At Jiang Yongwen's house, Ke Xin was sitting in the house warming herself by the fire, happily eating a roasted sweet potato in her hand.
As soon as Han Ruyue entered the room, she saw that the corners of her daughter-in-law's mouth were black from eating. She walked over with a smile and said, "Look at what you're eating. It's like you haven't eaten in a long time."
As he spoke, he sat down next to Ke Xin. Just as he finished, a long, baked sweet potato appeared in front of him: "Mom, this is freshly baked. It's fragrant, sweet and soft. Try it. I'm not lying to you."
Han Ruyue originally didn't want to eat it, but seeing her licking her lips, it seemed that this thing was delicious. But then again, she had eaten roasted sweet potatoes before, but none of them were as sweet and sticky as she described.
In order not to disappoint her daughter-in-law, she took it and peeled off the skin. The baked sugar juice was sticky on her hands. The dark yellow flesh was indeed a little different from the previous sweet potatoes. When she took a bite, it was just as she said.
"So sweet! This sweet potato tastes different from the ones I've had before!"
No wonder my daughter-in-law said this thing is delicious, it is true. It seems that things from the countryside are really nourishing.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were almost full. Ke Xin grilled a few more and then wiped her mouth. "Mom, Feiyang doesn't plan to return to the mansion to recuperate, but to continue living in the village. This is to make it easier for those who want to spy on his condition to take action."
Han Ruyue pondered her daughter-in-law's words and felt that they made a lot of sense. Besides, there were many gossipy people in this village, so any little thing would spread easily, unlike the maids and guards in the mansion.
This makes it very convenient for spies to gather intelligence, and it also makes it easier for them to believe.
"That's fine, but...I'm bound to disturb your parents."
Ke Xin smiled and shook her head: "I didn't disturb them. Look, my parents are still working."
Not only that, now that Haitang is in the kitchen helping with cooking, my mother's life is a lot easier. Besides, there are many people in the family, so it only takes a few more pairs of chopsticks for a meal.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking in whispers when the cotton door curtain was opened. Jiang Fu walked in with a cold body, covering his ears. He walked to the clay stove and stretched out his hands to warm himself by the fire.
He turned around and asked Kexin with a smile: "Dad stopped me when I came back. He said you had something to talk to me about!"
"Well, let's not make dried sausage today. Let's make sausage instead."
Jiang Fu was stunned: "Why?"
Ke Xin: "Sausages can be sold right after they are made, so the return on investment is quick. Air-dried sausages must be sun-dried before they can be sold, which takes a long time."
After hearing this answer, Jiang Fu understood Jiuer's idea: "Okay, then let's start making sausages. Let's make the one that will pay back the fastest!"
"Brother Fu, this is what I think. Some people make dried sausages, and some make sausages. Although dried sausages take longer to recoup, they are more expensive, while sausages recoup faster but are cheaper. Overall, both types of sausages are profitable."
After Ke Xin finished speaking, Jiang Fu laughed and said, "As long as it makes money, do it. If your money doesn't make up the difference, your brothers will help you out."
As he spoke, he slapped his gray cotton-padded jacket hard, and the smile on his face stopped. Han Ruyue saw how happy he was, and he worked happily all day long, and never got angry.
She picked up a baked sweet potato and handed it to Jiang Fu: "My family doesn't have much, but we have a lot of money. Haha, eat it quickly, it's sweet!"
"Hey, thank you, Auntie." Jiang Fu took the sweet potato and didn't care whether it was sweet or not. Instead, he asked Ke Xin, "I bought almost all the meat in town today. It's only 4,000 kilograms of meat. Zhu Rourong said he would send me five more pigs this afternoon, so we can have a total of 5,000 kilograms of meat."
"So should we make both sausages, or half air-dried sausage and half sausages?"
After Jiang Fu finished speaking, he took a bite of the roasted sweet potato and looked at it in surprise. It was so sweet and really delicious!
"Do half the same!"
After Ke Xin finished giving her instructions, she dragged Jiang Fu back to her kitchen and began to teach him how to make the sausages. As long as the proportions were right, everything else would be fine.
"Do you understand?"
Jiang Fu nodded his chin: "I understand, this is similar to the air-dried stuff, but with more sweet potato flour."
Salt, sugar and spices are always present.
Outside the yard, Ge Shuzhen and Jiang Yongtian took their brothers to pick all the dried sausages and weigh them one by one. After drying for two days to remove some moisture and some pork waste from the more than 6,000 kilograms of meat, there were still more than 6,400 kilograms left out of the 6,500 kilograms.
Shopkeeper Fang immediately started to calculate the accounts, and the abacus made a loud noise.
Ke Xin: "One catty can produce six taels of dried sausage. Six thousand four hundred catties of fresh meat can produce three thousand eight hundred catties. One tael per catty, just give me three thousand eight hundred catties!"
After Shopkeeper Fang finished the calculation and confirmed the weight, he asked curiously, "Madam, how did you calculate it? How come you can calculate it faster than me, a shopkeeper with decades of experience?"
Ke Xin smiled mysteriously: "It's a secret, don't tell anyone else!"
After saying that, he stretched out his hand towards him: "Three thousand eight hundred silver notes, forty taels of silver."
Shopkeeper Fang also spread out his hands: "I only knew that I came here to transport goods, but I didn't know if I came to buy these things. I didn't bring any banknotes."
He then said flatteringly, "I'm delivering it to Madam this afternoon. I'm also picking up a thousand kilograms of pickled cabbage. This pickled cabbage is very popular in the provincial capital. The restaurants in the capital know about it, and they're urging me to deliver it to them!"
Ke Xin withdrew her hand awkwardly. She had never thought that a big boss would go out without a banknote. It was her fault for not notifying her in advance. It was her own money anyway, so it didn't matter.
"Okay, I'll say a few good words for you to Feiyang."
Fang Yaozu happily bowed and said, "Thank you, Madam!"
The conversation between the two shocked the people working beside them, especially Jiang Fu. The cost of these meats was only one hundred taels, but now they were sold for thousands of taels. He felt it was incredible and even couldn't believe it.
Ge Shuzhen sighed and whispered to Jiang Yongtian, "This is faster than robbing money."
"Five thousand kilograms of fresh meat only costs fifty taels of silver, and it can be sold for several thousand in a blink of an eye..."
After hearing this, Ke Xin defended herself: "Mom, this isn't just meat. There's also salt, sugar, soy sauce... and those don't count. Then do you know how much five-spice powder I used? One pound of five-spice powder costs five taels of silver..."
After hearing this, Ge Shuzhen no longer felt that she was robbing him. She immediately chased after Ke Xin and asked, "How much five-spice powder did you use on this meat? Did you lose money selling it?"
satisfying:....
Was she a fool in her mother's eyes? Even if the partner was her husband, she still had to earn the money she deserved.
At noon, there were too many hired people in the house, more than a hundred people were eating, and my second aunt brought a few women to cook a big pot of dishes and steamed buns made of three-grain flour.
But the meat in the big pot is all pig offal. It is not only oily but also filling. As long as you can eat it, you can eat until you are full. However, the villagers work even harder, and the kitchen knives can produce sparks and lightning when they swing them.
In the afternoon, the shopkeeper came to deliver some banknotes and happened to meet Zhu Rourong who was delivering some meat at the village entrance. The two had been working together for a long time, and as soon as they met, they greeted each other with a smile and walked towards the Jiang family.
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