Dressed as a blacksmith

Qiao Yuan tried it out, and commented: "It's very good. The thickness of the shredded silk is even, and the thickness of the planed slices is fine. Take it home at night, and give it to my mother to try."

Yu Dameng handed over the paring knife again, and Qiao Yuan peeled a potato smoothly.

Father Yu also tried it out, and couldn't hide his joy, "Then what price should we order?"

He finally understands that it depends on his daughter-in-law to do business!

During the time Qiao Yuan stayed in the iron shop, he already knew the prices of various ironware in the shop like the palm of his hand. After thinking for a while, he said: "The grater and scissors are similar in practicality, so we will pay a hundred cents a piece according to the price of scissors. Peel the skin." The amount of iron used in the knife is only thirty cents a piece."

Father Yu said: "That's fine! Tomorrow I will introduce this thing to the customers who come to the door."

Qiao Yuan asked a question, "Father, if other iron shops see these two things, how long will it take to make them exactly the same?"

"If it looks good, it should be enough to think about it for three to five days." Father Yu gradually realized what Qiao Yuan was worried about.

Qiao Yuan said: "Let's make fifty graters and one hundred paring knives first. I will sell them when the time comes, and keep this a secret for now."

When Father Yu heard that it was feasible, Yu Dameng felt that Qiao Yuan had the final say on everything.

Today's dinner is going to go back to the old house for dinner. Qiao Yuan bought two roast chickens, cut two catties of meat, made two catties of good wine for Father Yu, and bought three packs of chestnut cakes and some candied fruit for the younger ones Candy to take home.

Lin Cuifen looked at the big and small bags and said distressedly: "Why do you buy so many things? It's not easy for you to make money."

Qiao Yuan behaved well, "Be filial to mother!" He took out the grater and paring knife from the back basket, and showed it to Lin Cuifen eagerly, "Mother, come and try, the kitchen tools developed by Dad and Da Meng!"

Lin Cuifen tried the peeling knife first, but after a few strokes, the potato skin was gone and it was still very clean.Then use a grater, and in a short while, a potato as big as a fist will be shredded, and the thickness is even.Lin Cuifen sighed, "This is so easy to use!"

Father Yu said braggingly, "It can still be sliced!"

Qiao Yuan told Lin Cuifen about his plans for the future, and Lin Cuifen couldn't help but laugh from ear to ear. If they were all sold, how much money would they earn?Ever since Brother Dayuan married into their family, good things have always happened, Lin Cuifen happily said: "You rest, mother will cook something delicious for you to eat!"

That night, it was lively again, and Qiao Yuan even asked Father Yu for a glass of wine.According to his drinking capacity, as far as the alcohol concentration of this era is concerned, he will not get drunk after another twenty or thirty drinks.

But after leaving the old house, he still clamored that he was drunk and asked Yu Dameng to carry him on his back.

Yu Dameng hesitated for a moment, then he said: "I'm so drunk that I'm dizzy."

In the end, of course, Qiao Yuan succeeded. He lay on Yu Dameng's back and pulled Yu Dameng's ears dishonestly, "If you are disobedient in the future, I will pull your ears."

Why didn't Yu Dameng know that he was pretending, but he still let him make trouble.

Qiao Yuan thought of his envy of his classmates being favored in the past, and seeing other people's loneliness in family reunion, and felt that all this seemed like a lifetime away.Now there are people who dote on him and indulge him, Qiao Yuan leaned close to Yu Dameng's ear and said softly: "Yu Dameng, I am very happy, I have a family now."

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When the autumn harvest came, the iron shop was not busy, because the new agricultural tools that should be made had been delivered long before the autumn harvest.This time, it's all about tinkering, and it doesn't take much effort.

Father Yu and Yu Dameng happened to be free to make silk graters and paring knives. With previous experience, the speed was obviously much faster.According to this progress, after the autumn harvest, we can still exceed the original goal.

There are few people on the street these few days, Qiao Yuan also deliberately reduced the portion of vegetable pancakes, changing it to only make [-] servings a day.

Seeing that the people in the village are busy with the autumn harvest, Father Yu couldn't help but envy, "Next year, we have spare money in our hands, and we will also buy a few acres of land, so we can grow the land and stock up on food."

Qiao Yuan answered, "What Dad said is that we don't have to buy noodles from others all the time. We can save a lot of money all year round."

Although they don't have time to grind, they can exchange grain with others, which is cheaper than buying it.

"Your mother said that many people in the village have finished harvesting their food and vegetable fields, and our family needs to stock up on some food and vegetables for the winter. There is not much work in the shop. These days, you and Dameng can go back after finishing their work in the morning. Help Let your mother take care of this, and your family’s vegetable cellar must also be stocked.” Every household here has a vegetable cellar to store vegetables for the winter.

Qiao Yuan agreed, and returned home with Yu Dameng in the afternoon.

As soon as he got home, Lin Cuifen excitedly said to him: "Brother Yuan, a family in Wangjiawan came to our house to order hair cakes. They said they were getting married on the 400th of next month. They ordered [-] yuan, and Brother Yu brought them to us." of."

Lin Cuifen also showed him the deposit of [-] Wen paid by the other party.

Qiao Yuan is also happy, and recently made cakes one after another and made more than one or two taels of silver.The last time she went back to the old house, Lin Cuifen wanted to give him the money.Qiao Yuan didn't intend to ask for it at first, but he was afraid that Lin Cuifen should not say it at this time, so he shirked that the money had to be used as turnover, and waited until the end of the year to settle accounts with the iron shop.

Lin Cuifen thought about it, so she stopped mentioning it.

"Potatoes, radishes, cabbage, dried eggplants, and so on. Let's buy a little of each of these vegetables. The two of us can only eat, and we can't eat much. As for food, we don't have much cash in hand, and the business has to turn around, so we buy it first." Five hundred catties of millet, and another two hundred catties of sweet potatoes. The millet will be stockpiled first, and the sweet potatoes will be kept for eating. When winter is about to enter, let's hire an ox cart and go to the city to buy more rice and noodles for the winter. "

Because after a long period of time in modern times, Qiao Yuan felt very insecure, and only by hoarding food can he be at ease.And this is ancient times, and it doesn't matter if the world is peaceful and the weather is smooth today. If it catches up with the years of war and famine, it will show the importance of stockpiling food.If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have much money, he would still want to stock up more!

This year's weather is good, the harvest is good, the village is full of joy, everyone has a smile on their faces, and Qiao Yuan is also happy for them from the bottom of his heart.

However, despite this, most households have just enough to fill their stomachs after paying the land tax, and there is no surplus food to sell.If you want to buy grain, you can only go to a relatively well-to-do family in the village.These families have a lot of land. After paying the land tax and keeping enough food for the family for a year, they sell the excess food for money.

Lin Cuifen used to buy grain at the village chief's house. His family has [-] mu of land and there are only seven people in the family.Moreover, the village head has an annual salary from the imperial court, and the eldest son Zhao Shuisheng is also a shopkeeper in the city, and his family is very wealthy.

When Aunt Zhao saw Lin Cuifen bringing Yu Dameng and Qiao Yuan to the door, she beamed with joy and said, "Cuifen, are you here to buy food? I've left everything for you, just waiting for you!"

After finishing speaking, he warmly took Qiao Yuan's hand again, "Brother Yuan, do you have to buy food this year? Just buy it from Auntie."

Qiao Yuan: "..."

What is so weird!

But he has learned to face it calmly, "If you want to buy it, I will discuss with Da Meng to buy [-] catties of millet and [-] catties of sweet potatoes."

Aunt Zhao frowned and said, "Isn't this a little short?"

"I don't have much money in hand." Qiao Yuan smiled and explained.

Aunt Zhao hurriedly said to Lin Cuifen: "It's not a problem that your family has no land all the time, just buy a few acres of land quickly."

Lin Cuifen also said that she had this plan, and Aunt Zhao said that she would ask the village chief to help her pay more attention.

The village head and Zhao Gensheng happened to be coming back from the field. Because Zhao Shuisheng and Yu Boss got close, Zhao Gensheng and Yu Dameng also had a good relationship, and they were playmates when they were young.As soon as he saw Yu Dameng, he punched Yu Dameng with his big white teeth, and even put his arms around Yu Dameng's neck and abducted Yu Dameng to make small talk.

This was the first time Qiao Yuan saw Yu Dameng getting along with friends, and he was very happy to see it.

Brother Yu also came to talk to Qiao Yuan. He heard that Qiao Yuan sold food in the county town to earn money, so he admired him.

Qiao Yuan said: "I haven't thanked you for introducing someone to our house to order hair cakes."

Brother Yu smiled shyly and quickly shook his head, "It's not a big deal, you're welcome."

The two talked about other things, but Qiao Yuan didn't know him very well, so they just asked and answered politely back and forth.After Zhao Gensheng and Yu Dameng finish their small talk, it will be considered over.

In the end, Qiao Yuan stopped by to buy some dried eggplants and cabbage at Aunt Zhao's house, which cost Qiao Yuan another tael of silver.

Before leaving, the village head told Yu Dameng that after the village paid the land tax, he would call him to drink.

Qiao Yuan didn't think about the land tax before, so he asked Yu Dameng, "Then do we have to pay it too? How much?"

Yu Dameng replied: "We can just pay the money directly. However, we have to pay twice as much as others, and the two of us are about five renminbi."

Just as he was talking, he heard noise not far away.

"There is no such reason!"

"Why is there no more? Who is your family relying on to work at the dock? You have no conscience!"

"You still say? You only get thirty Wen for one day of carrying a big bag. I have already found out that the dock is fifty Wen per person! Where did the twenty Wen go? Your family swallowed it all!"

"You bullshit!"

Qiao Yuan heard Xu Xiuhua's voice, and pulled Yu Dameng and Lin Cuifen together to watch the excitement.

The two sides were arguing back and forth, and listening to the people who came first and those who came later, Qiao Yuan figured out what was going on.It turned out that Qiao Guangzhi was willing to take men from several families in the village to the wharf to carry big bags every year. The premise was that they would come to work for him for free during busy farming seasons.

In previous years, because the original body was not yet married, he was the one who took care of the meals when the farming season was busy, so at least he could manage a meal.This year the original body is not here, Xu Xiuhua is too lazy to cook for so many people, so she doesn't even provide food.

Originally, these people still endured it, but their bodies were too tired after going to the ground for several days, and now they sat on the ground to rest a little too often.When Xu Xiuhua came to the field twice, she happened to see people resting, and then she became angry, saying that others were lazy and not working hard.

It's because everyone has a three-point temperament, and this meeting is already exhausting and anxious, so someone retorted a few words.Xu Xiuhua's most majestic is during this time, so many people come to work for her family, as if she is some kind of landlord and old lady, if someone dares to talk back to her, then it's okay?

Xu Xiuhua's words became more and more unpleasant, as if others were her servants, and the two sides quarreled.

Anyway, they have already offended people, and it is impossible to go to the dock to work in the future, so they simply tell all the old things one by one, so that the villagers can know the grievances they have suffered all these years.

People like Xu Xiuhua will kill themselves if they do unrighteous deeds. After Qiao Yuan understood what was going on, he didn't bother to watch the fun anymore. When he was about to go back home, he found that a shy and timid gaze always fell on On Yu Dameng's body.