【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

After buying the horses, Yun Xi asked Bai Niangzi to find Li Ba Niu and ask him to make two black-covered carriages. The reward is not a problem. Let him work overtime to make them.

Yun Xi knew that the livestock sold by the caravan were not expensive, but after hearing the system say that a horse on the grassland could be exchanged for two pieces of cloth, ten kilograms of tea and twenty kilograms of salt, she still felt a little distressed.

"Okay, Master."

White Snake left quickly, and Lady Wang was busy in the kitchen. Their monthly salary had increased from 100 coins to 300 coins. It was indeed much less than what they had earned at the Minister of Rites' house before, but it was quiet here, without any intrigue and no place to spend money, so she felt at ease.

Li Chunsheng was feeding the horses with wild fruits, fine grass, and a bucket of salt water. The only drawback was that the cowshed was a bit small, and the horses were snorting restlessly inside.

"Meizi, do you want to move the pigs next door?"

Li Meizi was feeding the pigs with slop and couldn't help but refuse when she heard this. "Pigs grow fast and get hungry quickly. We won't have enough time to feed them next door. Why don't you take the horses to the backyard next door and feed them there?"

Li Chunsheng was worried, “What if the horse is stolen?”

"Then you can live next door and just move your bed over there." Li Meizi said helplessly.

"Yes, I'll go tell Mom."

In this way, Li Chunsheng moved in next door.

The carriages were ready the next day, each costing one tael of silver.

Yun Xi was very satisfied after seeing this. "Let's get ready to pick watermelons. Pick them all today and go to Rongcheng to sell them tomorrow. After dinner, I'll go find some people from the tribe to hire some people."

"it is good!"

They had soy milk, fried dough sticks and big steamed buns for breakfast, and occasionally had spicy soup and mixed noodles. Madam Wang was from the north, and her cooking style was more northern. Yun Xi lived in the era of information explosion, and could eat food from both the south and the north whenever she wanted, so it felt okay. Chunsheng and the other three were extremely uncomfortable at first, and it took them a while to adapt.

After dinner, Yun Xi changed into a pair of shorts and went to see the patriarch with a basket of eggs.

It was the clan leader's eldest daughter-in-law, Yuan, who opened the door. "Third sister-in-law, you're here. Come in quickly."

"Fifth brother's wife, how are you these days? I want to talk to the clan leader about something." Yun Xi greeted with a smile and handed over the basket.

"Why are you bringing anything?" Yuan Shi scolded, then took it and led the way. "Everything is fine at home, thanks to you. We should have another bumper harvest this year."

"Thank you so much, it's all thanks to everyone's hard work." Yun Xi said modestly, and quickly walked to the main hall. "Hello, clan leader, have you eaten?"

"I've eaten everything. Have you eaten yet? Do you want some more?" Chief Li asked with a smile, "What brings you here?"

"Chief, I planted 500 watermelons this year, weighing several thousand kilograms. My family can't transport them all in one trip, so I want to hire someone in the village to help transport them to Chengdu."

Chief Li raised his eyebrows. "You also grow watermelons? How do they taste? I heard that a watermelon costs two taels of silver, and it's only eaten by the rich."

"It tastes very good, but it's too big for me to hold. I'll ask the child to go home with me and get one to try." Yun Xi's heart skipped a beat. She almost forgot about it. The clan leader is the oldest in the clan, and good things must be given to him.

"Okay, my family will also try what watermelon tastes like." Patriarch Li said with a smile.

He thought it was just an ordinary watermelon, worth two taels of silver each, and it was nothing to him to receive such a gift.

“How many people do you plan to hire?”

"As many people as there are in the village can go. Each person will drive a cart and will be paid 100 coins a day." Yun Xi asked Yuan Shi, "Sister-in-law, how many cows did the clan buy today?"

"There are thirty of them." Yuan took the eggs to the kitchen and returned a few big goose eggs.

"One oxcart can carry 500 kilograms, so ten of them can carry 5,000 kilograms. What do you need so much for?" Chief Li was puzzled. "How many kilograms of watermelon do you have?"

"Almost 6,000 kilograms. Thirty ox carts, plus my family's three ox carts, one donkey cart, and two horse carts, make a total of 36 carts. Each cart can carry about a dozen watermelons." Yun Xi calculated and said, "There are only five people in my family driving the carts. I need one more person to help drive the carts. The salary is 100 coins a day."

"Are watermelons so heavy? A cart can only carry a dozen?" Yuanshi asked involuntarily.

Yun Xi nodded, "Yes, a new variety."

Chief Li said distressedly, "Is that so? Then don't give me the watermelon. One weighing over ten pounds can be sold for five or six taels of silver. It would be a waste for me to eat it."

Yuan Shi agreed, "That's right."

"Don't worry, I'll take out five and share them with the villagers so they can all have a taste." Yun Xi said quickly, "It's just a watermelon, it's not a big deal."

Patriarch Li was helpless. "You are really generous. Okay, I know your plan. I will go to each family to talk to them later. Anyway, there is nothing to do recently."

Yun Xi went home without worry and picked watermelons together. She kept ten at home to eat slowly, gave five to the villagers, five to Magistrate Wang, and five to Scholar Chen. They had to choose the smaller ones, so the remaining 470 were all about the same size.

It was dark when they finished their work. After dinner, the villagers came to Yunxi's house to eat watermelon. Five watermelons were cut into small pieces, and each person got a piece. The children also had some to taste.

After eating, Chief Li seemed to be lost in thought. Yuan Shi whispered, "Why is this watermelon so delicious? It can be sold for seven or eight taels each."

What to do if you feel moved?

Li Wuniu didn't say anything.

"Let's first figure out how to farm the land at home." After thinking it over, Chief Li felt that growing watermelons was not as good as growing rice and cotton, as the risks were too high.

He is a little hesitant about the unknown, and if he takes too big a step, he might get hurt. Ordinary people have to take things step by step in their lives.

The people in the tribe were also talking about it, but not many people were willing to ask Yun Xi. When someone came up to her and asked, Yun Xi refused, saying that the seeds were hard to buy.

She had the same idea as the clan leader. Watermelons were not something that ordinary people could handle. There were risks. Natural disasters such as hail would destroy the watermelons. Transportation was also a big problem as this place was too far away from Chengdu.

The next morning, many people from the clan helped Yun Xi with transportation, and the family was still entrusted to the eldest sister-in-law. The convoy set off in a mighty manner.

When passing by Xiaowangzhuang, the children of Xiaowangzhuang ran to tell the patriarch Wang. When the elderly patriarch Wang heard the children describe it as a watermelon, he couldn't help but envy it.

The Li family is slowly rising, while the Wang family is still reeling from the disaster and has not fully recovered. If this high-yield rice can yield a good harvest, the clan school must be established as soon as possible.

And Yun Xi has led the Li family towards a bright future.

Because we were afraid that the watermelon would break, we didn't travel fast, so we had very little time to rest. We basically traveled day and night and arrived in Chengdu after seven days.

At this time, Chengdu was more prosperous than last year. The three-year tax exemption not only encouraged farming, but also encouraged business. Merchants leading cattle or horses were everywhere in the city, and occasionally some foreign faces could be seen, which made the Li family members exclaim in surprise.

There are people with blond, red or brown hair, blue or green eyes, deep eye sockets and high nose bridges. It's so strange!