The other party has it but doesn't want to sell it, Chunxiao suddenly felt a little discouraged.
"I'm sorry, uncle. Charcoal is selling well this year. We are short of materials and have no wood to burn at home. The charcoal we sell now is cheap, so I don't think you can use it."
The old man was a little disappointed the previous second, but his eyes lit up the next second, "You don't have wood, but we have it in our village. What kind of wood do you want? Come on, come on, follow me and see."
Just like that, the two of them inexplicably entered someone else's farm.
Chunxiao only realized how huge the farm was when he entered. An Bo said the fenced area was over 100 mu, and there were another 100 mu outside. He led the two of them to a woodshed filled with all kinds of wood. "Take a look and see if there's anything here suitable for burning charcoal. The price is negotiable."
Chunxiao took a look and found that there were indeed quite a lot of good wood. "Uncle, these can be burned." She pointed to the middle of the woodpile.
"You originally charged 60 wen per jin of charcoal, but now we provide the materials, so we'll pay 30 wen per jin of charcoal. Do you want to take this business?"
When Yan Dashan heard this, he thought this was a good deal, and he hurriedly pulled Chunxiao's sleeve.
"Uncle, there's one thing you should know. This pound of wood will only yield a maximum of seven ounces of charcoal. If you calculate it by the whole piece, the charcoal will sometimes break. If you calculate it by the pound, it's hard to tell what the discount should be. If you decide that the wood yields more than the charcoal, we can't afford to compensate you."
When the old man heard this, he thought what the girl said made some sense.
"Also, we don't live in Sanye Town. We're from Yanjia Village over there. Delivering coal is really a hassle."
"Delivery is easy. We have an ox cart in the farm. We can arrange a time and go pick it up. Then you decide how to charge it."
Chunxiao was silent for a while, "Uncle, are you really not selling these cotton seeds?" This man must be a manager, otherwise how could he casually interfere in the affairs of the manor? He must have a certain decision-making power.
The old man looked at her first, then smiled.
"If I don't sell you seeds, will you not do your charcoal business? You should know that if I want to buy charcoal, I can go to the town to buy it. I give you business because I am taking care of you. Don't be ungrateful."
This was anger. Chunxiao felt nervous, "No, no, uncle, if you are embarrassed, I will look for the seeds somewhere else. I just thought that the things grown on such a big farm of yours must be good, and the seeds must be good too. It would be risky to buy them somewhere else. I am not willing to do this. Since you don't like to talk about seeds, I won't say anything." But you must not make people angry, there is still business to be done.
"How about this? I'm not entirely sure I'll pay 70% of the total, so let's go with 65%. That means if you give me 100 catties of wood, I'll give you 65 catties of charcoal. The processing fee for the charcoal is 30 wen per catty. If it's less than 65 catties, I'll compensate you for 65 catties. If it's 70 catties, I'll give you 70 catties. What do you think?"
The old man laughed again when he heard this. "When the girl said this, I knew she was an open-minded person. Okay, let's do it."
"How much do you want to burn?"
"I'll find two people for you. First, you pick out the wood that can be burned in this room. I'll tell you how much to burn based on how much wood is available. More is fine. It's still cold for another month or two."
Chunxiao was a little surprised. This woodshed was much bigger than her utility room. How long would it take to move in? "Just give me a rough estimate, otherwise if I drag too much, you'll have to drag it up later."
"You guys pick first, I'll go find someone." The other party refused to give a clear answer and left after giving the instructions.
"Chunxiao, what should we do now?"
"Brother, this is a good thing. This is door-to-door business. They even carry it themselves. It's more convenient than us going there every day to buy it. We'd be stupid not to accept it."
"But the cotton hasn't been found yet."
"As for the seeds, I'll go to the county town in the spring and I'm sure I can buy them. I grow cotton to make money, and if I can make money now, I'll definitely start with this."
People were called over quickly, and the ox cart outside was also pulled over. Chunxiao picked up the things and asked them to move them. There were already a lot of things spread on the ground outside, and the ox cart could not accommodate them all. The old man asked someone to weigh them with a large scale, and it was exactly 1,400 kilograms.
"Uncle, this won't work. This cow can only pull 700 to 800 kilograms at most. It can't even pull that much." She didn't expect that someone would burn so much at once.
"It's okay, there are many cows in the farm." After saying this, he said to the servant next to him. The servant ran away, and soon another man came over driving cows.
"Two ox carts should be enough." The old man smiled at them. "I'll send it home and you can pick it up later. I just don't know how long it will take with so much."
Chunxiao calculated that one furnace uses about 30 kilograms of wood. If there are seven furnaces a day, making 200 kilograms, it will take at least 7 days, not counting today.
"Then you can go and pick it up in eight days."
The old man frowned when he heard this, "It takes so long, it's not that long, why does it take seven or eight days?"
Chun Xiao was helpless, "Uncle, slow work makes fine work, it won't work in a short time."
The old man was not happy. He thought for a moment and said, "Well, you want cotton seeds, don't you? How many do you want?"
Chun Xiao was delighted at first, but then calmed down. This was conditional. "Uncle, I want about 60 kilograms."
"If you can collect these charcoal on the fourth day, I'll give you a bag of seeds. This bag of seeds weighs 80 kilograms. You know my seeds are better than those grown by ordinary retail farmers. A bag of seeds doesn't cost much, so I'll give it to you as a gift. What do you think?"
Yan Dashan, who was standing by, was extremely happy when he heard this.
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