Wow, I didn't expect someone to come and exchange supplies.
The members of the Zhao family exchanged glances, as if they had sensed a business opportunity.
"Hey, what's this about exchanging? It's just some meat. My family has prepared plenty. You can take some home later."
Ms. Huang said with a smile.
"That won't do. Nobody's meat comes from thin air. It should be replaced if necessary."
The meat you're making must have had a lot of spices added.
This flavor is truly powerful.
These spices are very valuable. I have two pounds of meat in this basket, so just give me ten or eight skewers of meat.
The old man in the gray jacket looked at the meat skewers on the grill and said.
The old man's surname was Zheng. He had a son who had already passed the imperial examination at the county level, and the family also owned seventy or eighty acres of land. Their life was neither too good nor too bad.
Grandpa Zheng has no other hobbies except eating.
Wherever there's good food, the old man will definitely find a way to get it.
Seeing that he said that, the other two elderly women who had come with him nodded in agreement.
Old Zheng said that anything that tastes good must taste good.
You can't distrust Old Man Zheng's words, no matter who you don't trust.
Huang was quite satisfied with these people's sensibility; they didn't have any intention of taking advantage of others.
Therefore, the old woman was generous this time.
I'm thinking about whether my family should open a barbecue shop in the county, so we can have an extra source of income.
This is now more of a trial run.
So they gave each family that came to exchange meat skewers 15 skewers per pound of meat, and they made it very clear that they would do so.
"The meat is cheap, but this ingredient is really precious. It's all from merchants from foreign lands. It's rare."
The person who had exchanged the meat immediately understood that he had gotten a good deal, so he thanked them profusely and took the meat home to enjoy.
And so, the Zhao family got more than ten pounds of meat in return for that barbecue.
It's still quite lively, and it's good that no one is just there to take advantage of the situation, otherwise it wouldn't be disgusting enough.
After the meal, everyone sat in the main room with round bellies, drinking barley tea.
"Mom, this meal was exhausting. The people in this county town live a very different life than those in our village and town."
They really went to great lengths just to get a mouthful of food.
"Mom, do you think we should open a barbecue stall in the county town?"
Zhao Yonggeng suggested.
"Opening a barbecue stall in the county is not out of the question, but there's no rush. It depends on how your exam results are."
If you can pass the preliminary examination and become a student, you can come to the county to study in the future, and opening a shop will not be a problem.
If your exam results are not good, then we can reconsider whether to open the school or not.
Among the four classes of people—scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants—we, as peasants, still rely on the land as our foundation.
You don't need to worry about these things for now. The important thing is for me to pass the imperial examinations first.
Huang was always decisive and efficient, and she was very knowledgeable about the development of the family.
I can't just stay in the county for the time being. Since I've decided to open a shop here, I naturally have to go out and explore.
Buying houses and land is a way of life ingrained in the bones of ordinary people.
The men stayed home to study, while Huang took Zhao Qingyan to find a dental clinic in the county.
The price difference between county towns and townships is quite significant. In a township, even a hundred taels of silver is considered a lot for a shop.
But in the county, the price is several times higher, and more importantly, you can't buy them even if you want to.
"Madam, we really can't find a suitable shop for you right away. They're all prime locations, and nobody wants to sell them."
If you're thinking of buying a house or something, I'll keep an eye out for you and let you know if there's a suitable one.
This is the fourth broker that the Huang family has found.
"It seems that opening a shop in the county town is really quite difficult."
Grandma, why don't we stop opening the shop in the county and buy the hill behind the village after we get back?
Once the mountain land becomes our own, it's easier to manage. Besides, our family always needs to venture deep into the mountains.
Think about the resources in Daqingshan. If we buy them, they'll all be ours.
Zhao Qingyan was giving bad advice.
Mrs. Huang turned to look at her granddaughter and poked Zhao Qingyan's forehead with her finger.
"What are you thinking? I think you really don't know your own limitations. Do you even know how big Daqingshan is?"
Don't even mention that I can't afford your grandma; even if you took all the money in your hand, you still couldn't afford it.
Besides, how do we keep our money in the open? Have you considered that rashly handing over a large sum of money can easily lead to trouble?
Huang looked somber.
Zhao Qingyan stroked her chin and pondered for a moment.
"Grandma, actually, it's possible for our family to buy mountains. Mountain land isn't expensive, and we could easily buy thousands of acres of mountain land."
This is an easy way to explain it openly; we can just say that our family caught a big tiger in the mountains.
Because of its excellent condition, the tiger skin alone was bought by a nobleman who rewarded him with several hundred taels of silver, the tiger bones were sold to a pharmacy, and the tiger meat was sold to Ruyilou.
With the money he earned from the shop, he added up his savings from over the years, and borrowed a lot of money from the owner of Ruyilou, barely managing to buy a mountain.
The family is completely broke. The only thing left is to figure out how to plan the mountain's future.
Even if you hire villagers to help with the work, you can not pay them upfront, and settle accounts monthly or every ten days.
Besides, even if our family makes a big leap forward all at once, it's something others can't be jealous of.
After all, we've taken too big a step; they can't keep up with our pace.
So, Grandma, you really don't need to be so careful.
Zhao Qingyan went to great lengths to persuade her grandmother to buy the mountain land.
Zhao Qingyan, who came from a later era, was really persistent in buying mountains. For the indigenous people, mountains could not be used to grow crops, but for Zhao Qingyan, mountains were a treasure trove.
It has greater economic value.
In addition, Zhao Qingyan had always dreamed of being able to afford a big house in her past life.
Owning a hilltop villa, in particular, would be such an exciting (and boast-worthy) thing.
Having arrived in this ancient era, it seems quite easy to realize one's dream of owning a mountaintop villa.
As for the safety issues in the mountains, they were no problem for her, who possessed divine power.
In the end, Huang agreed to let Zhao Qingyan return to the village to buy mountain land.
As for how big a hill to buy, Mr. Huang hadn't decided yet.
The grandfather and grandson spent a few days wandering around the county, dealing with brokers and familiarizing themselves with the local market conditions.
Huang and Zhao Qingyan were already very familiar with the prices of rice, flour, grain, oil, cloth, cotton, salt, iron, houses, timber, and furniture.
The day for the results to be released has finally arrived.
The Zhao family members miraculously all passed the first test.
Although Zhao Qingbei is only seven years old, her grades are not bad, ranking in the bottom twenties.
But giving the little guy away could have been bad.
"I thought I was going to fail, but I didn't expect there were still nineteen people behind me. Haha, I can take the next exam now."
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