Chapter 47: Suffering is a blessing
"Don't suffer losses, besides, losses are blessings."
Village Chief Hong felt embarrassed: "Dozens of buckets of rice, pondering, how can I get more than a thousand dollars!" ”
Then again, what is the concept of ordinary people like Hongjia Village, more than 1,000 yuan?
As mentioned earlier, the standard ration of Zhuangding is six buckets of rice a month, which is 75 catties of rice - this is official data.
But according to her guess, this kind of data is only eaten rice a month, you must know that at that time the dishes were not rich, and there was no non-staple food, and in modern times, an adult is about 20 catties of rice per month.
Except for strong men or ordinary adult men, where can other people eat six buckets of rice in a month, and add some other things, three buckets of rice is good.
A bucket of rice is 15 wen, and one person is 540 wen a year.
Chestnuts are cheaper, and a bucket is only 9 Wen.
Salt is 40 wen per liter, vinegar is 5 wen per liter, and eggs are 3 cents per penny.
If you don't have other expenses, just eat, and with the rest of the money, you can eat a chicken every month.
Fruit is home-owned.
Vegetables can be grown at home.
So, under normal circumstances, one or two pieces of silver is indeed enough for a person to spend a year.
From the perspective of the village chief Hong, even if he does not give other money, the villagers are willing to help make dried peaches.
She understood what Village Chief Hong meant, but she insisted on doing so.
20,000 liters of dried peaches is less than a month, even if it is calculated according to a month, there are more than 70 people in Hongjia Village, and a person only earns more than 14 Wen a month, and she buys a lot at one time, 70 buckets of rice plus half of the transportation fee, bargaining for half a day, a total of 1,000 Wen.
Actually, she doesn't give much.
In addition, the circulation currency of the Tang Dynasty was copper coins and silk, and the production of gold and silver was low, like silver, only 10,000 taels per year, and the gold and silver were handed over to the treasury, and the gold and silver in their hands were the royal family and ministers, or rich merchants, and ordinary people did not need gold and silver at all.
She exchanged silver ingots for food and other supplies to bring back, and the remaining part was exchanged for copper coins for village chief Hong.
Meanwhile.
Sun Er cleaned up the kitchen again.
After comparing the cooking skills of Jin Manlou, Yuzhi Pavilion and Fanhuafang, she touched her conscience and said that Sun Er still has a talent for cooking, although the dishes are ordinary and have no appearance, the chef still looks greasy, but the dishes he made still taste good, and it can also be said to be excellent.
After buying a bunch of rice, oil and salt, Sun Er began to try non-stop.
She didn't have any special requirements, and let Sun Er do it herself.
Sun Xiaohou succeeded in making a long table at her request, equipped with a long stool, and now the popular tables and chairs are low, and the way to sit is mainly kneeling or sitting.
Sun Er made some dishes and invited the villagers passing by to try them.
Their yard is particularly lively, and many villagers "pass by" every day.
Sun Er does two things every day, first, to hone his cooking skills, and second, to exercise.
"I've lost a lot of weight!"
"Auntie, I, I...... It's already tired. ”
"You can rest for a quarter of an hour, after resting, continue to do sit-ups, and today you have to jump rope 1,000."
"But, but ......"
The stick in her hand beckoned directly to his buttocks: "Macho man under the stick, hurry up!" ”
Sun Xiaohou was in charge of supervising him.
Yerba Cao puts the dried peaches into a large vat one by one for preservation.
On one side of the courtyard was a straw hut, and at the bottom were the jars, and the long table.
She went door-to-door in the village to check on dried peaches.
The village had been walked several times, and when it was okay, I went through the door and found several women who were quick to do things, fast and efficient, and the dried peaches were very clean.
Chat casually, and the situation of several people is clearly understood.
One of the women mentioned that there was a pear forest in Hongjia Village.
"Oh, the woods."
When she asked about the pear forest, Village Chief Hong waved his hand: "Pears are not sweet, no one wants them, only children pick them to eat and play." ”
The pear grove bears fruit, probably in September, and Village Chief Hong said that there may be a few hundred catties, but no one picks them, and they rot in the ground every year.
Originally, it was said that it would not be completed this year, and those trees would be cut down and sold as firewood.
Speaking of which, the weather is so hot that many peach trees are dead in the sun, not to mention the peaches on the trees, some peaches that have not been picked have directly doubled in size and become dried peaches on the trees.
"Do you want those pears too? Do you want to do it too? If the pears are ripe, we will also make them dry for you, and we will not charge you money. ”
Village Chief Hong promised to give her a free ride.
She was cheeky, but not for dried peaches.
It's the end of July.
During this period, Sun Er's cooking skills made a qualitative leap, and Fangcao also learned Arabic numerals under her teaching, and was able to use Arabic numerals to keep accounts.
Insert a question:
[Excuse me, who invented Arabic numerals?] 】
A. Egyptians
B. Indians
C. Greeks
D. Arabs
The answer is to deepen the impression by yourself.
She went to Huai'an with Fangcao several times to find suitable shops and material merchants, and carried out various budget work.
That's right.
They're going to open a food shop.
The goal for Sun Da and others is the dart game, but the dart game wants people, land, money, and relationships, so it is appropriate for them to save money first.
The CBD of Huai'an Mansion is Xuefu Road and Chunsen Road, these two places, the general shop will cost 400 runs, and the kind of prosperous shops will go up to 800 runs.
OK...... It can be rented.
The gold and silver fished out from Nanxun County were exchanged for copper coins, and there were nearly 22 pieces left, and those gold and silver jewelry, she took a few pieces to the pawnshop, and she estimated it herself, and there should be a total of 100 yuan.
The shop is also rented on a monthly basis.
After thinking about it, in the end, the shop was set on Xuefu Road.
"Much, how much, how much rent a month?"
Fangcao said: "600 dollars a month." ”
"My mother, ......" Sun Er couldn't scream.
When Village Chief Hong heard about it, he waved his hand vigorously: "It's amazing, you are the ones who do great things." ”
There were other villagers who came to encourage them.
"The food made by Sun Yuzi is delicious! Don't worry about no one coming to eat, you will definitely be able to do this business! made a fortune, but don't forget about us folks! ”
Cooks are chefs.
With the good words of the villagers, I hope that this restaurant can make a little money.
By the way, there was one more thing at the beginning of July.
Sun Er has always remembered the Qiqiao Festival on July 7.
With poor ingredients, Sun Er went to Huai'an on foot, found several shops, and bought back a velvet flower that he thought was the most beautiful.
It's quite romantic.
I specially made a cold dish and gave it to the herb separately, and next to the tray was the velvet flower.
Excuse me.
Yerba didn't wear it.
Sun Er didn't dare to ask Fangcao, and after brewing for a long time, he stumbled and asked her: "Auntie, that, that, velvet flowers, Fangcao doesn't like velvet flowers?" ”
She glanced at him, "Who wears a green flower on their head?" ”
The matter of making dried peaches has come to an end for the time being, and the dried peaches are also placed in the yard first, and the village chief Hong is invited to take a look if he has time.
The four of them went to Huai'an.
The shop brought a small courtyard, and it was squeezed a little, so that it could be out of two rooms.
The shop on Xuefu Road is ready to start renovation.
"What is renovation?"