I trade in both worlds

Aunt Xu found this very funny and remembered that there were seven or eight small cakes left from what she had bought today. She got up and went to the kitchen to bring them out, and gave one to Xu Tiantian.

After having the cake, Xu Tiantian no longer wanted Xu Xu's cucumber. She held a small cake in both hands and bit it slowly.

When Xu Qiwei saw the cake, he also wanted to eat it, but when he thought of the birthday cake in the refrigerator, he held back. In order not to be greedy, he turned around and chased the dogs around the yard.

After they finished their meal, Chen Lihua started to clean up the dishes. Xu Xu looked at her and always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't remember what it was at the moment. When she finished washing the dishes and came back to wipe the table, Xu Xu realized something.

"Lihua, have you gained weight recently?" Xu Xu asked hesitantly.

"Ah? Fat?" Chen Lihua looked herself up and down, then turned to look at Xu Youyin: "I'm fat?"

Xu Youyin took a serious look and said uncertainly, "He has gained weight."

Aunt Xu, who had not noticed before, turned around and looked at her carefully: "Lihua, are you pregnant?"

"What? Pregnant?" Chen Lihua said blankly, "But I didn't feel sick or vomit."

Xu Youyin was also stunned by this surprise and didn't know how to react for a moment.

"Your child, you are not pregnant only if you feel sick and vomit." Aunt Xu said helplessly: "How long has it been since your period came?"

Chen Lihua counted on her fingers silently: "It seems... it's been three months."

Xu Youyin grinned and asked uncertainly, "I'm going to be a father?"

"Oh, you didn't even notice such a big thing?" Aunt Xu was also convinced: "Youyin, take your wife to see a doctor tomorrow."

"Oh, oh, okay, okay." Xu Youyin responded happily.

When Chen Lihua touched her belly, she felt something magical. Before she knew it, there was an extra piece of meat in her belly.

Seeing the silly look on the couple's faces, Second Aunt Xu couldn't stand it anymore and waved her hand: "Alright, alright, help your wife go back and have a rest."

"Okay." Xu Youyin and his wife walked into the room following commands.

After they left, Xu Xu asked, "Second Uncle, do you want to hire someone for the autumn harvest in a few days?"

Xu Xu had been thinking about this problem since she left Song Qin's house. She calculated that not only would she be exhausted after a month, but she would also lose orders, which was not cost-effective at all.

"Yes." Aunt Xu said firmly.

Xu Jizong looked at her in surprise. He had never heard her mention hiring anyone before, so why did she suddenly want to invite someone to help with the autumn harvest?

Glancing at Xu Jizong, Second Aunt Xu analyzed, "Although our shop has only been open for a few days, our daily income is roughly maintained at around three taels."

"After deducting costs, we can earn about one tael and two cents a day. If we close for ten days, we will lose 12 taels."

"If we hire ten people, assuming that each person costs 20 wen per day without meals, that's only 200 wen per day. Let's count five days, which is one tael of silver, less than the profit of the store in one day."

After doing the math, Xu Jizong suddenly felt that he had to hire someone. The profit from the shop in one day could have paid for someone to do all the work in the fields. He couldn't just close the shop and suffer a loss of more than ten taels of silver just to save money for hiring someone to harvest the autumn harvest.

Xu Jizong made the decision and said, "Okay, let's hire someone."

"Then I'll go to the city gate to ask tomorrow, Dad, and you can ask in the village tomorrow." Xu Youliang asked.

"If you invite those people to work at the city gate, you have to provide them with food, right?" Aunt Xu asked uncertainly.

"Then I'll take it, as long as we can finish the work early." Xu Jizong said.

Aunt Xu rolled her eyes and said, "Who will cook for you? How can you prepare meals for more than a dozen people without two or three people? Lihua is pregnant, so she will collect money at the store. Youyin and I will be busy making cakes, and Erya will take care of the baby."

After saying that, he glanced at Xu Xu and said, "Xu Xu has four children too. It's not that easy."

Xu Xu suddenly said: "I have an idea."

"What's the idea?" Aunt Xu looked at her and asked.

"I was thinking, can I just find a few elders in the tribe to help with the cooking, and give each of them ten cents a day?"

Aunt Xu clapped her hands and said, "This is a good idea. Let's build a bamboo shed outside the yard and set up two stoves. Then move the old table from the old house over and let them cook outside without having to go inside."

Xu Jizong thought of the two ovens at home, one large and one small, and nodded: "Then you can buy some meat every day and hire people to do the work and make sure there is enough oil and water."

"Okay." Second Aunt Xu looked at Xu Youliang and said, "Go find a few people to come over tomorrow to build the shed and the stove. Your father will be at home tomorrow to watch over it."

"Okay." Xu Youliang nodded and walked out of the house.

Xu Xu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "This time the autumn harvest is finally easy."

Second Aunt Xu also smiled and said, "Yes, every year the summer and autumn harvests are exhausting. It takes at least half a month to recover after the autumn harvest. This year, I finally don't have to work."

After discussing the autumn harvest, Xu Xu thought of potatoes: "Uncle, how are the potatoes now?"

Speaking of potatoes, Xu Jizong's face wrinkled with a smile: "Yes, they are growing well. The early-maturing varieties are almost one foot tall."

"Wow, it's growing so fast." Xu Xu counted on his fingers: "So can we harvest it at the end of this month or the beginning of next month?"

"Yes." Xu Jizong continued with a smile: "The clan leader has to go there to inspect two or three times a day."

Xu Xu also began to look forward to the potato harvest day, wondering whether the high-yield grains of modern times could bring them surprises when they came to ancient times.

Since Qiu Shou had already arranged to hire someone to do the work, Xu Xu focused all his attention on making clothes.

After five busy days, Song Qin's two sets of clothes were finally ready. Just like last time, the entire delivery process was very smooth. The only difference was that Song Qin did not place a new order this time.

After receiving the final payment and returning home, Xu Xu thought of the several sets of clothes he had made recently. With slight adjustments to two of them, the overall look would be gorgeous and dignified. Then he could hand the drawings to Sister Feng.

There are also clothes for several children. The kindergarten requires students to wear school uniforms on Mondays and Fridays. Several children now change from school uniforms one day to casual clothes the other day. There are only two sets of clothes back and forth, so I still have to make another set of clothes for them.

Xu Ziqing has gotten the hang of video editing, and has been editing at a very fast pace lately. The only video that has not been edited is Song Qin's casual clothes.

I don’t want to edit the video at the moment. I remembered the studio’s accounts and roughly recorded a few expenses by hand. This doesn’t seem to be a good way to go as I have to file taxes next month.

Although I don’t understand much about it, the studio’s accounts are simple, so I simply bought some accounting software online, entered the current expenses and income into it, and it will automatically generate financial reports.

Xu Ziqing calculated that in the past month, he had sold two of the six sets of clothes posted in the video, and four sets were customized. He collected a total of RMB, excluding the cost of materials, RMB, and the promotion fee of RMB 1000. Not counting labor, water and electricity, he made RMB.