Five taels of small silver ingots, five in a row, two rows in one layer, two layers were placed, a total of one hundred taels of silver (sixteen taels and one catty, six catties and more).

"This is the profit of the past six months, according to the meaning of the young lady, the whole number has been beaten into whole silver ingots, and the fraction is stored in the account first."

Wei Ruo likes heavy silver and doesn't like the fluttering silver ticket, so every time the nurse gives Wei Ruo the proceeds of the shop, she comes with a heavy silver ingot.

In addition to the silver, the nurse also brought the account books of the store for the last six months.

There is also a basket of dried mushrooms that have been dried.

"Xiao Yong was afraid that Miss was not used to eating here, so before I came, I specially got some mushrooms that Miss liked, and they were all dried, and some of them were fried in oil and sealed in jars according to the methods taught by Miss before."

"Nurse, I've worked hard for you, and Uncle Xu and Brother Xiaoyong want you to follow me for such a long journey."

"No hard work, no hard work!" Mother Xu said repeatedly, "I don't have any hard work, there is a carriage on the way, I don't need my legs to hurry, I don't even take a little important thing, I am all strong and brave and busy." ”

Mother Xu's face was filled with a happy smile.

Mother Xu continued: "It is the happiest thing to be able to help Miss do things. If it weren't for helping Miss, I wouldn't know how to live with Da Zhuang and Zhengyong! I never dreamed I could do something like this! ”

"Have you made arrangements over there in Huaibei Town?"

"Miss, don't worry, I have entrusted the Zhuangzi over there to Lao Qian, he has been in the Zhuangzi for many years, you can rest assured that you can do things, and someone will be arranged to watch the house."

"Did I get everything you brought here?" Wei Ruo asked.

"It's been shipped over, it's all shipped over, three carts of sweet potatoes!"

"Okay, then I'll tell you about the next arrangement, I have taken a fancy to Xiaoyang Mountain in the north of the city, you and Uncle Xu will talk about it, if the price is suitable, buy it and plant sweet potatoes; There are many fishermen in the city who have lost their livelihood because of the Japanese bandits, and there are farmers who are forced to beg because of the lack of food. You and Uncle Xu went to inspect and investigate, and if you have a good character and are willing to work hard, you will be hired to do long-term work. ”

"Okay, I'll take my family to the north of the city to have a good inspection."

"Then settle yourselves and find a better house in the city. When you are settled, come to the Captain's Mansion again, and tell me the address, and then I will contact you. ”

"Okay, I know, I'll do it when I get back." Mother Xu replied again and again.

Mother Xu stayed in Tingsong Garden for more than an hour before leaving.

When I was leaving, I passed by Wei Qingwan's Wangmei Garden, and when I saw the vulgar woman who was leaving in a hurry, Mama Li said happily to Wei Qingwan:

"Miss, the woman who just passed is the nurse of the eldest lady, I heard that the son of the nurse was still making trouble at the door of our school captain's mansion yesterday, but fortunately the eldest son stopped it, otherwise there might be some jokes."

"That's right...... It's good that nothing happens......" Wei Qingwan muttered.

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After negotiating with Li Zheng of Yueying Village and the elders in the village, Xu's mother talked about the price of 1,000 taels of silver.

Then the nurse reported the result to Wei Ruo and let Wei Ruo have an idea.

One thousand taels of silver is not a small amount for Wei Ruo.

In the early years, she had the heart to start a career, but she was too young to have a way, so she could only rely on her cleverness to make a little money and make some extra money to improve her life in the countryside.

It wasn't until the age of ten that I officially started to make a shop, but it was very difficult to get started, and in such a society, there was no relationship and no support, and it was very laborious to gain a firm foothold little by little.

So far, he has saved a total of more than 2,000 taels of silver, and 1,000 taels of silver is equivalent to taking out half of Wei Ruo's net worth, if it fails, Wei Ruo's economic situation will be set back by two years.

Wei Ruo felt that there was no problem and could take it directly, so the nurse and Uncle Xu came forward and bought Xiaoyangshan at a price of 1,000 taels of silver, which would be handed over to Li Zheng of Yueying Village and distributed according to the share of each family.

Xu Zhengyong also wandered around the city for a few days, selected a few unemployed fishermen who matched Wei Ruo's statement, and hired them to work for a long time.

It was the first time that the hired long-term workers had seen sweet potatoes as a crop.

After the explanation of the Xu family's father and son, it was learned that this crop has been widely planted in Huaibei Town and has received a good harvest.

Regarding the origin of this crop, the father and son unanimously said that it was a ship from the South Seas that accidentally brought back a piece of potato vine, and its use was discovered after being planted and cultivated.

Immediately afterwards, sweet potatoes were planted on a large scale in Huaibei Town, and the father and son of the Xu family, who have rich experience in related planting, personally went into battle and led the long-term workers to plant.

You need to bury the sweet potato in the way first, wait for it to grow potato vines, and then cut the potato vines for cuttings.

The three truckloads of sweet potatoes they brought from Huaibei town could send out enough vines for cuttings.

The long-term workers quickly mastered the essentials of planting and began to get busy.

The maintenance cost of growing sweet potatoes on the hillside is much lower than that of cultivating rice on terraces.

The long-term workers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, they thought that their employer would hire a few of them to take care of the whole mountain of rice, and they would be tired enough just thinking about it.

At the same time, Xu's mother also found a house to settle in, which is not too far from the school captain's mansion, and it is convenient to come and go.

After arranging these, Xu's mother went to the school captain's mansion again and handed over the contract signed with the long-term workers and the deed of the house she bought to Wei Ruo.

No matter what Wei Ruo said, the nurse still meant that, these industries belonged to Wei Ruo, they helped Wei Ruo do things, just get some wages, and they didn't want any more.

Wei Ruo still has a task for Xu's mother.

"Nurse, you help me inquire about the wasteland in the south of the city, I heard that the Japanese are mainly in the east of the city now, and the south of the city is quite safe."

"The wasteland south of the city? That's a barren land, isn't it? The land near the sea cannot grow crops, and what is planted dies. ”

"Well, it should be so, if it weren't for the barrenness of the land, it wouldn't have become a wasteland." This was in Wei Ruo's expectations.

"Miss asks what that wasteland is for?" Xu's mother was puzzled.

"You go and inquire for me first, I may have a way to turn waste into treasure, if you can plant plants on saline-alkali land, it can not only save me a lower cost of buying ordinary for myself, but also hire more long-term workers, and the plants planted can also solve the problem of insufficient food in Xingshan County and need to buy a lot from other places, so that more people can eat."

"Okay, I'll ask when I get back." Although Mother Xu also felt that planting crops on saline-alkali land was a bit ridiculous, she believed in Wei Ruo unconditionally.

Over the years, Miss has broken their perceptions again and again, making many things they thought impossible possible.