I reckon it'll rain freezing rain tonight.

Since Qin Mu had already said that, Chi Ye didn't say anything more. He nodded, gave his wife a few instructions, and then left with Shen Kai.

After Shen Kai and the others left, the rain began to subside.

The people of Chijia'ao couldn't be happy at all after learning about the freezing rain.

The sky remained overcast and seemed to be getting darker.

After 3 p.m., they actually asked for a lamp.

The fish, whose value had already been tallied, were given to Qin Mu for 75 taels when the total amount reached nearly 66 taels.

The extra nine taels can be considered as Qin Mu's profit this time.

Chi Yu didn't know the price of the liquor that made up the majority of the product.

But she knew other things, including that Qin Mu's purchase price was relatively low.

Thinking about how he and his five companions, in five cars, had worked so hard to get to Chijia'ao.

Since so much oilcloth was given to her, this nine taels should rightfully belong to him.

After all, those carriages cost money to rent, and the people who worked for him also got a share of the profits.

Moreover, oilcloth itself is not cheap; the ones she uses in her courtyard alone probably cost two or three ounces.

Chi Yu paid the silver so readily, but he had already figured out how to earn it back.

Everyone says that alcohol is extremely profitable, so she decided to sell the wine, which originally cost four coins per ounce, for six coins.

Wine that costs six coins per ounce is sold for eight coins.

In this way, even after deducting the amount she would drink herself from the 500 jin of wine, she could still earn a little over ten taels.

This is equivalent to earning back the money that was given to Qin Mu.

As for her own profits, she made them from other groceries.

As it grew darker, Chi Yu hung two lanterns at the gate to make things easier.

After the lanterns were hung up, she called out to Chi Dahu, "Big brother, come here for a second!"

At this moment, Chi Dahu, along with his two younger brothers and several nephews, had already started building a wall with rubble outside the old house.

Hearing Chi Yu's voice, he stopped what he was doing and walked over.

"Little Fish, what's up?"

Chi Yu pulled him aside and whispered, "Brother, I remember there's a lake near the north mountain of our Chijia'ao."

Come with me over there, and I'll take out a few fish; let's say we caught them."

Upon hearing this, Chi Dahu frowned: "Although the rain isn't as heavy anymore, look at the sky, is it suitable to go out?"

It's very wet outside. If you want to eat fish, I'll take you for a small outing tomorrow.

Chi Yu shook his head: "Brother, I'm just putting on an act."

Chi Dahu disagreed with her going out now.

"No, if you want to eat, we can talk about it tomorrow. It's not suitable in this weather!"

After saying that, he turned to leave.

Chi Yu quickly grabbed his hand: "Big brother, wait a minute."

Chi Dahu stopped, and Chi Yu beckoned to him. When he bent down, Chi Yu whispered:

"Brother, I want to cook fish, I want to sell the recipes."

Qin Mu ate the boiled pork I made at noon and wanted to help me sell the recipes so that the money he earned could be used to buy supplies for the general store.

If I make it tonight and he thinks it's okay, I'll write down the recipe so he can leave first thing tomorrow morning.

If we make it tomorrow at noon, it will be too late by the time we finish eating.

He took a shortcut; surely a person can't sleep out in the middle of the night, can he?

So it will take another day.

You can come out with me now and make an appearance. We can even walk towards Tanshan.

Anyway, Arden and the others are burning charcoal over there, let's go take a look.

"Take the fish out again when you come back."

Upon hearing this, Chi Dahu realized that selling recipes meant having money, which was equivalent to buying a bunch of supplies.

Then he looked up at the dark sky again, and remembering what Chi Yu had said about the impending disaster, he readily agreed.