Chapter 8 Preparing to Open a Grocery Store
By the time Lao Rongtou came back, it was already early the next morning. Chu Wanying heard the noise and opened the door, and saw Lao Rongtou coming in with a smile on his face, carrying a hanging meat and a jar of wine.
The clothes Chu Wanying wore yesterday were Zhao's old clothes. It was difficult to clean after being stained with blood, so she could only take out the new clothes she had made a few days ago and put them in the space.
As soon as Chu Wanying entered the west room after changing her clothes, Mrs. Zhao smiled and came over to hold her hand and said, "Girl, look, the tiger you killed yesterday was sold for so much money! Your father said to use this money to go to town
I went to Tailor Feng and made clothes for you, Zhan'er and the baby. You can get them back in a few days."
"Yes, Wanying, guess how much this tiger was sold for? It's almost ten taels of silver!" Lao Rongtou answered with a smile.
Twelve?!
Chu Wanying silently made an estimate. Nowadays, the environment is not good, and it is really rare to be able to sell for ten taels.
Therefore, Chu Wanying also laughed with them.
With this money, the Rong family can finally live a better life.
When Lao Rongtou took the baby out to play, Mrs. Zhao pulled Wan Ying aside, took out eight heavy silver ingots from her arms and handed them to Wan Ying and said, "My child, you and Zhan'er worked hard to earn this."
I was supposed to give you all the money, but seeing that my family has no money at all, and the baby is still young, I have no choice but to take these two taels of silver to live my life. I hope you can understand, there is nothing we can do!"
Chu Wanying took the silver, which was still warm. She had obviously held it for a long time.
She knew that what Zhao said was true. After paying off Rong Lin's debt, the Rong family's wealth was completely wiped out. This was why she was so eager to make money right now.
Chu Wanying took the eight taels of silver and nodded to Mrs. Zhao in agreement.
Mrs. Zhao patted her head happily and said, "You are a good child. I knew you would understand. Don't worry, this home will be your own home from now on. If you have anything, you can tell us. No, it's in writing."
Come down and tell your father."
"Then I will go out to cook first. Oh, by the way, your father went to the temple to see Zhan'er before he came back. He is fine. Don't worry!"
Chu Wanying smiled and watched Zhao leave.
Of course she knew Rong Zhan was fine, otherwise she wouldn't have dared to leave him there by himself yesterday.
After all, it is a person who drinks Lingquan Dan. The longer the time, the better the effect of this medicine will be.
After a few days, Rong Zhan will absorb all the effects of the Lingquan Pill, and his skills and internal energy will be enhanced to varying degrees.
Hey! It's a pity that my body is too weak. Drinking too much spiritual spring is not a good thing. I can only have a small drink every day. Let's wait until my body is stronger!
Chu Wanying returned to her room with the money in her pocket. She first put the money into the money box in the space, and then took out the clothes and sachets made for the baby.
She estimated what she had in her hands now: nine taels of silver, plus these dozen sachets and purses.
The contents of the sachet can be waited for in the spring. You can go to the mountains to pick herbs and put them in to repel mosquitoes. If you use them to sell them, the cost will be a bit high. Are there such advanced equipment as machines in this world? They only rely on manual sewing one by one.
, it’s a bit too difficult and not cost-effective.
Chu Wanying has been thinking carefully these days. Now that the medicine furnace and the spiritual spring are no longer available, the space can only store goods. Why not rely on this function to open a grocery store in ancient times?
There are very few shops in Yunluo Village. If you really need something urgent, you can only go to the town to buy it. This trip will inevitably take an hour or two, and the Rong family happens to be at the entrance of the village, closest to the town. If
She opened a grocery store to meet the needs of most villagers, so the Rong family no longer had to worry about food and clothing.
The more she thought about it, the more feasible it seemed to her.
After spending half a day in the house, I made a series of plans. The first step was to renovate the thatched house, move out the stove inside, and build a shed as a kitchen.
The second step is to buy a cart. In ancient times, transportation was relatively simple. In addition to carts and horse-drawn carriages, the latter was too luxurious, so the former was more appropriate.
The third step is for her to go to the town to look for goods.
Three steps, each step is not easy and takes some time. Fortunately, Chu Wanying is an action person and will do it as soon as he thinks of it. So at noon that day, he went out to the town to buy something.
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Lao Rongtou and Mrs. Zhao were very relieved about her, but asked her to wear more clothes before leaving and remember not to go home too late. Chu Wanying agreed one by one.
There is still enough rice and noodles at home for a month. She can stock up on more this time and go to town to see if there are any good sources.
Now is the year of disaster, there is no harvest in the fields, and every household is not very wealthy. It is very difficult to make big money from them.
Therefore, while Chu Wanying was thinking of ways to make a huge profit, she was also calculating how to make everyone eat food.
Only common prosperity can drive the prosperity of a small family.
Generally speaking, major disasters will not last more than three years, and now is the first year, which means the villagers can persist for another two years.
Chu Wanying had seen similar situations in history books in her previous life. Many people sold their children in order to survive during the disaster years, and even cannibalism happened from time to time.
It is only the first year now, and many families still have food in store, and their humanity has not yet been wiped out. But in another year, when all the food in the family is gone, the whole world will become very scary!
Chu Wanying didn't want this to happen, but she also knew that destiny was irreversible.
When the worst moment comes, it will be an era of the weak and the strong, and the winner is king.
This is so similar to the end of the world!
In my previous life, I relied on hoarding goods to survive, but it seems that I will have to resort to the same old methods in this life!
Next, Chu Wanying went to the rice noodle shop and bought two more stones of rice and two more stones of noodles. She also bought the cart by the way.
Pushing the trolley to the entrance of a deserted alley, she put all these things into her portable space.
Later, she went to the rouge, cloth and blacksmith shops respectively, and bought ten boxes of rouge, ten pieces of cloth, three long swords, a small carving knife and a long whip. Before leaving, she asked the blacksmith for a bag.
cement and a shovel.
Finally, she bought everything from an old woman who sold seeds and soybeans.
Chu Wanying thought, there are still extra soybeans that can be sold, but in half a year, if you want to buy them, you won't be able to buy them!
After stocking up on a bunch of goods, Chu Wanying walked back to the entrance of the alley and quietly put all the goods into the space.
After leaving the town, it was still early, so she went around the back mountain and cut a lot of wood to put into the space.
After all this was done, Chu Wanying went home satisfied.
That night, Mrs. Zhao cooked white rice porridge and stir-fried side dishes, which were refreshing and delicious. Chu Wanying was very satisfied with the meal.
After only a few days here, she has already adapted to the life here.
Chu Wanying took the initiative to wash the dishes. After cleaning up the kitchen, she took a look at the thatched house. It was about four or five square meters in area. The two walls were covered with wooden shelves. Each one could be made into about six layers. One side was used to store rice, flour, grains and oil, and the other side was used to store daily necessities.
Supplies.
Next, we need to open the window of the thatched house a little more to serve as a small door, and then build three levels of steps outside, similar to a modern canteen.
After drawing out the renovation plan for the thatched house, she smiled with satisfaction.
Well, everything is ready, the rest can be done in space.
Chu Wanying can do things by herself and will never rely on others.
Therefore, she never thought of causing trouble to Old Rongtou or anyone else.
Before going to bed, I returned to the hut, meditated cross-legged, returned to the space, and roughly counted the items. I spent another one tael of silver today, and now I still have eight taels of silver left.
Chu Wanying thought that part of the money was due to Rong Zhan, so she should give him half of the money. However, she was nominally his daughter-in-law, that is, her fiancée, so there was nothing wrong with helping him with the money.
Before going to bed, she took out a pen and paper and drew a few pictures of tools, thinking that she would take time to go to the blacksmith in the town to order a few more tools tomorrow, and then she fell asleep peacefully.
The next morning, Lao Rongtou was chopping firewood in the yard. Mrs. Zhao coaxed the baby to sit and play on Lao Rongtou's new rocking horse rocking chair. The scene was peaceful.
Chu Wanying carried a wooden bucket to the back mountain to fetch water, and walked back along the path. When she was thinking about finding some excuse to go to the town later, she heard bursts of noise coming from the front, including women.
of howling.
The cry echoed through the entire Yunluo Village, making it difficult for people to ignore it.
Taking a closer look, she saw a circle of people surrounding Rong's house. The blockage was tight. Chu Wanying jumped around for a long time without looking at anything. She only heard a woman from the crowd saying intermittently -
"Mom! I beg you! Please help us!"
"I really don't want to marry! You know I like Zhengqing, why do you insist on breaking us up?"
Chu Wanying was short and could not see what was going on inside, but she could hear the name "Zhengqing" clearly.
Through the memory of the original person, she knew that the man's full name was Xu Zhengqing, and he was the youngest son of the Xu family next door. The Xu family's ancestors were small landowners, and their family was wealthy and had some property.
Chu Wanying put the barrel on her shoulder into her yard and quickly jumped on the wall of her house to see what was going on.
The neighbor's surname is Xing, known as Lao Xing, and he has been living in Yunluo Village since his ancestors. Lao Xing has three girls, all of whom are outstanding and good-looking. They are also known for their hard work, so even in such a disaster year
, there is no shortage of suitors for these three golden flowers. There are as many people coming to propose marriage as crucian carp crossing the river.
After all, in these eight villages, apart from Chu Yunting and Li Xiuqiao, the most beautiful ones are the three golden flowers of the old Xing family.
Therefore, Lao Xing became more and more prestigious in Yunluo Village and was used to being flattered, so he became more and more high-minded in choosing a son-in-law.
At this time, it was Xing Cuicui, the second daughter of the old Xing family, who was holding Aunt Xing and crying.
"Mom, I won't marry Huo Yinghao! I only like Zhengqing! Please help us!"
Chapter completed!