Chapter 17: Lack of money
There are more and more people doing business here at the crossing, and with the pedestrian stopping, it seems a little cluttered.
After observing for a while, Wei Jin decisively planned to move his pot helmet shop to the town.
"Moving to town? It would cost a lot of money, wouldn't it? If you rent a house, you have to buy utensils or something. β
As soon as Da Hua'er heard Wei Jin's words, her heart jumped non-stop, and the sweat on her forehead came out.
Wei Jin glanced at the eldest sister and sighed in her heart. With the eldest sister's temperament, it is too difficult for her to be in charge, but I am afraid that as soon as her mother-in-law gives power, she will be crushed to death by the two concubines.
She didn't think about going to town casually. First of all, the environment in the town is definitely better than in the country. Secondly, their three sisters and brothers have no father and mother to support them, and they are also the kind who can't speak in the village, and there is no way to plant the fields, so they can only be rented out. In this case, there is actually no difference between being in the countryside and being in the town, but the cost of the town must be greater.
But when I thought about it, when she got to the town, her skills were okay, whether it was opening a breakfast shop or making some other businesses, it was better than crowding people here at the crossing.
The pot helmet doesn't have much technical content, but if you make good pasta, you can eat it twice and it will be like seven, seven, eight or eight. If you want to make money for a long time, you have to make other plans.
Wei Jin also said this to the two sisters, and then there was no follow-up.
Dahua'er stared at it for a few days, and when she saw that she still went to Daokou to sell pot helmets as usual, she was relieved, and she estimated that Sanhua'er would say it casually.
But in fact, Wei Jin directly asked her second brother-in-law to do it privately.
Her second brother-in-law runs back and forth between the town and the village all the year round, and he also has connections, plus the eldest brother works as an errand in the rich family, and the source is stronger than the average person.
Three or five days later, he really found a seller.
"The yard of the man's house is not big, I have been to see it. There are a total of six rooms in the main house with wings, and I set up a partial shed in the yard to dry the goods. You can open a door in the backyard of his house, and outside is the West Pig Market Street. It's just that because of the staggered front and back, the door is not very spacious, and it is okay to be a sandwich seam, but it is worse to be a store. β
The second brother-in-law poured a scoop of cold water, wiped his mouth and continued.
"It's lucky. The wrong one next to his house also wants to sell, but because of the separation, he doesn't sell the whole yard, but only sells the wing room in the west. I looked at it, if you are willing to let one and a half feet, directly occupy a wall, and tear down the wings of that slip and rebuild, you can just make two door-facing rooms. β
But the asking price of the split sale is not low, and the yard is almost half the price of the entire yard. Her second brother-in-law didn't think about it very cost-effective, and she didn't want her sister-in-law to buy this house.
"Are there any other houses in town?"
"There's no suitable one for the time being. Either that's a bad location. Sanhuaer, you want to buy it to make a shop, it's too and boring. Although the price of this one and a half yards is high, the location is really good. But the only problem is that the price is too high. β
Wei Jin thought about it, the money in her hand to buy a yard and a half is still close, but it is not much, if there is a place to borrow, she would rather grit her teeth and buy this yard.
"There is another question, after buying, is it easy to say, does it cost money to renovate? Sanhua'er, you have so much money? β
Of course Wei Jin didn't, but she was not willing to miss this opportunity.
"Think about it, think about it."
Wei Jin didn't have the heart to cook, so she asked the second sister to cook and make some food to fill her stomach, she locked herself up and thought about how to get enough money to buy a yard and rebuild a faΓ§ade house in the shortest possible time.
To say, there are prescriptions in her hand that can be exchanged for money, but she can't tell the source of each prescription. It's okay if you toss it out slowly, but if you want to sell the finished recipe directly, it will definitely attract unnecessary attention, and may even cause disaster.
She thought about it for a long time and couldn't think of a good way, and finally could only reluctantly tell her second brother-in-law that if it didn't work, she would just buy that yard. It's a big deal, she pushes the cart to the back door every day to sell.
"Otherwise, I'll talk to someone first and see if they're willing to pay less. It's really not good, just like Sanhua'er said, it's okay to buy that yard. β
"Alas, it's all my sister's fault for not doing anything, and this little favor can't help you."
When the man went out to wash, Erhua wiped his eyes and said in a low voice.
"Sanhua'er, you don't want to wait any longer, wait for me and your brother-in-law to do a stable fur business, save some money, and then we can buy a good one directly?"
"Don't, the money is to support my nephew, and you have to honor your in-laws, don't be stupid enough to leave your mother's house all the time. I know the second brother-in-law won't say anything, but what do your in-laws say? Do you want your second brother-in-law to stand up and talk at home? β
Wei Jin glanced at her sister, and after cleaning up, she rushed to bed, and she had to be busy the next day.
"Third sister, I, why don't I go to the temple with the second sister tomorrow to see if we can buy more and go out?"
"Don't. We don't know each other well, and we have too many things to prepare for this business, so it's inconvenient to sell them. Besides, far water can't save near fire, and it's impossible to make up enough money to buy a house in a day or two of business. β
Wei Jin patted Sihua'er comfortingly.
"Don't worry, we are poor for the past two years, and when the business is on the road, my sister promises to let you eat and drink spicy food, and when the time comes, I will prepare a thick dowry for you, so that you can marry in style."
"Third sister!" Sihua'er's face turned red, and she beat Wei Jin a few times, "If the third sister doesn't marry me, I won't marry, I will live with the third sister, and let Dabao provide for us in the future." β
"Don't, Dabao must not be wronged to death, there are two old aunts in the family, he can't marry a daughter-in-law and complain about the two of us."
After comforting her sisters and sisters, Wei Jin was still thinking about it while lying on the bed, so she gave up like this, and she was unwilling after all. But at her age, it is impossible for her to borrow money. I can only look for a chance to see if there is a big progress.
The next day, Wei Jin simply hung up the cloth and said that he would only do it in the morning. She planned to close the stall early and take her sister and sister to the temple for a visit.
It is not a festival in the year, and it is the most lively when the temple fair, people from all over the country come here to play, and there are many small businesses who also carry backpacks and carry burdens to come to set up stalls.
Their pot helmet was definitely not able to get it, but early in the morning, Wei Jin asked the second sister to help, steamed a whole drawer of chestnut rice flour cake, and used red juice to dot plum blossom marks on the cake.
These cakes are to be offered to the Buddha, and the rest is for them to eat.
It is not difficult to make a hair cake, and it is not easy to make it well. Wei Jin evaporated cake is a veteran, this is no brown sugar, if there is, she can still play tricks with hair cakes.
Thinking of this, Wei Jin was suddenly stunned.
Raised her hand and patted her forehead, how could she forget about it. She can sell brown sugar recipes to big businessmen!
In ancient times, sugar making was a secret technology, but Wei Jin knew about it because she liked these ancient recipes, even if she didn't really get started, the whole process, what she needed, she knew it clearly!