Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

Three days later, Zhang Xiuhua returned to work with twenty boxes of ginseng that she had carefully selected.

Ten days later they arrived in the capital and took the ginseng to sell.

The exquisite packaging box contained a thumb-thick ginseng with clean and beautiful roots. An experienced Chinese doctor could tell the age of the ginseng and quickly concluded, "This ginseng is not wild."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded in agreement, "This is the ginseng we grew ourselves. How much can you give me if I sell it?"

The old Chinese doctor put the ginseng to his nose, smelled it, and asked her how many there were.

"I brought twenty boxes from my hometown, and they look pretty much the same as this." Zhang Xiuhua didn't hide it from him, "The efficacy of the medicine is definitely good. If you don't believe me, cut it open and try it."

The old Chinese doctor waved his hand, "Fresh ginseng is used to make wine or stew. If it is cut, it will affect the efficacy. You have to pay attention to the roots as well. Don't break them, or it will have an effect."

After thinking it over, he decided to give ten dollars for a box.

Zhang Xiuhua was slightly surprised. On average, each box she made was worth fifty cents. It could buy half a pound of meat. Two ginseng seeds were worth at most half a pound, which meant that one pound was worth nineteen yuan. It had more than quadrupled.

However, considering the long journey from the northeast to the capital, plus the loss, the price is not expensive.

She sold all 20 boxes to the old Chinese doctor and received 200 yuan. She immediately called home and asked Li Jianguo to go to Li Xing's house to select good quality ginseng so that she could sell it.

"Fresh ginseng won't last long. If you want, I can ask him to prepare it into dried ginseng for you?" Li Jianguo was afraid that the ginseng would freeze.

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "Okay! Remember to ask the carpenter to make more of these wooden boxes, and I'll go back to settle the bill."

Li Jianguo agreed.

Zhang Xiuhua also took out two boxes of ginseng from the space and continued to sell them. Soon, three pharmacies placed orders with her. If she had more time, she could have sold them to more pharmacies.

She also gave Zhenzhen two boxes of ginseng and asked her to make soup with it. "This ginseng is very nutritious. Youcai is not here, and you are the only one busy in the restaurant. You should take care of your health."

Zhenzhen was also surprised to see such thick ginseng. When she learned that it was grown by her old family, her eyes lit up, "Is there a lot of ginseng? I want to serve ginseng chicken soup in the restaurant. It must be unique!"

"Sure." Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "If you want, I'll ask your dad to buy more. We'll keep them and sell them slowly. The ginseng we brought this time will all be sold to the pharmacy. I'll bring more next time."

Dried ginseng can be preserved for five to six years, but fresh ginseng cannot.

Zhenzhen smiled, "That's great."

She immediately took the ginseng to the chef and asked him to make soup and develop new dishes.

When Zhang Xiuhua returned to her hometown, Li Xingjia had already prepared a lot of ginseng. He did not sell all the ginseng at once, but kept some to sell slowly.

The villagers will start planting ginseng next year, which will take at least five years. The shortage of ginseng for such a long time will surely make the buyers impatient. He wants to keep the ginseng and sell it slowly, so that the reputation of Lijiatun can spread.

Zhang Xiuhua grows forest ginseng, which takes six to eight years to harvest.

Seeing the high returns from ginseng, Li Jianguo plans to plant ginseng in all the areas on the mountain where poplar trees are planted.

Zhang Xiuhua told him that she sold ginseng to a Chinese medicine shop for ten yuan per box.

Li Jianguo was so happy that his face was full of smiles. "It's really convenient for us to have someone working on the train."

Not only can you make money by reselling, but you can also ship the goods to the capital for free and earn the difference.

Zhang Xiuhua also praised, "They are agents, delivering goods layer by layer, which invisibly raises the price. I sell directly to the pharmacy, which can save a lot of money."

Zhang Xiuhua told Zhenzhen about her plan to make ginseng chicken soup in the restaurant.

Li Jianguo was stunned. "How much does this bowl of ginseng chicken soup cost?"

Chicken is expensive to begin with, and with ginseng added in, a bowl of ginseng chicken soup must be sold for at least twenty dollars to make a profit, right?

Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "Zhenzhen said a bowl of chicken soup costs fifty."

Li Jianguo took a breath, "So expensive?"

He was still conservative just now. He only guessed twenty.

Zhang Xiuhua was amused to see him so frightened, so she broke it down and explained to him, "A native chicken costs at least five dollars. Ginseng also costs five dollars. Add in the rent for the chef and the restaurant, and the cost is about twenty-five. The food industry has always been about doubling the profit. Selling it for fifty is normal. Besides, her restaurant is known as the Imperial Restaurant, which is not something that ordinary people can afford. If it's sold too cheaply, people will think she doesn't use good ginseng."

Although she explained it this way, Li Jianguo still felt it was expensive. He asked an off-topic question, "How much money can their restaurant make in a year?"

"Who cares? How much she earns has nothing to do with us." Zhang Xiuhua never asked. Youcai is a chef, he doesn't manage the accounts. As a mother-in-law, it's not easy for her to ask her daughter-in-law about her income. If they were not married, she could say she was curious. If she asked after they were married, she was afraid that Zhenzhen would think she was trying to get their money.

Li Jianguo didn't care about their money, "I'm just asking out of curiosity."

"She must have made a lot of money. She was able to open a branch after only making a profit for a year. Her hotel is of a high standard. The decoration is luxurious. Although it is not bought but rented, it costs a lot of money." Zhang Xiuhua knew that the hotel leases start from ten years, the rent is paid every six months, and increases by 10% every year. These are the rules of the industry.

The ginseng issue has come to an end. Li Jianguo also talked about another matter. "The fish pond in the west of the village has been there for five years, and the residential land for our threshing ground has almost been divided up. Next year, another family is going to get married. I think the fish pond is worth it."

Zhang Xiuhua wondered, "Are there many families applying for homesteads?"

"There are plenty." No matter how Li Jianguo divided it, it was not enough.

"Aren't there many people who go to other places to work? Don't they want to settle down there?" Zhang Xiuhua felt strange. Her fellow villagers in her previous life all liked to settle down in big cities. Why are the villagers in Lijiatun different?

"Settle down? How can we settle down? Houses in other places are so expensive. Take my elder brother and his wife for example. The 60-square-meter commercial house they bought for Hongwu has already drained all their family assets. They are still rich. Other families are even poorer." Li Jianguo had no choice. He was the village chief and had to act according to the rules.

Zhang Xiuhua stared at him, "Can our family also get a homestead?"

"Yes! We can. Youcai and Jidong are old enough." Li Jianguo understood her intention after a quick guess, but he was not optimistic. "It's not enough for just the two of us. That fish pond can be divided into at least 40 residential plots."

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "That's right! I took it for granted. Then fill it in!"

Whether the fish pond is filled or not is actually not her concern. She is mainly concerned about whether there is fish to sell in her store. Now the fish pond in the west of the village is going to be filled. Her income has dropped sharply.

Li Jianguo wanted to gather the villagers to discuss the housing land issue, but unexpectedly the old village chief came to him first and said, "I think some people don't need to build housing land. It's better to give the fish pond land to those who don't need it. They can get some money for free every year, which is the best of both worlds. This fish pond is only five years old. The villagers dug it up bit by bit in the beginning. It took so much effort, and it's a pity to fill it up just like that."

Li Jianguo understood what he meant. "If you want to contract it, it's not impossible. But you have to find 40 households that don't need homesteads to sign together."

The old village chief understood, "Okay! I'll go find them!"

After saying that, he ran away in a hurry. Seeing this, Zhang Xiuhua also laughed, "It seems that the fish pond did not make him much money. He is so active."

Forty households is not a small number. It would take a lot of effort to convince everyone to agree.

Li Jianguo also nodded. "With vegetable wholesale, there is one more thing, and the business will definitely be better. He has also tasted the sweetness."