Chapter 48 047. Wouldn’t his and Lei Li’s child be named Xiaomei?
I have money now.
What's the first thing to do?
Some people would buy cars, some would build houses, while Lei Li and Zhou Yi bought a little water buffalo, a heifer that was only one year old and could pull a cart.
Heifers are able to give birth to calves and are more expensive than bulls of the same age.
Lei Li originally wanted to buy a bull to pull the cart, but Zhou Yi said that cows produce milk after giving birth, and buffalo milk is thick and sweet, with little fishy smell, and is suitable for consumption.
Lei Li thought of Mrs. Zhu.
Thinking that after he had a baby, he could drink buffalo milk to nourish his body, and the baby could also drink the sweet buffalo milk, he gritted his teeth and bought a little buffalo.
It cost fifteen taels of silver.
The two people who had no experience in raising cattle did not realize until they returned home and listened to Liu Ye'er's words that a female buffalo could only mate and give birth to calves after two and a half years.
In other words, this calf can only reproduce in the spring of next year and give birth to calves the year after that.
Lei Li looked at Zhou Yi dimly.
Zhou Yi rubbed his head guiltily, "I didn't know it would take so long... How about we go get a buffalo that can give birth now?"
"Who would sell a cow that can give birth?"
Lei Li said unhappily, "He's young and strong, able to pull carts and plow the fields. I'd only sell him if my family was so poor they could barely make ends meet. Besides, I've raised him for over two years, and I've grown attached to him. If it were me, I wouldn't want to sell him either."
"……Feel sorry."
"Forget it, I've already bought it and even given it a name, so it's now part of our family."
Lei Li touched the little buffalo, and the calf rubbed his hand gently while eating grass. "Just stay here peacefully, Da Zhuang. For every bite of meat I have, you will have a bite of grass to eat."
The calf named Dazhuang mooed twice, as if responding to Lei Li.
But when Zhou Yi heard the name Lei Li gave the little buffalo, he fell into deep thought. Da Zhuang... that doesn't sound like the name of a little cow...
Will their children be named Xiaoli and Xiaomei in the future?
I didn't buy a cart pulled by an ox.
Because Lei Dashan can do it himself.
He started out as a carpenter, so making an oxcart was not only a piece of cake for him, but also very easy.
Zhou Yi and Lei Li went to the mountain to cut a suitable large piece of wood, and then started making an ox cart. Because it was for their own use, it was made more exquisitely.
A wooden cart used to carry goods.
There are long horizontal bars on both sides for sitting, covered with several layers of soft grass so that the buttocks will not be hurt. There is also a backrest. In order to protect against wind and rain, a roof is made of willow branches and bamboo strips.
Lei Li and Zhou Yi built a shed for the calf, right next to the pigpen, and next to it was the chicken coop.
Pigs, cows, chickens.
The humming, mooing, and clucking sounds of chickens laying eggs made the entire Lei family's home lively, and at the same time made this originally spacious place much more crowded.
Just buy another piece of residential land.
Whether to build a house or not is another matter. Let’s buy it first. At least it will provide Lei Li with a relatively spacious place to bask in the sun for collecting herbs, and also a place to store the herbs.
"Buy land?"
The village chief was not surprised to hear this.
He knew that Lei Li was in the herbal medicine business and also slaughtered pigs, so he should have saved some money in the past few years. However, he was still surprised when he heard that he wanted to buy the land behind the Lei family's house.
"That piece of land is not small. Household land is more expensive than farmland. Although it is cheaper because it is more remote, an acre of house land costs ten taels of silver, which is more than ten taels of silver!"
The village chief said earnestly, "If you want to build a house, it will cost a lot of money. You have to save some money. In case of an emergency... there will be room for maneuver."
"Don't worry, village chief."
Lei Li nodded and said, "I have an idea. I want that piece of land. You tell me how much it should be. Let's settle it today... I also want to buy a few acres of farmland."
"Just keep it in mind."
The village chief flipped through the village land book and said, "All the best land in the village has been bought. There are only five or six acres of medium-sized paddy fields next to Sanli Mountain, and a piece of dry land next to Sili Mountain..."
"Oh, there's a good paddy field down a slope near your house. But we have to bring water from the mountain. The villagers think it's too troublesome and too far, so no one wants it."
The Lei family lives at the edge of the mountain at the end of the village.
It was already far from other homes in the village, and that piece of land was even farther away, close to Sanli Mountain. If they didn't bring water to grow rice but planted sweet potatoes instead, there wouldn't be enough for the squirrels or wild boars in the mountains to steal and eat.
Lei Li glanced at the land register, asked a few more questions to confirm the location of the land, and then decided, "We'll take it. Plant some fruits and vegetables first, and then when the autumn rice is ready, we'll bring water down to make paddy fields."
"Okay."
The village chief nodded and said, "To transfer the ownership of this land, you need to go to the county town. However, you didn't buy much, so you can pay a few dozen coins. I can handle it in a few days."
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Lei Li knew that this was a necessary procedure.
It cannot be considered a procedure either, because it is itself a form of bribery, bribing the officials who transfer the land, and there may also be middlemen who charge a fee.
Even if Lei Li went to the government office himself, he would have to pay the necessary bribes, just like the last time he helped Zhou Yi settle down, spending silver and half a yam.
That field is fertile.
It is considered to be top-quality land, but its geographical location is not good, so it is sold as half a top-quality land. One mu is four taels of silver. Four mu of land plus the homestead, the total is thirty-three taels of silver.
As they were leaving, Zhou Yi remembered and asked, "I heard your dog gave birth to a litter of puppies?"
"Yeah, that dog was lost last winter, and suddenly came back last month with a litter of puppies. I don't know which bastard kidnapped them."
The village chief sighed. "They've given birth to seven or eight puppies, and they bark every day. We already have three big dogs at home, and with so many puppies, I was just about to sell them cheap on my way to the county town... Do you want two?"
Zhou Yi nodded and said, "I want to raise two to look after the house. There are only two elderly people at home, and Lei Li and I are often away from home, so we are worried about the family."
"That's perfect."
The village chief said, "Pick two and take them away. Puppies are not worth much."
Although they said so, Lei Li and Zhou Yi still gave some money as a token of their appreciation, and then picked out the two fattest and smartest ones to take away.
It is black and looks like a black bear demon. It makes people wonder whether it will steal the robes when it grows up.
A chubby white creature with a pink nose and pink paw pads, looks cute and tender, and whimpers when it sees people, but it is actually a boy, and the black bear demon is a girl.
Lei Li called them the Black and White Devils.
Black evil and white evil.
Zhou Yi: “…”
He really doubted Lei Li's naming skills.
At this point, the Lei family had a cow, fifteen piglets, two puppies, a dozen chickens, a dozen five-color peppers, and a large native lemon tree.
soon.
The documents for the land transfer also came down, and the land deed fell into Lei Li's hands.
Lei Li and Zhou Yi, together with Lei Dashan and Liu Ye'er, doubled the size of the fence at home, expanded the narrow cowshed, pigpen and chicken coop, and provided a spacious place for the herbs to bask in the sun.
From time to time, people go into Sanlishan to pick wild vegetables or chop firewood, and naturally some villagers have noticed the changes in the Lei family, but because they only expanded and did not build a house, they just sighed a few times.
After delivering the herbs that Doctor Cao requested in the summer, Lei Li, who was free, put another matter on the agenda.
"Don't you want to open a restaurant in the county town?"
"Will you give it to me?"
"We definitely can't afford to open a big restaurant. The money we earn isn't even enough to cover the restaurant's monthly expenses."
Lei Li hit him with a stick first, then offered a sweet treat. "But I can rent a small shop for you to try. Doctor Cao won't need medicinal herbs until autumn, so you'll be idle anyway."
"Think carefully about what kind of business you want to start. I won't do anything that costs too much."
"Don't worry."
Zhou Yi made a promise, and then he thought hard and decided to sell fast food.
A cheap fast food restaurant targeting ordinary people.
But the location of the shop is a big problem. You can't afford a good location, and there is no need to buy a shop in a bad location. You also have to consider issues such as customer source, customer flow, and material supply.
Lei Li and Zhou Yi went to the county town to discuss the matter with Mr. Zhu.
After hearing about it, Zhu Qingshan specially returned from the landlord's accounting office, but the soup packet that he had tried to connect him with last time was not successful.
Because the landlord's family was not in the medicine or food business, and he liked heavy salt and oil, and was not interested in light and healthy things like soup, he rejected Zhu Qingshan's suggestion and did not purchase soup dumplings.
It was a pity for Zhu Qingshan.
When he heard that Zhou Yi and Lei Li were going to open a store in the city, he was the first to respond positively.
The county town can be said to be his home ground.
Although he was an accountant, he often went from street to street to eat delicious food and then brought it back for his husband and father-in-law. He knew exactly where the customer base was good, where the location was cheap, and where it was suitable to open a restaurant to cook.
Zhu Qingshan waved his hand and said, "Wait for me for two days, and I will find you a decent shop."
Found several.
The house is located in a busy commercial street with a large flow of people. The residents have spare money, but the rent is expensive, costing twenty taels of silver a month.
One is in the old neighborhood with average customer traffic, but the shop is very small, and there are already many food shops on that street, so the competition is fierce.
There is another one at the port.
There is a big river for commercial transportation in the county town. Most of the merchants from the north travel back and forth through this river. A lot of goods are shipped out through this river every day, and there are also many laborers working here.
If Lei Li hadn't had the medicinal materials business back then, he might have been the one doing the hard labor here.
There are many coolies.
There are many similar financiers.
These businessmen have come from far away, so they will definitely not be stingy about having a good meal. They can even accept that the food is delicious and a little more expensive.
However, Zhou Yi's target is not only these businessmen, but also these people who do hard labor.
Of course it’s not about cutting leeks.
But small profits but quick turnover.
It took several days to decide on a shop, roughly decorate the shop, and then prepare the supply of raw materials, firewood, etc. After everything was ready -
Lei Ji fast food restaurant opened.
A small bunch of firecrackers were set off at the door, and amid the lively sounds of cheers, Lei Ji Fast Food Restaurant also welcomed its first day of opening.
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