Chapter 165 Where should I put it?
Night falls.
Chen Dabao held the six hundred coins he earned tightly in his arms, his heart pounding.
After leaving the Wu family's old house, he trotted home.
When he arrived at the gate, he looked around and confirmed that there was no sign of Old Man Chen and his wife. Then he tiptoed into the west wing where he lived.
As soon as he entered the house, Chen Dabao carefully took out the six hundred coins from his pocket.
He had never seen so much money in his life. He counted it over and over again, but he always felt that it was not enough.
But he knew that wealth should not be shown to others, because if it was seen by others, it would easily make people jealous.
As the saying goes, you don't have to worry about thieves stealing, you have to worry about thieves thinking about it. So you have to hide the money.
Chen Dabao didn't dare to delay too long. He carefully counted out thirty coins and put them in his pocket for emergency use.
He picked up the remaining rag and walked to the bed, lifted up the quilt, and planned to hide the money under the bed.
But I also feel that it is too conspicuous, and it would be terrible if someone found out.
I hid it in the gap of the cabinet, but was afraid that it would fall out if someone moved it.
I stuffed it in some old clothes, but I was afraid it would be exposed when my mother took it to wash.
He scanned every corner of the room, but couldn't find a satisfactory spot. He was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead.
Where should I hide it?
Chen Dabao accidentally glanced at the rat hole under the bed and instantly had an idea.
He found a handy tool and dug a hole under the bed. He put the remaining money into the hole, then filled it with soil and stepped on it repeatedly.
Still feeling a little uneasy, he found a large rock from the corner and put it on top.
He rubbed his hands, bent down and took a closer look. It looked no different from usual, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Sun heard the noise and pushed the door open and walked in. "Dabao, when did you come back?"
"Mom, I'll come back to change my clothes and leave right away." Chen Dabao's heart was in his throat. He sat down as he spoke, pretending nothing had happened.
"Okay, change and go quickly. There are so many beets, your uncle can't take care of them all by himself."
"It's okay, there are still little fish!"
"What can that idiot do? You should go there quickly and don't stay at home for too long."
"Okay, okay, I'll go now." Chen Dabao stood up, walked to the door and took another look under the bed. Then he left reluctantly, but he was still thinking about the hidden money, worried that it would be discovered by others...
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At this time, Chen Zhanshan and Lin were sitting on the kang in the Wu family's old house, looking at the two hundred coins in front of them, feeling very happy.
"Master, it's a good thing we didn't marry Qing girl to Li the butcher, otherwise we wouldn't have the good life we have today."
"Yeah, do you think our mother and the others will regret what they did when they see our family's life getting better and better?"
"What's the use of regretting it? They were so heartless back then. Now we just need to live our own lives and ignore them."
Chen Zhanshan pressed his hand between his eyebrows and sighed deeply, "That being said, she is still the mother who gave birth to me. I feel really bad about it."
Lin rolled her eyes at him in reproach. "You're just too soft-hearted. They didn't even consider family affection back then. If it weren't for Qing's good fortune, we wouldn't be in this situation now."
"Forget it, let's not talk about these troublesome things. You should keep this money well. When Qing gets married, you can give her a generous dowry. And Chen Feng is also at the age of marriage, so he has a lot of money to spend. You should keep it well."
"Boss, I don't think we can keep this money at home. We work here during the day, and if we get thieves, the wooden box at home will be of no use at all."
Chen Zhanshan nodded in agreement. "You're right. How about this? I'm not cooking over there right now. I'll go move the wooden boxes and food over here to save the hassle of going back and forth."
"Okay, then go ahead!"
It didn't take long for Chen Zhanshan to move the wooden box into the house, and then brought the rice and flour over.
Lin carefully put the money into the box and locked it, and only then did she feel at ease.
When Chen Qingqing returned home, she took out the small notebook she carried with her and made a detailed list of her income and expenditure for the past few days.
He produced 2,000 kilograms of sugar, and distributed 1,000 kilograms to grocery stores in the town, earning 85 taels of silver.
Excluding the sixty taels of money spent on buying beets twice, the fifteen taels of money spent on buying a donkey, and the two taels and five cents of money spent on workers' wages.
There were also expenses for hiring an ox cart, and all other miscellaneous expenses totaled one or two taels of silver.
There were still 22 taels and 5 cents left, and adding the money the Fan family gave me from selling ginseng, the total was 176 taels of silver.
There are still three hundred and twenty-four taels left to open the trading space.
Chen Qingqing plans to take some brown sugar to Anyang County tomorrow to see if she can find a market for it.
By the way, I'll sell two ginsengs to open up the trading space.
The next morning.
Chen Qingqing originally wanted to go to Anyang County alone, but Xiaoyu kept following her, so she had no choice but to take him with her on the ox cart.
An hour later, the ox cart stopped outside the county town gate.
Chen Qingqing and Liu Laohan said a few words to each other, and then they entered the city gate.
As you enter the county town, you will see bustling streets.
There are many shops, all kinds of special snacks, novel and interesting things.
Chen Xiaoyu followed her and would go up to and stay when he saw food.
Chen Qingqing had no choice but to buy him some food so that he could travel faster.
The two walked through several streets and alleys and arrived at the most prosperous area of the county.
I saw a very large grocery store not far away.
Chen Qingqing did not hesitate and led Chen Xiaoyu in.
At this time, the store was already crowded with people.
Looking around, I saw that there were a wide variety of goods on sale, categorized and neatly displayed.
Chen Qingqing was very happy. If she could cooperate with such a merchant, the sugar factory would probably have no worries about selling its sugar.
She looked around for the shopkeeper and saw a man who looked like a shopkeeper not far away, fiddling with an abacus on the counter.
He hurried forward and said respectfully, "Hello, shopkeeper. Are you buying brown sugar?"
The man didn't even raise his eyelids, as if he didn't hear her, and ignored her.
Chen Qingqing thought the man was too engrossed in calculating the bills and didn't want to disturb him, so she just wandered around the store.
When I walked to the food section, I found that the cabinet containing brown sugar was sold out. I was very happy.
It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. It seems that we can definitely become partners with this grocery store.
Seeing that the waiter was not busy, Chen Qingqing couldn't help but ask, "Brother Xiaoer, is your boss here? I want to ask him..."
Before she could finish her words, the waiter interrupted her with a frown and said impatiently, "What do you want to see our shopkeeper for? Tell me what you want. Our shopkeeper is too busy to receive you."
Although Chen Qingqing was a little unhappy in her heart, she still had a polite smile on her face, "Brother Xiaoer, can you make the decision? I want to discuss a business deal with your store."
The waiter looked her up and down, his eyes full of disdain.
"You? There are really all kinds of birds in the forest. How dare a little girl like you, who hasn't even grown a single feather, negotiate business with our boss?"
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