Li Mo looked at the proprietress, and her mind moved.
Perhaps, you can ask the proprietress for help and cooperate with her.
"Sister Yue, in fact, I also know that the balm I make has too little flavor, and I have thought of a way, but my way needs money, and I can't come up with so much money now."
The proprietress raised her eyebrows, looked at Li Mo, and waited for Li Mo's next words.
Li Mo didn't play around, and continued: "Sister Yue, I wonder if you are interested in cooperating with me in this balm business?"
The proprietress didn't answer, but instead beckoned to the shop assistant, "Take a look at the shop, and call me at the back if you have anything to do."
The guy nods yes.
The proprietress pulled Li Mo, "Let's go to the back and talk." She took Li Mo directly to the small room used for resting at the back of the store.
When we got to the room, the proprietress closed the door, and then turned to look at Li Mo.
"Sister, you know, I am very interested in your balm, you gave me the opportunity to cooperate, how could I not be interested, now tell me, how to cooperate?"
Li Mo's heart relaxed, she raised the corners of her lips, and said, "Sister Yue, let me tell you the truth, what I need now is money, and what you don't need is money. With my cooperation method, you only need to pay for the other things. Never mind, I will make more balms with different flavors."
The proprietress' eyes widened slightly, and the light in her eyes was even brighter.
Li Mo continued: "Sister Yue, I need money to develop balm with different flavors. You only need to pay me a sum of money. In the future, I will only sell my balm to you in this town. If it is sold by one family, it will definitely not be sold to other families, and, in the future, any balm you want, I will give it to you at the cost of two cents a box, and I will not make you a penny."
Li Mo's proposal is actually very beneficial to the proprietress. Now that she contributes a sum of money, she will actually earn more in the future than she does now, and it can be regarded as a semi-monopoly of the town's market. Anyone with a business mind will definitely agree.
The proprietress is by no means a brainless person, on the contrary, she has a good brain, so as soon as Li Mo's proposal came out, she thought about it for a while, and immediately decided to do it, she nodded immediately, "Okay, I agree to this cooperation, but not Do you know how much it will cost?"
The idea in Li Mo's heart is to buy the land at the back of the house, which is right next to the back mountain, so that a wall can be built to separate it from the outside world, and then divide the area inside to grow flowers. Just leave it to Meizi.
When you grow your own flowers, you can grow all kinds of flowers, and then there will be more than two flavors of balm.
The cost required to complete this matter is the money for buying the land in the back room, plus the money for buying flower seeds, and finally adding the money for building the fence. I don’t know the exact amount of this money yet, and I need to go back and find it. The village chief only found out after discussing it.
Li Mo went back to the proprietress and said, "Sister Yue, I need to buy a piece of land to grow flowers. I don't know how much it will cost at the moment. I have to go back to the village and discuss it with the village chief. So, I will discuss it with the village chief after I have decided on the land. Let me tell you, we will make another contract when the time comes."
The proprietress nodded, "Okay, you are very thoughtful, and I am not worried. When the time comes, you are sure how much you want, and we will discuss it later."
The matter was settled like this, Li Mo talked about it with Song Dashan and Meizi when she got home that day.
Meizi was puzzled, "Sister-in-law, why do you want to buy land to plant flowers? We can go to the back mountain, and use such a large piece of land as you like, and it doesn't cost money."
Li Mo smiled and shook her head, "If you are not in this village, you don't know that there are people in this village who spend all day looking into other people's homes. Every time we go to the back mountain to pick flowers, no matter how careful we are, and how to hide and hide, there are still people I noticed that many people have been asking the Zhao family intentionally or unintentionally, and some people probably guessed that we used it to make balm."
Meizi's eyes widened, "Ah? What should we do then? Will others steal business from us if they know that?"
Li Mo patted her, "It's okay, no one has done anything for such a long time, just because they don't know how to make this balm, at most they put flowers in their purses for incense. But in the future we will plant flowers, It can no longer be in the back mountain, even if others can't make the balm, there is no guarantee that someone will not pick our flowers, and it is even more likely to cause damage, we can't go to the back mountain every day to watch."
Song Dashan agreed with Li Mo's words, "There is such a big movement in planting flowers that it is impossible not to disturb the people in the village. When the time comes, someone with a heart will destroy it, and we will not be able to prevent it. We still have to grow it in our own home to be safe."
Tie Zi nodded upon hearing this.
Li Mo continued: "I've thought about it. Our house is right behind the back mountain. It's impossible for someone to use this land. It won't be too expensive to buy it. I'll discuss it with the village chief when the time comes. Dashan, you can go tomorrow Buy two jars of wine in the town, and buy some meat and pastries, and bring them to the village head's house tomorrow night to discuss this matter with him."
Song Dashan nodded, "Okay, I've made a note." He said, looking at the open space behind his house, "I reckon this piece of land won't cost too much money, about ten taels of silver can be taken."
Ten taels of silver is within Li Mo's budget, if it's really only that much, then it's totally fine.
The next day, Song Dashan took the things he bought without Li Mo, and went directly to the village chief's house while it was dark.
Li Mo waited at home for two hours before Song Dashan came back.
"How is it? Is it okay?" Li Mo asked while bringing him a bowl of water.
Song Dashan took the water, not in a hurry to drink it, but nodded to Li Mo with a smile, "Yes, the village chief agreed." He said with a fist, which means ten taels of silver.
It turned out to be exactly the same as Song Dashan estimated.
Li Mo smiled and held his fist, "Ten taels of silver?"
"Well, for ten taels of silver, I will give the land in the back to our family."
Li Mo's heart settled down.
If the open space in the back costs ten taels of silver, then it will cost about three taels of silver to enclose the fence. It is estimated that it will cost two taels of silver to buy various seeds. Money, then, the cost can be controlled within twenty taels of silver, which is not too much.
Once the cost is confirmed, then you can make a contract with the proprietress, and then you can start to prepare.
Li Mo suddenly felt that her career was taking off, and she was getting more and more ambitious.
With a happy mood, Li Mo confirmed the content of the contract with the proprietress the next day.
The proprietress paid twenty taels of silver, and from now on Li Mo's business in this town would only be provided to the proprietress's family, and each box of balm would only charge the proprietress two pennies.
Li Mo and the proprietress each put their fingerprints on the contract, and the cooperation is considered complete.
Then there is the matter of buying land.
This matter is easy to say, Song Dashan went to the village head's house again the next night, and when he came back, he held the title deed of the land in his hand.
"Dashan, it's all over now. The land behind belongs to our family, and we can start to build the fence." Li Mo was very happy with the land deed in his hand.
Song Dashan touched Li Mo's smiling face, "Okay, I'll do it next, I'll invite a few people from the village to help build the wall, the wall can be built within ten days, you don't have to worry about it."
Li Mo didn't understand the matter of building the wall either, Song Dashan had to come for everything, and Meizi could leave the housework to Meizi, the only thing she had to think about was what kind of seeds to prepare.
Autumn is coming soon. It is impossible to plant whatever flowers you want here like in modern times. It is better to plant flowers that can be sown in this season. And in this season, it seems that the only ones that can be planted in this season are zinnias, Pansies, osmanthus, kale, calendulas, daisies, bellflowers, cornflowers, evening primroses, freesias and other flowers can be sown now to bloom next year.
And when spring comes next year, you can also order other flowers to enrich the variety. Different flowers will be used to make balm in each season, and there will be no more flowers.
As long as this year is over, the types of balm can be varied.
Thinking of this, Li Mo called Meizi over, and said to her: "Meizi, you and Tiezi can stay here for now, sister-in-law needs your help here, your brother is going to find someone to build a wall for our house, and the family has to provide it at noon." Meals, it’s up to you, I’ll ask your brother to bring back the daily dishes from the town. I’ll take the two little guys to the shop, you don’t have to worry about them.”
Meizi nodded, "Sister-in-law, leave this matter to me, you can go to make up at ease, I'm fine with cooking."
Meizi is good at doing things, much better than her, Li Mo has nothing to worry about.
The only thing she worries about is that their family bought land and built a fence, which will definitely attract people from the village to watch and ask questions, and then their family will live under the watchful eyes of the villagers, which will lead to safety issues in the future It's an important question, and it's hard to guarantee that someone with a heart will not come to the door to make something unhappy.
It is impossible for someone to watch at home all the time, so we must find a way to ensure the safety of the home.
Seeing Li Mo frowning in thought, Song Dashan reached out to caress the center of her brow, "What's wrong?"
Li Mo looked at him, after thinking about it, she still expressed her worries.
Hearing this, Song Dashan patted her on the head, "What's the matter? It's very simple. Let's go to someone who has a puppy at home and ask for a puppy to raise. We will raise it slowly from a young age, and we can watch it when we grow up and become familiar with it." Home nursing home."
Hearing what Song Dashan said, Li Mo suddenly realized.
That's right, every household in the countryside will raise a dog to visit the nursing home. Their family is a rare family without a dog. She also forgot that she could have a dog.
Dogs in this countryside are not pet dogs. Dogs raised in this village are very fierce. They can guard the house and guard the home. Generally, petty thieves don't want to enter the house to get cheap.
Moreover, having a dog at home can also give children an extra playmate. Children like animals at home most.
Li Mo grabbed Song Dashan's arm, impatiently saying, "Dashan, then go and bring a puppy back, and I'll keep it now."
Seeing Li Mo happy, Song Dashan also nodded with a smile, "Okay, I'll go and see which dog in the village has a pup later, and if there is one, I'll bring one back."
Song Dashan also dotes on Li Mo very much, knowing that she is impatient, usually Li Mo will go and do it for her immediately. This time, too, he got up not long after sitting down, and went to the village to find a dog.
Li Mo smiled, and got up to follow, "I'll go too, I'm going to pick a puppy."
Song Dashan nodded, and took Li Mo to Uncle Fang's house in the village first.
He remembered that when he was a child, Uncle Fang’s house had a very fierce wolf dog. At that time, the children were afraid of that dog, and he was also afraid of it. Later, when he grew up, when he went out to serve as a soldier, the dog was still there, but it was old. Yes, but it still has children, and its children are also very fierce. It is a good housekeeper and nurse. If Uncle Fang's dog has cubs, it will definitely not be bad.
When Li Mo and Song Dashan arrived at Uncle Fang's house, they were having dinner.
Before Uncle Fang's family could speak, his dog barked at the two of them first, scaring Li Mo into Song Dashan's arms subconsciously.
Song Dashan hurriedly protected Li Mo, patted her on the back to comfort her, "It's all right, it's Uncle Fang's dog, it doesn't know us, that's why it barked."
Uncle Fang hurriedly stomped at the dog, "Heizi, go, don't bark!"
Hearing Uncle Fang's scolding, the dog whimpered all over, obediently retreated to the nest, stared at Li Mo and Li Mo, but stopped barking.
Seeing that the dog stopped barking, Uncle Fang looked at Song Dashan and said, "Dashan, why did you come to Uncle's house?"
Song Dashan pulled Li Mo, said hello to Uncle Fang's family first, and then said: "Uncle, I want to raise a dog. I know your dog is very powerful, so I came to ask if you have any puppies in your family." ?”
Uncle Fang smiled when he heard the words, and pointed to the kennel in the corner, "You are really right, my dog has just been born for half a month, and it is still protecting it. When it sees strangers, it will bark, otherwise It wasn't that bad just now."
Hearing this, Li Mo looked curiously into the kennel, and vaguely saw a group of small dogs chasing around under the big dog.
Song Dashan also saw it, and said to Uncle Fang: "Uncle, can you give me one, I want to raise one."
Uncle Fang waved his hand, "What's the matter? We're still worrying about what to do with the litter of dogs. It's impossible to raise so many dogs, and I can't afford it. It's great if you come to ask for it. I'll give it to you right away." Take one."
Uncle Fang looked at the kennel, and Aunt Fang said: "Old woman, go and lure Heizi to the backyard, otherwise it will be difficult to manage here."
Aunt Fang nodded, went to pull Heizi, and dragged Heizi directly to the backyard. Although Heizi was reluctant, he still followed Aunt Fang, but kept looking at his kennel frequently while walking.
Li Mo was suddenly a little sad, this mother dog must have felt a little bit, knowing that her child was about to die, that's why she showed such eyes
Li Mo pulled Song Dashan's sleeve, "Dashan, choose a male dog, not a bitch."
The male dog will not be in the current situation, and she will not be sad in the future.
Song Dashan nodded, followed Uncle Fang to the kennel, and picked them one by one.
There are three male dogs in the den, Song Dashan asked Li Mo to choose one.
Li Mo looked at all three of them carefully, and finally chose a small dog with a whole body black and oily. After seeing this dog, it will be very powerful when it grows up, and it can scare people very much.
Li Mo gave it a domineering name on the spot based on its appearance, called General.
This name made Song Dashan speechless for a long time.
However, their family has one more member.
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