Chapter 44: Back into the City
Li Yulan waited anxiously until the meal was over, and Qin Fangci did not call Li Yulan to talk to her alone.
"I have something to discuss with you guys again."
Li Laoer's eyes lit up, "Mom?"
Could it be what he talked about with his mother today in the field about selling dried meat again?
Even if the business returns to the family, it would be good for him to get some money every time.
Boss Li touched his stomach and it was full of oil.
Having meat at home has only benefits and no disadvantages, and Boss Li wholeheartedly agrees with this.
"We still have a month before we plant the rice seedlings, and the vegetables and beans will be ready in two days. I think we should start a business."
"Mom, you finally figured it out!" Li Laoer slapped his thigh excitedly.
"Now is the time to sell piglets. Second brother, go out and ask which village has piglets for sale tomorrow. We can raise a few pigs."
"Huh?" So, selling meat requires waiting for the pigs to be raised? Then it can still be served hot?
"If they're 500 wen each, then I'll just buy two. If they can be bought for just over 300 wen, then I'll raise three."
"No, mother, we have to wait until we raise the pigs and sell the meat. Doesn't that mean we have to wait until next year?"
"Don't interrupt me before I finish speaking. If farmers don't raise livestock, they won't have enough manure, and without manure, crops won't grow well." Qin Fangci looked at the three brothers and said, "Tonight, the three of you will clean up the pigpen in the backyard and work until dark."
"Tomorrow, the second son will take Xiaowu and Yulan there. If there's nothing suitable for the little piglet, go to town and buy a pig's head and two sets of pig offal, and some seasonings."
Li Laoer muttered, "But I don't want to study."
"It's okay. I've memorized most of the books. I can recite them while walking." Li Baisong said with a smile, "Don't worry, second brother. I'll leave the money to you."
Li Laoer: "..."
Li Yulan was suddenly called out, and she was stunned for a moment before quickly lowering her head. "I know, mother."
"Tomorrow the eldest and third brothers will finish raking the remaining fields, and the second brother's family will help me pick up the manure and spread it."
"The third family member took Da Ya and Er Ya to plant beans on the land over on the hillside."
Yuan was very sad. She was exhausted from farming these days. Except for the day when she could take a break to cook, she spent the rest of the day in the fields. Today she was not at home and had grabbed a shop, which made her feel even more sad.
After a dreamless night, it’s time to get up early again.
Qin Fangci prepared two thousand coins for the three people who were going out.
After the three people left, Qin Fangci took those in her family who needed to go to the fields.
These days are the time to sow rice seedlings. The villagers of Liantang Village still use the old method to plant rice seedlings, directly sowing the selected rice seeds in the rice fields.
There are many disadvantages to sowing rice seeds in this way.
For example, the seeds may be pecked by birds, accumulated during rain and rot, or blown to one side by strong winds, and the grown seedlings will be uneven, with fewer on one side and more on the other, and will need to be moved manually later.
The villagers also noticed the difference in Old Li's family this year.
Everyone was sowing the grain, but they were still carrying a plow and harrowing the fields over and over again. After harrowing, they drove a group of ducklings to the fields to make trouble. They didn't seem to be in a hurry.
One villager couldn't help but ask, "Aunt Li, why are you spreading fertilizer today? It's time to plant seeds. It's easy to burn fertilizer if you spread it now. Your family is planting a lot of vegetables and beans this year."
When faced with villagers who came up to ask about it, Qin Fangci didn't hide anything and told them openly, "This year, my family wants to learn how to grow rice seedlings. We won't sow the seeds directly in the fields anymore. Now we can spread fertilizer without burning the seedlings."
"What? You dare to try the methods outside? Be careful not to miss the time and end up with a bad harvest."
"What are you afraid of? Who knows, Aunt Li's family might get lucky and hunt another big wild boar tomorrow."
"Then I'll borrow your spiritual wisdom, Black Monkey. If I hunt wild boar again, I'll definitely treat you to some meat. We'll only know if the harvest is good or not after we've planted it. My family planted a lot of vegetables and beans this year, so the grain will be enough to pay the taxes, and my family won't starve."
Qin Fangci did not persuade others to grow seedlings. She was not in a hurry to do business. Once she planted the seeds, everyone would see the harvest and naturally come to her for advice.
It's useless for her to try to do good for others now. Instead of wasting time and energy, she might as well do more work.
Li Laoer, Li Baisong and Li Yulan stopped as soon as they walked out of the village.
"Second brother, what's wrong?" Li Baisong asked.
"Little brother, the spices in town are expensive. Let's go into the city to buy some. We can take an ox cart there and then come back like we did the other day. There's a place in the county town that specializes in selling piglets."
"Second brother, didn't you almost lose your life in the city?" Li Yulan pulled Li Laoer and refused to let him go. She didn't want to die with him.
These days, everyone in the family has tacitly agreed not to mention the county town or move to the city.
How could Qin Fangci not know that things would be cheaper in bigger places, but even if they were cheap, one had to be alive to spend them. They had exposed the matter to the public. What if those people had not left yet and were hiding in some corner of the county town? Wouldn't they be delivering food to people when they went to the county town?
It’s better to hide for a while first.
It was also because it would be difficult to go to the county town in the short term that Qin Fangci didn't want to continue the dried meat business.
I asked Li Laoer to buy some pig heads and offal and then thought of selling them in several nearby villages.
March is the busy farming season. People do hard work and even those who are reluctant to spend money need to have some food in their stomachs.
Pork and offal are cheaper and can earn you some money by selling them in the village.
As for the dried meat, she planned to wait until the next big market to go to town to sell it again.
People in the town live a little better than those in the village, but they can't buy dried meat every day. There is a big market every seven days, so once every seven days is enough.
"Last time is last time. I won't go looking for those people this time. Besides, the village chief has reported the matter to the head of the village, and the head of the village will definitely report it to the county magistrate. Those people may have left Guangyi County long ago and are deceiving people in other places." Li Laoer explained.
He was still a little scared, but he also guessed some of his mother's concerns. He still owed seven taels of debt, and with just a few cents, he would never be able to save up seven taels in his lifetime.
You still have to build up your business and go to the county town to make money.
"No, second brother, if you go, I will go back and tell mother right away." Li Yulan disagreed.
Li Lao Er pulled Li Yulan back and said, "Hey, you, if you're too timid, just say you have a stomachache. Go back and don't tell anyone at home. My younger brother and I will go by ourselves."
"Little brother, we are men. I am not afraid of being beaten, so you will definitely not be afraid, right?"
"Once bitten by a snake, you'll be afraid of ropes for ten years. It's really not good, so I'm afraid to go. I just want to go to the county town to buy some paper. Fourth sister, don't be afraid. If those scammers still want to continue to defraud money, they won't dare to kill people and make things worse. At this time, they should go somewhere else."
"Why? Didn't mother say they were going to kill you with machetes?"
"If they really kill us, the matter will become a big deal and the government will arrest them. It will be difficult for them to cheat money in the future. They are good at disguising themselves. The best thing to do is to change your appearance, leave here and start a new life somewhere else. Come on, Fourth Sister, my second brother and I will protect you. I still have three cents to buy you some meat buns when we get to the city."
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