Chapter 51 - Chapter 51: The Only Supplier

Chapter 51: The Only Supplier

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Coupled with the copper coins that her children had brought back today, their family already had an income of nearly one tael of silver. Madam Song hurriedly went out to buy seeds to raise seedlings. Unfortunately, after walking around the village, she learned the excess seeds from the shops had already been booked.

The seeds were different from the rice that was usually used to eat. They were all carefully selected rice stalks that had the best growth. It was considered good no matter how many were left behind. The rest were sold and exchanged. It was not easy to want the seeds of two acres of land at this juncture.

Xiaoxiao looked at her mom. “Mom, why don’t we look for it in the county? The county is so big, it’s easier to buy seeds.”

The couple did not reject their daughter’s good intentions but were still worried they would miss the sowing time. Hence, they decided to go to the others’ houses after dinner. Perhaps they could collect some from each family. At least they could start sowing early when they got the land.

According to Madam Song, Xiaoxiao was a girl after all. It wasn’t good for her to always appear in public to talk about marriage in the future, but she snorted. She wouldn’t be willing to marry if it was a family with such rules. However, she couldn’t say this.

“Mom, the shopkeeper from the Ruyi Clothing Shop only recognizes me. If brothers go, they won’t be able to get the embroidery threads and silk cloth.” After her mom finished embroidering, they should give the Shopkeeper Liu the embroidery threads and silk cloths. She used high-grade goods. She was also afraid that something would go wrong with the embroiderer if she gave too much at once.

Madam Song could only take back her thoughts. She couldn’t bear to part with this income. If she could embroider more than ten small pieces in a month, that would be hundreds of copper coins. In the past, she didn’t even dare to think about it before.

Now that she could earn money, she felt she could even have a high status at home!

Ning Fengnian, the only one who had not contributed and had spent a lot of money, silently swallowed back what his second brother had mentioned today. However, Xiaoxiao had already noticed his hesitant expression. After dinner, she pestered her mother to ask about the conversation between the two brothers in the afternoon.

A shameless vermin!

Madam Song sighed. “I originally thought that with more income at home, 1 might be able to get more land on credit from the village chief. Now, sigh…”

Xiaoxiao did not say anything. Her parents were so diligent that they wanted to break them into four people, but she could not bear to see them work so hard. Besides farming, she would find other ways to earn money to support her family.

Several days passed in the blink of an eye. Over the past few days, Ning Erlang finally realized that earning money was not so easy. However, he had agreed with Shopkeeper Xu that other than delivering goods to the Fragrance Restaurant, he would only sell some sour bamboo shoots to supplement his family’s expenses when he set up the stall. After the market, he realized that not many people would come to buy them at all. In a day, he would only earn about 20 copper coins. After three days, he looked at his sister differently.

Xiaoxiao acutely felt that her second brother needed to be comforted. “Brother, listen to me.” She put on a familiar posture again. Ning Erlang knew that his sister would make things up again, but he needed his sister to help him calm down.

Xiaoxiao said, “A smart person once said that we shouldn’t stop earning when we only have little money. In the past, we wouldn’t even be able to get ten to twenty copper coins a day, right? A little adds up to more, and we get over six hundred copper coins monthly. Could it be that you don’t fancy such a small amount of copper coins anymore?”

“Besides, if we hadn’t entered the county to do the sour bamboo shoots business, we wouldn’t have discussed business with Fragrance Restaurant. Therefore, you have to count the profits of that stall with the restaurant. With this calculation, the daily income is very impressive, right?”

She lowered her voice again. “Also, wait for a while. When the customers in the restaurant get used to the taste of sour bamboo shoots, they will look for a place to buy them. At that time, won’t you become the only supplier?”

Ning Erlang thought about the new term his sister had given him and felt that he had indeed been convinced.. He asked happily, “Who is this smart person?”