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In Xie Jiaojiao's mind, this little episode was quickly overcome by her.

The villagers who grew sugarcane with her were waiting for her to return.

Seeing everyone surrounding her warehouse, Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone. Someone will come to collect the brown sugar tomorrow. By then, I will give everyone the silver according to the price I set for them."

With her words, everyone felt relieved. Shopkeeper Chen set the price for Xie Jiaojiao at two coins of silver, and Xie Jiaojiao gave everyone 1 coin and 40 coins!

This is what she said at the beginning. She would take 3 cents from every kilogram. Every time we harvested and pressed the sugarcane, we would all work together. If anyone was needed, she would hire them. All of this was written in the contract!

Early the next morning, Manager Chen arrived with a ox cart and a horse carriage, and Gao Shen and Boss Gao also came with him.

Xie Jiaojiao first took Boss Gao to see the porcini mushrooms that were dried in her home. Boss Gao smelled the scent and was very satisfied.

After discussing the price, Xie Jiaojiao priced the dried porcini at 50 wen per jin, which Boss Gao thought was reasonable. They weighed it immediately and it was about jin. Xie Jiaojiao readily gave the change and Gao Shen also readily paid the money.

Gao Shen asked again: "I wonder if Miss Xie still has fermented bean curd. I want to buy some."

"Shopkeeper Chen told you?"

Shopkeeper Chen said unhappily, "Boss Gao, when he saw you delivering food to me yesterday, he kept asking me about it. I had no choice but to tell him."

Gao Shen smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Chen is very righteous."

Shopkeeper Chen smiled helplessly.

Xie Jiaojiao thought, Gao Shen sells it in the north, not in town, so it's nothing, and there's still a lot of fermented tofu at home, so she agreed: "We still have some fermented tofu at home. If Boss Gao needs it, I'll give it to you at the same price I gave to Shopkeeper Chen. Do you think it's suitable?"

How could it not be suitable? Gao Shen agreed immediately.

Previously, most of the fermented tofu was kept in large jars. In order to make it easier for Boss Gao to carry it, Xie Jiaojiao asked Sun Ruhua to find the empty jars at home. Then the fermented tofu was divided into several parts and loaded into large baskets. The jars were surrounded by straw, so that they would not be easily damaged no matter how far they were shipped.

After finishing what Gao Shen wanted, Xie Jiaojiao took Shopkeeper Chen to look at the brown sugar.

When Shopkeeper Chen saw so much brown sugar in the warehouse, his eyes lit up.

Once he brings back these brown sugars, he will earn a lot of money for his boss, and then he will have to ask for rewards!

Gao Shen looked at it and immediately said, "Miss Xie, can you give me some of this brown sugar?"

Xie Jiaojiao looked at Shopkeeper Chen somewhat awkwardly.

"Gao Shen, that's enough. I'm introducing business to you, why are you stealing my business?" Shopkeeper Chen said angrily.

Gao Shen smiled and patted his shoulder: "Oh, my old brother, you are still angry. I won't argue with you. Just take it away and give me the remaining bits and pieces. This stuff is expensive in the market, so I thought about buying some and taking it back to share with my relatives as festival gifts."

That was more like it. Shopkeeper Chen's face immediately became much better. He glared at Gao Shen and said, "Next time, say everything you want to say all at once!"

Gao Shen: ...Look at how angry he is...

On that day, everyone saw that several ox carts and horse carts were pulling a lot of things away from Xie Jiaojiao's house. Those carts of stuff were so eye-catching!

After Manager Chen left, Xie Jiaojiao was extremely excited as she received the several hundred taels of silver that Manager Chen paid her.

She has been here for two years!

That should be considered as making a lot of money, right?

Seeing Xie Jiaojiao returning to the room, Sun Ruhua quickly closed the door.

Xie Jiaojiao smiled speechlessly: "Mom, why are you closing the door!"

Sun Ruhua said cautiously: "With so much money, mother is worried!"

"What are you worried about?" Xie Jiaojiao went to open the door.

He then took out the account book, which recorded the weight of brown sugar for each household.

She told Manager Chen yesterday not to take all silver notes when the time comes. Silver ingots or loose change would also be fine.

I just happened to calculate the amount of money each family deserved by looking at the account book.

Xie Jiaojiao asked Xie Zhiyi to tell Tian Hu to notify everyone to go to the village chief's house to collect the money.

Xie Zhiyi went there in a hurry.

Xie Jiaojiao found the small cloth bags that she had asked Sun Ruhua to help her sew, filled them with silver, and took Sun Ruhua to the village chief's house.

The village chief was also craning his neck waiting for her to come!

As soon as she arrived, the village chief's wife immediately brought stools for her and her mother to sit on, and poured them a bowl of hot water. This was surprising, because when she usually came, it was good enough to have a stool to sit on, let alone water!

Soon everyone came, with smiles on their faces, tanned faces, and a little red due to excitement.

Although the villagers were not notified, many of them gathered around to see how much silver those who planted sugarcane last year could get.

Wang Pozi's family was the last to arrive. It was Niu Fusheng and his wife. Xie Jiaojiao also rarely saw Niu Fusheng's wife, Li Lihua. Since she married into the Niu family, this woman rarely went out. Even when doing farm work, she covered herself up tightly. She looked much whiter than the peasant women in the village. Seeing Niu Fusheng following her everywhere, moving a stool and holding her hand to let her sit...

When everyone arrived, Xie Jiaojiao asked Sun Ruhua to take out the bag, which contained several bags filled with the divided silver. Each bag had a number written on it that Xie Jiaojiao could understand.

The village chief and his wife also sat down, and everyone looked at Xie Jiaojiao and the bag in her hand.

Xie Jiaojiao said, "I would like to thank you all for your trust in me and for following me in growing sugarcane. This year we harvested the first batch of sugarcane. Yesterday, all the sugarcane was sold for money. Today is the time for us to enjoy the fruits of our labor."

Then Xie Jiaojiao began to read out which households, how many kilograms, and how much silver according to the contract...

First, the village chief, Chen Shouren’s family, produced 356 kilograms of brown sugar and 49 taels, 8 coins and 4 coins of silver.

After reading out his name, Xie Jiaojiao gave him the silver bag that belonged to his family.

As the village chief, Chen Shouren's face turned red with excitement. His annual salary was only a few taels of silver, and his family had to live frugally to support his children's education. He never thought that the sugarcane he planted would be equivalent to his ten years' salary!

The village chief's wife was even more excited than him. She was so excited that she brimmed with tears. Everyone envied her for being the village chief's wife and for her child being able to go to school. But what was there to envy? For the sake of face, she sent her child to school, and her family lived frugally all day long. They could only eat meat once a month when the child was on rest, and she could not even eat two pieces herself, as she had to give all the food to the child!

Next is Tian Hu’s family, which produced 330 kilograms of brown sugar and 46 taels and 2 cents of silver!

Tian Hu's hands were shaking when he took the silver bag.

Next was Wang Dawei, one of the five people who had joined the farming. He looked to be about the same age as the late Xie Zhen, but still looked strong. His weight was 345 jin, or 48 liang and 3 qian.

Wang Dawei had never seen more than five taels of silver in his entire life, but he planted two acres of sugarcane and harvested 5 taels of silver. The old man could hardly control his emotions and burst into tears with excitement.

When Xie Jiaojiao handed the purse to him, he took the silver and was extremely grateful to Xie Jiaojiao!

Who isn’t!

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Finally, it was Wang Po's family, with two acres of land worth 346 kilograms and 48 taels, four cents and four coins of silver.

It was Niu Fusheng who came to get the silver. Originally, Niu Fusheng was also very excited, but when Xie Jiaojiao handed the silver to him, he couldn't help but said with a smile: "Brother Niu, the last time I saw Niu Er, he was thinner than last year. You must buy some meat for Niu Er when you take it back..."

Niu Fusheng was suddenly embarrassed...

Xie Jiaojiao glanced at Li Lihua again. The woman twisted her handkerchief and smiled awkwardly...