An Shuyi took the money. "Tomorrow, Mr. Chen will bring some things to hold ice. We'll take our leave now."
Mr. Chen nodded and saw them to the door. "Alright, I'll have my servants take the things with them. Take care, ladies."
An Shuyi and Xia Hua led their people away, but they hadn't gone far when they were stopped. There were quite a few people blocking their way. Before the two could even speak, Lin Changnian and the others picked up their baskets and some even grabbed wooden basins, glaring menacingly at the people.
Seeing their reaction, one of the people on the other side quickly stepped forward and said, "Don't be nervous, we're not here to fight. We're here to ask if we have any more ice. They're all here to buy ice." He pointed to the people next to him, and they nodded in agreement.
Upon hearing that they had come to buy ice, Lin Changnian and the others put the items behind them and stepped back.
An Shuyi stepped forward and said, "We're out of ice for today. If you want some, go to Taoyuan Village to buy some tomorrow. Ice blocks the size of this wooden basin cost three taels of silver each. If you want some, come here and register."
The first man to speak walked over and said, "Madam, I am the steward of the Liu family. Our Liu family needs twenty dollars."
"Our Ma family also charges twenty dollars. Please remember that, Madam."
"And our Zhao family's place also costs twenty yuan."
An Shuyi nodded, took out a piece of paper and a piece of charred firewood from her sleeve, and wrote down the amount of ice they wanted.
She was in charge of registering and recording, and Xia Hua told those who bought ice where to pick up the ice. After she finished speaking, An Shuyi had also memorized everything.
After those people left, Xia Hua said, "Shu Shu, it seems we need to have the blacksmith make some ice-making molds for us first, and then go back and tell the clansmen to speed things up and build the ice-making workshop as soon as possible."
With ice selling so well now, I believe it won't be long before they'll be able to earn the money to build their houses.
An Shuyi nodded, "Then let's go find a blacksmith now and make a few more." Although iron is expensive in this world, it's not like we can't afford to make them.
If they visit a few more places and spread out, they can still finish the job quickly. "Changnian, take them to the city gate and wait for us. We're going to order some things."
Lin Changnian nodded, "Okay, sisters-in-law, please be careful." After saying that, he led them to the city gate.
An Shuyi and her companion went to find a blacksmith, practically searching every blacksmith in Jinnan City. They explained the mold they wanted, paid a deposit, and then left.
"Huahua, let's go buy a box and take out the copper coins."
Xia Hua nodded and went with her to the furniture store. They bought two boxes, one large and one small. They put copper coins into the large box before going to the city gate to meet up with Lin Changnian and the others.
Seeing them come over, Lin Changnian helped them carry the boxes, but they were too heavy, so he had to call Lin Changqing over to help him carry them. "Sisters-in-law, what did you buy? Why are they so heavy?"
"You'll find out when we get back, let's go!" An Shuyi said, walking ahead with Xia Hua.
"Shushu, it seems the villagers of Xinglin Village are quite capable. It hasn't been long, and a section of the road has already been dug. It looks like it won't be long before the road is finished." There is a small path leading down from the main road to the entrance of their village, and half of it has already been dug.
There are trees all around, and it would take more than ten minutes to walk from here to the village entrance, but they have already dug half of it. I have to say, they are really fast.
An Shuyi laughed and said, "You don't even know how many people there are. If there are really two hundred people, then fifty people will be used for building the wall, fifty people will be used for breaking stones, and there will be a hundred people digging the road here. Of course, the speed will be fast."
It seems they need to find a chance to get the cement and sand out so they can build the wall without using glutinous rice and clay.
The villagers smiled at them, but quickly went back to digging the road. An Shuyi told them to come to the village entrance at 5 pm to collect their wages before they went back.
When we arrived at the village entrance, there were villagers digging the foundation for building a wall. It seemed that the foundation would be completed by tomorrow. There were also piles of blue bricks and stones next to it, and we could see villagers carrying stones over in the distance.
When they arrived at the village, Village Chief Lin was directing the villagers to dig foundations for the workshops. Xia Hua told An Shuyi and then went to find Village Chief Lin to help her measure the foundations.
They plan to build the workshops on both sides of the road, two workshops on each side. The location was decided last night. Now she needs to measure the houses. Since they plan to build them all the same, they should all be arranged in rows, with a space in the middle where they can chat.
After the measurements were taken, Xia Hua looked at Village Chief Lin and asked, "Wood, have you measured how much land there is in this village? How much will each person get?"
Village Chief Lin pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket. “Sister-in-law, after removing the area where the houses were built, there are still more than 260 mu of land. I didn’t record those corners. We have 241 people, and each person can have one mu of land.”
"Leave the rest next to the workshop. This way, there will be more space, and we can even build another workshop."
In fact, according to his measurements, even after deducting the area for building houses, there were still more than 300 mu of land. But he didn't expect that his sister-in-law would build such a big house, and that he would leave space next to the house and the workshop.
Xia Hua nodded, "Okay, since you've already measured it out, tomorrow we'll call one person from each family to divide the land, one mu per person, and the extra land can stay at the workshop. We'll try to divide the land together so it's easier to work and easier to identify each other."
"I understand, sister-in-law. I'll talk to them tonight and we'll go allocate the land tomorrow."
"Okay, let's go back and eat!"
She was measuring the foundation here. Seeing that it was getting late, An Shuyi took her eldest and second eldest sons to distribute wages to the villagers. Although some of the clansmen were also building workshops, they didn't need to be paid now.
They opened the box containing the copper coins, took out a smaller box, filled it with copper coins, had the eldest brother carry it, and headed towards the village entrance, where the villagers were already waiting, and clansmen followed behind to join in the fun.
An Shuyi opened the box and said, "Now I'm giving you your wages for today, twenty-five coins each. Line up in two rows." After saying that, she had her two sons count out the coins for the villagers.
The villagers of Xinglin Village had been worried since they arrived in the morning, wondering if they would receive enough money. They were filled with anxiety, but now that they were actually receiving their wages, they were all happily discussing it with the people around them.
Meanwhile, the Lin clan members who were watching the commotion from behind, seeing that they were too busy to handle everything, also helped count the copper coins and handed them to the eldest and second eldest sons.
After all the coins were distributed, there were still half a box of copper coins left. All the copper coins in that box came from the trading system. She could have as many as she wanted, as long as the trading system had silver.
Although a large box of copper coins looks like a lot, it doesn't amount to much silver when converted into silver.
"Now that you've received your wages, go home early and come back to work tomorrow morning."
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