Xia Hua said, "As long as you work hard, you won't be short of money. Even if it's only one hundred taels, you can take half and we'll still have half. But what if it's one thousand taels or ten thousand taels? Hurry up and eat. Tonight, everyone except those who make ice should get some rest."
"The land has now been cultivated. Tomorrow, Mu Tou will take people to the city to buy seeds. However, each family should reserve some land to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes. You have all eaten potatoes and sweet potatoes before. They are not only high-yielding but also filling. Each family should plant a little bit."
If possible, she would like to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes on all the land, and then plant peanuts and beans on the rest. She would also use one acre of land to grow vegetables, since there is still the locust plague. Although she doesn't know when it will come, at least she can be prepared. If she plants rice, she might end up with nothing.
Village Chief Lin nodded, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'll have them set aside two mu to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes, and some vegetables." The smallest family in the village has five or six mu of land, and the largest is the clan chief's family, which has twenty mu. Because the clan chief is still alive, his two cousins haven't divided the family property, which is why they have so much land.
Their clan now has more than two hundred members, and this number will continue to grow. He has also reserved some open space for building houses, so that even if some clan members split up in the future, there will be no shortage of places to build houses.
Xia Hua nodded, "You can arrange these. Da Wa, go and get the money and account books from selling ice these past few days."
The eldest son finished his rice and put the bowl down, saying, "Okay, Auntie."
"Although it's only been less than ten days, you need to buy seeds tomorrow, so let's divide up the money we've earned these past few days." Xia Hua took the ledger and looked it over. "Although we've only been selling ice for five days, everyone knows that ice sells well. We already have 3,100 taels."
"We started dividing it up. As we had agreed, each family would contribute two people, but because that wasn't enough, we added a few more, making a total of sixty people. We divided it up for each family first, and then we divided it up for the extra people."
"One person from each family can come out to lead them. I won't read out their names; they can come up themselves."
An Shuyi was responsible for taking out the silver, thirty-one taels for each family, and after everyone had received their share, the rest would be theirs.
“Sister-in-law, isn’t this too much?” Village Chief Lin said again. If there were only one hundred taels, each family would take one tael, which would be twenty-five taels. If we also count the ten extra people, would the sisters-in-law still have anything to earn?
The other clansmen also looked at the silver in their hands. Some clansmen had more than sixty taels, and that was only for five days. If this were distributed over several months, how much would they have?
Xia Hua nodded, "There are quite a lot. Since you know there are a lot, hurry up and make ice. Starting tonight, each family only needs to send two people, and the rest can be assigned to other workshops."
Fortunately, children of half-grown age can make clothes and paper; otherwise, with over two hundred people in the tribe, and removing the half-grown children, a workshop wouldn't even have forty people.
The eldest and second eldest sons were tasked with making ice, while An Shuyi and Xia Hua washed up and went to bed. Of course, they couldn't go to bed so early; An Shuyi needed a quiet environment to sell the flowers and plants they had dug up that day.
"Mom, are you and Aunt going to bed so early today?" Xiaoqi asked, looking at her mother and aunt who were getting ready to sleep. Before, her mother was too busy and went to bed very late every day, and her brothers always told her not to disturb her.
She was very well-behaved, staying with her fifth and sixth brothers every day, not daring to bother her mother, and not running around.
An Shuyi nodded, "Yes, I've been very tired these past few days and just want to go to bed early. Xiao Qi, you should go to bed early too. I'll get you some nice things tomorrow."
"What is that?"
"What good things does Xiaoqi want? Mother will go to Jinnan City and bring them back for you."
Xiao Qi shook her head, "Mother, Hua Hua doesn't want anything."
"If there's nothing I want, can Mom buy it for me tomorrow?"
"Can I buy it only? Not for Fifth Brother and Sixth Brother?"
"Buy them, buy them all!" It's perfect timing to buy medical books for Xiao Wu and books for Xiao Liu tomorrow. The previous books were lost during the mudslide, and Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu felt particularly guilty about it.
"Thank you, Mother. Huahua loves you and Auntie the most."
Xia Hua nodded, "Thank you for liking it, Hua Hua. Let's go to sleep quickly, it's getting late, your sixth brother is already getting ready to sleep." Looking at Xiao Liu lying next to Shu Shu with a serious face, she couldn't help but find it amusing.
The child didn't want to sleep with them before, but Shushu said that they went to bed too late and Xiaoqi would be scared by himself, so he slept with them. The house hasn't been built yet, so he can only be patient.
"Auntie, I'm going to sleep now." Xiao Qi said, and lay down between the two of them. Soon the two children fell asleep.
An Shuyi had just started selling things, and she sold them in three batches, each time for a thousand taels. After the first batch was sold, she opened the purchase section. As she expected, ten slots were already lit up. The rice was just the seed, because it still had a husk on it, and it was more expensive than regular rice, costing five coins per pound.
She guessed that this must be a high-yield rice seed. It seemed that she couldn't let Mu Tou buy it; only she could buy it herself so that she could get the rice seed. The second slot was for millet, which also cost five coins. This was good; eating more of it would be good for her health.
The third compartment is peanuts. I thought it was wheat, but then I realized it's not the season for it. The rest are lotus seeds, sesame seeds, mung beans, soybeans, red beans, and cowpeas. These can all be used as seeds or bought to eat.
Soybeans, in particular, can now be made into tofu. She had never seen tofu sold in Jinnan City before, and she didn't know if it wasn't sold there or if it simply didn't exist in this world.
After selling the flowers and plants for another thousand taels, I opened the shopping menu again. This time, ten items were lit up: lychee, yellow peach, nectarine, grape, cherry, sweet cherry, mango, orange, loquat, and pear.
These ten kinds are all fruits, so Huahua will have no shortage of fruit to eat now. She can even open a fruit canning workshop in the future, which is not bad.
After selling the remaining flowers and plants, her balance directly increased to eight thousand taels. This time, she had more than a thousand taels of silver from the sale, but she could only buy ten kinds of things: five kinds of fabrics—white, light yellow, crimson, bright red, and light green—and five kinds of silk—blue, green, purple, pink, and cyan.
Could it be that the trading system knew she wanted to sell dresses, so it provided her with so much fabric and silk? I have to say, this trading system is really thoughtful; it provides whatever she needs.
There are already eighty items available for purchase, and she wonders how many more will be added later. She's really looking forward to it, but she hopes there will be as many as possible.
After putting away the trading system, I originally planned to talk to Huahua, but she was already asleep. I was too tired these past few days, so I didn't disturb her. I closed my eyes and went to sleep. I'll talk to her tomorrow if there's anything.
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