A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Just as she was thinking about something, she was interrupted by Grandma Zhang's shout, "Grandma, what's wrong?"

Grandma Zhang shouted again: "Your grandpa and two uncles are here, come out quickly."

When Zhang Yunyue heard what Grandma Zhang said, she immediately stood up and responded, "Ah, my grandpa and uncle are here, grandma, I'll be right out."

Then he hurried to the workshop door.

"Grandpa, uncle, second uncle, you are here."

Grandpa Qiao Dazhu was standing at the door talking to Grandma Zhang when he saw Zhang Yunyue running out. "Yueyue, run slower, don't panic."

Zhang Yunyue waved her hand: "It's okay, it's okay."

"Yueyue, this time we brought 2100 kilograms of dried chili peppers."

Zhang Yunyue looked outside and wondered why it was pulled here by three ox carts this time.

"Grandpa, this time you sent quite a lot. You must have gone far to collect them. You should have collected almost all the ones near your village."

"Yes, this time we went to the two neighboring villages to collect them. Fortunately, the pepper harvest season will begin soon, and we will be able to collect quite a lot of peppers nearby."

"Okay, Grandpa, you sit here for a while. I'll call someone to move the peppers."

After talking to grandpa Qiao Dazhu, Zhang Yunyue went to the noodle pounding room: "Cousin Zhong, cousin Lin, come out and help move the peppers. My uncle and his family are here."

"Okay, we're coming." After the two of them said that, they stopped what they were doing and followed Zhang Yunyue out of the noodle pounding room. Zhang Yunyue then went to the warehouse to get a scale, and the three of them walked out together.

Qiao Dazhu and a few others who were sitting at the door of the workshop saw the three people coming out, and they all stood up, went to the ox cart, and started unloading the peppers. After unloading, they began to weigh them. After weighing, the five people moved all the peppers to the warehouse and piled them up.

After moving the things, Zhang Yunyue took her grandfather Qiao Dazhui and two uncles to the reception room, poured a glass of water for the three of them to quench their thirst, and then took out the money for the chili peppers from her purse and gave it to her grandfather.

"Grandpa, go back and help collect fresh red peppers today. Ask the villagers to remove the stems when you collect them. The workshop is going to make a new variety of peppers. You can collect as many as you can, but it's best if you collect them on the same day and send them over the next morning. So I guess you'll be a little tired by then.

Otherwise, the peppers will wilt after a long time, and the peppers will not be good. The workshop charges 2 cents per pound for red peppers, and the same applies to you uncles. In addition, it is still 100 pounds and an additional 20 cents will be given. "

"By the way, we will collect red peppers first in the next few days, and then we will start collecting dried peppers when the red peppers are gone. In addition, grandpa and two uncles, you can help collect more ginger and garlic. Ginger and garlic are 4 wen per jin, and if you still collect 100 jin, you will get an extra 20 wen."

Grandpa Qiao Dazhu said in a brisk tone: "Okay, Yueyue, just tell us what you want and we will be responsible for collecting it for you. We are all farmers, so it's not tiring. Besides, this is much easier than growing crops, and we can make money."

During this period, I harvested peppers and peanuts. Although I had to run outside in the sun, it was fulfilling and I could also make money. Every time I thought of this, no matter how far I ran, it didn't seem like a good idea.

"Then we won't waste any more time. We'll go back this time and harvest some red peppers, ginger and garlic in the afternoon and deliver them to you tomorrow morning." After saying this, Qiao Dazhu stood up.

"Grandpa, uncle, uncle, it's already this late, let's go home and have dinner before going back!"

Qiao Dazhu waved his hand quickly: "No, no, if we eat and go back, it will take more than half an hour. We won't eat this time. We have to go back early to tell the villagers to harvest red peppers, ginger and garlic. After that, we have to reserve time for them to pick peppers in the field, so we can't waste this time."

My uncle Qiao Dacheng also said, "Yes, your grandpa is right. We have to go back early. We can have dinner next time when we have time."

Seeing the three people's persistence, Zhang Yunyue stopped persuading them: "Okay, then I won't delay you, Grandpa, the eldest uncle and the second uncle. Oh, by the way, Grandpa, I have to trouble you to tell Uncle Lu to send another sixty or seventy hundred-jin ceramic jars tomorrow. I will use these to store the pickled peppers."

"Okay, I get it. When we get back, I'll ask your uncle to go to the earthenware workshop and ask him to deliver the goods with us tomorrow. Then we'll be leaving if nothing else."

Zhang Yunyue stood up and escorted the three people out of the workshop.

"In-laws, we'll leave first and come back tomorrow." Qiao Dazhu said to Grandma Zhang.

"Hey, why are you leaving now? Go home and have a meal first, then come back after you finish eating."

"No, no, my dear, we can eat it next time. The main thing is that Yueyue just told us to collect red peppers, ginger and garlic. This matter cannot be delayed. We have to go back quickly and inform the nearby neighbors."

"Oh, then I won't keep you any longer. You must come to my house for a meal next time you come."

"Okay, okay, okay, then we'll leave first." Qiao Dazhu waved to Grandma Zhang and Zhang Yunyue.

"Yueyue, aunt-in-law, we're leaving now." Qiao Dacheng also waved goodbye to the two of them.

"Hey, Dacheng, you three should be careful on the road."

The three of them each climbed onto an ox cart and pulled the cart back towards Qiaojia Village.

After Grandpa Qiao Dazhu and the others left, Zhang Yunyue and Grandma Zhang followed and sat at the workshop gate: "Grandma, how many red peppers did you harvest this morning?"

"Well, we collected less this morning. There were two or three deliveries from other villages. My wife's family is from our village. I guess someone from our village sent them a letter yesterday. We collected about 300 to 400 kilograms in total.

But I just told those people from other villages to tell them to talk to their own village and tell them that our workshop is collecting red peppers.”

"Grandma, you're so smart. I think we can collect more in the afternoon."

"It should be. I told them to pick them and send them here as soon as possible. They can't be left to wilt."

"We can continue making pickled peppers this afternoon. I've also asked my uncle and his friends at the earthenware workshop to send pottery jars tomorrow. Otherwise, if we run out of pottery jars today, there won't be any left."

"Yeah." After nodding, Grandma Zhang looked up at the sun and said, "Oh, it's already noon now, let the workers go home and eat."

"Okay, I'll go tell them to get off work."

Zhang Yunyue got up and walked into the workshop. She first went to the big kitchen to inform them to go off work, and then went to the noodle pounding room to inform the workers in the noodle pounding room to go off work.

After everyone left the workshop, Zhang Yunyue checked the workshop, found no problems, closed the door, and went home with Grandma Zhang.

After a good rest at noon, Zhang Cheng attached wooden sticks to the five knives that Zhang's father brought back today, and then Zhang Yunyue and the others took them to the workshop.

Because there were more knives today, it didn't take long for Grandma Zhang to chop all the red peppers she had harvested in the morning.