You are unlucky and I am tough

"Can we make this? How much silver would it cost to make one?"

After Cheng Lizheng calmed down, he asked a very practical question, and the villagers immediately pricked up their ears, because this was related to whether they could afford such a useful thing.

Wei Qinglang pondered for a moment, "The fan wheel is mainly made of elm and poplar wood. The price of raw materials is about one hundred coins, which is enough. The main cost is the carpenter's production fee.

This thing needs to be made by a skilled craftsman, otherwise it is easy to fail. Since it was my first attempt, the two craftsmen I found paid me one or two taels of silver each.

However, although the fan is much larger, it is relatively simple. Once you become familiar with it, you can make one in a day. I think 600 Wen will be enough.

Making a rice huller is more complicated, as you need to make the teeth on the huller, which takes a whole day, so including the materials, it should cost one or two taels of silver."

Cheng Lizheng thought the price was quite reasonable. After hearing it, some villagers thought it was too expensive, while others thought it was lower than expected. But even if it was lower than expected, they were reluctant to pay so much money.

Cheng Lizheng also had this concern. Most people in the village were still too poor. Although they could sell grain after the autumn harvest, the villagers would definitely prefer to keep the money in their own hands, as this money would be their household expenses for the coming year.

Cheng Shuang could guess the village head's worry from his expression, and suggested that several families could pool their money and take turns using it. She also mentioned their idea of ​​handing the blueprints to the county magistrate to popularize the new agricultural tools.

The village head also said that it was a good idea to let the county magistrate popularize this idea. He would call a meeting of villagers to discuss it. Those who wanted it could pool their money to do it, and those who didn't want it wouldn't be forced. After it became popular and they saw the benefits, they could find someone else to do it.

After seeing off the guests, the brothers and sisters-in-law were also very fond of the two new farm tools. Wei Nanxing went into the house to continue carrying out grain, and took on the responsibility of shelling and screening the grain, saying that all the work would be left to him, and then he started to work in the yard.

Cheng Pan and Wei Xinyi also ran around to help pack up the clean rice.

Seeing that their younger siblings were in high spirits, the two men let them play and went back to their room to discuss whether to take the blueprints to the county government office or wait until the next time the county magistrate came.

It was almost dusk and Cheng Pan was kneading dough in the kitchen to make some tomato and egg noodles in the evening. Wei Xinyi wanted to learn from him and also got some flour.

The fish had been distributed to each household in the village. Xu Daqing brought a large wooden barrel to deliver the fish. There were four fish in the barrel, two black carp and two crucian carp, each weighing nearly three pounds.

The fish pond was dug a few years ago. Wei Qinglang just got married this year and separated out the fish pond to become an independent household. The Wei family's share was taken away by Wei Changgui, so logically speaking, his family didn't have any.

There were many people in the village, and the village head was worried that the villagers would complain, so he didn't suggest giving them another share. Instead, he took two pieces from his own home after the distribution.

The other two were given by Cheng Daming and Zhao Liehu, who asked Xu Daqing to help deliver them.

In one afternoon, the news of the new farm tools spread like wildfire throughout the village.

When Xu Daqing delivered the fish, he watched Wei Nanxing operate it for a while, then he directly took out the money and said that he wanted to make two for his family. He had helped Lingzhi before and got more than 60 taels of money, so he had more money on hand.

However, Wei Qinglang was not in a hurry to collect the money. He said that the master was from the county, and he would first count how many companies wanted it, and then take the order to the carpenter shop to negotiate. Maybe the price could be lowered.

Not long after Xu Daqing left, Cheng Zhengyi also came running over. He was curious after hearing what his father said and came to see what was going on.

He also brought some money with him. After looking at the pictures, he took out the money and said he wanted to make two sets, one for his own use and one for his cousin's family.

Later, some more people came. They were all from the families who had followed Cheng Fu into the mountains to look for medicine. These people were relatively well-off, and after hearing what Cheng Fu said through the loudspeaker, almost all of them came running.

Cheng Shuang took a piece of paper and wrote down the name of the person she wanted. The person who came to Feng Tiegen's house was Cheng Xiaomei.

She was still wearing the same light red double-breasted dress, with a new hairstyle, a hairpin in her hair, earrings in her ears, and a pair of silver bracelets on her hands. She was dressed like the young lady of a wealthy family.

"Sister, Tiegen asked me to tell you that we're going to order two sets of your new hulling tools. One for us and one for my mother and her family."

Cheng Xiaomei took out more than three taels of silver and placed them on the table, her brows full of pride.

She said she wanted to customize a set for her family, and Feng Tiegen gave her the money without hesitation.

That was more than three taels of silver. Before she got married, her family's annual household expenses did not even amount to that much money. No one in the village could marry better than her.

Cheng Shuang's expression was indifferent as she pushed the silver back. "Just register first. I'll give it to you after we decide the price."

Then he picked up the pen and wrote Feng Tiegen's name.

Cheng Xiaomei could barely read, and when she saw Cheng Shuang picking up a pen to write, she turned away with a somewhat unhappy look on her face.

In other aspects, such as clothing, food, shelter and the love of the men in her family, she can compare with them, but she can't read or write at all.

She grabbed the handkerchief and said, "Sister Yinzi, take it first. You can come back to ask for it later when you save it. Our family doesn't lack this little money."

Cheng Shuang rolled her eyes speechlessly. "I said we're only registering today. The specific price hasn't been decided yet. Don't you understand?"

Cheng Xiaomei looked frightened when she heard Cheng Shuang's tone, and said in a pinched voice, "Sister, why are you so fierce? You scared me."

After Cheng Shuang finished writing, she slammed her pen on the table and said speechlessly, "Cheng Xiaomei, are you tired?"

Cheng Xiaomei raised her hand and touched her hair. "I'm not tired. My husband Tiegen doesn't let me do any work. Every day..."

"Are you sick?"

Cheng Shuang looked at her like she was an idiot. "I don't care if you like to show off in the village, but I beg you not to act so pretentiously in front of me. We're all from the same village, so who doesn't know who else was like in the past? Who are you pretending for?"

The Feng family is good. Feng Tiegen is willing to let you do it. You think you have become a princess, right? The Feng family is also guilty of marrying a weirdo like you. "

"You...you speak so viciously."

Cheng Xiaomei felt extremely aggrieved. She pouted her lips and looked towards Wei Qinglang as if she was about to cry, hoping that he could speak for her.

"Brother-in-law, you listen to my sister scolding me like this, and you don't do anything about it?"

Wei Qinglang was sitting under the awning outside the kitchen, chopping wood with an axe in his hand without even raising his eyelids.

He could hear the people talking over there, but Cheng Shuang could handle the woman's affairs on her own, not to mention that she was a young wife from the village, so he didn't want to get involved at all.

Seeing Wei Qinglang ignoring her, Cheng Xiaomei clutched her handkerchief and looked at Cheng Shuang for a long moment before saying, "Sister, you envy me, right? Envy that I have a grand wedding, and envy that Tiegen is going to build me a blue brick house soon. Blue brick houses are much more comfortable to live in than bamboo or wooden houses. Once it's built, it will be the second blue tile house in Chengjia Village. In the future, my family will be as wealthy as the old scholar's family in the village."

After hearing her boast, Cheng Shuang pulled the corners of her mouth in surprise, "Really? Then you'll become a wealthy family's young lady. Feng Tiegen will have to buy you a few servants to wait on you every day. You'll have nothing to do wandering around the village all day. It would be terrible if you got bumped into something."

Cheng Xiaomei frowned and thought about it. Yes, wealthy families all have servants to serve them. Aren’t the young ladies in the town always surrounded by maids? They don’t have to do anything themselves.

She coughed lightly and touched the bracelet on her hand. "When I move into the blue-tiled house, Tiegen will definitely hire someone to serve me."

Cheng Shuang: “…..”

She couldn't tell the difference between good and bad words. She was just too bored to waste her time here with a moron.

Pointing to the door, Cheng Shuang said impatiently, "You can go back now. Our temple is small, and staying here doesn't suit your status as a young lady from a wealthy family."

Cheng Xiaomei felt that Cheng Shuang was angry and said proudly, "Sister, why are you so anxious to drive me away? Are you angry?"

Cheng Shuang's head was pounding. He took a deep breath, stood up, and directly dragged Cheng Xiaomei to the door.

Cheng Xiaomei was startled and shouted, "Sister, what are you doing? If you envy me, you can ask my brother-in-law to build you a blue brick house and hire a few servants to serve you. Tiegen will give me any money I ask for. He will always grant me any request. Doesn't my brother-in-law want to give you money?"

Cheng Shuang dragged her to the door and pushed her out, pointing at her, "Don't come to my house again, I hate stupid people."

Then he slammed the gate shut.

As soon as the door closed, I heard laughter behind me. When I turned around, I saw Wei Qinglang's shoulders shaking as he tried to hold back his laughter.

Cheng Shuang looked up at the sky speechlessly, "What sin has Feng Tiegen committed?"