Under the leadership of Han Yang, Jing Rong took a look at the room of Qin Guizhi's mother's house. Although this house is not big, there are two rooms on the left and right, separated by the kitchen, which may be a circle smaller than Xi Yanqing's house, but it is better than the large yard. Both the front yard and the back yard are big. And it can be seen that the original owner was very diligent and kept the house quite clean. The only downside is that it doesn't live for a long time, and it looks very deserted.
But thinking about such a big yard, and being able to settle the sheep at home, Jing Rong felt that he could buy it first. Anyway, this is an excessive place. When everything is settled in Huaping Village, he still has to build a new house.
So Jingrong went to Village Chief Lin again, and Village Chief Lin saw that he was determined to buy it, so he took him to Qin Guizhi.
Qin Guizhi had never met Jingrong, but this person was brought by the village chief. She was in a hurry to spend the money. As long as she saw the money, who would sell it? He agreed to take Qin Guizhi to see the house. But Jingrong said that she had seen the house, and that she came here to lower the price. And the price he pressed was not the same as the price given by Village Chief Lin.
"Fourteen taels?!" Qin Guizhi opened his mouth and looked at the unfamiliar young man in front of him, "Young man, are you afraid that you have never bought a house before? You didn't negotiate the price like you did. My house was only sold for eighteen taels of silver. You Just press me down for four or two, where are you buying a house with sincerity?"
"I came here to lower the price because I bought a house with sincerity. I have just seen your house. It has not been inhabited for a long time, it is not very popular, and the roof has defects. If I want to live in it, I have to repair it now, and the fence in the yard has to be reworked. , I also looked in the house, there is nothing inside, there are only two kangs, and even the pot on the stove has been removed. I have to redo the stove. "
"Then you can't just give 14 taels of silver, because 14 taels can't be sold." Qin Guizhi thought that she was very emotional about that house. If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't raise the money for those farmhands, she wouldn't sell it. !
"That's it." Jing Rong said, turning to leave without hesitation.
"King kid, don't buy it anymore?" Village Chief Lin thought that this is more powerful than him, fourteen taels? ! Really dare to press!
"To tell the truth, Grandpa Lin, I don't have to buy it in Huaping Village. There are also a few suitable houses in Liuya Village. The house is as big as the one I'm looking at today, but it only costs 13 taels. If there are more people here, I want to be here. But if it exceeds fourteen taels, it is not worth it."
"So, then you can make up your own mind." Village Chief Lin didn't mean to speak for Qin Guizhi, and turned around to leave.
"Wait!" Qin Guizhi hurriedly called out, "Young man, I am selling this house sincerely. The price is negotiable, but you can't really press it down to fourteen taels. How much manpower do you think it will take to build a house? Besides, how good is my house, there is a small river not far from going out, and it is convenient to wash clothes in summer." The most important thing is that if this person is leaving, her house might not be sold!
"It's only fourteen taels, and I can't add any more. If you can sell it to me for fourteen taels, I can buy it today."
"But the 14th and 20th commissions are really too few." Qin Guizhi was anxious. On the one hand, he was afraid that the buyer would run away, but on the other hand, he felt that the money was too little. She had also thought that after selling the house, she would give the farmer money, so she could keep some more. But if there are only fourteen taels, there is nothing left after giving the farmer money.
"I will leave Huaping Village tomorrow. If you think about it, you can come to the village chief's house to find me." This is what the village chief told him on the way here, not to mention Xi Yanqing or Han Yang. home, lest Qin Guizhi find out what happened, and would rather stay still than sell the house. Although this is unlikely to happen right now, what if it is
"Let's go, seventeen taels, young man, how about seventeen taels?" Qin Guizhi thought, why should he make some money!
"Fourteen taels, this is the highest price I can offer." Jing Rong left.
Village Chief Lin was about to leave, but Qin Guizhi stopped him the next second. Qin Guizhi asked where Jingrong came from. The village chief said that it was a descendant who was introduced by an old friend. Qin Guizhi didn't think much about it, but felt that the fourteen taels were too few, so he asked the village chief Lin to help her talk. Even when it comes to sixteen taels. Sixteen taels she sold it.
Village Chief Lin was not sure whether Jing Rong’s words were serious or whether he had to lower the price first and then give Qin Guizhi room to bounce back. Hearing the words, he said, “Mother Yangfan, I can’t say that. How about letting him stop thinking about buying your house? Zhao Xiaozi and the others have been begging for wages from your family for a long time, right? Your house will not be sold at this time, I am afraid it will not sell. You said that this winter Who can come to our place to buy a house? I heard that this guy wants to raise sheep, and he thinks that we are surrounded by mountains, rivers, water, and grasslands. But you say which place in our ten miles and eight villages is not rich in water and grass?" One The river runs through several villages, and each village has beautiful mountains and rivers.
Qin Guizhi also understands that there is some truth in what Village Chief Lin said, but the Fourteenth and Two Committees are too few!
The village chief Lin sighed: "You can think about it yourself. Anyway, the person who paid the money is Mr. Jing, and I can't do anything about it."
Qin Guizhi gritted his teeth: "Let me think about it again!"
Or... borrow some money to give to those farmhands first, and the house won't be sold? But where will the money be borrowed? The only uncle's family who could borrow it now has a bad relationship with her family because of Zhang Sheng's affairs, and she doesn't want to ask his family. Besides, Zhang Shengjia may not be able to get the money.
Qin Guizhi was worried when someone came outside.
Originally, Qin Guizhi thought it was the village chief and Jing Rong who had left and returned, and he was very happy, but when he heard it, it was actually those who were begging for wages!
Some people are staring at Qin Guizhi's house. When she hears that someone wants to buy her house, but she thinks that the money is too little to sell it, how can she bear it? He quickly called a group of people over: "Qin Guizhi! Don't blame us for not giving us your money today! We are all listening, someone wants to buy your house! Hurry up and open the door for us!"
"Yes, don't blame me for smashing the wall of your house if you don't open the door!" Someone fiercely threw stones into Qin Guizhi's yard.
"Brothers, I think she doesn't cry when she doesn't see the official talent, hurry up and smash it for me!" The five-year-old man with the thick wooden stick in his hand slammed into Qin Guizhi's house, "Zhang Yangfan, you shriveled tortoise! You don't even dare to let it go, what a man?! Come out to me!"
"Yangfan, my son, what are you talking about?! Quickly think of a way!" Qin Guizhi was so frightened that he didn't dare to leave the door.
"What can I do? Why don't you just sell the house to the man just now?" Zhang Yangfan didn't dare to go out, so he didn't want to reason with those villagers who didn't know a word!
"But that person only gave fourteen taels! This, this is too little!"
"It's too few, it's too few now, it won't be enough to be hurt when it comes to our house!" Zhang Yangfan shouted impatiently, "Hurry up and sell these people away! It's so noisy that people want to sleep well at night. Disaster."
"How dare you fight with your mother! I don't even think about who did it!" Qin Guizhi said so, but he stomped his feet and went out. Fourteen taels are fourteen taels! People are more important than money!
What Jing Rong thought was that if the price was 14 taels, he would have a look when the time came. If the other party really felt that it was less, he could increase the price to 15 taels. If it's fifteen taels, the house is worth buying. I didn't expect that the fourteen taels actually bought it? ! Jing Rong was a little surprised, but seeing a bunch of people waiting for money behind Qin Guizhi, he suddenly understood. Dare is really forced to the bottom of the eyelids.
After Luo Yong went to Huangtan Town, he chatted with Jing Rong a lot, and he also mentioned some things about Zhang's family, so Jing Rong had a very bad impression of Zhang Yangfan and the girls. It can be said that he feels that the fourteen taels of silver are less or less, but he does not feel ashamed at all!
Qin Guizhi was in a hurry to get the money, so he asked Zhang Yangfan to go through the formalities with Jingrong. Jing Rong had money on her body, and after she went to town with Zhang Yangfan, she pressed her handprint and paid the money, and the formalities were quickly completed. The house deed is in hand, but only on this day.
Jing Rong himself felt like a dream, and it all went well. Unexpectedly, Huaping Village will have a good start.
"It's really unexpectedly fast." Xi Yanqing saw the house deed and confirmed it, "You're still the same as before, doing things as quickly as possible."
"Brother Jingrong, are you going to move in directly this time?" Luo Fei asked.
"I'll come when the house and land on the other side are sold out." Jing Rong said embarrassedly, "I'm going to trouble Brother Xi and Brother Qi these days." The house will not be crowded for a long time, so the kang must be burned before anyone can live in it. . But at least there is a pot on the stove to burn the kang, and he can't take care of it if he rushes away, so most of the time he has to trouble Xiyan to clear them.
"What trouble are you talking about, I'll find someone to help you put the pot on tomorrow." Xi Yanqing felt that this was a trivial matter, so he made two pots and burned a fire every day. What kind of trouble is this? You know, he originally knew how to read or write because of Jingrong teaching. At that time, there was no pinyin, just word by word, and what was the difference between burning a fire every day and having patience
"Then do you want to get some furniture or something?" Luo Fei asked again.
"There's really nothing in the house right now, but in the future there will be a lot of money to be used, so I'm not going to rush to get furniture. I'll go back and get two quilts, and then fix the roof." Jing Rong said, "If it is bright, Good day, I plan to leave tomorrow. After I go back, there are still some things that I have to ask Luo Yong to help for a while, so I won't let him come back first, Brother Xi and Qi, can you write to me if you have anything to do? ?"
"It's done." Xi Yanqing happily agreed.
The next day, Luo Fei got up to help get some food, and Jing Rong took the food on the road. Xi Yanqing found a good day and drove the ox cart to the town with Han Yang and Luo Ji. With the help of the brothers, he bought a new batch of milk and brought back two large pots for Jing Rong's new home. After that, the fire was also set on fire, and billowing smoke billowed from the chimney.
A few big boys took advantage of the good weather again, and took some straw to repair the roof, at least not to let the wind in. After it was done, Xi Yanqing sent a letter to Jingrong, telling Jingrong that it was going well, and sent some freshly frozen ice cream to Shi Shi's house on the way.
There are roughly three kinds of ice-cream made this time, a fruit popsicle with dried fruit soaked in water and sugar, a pure milk bar, and a milk-yolk ice-cream. Milk egg yolk ice cream is made with condensed milk, egg yolks and sugar. Xi Yanqing and Luo Fei don’t know if that is condensed milk. ". The egg yolk part has been beaten for a long time, so the taste of the ice cream is much better than before. Although there is still a feeling of ice stubble when eating, it is also thin.
It's just that the cost is high, and the cost of this ice cream is close to five cents.
"Then you can sell this kind of money for ten cents." Shi Shi felt that the taste was quite special after tasting it, so he suggested, "Although our Pine Forest Town is not that big, there are not a few rich people in the town. Ten cents Money for an ice cream is not cheap, but it is definitely not expensive." For someone who spends a few taels a day, is ten cents a thing? And even if there are not many people who spend a few taels of silver a day, there are not a few people in this town who spend dozens or hundreds of dollars a day, "Brother Xi, you can come back and get some more, I have a friend who opened a car on Zheng'an Street. If you have visited a few restaurants, you can also sell them together at the restaurant. In these years, no one wants to be new, and since the Chinese New Year is almost here, everyone can have some extra money in their hands. "
"Thank you, Big Brother Shi. You don't have to sell it at the beginning, you can also make small pieces and invite guests to try it. It's not too late to buy it after you eat it." Xi Yanqing has never sold food, but he knows how to try it benefit.
"It will be better if you have this idea." Shi Shi asked Li Siyuan to count, and then told Li Siyuan that he would be in charge after that.
It was only later that Xi Yanqing learned that Shi Shi's family background was so strong that he was just trying to find something for Li Siyuan to do this ice cream business with him, because Li Siyuan felt that it was a bit difficult and boring to have only children at home, but he didn't know it. what to do. It just so happened that Li Siyuan, the ice-cream maker, only needed to be in charge of contacting the upper and lower homes, so he thought he was free to earn some pocket money.
Of course, at this time, they never thought that the ice cream would be so popular in the later stage.
Maybe it's because the winter is dry and people are easy to get angry? Seeing the ice cream and thinking of the cool feeling, it seems that I am not so resistant.
The ice-cream made by Xi Yanqing and Luo Fei, the flower-shaped ice cream is made of dried blueberries and dried raspberries with icing sugar added, while the heart-shaped ice cream is pure milk, and the claw shape is milk egg yolk. Ice cream. There is also a sun man and a star that Luo Fei came up with. He painted the eyes, mouth and a few hairs with caramel on the half-frozen round ice cream. How cute is it.
"How many are there in total?" Xi Yanqing asked. So many tests have been done before, this is the first time it is officially shipped. There are a total of 60 ice cream molds. After freezing, pour out a batch and make another batch. Fortunately, Chen Huazhang helped to make a slot-type ice cream board. After the frozen ice cream is placed, cover it with a cloth, which is clean and clean. tidy.
"A total of one hundred and fifty-four." Luo Fei counted it twice and recorded it with pen and paper. He carefully wrote down the date of the first batch of shipments, the number of shipments, and the cost of shipments. Those test items in the past are not counted, anyway, the cost of this first batch is about 330 yuan.
"I'll go to town in a while, what do you want to eat? I'll bring it back to you by the way." Xi Yanqing said.
"I want to eat sesame candy, and can you bring me back some embroidery materials?" To make this ice cream, Luo Fei just ordered a little person to count, burn fire, boil milk, beat eggs, and order molds. It's all Xi Yanqing, Luo Fei can just watch, so he still intends to embroider things. If the ice cream is lost, can it be recovered
"Is the embroidery finished for you last time?" Xi Yanqing smiled maliciously.
"The embroidery is over." Luo Fei said without blushing, "You just sent it back today."
"True or false?" Xi Yanqing was really surprised, "When did you embroider?" How could he not know!
"When you're not at home." Luo Feixin said that embroidering a flower has to be sneaky, but fortunately, my lord, I have strong determination! And the funny thing is, I might be afraid of being discovered when I embroider, so there is an invisible sense of urgency, and the embroidery is much faster than the previous ones.
Luo Fei gave Xi Yanqing the package, along with the pattern, and Xi Yanqing took a look. Such a difficult thing is actually embroidered and it is embroidered so well. The people on the cloth are vivid, and even the demeanor is very similar to the painting!
With admiration in Xi Yanqing's eyes: "Amazing, daughter-in-law."
Luo Fei raised his chin arrogantly: "Humph!"
Xi Yanqing put her arms around Luo Fei's shoulder: "Then can you tell me what was in your mind when you embroidered this thing?"
Luo Fei hooked his fingers to signal Xi Yanqing to come over, and then whispered something to him.
Xi Yanqing's breathing became unsteady when he listened to it, and when he looked at Luo Fei, his eyes were so dark that he seemed to be swallowing Luo Fei alive.
Luo Fei patted Xi Yanqing's chest with a smile: "Go, this time I'll give the one with more money."
Xiyan Qingxin said that no matter how much money you give, you can't take it! This is simply looking for guilt for him! Sure enough, is it me who has trained my daughter-in-law in Tailang
Put the ice cream on something and bite him...
Xi Yanqing was dizzy driving the ox cart all the way, and she didn't know where she was going.
However, it was not in vain for a while, these ice creams were sold in the restaurant opened by a snack shop and Shi Shi's friend, and they were all sold out in less than three days. This first batch deducted the cost of 330 wen, as well as the share distributed to Li Siyuan and the other two bosses, and finally earned about 150 wen, and there was another batch of orders.
One hundred and fifty cents in three days, an average of fifty cents a day, and more than one tael of silver a month. It is impossible to be rich, but earning a living allowance is not a problem at all. And it's impossible to just sell this after the market opens up.
Luo Fei is even more powerful. After taking back his embroidery, Xi Yanqing directly took back four taels of silver. Finally, he didn't need to move the money buried in the soil. The young couple began to live a petty bourgeoisie life again, and decided to work hard Save money to build a new house in spring!
After entering the twelfth lunar month, the sky gets even colder, and sometimes a snowfall can fall for a whole day.
Since they started making ice cream, Xi Yanqing and Luo Fei have had a stable arrangement. Every day, Xiyanqing is responsible for cleaning the yard, carrying water, chopping wood, and making ice cream, while Luo Fei is responsible for cooking, embroidering, and writing.
Luo Fei has memorized a lot of characters. Because of the pinyin, the progress is much faster, and they can learn faster than those children in the school. Although some characters can't be written, they can recognize a lot of them.
What Xi Yanqing brought to Luo Fei this time wasn't a fool's errand, it was all embroidery, flowers, grass, and birds. Luo Fei embroidered a bird, and then heard Xi Yanqing call him outside: "Er Treasure, come out!"
Luo Fei put down the needle and thread in his hand: "Why?"
It was too cold and the sun was nice but he didn't want to go out either.
Xi Yanqing shouted again: "Come out and see!"
Luo Fei went out to take a look, and Xi Yanqing actually built two snowmen!
Xi Yanqing pointed at the two snowmen holding hands: "Look, do you look like you and me?"
Luo Fei said: "Like." Then with a smirk, he took a thick wooden stick and stuck it in front of the snowman: "It's more like this."
Xi Yanqing poked Luo Fei's nose: "Naughty."
After he finished speaking, he took a lot of small wooden sticks and placed a chrysanthemum behind the little snowman.
Luo Fei: Who are we naughty
The next day, Xi Yanqing went to town with two more ice-cream bars. If Luo Fei earns technical money that costs his eyes and cervical spine, then Xi Yanqing can be said to be hard money from being frozen.
The northern part of the twelfth lunar month was really cold, and there was no thermometer, but Xi Yanqing felt that it was definitely not running at minus 30 degrees. The effort paid off, and now in Songlin Town, one hundred and eighty ice creams can be sold a day. In addition to the dim sum shops and restaurants, Shi Shi and Li Siyuan actually gave Amway this thing to the brothel...
I don't know whether to say that these two couples have extensive friendships or they are very popular. Anyway, the sales volume of ice cream has stabilized at about 100 pieces a day.
Li Siyuan is now thinking about selling the ice cream in other towns. The sales here are good, so at least it shows that the popularity of ice cream is not low, and it will definitely be sold elsewhere.
"Brother Xi, if this thing has been frozen like this, how long can it be stored?" Li Siyuan asked.
"As long as it stays frozen, it shouldn't be a problem to keep it for a month." Xi Yanqing estimated that it should be able to sell for another two to three months.
"That's it, next time you will send five hundred more. I have a friend in Hengyang Town, and I will let him sell it." Li Siyuan said, "Hengyang Town has more people than our town. If it can be sold, it will be a good business in the future."
"No problem. I'm not as well-connected as Big Brother Shi and Big Brother Li, so I will trouble you all in the sales process. I will do the rest as much as possible." Xi Yanqing said, "Did Brother Shi's friend reply?" Yanqing really didn't expect to make too much money with ice cream. This is just what he thought about when he didn't want to sit on the mountain during the winter. If he wanted to make more money, he still had to see if he could make ice cream in summer. If you can, then it will be really profitable.
"There is a reply, my friend will arrive at Songlin Town in three days." Shi Shi is also looking forward to making ice in summer.
"Father, Daddy!" Xiao Changle's voice came from outside at this time, "Is Uncle Xi here?!"
"Yes, are you happy now?" Li Siyuan smiled, "I was thinking about that villain ice cream two days ago, but I've been waiting for you."
"Little Changle, you're getting fat again." Xi Yanqing pinched Changle's cheek, "Do you miss your uncle or the ice cream that your uncle took?"
"I want to!" Xiao Changle said, "I still miss Uncle Luo Fei. Why didn't Uncle Luo Fei come?"
"Uncle Luo Fei is inconvenient now, and he misses you very much."
"Why is it inconvenient?"
"Uncle Luo Fei is going to give you a little brother or little sister, so it's inconvenient." Li Siyuan said, "I will take you to see him when I have time?"
"Okay, it's a deal!" Xiao Changle stretched out his hand and looked at Li Siyuan eagerly.
"Okay, don't look at Dad like that, I can't win against you." Li Siyuan pinched his son's little nose, "Go to the housekeeper and ask him to get you a villain ice cream."
"Thank you, Dad!" Xiao Changle ran away, not forgetting to say, "Uncle Xi is eating at my house at noon!"
It has to be said that the saying "you don't have to worry about growing up" is quite reasonable. The first time I saw Xiao Changle was summer, and it was only two seasons. The child has grown a lot taller and speaks much more fluently than at that time.
Suddenly, I look forward to the little life in Luo Fei's belly.
Xi Yanqing thought of Luo Fei, so he didn't eat at Shifu. After buying what Luo Fei wanted to eat, he hurried back to Huaping Village. At this time, Jingrong finally sold the house and land to a local rich man. , was preparing to rush to Huaping Village with Luo Yong, who was about to go crazy.