A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

"Hey, hello, I want to buy bricks and tiles, please help me find your boss."

"You're looking for our boss. OK, wait a minute, I'll go get someone."

After a while, the man who went to call people was followed by a middle-aged man, who pointed at Zhang's father who was standing at the door.

"Boss, he is the one who said he wants to buy bricks and tiles."

"Okay, you go ahead and do your work, I can go there by myself." The brick and tile shop owner said and walked towards Zhang's father.

"Hello, I'm the owner of this brick and tile shop, my last name is Jiang."

"Hello, Boss Jiang, I am a villager from Zhangjia Village. I want to buy bricks and tiles, but I need your help to calculate how much I will need."

"Okay, come over here and tell me the approximate size of your house and how many rooms you need. I can give you an approximate number. If you can't use all of them by then, as long as the bricks and tiles are intact and not damaged, we can buy them back at the original price."

After hearing what the brick and tile shop owner Jiang said, Zhang's father felt relieved that he could buy back the unused bricks and tiles at the original price. He was afraid that the bricks he bought would be useless.

So I told Boss Jiang about the size of the chili workshop and the number of houses that Zhang Yunyue mentioned yesterday.

Boss Jiang started calculating on the table.

"I've calculated it. According to the size of the house and the number of rooms you mentioned, a total of about 3 bricks are needed, and about 33 tiles are needed. Bricks are 6 penny and 1 pieces, a total of 4 taels and 8 cents. Tiles are 5 penny and 42 pieces, a total of 1 taels and 42 cents, a total of taels and cent. I'll charge you taels to make it an even number. How about that?"

Zhang's father also calculated at home with Grandpa Zhang and Zhang Yunyue, and they concluded that bricks and tiles would cost about 40 to 50 taels, which was just right. The brick and tile shop owner also calculated about the same.

"Okay, Boss Jiang, do you have any goods now?"

"Yes, we have been working here all year round, so we usually have inventory in case there is a sudden order and we can't deliver the goods. After you pay, we can start delivering today. If we can't deliver all the goods today, we will continue to deliver tomorrow morning."

"That's fine. OK, I'll pay the money first. Boss Jiang, please arrange for someone to deliver the goods today."

"Okay, I'll arrange a car here and follow you. I'll write down the route first, and then I'll continue to load the car. When the time comes, we'll set off directly once the people come back."

"Okay." After saying this, Zhang's father handed the silver he had prepared to Boss Jiang. Boss Jiang took the silver and left the room with Zhang's father. Boss Jiang immediately called people to start loading bricks.

After a while, the cart was filled with them.

"Boss Jiang, the oxcart is loaded. I will take it back first. Please continue loading the car on your side."

After saying this, Zhang's father took the brick and tile workers who were pulling the ox cart and went to the wasteland.

When we arrived at the wasteland, we didn't expect that within less than morning, thirty or forty people had leveled the wasteland and had begun digging the foundation.

Father Zhang and the workers from the brick shop unloaded the bricks next to the foundation so that they would be convenient to use when the time came.

"Boss, the bricks have been unloaded from this truck. I have memorized the route. I will go back and continue to lead the team to deliver the bricks."

"Okay, then be careful."

Father Zhang found Grandpa Zhang and Zhang Cheng in the wasteland, told Grandpa Zhang about the bricks and tiles he had bought, and asked the two to wait here for the next batch of brick deliverymen. Then he went home to eat. After being busy all morning and noon, Father Zhang had not eaten yet, so he was a little hungry.

When Zhang's father returned home, finished his meal, rested for a while, and was about to go to the wasteland again, Zhang Yunyue and Zhang's mother just arrived home.

"Dad, we're back! Are you planning to go to the wasteland now?"

When Mr. Zhang saw the mother and son coming back, he stopped and went back to the yard.

"Are you tired? Are you hungry? Have you ordered the pottery jars? How are your father-in-law and mother-in-law at home?"

Zhang Yunyue went into the main room and poured a bowl of water for herself and her mother. After drinking the water to quench their thirst, they felt better.

"Dad, I'm not tired or hungry. We just came back from having lunch at my grandparents' house. I'm just a little thirsty.

The pottery jar has been ordered and will be delivered in half a month."

Zhang's mother: "Dad, Mom is in good health, there is nothing wrong. We will go home as a family during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Okay, let's go together then. You guys rest at home first. I'm going to work in the wasteland."

After saying this, Zhang's father went out to the wasteland.

On the wasteland, workers from the brick and tile workshop had already come over with a dozen ox carts and were lining up to unload the bricks one by one. Zhang Cheng was also helping them.

"Uncle Zhang, your family is building this workshop with blue bricks? How much does it cost?"

Zhang Lei's father Zhang Yi was also among the workers working in the wasteland. At this moment, everyone saw that the bricks being unloaded were all green bricks, so they were discussing the big deal of the Zhang family.

"I think the Zhang family has gotten up. They seldom move around in the village during this period. Many times when I walked by their door in the morning, they were all grinding things. The whole family was very busy."

Zhang Dashan, the father of Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Xiaohe, said, "It's not jealousy. They have skills, and no one can say anything about the Zhang family making money. Moreover, a few days ago, his family sold two to three hundred kilograms of mung beans to the Zhang family and made a lot of money."

Grandpa Zhang: "We use blue bricks for future use. The adobe and thatched house is not strong. After all, it is used for cooking. Safety and hygiene must be guaranteed. In case of wind and rain,

The things in that house would be in danger, so the family decided to build a blue brick house, so that even if it is no longer used in the future, they can still use it at home. "

Zhang Yi: "Uncle Zhang is right. A blue brick house can be lived in for two or three generations. A mud brick thatched house needs to be thatched at least every year. The most worrying thing is wind and rain."

The other workers also nodded. In the village, only the village chief's house and Old Sun's house that sold stone mills were brick houses, so everyone understood what Grandpa Zhang said, especially when it was raining heavily and windy outside, it would also drizzle inside the house.

"I don't know if I can live in a brick and tile house in this lifetime." A villager said enviously, and then continued to dig the foundation.

"If you work hard now, you may be able to live in a brick and tile house one day."

"Yes, God bless me, I will work hard every day and make more money. When the day comes that I can live in a brick and tile house, I will definitely offer you a lot of tributes." A villager put down the hoe in his hand, clasped his hands together, and prayed to God.

"Hahahaha"

"Hahahaha"

“This is putting your hope in God.”

......

evening.

The Zhang family has already prepared the mung bean jelly and chili oil, and will start selling them tomorrow. Grandpa Zhang will be in charge of watching over the wasteland.

The rest of the people either went to town or helped grind mung bean milk and dry peppers at home.

"Grandpa, the pottery jars have been ordered. It will take about half a month to build the workshop. We have also agreed with the owner of the earthenware workshop that they will deliver the goods to us in half a month, and will deliver the goods every ten days thereafter. We have also agreed on the price with them. This is the contract.