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

Without staying too long, Yun Xi, who was driving in front, led everyone to the government office first. At this time, identity was particularly important. The identity of a fourth-rank lady allowed her to meet Magistrate Wang very smoothly.

Magistrate Wang beamed with joy. "Congratulations, Madam Yun. Congratulations, Madam Yun."

"Sir Wang, I thought you had been transferred?" Yun Xi was a little surprised.

"Don't worry, Lady Yun. When my term ends, I will find a place for myself in the capital." Prefect Wang smiled like a fool.

Yun Xi was relieved. "That's good, that's good. Congratulations in advance, Lord Wang. Here are the watermelons I grew. Take them home and try them."

"Oh? Lady Yun can actually grow watermelons." Prefect Wang was surprised, thinking that she was worthy of being the one who received the imperial decree for farming.

"Yes, I still have to go sell watermelons. Sir, I'm leaving first." Yun Xi said goodbye politely.

"Okay, take care, Captain Wu, follow Concubine Yun for a while, and don't let anyone without eyes disturb Concubine Yun." Prefect Wang returned the favor and shouted.

"Thank you, sir."

Yun Xi was secretly happy, she didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain.

After leaving the government office, the convoy drove towards the prosperous East City. Yun Xi directly rented a stall on the street to sell watermelons. There were many stalls on the street.

After setting up the stall, I asked Mei Zi to buy some hot cakes and buns for everyone.

While eating buns, Captain Wu was busy running around, leading half of the tribe to drive the ox carts and horse carts to a specific place. Please note that the feces on the ground must be cleaned up, otherwise there will be a fine.

Eating hot pancakes and drinking cold water, Yun Xi stared at the endless stream of people. This street in the middle of East City was about three hundred meters long and paved with bluestone slabs. People came out from the shops on both sides to clean from time to time to keep the street clean and tidy.

Looking closely at the shops, some have wine flags hanging at the door, some have gold-plated signs, and the decoration is the ultimate luxury of this era.

Rich people wearing new clothes of various styles strolled slowly among the shops. Some fashionable shops were crowded with people. There were six such streets in Dongcheng, which shows how high the consumption needs of the rich were.

After dinner, Yun Xi washed her face with water, combed her hair, and began to make arrangements. "Chunsheng, take your cousins ​​to clean up the vacant yard of our house and stay there tonight."

Li Dashan glanced sideways, "Third Aunt also bought a house in the city?"

Yun Xi nodded. "If you don't spend money, it will lay eggs, right? Of course you should buy a house or a shop and rent it out to make money. Okay, go and take a look."

After that, she started to hawk, "I'm selling watermelons. Big, sweet and fragrant watermelons. They're the perfect way to cool down the summer heat~"

"New variety, new taste, big watermelon with thick flesh and thin skin. Buying one will bring honor to your family."

"Don't miss it if you pass by. You won't get cheated if you don't buy it. Come and buy a big watermelon~"

“Try before you buy, first come first served~”

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Yun Xi shouted, and Mei Zi followed suit after encouraging herself. Li Daniu and seven others stood guard beside the stall to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation.

Watermelons are always in great demand. Many people stopped to watch. Yun Xi was not stingy and found a big watermelon and cut it open. "Try it before you buy it. If it doesn't taste good, you don't have to pay."

There was a rich little kid standing on a carriage, drooling at the sight of the bright red watermelons. He pointed at the stall and said, "Mom, I want some!"

"Watermelon, okay, let's go check it out."

The carriage stopped.

A woman wearing a Suzhou embroidered Yuehua brocade shirt gracefully stepped down from the carriage, holding a child in her arms. The child was wearing an apricot-colored brocade with a four-happiness and auspicious cloud pattern, a bell on the head, and a gold necklace around the neck. He looked wealthy. Behind them were a woman and two maids.

Mei Zi stared at the beautiful and lazy woman for a moment. Yun Xi was not affected at all and enthusiastically handed her a piece of watermelon. "Madam, please try it. This watermelon is the latest variety."

"Wow! Give it to me now."

The child reached out to take it, and the maid behind him hurried forward to take it and held it up to the child to eat.

"Is it tasty?"

The woman spoke gently to the child.

"It's delicious, Mom, not sour at all, try it."

The woman took a bite and found it surprisingly delicious, refreshing, sweet and very thirst-quenching.

"It tastes really good. How much is the watermelon? Give me five."

"Madam, a watermelon costs ten strings of cash." Yun Xi kept smiling, secretly observing the other person's micro-expressions with the corner of her eyes.

The other party was just slightly surprised, without much feeling, and immediately asked the maid to pay.

The five big watermelons weighed about fifty or sixty kilograms. Yun Xi breathed a sigh of relief and asked her clansmen to help load them onto the carriage. She received five big ingots handed to her by the maid, which was exactly fifty taels of silver.

The first order was completed, and the rest was much easier. Many passers-by came over to watch the fun, but after taking a look and tasting it, they couldn't help but buy one to take home. After all, we are all rich people. If you have it and I don't, shouldn't I save face?

He sold watermelons until dark, and there were still many left. He thought he would not be able to sell them all, but unexpectedly, a lot of repeat customers came. One family wanted ten, and another wanted twenty. They bought them all. He returned to his house exhausted. Chunsheng had already asked people to cook rice and bought a few dishes for him to eat.

"Mom, I've already sent the watermelon to Mr. Chen."

"Well, you did a good job."

Yun Xi washed her face and prepared to eat.

At night, the tribesmen slept on the floor in the yard. Yun Xi and Mei Zi slept on the floor in the house. They spent the night there and set off for home the next day.

He was carrying 4,690 taels of silver in the car, but he didn't dare show it off for fear of being targeted.

Four days later, I returned home, relaxed, and distributed the wages. Each family gave an extra hundred coins as a reward for making the ox hurry on the journey.

The two servants cleaned the house. Yun Xi put the money into the space and went to the backyard to look at the four big fat pigs. They grew so fast.

"Mei Zi, kill this pig and eat it. We don't have much lard left at home." Yun Xi waved her hand with great enthusiasm.

There's no other way. She's rich now, so she's celebrating her assets exceeding ten thousand.

"Mom, this pig weighs more than 120 kilograms now. We can't finish it after we kill it. It's better to wait until the autumn harvest." Li Meizi suggested.

“If we can’t finish it, we’ll sell some of it.”

In this way, the fattest pig was taken out and killed. Blood gushed out with one cut. After the blood dried, Mrs. Wang took away the solidified blood and divided a piece among the family. The rest was prepared to make stewed pig blood.

When the pig was cut open, everyone saw a large lump of white lard. They were surprised for a moment, but then felt it was reasonable.

This is not an ordinary pig, it is the pig raised by Sanniu’s wife.

"All pork is 35 cents per pound, buy it as soon as possible." Yun Xi asked Li Erniu to cut out two pounds and told Chunsheng to deliver it to the clan leader's house.

Many people in the clan wanted to buy it, because several daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law of the families were pregnant. When did they get pregnant? Of course, they got pregnant last winter while they were hibernating. There was grain in the granary, firewood in the yard, cotton for heating, and a lot of savings at home, which were idle. The conditions for reproduction were met, so everyone naturally wanted to have more children to expand the family.

Pregnant women need to supplement nutrition, and fatty pork is just right. Most of the pig is sold, and the rest is made into jar meat for Wang Niang to eat slowly.

It didn't rain after that, and the fields were a bit dry, but fortunately the streams kept flowing, so it didn't affect anything. By the time of autumn harvest, almost every household had a bumper harvest, with cartloads of grain brought home and cartloads of cotton picked. This year, they should be able to sell them for a lot of money.

Xiaowangzhuang also had a bumper harvest. Every household planted more or less the high-yield rice seeds bought from Lijia Village. Clan leader Wang reminded everyone to save the seeds and plant this variety next year. Within five years, Xiaowangzhuang would surely be able to thrive.