Wu Zhu took a marble from Fu Shan's hand. Inside it was the image of a small fish. Xin Er saw it immediately and said, "This is what my sister found. You should ask me!" After that, Xin Er took the marble from Wu Zhu's hand and ran to find Wen Jiang. At the end, she did not forget to say to him, "Thank you, brother Wu Zhu."

Tong Wen Yao saw from the side that these were the marbles that she had sold at Yiqing Pavilion at that time. How come they came back to her home now? Weren’t the marbles bought by Ye Wan?

"Wu Zhu, where did you buy these beads?"

Wu Zhu glanced at Tong Wen Yao, scratched his head and said, "I bought it from the Wu Kingdom." The Wu Kingdom was a barbarian tribe, and she actually bought it from them. This was beyond Tong Wen Yao's expectation, but she chose to ignore it. She sold ten marbles to Yiqing Pavilion at that time, and maybe Yiqing Pavilion only gave a part of them to Ye Wan.

After Fushan brought the account book from the carriage to the study, the three of them sat down and began to carefully calculate. Even Tong Bo was drafted by Tong Wen Yao to serve as a soldier after he finished teaching Wen Jiang how to write. Thanks to their careful, concise and clear accounting, the four of them finished the calculation in two and a half hours.

Tong Wenyao took out the last piece of paper and said, "We made a total of 500 taels from the spicy noodles. After deducting the costs, our net income was 335 taels. Later, after making the hot pot base, Yuguan County didn't make as much as Cangzhou, but this was also expected. The hot pot base made a total of 300 taels. Adding the profits from the hot pot restaurants in Yuguan County and Cangzhou, the total was 660 taels. I have also calculated this after deducting the costs."

Wu Zhu knew that these two ways could make money, but he didn't expect it to be so profitable. This was more than what his father made from selling goods, not to mention that he didn't have to show off. He couldn't help but think in his heart that it was true that relying on the right person would make money quickly. Hehe, how come he was luckier than his father?

After the two of them calculated again and reserved enough reserve funds, they gave the money belonging to Wu Zhu to him. As for the Tong family, since it was the second aunt who took over, Tong Wen Yao gave the money directly to the second aunt. The second aunt refused at first, but finally accepted it after Tong Bo persuaded her.

Tong Wenyao was also thinking about going to Changzhen Village to settle the accounts after the New Year. However, even though the Tong family had received so much money, Tong Wenyao still gave some of it to Wu Zhu. "Isn't your father going to the south? Ask him to buy food for me. I'll give it to you according to the market price here. It doesn't have to be too good, just enough to eat, but it can't be too bad, otherwise you'll get sick."

Wu Zhu was a little surprised and asked quickly, "Why are you buying food when the floods in the south haven't stopped yet!" Tong Wenyao shook her head and said, "If it's just one place that's flooded, we should be able to buy food in other places. But if it's inconvenient, I'll send people south to buy food after the New Year."

Wu Zhu was a little hesitant after hearing this. His father was a reseller. The money for buying grain wasn't much, but after tossing it back, he could still make some money. Besides, it was a water transport business, so this should be possible. After thinking it through, Wu Zhu took the banknote and said, "Okay, then I'll ship the grain back to you when the time comes."

Tong Wenyao said directly after hearing this, "No need to transport it here. Take a small boat back to Yuguan County and I'll find someone to take it away."

General Wu put the banknotes in his pocket and agreed, "Okay."

Tong Wenyao said, "By then there will be a store called Cement Construction in Yuguan County. You can tell them then and they will know what to do."

After calculating the bill, Tong Wenyao's stomach growled. She was so hungry! Fortunately, Lanhua had almost finished cooking. Wu Zhu sat on the sofa in the living room and peeled the Portuguese tarts for Xin'er.

Seeing that Xin'er didn't taste sour at all, Wu Zhu took one to eat. Unexpectedly, this Portuguese tart was even more delicious than the ones he had eaten in Wu. The ones he ate in Wu at that time were all sour, and the fruits were smaller than this one. This one was big and sweet.

Seeing that there were still several strings of Portuguese tarts on the table, I wanted to ask the Tong family where they got the Portuguese tarts from. If they were given to dignitaries, wouldn’t they make a profit?

What's more, this doesn't count. When held under the light, it looks crystal clear. If you give it the name Ying Mei Ren, it will be sold at a sky-high price in a brothel!

Tong Wenyao saw him holding the grapes and looking at them under the light, and asked curiously, "Wu Zhu, what's wrong with you?"

Wu Zhujun had already thought about where to sell the fruit. When Tong Wenyao asked, he said excitedly, "Wenyao, where did you buy this fruit? It's much more delicious than what we eat in Wu. If we sell it..."

"Stop! Stop!" Tong Wenyao interrupted his fantasy in time and said coldly, "I bought this Portuguese tart from a merchant, and now I don't know where it is. So if you want to sell it, I don't have any goods to sell to you."

Wu Zhu felt a hint of regret after hearing this. Seeing that there were still many seeds on the fruit, he said, "Then let me take some seeds back and see if I can plant them."

"There are still a lot of Portuguese egg tarts in the kitchen later. I'll bring some back for you."

After hearing this, Wu Zhu hurriedly thanked Cui's mother.

Tong Wen Yao went to the kitchen to take out the durian and roasted it over the fire. After a while, the smell of roasted durian wafted through the yard. What surprised Tong Wen Yao was that Second Aunt couldn't stand the smell before, but she didn't expect that roasted durian also smelled good!

Second Aunt asked Wu Zhu to stay again. After dinner, she asked Xiaohua to put the Portuguese tarts and durian on the carriage for him. At this time, Wu Zhu had to go back to the county to accompany his mother, and would not return to the village with his family to celebrate the New Year until New Year's Eve.

The next morning, Tong Wenyao and Xing'er went into the city. They didn't know if there was a suitable place to build a house. Yesterday, when she was chatting with her second brother, she realized that buildings in the city couldn't be built too high. She had originally planned to build a three-story house, but now she could only consider building a two-story one. But this was also a good idea. The first floor could be used as a reception hall, and the second floor could be used as a model room for them to see.

The place where houses are bought and sold and the place where carriages are rented and sold are quite close. The shop is called Le'anfang.

Tong Wenyao took Xing'er to find Wu Mao, but just as she entered the door, she saw Wu Mao being bullied. Tong Wenyao did not say anything to stop it, but sat down on the chair next to her and listened carefully.

"I'm your master. For every successful sale you make, you must give me half of the commission! If I hadn't asked the customer, I wouldn't have known you dared to hide it."

"Xing'er, come here." Tong Wen Yao whispered in Xing'er's ear and asked her to find out whether this was a rule or whether that man was oppressing Wu Mao.

After hearing this, she nodded, took the silver and walked out.

After teaching Wu Mao a lesson, the man looked at Tong Wenyao and immediately put on a smile. "Sir, do you want to rent a horse or buy something else?"

Tong Wenyao glanced at him and replied coldly, "Wait for someone!"