Chapter 132 Like a Wolf (Part 2)
After Jiang Zhiluo gave Lin Zhuzhu the commission, she still had 1,566 coins in her hand.
Lin Zhuzhu was very happy holding the 174 coins in her hand.
She was very happy that she could earn more than a hundred coins by doing simple things every day, and it could also boost the pork business.
She guessed that if Sister Jiang did some other business and sold braised food, she would make at least two taels of silver a day.
That month should also be sixty taels of silver.
Lin Zhuzhu's expression changed, and she said, "Sister Jiang, have you ever thought about buying a store in town? Even if it's a small one, so you don't have to move things around every day."
"And you don't have to worry about getting wet on rainy days."
"It's a little better now that the weather is warmer in spring. If it were summer or winter, it would be very hard to set up a stall outside."
"When it's hot in the summer, people still like to go to places with stores to buy things, because it's very hot under the sun."
"It snows a lot in the winter, and when it snows heavily, it's difficult to walk."
"Last winter, I was selling pork. It snowed heavily in the afternoon, so I stayed overnight at a house in town. My parents were worried about me traveling in the heavy snow."
Lin Zhuzhu also really cares about Jiang Zhiluo.
Jiang Zhiluo was moved and said, "It is indeed much better to have a store."
"Sister Lin, do you know what the prices are like at the shops near the dock in town?"
Lin Zhuzhu said, "The shops around the dock, the ones with small fronts, cost over a hundred taels of silver, and the bigger ones cost at least two hundred taels of silver."
"I bought a small house in the north because the price here is high. Although it is a remote place, it is a house that can be lived in."
"This small house I bought is in a remote location and is quite small. I spent ninety-two taels of silver on it."
Upon hearing the price, Jiang Zhiluo had no choice but to put the purchase of the store on hold.
Although she now earns two or three taels of silver every day, building a house costs a lot, and buying medicinal herbs also costs money.
She didn't have much money, so she didn't dare to think about buying a house for the time being.
"The price is a bit high, let's wait a while."
I hope to buy a store before summer, so that doing business in the store won’t be so hard.
And if you want to expand your business, you really need a storefront.
Even if it's just a signboard.
After the house is built, I probably won’t have much money left to customize the furniture.
Cui Hejin and Old Madam Cui soon finished their medicine and needed to buy more.
Cui Hejin's health needs to be taken care of first before he can be completely cured.
And there are still some key medicinal materials that have not been purchased.
When I first asked Zhuang Xingan about this, he said that those herbs were difficult to find and uncommon.
Even so, Jiang Zhiluo will persist.
Xinglinguan has been closed recently. After finishing the medicine for Cui Hejin and Old Madam Cui, I don’t know where to buy more.
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhiluo asked, "By the way, do you know the latest news about Xinglin Pavilion?"
Lin Zhuzhu said, "I heard a customer mention when they came to buy pork that Xinglin Restaurant has been closed since the fire. However, I heard that Doctor Qiu is still there, so he might reopen Xinglin Restaurant somewhere else in a few days. The previous store was burned beyond recognition, and it will take time to renovate it."
In this way, Jiang Zhiluo felt relieved.
In this way, Jiang Zhiluo and Lin Zhuzhu talked while riding Lin Zhuzhu's ox cart to Linxi Village.
You have to walk a distance from the town, go up the hill and then down the hill to reach Linxi Village.
That means you have to climb over a mountain and be on the other side of the mountain.
It took the ox cart more than half an hour to reach Linxi Village.
Lin Zhuzhu knew that Jiang Zhiluo was in a hurry, and if she went back late she would have to go home in the dark.
So she first took Jiang Zhiluo to a thatched cottage at the back of the village, "This is Uncle Han's house."
Jiang Zhiluo looked at the simple thatched hut in front of her, which seemed to be crumbling in the wind, and her expression changed.
I thought the small fenced courtyard where they lived was quite simple, but compared with the thatched house in front of me, it was considered pretty good.
Seeing Jiang Zhiluo's shocked expression, Lin Zhuzhu explained, "When the weather is bad, like it's raining or snowing, Uncle Han and Big Brother Han will go live in the cave in the back."
"The conditions are quite simple anyway. Every household in Linxi Village is not well off, so there aren't many people who can help."
Lin Zhuzhu's parents often help Uncle Han and others.
But Uncle Han and the others don't like to accept help from others.
I feel like I don’t fit in with the villagers.
But her parents said that Uncle Han's family were all good people.
When the mountain was blocked by heavy snow, his father was trapped on the road and it was Uncle Han who rescued his father.
Lin Zhuzhu walked over gently, knocked on the rickety wooden door and said, "Uncle Han, are you home?"
"Uncle Han, Uncle Han?"
Lin Zhuzhu called a few times but no one answered.
Jiang Zhiluo asked, "Maybe he's not at home?"
Lin Zhuzhu said, "When Uncle Han is at home, he sometimes doesn't want to talk to people."
Just then, a young man in tattered linen came over carrying water.
He looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a tall and thin figure, slightly messy hair, cold and thin facial lines, and eyes like a lone wolf, with a naturally sharp feeling.
"My dad's not here!"
After saying that, he carried water into the house.
Not a single extra word.
Lin Zhuzhu seemed to have gotten used to this guy.
She didn't waste any words and said directly: "Brother Han, this is my friend Jiang Zhiluo. She wants to order a wooden jar."
When Han Bingce heard this, he put down the bottle of water and then turned around to look at Jiang Zhiluo.
The corners of his eyes twitched, and he looked cold and wild, and he looked like he was difficult to get along with.
Lin Zhuzhu was a little afraid when talking to him.
If she had known Uncle Han was not here, she would not have come here.
But Zhiluo came all the way here.
She was really worried that Zhiluo would not come again next time if he went back without even discussing business.
"Brother Han, Sister Jiang and I also do business. She's very nice and her food is delicious. Do you think we can talk about business?"
Han Bingce didn't say anything, just looked at Jiang Zhiluo.
Jiang Zhiluo curled the corners of her mouth. Although this man looked as lonely as a wolf, he understood that her words were the key.
She said directly: "I am in the chili con carne business, so I want to order some wooden jars. Here is the picture I drew, you can take a look."
“The dimensions are also marked on it.”
As she spoke, Jiang Zhiluo handed over the paper she had already drawn.
Han Bingce glanced at it calmly and said, "Okay."
"Price!"
Jiang Zhiluo understood what he meant and asked, "I wonder what your pricing is?"
Han Bingce said, "One penny each."
Jiang Zhiluo's expression changed. Is it really so cheap?
She looked at the man's fingers. They were long but seemed to have many knife scars.
Look at him again, he is barefoot and his pants seem to be a lot shorter.
Her expression changed, and she said, "One and a half cents each. I'll order a hundred large jars first. I'll use them first, and then I'll order more later if I need them."
As she spoke, Jiang Zhiluo took out one hundred and fifty coins from her pocket.
One and a half cents is considered cheap, and they are only two or three cents each on the market.
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