Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Beginning of a Better Life

Finally stepped into the golden autumn of October!

The supply contracts of Ai Xiao Farm and Qingyun Building, Ruyi Restaurant, and Folaiju Restaurant will be officially fulfilled from today. Yesterday, the chicken farm and the pig farm prepared the goods to be delivered today. From now on, the amount of this size will be delivered once every half month!

The goods required by the three restaurants every half month are: 100 live chickens and 20 pigs in Qingyun Building, equivalent to 160 taels of silver; In addition to deducting the eggs sent every three days, Ruyi Restaurant will send 50 live chickens, 400 catties of fresh fish, and 10 pigs, which is equivalent to 100 taels of silver; There are 30 pigs and 600 catties of fresh fish, which is equivalent to 260 taels of silver. The three restaurants needed poultry and fish meat every half month, totaling 520 taels of silver. In addition, there are nearly 100 taels of eggs exclusively supplied by Ruyi Restaurant, so calculated, Ai Xiaochang has an income of more than 1,000 taels of silver per month.

Of course, the expenses are not small. Since August, Xiaoxiao has hired four hired workers among the people of Zhaojia Village, who often come to the farm to help on a voluntary basis. plus the previous Uncle Jiang and Brother Wang, as well as the Jiang Yun and Jiang Feng brothers. The monthly salary expenditure of Ai Xiao Farm needs nearly fifty taels of silver, of course, this is because the salary given by Xiaoxiao is higher than the salary of many large families.

In addition, chicken and pig farms need nearly a hundred taels of silver per month for feed. In addition, after the first batch of livestock and poultry are slaughtered, it is planned to purchase another 4,000 chickens, 300 piglets, and 2,000 ducklings. These cost about five hundred taels of silver. As a result, by the end of October, the profit of Love Farm was about three to four hundred taels.

But for a long time after that, the profits will increase exponentially. Since it is not necessary to replenish the seeds every month, it is sufficient to replenish them every three months according to the current demand.

As soon as it was dawn, Xiaoxiao climbed up from the bed in his new home. This new house is located on the original site of the former Jiang family's small courtyard, and it was completed and moved in at the end of September. The whole house cost 80 taels of silver, and it was designed by combining today's architectural style with the living habits of later generations.

The newly completed house is divided into two floors. In addition to a separate kitchen and toilet, storage room. In the middle of the first floor is a large living room with a guest room to the left and right. The room on the right, because it is close to the stairs up the second floor, Xiaoxiao used it as the residence of the Yao brothers.

The room on the far left of the second floor is the place where Xiao Xiao has the most thoughts. Because it was her and her husband Jun Zhixuan's bedroom, there was a big balcony outside the door, and a coffee table and tea set were placed on the balcony. In the future, if the couple has nothing to do, they can sit on this balcony, look at the green grass and mountains opposite the house, drink tea, talk about love, talk about love, and look forward to a better future. You can also walk to the side and look at the busy scene on your farm......

The bedroom is connected to the study next to it, and a small door has been opened in the wall of the bedroom, separated by a curtain. This is convenient for Zhixuan to read and rest. To the right of the study is a guest room. This room also took a lot of thought to decorate, because this room, she planned to stay in it when her stepfather and stepmother came. Of course, it may be more often occupied by Li Qin......

As for the room near the staircase, it is now the residence of Qing'er and Qiu'er. The reason why the two of them are arranged on the second floor is so that they can arrive quickly when Xiaoxiao needs to tell them something.

With money in hand, I naturally hope to live comfortably and safely. Therefore, in addition to the purchase of a lot of brand new furniture. Xiaoxiao paved the entire courtyard of nearly 100 square meters opposite the house with bluestone floors. The courtyard walls are no longer made of wood, but are all made of thick stone strips, which is both strong and safe. Even if Wu Siyuan asked someone to set fire again, there would be no place to burn......

There is an archway in front of the courtyard wall facing the living room, and the gate is made of thick wood and painted with black lacquer. There is an empty plaque on the archway directly above the gate, which is a small waiting for the husband to come back and inscribe the word "Jiangfu".

Although there are no objects such as stone lions and stone tigers at the gate, a vertical and straight, pitch-black flagpole is erected at the door, and the Xie Yuan and the first flag given by it flutter in the wind, which looks more magnificent. This is not a fake, but a genuine imperial gift.

Far from it. Today is the day of the harvest, after getting up and washing. After hurriedly using some of the mustaches to prepare breakfast, he hurried to the farm. It was the first time for such a large scale of delivery, and she had to go in person to feel at ease.

By the time we got to the farm, it was already in full swing. Jiang Yun Jiang Feng's shouts rang out from time to time, and on the three ox carts that cost dozens of silver to build, tray after tray of eggs, and live chickens in bamboo cages were constantly loading the carts. As for the fresh fish and pigs, this first batch cannot be loaded for the time being, so we can only wait for the afternoon to come back and deliver it again.

After all the things that could be loaded into the car, Jiang Yun, Jiang Feng, and Brother Wang respectively sat in the driver's position, raised the whip and whipped it gently. The ploughing oxen pulling the cart slowly took steps and stepped onto the bluestone road leading to the county seat.

Xiao Xiao looked back and told Qing'er to take care of the farm, and Uncle Jiang and the other hired workers began to fish in the pond, so as to facilitate the return and immediately ship, to ensure that the fish were still fresh and alive when they were delivered to the restaurant. She herself took the Wei'er and the Yao brothers and walked towards the county seat...... There was no way, the ox cart was already full of piles, and there was not even a place for a pin. She couldn't catch a car herself, so she had to walk......

When I arrived at the county seat, Xiaoxiao visited the owners of three restaurants one by one. After a lot of kind words, he tossed until his mouth was dry, and only after the first batch of goods was delivered, he took the silver and hurried back to the farm, without even having time to eat. There is no way to do this, the weather is hot, and the fish caught are easy to die due to lack of oxygen and high temperatures. It must be sent to the restaurant as soon as possible and put into the restaurant's special water tank.

When she returned to the farm, she didn't have time to wipe the sweat from her forehead, so she told the rest of the people to load the fish into the cart quickly, and she used some clever tricks. I bought more than 10 large water tanks, filled them with cold well water, and pulled some aquatic plants and put them in the tanks. The fish caught in such tanks are transported to the county seat, which takes up a lot of space in the ox cart, but can avoid death due to high temperature and lack of oxygen.

When Xiao Xiao was busy directing everyone to load the goods, Qing'er walked up to her with a letter:

"Miss" >, my uncle's letter has arrived again ......! ”

(Shaorui friends, I'm back a little late, Shaorui Shaorui.) That one...... Yixin updated 8,000 words today, dear friends, Yixin needs a little encouragement...... ）

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