A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

"Hurry up, there's someone selling beef ahead. I heard the cow broke its leg. Oh, it's a good thing I'm out selling vegetables today, otherwise I wouldn't have met anyone selling beef."

An auntie and another auntie walked past quickly.

"Hey, run slower. I can't keep up with you. We can definitely buy it together. Hey, don't panic." The aunt who was being pulled could only follow and say.

When Zhang Yunyue heard two aunties passing by talking about beef, her mouth instantly began to water.

"Brother, let's go buy some beef." Pulling Zhang Xingyun, he followed the two aunts in front.

There are quite a few people standing in front of the beef stall.

"Boss, how much is a pound of beef?"

"30 wen a pound, hurry up if you want one!"

"Boss, I want one pound."

"Boss, I want two kilograms."

"Don't panic, everyone. Line up. There's plenty of beef today, so we'll have it all."

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By the time Zhang Yunyue and his sister got their turn, two-thirds of the beef had already been sold.

"Boss, I want 3 pounds of beef."

"Okay, girl, I'll cut it for you right away."

The butcher was an experienced meat vendor. Zhang Yunyue asked for three pounds. He cut the meat and weighed it, and it was just right.

"Girl, look, it's exactly three pounds."

Zhang Yunyue took the beef and put it in Zhang Xingyun's backpack, then took out a string of copper coins, took out 10 of them and put them in her purse, and gave the remaining copper coins to the boss.

Zhang Yunyue bought beef today and doesn’t plan to buy the rest of the dishes.

There are a lot of vegetables grown in the backyard garden at home, so Zhang Yunyue only bought a few that were not available at home. There was no other way. In ancient times, things were not as convenient as they are today. There were so many vegetables that it caused her to have difficulty making choices.

Zhang Yunyue took Zhang Xingyun to the dim sum shop to buy some dim sum, and then bought five candied haws.

When passing by the bookstore, Zhang Yunyue thought that it would be better for his family to keep accounts in the future. Although the people in his family could barely recognize a few words, they learned them by drawing on the ground.

So I still have to prepare some pens, ink, paper and inkstone. Since I have to buy them all, I'll buy them now.

Zhang Xingyun followed Zhang Yunxue into the bookstore. The bookstore was not big. There were two or three people standing in front of the bookshelves flipping through books. The owner was sitting at the counter reading a book.

"Hello, shopkeeper. I would like some writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone."

The shopkeeper looked up at Zhang Yunyue who was speaking and said, "Miss, our pens, inkstones, and paper have three grades, divided into A, B, and C. Grade C is for children who have just entered school to practice, grade B is for ordinary people to write with, and the requirements are not high. There is also grade A, which is used by rich people or scholars.

If you don’t have a younger brother at home who needs to practice, I suggest you choose a second-rate pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. They are not expensive but of good quality and are affordable for most people.”

"Sure, please prepare a set for me."

"Okay, wait a moment, young lady. I will give you a set of second-class writing brushes, inkstones, and a set of matching paper. You are welcome to come back after you are done."

The bookshop owner gave Zhang Yunyue the prepared pens, ink, paper and inkstone. Zhang Yunyue took them and looked at them one by one. He knew that what the bookshop owner said was correct. Although the quality of this set of pens, ink, paper and inkstone was not top-notch, it still looked good and at least there was no problem with writing.

"Okay, boss, this is it. How much is it?"

"Miss, a set is exactly one and a half taels of silver."

"Okay." Zhang Yunyue estimated the price in his mind and found it was about the same as what the bookstore owner said, so he paid the money.

After shopping, Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingyun returned to their stall.

"Mom, Dad, we have finished shopping and can go home now."

Father Zhang: "Okay, let's go."

The old Zhang family.

Grandma Zhang looked worried and asked, "Do you think Yueyue and Tianxianglou's business can be successful? Why haven't they come back yet?"

Zhu also looked worried and said, "Yes, he usually comes back at this time. Maybe the business talks didn't go well."

Zhang Xinghao: "Grandma, mother, even if you don't believe me, you should not disbelieve Yueyue. With Yueyue here, the business negotiation with Tianxianglou will definitely be successful."

Zhang Xingfeng and Zhang Yunxue said directly: "I believe in Sister, Sister is the best!"

Grandpa Zhang: "It should be no problem. So many people in town like our mung bean jelly and chili oil, not to mention the county and other places. They must have been delayed by something. Let's wait a little longer."

back home.

"Grandpa, grandma, we are back."

Zhang Yunyue shouted outside the door.

The other people in the family also knew that today was the day to discuss business with Tianxianglou. They guessed that they would be back soon, so they all sat in the yard waiting for them.

"Xiao Feng, go open the door for your father and the others."

The moment Grandpa Zhang spoke, Zhang Xingfeng ran to the gate and opened it.

Father Zhang pushed the wheelbarrow into the yard, and the others followed.

Zhang Yunxue brought out tea from the main hall to quench the thirst of the people who had just returned home, while Grandma Zhang and Zhu brought out the food from the kitchen.

"You guys should eat first. You're all starving. We'll talk later."

"Grandma, father and I have already eaten at Tianxiang Tower, but mother and brother haven't eaten yet." Zhang Yunyue shook her head.

"Okay, forget it since you two father and daughter have eaten. You two mother and son can eat now." Seeing that Zhang Yunyue and Zhang's father had already eaten, Grandma Zhang said to Zhang's mother and Zhang Xingyun.

Zhang Yunyue put the 200 taels of silver from the backpack on the table. Everyone looked at the 200 taels on the table and swallowed. They had never seen so much silver before.

"Grandpa, Second Uncle, my father and I have already reached an agreement with Tianxianglou on the cooperation of mung bean jelly and chili oil. This is the deposit from Tianxianglou, which will be deducted from the profit of mung bean jelly next month.

The 200 taels of silver were given to us by the owner of Tianxianglou mainly to build a chili oil workshop and purchase raw materials for making chili oil. Now we have to build a chili workshop first, and it would be better to build a few more warehouses to store the materials for making chili oil. The main purpose is to supply Tianxianglou with 1000 kilograms of chili oil every five days.

If you cook it at home, the smell of chili oil will be unbearable after a long time. It is best to find a place that is a little far away, with few people around, and in a downwind place, so as not to affect people's daily life. "

"Now that you mention it, I remember a place, that piece of wasteland over there. Because there are many rocks there, no one has cultivated it. It is also in the downwind direction.

It’s close to the water source, only 300 to 400 meters from our home, and there are no houses around. This place is getting better and better.”

Grandpa Zhang pointed to the wasteland to the west of his home and said.

Zhang Yunyue also knew the place that grandpa was talking about. After thinking about it carefully, she felt that it seemed really good.

"Grandpa, that piece of wasteland is really nice and quite large. Why don't you go find the village chief and ask him how much he wants for that piece of wasteland? We'd better buy it, otherwise there might be conflicts in the future. Then we should start building the house as soon as possible."