Chapter 167 Selling Farm Tools

After Wei Laoqi's family took their things and left, Shen Yi also came back and learned from Su Tai what happened this morning.

He then said with certainty: "Second Aunt must have fallen in love with the seventh granddaughter of Old Wei, otherwise she wouldn't have offered to lend money to the Wei family. Please help Second Aunt to find out later. If the eldest daughter of the Wei family is not bad, please find a match for Second Aunt and help her solve her problem."

Su Tai nodded, "To be honest, the Wei family's house is really uninhabitable. You still want Wei Laoqi to help you cover up the lie, so we have to help them fix up the house, and things will be much easier later."

Shen Yi nodded, and after dinner he went to Liujiazhuang.

Niu Youfu was unable to continue farming the Wei family's land and had been cursing for the whole morning. Knowing that the Wei family had nothing, he was ready to make fun of the family. He made fun of the Wei family whenever he met someone, which was very annoying.

The Wei family naturally also heard the news, but they were worrying about what to do now and had no time to argue with Niu Youfu.

When Shen Yi came over, he saw the family sitting in the yard with sad faces discussing something, so he walked up to them and said, "It's too late to collect adobe bricks now, and we probably won't be able to borrow much from the villagers, so we still have to build the house quickly.

I know a brick-making master who has red earth bricks that are much cheaper than blue bricks. If you are willing, I will ask him to send some over. He also sells special mud that is very useful. It is very strong when used to build houses. You can live in it for decades without any problems and it doesn’t need to be repaired repeatedly.”

Upon hearing this, Wei Laoqi's family were very excited, but they had no money in their pockets, so they dared not say a word.

Wei Laoqi pulled Shen Yi to the side and asked secretly, "How much silver will it cost?"

Chen Yi did not hide it and said truthfully: "If we build two or three rows of houses, it will be at most thirty taels, which is not bad. Didn't we agree to cooperate? I will help you build the house first, and I will also help you buy red bricks and mud. Let's build a blacksmith workshop, and you can go back to your old business, and we will cooperate. In the future, as long as the things here are sold under your name, I will give you some hard-earned money, how about it?"

Wei Laoqi was so excited when he heard this, knowing that if he missed this opportunity, he would never get it again, so he gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.

Shen Yi also breathed a sigh of relief.

After Wei Laoqi and his family go back with him.

He took advantage of the night to bring Su Tai to Liujiazhuang again.

Su Tai spent 20,000 virtual coins to buy red bricks, cement, sand and gravel. These things were temporarily stored in the Wei family's dilapidated earthen house. They made little noise and would not arouse suspicion.

The next day, Wei Laoqi and his family returned to the village before dawn.

Everyone couldn't help but be excited when they saw those bricks.

Wei Laoqi immediately followed his two sons and pushed down the crumbling house.

Smoke and dust rose up.

When the dust settled, the men carried hoes and went to work in the fields, while the women cleaned the house and re-dig the foundation.

Su Tai and Xu also came to help.

She taught Wei Laoqi's two daughters-in-law and several older grandchildren how to use cement.

Wei Daya studied very seriously and seemed to be a smart person, and she got the hang of it quickly.

After she learned how to lay bricks, this job fell on her.

Su Tai held the child and looked at him for a long time. Seeing that everything was in order, she went back to Shenjiazhuang with Xu.

In the next few days, Su Tai would occasionally take her daughter to visit the Wei family in Liujiazhuang when she had time. She saw with her own eyes that they had built three rows of houses. The layout was similar to that of the Shen family, which showed that it had been carefully thought out.

Niu Youfu originally planned to laugh at the Wei family, but he didn't expect that the Wei family actually had helpers. Not only did they build the house, but they also didn't delay the work in the fields. He was so angry that he cursed at home.

The village chief, however, watched coldly from the sidelines, looking at the brick house of the Wei family, and reminded Niu Cuihua: "I thought that Wei Laoqi's family had lived in the mountains for many years, and they must not be as good as they used to be. I didn't expect that they had helpers outside. I heard from the villagers that the Wei family also opened a blacksmith workshop. I guess they are going to resume their old business. We will inevitably have to deal with them in the future. Tell your eldest brother not to make mistakes again."

"I got it!" Niu Cuihua was a little depressed. She sighed in a bad mood, but she didn't argue with her man anymore.

Because she also saw the Wei family's house, and it couldn't be built without some family background. Now they don't even know the Wei family's strength, so how dare they cause trouble for them?

In such a situation.

It took the Wei family more than a month to finally build the house.

There are three rows of twelve red brick houses, and next door is a medium-sized blacksmith shop. The iron furnace is also made of red bricks, mixed with special high-temperature resistant clay. Everything is ready, and Wei Laoqi's blacksmith shop officially starts firing.

At the same time, Shen Yi also sold seventy-six hoes and eighty-two rakes, earning one hundred and forty-nine taels. The cost was three thousand five hundred and eighty virtual coins, which was not worth mentioning to Su Tai.

These are just the quantities purchased by the villagers of Shenjiazhuang. By the time of autumn harvest, the news should have spread further, and more people will come to buy farm tools.

At present, it is said that the source of these farm tools was that Wei Laoqi had made them in the deep mountains before.

Everyone knew that Wei Laoqi was a blacksmith, and there was no doubt about it.

Some people were unwilling to buy through Shen Yi and went to Wei Laoqi privately.

Wei Laoqi only said: "The things were custom-made by Shen Yi. We agreed at the time that I can't make those types of farm tools for others privately. If you really want them, you have to find Shen Yi."

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on, secretly thinking that Chen Yi was cunning, but on the surface they could only obediently go to Chen Yi to place their orders.

Even though Chen Yi got the money, he would not treat Wei Laoqi badly. After the spring ploughing, he specially found a relatively free day to visit him.

Looking at the Wei family's brand new yard, he smiled with satisfaction and walked into Wei Laoqi's blacksmith shop.

"Thanks to your help, I've made a lot of money. We agreed that if you help me cover up my lie, I'll give you a benefit. I'll use the money I borrowed from you to build the house as collateral. How about that?"

Wei Laoqi was shocked, "Chen Yi, I know you want to help me, but there is no need to do this. I can still get thirty taels if I grit my teeth!"

He just talked a lot and didn't do anything, but he didn't dare to ask for so much money.

Chen Yi shook his head. "Let's keep this account for now. From now on, you have to report to the town official how much iron you forge. He will also have to collect taxes from you. I will pay for this. In addition, I will give you an extra ten cents for each piece I sell. That's settled."

Wei Laoqi did some calculations and concluded that he was getting the better deal because the raw materials needed for blacksmithing also had to be obtained from the government and included in the tax. The tax was based on the amount of blacksmithing, which was not cheap.

He can intercept all the iron and sell it secretly to make a fortune.

Seeing that Shen Yi didn’t think so much, he still took the initiative to mention it, “In this case, you should also take away the iron here from me in the future, so that I won’t feel uneasy.”

Shen Yi hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

It’s not that he wants to make back his money, but this way he can avoid many risks and he doesn’t have to worry about Wei Laoqi betraying him in the future.