The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

The two walked from North Street to the center of Cile Town and found a small shop at the intersection of North and South Streets. The shop was less than five square meters and was a small area separated from the inn. There were some groceries scattered inside, and the business did not seem to be good.

Song Yuntang curled his lips into a smile and walked straight into the inn.

Perhaps business was too bad this year, the shopkeeper who was drowsy behind the counter suddenly became alert when he saw someone coming in.

"Do you need accommodation, girl?"

"I don't want to stay here." Song Yuntang pointed to a small shop next to him where groceries were piled up. "Boss, is this place for rent?"

The shopkeeper looked in the direction Song Yuntang pointed, walked out from behind the counter, and led the two out of the inn and to the grocery store next door. He introduced, "This place was originally rented by a grocery businessman. The market was bad this year, so he left before the rent was due. He had some things left and asked me to sell them on his behalf. Miss, do you want to rent it?"

Song Yuntang nodded.

"I have an idea, but I don't know if the rent is high."

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "The market is indeed bad this year, but our location is still good. The previous three-month rental was 240 wen a month. If the young lady pays for six months, it can be calculated as 220 wen a month."

Two hundred and twenty coins a month, half a year's payment is one ounce and three hundred and twenty coins. If it were a little bigger, it would be fine, but it's less than five ping...

Song Yuntang shook his head.

"This shop isn't big, and there are a lot of restrictions on doing business. Two hundred and twenty wen is indeed a bit high." She looked at the shopkeeper and said, "If you're willing, I can sign a contract with you to pay one hundred and eighty wen a month. If not, forget it. I'll look for someone else."

The shopkeeper looked embarrassed.

"This is really different from before..."

Then he thought about the bad business this year, and his inn was running at a loss. If he could collect more than two taels of silver in rent this year, maybe he could survive this year.

Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "Okay, one hundred and eighty wen a month, paid in full annually."

Song Yuntang smiled.

"Of course, the shopkeeper should sign the contract."

Both of them worked very quickly. After the contract was drafted and Song Yuntang confirmed that there was no problem, they each signed and sealed it, and then paid the rent. The total annual rent was two taels and one hundred and sixty coins.

Yuan Jingui took the money with a smile and started to clean up the debris in the shop next door.

"Miss Song, if your shop needs water in the future, there's water in the backyard of the inn. But don't use too much. It's a drought this year, and I'm afraid the well will dry up and affect the guests' water needs."

Song Yuntang and Mu Qiu were also there to help him.

"We do need water in the early stages, but we probably won't need too much. By the end, when the situation stabilizes, we won't need much water."

Yuan Jingui nodded, "That should be no problem, feel free to use it, young lady."

"Thank you first, boss."

There weren't many sundries left in the shop to begin with, so the three of them worked together and soon moved all the items into the inn.

Song Yuntang sprinkled water in the shop, and Mu Qiu cleaned the floor carefully.

After cleaning, Song Yuntang borrowed a ruler from the shopkeeper, measured the width and length of the shop, and then locked the door with Mu Qiu and went home.

……

The next day, there was a knock on the door early in the morning.

"Tang'er, I'm the second brother."

Song Yuntang opened the door and did not show any surprise when he saw Song Jinsheng.

"Second brother, come in first."

"I made two stools for you at Mazi's place yesterday. I'll make a table next time, and then you'll have all the tables and chairs here."

Song Jinsheng brought two high stools into the yard and placed them under the eaves. Then he took out three bamboo jars from the bag he was carrying. One of them was brought to him by Mu Dong yesterday, and the other two were made by himself after he returned home from Song Mazi last night.

"I made these two jars myself. Take a look and see if they work."

He knew that Song Yuntang wanted to use it to package shampoo for sale, and that if he did it himself, the cost would be lower. If he asked someone else to do it, it would cost several cents for each one, which was not cost-effective.

Song Yuntang casually tied her long hair behind her head, reached out to take the bamboo jar he handed her and looked at it carefully.

"How many jars like this can Second Brother make in a day?"

Song Jinsheng said without hesitation, "From morning to night, twelve should be no problem."

Song Yuntang placed a few bamboo jars on the windowsill. "The jars are well made, but I might need a lot later."

"Then I can ask my uncle's cousins ​​to do it together." As if he was afraid that Song Yuntang would mind, he hurriedly explained, "I think my uncle's family is pretty good, and my cousins ​​are also good people. If Tang'er minds, I can find someone else when the time comes."

"I don't mind my uncle's family. I can also invite the Qiao family." After a pause, she added, "Just don't get close to my second aunt's family."

Thinking of what Ma and Song Zhimei had done, Song Jinsheng shook his head helplessly.

If it weren't for them, Tang'er might not have left Rongshu Village, and it was inevitable that she would have a grudge against them.

"Second Aunt..." He sighed, "Oh, forget it, she is the elder, let's not talk about her."

At present, Song Yuntang has left Rongshu Village and doesn't care about those people at all. He just doesn't want to have any interaction with them.

"Besides this jar, there's something else I need Second Brother's help with." She said, going into the house to get out the blueprint she had drawn yesterday evening. "Second Brother, please see if you can do it. If not, I'll ask someone else."

Song Jinsheng glanced at the drawing and then looked at her.

“Is this a shelf?”

Song Yuntang nodded. "I rented a shop yesterday and need shelves. If my second brother can make them, I'll ask Mu Dong to help. We'll start making them right here in my yard. I'll pay you when the time comes. I don't want the people in Rongshu Village to know what I'm doing."

Song Jinsheng understood what she meant.

"I'm helping my own sister, so forget about the wages. But I have to go back and tell Brother Mazi first. Before I came to your place this morning, I told him in advance that I would be working a little later."

Song Yuntang took out eight coins of silver from his purse and handed it to him.

"Is this enough money to buy lumber?"

She has been spending a lot these days, and the few taels of silver she has in her hand are almost gone. Today, she has been taking money from the purse Xu Qingye gave her.

Song Jinsheng said hurriedly, "That's enough, that's enough. I'll go to the village and ask who has any wood. Maybe we don't need so much."

Song Yuntang thought about it.

"If there's any leftover, use it to collect bamboo jars. I need five hundred bamboo jars before my shop opens. I'll charge five cents each for them from you, brother. Just help me keep an eye on them."

Song Jinsheng carefully put the silver into his purse and said, "Okay, I'll keep it in mind. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first."

"Okay, I happen to be going out for a while." Song Yuntang turned around and took the hat off the wall.

Seeing this, Song Jinsheng looked puzzled.

"Where are you going, sister? If it's on your way, we can walk together for a while."

"I'm going to Lushan Village to deliver medicine to Brother Xu." Song Yuntang said calmly.

When Xu Qingye left two days ago, he forgot to adjust the prescription for him. He was originally planning to go to Lushan Village, so it would be better to buy the herbs in the town and send them over to save him from making another trip.

If it weren't for his thirty taels of silver as a backing, she wouldn't dare to do business so ostentatiously.

As for painting the walls of the shop, she has handed it over to the siblings Mu Qiu and Mu Dong.

After hearing what Song Yuntang said, Song Jinsheng, who didn't know that all of Xu Qingye's wealth was in Song Yuntang's hands, felt worse than swallowing a fly alive.

He looked at Song Yuntang with a look of disappointment on his face, and began to stutter with excitement.

"you you you……"

This time it was Song Yuntang's turn to look puzzled.

"Why can't Second Brother speak clearly anymore?"