Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 96: Handshake

He sighed: "Alas, I feel bad for Fugui being beaten, but he was the first to attack him. Where can you go to seek justice? We can't be unreasonable."

"Zhang Mazi!" She shouted loudly, stood up suddenly, pinched her waist, and said in a shrill voice, "Are you my man? Why don't you ask for compensation for my son's beating?"

"I went there, and you actually said I was being unreasonable. Let me tell you, if anyone dares to touch my son, I will make their whole family miserable."

The noise in the yard soon attracted the surrounding neighbors.

Several women came together and shook their heads.

"Liu Erfang is a powerful man, and so is Shen Rongshan. Just give him a beating, but he had to break his arm."

"It's easy to talk when you're not in trouble. Zhang Fugui is not a good person. If he beat your son, you would definitely want to beat him to death."

"Hey, hey, hey, wait and see. Liu Erfang is not one to suffer any loss."

"..."

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After walking around the nearby villages, the two brothers went to the village behind the mountain and only returned home in the evening.

Before Shen Wenshan entered the door, he couldn't wait to speak: "Brother, sister-in-law, we are back, and everything is sold out."

Ji Wenhe came out of the kitchen and looked at them with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, come and have some water."

The earthenware jar was filled with hot water, which was quite scalding, so two bowls were poured into it.

"Let it cool down for a while. Don't drink too quickly. Sit down and take a rest."

Shen Yuanshan put the basket into the house, went to the kitchen, sat down on a small stool, leaned against the cupboard behind him, and relaxed.

"We ran a long way. The village behind the mountain is quite big."

There are still many villages that I haven’t visited.

"Sister-in-law, here's the money." Shen Yuanshan took out his purse. "It's spread all over the village. The aunts said that they won't go to town to buy rice and flour anymore. They'll just wait for us to sell them."

Ji Wenhe put the purse in his arms and said, "Have you told them that we won't go there every day, but only once every two weeks."

She later discussed it with Shen Rongshan and decided that seven days was still too frequent.

Change it to once every half a month, so that they will buy a lot at one time, enough for half a month.

Shen Yuanshan nodded: "Yes, I told you, we go once every two weeks. They bought a lot of noodles at the market last time, and we have a lot at home, so we buy very little."

"No matter how much, as long as we can sell it, it's fine." Ji Wenhe turned and looked at the man behind the stove, "Brother Shen, if we sell well, we must buy a lot back at once."

"How about 500 kilograms? Is that too much?"

"Not much." Shen Rongshan broke off some small branches and stuffed them into the bottom of the stove. "Put in a little more, seven hundred kilograms."

"Brother, this is too much." Shen Yuanshan thought that 500 kilograms was too much. "We only have two baskets at home, and cloth bags are not enough."

Ji Wenhe clapped his hands suddenly: "Yes, there are no extra baskets at home. People need to use them themselves, and there are no cloth bags either."

"Brother Shen, please take less food for the time being. Bring back a few feet of white cloth, sew a few cloth bags, and weave a few baskets."

Shen Rongshan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

It is easy to borrow a basket, but it is difficult to borrow a cloth bag, as all the bags in the shop are small cloth bags.

After dinner, Ji Wenhe counted the money and put it in his purse. When he saw him coming in, he asked, "How many kilograms of brown rice and coarse flour do you want to buy?"

"I want to buy less fine noodles. I guess not many people buy fine noodles."

The best-selling item right now is black noodles.

Shen Rongshan walked around the outer room and saw that there were only half of the eggs left in the basket. He turned around, closed the door, and went into the house.

"I want to buy 20 kilograms of brown rice, coarse flour, and cornmeal, and 10 kilograms of fine flour. What do you think?"

He asked Shen Yuanshan and others how much black flour was sold in kilograms, while brown rice and coarse flour were sold by the kilogram.

Even fewer people buy fine noodles, and most of them go to the village head’s home.

Ji Wenhe calculated that five hundred kilograms of black flour would cost one or two taels of silver.

Here one tael of silver is equal to one thousand wen.

Brown rice is eighty cents, coarse flour is one hundred and twenty cents, corn flour is the same, and fine flour is three hundred and thirty cents, a total of four hundred and fifty cents.

There are still twelve ounces of salt left, so there is no need to buy any for now.

One thousand four hundred and fifty coins, it costs more than one or two taels of silver to purchase the goods. Suddenly I wonder if they have purchased too much?

Ji Wenhe took out the copper coins from his purse, but the money was not enough: "Brother Shen, I'll give you 1,800 coins, buy a few feet of white cloth, and needles and thread, and buy a little less of each color."

Bring more money with you so that you don’t run out of money when the time comes.

Shen Rongshan sat on a small stool beside her, watching her counting money in the dark: "Do you want to buy some more eggs and meat?"

"No, I'll buy it at the end of the month."

She now has more than five taels of silver in her hand. Although she made money during this period, she spent even more.

After deducting the money spent on purchasing goods, I was left with less than four taels.

It's hard to make money, but easy to spend money.

A lot of small amounts of money may not seem like much, but the total cost can be scary.

We now eat three meals a day at home, and rice and flour are consumed quickly, so we have to save some for ourselves.

"Brother Shen, let's keep ten pounds of black flour, coarse flour, five pounds of corn flour, and five pounds of brown rice."

After thinking for a while, he said, "After purchasing the goods, I will buy some of my own goods. It will be easier to settle the bill then."

Shen Rongshan nodded, stood up and walked to the bed and sat down: "I will be back earlier tomorrow, I will take Yuanshan with me."

"Oh, right." She almost forgot, "Bring back three meat buns and give them to Xiaoya, and leave the rice and flour at Aunt Lan's house so you don't have to carry them up here."

"Let's go to Uncle Da Nian's house to see if the rabbit has recovered from its wounds. The cage at home is ready. If it's almost healed, take it back."

Zhu Danian has two big black dogs at home, and he has to look after the dogs and take care of the rabbits, which is quite troublesome.

"Wen He."

"Hmm?" Ji Wenhe turned his head and looked at him, "What's wrong?"

Shen Rongshan was silent for a moment: "I want to buy some meat at the end of the month and ask Master to come for dinner."

"Okay, call Aunt Lan and Xiaoya as well. They have troubled us for so long, so please treat them to a meal to thank them."

Aunt Lan and her family were really nice to them, helping them both at home and outside.

"Okay, thank you Wen He."

Ji Wenhe raised his lips and chuckled: "We are a family. If we don't say thank you, it will seem strange."

In the darkness, Shen Rongshan's eyebrows were soft, and he looked at the shadow beside him: "Wen He, I'm suddenly very glad that I saved you that day."

Originally he didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but when he saw that she was about to drown, he finally jumped in and rescued her.

If he hadn't been rescued that time, he and she would have missed each other.

Ji Wenhe rested his head on the back of his hand and said softly, "Some things are destined, just like our meeting."

She believes in fate, that a person's destiny has been planned since birth, and no matter what decision you make, it is already planned.

She withdrew her hand from under her head, slowly reached to the side, and held his warm big hand under the quilt.

Between two people, one person has to take the initiative.

He was too concerned about himself to take another step forward, fearing that she would misunderstand, so she took the initiative to walk towards him.

Shen Rongshan's body stiffened, and he dared not move his right hand that was caught. After waiting for a few breaths, he gently released his grip.