Chapter 46 She Missed Him

This time, the ten thousand jin of peaches were canned into a total of 4,588 cans. A total of 160 cans were given away as favors, leaving 4,428 cans. Each can was sold for six cents of silver, and the total profit was more than 2,600 taels of silver.

Ten thousand catties of peaches, each catty worth eight cents, cost eighty taels. The hired workers earned an average of 40 cents per day, so for thirty people, that's 1.2 taels a day. For half a month, that's only eighteen taels of silver. The rent for the farm was three taels of silver for half a month, and I couldn't use much of anything else except the jar of brown sugar...

All in all, in less than half a month, the two of them earned more than 2,500 taels of silver.

Su Lianyi was completely stunned. Even though she was a businesswoman, she was still shocked by such profits.

Coming back to her senses, Su Lianyi held Shen Ning's hand and kept saying, "Ning Ning, Ning Ning, we are going to get rich... Thank you, Ning Ning, thank you."

Shen Ning laughed: "What are you thanking me for? We earned this together."

Sixty percent of two thousand five hundred taels is one thousand five hundred taels, which is Chen Ning's net profit for half a month, and this is just the beginning.

Soon, the second batch of 20,000 kilograms of peaches arrived...

The news has spread around Pingning County. Pingning County has produced a "Mi Ji Canned Food". The canned fruit pulp is refreshing and the soup is sweet. It is delicious.

It’s said to be expensive, six coins of silver for a jar... but the demand still exceeds supply.

Many people simply cannot understand why so many people would buy such an expensive item, and even many people want to buy it but cannot.

Everyone who had eaten it kept praising it: "It's worth only six coins."

After all, it was a can of syrup. Not to mention the production process, just looking at that can of clear and sweet syrup you could tell how much money and effort it took to make it.

Chen Ning herself knew that when it came to food, as long as it wasn't ridiculously expensive and the taste was guaranteed, there was no need to worry about not being able to sell it.

Throughout Pingning County, the greeting people give each other these days has become: "Have you eaten?"

This is the canned food of Honey.

Most people said helplessly: "I haven't eaten yet."

The first wave of reaction was slow and we missed out, and the second wave hasn’t started selling yet.

But some people don't worry... For example, Shen Qingbai's mentor Chen Zhili, as the county magistrate, comes from a well-off family. Although he is not rich, he can still afford to buy a jar to try.

But he didn't buy it because Shen Qingbai had personally delivered ten cans of food to the teacher's house.

This mentor had always taken good care of him, and therefore, he was at the top of Shen Ning's gift list.

Chen Zhili was a man of letters. Normally, if Shen Qingbai wanted to give the old man something else, he would just scowl and refuse to accept it. But Shen Qingbai sent him canned food that he made at home. He wanted the old man to try it, so he couldn't refuse.

When his wife and children came home and tasted the cool and sweet canned food, they heard that it was given to them by their husband's (father's) students. They praised it again, and the old man felt happier than if he had eaten the canned food.

Chen Ning also did not forget to have someone send two cans to Sister Lian'er. This stuff cannot be kept after opening, so Chen Ning did not send more, preparing to give more when the second wave comes out.

The person who delivered the canned food came back and said that Lian'er had sent a message to apologize, saying that the chickens they raised were taken away by something and not a single feather was left. Chen Ning didn't care.

Those old hens only eat and don’t lay eggs properly, so just take what you have.

And Xiao Nanchen, who was far away in the Xinzhou Army, also ate...

“The man who came was a young man who said his name was Shen Eryue and he was a servant of Madam Shen’s family. He came to deliver twenty cans of canned food to Zhao Nan in Qingyuan Village as ordered by his master.”

Xiao Nanchen was sitting in the tent of the captain of the Yueqi Guard of the Xinzhou Army. Captain Qingnan was sitting beside him, eating cold canned food in big mouthfuls.

Qing Nan was sent out by Xiao Nanchen. When Xiao Nanchen found him, he was preparing to take his Yueqi Battalion to Liaoyang to avenge his former master, and he had even written a suicide note.

“It’s so delicious and sweet!”

Next to him, another die-hard fan of Xiao Nanchen, Captain Luo Cheng of the Cavalry Battalion, said sarcastically, "Is there a sweet mouth like Miss Taohong?"

Qing Nan was instantly embarrassed and angry: "Fuck your dad!"

Xiao Nanchen was annoyed by the nagging: "Get lost."

Without hesitation, the two men each picked up a can and slipped out.

Afterwards, Chengying Fengluo also came in. Xiao Nanchen gestured to the cans on the table and said, "Each of you take three cans."

They have other people under them, and the weather is hot, so Xiao Nanchen always shares the happiness with his subordinates.

Chi Xiao was a quiet person and took it without saying a word. Cheng Ying immediately said, "Thank you, Master."

Not knowing what he was thinking of, Chengying carefully flattered: "It must be sent by my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law is so kind."

Xiao Nanchen paused slightly, and Chengying quickly said, "It's great that she's the master's sister-in-law."

Xiao Nanchen looked up immediately. Chengying saw that the situation was not right and turned around and ran away. Chi Xiao followed closely behind him and scolded him expressionlessly: "Even food can't stop your mouth."

Chengying tutted, "What do you know... the master won't be angry."

In the tent, Xiao Nanchen was eating sweet canned food, feeling a little helpless.

It was such a long journey, and he even had someone deliver canned food to him. When the cans reached him, they were still cold, which showed that he had put a lot of thought into it.

She missed him!

However, it has been nearly twenty days since he left, and it is not easy for her to endure until now.

Besides, after so many days, she should be calmer now, so I can go back and see her...

In the Xinzhou Army, His Royal Highness Prince Ding was leisurely eating canned food. In Pingning County, on Lindou Street, the house rented by Chen Ning was surrounded by a group of people on the street, led by Feng Hao's mother, who was kicked and crippled while climbing the wall.

The fact that Feng Hao was raised like that was obviously closely related to his mother. At this moment, the woman was cursing with her hands on her hips and a look of arrogance on her face.

"I've asked everything clearly. This widow Shen was a rotten apricot in her village. Anyone could have a bite of it. She seduced my Feng Hao and beat my son to a pulp because she was afraid of being discovered. Woo woo, my poor son, he's going to have no descendants..."

Madam Nie chimed in, "That's right, she's so mean, she just came over and dumped rotten fruit into my well. What a vicious woman!"

"This Widow Shen does look like a foxy woman, and her eyes seduce whoever she looks at."

"Get out of Lindou Street, get out!"

"That's right. I also heard that she's not a good person. I heard that her uncle's family was robbed and it was very pitiful, but she gave her house to a hunter in the village to live in. She said that the hunter had an affair with her."

"Of course. If there's nothing shameful going on, why would they ignore their own family members and care about others?"

"I was saying that she doesn't look like a quiet person..."

Shen Ning opened the door and went out. The people's discussion stopped abruptly, but the next moment, they shouted again: "Get out of our Lindou Street."

"Stop bringing trouble to our neighbors."

"That's right, Sister Fan, you're from the same village as her. Tell everyone if she was not a good person in the past!"

Fan Ru's home was not far from where Shen Ning rented a house, so she also came to watch the fun. When she was pulled out, Fan Ru's expression was slightly stiff.

She subconsciously remembered her son's instructions, asking her not to pick a fight with Shen Ning again, and that Shen Ning had saved her son twice.

But at the same time, Fan Ru was worried that if she spoke for Shen Ning, she would also be attacked by these people.

What's more, she actually hoped that Shen Ning would become infamous... After all, many people knew about what happened between Shen Ning and their family.

Only when Chen Ning has a bad reputation will their family be the righteous side. Once others think that Chen Ning is good, if someone brings it up in the future, they will say that it was their family that took advantage of and deceived a widow.

It's a bad reputation for her son.

When Fan Ru thought of this, she looked away and said evasively, "We were from the same village before, so I can't say anything."

It seems like nothing was said, but at this time, it is more useful than saying anything.

It’s hard to say, of course it’s hard to say if it’s something unpleasant.

"Look, everyone in the village knows who she is. Get out of Lindou Street."

At this moment, someone threw an egg towards the gate, but the next moment, Yuanyue caught the egg.

Chen Ning looked at the unfamiliar but malicious faces opposite her, smiled and said to Yuan Yue, "Throw it back."

As soon as the words fell, a scream rang out, and the man who had just thrown the egg was hit in the face by the flying egg, falling straight down on his back...