Zhou Lang patted his chest and said, "What's the relationship between us? Can't I sell the goods I just brought back? I specially wanted to keep them for you."
He said: "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, every family will prepare clothes for the winter. If you buy it then, the fur will be too expensive. We brothers, I will give you a cheaper price."
Zhou Lijun was enjoying himself and explained to the three of them: "My fourth uncle went out and exchanged all the money he could use for goods. Now he doesn't have much money."
But he still has so many people under his command. Even if he has food, he still has to spend money when he goes out to meet people, buy some meat, clothes, etc.
Zhou Lijun said: "Grandma thinks that my fourth uncle doesn't have enough money to spend, so she asked me to take care of the accounts and not to add to his accounts."
Therefore, if Zhou Lang wanted to have cash, he had to cash in the goods.
Man Bao followed with a gloating smile, and Zhou Lang turned around and glared at Li Jun angrily, "Can't you save some face for me?"
Although Bai Erlang is usually stingy, he is very generous when spending money. He thought for a moment and said: "If it's good, I'll buy it."
Zhou Lang patted him on the shoulder and assured him: "Is there any difference in my goods?"
After discussing this matter, Zhou Langcai and Man Bao said: "I will return to the capital tomorrow. I will bring some medicinal materials back first. If Jishi Hall wants them, I will give them to them, and then give some to other medicine shops. This time I will bring Li Li."
Jun, the medicinal materials we brought back are all good."
Zhou Lijun often stayed with Man Bao and Lu, so he knew some methods of preparing medicinal materials, and he was better at identifying medicinal materials than Zhou Lang, so the medicinal materials he selected this time were good.
He said: "I asked shopkeeper Zheng Da, and the price of the prepared medicinal materials has doubled."
"It depends on what kind of medicinal materials they are. Some medicinal materials are simple to prepare and can be dried, which is not much different from raw medicinal materials. Some medicinal materials need to be prepared with other things, such as wine, so the price difference is huge," Man Bao looked through it.
The list of medicinal materials he brought back seemed to know what he was thinking, and he said: "Most of the medicinal materials you brought back are raw medicinal materials, but you can make a lot of money. The preparation of medicinal materials also requires secret recipes. Even if I can find the secret recipe, now our family
Many medicinal materials are also poorly prepared."
Man Bao also learned how to prepare medicinal materials from shopkeeper Zheng Da, but so far she can only get started. It is impossible for her to process all the medicinal materials independently. Although it can be done, the quality cannot be guaranteed.
Man Bao said seriously: "Some medicinal materials are poisonous. If they are not prepared well, the toxicity will remain in the medicinal materials. Then taking medicine is not treating a disease but taking poison."
Zhou Lang, who really wanted to hand over the medicinal materials to his fifth sister-in-law and Li Ru, came up with the idea, "Okay, I'll go back and talk to shopkeeper Zheng Da."
Zhou Lang's medicinal material business already has regular customers, and with Man Bao's reputation, it is basically not difficult to make a move.
Not to mention cattle, who doesn’t lack cattle?
Not to mention those far away, their Zhuangzi is also in short supply, not to mention there are so many fields in the capital and Yongzhou, so they don't have to worry about selling cattle.
However, Zhou Lang did not sell all the cattle. He kept more than ten cattle to pull the cart and decided to wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival to send them back to Qili Village.
In the words of Lao Zhoutou, such good things must be made cheaper for the villagers. We can't just use oxen here and use people to pull plows at home, right?
Moreover, Lao Zhoutou and Mr. Qian also planned to go home after the Mid-Autumn Festival. They had been gone for a year, and they didn't know how their family was doing.
It happened that Mr. Bai was going home after the Mid-Autumn Festival, so they decided to go together.
Zhou Dalang and the Qian family were left behind. Zhuangzi is now under the control of Zhou Dalang and the Qian family, with Li Zhong and others occasionally coming over to help.
Such a large piece of land was more than the fields at home. Old Zhou didn't feel comfortable handing it over to outsiders. Man Bao was busy, so he still kept Zhou Dalang and his wife.
Man Bao was overjoyed. The sadness of her parents leaving instantly dissipated a lot. She specially made a lot of pills for them and labeled them for them to read, "This is for acclimatization and diarrhea, this is for wind and cold, this is for wind and cold."
Hot, this is fever..."
"Anyway, you can keep it for half a year, and you can take it home if you are safe on the road." He also took out a lot of medicine packs, "This is for repelling mosquitoes. Dad, you should carry it with you. The mosquitoes outside are too fierce.
Don’t get bitten, or you’ll feel uncomfortable.”
Lao Zhoutou accepted them all with a wave of his hand, then took Man Bao's hand and sighed, "I don't know when Dad will be able to see you again now that he's gone."
Man Bao said: "What's the matter? You can come with me when my fourth brother comes to Beijing."
"Forget it," Lao Zhoutou said with some disgust, "He still has to do business, so how can he have time to take care of us? And he didn't celebrate the New Year at home last year. This year, he has to worship his ancestors and come again..."
Lao Zhoutou gritted his teeth and said, "We have to celebrate the Qingming Festival next year."
Man Bao asked him to relax and said, "You can come if you want. Anyway, it only takes nine days from home to the capital. Our family now has both cars and mules, and our brothers and sisters-in-law are working in the fields. If you and your mother are bored at home,
If you feel like it is too hot, then go home to escape the heat."
Lao Zhou was stunned, something that was so difficult to travel seemed to be very simple when Man Bao said it like that.
He licked his lips and thought about it, "Really, let your fourth brother put two more cows at home later, so your mother and I don't have to go to the fields. If we miss you, we can just drive out in the car."
I think the roads have been very safe these past few times, and there are no bandits or anything like that.”
Man Bao nodded repeatedly, "Just take the official road, don't take the small road."
Lao Zhou nodded thoughtfully, thinking it was feasible.
Old Zhoutou thought of something, took a look outside and whispered to Man Bao: "Man Bao, where are you hiding all your money?"
Man Bao subconsciously covered his money bag and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lao Zhoutou glanced at her and said, "Will Dad steal your money? Didn't your mother clean up the room for you yesterday? I went in and took a look, but I didn't see any place to hide money. You have so much money.
, don’t spend it randomly.”
The main reason is that Zhuangzi has collected all the grain and money from this summer's harvest, and now that the autumn harvest is coming to an end, the things Zhou Lang brought back from his merchant trip are almost sold out, and the money will definitely have to be divided by then.
Manbao gave a lot of capital at that time, and she received the largest share, not to mention she still had a monthly salary.
Lao Zhoutou walked around her house but didn't see any money, and felt a little panicked, "Are you like the second young master of the Bai family who put money out?"
"No, it's illegal to release money," Man Bao said righteously: "Besides, I'm still an official, how can I know the law and break it?"
She paused and then whispered: "Dad, Bai Er is not lending money, he is lending it to a few friends, and the interest is not high."