Once the contract is signed and fingerprints are affixed, if either party dares to breach it, they will face the authorities.
Back then, it wasn't just about losing money; you could also go to jail!
With the guarantee of the contract, both Huichuntang and Jiang Yue personally are protected.
"My surname is Zhao, and I am the owner of Huichuntang. You may address me as Madam Jiang."
Old Master Zhao carefully put away the contract, briefly introduced himself, and then asked:
Who is this?
"Old Zhao, this is my eldest son, Wu Daniu. He also has two other sons and a daughter at home."
As for the child's father, well, he died in battle years ago, so Da Niu didn't get much education and is a bit slow-witted. Please bear with him~
Jiang Yue introduced herself naturally, gesturing to Da Niu to quickly call for help.
Upon receiving his mother's signal, Wu Daniu stood ramrod straight and then bowed in greeting.
"Hello, Grandpa Zhao."
"His voice is loud and clear, and his momentum is like a rainbow. Da Niu is in good health. Madam Jiang will be able to enjoy a peaceful and happy life from now on."
When Old Master Zhao heard from Madam Jiang that her husband had died on the battlefield and that she was now a widow, he thought to himself, "It must be tough for a widow to raise several children."
"Boy, go and get the scales."
"Sigh~"
When the young apprentice heard his employer speak, he quickly went to get the scales.
Before coming, Jiang Yue had considered that fifty or sixty catties of honeysuckle would only amount to five or six catties after drying.
Converted to purchase price, it was between three hundred and three hundred and sixty copper coins.
As expected, the medicine boy weighed it and it was about five and a half pounds.
Old Master Zhao fiddled with the abacus and reported:
"Madam Jiang, there are a total of three hundred and thirty copper coins."
"Yes, I trust you. Here's the bill. I want to buy my things and go back to the village as soon as possible so I can take some people to pick honeysuckle."
Jiang Yue nodded, offering appropriate compliments and expressing her own thoughts.
Upon hearing this, Old Master Zhao's smile widened. He took out a key from his pocket, opened the drawer under the counter, counted out three hundred and thirty copper coins, and handed them over...
Seeing that things were going so smoothly, Jiang Yue felt relieved and put the coins into her pocket without even counting them.
However, there are too many copper coins, and they are quite heavy. Let's put them on Da Niu.
"Mr. Zhao, I wish you a prosperous business. I will come to deliver the goods in ten days!"
Before leaving, Jiang Yue made a bold promise: she was confident that she could deliver the goods within ten days of the one-month grace period granted by the other party!
"Hehehe~"
"Let's wait and see."
Old Master Zhao laughed, then gestured for the servant to see the guest out.
In the backyard, his old friend was waiting for him!
Three hundred and thirty copper coins! What a heavy weight!
This was the first time Wu Daniu had ever carried so much money; his eyes welled up with tears of excitement!
After they had walked quite a distance from Huichuntang, he excitedly said, his lips trembling:
"Mom, you're amazing!"
"Listen to your mother, and you'll get meat!"
Jiang Yue can be summed up in just six words: expressionless, utterly aloof!
Wu Daniu was taken aback, then he realized that this was the way to the butcher shop...
It's still the last pork stall, and it's still that same enthusiastic butcher.
Upon seeing Jiang Yue, the other party immediately smiled and welcomed the elderly woman!
"Boss, is the meat fresh today?"
Jiang Yue smiled and then asked about the price.
"Fresh, so fresh! If my shop weren't so far back, I would have sold out of meat long ago!"
The boss was gesturing with a meat-cutting knife in his right hand, which looked rather intimidating.
Worried that the other party might accidentally throw the knife, Wu Daniu quickly pulled his mother behind him to protect her.
Jiang Yue was very pleased to see this; Da Niu's awareness was beyond her expectations.
The shopkeeper awkwardly placed the knife upright on the cutting board and praised it sheepishly:
"Is this your son? Not bad, young lady. You've raised him well, unlike mine, who always talks back to me!"
"Yes, he's my eldest son, the pillar of our family."
Jiang Yue praised Da Niu generously, inadvertently making him blush.
Ahem, back to the main topic, let's buy meat!
"Boss, give me six pounds of pork belly."
"Okay, don't worry, I'll give you the same price as last time."
The boss grinned, and with a swift movement, he chopped off six pounds and one ounce. The extra was a free bonus.
Jiang Yue took the meat, held it by the straw rope, weighed it in her hand, and was quite satisfied.
"Big Bull, pay up."
"Why."
When Wu Daniu saw his mother buying meat without even blinking, he swallowed hard and thought to himself, "Mom really does what she says!"
Sixty copper coins.
The boss quoted a price, then pulled out a piece of pig offal from under the cutting board and asked:
"Young lady, we still have a serving of pig intestines today. If you want it, I'll give you a discount—just two copper coins. Do you want it?"
Jiang Yue smelled a foul odor and was about to shake her head when she suddenly remembered that her mother-in-law seemed to know how to deal with it. So she nodded and asked Da Niu to count out sixty-two copper coins.
"Okay, Mom."
Wu Daniu nodded, but he couldn't count; he could only count by tens of copper coins.
"No rush, count slowly."
Jiang Yue encouraged him, forgetting that Da Niu and Er Gou had never been to school, so counting was still a bit difficult for them.
First seek survival, then pursue education.
She'll take it one step at a time; the one thing she has plenty of right now is time.
The shopkeeper wasn't worried about the mother and son running away; after all, his shop wasn't doing much anyway. He happily watched the boy count his coins...
"Boss, please count, there are sixty copper coins."
Wu Daniu nervously handed the counted copper coins to the shopkeeper, his forehead covered in sweat.
"Young man, don't be nervous. If you count too little, I'll come back to you. If you count too much, I might not give it back to you."
The boss joked, but after carefully counting, the numbers did match, so he gave a thumbs up and praised him:
"Yes, that's right."
"Thanks."
Wu Daniu thanked her, then carefully put the remaining money in his pocket, turned to look at his mother with a proud expression...
The meat was placed in a bamboo basket, while the pig intestines were carried by Da Niu.
Jiang Yue couldn't stand that smell!
But there's no way around it, it's cheap!
We've bought the meat; we have everything else we need for the time being.
Jiang Yue and her son returned the way they came. There weren't many people on the road, so she taught her son arithmetic little by little.
One, two, three, four...
Count from one to one hundred.
Then there are modern, easy-to-understand number rhymes: One times one equals one, one times two equals two...
Wu Daniu studied diligently and quickly memorized the multiplication tables.
However, Jiang Yue did not intend to teach them all at once. Instead, she encouraged Da Niu to master the techniques and then pass them on to Er Gou and Cao Er.
As for Qingyun, she thought the academy should be able to teach her, right?
After returning home, Jiang Yue was so exhausted that she didn't want to move. She slumped into a chair and gasped for breath.
Damn it, not a single oxcart passed by on the road!
When she has money, she wants to buy a horse-drawn carriage, the kind that's even more luxurious than an oxcart!
"Mom, have some cool boiled water, I'll go and prepare the pig intestines."
Wu Daniu's stamina is still good; he doesn't seem tired even after walking so much.
When he got home, he saw that his mother was very tired, so he served her tea and took on chores for her.
"No, take the pig intestines to your grandma's house."
Jiang Yue shook her head, but this time she didn't plan to cut the meat to send to the old house; instead, she sent pig intestines...
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