A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

"Grandpa, grandma, have you visited the fields during this period?"

Grandma Zhang: "Your grandfather and I have checked it out. There is no big problem, but we need to weed it right away. But wait until these few days are over, and then your grandfather can take your second uncle and the others to weed it."

"That's good. My family has been so busy lately. We're always busy with one thing and then another."

"Oh, Grandpa, I went to pick red peppers with Grandma, Mom, and Second Aunt this afternoon. After picking the peppers, I thought of a new way to cook the peppers, which can keep them longer, up to one or two years.

There are many ways to eat it, especially the next year, it tastes even better. I am also planning to add this pickled pepper dish to the store.”

"Oh, can you tell me specifically what kind of chili it is? It can be preserved longer than oil chili. How is it made? Has your family made it today?"

Zhang Yunyue shook her head and said, "I haven't started yet. The red peppers are still drying in the main room. This afternoon, my father and I went to the blacksmith shop in town to order a tool specifically for chopping peppers. It will be more convenient to chop peppers with that tool.

And people won’t be too spicy from the chili peppers. I’ve ordered 10 of those tools, and I’m also planning to add a new variety of pickled chili peppers to my workshop.”

"Okay, Yueyue, Grandpa believes in you. Since you want to make this pickled pepper in the workshop, you have to do it as soon as possible. After all, according to what you said, this must be made with fresh red peppers, and now is the time when the peppers are red."

"Yeah, that's right. That's why I ordered 10 knives for chopping chili peppers. When the time comes, we can just transfer the people in the workshop and add our family members. After all, this is not like making chili peppers that can be made all the time. We only need to persist for ten days or half a month."

"Okay, as long as you have a plan, everyone in our family who can go will go to help. When your uncle and Uncle Xiaoxue come in the next two days, ask them to help pick some fresh red peppers, and then we will also pick some in the village.

I will tell the villagers tomorrow to have some delivered the day after tomorrow, and then we can talk about delivering it two or three days later when the in-laws come. Otherwise, if there are too many, the workshop won’t be able to finish it, and the peppers will go bad.”

"Yes, wait until the red peppers in the village are done. My uncle and Zhu's uncle are coming these two days. I will tell them the time of delivery and the approximate amount of each delivery. I will have to trouble them to deliver more times.

Oh, and I need to ask my uncle and Uncle Lu to send some large ceramic jars that can hold 100 kilograms of salt so that I can pickle the peppers."

"Anyway, you'll be at the workshop these days, so just make the arrangements."

"Grandpa, if that's the case, why don't we hire someone to remove the weeds from our fields? I don't think we'll be home for the next ten days or half a month, and by then there will be even more weeds, which will affect the harvest."

Grandpa Zhang wanted to refuse, but he couldn't find a reason to refuse. He also had to go to town to work for two days, and even if he came back, he would have to go to the workshop. "Okay, I'll listen to you. Tomorrow, ask your second uncle to hire someone in the village to weed and loosen the soil."

"Yeah, by the way, Grandpa, you are going to use the oxcart to pull wood to the town tomorrow, so on your way back, go to the grocery store and buy another two or three hundred kilograms of salt, and then go to the wine store and buy another two or three hundred kilograms of wine. You need more wine and salt to make pickled peppers."

"Okay, we can use the ox cart to bring everything back at once. By the way, I remember you said Xiaofeng's private school is near the restaurant you bought outside, right? It's called Guihua Lane, and the private school is called Gongchong Private School. I'll pick him up tomorrow so you don't have to make another trip."

As soon as they finished talking, Zhang's father and Zhang Cheng came out from the backyard. It seemed that tonight's mung bean jelly was ready. Zhang's father and Zhang Cheng went to the utility room to take out tomorrow's mung beans and soak them in a big bucket.

After the mung beans were soaked, everyone sat in the yard and chatted.

Grandpa Zhang saw that everyone was in the yard and said, "Big brother, second brother, Yueyue and I just discussed it. This period is the time when peppers are in season. Yueyue is going to make pickled peppers in the workshop and add a new flavor of peppers.

This requires fresh red peppers, so I won't go to town next time, but will help Yueyue in the workshop. In the afternoon, Yueyue has already ordered special tools for cutting peppers in town. This year is just the right time.

So we will prepare more pickled peppers. Tomorrow we will inform the villagers that if they have extra red peppers to sell, we will buy them. When the villagers have finished harvesting and the workshops are ready,

At that time, we will ask the two relatives to deliver the amount that the workshop can produce every day. We will try to make as much as we can during this period.

As for the price, the price of dried chili peppers is 7 wen per jin. It takes about 1 to 2 jin of red chili peppers to produce jin of dried chili peppers. The price of red chili peppers should be wen per jin, which would be a shame for the villagers.

Yueyue also said that this can be kept for one or two years, and the shops in town will also increase the number of foods made with this pickled pepper, so they will be busy during this period. "

Grandpa Zhang took a sip of water and continued, "Second brother, go to Lao Jiang's house tomorrow morning. They have a lot of people but little land. If you are free, ask their five sons to help weed the fields and loosen the soil. They have 10 mu of land and 5 mu of fields. Give them 15 coins a day each."

Zhang Cheng thought about the situation of Lao Jiang's family, that they had little land but many people, and also thought about their sons, who were good people and hardworking, so he nodded and said, "I'll go there early tomorrow morning."

After chatting for a while, Grandpa Zhang saw that his grandchildren and adults were a little sleepy.

"Okay, then there's nothing else to do. If any of you are tired, go and rest early. You will be busy later, so you should rest well."

As soon as Grandpa Zhang finished speaking, everyone went to the kitchen to fetch water, wash up, and after cleaning up, they all went into the house to sleep.

Day two.

While the Zhang family was still preparing breakfast, the great grandfather and the second grandfather's families had already taken all the goods from the Zhang family and went to their respective towns to sell them.

After the Zhang family finished breakfast, Zhang's father and mother loaded all the things for the town onto a wheelbarrow and prepared to go to town.

Before leaving, Zhang Yunyue remembered that she had to pick up the knife she had ordered yesterday at noon today, but she couldn't go to town, so she looked at Zhang's father and mother:

"Dad, Mom, when you come back today, remember to pick up the knife I ordered yesterday. This is the receipt the blacksmith gave me yesterday. Also, remember to buy more pork belly and lean meat.

Tianxianglou will come to pick up goods again tomorrow. This time, I will prepare some pork oil, chili peppers and crispy whistles for them and ask them to take them back and ask the boss if they need them."

After saying that, Zhang Yunyue took out the receipt from her purse and gave it to Zhang's father.

Father Zhang took the data and said, "Okay, I remember it."