Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

After entering the alley, Zheng Yuan carefully stuck his head out.

Hey! There really is a fearless follower, Li Juxian actually followed them again. But they just reacted quickly and dodged into the alley next to them before the three of them noticed.

The two women were still a little scared after being deceived and threatened by Zheng Yuan and Erhe, so they backed off and didn't want to follow any further.

But Li Juxian was dazzled by Liu Cuilan's promise that she could earn at least seventy or eighty cents a day. The bold ones will die of overeating, while the timid ones will die of starvation.

Old ladies like Zheng and Duan can establish connections with the nobles in Mr. Zhang's mansion, so why can't I, at such a young age, do the same?

Thinking of this, she hesitated for a moment, stamped her feet and followed. Unfortunately, in just a moment, the people in front disappeared.

Seeing that there were no people around, Li Juxian slapped her thigh in anger. Seeing that Zheng Yuan and the others wanted to get rid of her so much, she was even more certain that she could make a lot of money from this business.

But she had lost him now. The county town had many alleys and lanes connected in all directions, and there were many people at the market today, so she could only wander around like a headless fly.

Seeing that she was coming over here soon, Zheng Yuan quickly retracted his head and told a few people to run quickly into the alley. They turned a few corners before they dared to stop.

Several people sat on the ground, panting, against the wall, cursing the women who had been following them hundreds of times in their hearts.

It's really like a fly smelling shit, you can't get rid of it, it's so annoying.

After resting for a while, Duan Minmin untied the pocket of her clothes and poured the money into the bucket that was filled with water for washing dishes this morning. The copper coins collided and rolled into the bucket. The wonderful sound almost intoxicated everyone.

There is nothing more joyful in this world than counting money.

Erhe was relatively calm, but Dashu and Taoer were shocked by the small half bucket of copper coins and stood up. Taoer even screamed, suddenly remembering something, and stood closer with a vigilant look on her face, holding the bucket with her hand, fearing that someone would suddenly come and snatch it away.

"Come on, it's time to check today's results. Your Aunt Duan and I will count once, and the three of you will count once. If you find any errors, count them again together."

There were too many coins, and if you were not careful you would easily make a mistake. Counting three times would not result in too much discrepancy. Although the children had never been to school, they still had no problem counting.

So, they divided into three groups to work in an assembly line. After Duan Minmin counted fifty, she pushed the pieces to Zheng Yuan. After Zheng Yuan counted fifty, he pushed the pieces to the three children. After the three children counted the pieces, they put them aside in piles.

No one passed through the alley, and for a moment the only sounds were the chirping of midsummer cicadas and the sound of copper coins colliding.

It took nearly half an hour for the three groups to finally count the coins.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin both counted 2,017 copper coins, but the other children counted 2,045 copper coins. When Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin heard the numbers they reported, they knew they didn't need to count again.

There were fifty coins in a pile. The first two counted and confirmed it once. The last pile of coins obviously only had seventeen. The three kids might have counted wrong. Besides, two people with higher education still have some confidence. If the two of them counted wrong and got the same number, they can only say that they are worthy of being best friends.

Two thousand and seventeen copper coins meant that at least six hundred and seventy bowls of ice jelly were sold today, but since the copper coins were not a multiple of three, we didn't know exactly how many bowls were sold. It could be that a customer took advantage of the chaos to pay less, or it could be that he dropped the money halfway to avoid those guys.

The three children could not count, and they had only one thought in their minds. My God, they earned more than 2,000 copper coins today, which is two taels of silver. It would be difficult for an ordinary family to save so much money in a year, but they actually earned it in one day.

I didn't bring any hemp rope today, so I had to put all the copper coins into the bucket. I happened to buy a lot of things today, so I might have spent most of them after just a walk around the market.

After collecting the copper coins, Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin returned with the three silly children. When they came out of the alley, they cautiously stuck their heads out to look around. Li Juxian was no longer around, so they headed straight to the market.

There are still four days until the next market, so we have to buy enough meat this time. It is difficult to go from extravagant to frugal, not to mention the children, who are craving meat after not eating it for a few days. Zheng Yuan is willing to use oil when cooking, and the oil tanks of both families are almost empty, so we have to buy some lard to refine oil.

It’s still early now, so you can buy better meat if you go earlier.

There were only two or three vendors in the fresh meat area, so Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin went to the same stall where they bought meat last time. There was no business at the moment, and the stall owner was fanning flies out of boredom. When he saw them approaching, he immediately stood up straight.

"Are you two aunts here to buy meat again? These are all top-quality fat meat. Look, this fat is so beautiful!" The stall owner fiddled with the pork on the chopping board for them to see.

Hearing the word "Auntie", Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin's hearts were bleeding. How old did they look? The stall owner looked to be in his thirties, but he still called them "Auntie". Was this a distortion of human nature or a loss of morality? The two were speechless.

Forget it, this is not the time to worry about this.

Now that there are many people in my family, we need at least three kilograms of meat for one meal. Even if we eat two meals a day, we need at least six kilograms of meat.

"Boss, give me 20 kilograms of pork belly and 10 kilograms of lean meat." Zheng Yuan thought about it and decided to buy 30 kilograms. Anyway, the extra can be made into oil-soaked meat and put in a jar, so there is no need to worry about it going bad.

What? The three children following behind were petrified, as if they saw the copper coins they had just earned flying away. Erhe came back to his senses first. After all, he had seen their spending speed twice before, and looked at Dashu and Taoer with an expression that he was used to it.

Zheng Yuan didn't notice the eye contact between them and continued to ask, "By the way, do you have any pork fat?"

The stall owner was so excited that he could hardly hold the knife. He thought there would be no business today and was thinking that he would take the goods to the restaurant to sell them at a low price after the market was over. He didn't expect that a big boss would come.

"Yes, yes, yes. Today's pig fat weighs three pounds of lard." The boss squatted down and took out a piece of lard from the basket.

"And this flower oil, would you like to take it with you, Aunt? Although it's not as good as lard oil, it's cheaper. Lard oil is thirty cents per pound, while flower oil is only twenty cents per pound."

The flower oil looked like a net bag, and there might be lymph nodes on it. Zheng Yuan shook his head: "Forget the flower oil. Just wrap it all up with the lard."

"Boss, we're buying so much, you have to give us a discount so we can come again next time." Duan Minmin started bargaining.

"Okay, okay. You two aunts are buying so much, how can I not give you a discount? How about this? The pork belly is 24 cents per pound, and the lean meat is 15 cents per pound. This lard is really good, so it can't be discounted. Do you think this is okay?"

In ancient times, lean meat was not valuable, and they were suddenly given three cents less. Zheng Yuan thought about it and thought the price given by the stall owner was reasonable, so he nodded in agreement.

Seeing her agreement, the stall owner picked up the knife and started to cut the meat. In order to make it easier to handle, Zheng Yuan also specifically told the stall owner to cut it into pieces of about two pounds. The stall owner was used to doing this and finished it in a short time. Weighing it on the scale, the fat was just one pound more, and the lean meat was just right, so the stall owner didn't care.

"Auntie, do you want to string the meat up with straw and carry it around, or do you want me to deliver it to you?" After the stall owner finished processing the meat, he looked up and asked them.

Zheng Yuan hurriedly handed over two empty buckets: "Please help us divide them evenly and put them in these buckets."

I can't carry it around openly. If I do that in public, the villagers will get jealous.

"Okay." The stall owner took the wooden barrel and put the meat into it.