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

Zhen Yue also wanted to find some firewood that could be used to make charcoal, so that she could burn charcoal in the room in winter. However, to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, she had to open ventilation windows and it was best to put a pot of water next to the charcoal fire.

After buying the cloth, the three of them went to buy food. Yes, every time after coming to buy vegetables, Zhen Yue would ask Qiao Chao to buy some more food.

This is probably the aftereffect of experiencing the end of the world, and they are thinking about stockpiling food.

After buying food and meat, the three of them ate something and then went back. As soon as they got home, Mrs. Qiao Chen came over and Zhen Yue asked her to take the cloth and cotton to the room first.

"Why did you buy so much cloth?"

Zhen Yue: "The weather is getting cold, so we need to start preparing winter clothes. Can everyone make a cotton coat?"

Mrs. Qiao Chen: "You are right, but why do we need so much cotton? It's not cheap, is it? Tomorrow I will go find some reed fluff to put in the clothes, and your father and I will not need cotton anymore. You can just use the cotton. I have an old fur, I will find it later and use it to cover my eldest grandson."

Zhen Yue frowned, "Reed fluff? Will it keep you warm?" It seemed that the poor could only stuff their clothes with reed fluff to keep warm.

Mrs. Qiao Chen: "It's warm. In the middle of winter, I don't go out. I just stay in the house. How can it not be warm?"

Zhen Yue sighed inwardly. The cotton she bought was still not enough. How could the catkins keep her warm? However, spending more than two taels today was already a lot. Qiao Chao rarely went into the mountains to hunt now and focused on selling vegetables.

Generally, he went to the county town every three or five days. Occasionally, if he couldn't finish the work in the fields, he would go there every seven or eight days. In other words, he went there six or seven times or even five or six times a month.

I can earn about 600 to 700 yuan for one trip, so about 300 yuan a month. However, I have to buy a donkey, tiles, and rent land before that. In addition, I have to buy food and meat every time, which costs me about 100 yuan.

There wasn't much money left and it couldn't be spent easily. Zhen Yue didn't even tell her that she wanted to buy paper and pens.

You wouldn't know until you counted it. Once you counted it, you would be shocked. They really spend money like water. But this is also necessary. I feel that I have to keep an account of it.

"Third brother, you will be in charge of keeping accounts from today on." Zhen Yue looked at Qiao San who had returned from studying.

Qiao San was confused for a moment, "Huh?" He scratched his head, "Sister-in-law, I don't know how to do it."

Zhen Yue: "What's so difficult? Just write down how much money your family spends every day and where it's mainly spent, such as how much you spent on the donkey, how much you spent on the tiles, and how much money you have left at the end of the month. Don't you have paper? Write it down on the paper and sew it up with needle and thread."

Qiao San: “…Is it that simple?”

Zhen Yue: "Just write it down. When you want to find a job as an accountant in town, just say you learned it at home."

Qiao San: “…Okay, alright.” Could he really say that when he went to town to find a job as an accountant?

"If you don't have enough paper, just tell me. I'll buy you more next time I make money."

"Ok."

Back in the room, Zhen Yue sat down and took a big sip of water, then she began to think about how to make more money.

Logically speaking, their family actually earns a lot of money now, and they often have meat to eat... Zhen Yue's eyes suddenly glanced at the two big pigs outside, and then she began to count the days.

The pigs in her family should weigh at least 300 kilograms. Pork is now 20 wen per kilogram. If it is sold at the normal price, it will be 6,000 wen, which is 5 taels of silver. If there are two pigs, it will be 10 taels of silver.

But her pigs were not ordinary. If the price was set at twenty-five cents, they could be sold for more than six taels, and two pigs would weigh twelve taels. Because of the pig-slaughtering dinner, not that many were sold in the end, and the family had to keep a large portion of the meat for making bacon, sausages, etc.

If I only sell one pig, I'll only get six taels of silver. I can eat the remaining pig at home, and keep the chicken for the winter... It seems that the profit is still not enough.

Let’s wait until winter, when she can grow valuable fresh vegetables. Then she can sell them at a higher price and rich people will buy them.

Zhen Yue was calculating how much to invest, how much money to earn, and how much money to spend.

Suddenly, there was a loud cry of "Wa wah wah". Zhen Yue came back to her senses. Qiao Chen came over with the crying little Achu in her arms. "He must be hungry."

Zhen Yue: ...Yes, there is also this divine beast. She also needs to buy a ewe to produce milk. She drank goat milk for a while before, but later Qiao Dashan was not free, so she did not go to Zhu's house to buy goat milk.

After feeding the child and coaxing him to turn over and play on his own in bed, Zhen Yue asked Xiaohua and the others to come and look after the child. She took out the thick clothes from the closet, tore off the outer layer of the quilt, took out the cotton wool inside, and prepared to hang it up to dry in the sun.

The cotton wool has turned black. I don't know how many years it has been used.

When taking out the cotton-padded clothes, she also saw cockroaches. Zhen Yue took the clothes out to soak them in water with a look of disgust on her face. She must wash them.

Qiao Chao had just come in from outside at this time. As soon as he came in, he saw something moving around on the floor. He got goosebumps all over his body, and then he took several steps back and retreated out of the house.

Zhen Yue: "??? Why are you more scared than me?"

Qiao Chao: “Haha.”

Zhen Yue walked over and stomped on several cockroaches to death. Xiao Hua at the side immediately went to find a broom and said, "Uncle and aunt, I'll help you clean it up."

Qiao Chao: "...Thank you, Xiaohua."

Zhen Yue: "Go take out your clothes and have a look, maybe there's more inside."

Qiao Chao: ...

After a painful process of sorting, Qiao Chao and Zhen Yue finally finished organizing the clothes. On the other side, Qiao Chen and Qian were already preparing clothes for their families.

"Second brother, come with me tomorrow to find some reed fluff to put in your clothes. This little bit of cotton isn't enough."

Qian: "I understand, mother." Although it's not enough, it's better than having nothing before. When did I have new cotton-padded clothes to wear in winter before? I didn't even have any.

On the second day, Qiao Chen, Qiao Er, and Qian went to look for reed flowers, while Qian Chao and Zhen Yue stayed at home to wash clothes, dry quilts, and dry the dark cotton wool...

"By the way, come with me to the mountains later. I want to find a harder kind of wood and burn it to make charcoal. This way, I can use the charcoal to keep warm in the winter."

Qiao Chao: "Can you also make charcoal?"

Zhen Yue: "When you cook, doesn't all the firewood become charcoal?"

Qiao Chao: ...It seems to make sense.

Zhen Yue: "Let's go chop some firewood." Although there were piles of firewood in the kitchen and the yard, it was far from enough in winter.

Qiao Chao: "What will happen to the child if you go?"

Zhen Yue: "...let dad watch over it?"

Qiao Chao: "...He will keep crying when he is hungry."

Zhen Yue: "...then just take it with you."

After washing the clothes and resting for a while, Qiao Chao carried the backpack on his back and Zhen Yue held the basket in her hand and they set off. Little Achu was put in the basket, but Xiaohua and the other two did not take Xiaohua with them, since Qiao Dashan was at home.