Joe's Farming

The noodle shop owner looked at Qiao Yu steadily, and seeing that he did not seem to be faking it, he said: "I am short-sighted, come with me." He originally thought that since Qiao Yu chose to set up a stall, it must be because he did not have enough money to close the shop, and he said it just to complain, but he did not expect Qiao Yu really wanted to look after the shop.

The noodle shop has two floors, with people living upstairs and a shop downstairs. A few tables can be placed in the outer room, and there is a small yard in the back with a pomegranate tree planted. There is a well in the middle of the backyard. Because of the yard, the price of the shop is higher than the surrounding ones, so a suitable buyer has not been found.

Qiao Yu looked at the store and felt that it was quite satisfactory in every aspect: "Boss, how much do you want to sell this store for?"

The noodle shop owner held up two fingers: "Two hundred taels."

Qiao Yu's eyebrows jumped. Are the shops in this town so expensive?! He quickly counted the money in his hand. Adding the money he earned from setting up the stall yesterday, he only had 180 taels in his hand, not to mention that he had to keep some money for turnover.

Seeing Qiao Yu silent, the noodle shop owner knew that he asked for a bit too much, so he smiled and said, "Why don't you tell me how much you are willing to pay? I'll sell it to you if it's okay." He had entrusted this price to the pawnbroker in the past few days, but no one had asked about it. The pawnbroker would also take a commission when selling it, so he was completely willing to accept Qiao Yu's appropriate bargaining.

Qiao Yu pretended to be embarrassed: "To be honest with you, Boss, my family has been spending too much money recently, so I am a little tight on money. I really can't afford this price."

The noodle shop owner saw that there was still a chance: "You and I are old acquaintances. So, I'll give you 20 taels. How about 180 taels?"

Qiao Yu didn't expect that he could actually bargain. He felt a little more confident and said his desired price: "I won't hide it from you. I have 160 taels on hand right now. If you can accept it, I can send the money to you tomorrow."

When the noodle shop owner heard that he was short of 20 taels, his heart was bleeding. But he was also worried that the shop would not be able to sell before the New Year, and his mother might do something weird. So he said, "Let me think about it again. It's really a little short."

Qiao Yu didn't mind. It would be fine if the deal couldn't be concluded, but if he didn't even have enough money to circulate for twenty weeks, he would really fall into a panic of having no savings.

"Okay, if the boss has thought it over, feel free to contact me."

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As he hadn't been to Taoyuan Town for several days, Qiao Yu simply became a hands-off boss, leaving the stall to Wen Ge'er and Li Li'niang, and went to the pier himself.

There are some retail merchant ships moored at the pier, where you can buy items that are not available locally.

Qiao Yu was not very interested in clothes and daily necessities, but was mainly interested in spices, especially those that could be used in food or soap.

There were no ships specifically selling spices at the dock. The spice merchants came here on the ships selling cloth and only occupied a small corner, but the price of each spice was very high.

"Young man, would you like to see the spices?" The boss greeted Qiao Yu enthusiastically when he saw him coming.

"Well, just take a look. Is there anything that isn't available locally?"

When the boss heard this, he pointed to several boxes on the shelf and said, "These are all here, take a look."

Qiao Yu took a look and was surprised that he didn't recognize any of them. So he asked the boss to introduce them.

When hearing "Morning Dew of the Sea", Qiao Yu interrupted and said, "Wait, can I smell this Morning Dew of the Sea?"

The boss was a little reluctant, Qiao Yu blinked: "A little bit."

The boss reluctantly gave him a small spoon for spices and scooped a small piece of chopped leaves for Qiao Yu. The leaves were slender, and because they were placed one by one in the grid, and the leaves were no longer green after drying, Qiao Yu did not recognize them at first.

Qiao Yu rubbed his fingers and confirmed that this spice called "Morning Dew of the Sea" was the rosemary he often used to fry steak. Almost all of his friends who love baking in this world have a pot of rosemary planted on the balcony. Because this plant is very easy to keep, just remember to water it. When you need to use it, just cut it with scissors, just like topping it, and more branches will grow later.

Qiao Yu was excited: "Boss, does this Sea Dew have seeds?"

The boss smiled happily and pushed aside the upper leaves in the grid: "Yes, they are all in the grid. Look, these are the seeds." The stems, leaves and seeds of the Sea of ​​Morning Dew all have a fragrance, so they usually collect them together when they harvest.

"Great, pack some for me." In the end, Qiao Yu bought two taels of rosemary, with seeds accounting for most of it, and one tael each of other spices he was interested in. In total, he spent three taels of silver, and once again lamented that spices were not something that ordinary people could afford.

Rosemary is cold-resistant, so Qiao Yu planned to go back and divide half of it out to germinate. She would plant it in small pots first and transplant it when it grows up. It is said that rosemary can also repel mosquitoes, so she could plant some in both yards.

Wen Geer saw Qiao Yu's full-bodied look and asked him, "Did you buy anything good?"

Qiao Yu patted the small bag of spices and said, "Good stuff. I'm going to plant a good variety next year. It's delicious when fried with beef."

The customer next to him heard this and laughed at him: "Beef is hard to buy. Even if you have money, it won't work."

Qiao Yu just remembered that at that time cows were used for plowing the fields, and ox carts were means of transportation for carrying heavy loads. He had been here for so long, but he had never seen anyone selling beef.

Seeing that Qiao Yu was a little disappointed, Wen Geer comforted her, "Sometimes people in the village want to slaughter cows, so you can just go and buy them when the time comes."

Qiao Yu could only be thankful that it was not illegal to slaughter cattle in the Dayan Dynasty, otherwise he would have to follow the example of the ancients and kill the cattle accidentally before he could eat them.

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When she got home, Qiao Yu found a piece of cotton cloth, soaked it with water, spread the rosemary seeds on it, and placed it in a cool and ventilated place. After about seven days, the seeds would sprout.

When Qiao Yu was doing something, the three children gathered around.

Gu Xiaoxue: "Little Daddy, what is this?"

"It's a spice called Sea Dew, but I like to call it Rosemary. I'm trying to germinate it, so leave it here and don't move."

Gu Xiaoyan: "What a nice name, it must smell good."

Qiao Xing: "Is it okay to leave it like this?"

"Make sure the cotton cloth is damp."

Qiao Xing: "Little Daddy, leave it to me. I'll add a little water every day."

Qiao Yu nodded: "Okay."

Qiao Xing looked like he had won some kind of reward, and the smile on his face was so bright that he couldn't stop smiling.

"By the way, I'll check your homework later."

Qiao Xing's smile disappeared in an instant.

Gu Xiaoxue and Gu Xiaoyan burst into laughter.

The dinner that day was vegetable porridge with stir-fried meat with dried radish and cold-mixed autumn fungus.

While eating, Qiao Yu muttered, "I haven't eaten pheasant for a long time."

Gu Feng raised his eyebrows and said, "I'll catch two for you tomorrow."

Qiao Yu's eyes lit up: "Really? Isn't it okay on the construction site?"

"It doesn't matter. There are so many people now, and it will be completed in three more days." In fact, his house has many rooms and a large space, and many places are different from those of ordinary people, so it is built a little slower. Logically, with so many people, it should have been completed long ago.

Although Qiao Yu went to see the new house every day, he only knew it would be there soon, but he didn't expect it to be so soon. "Great! We can live in the new house soon."

Gu Feng was happy to see her husband happy.

Qiao Yu also mentioned that the noodle restaurant in town was going to be sold.

Gu Feng: "Qiao'er, if you want to buy it, go ahead and buy it. As for the money, I can go hunting in the mountains after the house is built. Now that the game is fat, I can sell it for a good price."

Qiao Yu knew this, but she felt sorry for her husband: "Hunting is so hard, and I don't really need that shop. Tomorrow I will teach the soap recipe to Ayuan's people, and then our family will have money to spend every month."

Gu Feng disagreed: "Hunting is not hard work. I am your husband and it is my duty to earn money for you."

Qiao Yu pursed her lips. Damn it! She was really touched. How could her husband be so good at this?