GBP Chapter 105 Shen Anguo and his son return to the village
Chapter 105 Shen Anguo and his son return to the village
"It's really expensive." Ji Wenhe asked curiously, "How heavy is the weight?"
"Let's buy one pound."
"The weight is made of iron, right?"
"Yes, the price of iron is eighty cents per pound, and the plate is also made of thin iron, with an iron hook."
Shen Rongshan looked at the bottom of the stove and continued.
"Scales are made under government supervision, and private manufacture is not allowed. There is only one store selling scales in town, so we can just buy one that weighs one pound."
"There are also larger scales with two poles, which can weigh from one jin to two hundred jin, but they are troublesome to carry, and two people are needed to weigh, one holding the pole and the other holding the weight, while the other person carries the object."
"There are also those that weigh more than 200 kilograms, which are called big scales. They are mostly used when selling grain. When I went to buy noodles, Boss Zhou used a big scale."
"A large scale requires three people, two to lift the scale and one to hold the weight. There is an old saying that 'the weight may be small, but it can bear a thousand pounds.'"
When I open a shop at home in the future, I will definitely have to buy a scale.
"Then buy three small ones. Ugh, they're so expensive. Four hundred and fifty coins are gone in an instant."
Painful...
Ji Wenhe turned around and went in to count the money.
After calculating for a long time, the purchase price was two thousand and twenty-four, more than two taels, plus three scales, totaling two thousand four hundred and seventy-four.
She went to the kitchen again, moved a small stool, and sat not far from him, resting her chin on her hand.
"To buy in, two thousand four hundred and seventy-four, including the price of the scale."
Shen Rongshan smiled and lifted her drooping hair and brushed it behind her: "Where are the eggs? Doesn't your family buy noodles?"
Ji Wenhe lowered his eyes to look at the grass clippings on the ground and tilted his head: "I forgot, the money for the eggs hasn't been included yet."
"Don't worry, bring more money, we still need to buy wine, meat, and vegetables."
"Do you need to buy vegetables? I dug up a lot today, including wild celery, bamboo shoots, pea tips, dogtooth weeds, and wild leeks."
After thinking for a while he said.
"Let's go to the market and see. Don't buy too many vegetables, mainly meat."
Shen Rongshan said: "Buy one pound of fat pork and one pound of lean meat."
She turned her head and said, "Not much, how about buying another pound of pork belly, since there are so many people."
"It's a lot. Farmers only eat meat a few times a year. By the end of the year, some families may not eat more than two kilograms."
"You mean your family is very poor. The meat they buy comes out as braised greasy residue. We can't just braise it and fry it for them to eat."
"What if Aunt Miao and Uncle Zhuan come together? I heard from Aunt Lan today that Uncle Shen and An Guo will be back in the next two days. It happens that they will be back tomorrow. If we include them, two pounds of meat will be too little."
"Buy more, and leave the excess for us to eat."
After Ji Wenhe finished speaking, he noticed that he was still staring at him and smiling, so he raised his head slightly and said, "Why are you looking at me and smiling like that?"
Shen Rongshan replied without hesitation: "It looks good."
She pouted: "It's a lie."
Doesn't she know what she looks like? She is very dark, thin and malnourished.
But I have gained a lot of weight recently. I can clearly feel the fat on my belly and my skin is gradually getting whiter.
"I didn't lie to you." Shen Rongshan withdrew his gaze from her, smiling, "Appearance is not as important as the heart. Wen He's heart is beautiful."
He has met many people, and to be honest, Ji Wenhe is not beautiful among the people he has met, but she is not ugly either.
But you can’t judge a person by his appearance.
There was love in his tone and in his eyes.
Ji Wenhe couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth: "Humph, my heart is beautiful."
"Well, marrying you is my blessing."
It was already destined!
She tilted her head and smiled at him, and he smiled back at her eyes, their affection conveyed to each other.
The atmosphere was just right when an inopportune voice interrupted: "Brother."
When Shen Yuanshan met his elder brother's unfriendly look, he thought something was wrong and immediately stepped out, but was called back by Ji Wenhe.
"What's the matter? Why are you looking for your brother?"
He stood by the door and didn't go in: "Wenshan and I went for a walk in the mountains. We found a hare and a pheasant in a trap. Should we keep them for food or sell them at the market?"
Shen Rongshan said, "I'll send the pheasant to Boss Zhou, and keep the rabbit for tomorrow's dinner."
"Got it." He was still thinking about roasting pheasant tonight.
After dinner, before it got dark, Ji Wenhe and Shen Rongshan wandered around the foot of the mountain, chatting, holding hands, and deepening their relationship.
Came to the edge of the wasteland.
"Brother Shen, how about buying a few more chicks?"
After she couldn't raise rabbits anymore, she felt that she had too few chicks.
"You make the decision. You don't have to worry about mowing the lawn. We three will take care of it."
Shen Rongshan came to the edge of the field and looked at the wasteland next to his house.
"Then buy a few more. You can eat the eggs yourself and sell some."
He nodded and said, "Wen He, I want to buy the land next to it. I won't weed the grass yet, so that the chickens can find food there. I'll weed it after a while."
It takes too much time to maintain wasteland. If I buy it next year, it will take another one or two years.
"We have six taels of savings at the moment, let's say six taels. After purchasing goods and buying things, minus three taels, there is still three taels left."
Ji Wenhe thought for a moment and looked up.
"Or spend one tael of silver and buy two pieces of wasteland. The land in the east is too expensive."
"You must keep two taels of silver in your hand and don't use it. If you have money, you won't panic when something happens. Anyway, this piece of wasteland will take a long time to maintain."
"As for the land in the east, how about we wait until the second half of the year when we have some savings and then buy it?"
"Okay." Shen Rongshan held her hand tightly and was about to say something when he heard Shen Anguo's voice behind him.
Because Ji Wenhe was not standing side by side with Shen Rongshan, looking from Lan Qiuhua's doorstep to the wasteland, her figure just blocked the hands of the two.
Shen Anguo didn't see it and thought that the two were discussing something at the edge of the wasteland, so he waved and called out to them, otherwise he would not have disturbed them.
"Brother Rongshan, sister-in-law, what are you doing there? Have you eaten yet? Come to my house and have something to eat."
Ji Wenhe let go of his hand. He was too shy to hold her hand in front of outsiders.
"Brother Shen, let's go to their house and play."
Shen Rongshan nodded, followed her, and asked, "An Guo, when did you come back?"
"Just got back, have you eaten?"
"I've eaten." Ji Wenhe replied, and saw Shen Erniu washing his hands in the yard, "Uncle Shen."
"Uncle Shen."
"Hey, Wen He and Rong Shan are here, come in and sit down, we're having a meal at my house."
"No, we've already eaten." Shen Rongshan patted Ji Wenhe's shoulder, "Wenhe, An Guo and I are going out to talk."
"Okay, go ahead."
She walked into the kitchen. Lan Qiuhua was making pancakes and Shen Suya was lighting a fire behind the stove.
"Aunt Lan, Xiaoya, you haven't eaten yet."
"sister in law."
She responded.
"Xiaoya and I are kneading dough. Your uncle Shen and Anguo are back. They kneaded more dough and cut some wild vegetables." Lan Qiuhua gestured to the bench beside the table, "Sit down, don't stand."
"No, stand." Ji Wenhe glanced outside the kitchen and saw Shen Erniu went into the house. "There's no work in town, so why don't we go in a couple of days?"