Chapter 121： lotus seeds

Chapter 121 Lotus Seeds

The price of fresh lotus seeds is also good, but their shop is still small now, and it is estimated that the amount they can eat is limited, so they can only ask Ye's family for some first.

The corners of Chen Ningya's mouth rose slightly, she touched Wen Youshan's shoulder with satisfaction, and said with a tender smile: "I didn't expect all the men in my family to be apprentices, not bad, not bad, you can think of this is already very good, but since lotus seeds are not reasonable. I don't want lotus leaf and lotus root, I just sell them all. I will make dried lotus root slices for you. The sweet ones are small snacks, similar to those preserved fruits. There are also glutinous rice and sugar lotus root. This is also a delicacy. As for the lotus leaf, it can be dried and made. To make lotus leaf lotus tea, you can also save some fresh ones as oil paper.”

Wen Youshan heard the words and hugged Chen Ningya's waist helplessly and indulgently, "My lady is trying to drain a whole lotus flower, but since the lotus is full of treasures, we can't let it go. Yue estimates that the first batch of lotus seeds will come down, and you have to tell Ye Shi about this."

In Wen Youshan's view, this is likely to be successful, after all, it is mutually beneficial.

Sure enough, Chen Ningya went to Sun's house for a walk, and Mrs Ye answered without asking anything.

Chen Ningya couldn't help laughing and crying: "You don't know the price? Wouldn't it be a loss to your father and brother if we give less?"

Ye Shi looked at Chen Ningya with confidence, "I can trust Brother Wen and sister-in-law, even if they can't make more money, they won't lose us, and we'd be happy to sell them to you, so that we don't have to go through the hands of the village chief. , who knows how much the village chief's black heart secretly betrays us!"

Everyone knows that the price of lotus seeds is high, but their village is sold by everyone, and it is not high. It's great to have a few hundred dollars left for the whole family, otherwise she wouldn't have to wait until she was so old to get married.

Chen Ningya frowned when she heard the words, and said worriedly: "If this is the case, will it offend your village chief?"

The head of a village still has the right to speak. If the relationship is deadlocked, I am afraid it will not be easy to get along with Ye's family.

Ye Shi didn't care, "My three younger brothers are all grown up, the elder brother got married and dug a lotus pond himself last year, and the second and third brothers followed suit. This is also the rule of our village, so everyone has nothing to say. Our family has four lotus ponds together, but they are all newly dug, and I don't know how this year's harvest will be.

Fortunately, there are so many people, that even if one or two lotus seeds from the lotus pond are given to you, the village chief will not say anything. After all, the village chief will only give eight cents of money for a pound of fresh lotus seeds. It was sold for twelve cents, so not everyone sold lotus seeds to the village chief, so what else could he do. "

Speaking of which, Ye's family could dig these three lotus ponds or use Ye's betrothal gift. The Sun family was generous and spent four dollars to marry Ye, usually two or three dollars is enough, but Sun Laifu was married for the second time. With two such old sons, Li was afraid that a girl from a good family would not marry, so he raised the dowry to four dangling money. With this money, the Ye family's family dug out three lotus ponds.

Chen Ningya was relieved, and immediately assured: "Don't worry, we will definitely not lose your brother in terms of price."

"I'm absolutely not worried about this, I'll go back to my parents' house in two days." Ye Shi pursed his lips and chuckled, and his whole person became much more alive.

The two women tacitly agreed, and after Chen Ningya went back, she threw herself into the design of the shop with peace of mind. It took two days to work out the layout of the shop with Wen Youshan. Wen Youshan brought drawings, a pile of seafood, and the Sun family. Those things rushed to the county seat, and Chen Ningya began to weave again.

It was only now that Hongsha knew that her wife had such a powerful ability. During this time, she also knew a little more about the Wen family. She knew that the population of the family was simple, and the property of the house was also simple. Just help the two young ladies with some rough work. The main family is kind and reasonable, so you don't have to worry about being beaten or scolded. The only thing you don't understand is how the main family makes a living.

It was only when I saw Chen Ningya weaving red gauze that I suddenly realized, especially when I saw that Chen Ningya could produce a piece of silk cloth a day, I was even more awe-inspiring, as far as the wife's ability to make money and the master did not know where to get so much The ability of seafood, she doesn't have to worry that the main family can't survive before selling their family.

With this knowledge, Hongsha works harder and harder. With such a helper, Wen Yuanzhen can be regarded as free from endless housework. In addition to embroidering, she can spend a lot of time painting.

Wen Yuanjing not to mention, but she likes cooking and studying. Since she can go to the stove, she has done all the work on the stove. Although she has to step on a stool when she is young, she never tires of it.

Chen Ningya was busy weaving, and they tossed along. At the beginning of June, the store in the county town opened, and the Ye brothers also sent the first batch of lotus seeds. From the tender appearance, they knew that they had just been taken out of the lotus pod. , the three bamboo baskets together weighed about 100 catties, and Chen Ningya simply paid them 1,200 yuan.

This price surprised Ye Shi very much, worried that Chen Ningya would come here specially after losing money.

Chen Ningya said with certainty that there would be no loss. These fresh lotus seeds were sent to the county, but they were left to be sold in the shop, and the rest Wen Youshan would be sent to Cui Niang and the restaurant. Fifteen cents, a pound in their shop is priced at 18 cents, and customers will give more if they buy more than two catties. In winter, a pound of sun-dried lotus seeds is priced at 60 cents, which will definitely make money.

Seeing Chen Ningya's insistence, Mrs. Ye didn't say anything more, but she often sent some things over, and she didn't ask Chen Ningya for money, which was a thank you.

Wen's family added a dry goods shop, and it was a bit busy at the beginning. After two months, the shop was on the right track, and Wen Youshan resumed his three-point and one-line work and rest. The difference is that there are more deposits at home. .

In midsummer, there is only a small tail left. The Wen family's backyard is covered with colorful silk cloths, red like blood, yellow like the moon, green like jade, black and ink, making people dazzled, the little girl with red yarn guards There, dare not make a half-point mistake.

The yard in the front yard is full of lotus seeds, big and small dustpans are lined up in rows. These lotus seeds are dried and ready to be sold in the cold weather. In addition to lotus seeds, there are lotus leaves and lotus roots and some wild chrysanthemum honeysuckle flowers. Those are collected from the villagers. of.

Now the villagers in Fushan Village all know that the Wen family receives these things. All the eldest girls and little girls in the family run up the mountain, and they can earn a few hundred pennies by pulling hard while the flowers are in bloom. Everyone's life is much better.

Chen Ningya sat upright in the main room, with a solemn expression on her pale face, and the others did not dare to take a breath when they saw the atmosphere.

(end of this chapter)