Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Zhu Jiacheng arrived very quickly. He came to check the place out early in the morning and then went to look for Liu Xu.

"Xu girl, you want to build a greenhouse, and the cost is not low. I can find a master, but this colored glass..." Zhu Jiacheng seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Uncle Zhu, what's wrong with the glass? Can't we buy it?" Liu Xu frowned and asked when he saw this.

Zhu Jiacheng shook his head, then nodded. Seeing Liu Xu looking at him with a puzzled look, he said helplessly, "I can buy it, but the price... Let me put it this way. If you install colored glaze on your windows, it will cost at least twenty taels. If it is according to the requirements on your drawing, the colored glaze alone will cost about four or five thousand taels. And I'm afraid I don't have the ability to buy such a large quantity..."

The Zhu family only started from his father. Although they have some reputation in Qinghe County, it is not much. Although they have a small number of customers in the capital city because of their ceramic pipes and flush toilets, he is not qualified to buy such a large amount of colored glaze.

"Either you build the greenhouse smaller, and I'll use my connections to get half of it." Zhu Jiacheng thought for a while and said.

Liu Xu frowned. Actually, she didn't know that Dongsheng Country had colored glaze before. After all, she remembered that glass seemed to appear very late in her previous life. Although the history of this world is not quite the same as that of her previous life, according to her understanding in the past six months, although the names are different, many things are very similar. Take the characters for example. She was originally worried that she was illiterate, but later she found that she actually knew most of them, mostly traditional Chinese characters, and even a few were simplified Chinese characters. And with the appearance of Jayne, she was more certain that this era might be a parallel time and space.

So before, she just went to ask Chang Yifei if there was any strong and translucent cloth. It was Chang Yifei who asked her what it was for and suggested that she use colored glaze. Now, after hearing what Zhu Jiacheng said, she understood why she had been here for so long without knowing about it. How could ordinary people know about such an expensive thing?

However, although the price far exceeded her budget, she gritted her teeth and decided to build it after thinking about the value that the greenhouse could bring to her. As for Liuli, "Uncle Zhu, please help me find a way to buy as much as you can for Liuli, and I will find a way to buy the rest myself." Liu Xu said with a firm look in her eyes.

She planned to ask Chang Yifei. If that didn't work, didn't she still have Mu Lingxuan? The main purpose of the greenhouse was to grow peppers, so she believed that Mu Lingxuan would help.

Seeing this, Zhu Jiacheng didn't say anything more. Liu Xu said that she hoped to start construction of the old house and this place at the same time. Zhu Jiacheng said that it was no problem, asked her to take the design drawings, and told Liu Xu that he would bring people over tomorrow, and then said goodbye and left.

At the same time, Liu Changshun also made an agreement with the villagers that those with some skills would help him build the wall, and the others without skills would help Liu Xu's family to open up wasteland. There were not many people in Liujia Village, and after the division, almost everyone had something to do.

So soon after noon, many people came to Liu Xu's house to ask about the land reclamation. Liu Xu ignored all of them and left it entirely to Uncle He.

She first went to the main room to check on her two younger brothers, played with them for a while, and then went to Xu Ruolan and the others' temporary workshop.

When she went in, she saw that except for her third aunt and Aunt Zhuang, most of them were familiar faces, including Grandma Guisheng and her second daughter-in-law Xiao Zhang, her second grandmother and her third cousin Wang Qiao, Sister Tao'er's mother Xiao Meng, and one she was not familiar with, but her mother said it was Aunt Yuan from Uncle Chungen's family. Liu Xu greeted them one by one, and when she came to Yuan, she took a quiet look.

The woman was in her thirties, wearing a blue coarse cloth dress. Although it had no patches, it had become a little white after being washed. I guess her family was not well off before. She looked ordinary and a little shy. When Liu Xu greeted her, she smiled gently. She seemed to be a simple and kind woman.

Liu Xu was smiling the whole time. After saying hello, she didn't bother them too much. When she saw her mother and Aunt Ling making quilt covers, she looked at them a few more times.

Tsk tsk, I have to say, the two of them are really good at embroidery. They used the silk she bought specially, one set was bright red, the other was fresh and elegant light blue, and the lining was fine cotton of the same color. The satin quilt cover was embroidered with butterflies playing with peonies and auspicious birds welcoming spring. Although it was not yet finished, it was already mostly done.

The butterfly dances among the peonies, as if it will fly away in the next second; the peonies are gorgeous, with layers of petals, delicate and subtle. The magpie is smart, as if singing happily on the branches; the winter jasmine is small and exquisite, blooming, full of vitality and vigor. Whether it is color matching or embroidery skills, Liu Xu can think of it. If these two sets are sold, it will be easy to sell for dozens of taels.

Liu Xu told Xu Ruolan to stop the tailoring business for now and prepare two sets of fine cotton embroidered and coarse cotton without embroidery. She planned to go to the town the day after tomorrow, and after the deal was settled, she would go to the county town to find Manager Ling.

Although she felt sorry for her daughter having to go out again, Xu Ruolan knew that everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as she contacted the seller, everything would go smoothly.

After leaving the temporary workshop, seeing that it was still early, Liu Xu went next door again.

She lay in bed unable to sleep last night, and went over it again in her mind, only to find that she seemed to have missed a piece.

Liu Changshun's family, because tofu is basically made in the morning, the afternoon is relatively free. When Liu Xu brought Qiao Yun here, Liu Changshun was not at home because he had taken people to the town to buy materials, and Chen Lan was at her house again. Only Xing'er and Shuisheng were left at home. Because the family now had servants, Xing'er and Shuisheng rarely worked anymore, and basically studied.

Xing'er was fine, she was only required to learn to read and count, and she only needed to study for one or two hours a day. If she felt tired, she could do needlework or help out at home. Shuisheng was in a worse situation, his father said he would send him to school in the spring, but he was worried that he would be rejected by the teacher because of his age, so he studied with Dong Bin every day.

You could say they were lucky. Dong Bin was a scholar, but he offended someone and lost his fame. Later, the young master of his former master's family saw his talent and made him his aide. Now he has become a slave, but his knowledge is so profound that even the teachers in the town may not be as knowledgeable as his, let alone helping Shuisheng.

"Xu'er, you finally came to see me!" Xing'er said with a look of resentment. Liu Xu came in and asked Liu Quan, and when he knew that his uncle was not there, he went straight to Xing'er.

"Haven't I been busy before? Third Aunt should have told you that I went to the county town for something a few days ago and only came back these two days. Didn't I come to see you as soon as I had free time?" Liu Xu said with a smile.

"Oh, when can I be like you and go wherever I want!" Xing'er glanced at Liuxu with envy on her face, complaining, "You don't know, since I moved here, I've been learning to read and write or embroidering, and I haven't gone out very often. I miss the days when we used to collect grass for pigs together!" Xing'er supported her chin with both hands, looking resentful.

Liu Xu looked at him and couldn't help laughing: "Come on, don't be ungrateful for what you have. I think you are just idle here! Wait, in a few days, you won't be able to rest even if you want to."

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly. I'm really looking forward to having something to do now." Xing'er's eyes lit up when she heard that, making Liu Xu laugh and cry.

"You should learn to read first. Oh, and arithmetic. Let Uncle Dong teach you some arithmetic later. As for what to do, I still need to discuss it with Uncle San." Liu Xu felt that her little sister was actually quite smart, but a little "lazy". She wasn't really lazy, but she always wanted to be lazy when it came to learning to read and arithmetic. When she had some free time later, she would think of a way to arouse her interest.

Afterwards, Liu Xu told her about her previous trip to the county town and her encounter with foreigners. Liu Xing'er was so surprised and curious.

By the time Xiu'e reported that Liu Changshun had returned, half an hour had passed.

In Xing'er's living room, Liu Changshun had just sat down to drink a glass of water when Liu Xu came in.

"Xu girl, Uncle Quan said you were looking for me? But what else happened?" Liu Changshun asked puzzledly. After all, he had just gone to look for this girl yesterday.

"Well, I have something to ask Uncle San!" Liu Xu nodded, and without waiting for Liu Changshun to ask again, he continued:

"Uncle San, your family should have a lot of bean dregs every day, how do you deal with them?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Changshun sighed, "Yeah, you don't know, ever since you taught your third aunt how to make bean dregs cake, she insisted that such a good thing should not be wasted... so... our family has been eating bean dregs cake for many days!"

After hearing this, Liu Xu was stunned: "No way, although the pancakes are very fragrant, but eating them every day... won't you get tired of it? Besides, can you finish all the pancakes?"

"Who said it wasn't? It was okay before, as there was less and we could basically finish it. But now there are hundreds of kilograms of bean dregs a day, and there are only a few people in our family... Starting from a few days ago, your third aunt sent a lot to the old house every day... and there are also the aunts and uncles in your workshop... There are still quite a few in this house now. And some of the ones that were not finished before have gone bad, so we had to feed them to the chickens yesterday." Liu Changshun said helplessly.

Liu Xu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Uncle San, why don't you sell it to the villagers at a low price? Let them go to the town to set up a stall and sell bean curd cakes! It can also bring in more income... If there are any left, your old house is empty anyway, I suggest you make some changes and use it to raise more chickens and pigs. Bean curd is nutritious and grows fast. When you raise them up, you can sell them to Zuiyunxuan and Zhenxiu Pavilion, which will bring in another income. Moreover, the manure of the livestock can be used to fertilize the land, killing two birds with one stone."

As for why they didn't suggest to do it in the new house, well, because Miss Liu has a keen nose and is afraid of stinky smells...

Liu Changshun naturally didn't know what she was thinking. Hearing this, his eyes lit up. Yes, Liu Xu had reminded them to sell in the town before, but their family was too busy, so forget it. Why didn't they think of letting the villagers sell? As for raising more pigs, let's see first, if there are a lot left, then we can say it. The problem was solved, Liu Changshun laughed heartily and said:

"Hahaha, you are the smart one!"

"No, you just didn't get it right away. I just thought of it last night when I was free!" Liu Xu said modestly.

"But Uncle San, don't sell them too cheaply, one cent per pound. They can go back to the town and sell them for two cents each or three cents for two, and they can make quite a bit of money. Just add some oil and chopped green onions and so on. If you want to sell them at a higher price, you can also add some meat." Liu Xu reminded.

"Well, I'm not going to let anyone else do this. It just so happens that your third aunt has called your eldest aunt to the workshop before, and your second uncle's family has no other income. I'll talk to him tomorrow!" The second uncle Liu Changshun was talking about was his second brother Liu Changfu. He had heard from his wife before that the second sister-in-law was feeling a little uncomfortable because the eldest sister-in-law had entered the workshop.

"Yeah, the other thing is the tofu. Now that our tofu is famous, someone should come to ask about it, right?" Liu Xu asked.

"Well, I told Manager Chang before that this is not an exclusive supply, but the price outside is one cent cheaper than what we give them, so Zuiyunxuan brought a message the other day saying that another restaurant in town also wanted to place an order, but I've been busy these two days and haven't responded yet." Liu Changshun nodded.

"If you are busy, come and take it. Otherwise, you can ask someone for help. You can do the starching work yourselves. If there are particularly loyal servants in the house, teach them. This way you and Third Aunt will have more ease." Chen Lan now has to take care of the garment workshop. If they have to worry about everything, they will end up exhausted.

"Don't worry, I will take this into consideration! Don't just blame us, you should also pay attention to yourself. You are only seven years old, and it is the time for you to grow up. Don't tire yourself out!" They, the adults, can only do physical work, and it is all up to this little girl to use her brain. It's really...

"Yeah, yeah, I eat well and sleep well, don't worry."

After she finished talking about the matter, she mentioned Xing'er's math training to her uncle, and then took Qiao Yun back home.