"Six months is more than 180 days, and we have at least 400 wen every three days when we dig herbs, which means that by the end of September, my milk can save at least 25 taels of silver."

"And the money from selling rabbits. After the autumn, our family has at least twenty-five or six rabbits that can be sold in the town, and according to the calculation that a rabbit weighs five catties and can be sold for twenty wen a catty, these rabbits can be sold for at least two taels of silver. ”

"My father has to prepare a total of thirty-five taels of silver to buy land, that is to say, we have to find a way to earn at least eight taels of silver."

Mingyue took a piece of paper and muttered on the kang table to settle accounts, and Mingcheng couldn't help but laugh when she heard it.

He smiled and comforted Mingyue, "You have also undercounted the pigs at home and the grain in the field, and in the autumn, your father can borrow eight taels of silver from relatives and friends to buy land, and then repay the money after selling the pigs at home or the grain in the field." ”

Mingyue supported her jaw with her hand, "I'm not thinking that I won't borrow money if I can." If our family tosses the family with no money left in order to buy land, then my father will definitely not agree to buy a big livestock next year. Tian has almost doubled, but the people are still those people, I am afraid that you and my uncle and my third uncle will be tired when the time comes. ”

Mingcheng's heart was extremely ironed. This girl of his, diligent and caring, is no worse than a son.

He comforted Mingyue, "Isn't there still thorny old buds, when we sell the thorny old buds in the spring of next year, if you don't mention it, your lord will definitely buy big livestock." ”

Mingyue said "um", "But I still want to think about some other ways to get money." ”

She is different from Mingcheng.

Mingcheng is used to living a hard life, and if the life of the family can be as prosperous as it is now, Mingcheng is already satisfied that he can wake up with a smile in his dreams.

Mingyue is from the modern society where she eats rice, white noodles, chicken, duck, fish, tofu, eggs and milk, and Mingcheng has a good life of abundant food and clothing, but in her opinion, it is still a hard life of eating bran and eating frugally.

The father and daughter have different pursuits, and Mingcheng naturally can't understand Mingyue's urgency to make money quickly.

Fortunately, he never thought of being a feudal autocratic patriarch, Mingyue had more ideas than him, not only did he not feel displeased, but he also asked Mingyue with great interest, "Have you come up with any good ideas again?" Tell me and your mother. ”

Mingyue pursed her lips and smiled.

She likes her father's this, everything only looks at the pros and cons, regardless of background.

Unlike some parents, who have no ability and always habitually despise their children, they can't listen to their children's thoughts and opinions at all, which is ridiculous and pathetic.

"Now let's dig up the herbs first, and when the autumn comes, the rabbits and pheasants are fattened, I will make an appointment with the eldest brother and them." Go hunting in the mountains. And the fish in the creek should be a little fatter in the fall, and we can also net more and sell them in the town. ”

Now the fish they catch every morning, the big Ming lady will let Ming Xu take it to the town to sell, and all the half of the big ones are left at home by Mingyue to replenish everyone's body, usually her family is either stewed fish or soup, in short, she can eat fish every day.

If Qiuxia had to specialize in selling fish, then they wouldn't be able to just net one net or two nets every day like they do now.

"It's okay to fish in the net, but you can hunt..."Mingcheng looked at his daughter with a suspicious expression, "You don't even have a bow and arrows, what are you going to hunt?" ”

"Traps." Mingyue looked natural, "Otherwise, you can tie a few condoms with rattan or hemp rope." ”

She said as she compared with Mingcheng so that Mingcheng could understand how this so-called "cover" worked.

“... Make a live buckle at one end, tie the other end to a tree, and after the rabbit gets in, the live buckle will be tightened. We just have to go around every morning and pick up the rabbits. ”

Mingcheng was dumbfounded when he heard this, "How did you come up with such an idea?" ”

Mingyue had already thought of a perfect excuse, "It's not like you told me a few days ago about waiting for the rabbit, I thought of this idea." ”

Mingcheng sighed with emotion, "My daughter is smart, your father and I have been studying for so many years, and I never thought that we could use it like this." ”

Mingyue said in her heart: "I'm also because I've seen others catch rabbits like this in my previous life, otherwise you think I can think of it?" ”

Of course, she couldn't say this to Mingcheng, so she had to be cheeky and smirk.

***

Two months have passed in a blink of an eye, and Mingyue, who has been busy fishing for extra money from Nanshan, finally ushered in the autumn harvest season she had been looking forward to.

The rabbits raised by the Ming family were indeed sold for two taels of silver one after another, as Mingyue expected, but Mrs. Ming did not save the money to buy land as Mingyue expected, but took it out to reward everyone's hard work during the autumn harvest season.

The day before the autumn harvest began, Mrs. Ming took two strings of money to Da Lang Ming, and asked him to take Erlang Ming to the town to buy things, "Go and help the milk buy two pairs of pig water, five catties of oil, five catties of pork belly, and the remaining copper plates for a few small ones at home to buy some sugar cubes." Don't forget to ask for a few big bones for your sister by the way. ”

The reason why Mrs. Ming said that she was "asking for a few big bones" for Mingyue was entirely because Mingyue had been clamoring to drink big bone broth since she was beaten through, and every time someone in the family went to town, she didn't forget to tell people to ask her for big bones.

No one buys the pig bones in this era, so the butcher usually cleans the pork on the bones, and then throws the pig bones away.

Because of this, Mingyue has taken the Ming family to drink pork bone soup for free for nearly half a year.

"Mingyue, Jiayan and San Lang, you don't have to follow the harvest, the mess on the mountain will be handed over to the three of you, what do you have to do if you want to collect medicine, Mingyue, you can call Jiayan and San Lang." Mrs. Ming had already heard about Mingyue's money-making plan from her second son, and in view of Mingyue's outstanding performance in the past six months, Mrs. Ming was very generous and gave her the right to act alone.

"As for Shiro and Goro, you two stay at home these days, helping the grandmother watch the threshing floor and your sister Yuki." The two little grandsons are only seven or eight years old this year, and Mrs. Ming is willing to let them get up early and go to the ground in the dark with the adults.

"Chrysanthemum and Lotus have already asked someone to bring a message, saying that when they finish collecting their own land, they will immediately go back to Wulitun to help us." Mrs. Ming said this by looking at the old man Ming, and the chrysanthemum and lotus were talking about their eldest daughter Ming Ju and little girl Ming He.

Ming Ju married the Zheng family, a hunter in Daqinggou, who only had about ten acres of mountainous land, and usually relied on hunting to make a living.

Minghe married Chen Bai, a guy in the town's restaurant, and Chen Bai's family only had two acres of thin land, so it was quite easy to clean up.

This is also why every spring planting and autumn harvest, the two married aunts and grandmothers of the Ming family will return to Wulitun to help their parents and brothers.