"Haha...ha...it's me! However, I'm pretending because I'm afraid those people who know that I earn money...will cause trouble!"
Xia Qiyue admitted generously, and An Youde also laughed, saying that she was very funny pretending to be a man.
"Okay, stop laughing and express your position quickly. Do you want to do it or not?"
An Youde didn't hesitate, "Of course, I have to save some money for my wife, right?" After saying that, he didn't feel embarrassed at all and asked the other people with a smile.
"You're a good boy! You're already thinking about getting a wife!" An Sijin laughed and teased him.
"Then it's settled! You guys will come to work starting tomorrow! We agreed on a salary of two taels of silver a month, starting from today! The most important thing is that the halva I made is a novelty, and you guys want it.
Keep it tight, don’t say it out loud! Also, don’t make any more noise when you go back to the village, the six of you here are enough, no one else is needed! Then it will be troublesome if everyone wants to do it!"
The six people nodded vigorously, but in the end they couldn't stand up to Xia Qiyue, and happily accepted the salary of twenty taels a month.
They couldn't believe that their lives were so good. Being with their fourth sister-in-law was the most life-changing opportunity they had ever had since they left home and fled. Obviously, they all seized this opportunity.
Everyone's heart was filled with gratitude, and they secretly vowed to be loyal to Xia Qiyue, and would do whatever they wanted to do in the future.
"Okay! You guys hurry up and get to work. I'll go out to buy firewood and cook delicious food for you tonight!" Xia Qiyue waved her hands. She really didn't want to peel the peanuts, her fingers hurt.
It would be great if there was a machine. You don't have to peel it off by hand, which saves effort and time.
It has been agreed that the six people who will work with the fourth sister-in-law no longer hesitate about dinner. If we have that time, we might as well do more work quickly.
The six people were not left cold for long. Xia Xinghe had already brought firewood in to light the fire. Seeing this, Xia Qiyue pondered for a moment.
For this younger brother, she didn't know how to arrange it. Let's go to school. His enlightenment was a bit late, but let him work. He was only ten years old and was still too young, at least in her eyes.
Let him work less with the six people first, and let her think about it before making arrangements.
No matter what, this younger brother was always very good to her. Whether it was when the original owner was here or after she came, the younger brother and sister were still so wholeheartedly good to her.
Although the two of them have little ability, she can feel full of affection from some performances, which is enough, and she is willing to pay for them.
Jiuli Town is very large, with several main streets crowded with people and the sound of hawking. They sell everything, including their own products, game, wild products, and firewood.
Because when farmers are free, they go out to cut firewood and sell it. Some people who don’t know anything can only sell firewood.
Xia Qiyue asked several people and found out that a bundle of firewood cost two copper coins, so she simply bought all the firewood from the five people standing together.
Two bundles per person. Because the bundles were so big, they could only carry two bundles when they came to sell them. However, one of them actually had twenty bundles. Because his family had a bullock cart, he could bring more bundles at one time, so he didn't have to carry firewood to town every day.
Go ahead, save time and effort.
"Girl, do you really want them all?" the man with twenty bundles of firewood asked in disbelief.
"Well, send them all to my house! I haven't bought firewood yet in the winter. All the firewood at home will be burned today, and you guys are not enough for me to burn!" Xia Qiyue nodded, and then led the people away.
Isn’t it enough? She wants to boil tea eggs to sell and make halva, which all require firewood, and she uses a lot of it.
Fortunately, there is a place to pile firewood in the backyard, so buying a hundred and eighty bundles at a time is not a problem.
"Do you want more? We still have some at home. If you want it, I can deliver it to you tomorrow, okay?" The young man carrying two bundles of firewood per person already wanted firewood in July, so he immediately asked.
"I have one at home too!" the person next to me said not to be outdone.
The old man leading the bullock cart mumbled and said, "We have one at home too. I chop wood every day!"
Xia Qiyue nodded, "Okay, you'll get to know my family in a while, so I'll bring it tomorrow. Our family needs a lot of firewood for business, so you can send firewood here every two days. It saves me the money and I even go out and buy it!"
The five people were so happy. They came from a village more than 20 miles away from Jiuli Town. It was in the opposite direction from Xia Qiyue and their current Baijia Village. The five people had not thought about finding a fixed residence to deliver firewood.
But I can't find it.
I don’t know what kind of bad luck I had today, but I met someone who needed a lot of firewood. I had to deliver firewood every two days, so they didn’t have to chop firewood every morning and carry it back to sell in the afternoon. I cut firewood every day and delivered it the next day.
Don’t worry about running in vain and not being able to sell.
"Okay, okay, girl, how much firewood do you need at one time, we will try our best to meet your needs!"
The young man who was the first to ask asked again. Xia Qiyue raised her eyebrows. She was going to buy out her business. This young man still had some business acumen.
"It's enough to give away thirty bundles at a time! You can divide it up as you see fit!" Xia Qiyue led the way and answered the young man's questions.
Three days to burn thirty bundles should be enough.
Ten bundles of firewood a day should be enough for boiling tea eggs, cooking on the kang, and making halva.
"Okay, okay, don't worry, girl, we only have more and not less!"
The matter of firewood has been solved in this way. From now on, someone will deliver firewood on time, and Xia Qiyue will no longer have to waste time and effort to buy it on the street.
Relatively speaking, the houses they rent in this area belong to the kind of small wealthy families. They don't have three meals a day to eat, but they are not so rich either. They should have enough food, clothing and warmth, and plenty of money to spend. They should be fine.
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Because the houses in this area didn't look too big, the yard that Xia Qiyue rented was average here. However, on the way back from buying firewood, she saw carriages coming and going, and her two neighbors on the left and right
But there was no movement at all.
After walking out of their home, it didn't take long to reach a lively market with various shops and stalls selling various gadgets on the roadside. Xia Qiyue hadn't visited them one by one, so she crossed this street and went to the front.
Buy peanuts at the market. The market is more lively than this street, but the items sold are not as exquisite as this street. Instead, they are the most common but most indispensable things, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Twenty-eight bundles of firewood cost her fifty-six copper coins. The five of them got the copper coins, and after recognizing the door, they said that the firewood would be delivered on time in two days, and then turned around and left without delay.
The door to the west wing is closed tightly. Unless Xia Qiyue agrees, outsiders cannot find it.
There was also firewood, and she started to cook dinner. She had to let people finish the meal and go back before dark, otherwise something would happen on the way.
Although they are all young men, this place is not the place where they grew up. They are not familiar with it just after arriving, so it is better to be cautious.
Today's portion has been delivered. Have a happy work and life, dear ones.