"Thank you, Madam Su!"
Before leaving, Du Xiuyuan insisted on giving Su Luo the century-old ginseng, as it was his way of showing respect to her.
Su Luo refused to accept it, which made Du Xiuyuan anxious. In the end, Su Luo accepted it. When no one was watching, she secretly put the box containing the ginseng into her spatial storage.
At the entrance of Yongle County, Li Niu was waiting for Su Luo. There were a few new wooden planks on the oxcart, which Li Niu was preparing to use to make new tofu molds. The one Su Luo made yesterday wouldn't be used more than twice.
"Uncle Li, let's go back."
"good!"
...
Over the course of two days, Su Luo spent her days tutoring Yan Chuan and Yi Huan in reading and writing at home. Du Xiuyuan watched Su Luo sew, her movements were so smooth and effortless, but when he tried it himself, it wasn't quite the same.
So this scene appeared at the entrance of the kiln: Zhao Ruyun was sewing new clothes, Yan Chuan and Yi Huan were reading and writing, and Du Xiuyuan was making a cut in the skin of a piece of pork and then sewing it up.
Su Luo taught them back and forth between the three of them.
In the evening, Zhao Ruyun tidied up Yan Chuan and Yi Huan, while Su Luo went to the river to take a bath. It was almost the end of June, and the weather was still very hot.
Seeing that no one was around, Su Luo held her breath and entered the space. She could use her mind to take and put things in this space, but she had to come in and plant the half acre of land inside to harvest and plant the crops.
She hadn't threshed the rice harvested last time, so she threshed it today. There was no water in the space, so Su Luo was planting dryland rice instead of paddy rice.
The eggplant tree was laden with eggplants again. After harvesting the rice, she harvested the eggplants. Including the ones from last time, Su Luo harvested a total of twelve baskets.
Judging by appearance, the rice weighs about 300 jin (150 kg) and the eggplants in one basket weigh about 20 jin (10 kg).
I only have a few chili peppers planted in Su Luo, and they are already slightly red. I will save them for seeds once they are fully ripe.
After spending six hours in the space, Su Luo wondered what to plant on the land where rice had been grown before.
Looking at the seeds she had collected in her space, she thought, why not plant cotton? Once the land outside is cleared out, there will be enough seeds to plant cotton.
Su Luo was quick to act, but she didn't have time today and had to go out first.
Another advantage of this space is that Su Luo can see outside while inside, so she won't run into people as soon as she goes out.
Otherwise, if she had appeared out of nowhere, people would have thought she was a monster long ago.
Su Luo went to the river to take a bath first, and will go into the space to plant cotton when she comes back tomorrow night.
In the morning, Su Luo went to the village well to fetch water, but it was too dry and there wasn't much water in the well.
Su Luo picked a few more loads, then took another load to the dry field to water the vegetables. The eggplants in the field started to grow, and each eggplant plant was full of flowers. Soon, they would have eggplants to eat.
In the afternoon, she continued teaching and medical skills as usual. Only in the evening could Su Luo go into her space to check on that piece of land.
Hoe the ground, then take cotton seeds out of the cloth bag and plant them. The soil in the space doesn't need any other fertilizer to grow well.
This is based on Su Luo's experience.
...
Li Niu and Aunt Li have been very busy these past two days. During the day, they cut grass for the cows to eat, and they also soak soybeans. They get up before dawn to grind the soybeans and make tofu. Before noon, they have to use an oxcart to transport the finished tofu to Fumanlou.
They make twenty jin a day, and the shopkeeper always pays Li Niu directly.
One jin costs fifty wen, so twenty jin is one tael of silver. Earning one tael of silver a day was something Li Niu and Aunt Li never dared to dream of, but now they have achieved it.
"Old Li, we don't have many soybeans left. I wonder how much tofu we can make."
The soybeans in the field are not ripe yet; they can only be harvested after the rice is harvested.
“I’ve got an idea, honey. We have some money now. Let’s buy some soybeans from the villagers first. After we’ve bought them all, I’ll take the oxcart to the surrounding villages to buy more. That way, we can still make forty coins per pound of tofu. It’s a good deal.”
"That's the only way. How about we start collecting them tomorrow?"
Aunt Li knew absolutely nothing about doing business, so she could only rely on Li Niu.
"Okay, after I deliver the tofu to Fumanlou and come back, I'll exchange the silver for copper coins, and we'll collect them this afternoon."
Li Niu had made up his mind. With this job, he could earn 100 taels of silver in three months. If Fu Man Lou had a large demand, he could do more and earn even more.
I'll treat my wife well then, and if all else fails, I'll adopt a child. If I have money, I can send the child to school.
The next day, the villagers heard that Li Niu was buying soybeans, and the news spread from one person to another. Everyone brought out their soybeans to sell. They were selling them for ten coins a pound, which was the highest price in the county, and they didn't even need to take them to the county to sell.
Soybeans are not a staple food, and even if you take them to the county to sell, there is no guarantee that anyone will buy them. You might only be able to sell them if you are lucky.
“Zhang, Li Niu is collecting soybeans at the village entrance. He’s selling them for ten coins a pound. Did you hear that? Hurry up and take them to sell!”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiujuan was overjoyed. She had dozens of kilograms of soybeans at home that were almost infested with worms. If someone really wanted them, that would be wonderful.
Zhang Xiujuan originally wanted to go to the kiln to ask Zhao Ruyun to take soybeans to sell together, but then she suddenly remembered that Zhao Ruyun and the others had eaten all the soybeans.
She should go and tell others, see who has some, and sell them.
Chen Dazhi happened to be passing by the village entrance when he overheard Zhang Xiujuan and the others' conversation.
His eyes lit up. He also had soybeans at home, more than fifty pounds. He had to hurry up and sell them, otherwise Luo Mei would sell them in front of him and he wouldn't get any money.
He's been having bad luck lately and has no money on him. Since he has no money, Widow Sun won't let him touch anything. How can this be allowed?
To get ahead of Luo Mei, Chen Dazhi ran home as fast as he could, grabbed the bag of soybeans from his room, and left.
"Dad, what are you taking out this time?"
Chen Xique called from behind, but Chen Dazhi ignored her, afraid that Luo Mei would go home soon.
Village entrance!
"Excuse me... Li Niu, weigh me first!"
Chen Dazhi rushed into the crowd. Originally, everyone in the village, whether they were selling soybeans or not, had gathered around to watch the excitement. But Chen Dazhi pushed them all away, and everyone felt uncomfortable.
“Chen Dazhi, I was here first, so you addressed me first,” Zhang Xiujuan said angrily, disagreeing.
Chen Dazhi wasn't afraid of anything else, except that Luo Mei would come back and try to take his money. He still needed to sell the soybeans to get the money to give to Widow Sun.
"Ms. Zhang, I'll weigh them first, then you can weigh them." Chen Dazhi took Zhang Xiujuan's soybeans off Li Niu's scale.
"Oh, why are you like this?"
The villagers pointed and whispered, "Chen Dazhi, did you secretly bring soybeans to sell behind your wife's back? Are you in such a hurry because you're afraid she'll punish you when she gets back?"
"Get out of here! What do you know?"
Li Niu ignored Chen Dazhi, took the soybeans from Zhang Xiujuan and said, "First come, first served."
Zhang Xiujuan had 67 jin of soybeans, and Li Niu counted out 670 wen in front of the villagers and gave it to Zhang Xiujuan.
Now the villagers all believed that Li Niu really was buying soybeans. When it came to Chen Dazhi, his soybeans weighed only 52 jin. He got 520 wen and ran away, wanting to take them to Widow Sun as soon as possible.
Su Luo also heard that Aunt Li and the others were harvesting soybeans in the village, and Li Niu was quite quick to start.
On the first day, Li Niu harvested about 500 jin of soybeans, enough to make more than 1,000 jin of tofu. For the time being, he will no longer have to worry about not having soybeans.
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