Chapter 135 Lin Family Mistakes
He finished the bowl of beef noodles, took the silver that Lin Jingyao had left on the table, paid the waiter and left.
Although she had eaten, the two dogs at home were still hungry.
Song Yuntang shook the eighty-eight cents in change in his hand. It was unexpected money after all. He curled the corners of his lips and walked towards East Street without hesitation.
I bought two pork shanks with pork on them for twelve cents. The uncle selling pork chopped them into two pieces. I also bought three pounds of pork belly for sixty-four cents. I planned to go back and make a portion of braised pork. I would eat some myself and take the rest to the farm to improve the meals for the people working there. I also collected the pig offal from the stall today.
Although I have never made it in my previous life, I have eaten it. The key point is that this thing is cheap. Pig stomach, large intestine and small intestine, such a whole pile only costs ten cents.
At this point, there were only two cents left out of the eighty-eight cents in my hand.
She went to the spice shop again and used her last two cents to buy two taels of spice from the shopkeeper. On the way home, she also bought some medicinal materials to prepare the medicine film for Song Mazi.
When he got home, he saw Mu Dong and Song Jinsheng waiting at the door. On the threshold of the gate were piled bamboo jars that Song Jinsheng brought from the farm.
"Miss Song, you're finally back." Mu Dong said anxiously.
Song Jinsheng also looked her up and down anxiously, "Tang'er, where have you been so early in the morning?"
"I went to buy some meat and herbs, planning to improve the food for everyone." Song Yuntang stepped forward, took the key from his belt and handed it to Mu Dong, asking him to open the door. "Why didn't Mu Dong go to the shop with Mu Qiu this morning?"
"Did you forget, young lady? Today is the day we set for the pills to be put on the shelves. I came this morning, but you were not at home. As soon as the shop opened, someone came to inquire about it. I could only ask them to wait and I would come back to get it."
Mu Dong said this, opened the gate, and moved the bamboo jar in with Song Jinsheng.
"Oh! I almost forgot."
Song Yuntang walked in, put the pork on the stove in the kitchen, and then hurried into the house to take out the pills she had prepared and arranged in a basket two days ago.
The Lin family is also used to getting in the way.
She had remembered this incident.
The Lin family called her over early in the morning, and this interruption made her forget such an important matter.
Mu Dong took the pills and went to the shop.
Song Jinsheng looked down at the two dogs at his feet that were tearing at his trouser legs. "Tang'er, didn't you feed the dogs this morning? Look how hungry these two little things are."
He then picked up the two dogs and walked to the water tank, where he gave them some water to drink.
Song Yuntang smiled, cut a small piece of meat and a handful of rice and cooked them in the pot.
"I was delayed by something this morning, so I ate outside. Second brother, help me fill the big pot with water. I'll boil some medicine first, and then cook the bones and braised pork. I'll give some to Mu Dong and Mu Qiu, and take the rest to the farm to eat."
"good."
Seeing that there was not much water in the tank, Song Jinsheng went to Mu Dong's house to borrow a bucket. He first carried two buckets of water to fill the big pot, and then carried four more buckets of water to fill the water tank.
After returning the bucket, he started to boil medicine for Song Yuntang.
Song Yuntang was grinding the medicine film powder for Song Mazi under the eaves.
"Tang'er, why didn't Xu Qingye come today? Is he exhausted from running around every day?" Song Jinsheng asked in the kitchen. Although he looked calm, he was still a little worried.
After all, Song Yuntang is about to marry Xu Qingye.
In the future, Xu Qingye's physical condition will, to a certain extent, determine whether his sister's marriage will be happy.
Song Yuntang said as he ground the herbs, "I'm worried that his body won't be able to handle it, so I told him to rest at home for a few days."
Song Jinsheng breathed a sigh of relief and smiled faintly, "When did my sister become so considerate?"
Song Yuntang looked towards the kitchen.
"I'm not considerate to my second brother?"
Song Jinsheng laughed, "Of course that's considerate."
She bought him clothes and bedding and gave him pocket money. He had never met anyone more considerate than his sister.
"Second brother, when the big pot gets cold, let's move the pot and some of the herbs to the farm. I'll sort the herbs by pot, so you don't have to run back and forth every day. I can also go over there to help every day."
Song Jinsheng nodded, "Okay, the yard has been repaired, and the broken tiles on the roof have been replaced for hundreds of dollars. Do you want to level the ground? I think my sister is a particular person, and I'm afraid you won't be used to the muddy ground."
Song Yuntang stopped what he was doing.
"Where did you get the money to buy tiles, brother?"
"I bought the tiles you gave me the day before yesterday and replaced them yesterday afternoon. They look really good after that." Song Jinsheng said with a smile.
"If you need anything on the farm, you must remember to tell me. The pocket money I give you is for you to spend on yourself. What's the point of buying tiles for me?"
As Song Yuntang spoke, he took out another five taels of silver from the room and gave them to Song Jinsheng.
"Brother, take this money first. It will cost money to repair the house and lay bricks on the ground. There is also money to pay the workers' wages for the next few days, the materials for the mountain enclosure, and the deposit for buying yam seeds."
Song Jinsheng took it.
"I asked about the yam seeds for you. Dongming Village will have a good harvest in September. Wu Wei said that no deposit is required. After the harvest, he will send you two loads of good quality yam seeds."
I'm afraid two loads of yam seeds won't be enough to grow crops on two acres of land.
"Did he tell me how much one load costs? Two loads are definitely not enough." Song Yuntang asked.
Song Jinsheng was shocked. "Are you going to plant a lot? The yam seeds are not cheap. Wu Wei said that merchants outside buy yam for one tael and eight or nine qian of silver per load. If you want, he can give you a discount and sell it at a cost of one tael and five qian."
Song Yuntang thought for a moment and said, "There are thirteen acres of dry land on the farm. We should plant at least seven or eight acres. You can temporarily agree on four loads of land with him."
"If we pay the full cost of one tael and five cents of silver, I'm afraid they may not agree. After all, their family has worked hard for a year just for this good harvest. Last time I heard him say that the harvest this year is not very good, and they can only produce eight or nine dan of yam from their two acres of land." Song Jinsheng said.
Hearing this, Song Yuntang raised his eyebrows, not knowing whether it was a problem with the planting method or the soil? Or is it a problem with the yam species?
She knew a lot about the medicinal fields in her previous life. Among all the medicinal materials, yam has the highest yield.
To a certain extent, it is even not lower than the grain output.
She continued to grind the herbs in her hand. "We can buy the extra ones at the market price. After all, we only need to buy seeds this time. We can keep them for future use. The rest is all profit."
If the climate is suitable, the yield of yam planted in summer and autumn can be almost twice that of spring planting. If you plant eight or nine acres of land, it should not be a problem to make a hundred taels of profit even if you sell it to medicinal herb dealers.
By then, we can raise chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep on the farm, and the problem of fertilizer will be solved.
It just requires some labor costs and time costs.
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