Shi bought all the new year's goods and returned to the stall, there were more than a dozen head ornaments of less than outstanding colors scattered on the stall.He Tao felt that he had already paid back his capital and made a small profit, so he readily decided to close the stall.

"Have you bought all the things?" She checked the large and small bags that Fu Shi had brought over.Seasonings, snacks, meat, wax paper money, um, a lot!
Fu Shi took over the booth, and then led He Tao to the car drop-off place with big and small bags on his shoulders.The people in the second room hadn't come back yet. After getting in the car, He Tao took advantage of the lack of people to express his doubts: "Shitou, you seem to be very unhappy today, what's the matter?"

Fu Shi held back for a while and said, "I just feel a little useless."

"What's the matter?" He Tao didn't understand why.

Then Fu Shi said sullenly: "Since we got married, you are the one who is thinking about money. You are the one who is working hard with the villagers and the second uncle's house..."

Only then did He Tao understand why the crux of the matter was, what a sensitive and narrow-minded man!

Regardless of whether she was outside or not, she hugged Fu Shi's arm and said in a low voice, "You made a lot of money from hunting. The wild boar sold for six taels last time. The average family can't earn that much in a year." A lot! The rabbit bags I sell today make money because of the hares you hunted and the skins you made. When it comes to interacting with the villagers, I used to be the same. It was only recently that I started to change my mind after hearing what Grandma Cheng said. We are a family, there is no need to divide what belongs to you, me and me, it is all for our little family!"

Fu Shi didn't speak, but just looked at her seriously, finally, blushing, he took off her hand and nodded.

"Shitou, if you have something to say in the future, don't let me guess and think about it..." He Tao said close to his ear: "I'm the little wife!"

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After waiting for about half an hour, everyone from the second room also came back.Sure enough, Tang Wenmei bought a lot of rags, and He Tao estimated that there were seven or eight bundles by visual inspection.Hearing that He Tao's items were basically sold out, she was so happy from ear to ear, she kept saying that she would start making them after she got home, and she would make a batch first after staying up all night, and then she would sell them at a stall tomorrow.

The two families bought a cartful of goods, and the six of them returned to Banyan Village almost drowned by the goods.The first thing He Tao did when he got home was to count the copper coins. He counted three times excitedly and came up with the exact number: 2000 two hundred and fifty-seven coins!
After depositing the copper plates in the clay pot, she solemnly took out the family account book she had made before, and wrote down the date, number and source.The account book now only has half a page, two accounts: the first, on the 27th day of the winter month in the 27th year of Chengyuan, six liang, Fu Shi’s income from hunting wild boars, and the second, on the 2000th day of the twelfth lunar month in the 57th year of Chengyuan, 57 liang One hundred and fifty-seven articles, obtained by He Tao and Fu Shi from selling handicrafts.Current balance: eight taels of money, [-] texts.

After finishing memorizing it, she suddenly remembered that she had not asked Fu Shi a very important question.She turned her head: "Stone, how much silver do you have?"

There are a lot of places to use money at home, and the most important one is the money for repairing the house after the spring. At least it costs more than a dozen taels, and it is still half!

If Fu Shi didn't have enough money to fill the hole, she had to find a way to sell the tofu recipe quickly.

(End of this chapter)