In the following days, Zhulan consciously paid attention to the movements next door. She knew that Wang Ru would take a ox cart to the county every day. She didn't know how Wang Ru fooled Wang Laosi. However, seeing Wang Laosi walking around the village with his hands behind his back, he was no longer as cowardly as he was in the past few days. It should be that Wang Ru came up with an idea to make money.
Zhulan calculated the days. Zhou Shuren should have arrived in the south of the Yangtze River. The north was covered in silver. She wondered what the ancient scenery in the south was like. She envied Zhou Shuren!
Zhou Shuren had been in Jiangnan for three days and had gained some understanding of the wealth of ancient Jiangnan. There were all kinds of famous restaurants everywhere, and there were countless gold-spending dens on the river. He also saw how some sons of prodigal merchants spent money lavishly, and what they spent was not just silver bills but paper.
Zhou Shuren had a plan in mind as he knew that the escort company would only stay in Jiangnan for ten days. During those three days, he got to know some scholars and showed his ability in identifying antiques. Some people tried it out for a test, but after knowing his real ability, more people began to invite him to work.
Zhou Shuren lamented that there were really many scholars in Jiangnan. The study environment was one aspect, but the most important thing was money. Jiangnan had the most developed economy, and families had extra money to afford the cost of books, so naturally there were more scholars. The disadvantage was that the imperial examination was the most difficult to pass in Jiangnan.
Time passed quickly. During his eight days in Jiangnan, Zhou Shuren completed ten jobs and earned one thousand taels of silver. He also helped some minor officials to appreciate works for free, and they rewarded Zhou Shuren with some books and writing materials.
Zhou Shuren didn't feel embarrassed at all about being looked down upon. It was a fact that he was looked down upon since he was not even a scholar. Merchants could still show respect to him, but people of status really didn't take Zhou Shuren seriously.
As for the recipes of my relatives, many of them were also sold. Of course, they were all sold to small merchants. The only big sale was to a foreign merchant from Tubo. The merchant did not ask for silver in exchange for the gems, but pawned the gems for silver.
The Li family had a rich harvest on their trip to the south of the Yangtze River, earning 120 taels of silver.
Zhou Shuren would only do appreciation once to earn some money for his family property, and he would not do it again in the future. He would not achieve any fame if he did it once, and no one would care about it, so he would forget about it after a long time. However, if he did it too many times, it would inevitably affect his reputation, which would be bad for the imperial examination. After he returned this time, he would honestly study at home and prepare for the exam.
On the last day, Zhou Shuren took his in-laws everywhere to shop. Zhou Shuren also pawned the jewelry that Zhulan had given him. Ancient pearls were really valuable. A necklace and a pair of good quality bracelets were pawned for 150 taels.
With the fifty taels he brought with him, Zhou Shuren had a total of fourteen hundred taels. He spent less than twenty taels on travel expenses, so he had enough money and did not restrain his purchases. In the end, he hired a carriage from the escort company and loaded several large boxes of things.
The Li family bought less, but since it was rare that things in the south of the Yangtze River were cheaper than in the north, they still bought a box.
When Zhulan was at home waiting for Wang Ru to finally make the sausages, Zhou Shuren returned with the escort team.
Ever since Zhulan found out that Wang Ru knew her daughter was the heroine, she has been on guard against Wang Ru's schemes. She doesn't know if it's because Xue Han and Wang Ru have cut off contact and it's hard to scheme against them, but Wang Ru has been very honest.
It was not until the sausages were made ahead of time that Zhulan found out that it was not that Wang Ru did not want to plot against the Zhou family, but that she wanted to cooperate with the bastard in making the sausages. In the novel, Wang Ru started with kimchi, and only slowly made sausages when the kimchi was no longer profitable. Unfortunately, because Zhulan and Zhou Shuren ran away, the kimchi was everywhere, and Wang Ru could only get sausages.
Li was so upset that she couldn't taste the sausages. She felt very aggrieved. "Mom, I went to buy sausages, but San Ya refused to sell them to me. She even told others that she would not sell them to anyone who gave them to me. What's worse is that she not only refused to sell them to me, but also refused to sell them to my family and my mother's family. Isn't this bullying?"
Zhulan looked at Li silently. With the previous experience of spicy cabbage in mind, she knew that Wang Ru would not be willing to sell it to Li. It seemed that Li was specifically targeting Wang Ru!