Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Meng Xiuer took the paper from An Yue's hand, looked left and right, and showed some doubt on her face: "The method is not bad, but this hot pot, is it delicious?"

Harue on the side also nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry. I'll go to town tomorrow and find a craftsman to forge this hot pot stove. Then we'll have a hot pot meal together and know what it tastes like."

Meng Xiu'er and Chunzhi looked at each other, smiled happily and nodded.

"Miss, have you ever tried this hot pot you're talking about in town or in the county?"

An Yue shook her head, folding the paper in her hand and said calmly: "Hot pot is a novelty, not an idea that everyone can come up with."

Meng Xiuer's smiling face suddenly frowned again.

She asked, "Yueyue, this forging boiler will cost a lot of money, right?"

"Sister-in-law, there is no return without investment."

"Yeah, that's right. Since Yueyue said so, let's just give it a try."

"If it tastes good, we'll have another way out in the future. If it doesn't taste good, it's fine for our family to eat it."

At this time, it was almost the evening hour.

An Nian came back from town and walked into the yard to see An Yue at home.

He rubbed Bashi's head and said to everyone in the yard, "I'm back!"

An Yue walked forward and helped An Nian take off the cloth bag slung over his shoulder, and asked casually, "Have you learned everything the teacher taught you today?"

"Yeah, no problem."

An Yue smiled and asked, "Niannian, the exam will start in five days. Do you feel nervous?"

An Nian stood up and scratched his head while smiling at An Yue: "Hehe, a little bit."

"It's inevitable to be nervous when taking the exam for the first time. But it doesn't matter whether I can pass or not this time. After all, Nian Nian is still young. I just need to try my best."

"Well, okay! Then Nian Nian will go into the house to study first!" An Nian said as he took the cloth bag from Anyue's hand.

"Okay, let's go!"

In fact, An Yue wants to make money quickly for various reasons.

The first is that he doesn’t want to be poor all his life, and the second is that An Nian is indeed very talented in studying.

He hopes to earn some money so that if he really wants to take the imperial examination in the future, he will not be left without money.

The sky began to darken, and Chunzhi and Anyue started to prepare dinner.

......

The next day.

Early in the morning, An Yue got up early and simply washed up.

After the family had breakfast.

An Yue took the blueprint she had drawn yesterday and walked towards the main road with An Nian.

The brother and sister were walking on the road, and after a few steps they came across Li Wu's ox cart.

They got on the ox cart and headed straight for the town entrance.

Arrived at the entrance of the town.

The brother and sister jumped off the ox cart, and An Nian walked straight to the school at the west entrance of the town.

An Yue walked towards the direction Li Wu gave her.

Soon, they found the blacksmith shop that Li Wu mentioned.

An Yue walked into the blacksmith shop, took out the blueprint and described in detail to the blacksmith the appearance of the boiler she wanted to forge.

After hearing this, the blacksmith took the drawing from An Yue's hand, squinted his eyes and frowned, thinking for a long time.

He said, "Girl, this thing you drew is very novel!"

An Yue asked tentatively: "Master, can you forge a boiler like this?"

"Although I have never forged such an object before, if the young lady trusts me, I am willing to give it a try. What do you think?"

"Okay, okay, then how long does it take to forge a boiler like this, and how much money does it cost?"

"This is also the first time I forge this thing. I will have to wait for about three to five days!"

"As for the money, how about charging you two taels of silver for the iron material and the craftsmanship?"

After hearing this, An Yue gritted her teeth and responded, "Well... well, I only brought one tael of silver today. Is it okay for me to pay one tael of silver first?"

"Okay, okay, I'll write a receipt. When the girl comes to pick up the boiler in five days, you can pay the remaining money." The blacksmith responded readily.

After An Yue reached an agreement with the blacksmith boss, she came out of the blacksmith shop.

Afterwards, he wandered around a few streets.

One is to find a good location, and the other is to see the flow of people.

......

It went on and on for nearly an hour.

Although the shops on the main streets have excellent locations, they are all big shops.

After various natural disasters, shop rents are not expensive now.

But at present, the flow of people in the town is concentrated on this main street.

For example, the three grain and oil shops, the meat shop and the drug store were all busy with people coming and going.

An Yue clasped her arms across her chest, supporting her chin with one hand, and began to mutter to herself.

[The shops on the main roads are large, so although the rent is expensive, it is affordable. However, the costs of various aspects will also be higher.]

[You can go to the small alleys, where the shops are smaller and the rent is much cheaper, but the flow of people will also be pitifully small. ]

After much thought, we can't rush into this matter.

She decided to observe the main street for a few more days to see if the opening of Wanfulou would stimulate the flow of people in the town.

The most important thing right now is to forge the hot pot stove first.

Then the whole family had a great hotpot at home.

If all the conditions for opening a shop are met, it is not too late to talk about opening a shop.

An Yue thought that An Nian would take the imperial examination in four days, so she had to go to the west entrance of the town to buy a good set of pens and ink for An Nian.

Walking all the way west.

......

An Yue came to the antique shop where she bought the book before.

The shop assistant greeted her enthusiastically: "Girl, what do you want to buy?"

"Young man, help me pick out a set of high-quality pens and ink."

The shop assistant responded and asked, "Okay! It seems that someone in the girl's family is going to take the Tongkat Ali exam?"

An Yue smiled and said, "Yes!"

"Then I wish your family success in the imperial examination in advance." The shop assistant said with a smile while finding pen and ink for An Yue.

"Thank you, little brother. I am still young, and this is my first test, so I will just take it as a chance to familiarize myself with the exam room and rules."

"Yes, yes, to obtain a good reputation one has to take one step at a time. There is no rush."

As he spoke, the shop assistant handed the pen and ink in his hand to An Yue.

"Miss, this set of writing brushes and inks are all top-notch. I believe that with this set of writing brushes and inks, your brother will be even more powerful in the examination hall."

"Okay, okay, then little brother, can you please calculate how much this set of writing brushes and ink costs?"

"The total is six hundred coins."

After handing the silver and money to the clerk, An Yue walked out of the shop with the pen and ink.

As soon as they left the shop, the sun was a little dazzling. An Yue covered her forehead with her hand and looked at the sky.

It's almost noon.

An Yue quickened her pace and headed for the town entrance, thinking of riding on Li Wu's ox cart.

After hurrying, we finally arrived at the entrance of the town.

From a distance, I saw two women sitting in Li Wuniu's cart.

Li Wu smiled and asked, "Yue girl, is everything settled?"

An Yue got on the ox cart breathlessly and replied, "Yes! I thought I couldn't catch up with uncle's ox cart!"

"Everyone, sit down! Let's go back to the village now."