A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

So at this time there were only two ox carts borrowed by Qiao Dazhu tied at the door of Lao Zhang's house.

"Everyone, sit down." Grandpa Zhang asked the four people to sit down.

Zhang Yunxue and Zhang Xingfeng went to the main room to pour a bowl of water for each of the four people. Zhang's mother and Zhu were cooking in the kitchen at the moment.

Zhang Yunyue was calculating how much goods her grandfather Qiao Dazhu and Lu Tong's families had delivered today and how much they needed to pay.

After a while, Zhang Yunyue calculated that Grandpa Qiao Dazhu and his friends had sent 5000 catties of peppers and 1000 catties of peanuts, a total of 46 taels and 200 coins.

The earthenware workshop delivered 35 half-jin and one-jin jars each, 20 five-jin and ten-jin jars each, and 33 one-hundred-jin jars, for a total of 1639 wen.

Zhang Yunyue handed the calculated paper to Grandpa Qiao Dazhu and Lu Tong respectively: "Grandpa, this is the money I calculated. You have the weight of each weighing on it. Uncle Lu, this is the number of pottery jars you delivered today and the total amount calculated. You can also take a look and see if there are any problems."

Qiao Dazhui and Lu Tong each took the paper handed to them by Zhang Yunyue. The quantities were clearly written on it, and the calculated price was exactly the same as what they calculated at home.

Both of them looked at it and shook their heads, indicating that there was no problem.

"Okay, grandma, the bill has been settled. I'll go with you into the house to get the money." Zhang Yunyue said to Grandma Zhang who was sitting next to her, and then followed Grandma Zhang to the house to get the money.

"Grandpa, this is yours. Uncle Lu, this is yours. Count it." Zhang Yunyue gave the money to the two of them respectively.

Qiao Dazhui and Lu Tong took the money, counted it, and put it into their respective bags after finding no problems.

I said yesterday that I would invite my in-laws to dinner today, and I even bought some meat today. The Zhu family didn't stay because they were busy going back to buy peppers.

Because the last trip to the Qiao family happened to be during dinner time, Zhang's mother started preparing dinner in advance so that her father and Lu Tong would not be too late when they returned home after dinner.

Zhang Yunyue and the others had just settled the money when Zhang's mother notified them that the food was ready and they could eat.

After the meal, Qiao Dazhu, his son and Lu Tong set off to say goodbye.

The only raw material missing for tomorrow is vegetable oil.

Today, after Zhang's father and his friends sold green bean jelly in town, they went to the grocery store to buy 500 kilograms of salt, and then went to the oil mill to order vegetable oil. They signed a contract with the oil mill to provide kilograms of vegetable oil every two days.

Moreover, because the contract was signed for long-term needs, Zhang's father bargained with the oil mill owner and lowered the price of vegetable oil to 13 wen per catty, which was 2 wen cheaper per catty than before.

Moreover, Zhang's father did not need to pick up the goods himself. The goods would be delivered to the workshop by the oil mill, and the payment would be made upon arrival. When leaving, Zhang's father specifically mentioned his village, and agreed to meet at the village entrance at noon the next day so that Zhang's father could pick him up.

The next day.

Just after the hour of Chen, the Zhang family, except for Zhang Cheng's family and Zhang Xingfeng who had gone to the town, all gathered in the workshop.

In addition to the workers working in front of the workshop, there were also many villagers who came to watch the fun. After all, it was the first workshop established in Zhangjia Village, so the village chief Zhang and his fifth uncle also came. The eldest son of the village chief Zhang was also among the workers.

The village carpenter had just delivered a plaque for the workshop, and Grandpa Zhang was directing people to hang the plaque on the gate and cover it with a piece of red silk.

A string of firecrackers was hung on each side of the gate.

It was not yet the auspicious time, so there was still a constant stream of people talking in front of the workshop, all discussing the workshop built by the Zhang family.

"This workshop of the Zhang family is quite impressive. I heard that the walls outside are 5 meters high."

"Of course, if the wall is built low, not everyone can climb in and steal things."

"That's true. But the Zhang family has now made a name for themselves. This workshop is the first one in our village!" The aunt who was speaking also gave a thumbs up.

"Oh, I feel happy when I think of my son working in here. I heard that even the ground is paved with blue bricks. From now on, you won't see any mud inside on rainy days."

"Hahaha, my daughter-in-law is also in it. We are recruiting 10 people, and she is one of them. I told her the day she passed that I would let her concentrate on working in the workshop in the future, and try not to do housework and come back to have a good rest."

A grandmother said proudly.

"You are a good mother-in-law, and your daughter-in-law is happy!"

“That’s amazing!”

"Build a brick and tile house."

"..."

All kinds of words came out one after another, and the voices of people spoke one after another.

Chen Shizhong.

Grandpa Zhang: "Thank you, fellow villagers. Today is the official opening day of the Zhang family chili oil workshop. I would like to say thank you for coming here to make some noise. If there are dried chilies, peanuts, and peppercorns in the village in the future,

You can send them to the workshop, and we will give you the price in town. By the way, we also buy firewood, and we also charge the price in town, 2 cents for a bundle of firewood. In addition, the workshop will use onions, cilantro, ginger, garlic, etc. every day.

We will also buy some in the village when the time comes. If you have extra at home, you can buy some. Well, there is nothing else to say. I hope Zhang’s workshop will get better and better and have a good start. "

As soon as Grandpa Zhang finished speaking, Grandpa Zhang and Zhang's father worked together to pull down the red silk on the plaque, and the words "Zhang's Chili Oil Workshop" were displayed on the plaque.

Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Yunyue lit firecrackers on both sides.

"Crack, crack, crack, crack..."

Father Zhang took out the envelopes made of red paper last night. Each envelope contained 8 copper coins as red envelopes for the start of work.

Grandpa Zhang pushed open the door of the workshop, and every worker who came in was given a red envelope as a token of appreciation for the start of work. The workers opened the red envelopes immediately after receiving them, and found that each red envelope contained 8 cents, which was almost half a day's wages. They were all delighted and put the red envelopes in their arms.

After all the workers had gone in, Grandpa Zhang asked the villagers who were still standing outside to disperse. Everyone knew that the people who had gone in were about to start working, so they stopped gathering here and went home in groups of three or four.

Zhang Yunyue and Zhang's father followed Grandpa Zhang into the workshop, and then Zhang's father closed the door of the workshop.

All the workers stood in the yard, waiting for Zhang Yunyue to assign tasks.

There are 20 men and 10 women.

Because the warehouse was full of dried chilies but no chili powder, Zhang Yunyue arranged for all the men to bring some dried chilies to the room with mortars, with two people in a group responsible for pounding the chili powder. After that, there was nothing else to do, and these men were mainly responsible for pounding the chili powder. If there was something else to do temporarily, they would temporarily adjust the work.