Chapter 68 What should other families in the village do?
After finishing the two things that took a long time and needed to be ordered in advance, Shen Qing went to the cloth shop again and bought some three-layer and six-layer gauze, putting them into the bamboo basket on his back.
After selling the second batch of brushes, Xiangnan and Xiangbei were less and less interested in fishing and catching shrimp. Because of Jiang Yu's matter yesterday, they didn't go to set the traps, so she didn't need to carry a bucket to "sell eels" today, so she carried a bamboo basket.
Earning money is important, but the income from the mall cannot be lost. However, it is also important for the third and fourth sisters to turn their energy to making brushes. Now that she has money and food, she can definitely think of other ways...
Before going back, Shen Qing went into the pastry shop.
Date paste pastry with rich jujube fragrance, sweet and soft osmanthus cake, soft and glutinous chestnut cake, sweet and sour appetizing hawthorn pot cake, fragrant mung bean cake, osmanthus lotus seed cake, sweet and crispy walnut cake...
Shen Qing waved his hand generously and bought several packs each. Looking at the pastry boy carefully wrapping them tightly with oil paper, he thought in his mind that since he would be slow and late in cooking on the road, he could use some to fill his stomach first.
She didn't even dare to think about storing it when she didn't have a storage cabinet, because even if the oil paper is waterproof, the air is humid in the summer, especially when it rains, and she is afraid that the things will get moldy in a few days, and even if she stores them, they won't last long.
Now we have a storage cabinet that can be used to store whatever you want and take out whatever you want. Even if it is not big, for pastries, which only need to be eaten occasionally or in emergencies, one cubic meter is enough to stock up.
If it’s not enough, we’ll try to find a way to replenish it along the way.
The lockers are useful, but there are other more important things that need to be put away.
It would be great if we could give a few more rewards... But we still have to be pragmatic and work diligently to prepare.
As soon as she returned to Qili Village, she went to Mr. Jiang's house to discuss things.
Mr. Jiang was wiping the big knife he usually used when escorting goods. When he heard Jiang Ying say that Shen Qing had arrived, he put away the knife and walked out.
Shen Qing sat on the chair that Zhou Yan had brought to the yard, opposite him were Mr. Jiang and Jiang Ying.
The large yard was packed with all kinds of things, but the messy look gave people a sense of security.
Jiang Ying said joyfully, "I took the two or three pounds you made yesterday to the city to test them at candy shops, pastry shops, grocery stores, and so on, and the least I could get was about ten pounds!
But we didn’t dare to do it in large quantities before. The wheat we distributed was far from enough, so we can only supply a small amount at the moment. The earliest we can get a large quantity is five days away.”
Regardless, being able to sell it is a good start!
When Shen Qing heard that many merchants had placed orders, he was very happy for them.
There is still more than a month until June. Time is running out, and every extra penny we can earn in this month counts.
Jiang Ying looked around and saw no one was around, so she lowered her voice and said, "After I came back, I went to Guan the carpenter's house and ordered two carts. Together with the two at home, if a flood really comes, it will be enough for our family. If not, everyone can carry some on their backs.
But I'm worried about my third and fifth uncles' families. They only have one cart right now. As the saying goes, even a broken boat still has three pounds of nails. How can one cart be enough for a family of more than 20 people?"
"Don't worry about Uncle San's family. They sell tofu in two places. They originally borrowed it from your family to use first. After they make money, they will definitely buy more. It is convenient to use it at home.
It's just that Uncle Wu's family doesn't need to go into the city to sell, so all they need to do is focus on their work. I'm afraid they won't order more carts," Shen Qing analyzed.
Jiang Yang thought for a moment and said, "No problem. I'll talk to Lao Wu and ask them to prepare an extra cart."
Then he continued, "With your help, our Jiang family has a way to make money, so I'm not worried.
It's just that the other people in the village, Feng and Qin, have the polishing work you provide, which can earn them fifty coins a day. With this income, even if they don't eat well, they won't go hungry.
The Wang and Zhang families are at odds with you, and I'm also disappointed by Xiaoyu's situation. Let's just be polite from now on, but what should we do about the Zhao and Hong families? "
When they were in Shili Village, not only did Zhao Hong and his two families go there, but he was also a hardworking person in his daily life. As the village chief, he didn't want to abandon them.
And then there's the Guan family. They're certainly well-off, but the three of them are old, weak, and disabled. Traveling alone, they're like a lone fat sheep, ready to be devoured. They need to follow the village group, but Xiaoshan isn't very mobile, and Guan Li and Xiangxi don't know...
Although Shen Qinglai's purpose was not to help the Zhao and Hong families, what Mr. Jiang proposed was exactly the purpose of her trip!
She suppressed her excitement and said, "The wheat harvest is only twenty days away. Everyone in my family is very busy right now. If we could spare some people to harvest the dozen acres of land, the money we could earn from selling the wheat would be far less than what we could earn from making brushes."
Harvesting during the busy farming season is a very tiring, hard and dirty job. By then everyone in the family will probably be so tired that they will lose a lot of weight.
Jiang Yang and Jiang Ying looked at Shen Qing at the same time, thinking that she wanted to ask the Zhao and Hong families for help in harvesting wheat.
Unexpectedly, Shen Qing changed the subject and said, "I remember that these two families would fish, catch shrimps, and fish eels and loaches. I have a supply shop for eels and shrimps, so it would be a pity to lose them.
We really don't have the manpower to harvest the wheat, so I thought of asking them to trade eels, loaches, fish, shrimp, etc. for wheat, but then they'll need to go to the fields and harvest it themselves. Second Uncle Yingzi, do you two think this is feasible?"
After the wheat is harvested, it needs to be threshed and dried. Before eating, it needs to be shelled and ground into powder. The food in the mall is especially cheap, good and has a wide variety. My family now eats food bought from the mall. We exchange fish, shrimp and eels for wheat that has not yet been harvested. The money from the sales is used to buy food directly from the mall. It is really killing two birds with one stone.
Jiang Yang and Jiang Ying opened their mouths, wanting to say something was wrong but also feeling that there was nothing wrong.
Yes, by doing this, Shen Qing's family doesn't have to spare any labor to rush to harvest, and the Zhao and Hong families will not refuse to exchange the unsold fish, shrimp and eels for food. For farmers, fields and food are their life, so who would complain about having too much?
Then he thought that this was exactly the case, and Shen Qing's idea seemed different. Others were reluctant to exchange their own food no matter how tired they were. As a farmer, Shen Qing could do this entirely for the sake of the village!
Jiang Ying thought about it and realized that Shen Qing was helping the people who had gone to Shili Village to help that day. She was repaying their debt of gratitude...
"Besides that, I also want to collect some dried vegetables and wild vegetables in the village, such as purslane, water spinach, pickled mustard greens, dried fish, etc.
You can see the situation at my house. Bing can't go out to enjoy the fresh air, Xiaoyu has difficulty walking, and Xiaoshui is in charge of important tasks and can't leave. Currently, we have to find time to dig wild vegetables at home and eat them sparingly.
I'm thinking that the Zhao and Hong families could send me some wild vegetables every day. We can eat fresh ones, and there's no limit on the weight of dried vegetables. That way, they can dig up as much as they can and make dried vegetables and still sell them to me. How do you think?"
Preserved mustard greens can be used to make preserved mustard greens pork and preserved mustard greens pancakes. Other preserved vegetables are also delicious when steamed or stewed with fatty meat in winter.
Jiang Ying: .....It's confirmed, Shen Qing is repaying Xiaoyu's debt of gratitude!
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