Wen glanced at her and casually said, "Send me something."
Chen Guixiang's expression immediately lit up with joy. She craned her neck to look at what the other person was holding, her eyes shining. "This must be what the Jiang family sells. How about you give me some?"
She refused to believe that she wouldn't know how to make it if she had the goods. When the time came, the konjac business would be hers. Let's see what those Jiang family members would do then. They bullied her and her daughter. She was determined to get revenge.
The Jiang family can just wait to cry.
Wen quickly put away what she was holding and said irritably, "Dream on. If you want it, go ask the Jiang family."
This was something her mother-in-law had traded goat's milk for; it was a novelty that could be sold to restaurants, so she definitely wanted to try it herself.
Chen Guixiang was speechless with anger, but then she suddenly realized something and lowered her voice to say, "Aren't you curious about how the Jiang family does business?"
Ms. Wen paused, then immediately became interested, glancing at her. "You know how it was done?"
Chen Guixiang nodded, looked around, and then lowered her voice, saying, "I've been to those thatched huts these past few days. They're made from konjac balls, but I'm not quite sure what's in them. Give me some, and if I know the recipe, we can do business together, how about it?"
Wen's eyes lit up, but she quickly looked at Chen Guixiang with suspicion. "If you really knew the prescription, would you tell me? Don't be ridiculous. If you want it, you'll have to pay with copper coins."
She didn't believe Chen Guixiang could be so kind; if she really knew the prescription, she wouldn't have come to her at all.
Seeing that the other party did not believe her, Chen Guixiang became anxious. After a while, she gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, I'll give you copper coins, but you also have to do me a favor. Go to the Jiang family's thatched hut and take a good look at what they used."
Wen rolled her eyes, thought for a moment, and then said, "Thirty copper coins."
Chen Guixiang immediately widened her eyes and said angrily, "Don't go too far. If I really make konjac, I will definitely give you a lot of benefits."
That's thirty copper coins! Her husband works himself to the bone at the docks all day and only earns forty copper coins.
Wen made a move to turn and leave, saying, "If you don't want to give me a copper coin, then go and see for yourself."
Chen Guixiang was furious but helpless. She could only grab the person and whisper, "Twenty copper coins. Can you help me find out what they put in the konjac?"
If it weren't for the fact that every time she went over, Xiao Zhang would directly and vehemently chase her away, she wouldn't have to go through all this trouble.
Only then did Ms. Wen reluctantly agree, accepting the twenty copper coins handed over by Chen Guixiang before giving her a small piece of konjac.
Seeing Chen Guixiang re-enter the room, Madam Wen's gaze fell on the dusty thing in her hand. She frowned and said, "What is this thing? It doesn't look new at all. I don't know what those restaurants are thinking, accepting this."
However, she earned twenty copper coins today, which was much easier for her than for Xiao Zhangshi.
Thinking about all this, her steps on the way home became lighter.
*
The next day, because Zhao Dashu went to deliver goods to the restaurant early in the morning and didn't have time to take the grain he was going to give to Zhang Xiucai down with him, Jiang Yimian had nothing to do and saw that it was still early, so she took it down the mountain to take a look.
She happened to have something she wanted to discuss with the village chief.
In a few days, there will be more rainy weather. The houses on the mountain are alright; Old Liu and Liu Dayong repair them from time to time, so they can withstand the rain. But the thatched houses down the mountain are a different story.
It was originally an old and dilapidated house, but Zhao Dashu and his friends made some simple repairs so that it was barely habitable. The windows were simply sealed with some wooden blocks and covered with straw mats.
It's okay to stay here on a sunny day, but if it rains, it might be a downpour outside and a drizzle inside. Not to mention, if a strong wind blows, it might even blow the roof off.
In recent days, Zhao Dashu has been staying in a thatched hut at the foot of the mountain almost every night because of the konjac incident. She couldn't let him live in a leaky hut.
Therefore, no matter how comfortable you are living on the mountain, you still need a place to stay at the foot of the mountain.
If there is a thunderstorm, it will be inconvenient for the children to go down the mountain alone.
The house construction should be put on the agenda as soon as possible. As for the fields on the mountain, the busy farming season is only a few months. When they all work together, the problem can be solved more quickly.
As soon as Jiang Yimian descended the mountain, she delivered the grain to Zhang Xiucai, left a bamboo tube containing the red date milk tea she had specially brewed that morning, and went straight to the village chief's house.
There was only a middle-aged woman feeding chickens in the yard; she was Zheng Xiulian, the village chief's wife.
"Auntie, is the village chief here?" Jiang Yimian asked with a smile.
The village chief's yard was just as clean and tidy as when I last visited, with the firewood neatly arranged beside it.
When Zheng Xiulian saw that it was Jiang's daughter, she quickly greeted her with a smile, "Jiang girl, what do you need the village chief for? He went to town right now and probably won't be back until dark."
Jiang Yimian responded and didn't hide anything. She handed over a bamboo tube of milk tea and said with a smile, "Auntie, I want to buy land, specifically the plot where our thatched house is, along with the surrounding area."
Zheng Xiulian was taken aback, and hesitated for a moment before speaking: "The area around that thatched house is all wasteland. It looks like more than 20 acres. It's not easy to grow crops there. Jiang girl, why did you buy so much land?"
Although it's all wasteland there, it's still two taels per mu, so twenty mu would be more than forty taels, which is no small sum.
Jiang Yimian just smiled and said, "I plan to build a house, but I have other plans for the remaining land."
The thatched hut is a bit far from the village center, but it's quieter there, and it will be more convenient for her to do whatever she wants in the future.
Seeing that the other party was serious, Zheng Xiulian did not stop her, but just smiled and said, "When the village chief comes back, I will tell him that you don't need to give this to me."
Although she didn't know what milk tea was, anything related to milk couldn't be cheap, so it was just a matter of passing on a message, which didn't take much effort on her.
Jiang Yimian just smiled and said, "Auntie, please accept it. It's nothing valuable. It's just milk tea made with goat's milk. It tastes good. Try it."
Zheng Xiulian hesitated for a moment, looking at the bamboo tube in her hand. After a while, she opened the bamboo tube, took a sip, and her eyes lit up immediately. "This milk tea is so delicious."
The first taste is the rich and fresh aroma unique to goat milk, accompanied by a faint tea fragrance. The flavor is special and much better than drinking goat milk on its own.
Jiang Yimian just smiled, chatted with Zheng Xiulian for a few more words, and then walked towards her own thatched huts.
Before even getting close, you can hear several voices coming from inside, including the voices of Mr. and Mrs. Zhang, Erhei and Xiaohei, and a slightly unfamiliar female voice.
"Hey, how much is this konjac? Is it just ground into a paste like this? Do you not need to add anything else?"
As Wen was speaking, she tried to squeeze into the kitchen, but Xiao Zhang stopped her, saying, "Wen, what are you doing? This is not a fun place. Get out of here and don't delay our work."
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