Chapter 195: Planning for the Next Few Days
When Shen Qing and his group came over, they saw that the crowds were completely silent, with only the occasional sound of a donkey.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she asked, "How are the astragalus sales?"
Could it be that the fat shopkeeper lowered the price too much, so everyone is not very happy?
She pressed on, "Did the fat shopkeeper try to lower the price?"
Hearing Shen Qing's voice, the crowd all turned towards her, and those who were closer shouted in surprise: "Auntie, you are really our savior!"
I have saved them more than once!
"He is more than a savior. Our better life is all thanks to Shen Qing!" Granny Qin said happily.
She has lived to this age and has never seen the good life she has today. In the past, she could not even imagine it!
Thanks to Shen Qing for not keeping anything to herself, if she had any selfish motives and didn't tell them or wanted to go, they would have given it to her as a tree root without hesitation. But she not only told them but also let them plant it.
There will be a large sum of money coming in every two years!
Shen Qing: .....It seems that it has been sold.
"Auntie, look at the chickens, ducks, geese, and food we bought!"
"I also bought a sheep. I'll send you the lamb legs to make mutton soup in winter!"
"I also bought a lamb. I'll give you a lamb leg to roast and eat in the winter!"
"I'll give you a goose, and we'll try it in an iron pot."
"Then I'll give you three ducks."
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Shen Qing: .....She just hopes that everyone can raise the animals together and pay for them when they are slaughtered. She doesn’t think of taking advantage of them for free.
"It's fine if you sell it. My land over there is bigger and I can dig more. You don't have to give it to me. You can keep it for yourselves."
"It's not a matter of whether the land is big or not. Even if the whole land belongs to us, it's useless if we don't recognize it! Isn't it just like burning tree roots?"
"Auntie, these are all our thoughts!"
"right!"
Finally, it was Master Jiang who stepped in to suppress the noise, and the heat wave finally stopped.
Shen Qing changed the subject and said, "Let me see what you bought."
The crowd immediately made way for them, and Shen Qing and his family walked smoothly to the front of the vehicle.
The cart was filled with chickens, ducks, geese, food, and a few lambs, and he was very satisfied.
When I was chatting at home this morning, I thought that people would not buy sheep so soon, but I didn’t expect that some people had already started buying them. This is just the income from the first batch, and there will be at least two or three more batches to sell.
More livestock will definitely be bought then.
Xie Qingshan looked around at his companions, and after everyone nodded, he stepped forward and announced, "We discussed this on the way back. The latest batch will take two days to completely dry. On the third day, all the strong men will go out, driving a lot of vehicles, and buy all the food and necessary items on the way back.
Over the next two days, we'll make adobe bricks and cut down trees to build the watchtower and the suspension bridge. Each household will also contribute money according to the number of people in the household. Next time we go to the city to buy chains, anyone who doesn't want to can ask for more."
In the past, people didn't have much money, so it was naturally difficult to say. But now every household has income from selling astragalus, and the land for growing astragalus is distributed equally among the people, so it is also fair to distribute the money equally among the people.
Before the others could react, Mr. Jiang Er had already spoken: "Did you encounter any danger when you entered the city?"
The people in the village realized belatedly that, yes, if they were not in danger, why didn’t they reclaim the wasteland or build houses, but instead rushed to build a watchtower and a suspension bridge!
Everyone's heart was lifted and they all looked at Xie Qingshan.
Xie Qingshan frowned, and Feng Meng spoke first: "The victims are pouring into Jincheng! The place where we settled is so crowded that we can't even walk on the road!"
Fortunately they arrived early.
"There will definitely be more disaster victims coming later. We carried so much stuff today, and I'm scared by all those people staring at us. Won't it be even more dangerous next time?"
"I'm afraid they'll follow us. Besides, if they see we have so much food, will they come after us?"
"Let's take precautions first!"
Before he could finish, the heads of each household had already voted: "I'll give two taels of silver. If it's not enough, I'll make up for it!"
"I'll give two taels too."
"I'll follow Erliang."
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He made more than ten taels of silver the first time, which was enough to buy two thousand kilograms of corn with eight taels of silver. These two thousand kilograms of grain were enough for the family to eat until the next year's harvest.
He took care of the remaining silver, oil, salt, cloth, chickens, ducks and geese.
The remaining astragalus at home could be sold for thirty taels without any problem. Oh, what's two taels of silver? They are so rich now!
Go out, go out, without any protection, no matter how much money you have, it will belong to others!
Safety is the most important!
Jiang Datao shouted, "No need for now. Why would a few chains cost so much money? My brother-in-law said that my family should pay the money first, and when we get back, we can distribute it to each family according to the number of people. Then each family can just pay their share."
Every household has no objection, and this really saves a lot of trouble.
None of them are the kind of people who default on their debts. Not to mention that they have money now, even in the past when they were in Qili Village, they would always do what they promised unless they disagreed.
Seeing that everyone was gathered, Mr. Jiang Er took the opportunity to repeat his previous proposal: "With this large amount of income, have any of your families considered using the tiles?"
When asked this question, several families nodded.
Others who had not had time to consider it also nodded after hearing it.
With income, you won't be hungry anymore. The problem of "fullness" is solved, and who doesn't want to be "warm"?
Boss Zhao mentioned, "The young men here do the hard labor of making adobe bricks and felling trees, but we old bones can drive carts and carry bricks and tiles. How about we start carrying bricks and tiles tomorrow?"
Originally, the family's savings could be used to finance the tiles, but then the house would be empty, and if there was a headache or an unexpected situation, we would have to go into debt. However, just with today's income, we were able to buy food and chickens, ducks, and geese, which greatly alleviated the pressure on money!
Now that I have more freedom in my hands, of course I can buy bricks and tiles.
A house with tiles, that is the good house they have been longing for for most of their lives - they couldn't even dream of a brick and tile house.
Even if the remaining astragalus can be sold for around thirty taels of silver, a three-room brick and tile house would cost at least twenty taels of silver. There are many of them, so they would need at least seven or eight rooms. How much silver would that cost?
What’s more, the 40 or 50 taels of profit from selling Astragalus also includes next year’s harvest!
This means that they will have no income from selling astragalus next year, so they have to spend what they should spend and save what they should save.
Everything that needed to be said was said, and a consensus was reached on what needed to be done. Each family happily carried their own things back home.
Shen Qing went to see Mr. Jiang Erye.
Mr. Jiang knew that this person had something to say to him, so he deliberately stopped at the end of the crowd and asked, "What is it?"
Shen Qing organized his words and whispered, "Second Uncle, I think there is astragalus in this open space, so there must be some on the mountain, but..."
Master Jiang listened patiently.
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