The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

If you work hard, you can pull out a lot in a day, and in one or two days you can pull out enough dried herbs to make a pound. For farmers who only farm and can't find a way to make money, it's like money falling from the sky.

They don't recognize some of the herbs, but they know what the ones they eat normally look like, and they are everywhere in the mountains and plains.

Sometimes when it grows in the fields, people just pull it off and throw it away because they think it is a nuisance. Who knew that it could be sold for money?

But even so, the housework couldn't be delayed. While I was working, weren't there children at home? Those children were playing around in the village every day, so they might as well go out and earn money for the family.

Unfortunately, the maximum amount collected from each household per month was only ten kilograms, which meant that they could only sell for five copper coins per month.

This regulation was proposed by Qiu Zhuo when Song Shengfu was discussing it with him.

Agriculture is the foundation. If everyone uses it to make money and ignores the work in the fields, it will harm others.

Five copper coins was neither more nor less, just what they could earn in their spare time.

And these are just the most common herbs. One catty costs five copper coins, and there are also herbs that cost ten copper coins, but the upper limit is only ten catties.

It can also avoid some traffickers and secondary sales.

Their original intention in doing this was to purchase the herbs directly from farmers, which was cheaper and saved the girls' school's expenses in this regard.

The second is to expand the influence of the women's school. Over time, everyone knows that there is a virgin school at the foot of Qingyun Mountain, and there are female doctors in the women's school, which lays the foundation for the opening of a female medical clinic in the women's school in the future.

Richer families would look down on these five copper coins, and only the truly poor and struggling families would try their best to increase their family income.

(According to modern Chinese history materials, one copper coin could buy a bowl each of sauce, vinegar, oil, and wine.)

It was already noon, and the female doctors and teachers who were seeing patients were all ready to eat, so they closed the clinic and went straight into the academy through the small door inside.

Most of the people outside sat on the ground, took out the dry steamed buns they brought with them, and ate them with the free water provided at the entrance of the girls' school.

Some people who had some money on them would go shopping with their companions in groups of two or three.

"How much is somen?"

"Noodles with vegetables are two cents, noodles with vegetables with sauce are three cents, and noodles with meat with sauce are five cents."

The woman who was watching touched her belly, which looked very fresh.

"Give me a bowl of vegetarian noodles."

The person next to him saw this and originally wanted a bowl of vegetarian noodles, but when he saw that there was tofu and oil in the vegetarian臊子, he also ordered a bowl of vegetarian臊子面.

"Give me a bowl of vegetarian noodles with sauerkraut too."

"Me too, I want a bowl too."

The man guarding the stall was about fourteen or fifteen years old and responded with a smile.

"Okay, three cents each."

Several people took out the copper coins on their bodies, counted them and handed them to the person in the middle.

"Nine coins in total. Count them."

A shorter girl standing nearby took it, counted her teeth, and smiled so hard that all eight of them were exposed.

"Nine cents. Auntie has an empty table. Just wait a moment and it will be ready soon."

You can tell at first glance that this little girl is here to collect money.

She put the money into her shoulder bag and turned around and shouted.

"Shuhua, three guests have arrived, please clear the table."

"okay!"

A little girl about eight years old, with two buns on her head and a piece of white cotton linen cloth draped over her shoulders, was holding the newly collected bowls in her hands and putting them down in the dishwashing area at the back, then turned around and went back to wipe the table.

Basically, there are three or four people working together in each stall.

One of the younger women saw the cute little girl and asked curiously while she was wiping the table.

"how old are you?"

The little girl stood on tiptoe and carefully wiped the edges and seams of the table.

"Auntie, I am nine years old this year."

"Are you all students here?"

After saying this, the woman felt a little strange. This was the first time she asked a girl if she was a student.

The little girl raised her chin slightly with a hint of pride. "Of course, we are all students of Xunlu Girls' School. All the food stalls here belong to our Zhenxiuyuan. You can go shopping later. There are also barbecue and skewers over there, which are delicious."

When she introduced herself, she also did not forget to promote the sister stalls around her.

Their five colleges all have competitive goals, and the winning college will receive commendations and rewards from the dean.

The other two older ones saw the little girl like this and realized that she was about the same age as their own daughters.

"What is a girls' school like, little girl, can you tell us about it?"

Shu Hua felt a little embarrassed and turned around to look. No one was coming to the stall yet.

Seeing Sister Yao Qing nod at her, she stood beside her and started talking to the three of them.

"We have five colleges in our girls' school... After we graduate, we'll all be working in the shop at the Bo Mansion. Aunt, you found a perfect match. Our stall was made by the noodle maker in the college, and we even won first place in a skills competition a while ago. You can try it later, I guarantee you won't be disappointed."

Shu Hua saw that someone else came to ask, and the table where the people had left had not been cleared yet.

"No more talking, no more talking, I have to go clean the table, Auntie, you guys enjoy your meal."

At this moment, three bowls of noodles were served. "Three bowls of vegetarian sauerkraut noodles are ready!"

The three bowls of noodles served were covered with臊子, which made people's mouths water just by looking at it.

"Hey, you guys are quite a bit of a jerk!"

The young woman was a little surprised and was hesitating whether to eat. When she heard the sound, she looked over and saw a full bowl. She looked at it with greed and immediately decided to eat it there.

The woman's action invisibly attracted a few more customers to the stall.

"We grind the tofu in this vegetarian sauce ourselves. What do you think of it? Is there anything we need to change?"

The three of them had already picked up their chopsticks, dipped them in the liquid, and put it in their mouths.

"Delicious! This臊子 is really good."

"This noodle is also very chewy. Nizi's cooking skills are really good."

The girl who was cooking noodles smiled even more brightly after hearing this. She was the one who made these noodles, and she was an expert at making them.

"This smell of pork still tastes like meat, it's amazing."

The three of them kept praising.

Soon more and more people came, and the four of them were busy all over the place. However, with the experience of the previous two days, they cooperated very well.

Noon is the busiest time, especially when people who have eaten there before come back and say that the food is delicious and cheap, and many people are tempted to come and have a look.

Most of the people who come here are women, who come for the free medical consultation.

However, there were also villagers from the surrounding area who came to join in the fun, mostly husbands accompanying their wives and children.

Especially some snack stalls, which have the most people, and their clothes seem to be much better than those of the villagers.

Most of these people came from the capital to watch the fun.

They saw signs in front of some shops saying that they could get red tickets after coming here, which could be used to discount purchases in the shops in the Bo Mansion.

After arriving here, I couldn't walk anymore. The food here is not only rich in variety, but also has many specialties from various places in Da Chu. It is more complete than Baiweixuan in the capital.

Many of the ordinary people here are not locals. Many of them came from other places. Especially during the disaster year two years ago, many people came from Nanyang. When they ate the long-missed Nanyang food, some of them couldn't help but shed tears.