Dressed as a blacksmith

As soon as October entered, the weather suddenly turned cold. Qiao Yuan still felt cold when he got up early and walked on the road wearing the little jacket Lin Cuifen made for him.

Yu Dameng immediately stopped a cow cart with a canopy on the road. Father Yu and the twin brothers couldn't survive, so Yu Dameng sat with Qiao Yuan.

There were only two of them in the ox cart, and the driver was driving ahead, so he couldn't see the carriage.Qiao Yuan stuffed his hands into Yu Dameng's arms to keep warm, "Why are you still like a stove?"

Seeing him frozen like this, Yu Dameng said distressedly: "We will also buy an ox cart, and I will buy you a fox fur cloak to keep out the wind."

Qiao Yuan thinks so too, he has a little property now, why should he suffer from this.Moreover, there is an ox cart at home, so we don’t need to rent other people’s carts to transport things from home to the city in the future. “Let’s go to the livestock market at noon.”

Yu Dameng nodded, and pulled Qiao Yuan into his arms to keep warm, "Then I'll find you at the shop then."

Because the number of egg cakes that Lu's Mansion wanted was quite a lot, Yu Dameng also followed into Yuqiaoji to help Meng Bei pass the eggs, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sell the pancakes in time.

While working and chatting, Qiao Yuan told the Meng couple that the old lady of Lu's birthday banquet had to be ordered at the store, "It's okay to ask Mrs. Meng to help, and it's worth the wages. One hundred words a day."

Li Xiumei said straightforwardly: "I'll help, and I won't take my salary."

Qiao Yuan didn't allow her to do this, "That's not okay, sister-in-law, business is business, and the two days will be very tiring. I'm sorry if you don't charge money. And you have to learn now, which will waste your time."

Li Xiumei stopped refusing, and said that she would take the dough out to practice later, which made everyone laugh.

Now the shop's daily delivery is 120 chicken cakes, 120 meat muffins, [-] rice cracker candies, [-] catties each of crispy rice and peanuts, [-] catties of dried sweet potatoes, [-] catties of hawthorn slices, and [-] catties of four-color pancakes. catty.

The average profit of these plus vegetable pancakes and flower buns fluctuates around four and a half, and they can be sold out every day.

Qiao Yuan decided to keep this number unchanged during this period of time, and make adjustments after launching new products after finishing the old lady's birthday banquet in the Lu Mansion.

At that time, the shop was listed for business, and the four servants of Lu's mansion took away the dim sum ordered by Steward Lu yesterday, and nearly two taels of silver were credited in one fell swoop.After excluding the cost, there is still a profit of one, two or three dollars.

Qiao Yuan handed over the money he had just obtained to Ming Xu, "You and Ming Chen will go buy cotton-padded clothes in the afternoon, it will get cold all at once."

Ming Xu nodded, and had the guts to chat with Qiao Yuan, "I've been in the shop all day, and the oven is so hot, I still can't feel it."

Qiao Yuan was happy, and told him his misery in the morning, "The wind is like a knife, and it hurts people's faces." He thought for a while and said: "It's cold, you can use hot water casually, and the shop is not bad. Some money for firewood."

Ming Xu pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes were a little moist.

The hawthorns that have been purchased one after another in the past few days have also weighed [-] catties. He harvested them a little later, and the ones that can still be harvested are all late-ripe varieties. If they were purchased earlier, it is estimated that they will be harvested in one season. Two thousand catties is not a problem.

Qiao Yuan planned to pack up these hawthorns today, and make most of them into hawthorn slices, and make the rest into nut peels and sherry balls for his family to eat.

Yu Shanwu almost doubted his life when he went to hawthorn seeds, "I think I'm going to go blind."

The shop is understaffed, and these two child laborers have been working all day recently. Qiao Yuan is also very embarrassed, "I will send some pocket money to each of you later, and go out for a stroll."

The two brothers immediately became energetic, and the speed of their hands increased significantly.

After a busy morning, Yu Dameng came to the shop to ask Qiao Yuan to go to the livestock market to buy cattle, and Yu Shanwen and Yu Shanwu also went to join in the fun.

The livestock market is very noisy, the sounds of various animals are mixed together, and the smell is very smoky, most of them sell chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits.

Qiao Yuan saw a group of people gathering around to see the horse and also took a look at it. The horse was fat, strong, and shiny. It was indeed a good horse, but it was worth 200 taels!

This is just the starting price for the auction!

Even the skinny and unreliable ones next to it cost 70 taels.

Qiao Yuan resolutely went to buy cattle and gave up the idea of ​​buying a "BMW". As for mules and donkeys, they were not considered at all.

Yu Dameng had reclaimed wasteland on the frontier earlier, so he knew the quality of cattle.I shopped around and picked a young and strong little ox, which is strong enough to stand up and eats fast.

You came and I fought with each other, and the transaction price was 15 taels of silver.When the farming season is busy, the ox can still plow the land, and the more Qiao Yuan thinks about it, the more cost-effective it becomes.

Next to the livestock market, there is a special seller of car covers, and Qiao Yuan spent another three taels of silver to buy a car cover. If it is loaded with goods, the cover can be removed and only the cart is left. The design is very convenient.

Maverick has a good temper, and he put the hood on without much effort.Yu Dameng took a test drive, Maverick was very obedient and obedient.

Qiao Yuan took the already impatient brothers up to test the seat, and commented: "I'll ask my mother to make some soft cushions and put them on it. It's a bit uncomfortable to sit like this."

Yu Shanwen, Yu Shanwu and his brothers felt dizzy after experiencing the novelty, and they made Qiao Yuan amused.

Qiao Yuan asked Yu Dameng to put them down in Yishifang, "Let's order here first, you go and pick up Dad, we'll eat here at noon."

Yu Dameng nodded, and drove the bullock cart back to the iron shop.

Father Yu was overjoyed to see Mavericks, this is a big addition to the family!When Yu Dameng went to buy the cow, he had already packed out the shed, and used it as a cowshed for the calf.

When Yu Dameng drove the calf to the cowshed, and was about to take Father Yu to Yishifang for lunch, he still remembered how the calf would eat this meal, so he had to hurry to buy some grass and store it in the shop.

When they arrived at Yishifang, the food was just served.

What Qiao Yuan ordered was some home-cooked stir-fries. The portions of the dishes were large, but the taste was average.

Even Yu Shanwu, who is not picky about food, complained, "This is far worse than Brother Yuan's craftsmanship."

Qiao Yuan said with a smile: "When Lu's business is finished, I will invite you to the guest building to eat, the food there must be delicious!"

It is said that there are restaurants in the capital, but I don't know why they also open in this small and inconspicuous place.

After drinking and eating, Qiao Yuan hummed a little tune and returned to Yu Qiao Ji.The Meng family also came back from the stall, but their faces were not very good, and they were bitter and bitter.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Yuan asked.

Li Xiumei sighed: "Today there is also a vegetable pancake seller at the pier, exactly like us!"

Meng Beidao: "I've checked, it's from Majia Iron Shop. The price is the same as ours, but there's no need to line up there, and it's newly opened. Many people went there today."

Pancake batter has been used for a long time, and people who are willing can always toss it out, but there are only a few blacksmiths in the city, so if you want to make pancakes, it's not easy to find Yu's family to make pancakes.Before other people could come out to Ma's house to order pancakes, Ma's house went to sell pancakes by itself first.However, Qiao Yuan felt that this was nothing, it was just a normal business competition, which could not be avoided.

Qiao Yuan said: "It's okay, anyway, he can't sell it cheaper than us, I have kept the price to the lowest, and it depends on who tastes better."

Li Xiumei was overjoyed now, "Then his food must not be as delicious as ours, you can smell it! It's just that they imitate us and it's a bit annoying!"

Qiao Yuan nodded, "Wait and see."

He thinks that Ma's house won't be sold for a long time. Firstly, it has already been sold here. Everyone in the county knows that the taste is good and there are many varieties. Second, it is difficult to control the ratio of thick noodles and fine noodles. The selling price is estimated to not make much money.There are many irons in the pan, and it is expensive to make one, so maybe no one is willing to take the risk of spending this money to go to him to make pancakes and sell pancakes.

Even if there is, he has a way to deal with it.

Meng Bei continued: "And about your uncle, I also inquired about it, he probably didn't pursue the responsibility of the dock because of your father's death, and didn't ask for compensation, and he was able to say that he would count, so he became the Little things."

Qiao Yuan was even more angry, Qiao Guangzhi took advantage of the original owner's father, but he didn't treat the original owner well.After he has been busy for a while and has made money, he must take care of Qiao Guangzhi!

In the afternoon, another round of busyness entered, and Meng Bei and Li Xiumei also stayed to help clean up the hawthorns.Both of them were good at work, but they helped a lot, and Qiao Yuan paid them a hundred cash that day.

Today, I drove an oxcart home from work, and the speed was indeed much faster.As soon as he entered the village, he was followed by a group of children.

Yu Shanwen and Yu Shanwu are all children at heart after all, sitting in the car with an air of air.Qiao Yuan was amused, and drove them down, "Call Mother and Brother Liu, and try to sit on them."

In order to avoid being watched again at the old house, Yu Dameng drove the car directly to them.When Lin Cuifen and Brother Liu came back, he took them around.

Lin Cuifen got off the bullock cart and Zhile said, "The one with a canopy is better, so it won't be exposed to the sun or rain."

Brother Liu also giggled happily.

Father Yu saw that it would be dark for a while, so he said, "Da Meng and I went up the mountain to cut some trees and build a shed for the cows first. You can ask in the village to collect some grass for the cows."

Qiao Yuan only knew that cows ate grass, but he didn't know what kind of grass.But Lin Cuifen knows a lot about it, so she is all about it, "I'll go out and find out which one has it first. Let's stock up more, and the cows will have something to eat in winter."

Yu Shanwen and Yu Shanwu didn't know where they went, Qiao Yuan and Brother Liu were the only ones left at home.

He gave Brother Liu two of the fruit peels he made today, "Just eat these, don't eat too much, or your teeth will break! Sit here and be good, brother will cook."

Brother Liu nodded, sucking the fruit skin, it was sour and sweet, his calves were shaking, it was so beautiful.

When Qiao Yuan was washing the ribs and preparing to stew the soup first, Xu Xiuhua came.

She didn't show her teeth and claws like before this time, but she seemed to have formed a habit in front of Qiao Yuan, always inadvertently showing a bit of contempt, which made people uncomfortable, "Brother Yuan, I heard that your pancakes The stall business was done by someone from your sister-in-law's family?"

Qiao Yuan sneered, thinking who else could you listen to, "Yeah, what's the matter?"

"You child!" Xu Xiuhua panicked, remembering Qiao Guangzhi's warning, and smiled flatteringly, "Why don't you think about your mother's family if something good happens!"

Qiao Yuan was so disgusted that he didn't bother to accompany her around the corner, so he dumped the washed pork ribs into another basin and said, "Say what you have to say."

Xu Xiuhua laughed now, "Your shop still lacks a shopkeeper, right? You can't afford to run a shop with your own brother. Let your cousin come over to help you, and you don't need to pay more monthly money. Just three liang of silver a month. become!"

"Your cousin, you know it. He is knowledgeable and stable. If I go to your shop..."

Xu Xiuhua was still beeping non-stop, with a smile on her face like a flower.

Qiao Yuan sneered, got up and took two steps back, picked up the water from washing the ribs and splashed it directly on Xu Xiuhua's face.

"Ah!" Xu Xiuhua yelled crazily, and jumped up wiping her face, which was sticky and covered with a layer of grease.She was trembling with anger, pointing at Qiao Yuan, she couldn't believe it, "You...you..."

"What are you!" Qiao Yuan slapped her finger down hard, "I gave you shame, didn't I? You come here again and again to find trouble? Just based on what your whole family did to me before, Let me tell you, don't even try to get benefits from me in your life! You don't want to show up in front of me to disgust me!"

"You little bastard!" Xu Xiuhua was in a hurry to be humiliated, and rushed towards Qiao Yuan angrily.

Qiao Yuan hid for a while, and saw Brother Liu stumbling towards him, picked up the broom bump quickly and drove Xu Xiuhua out.

--------------------

The author has something to say:

In ancient times, it was calculated according to the lunar calendar. Its October is November in the Gregorian calendar. The north in November in the Gregorian calendar is really cold~~~