Chapter 200: Even More Difficult
Wen Zhenyi was stumped by her question. She knew about the ox cart. No matter where you got on or where you got off, it only cost one penny. It was the road back to the village anyway, and you had to walk by yourself when you got to your destination.
As for the carriage, it was difficult to calculate. She had heard from Old Man Ma that renting a horse cost one hundred coins a day, and if they brought a carriage, it would cost one hundred and thirty coins a day.
One hour is less than eleven cents, and they haven't been gone for an hour, just a few minutes at most, so it's really hard to pay them that much money.
"Three to five cents."
Wen Zhenyi could only give a rough estimate. After all, she had never rented this carriage before, so she could only give a suitable amount based on what she knew.
"Then we'll give you three cents." Zhu Tao said as he took out three cents and put the rest back into his purse.
The horse-drawn carriage was much faster than walking or riding in an ox cart. Not long after the two of them finished talking, Lin Jie told them that they had arrived.
Lin Jie even personally sent them home.
Wen Zhenyi jumped off the carriage and found that everyone in the family was there. When they saw her, they were all stunned: "Grandma, you are not happy that I am back."
"Didn't you say you were going to look for Miss Meng today? Why are you back again?"
"I've already been there this morning. I came back now because I have something to do."
Old Man Wen and the others saw Lin Jie taking a lot of things from the carriage and asked: "Why did you buy so many things?"
"Since there are many people in my family, I bought some."
"When your Aunt You and the others came back, they also sent us a lot of things, saying that you bought them and asked them to be sent back."
Wen Zhenyi shook his head helplessly after hearing this: "I didn't ask them to buy those, they bought them on their own."
"Why did they buy meat for us out of the blue?" Old Mrs. Wen looked puzzled.
Wen Zhenyi just briefly explained it.
After hearing this, Old Lady Wen became unhappy and turned to the courtyard and shouted, "Yinghe, Chengwen, go and return the things they brought to them this morning."
Ma Yinghe and Wen Chengwen looked puzzled: "What's going on?"
"They bought those themselves and lied to me, an old woman, and said they bought them one by one."
Wen Chengwen looked at Wen Zhenyi and said, "Yiyi, didn't you ask me to buy it?"
“No, they bought it themselves.”
"Okay, I'll send it back to them now. We haven't had time to cook it yet." After saying that, Ma Yinghe went to the kitchen to pick up the things and went to return them with Wen Chengwen.
Zhu Tao and Lin Jie were behind him, and they were pulling and tugging at each other.
Ma Laotian looked at the two people behind him: "What happened to Xiao Taozi and Lin Jie?"
When Zhu Tao heard the sound, he stuffed the three cents in his hand into his hand and ran towards the yard.
Lin Jie looked at the three cents in his hand, not knowing what to do.
Wen Zhenyi saw his dazed expression and said, "Brother Lin, just take this money. You should have paid me for sending us back."
"But."
"It's okay, are you going back? Or are you staying with us for a while?"
"I'm going back."
"Okay, if you have time when you get back, you can ask the people who often order breakfast if they need it delivered tomorrow."
"Yes, I'll go now." After saying that, Lin Jie jumped on the carriage and drove away.
As soon as Wen Zhen entered the yard, he saw a lot of boxes and some animals piled up in the yard: "Grandpa Shen and the others have gone back?"
"You know?" Old Mrs. Wen looked at her with a smile.
"Caidie told me today."
Old Man Wen took out a small booklet from his arms and handed it to her: "Yi Yi, since you are back, keep this."
Wen Zhenyi reached out and took it: "What is it?"
"The list of betrothal gifts. You can take these things away with you from now on."
Wen Zhenyi was slightly stunned: "Grandpa, it's okay if you don't give this to me."
"Keep it safe, and don't tell anyone your things are missing next time." After saying that, Old Man Wen turned around and left with his hands behind his back, ignoring her.
Wen Zhenyi looked at Old Lady Wen and said, "Grandma, please keep it for me."
"I won't help you collect them. You have to collect them yourself. These are all your things." After saying this, Mrs. Wen went to the kitchen to busy herself.
Wen Zhenyi felt quite bored seeing that no one paid any attention to him, so he could only open the booklet and start reading.
There were quite a lot of things on it. Although most of them were not valuable, they were indeed prepared with great care. She also saw gold bracelets, gold earrings, and hairpins.
All these things would probably cost hundreds of taels of silver. For Mr. Shen's family, this was an extremely generous betrothal gift.
Old Ma walked over to her and sat down: "Yi Yi, from the betrothal gifts, it can be seen that the Shen family values you very much. You will not be wronged when you get married in the future."
Wen Zhenyi closed the booklet and said, "For ordinary people, this betrothal gift is not small at all."
Old Mrs. Ma smiled and nodded. They didn't expect to meet Wen Zhending again this time, and he was from such a good family. This was the happiest thing for them.
"All the valuables are in your room, in a locked box."
"Okay, I understand."
Wen Chengwen and the others came back after delivering the things. They walked over to Wen Zhenyi and sat down. "Yiyi, what brings you back?"
"Dad, it's about the pigs. I'll go call grandma and the others." Then he stood up and called the old man Wen and his wife.
Everyone sat in the hall, waiting to hear what Wen Zhenyi said about the pig.
"Grandpa, this time the price of a full-grown pig is three taels of silver, and the price of a piglet is one tael of silver."
Everyone gasped when they heard this. This price exceeded their previous budget of two taels of silver.
"This price is too high. If we sell it at the previous price, we will lose one or two taels of silver for each pig. If we raise the price, I'm afraid it will be difficult for ordinary people to eat meat."
Old Lady Wen is also having a headache now. A pig costs three taels of silver, and they have to sell the fat for twenty-five cents and the lean meat for fifteen cents, and that's before removing the pig bones.
The price is not much cheaper than beef, which is really a difficult problem.
Old Man Wen frowned and said, "This is too high."
Old Lady Wen looked at Wen Zhenyi: "Yiyi, what do you mean?"
"I mean, we bought twenty adult pigs and twenty piglets."
"This will cost eighty taels of silver."
Wen Chengwen also had a worried look on his face: "Even so, I'm afraid the twenty pigs won't last long, and the price is so high, it will be difficult to sell them."
Old Man Wen took out his pipe, but didn't light it. He put it in his mouth and took two puffs: "This is really difficult to deal with."
Ma Yinghe and the others also frowned. They thought that the goods would not last for more than a few days and the price was too high. The people were afraid that they could not afford it.
If you don't buy this and sell it, it will be even more difficult to eat pork in the future.
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