After becoming a top-notch peasant woman, she continues to be a top-notch

After earning money, Qiao Chao used it to buy food and some chickens.

After returning home, Qiao Chao handed the remaining 280 coins to Zhen Yue, who began to distribute the money to everyone again. This time Qiao San did not go, and because he had to pay his tuition, he had no money.

This time, Zhen Yue gave Qiao Chao and Qiao Er twenty cents each, because they had made a big deal this time. Qian got ten cents, Zhen Yue herself got ten cents, and the remaining two hundred and twenty were given to Qiao Chen for safekeeping.

Everyone was very happy, including Xiaohua and the others, because Qiao Chao bought some snacks for them.

Zhen Yue asked again: "How much money does the family have now?"

Qiao Chen: "About ten taels of silver."

Zhen Yue: "How much is the donkey cart? Is seven or eight taels enough?"

No one in the family asked about the price. Qiao Dashan said, "It should be enough. It depends on what quality of donkey you need."

Zhen Yue looked at Qiao Chao and said, "You and Dad go check it out tomorrow and ask how much it costs. Compare prices and if the price is reasonable, buy a donkey. We should need to transport vegetables to the county or town more often in the future."

Qiao Chao didn't expect to be able to buy a donkey so soon, "Do you want to save up a little more before buying it?"

Zhen Yue: "No, buy it early and enjoy it early."

Qiao Chao: Buy early and enjoy early. It was the first time he heard this, but it did make sense.

Mrs. Qiao Chen felt very distressed as she had to take out the money before it even got warm.

"By the way, let's make a mill when we have time. If we have a donkey, we can use it to pull the mill." When the harvest comes, the rice can be ground directly with the mill, and there is no need for manual labor.

In fact, there is a stone mill in the village, but you have to queue for a long time every time. Before the Qiao family, it was Qiao Dashan who went to queue up, and he didn’t dare to say anything when someone cut in line.

"Also, remember to buy some vegetables to plant. We should also prepare to plant other things in the field behind the house where we planted radishes before."

"What kind of vegetable seeds do you want?" Qiao Chao sat aside.

Zhen Yue: "Soybean seeds and cowpea seeds."

Qiao Chen: "I still have cowpea seeds at home, so there's no need to buy this."

Zhen Yue looked up, "Then why don't you have any?"

Qiao Chenshi: "I wanted to plant it, but there is no place."

Zhen Yue: "That's perfect, give it to me and I'll plant it."

On the second day, Qiao Chao and Qiao Dashan went to the town. There was only one place selling donkeys in the town. A good donkey cost ten taels, a medium-quality donkey cost eight taels, and a low-quality donkey cost six taels.

"Why don't we buy a lower-quality donkey? This way we can save some money." Qiao Dashan suggested. He felt bad about spending so much money on a donkey.

Qiao Chao shook his head, "Buy a medium-sized one. I'll need it to work often in the future, so I'd better buy a better one. But is there only one here?"

Qiao Dashan: "Yes, there is only one such store. Otherwise, we should go to the county to check."

Qiao Chao: "Then let's continue to look at it tomorrow." After all, what Zhen said was to compare prices from three different stores.

When he got home, Qiao Chao told everyone the price of the donkey and said, "My father and I will go to the county town tomorrow to take a look."

Zhen Yue nodded: "Yes. If possible, let's negotiate the price and see if we can get a medium-sized donkey for 7 taels. If not, more than 7 taels is fine."

"Ah."

At the Song Mansion in the county town, after buying vegetables from the Qiao family, the family ate stir-fried mustard greens that night. Mrs. Song thought the taste was really good. Originally, mustard greens had a bitter taste, but the chef cooked it well and the dish was good, so it tasted very good.

"By the way, ask someone to send half a basket of mustard greens and a few radishes to the Liu family. Tell them that I have found some delicious vegetables and let my mother try them." Madam Song instructed the maid beside her. The Liu family was her mother's home.

"Yes."

The Song family is in the silk business in Cangjun County, while the Liu family is in the textile business. Both families are considered wealthy families in Cangjun County.

The old lady of the Liu family hasn't had a good appetite recently, and the Song Mansion happened to send some vegetables over. In the evening, the kitchen made a dish of stewed pork ribs with radish and stir-fried mustard greens, as well as other dishes.

"Mother, these two vegetables are sent by Yan'er as a gift to you. She said they are different from the usual ones and taste much better than before. Try them." The old lady's eldest daughter-in-law, Liu Ye, picked up a dish for her with chopsticks and said, "This radish is stewed until it's soft. You should be able to eat it."

The old lady had no appetite at first, but since it was sent by her daughter, she decided to take a bite. Unexpectedly, after taking a bite, she found it very good, so she took another bite.

Liu Ye, who was standing beside her, was also very happy to see her like this, "Mother, how is it?"

Madam Liu nodded, "Yes, you guys can eat too."

Liu Ye also picked up a radish. After taking two bites, she immediately felt that it was indeed different from the radishes she had eaten before and was really delicious.

She ate some mustard greens and found them good, too.

When Old Lady Liu ate a bowl of rice that day, Liu Ye was stunned. Old Lady Liu wiped the corner of her mouth and said, "This radish and this mustard green are both good. I wonder where Yan'er got them from."

Liu Ye: "Mom, if you like it, I'll ask someone to buy some back regularly in the future."

"Well, you can arrange it."

"Yes."

In the evening, the other members of the Liu family came back and ate the radishes and mustard greens. They all thought they were delicious. Even the children, who originally didn't like vegetables, ate several bites.

Qiao family

Zhen Yue was taking care of the children in the yard and picking vegetables at the same time. Qian took Xiaohua and the other two to release the chickens. In fact, they just drove the chicks out for a while and let them find insects to eat on their own.

On the other side, at the Lin family, Lin Xiaohu saw Qian and the others walking the chickens and counted them. There were actually seven or eight chicks in total.

Lin Xiaohu saw that there were only two chicks in his family. After their chicken was killed, Ma bought two more, so there were only two in his family. When he saw so many in the Qiao family, Lin Xiaohu wanted to do something again.

But before, Ma had told him not to mess with the Qiao family. Lin Xiaohu's eyes rolled around. It was fine last time, so it should be fine this time too, right?

After the chicks were full, Qian drove them back home, and Xiaohua and the other two followed behind.

On the second day, Qiao Chao and Qiao Dashan went to the county town. They came to a place where donkeys were sold. As expected of a county town, there were several places selling donkeys, and the prices were almost the same as in the town.

"Can this be cheaper?" Qiao Dashan pointed at one of the medium-sized donkeys.

"The lowest is seven taels and nine cents."

Qiao Chao directly stated a price: "Seven taels and three cents."

Qiao Dashan turned to look at him, thinking that he had gone too far and how could the other party agree to it.

The donkey seller really thought the price was too low and said, "No, no, I won't sell it to you."

Qiao Chao: "What's the lowest price? If it's suitable, I'll buy it immediately."

The donkey seller: "Seven ounces and seven cents."

Qiao Chao thought for a moment and said, "Seven taels and five cents."

"No, no. Higher."

Qiao Chao: "This is all I can give you. If that doesn't work, I'll go look somewhere else." Qiao Chao said as he pulled Qiao Dashan and was about to leave.

"Hey, wait a minute, 7 taels and 5 cents is 7 taels and 5 cents. Do you want to buy a cart as well? The cart originally sold for 300 wen, I can charge you 290."

Qiao Chao: "I'll buy it if it's 280 yuan, or I can ask my dad to make it when I get home."

"Okay, okay, that'll be two hundred and eighty."

In the end, the two of them spent a total of more than seven taels to take the donkey cart home.