Traveling through ancient times: living a different life

The next morning, a wedding banquet was held in the large square in the center of the village. After the banquet was over at noon, more people came around 2 p.m.

Carpenter Yan and his son from the neighboring village of Daliushu came driving a mule cart. When they arrived at Chen's house, they saw Chen Feng and shouted, "Brother Chen, I just heard about such a big happy event at noon and rushed here just now. I'm really sorry for being late. Please forgive me." Carpenter Yan's son Yan Kuan then took a slaughtered sheep from the mule cart.

"Carpenter Yan, you are too polite. My son is lucky enough to have passed the imperial examination and I only invited people from the village and my own relatives. How could I disturb you? Now that you are here, please come in." He invited Carpenter Yan into the house and sat down, and poured him some good tea. Yan Kuan drove the mule cart into the yard, tied the rope, and walked into the main room.

At this time, a few new faces came. One of them looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was. He introduced himself hurriedly: "Brother Chen, I'm Ding Mancang, the father of your eldest daughter-in-law Wang Taozhi's eldest sister-in-law. Today I brought the head of our village to congratulate you."

When Wang heard her father-in-law calling her, she hurried over. Seeing that it was her eldest sister-in-law's father, she hurried forward to greet him, "Uncle Ding is here, please come in. The village chief, please come in and have a seat as well."

Old Man Luo and his son, who raised fish in Datian Village, and the village chief also came. After hearing the news, they all went to the Chen family to make themselves familiar with them. It would be great if they could buy some potatoes for the village or for their own families.

The ancient village chief of Taohua Village next door came to congratulate personally with gifts.

Qingyun and Old Man Chen knew that these people were holding the scholar's wedding banquet to, firstly, congratulate him, and secondly, to discuss matters concerning potatoes and fish farming.

Qingyun went to the room and found her daughter, who was sleeping, so she walked to the bed and called her softly, "Yue'er, wake up."

Bi Yue opened her eyes and saw that it was her father. She sat up dazedly, leaned her back against the bed and asked him, "What's wrong, Dad? What's the matter?"

"The village heads and acquaintances from several surrounding villages have just arrived. There are more than 580 households in the four villages. They must have come to plant potatoes and raise fish. Can you buy some potato seeds from the immortal and prepare them for the people from the villages who came to our house to congratulate us today?"

"The immortal has a lot of seeds. If we take out so many at once, will it arouse suspicion? We need to think carefully about this."

The father thought about it and felt a little embarrassed, not knowing what to do.

"After dinner, go tell those who want potatoes that the price is still two cents per pound. Ask them to write that they bought potato seeds from Chen's house this time. Don't advertise it. All the potatoes harvested in summer are collected by the government and will be planted after the autumn distribution. If the villagers who came today advertise it after returning, they won't be allowed to plant in autumn. Dad, do you think this is okay?"

"It's the only way. I'll go to the main room and talk to them to find out what's going on. You can get some more sleep. Dad is going out."

Several women in the family started busying themselves in the kitchen, cooking and frying. With more people, strength lies, and the meal was ready in an hour. Several people carried the dishes and placed them on the table in the main room.

My grandfather and father accompanied us, and we ate and chatted with a few acquaintances and the village chief.

After her father left, Bi Yue couldn't sleep in bed, so she went to find her fourth uncle and asked him to accompany her to an empty house and pile up bags of potatoes in it. There were more than 10,000 kilograms, but it was not enough! She asked her fourth uncle to go find her father.

When my father arrived, Bi Yue said, "If all four villages are to be planted, we will need nearly 18 kilograms of potatoes. But the problem is that we don't have space to store the seeds at home. If we take too many at once, it will easily arouse suspicion. So, let the village heads and the people who come to our house plant first, and then promote it in the second half of the year. I just mentioned the plan in my room. Have you told them yet?"

"I haven't decided yet. If that's the case, we'll give them to a few families to plant first. I wonder how many potato seeds to give to each family." The father looked at his daughter and asked her.

"Dad, I'm thinking of giving each village 2,500 kilograms first, and letting them distribute it among themselves. What do you think?"

"Okay, that's it."

So my father went to the main room again. When everyone had almost finished eating and cleaned up, my father told the village chief about his plan. The village chief knew that the seeds were limited in number, so he was very satisfied with the result.

The four villages happily went to move potatoes. After moving 500 kilograms of potatoes, there were still kilograms left, which they gave to the Ding family. The Ding family was overjoyed and quickly took out one or two taels of silver. The others also paid the silver for the potatoes, and then happily drove their carts back.

After seeing off the guests, everyone in the family is tired after a day’s work, so they just rest at home and will deal with other things tomorrow.

Fourth uncle gave the money from selling potatoes to his niece, and Biyue put it into the system to recharge. Although it was not much, it was also considered income.

On April 4st, Qinghui was going to go to school in the county. His father was delivering some wine to the town and happened to bring it with him. As there were many things to do at home, Qinghui told his elder brother not to send him to the county and just take a ride to the town. Now that spring plowing had begun, there were many things to do, so Qingyun agreed.

When they arrived at the town, after Qinghui left, Qingyun drove the carriage to the back of the store. Everyone helped to move the wine. Xiang Zhigao and Lu Gensheng greeted the guests at the front desk and introduced the wine in the store. No one who entered the store left empty-handed. Everyone brought a bottle or a can.

Qingyun asked Wang Yuanxin: "Little brother, how are these two children?" "They are very hardworking. They can both read and write. If they don't understand something, I will give them some pointers and they will learn it. They are smart and eager to learn."

"That's good. I noticed that the list during this period said third-grade wine. Why is the sales of third-grade wine so good during this period?"

"Yes, second brother-in-law, when we first opened, people in town thought it was too expensive, so only a few wealthy families bought a few jars. Other first- and second-rate liquors sold better. Later, I don't know how the word got out, and people from the county also came to buy. Some used carts to buy, and they also asked if we could sell it at a lower price, but I couldn't make the decision. I came here today just to tell you about this."

"The price is set like this. There is no need to lower the price or sell wholesale. We will only sell 5 jars at most, 100 kilograms. No more than that."

Qingyun thought: This method was told to them by their daughter. Purchase is limited and the current production volume is not large. Mr. Zhu has already opened a winery in the city. Our family just needs to open up sales in the villages and towns around Yuanshui County.

The two brothers chatted for a while and then checked the accounts. They kept the money for weekly turnover and employees' living expenses, and took the rest home. They also bought some eggs in town and then drove back in the carriage.