Wei Laowen walked to the door of the courtyard, looked at her with a smile and said:
"The piglets will be ready at the end of February. The full moon will make Shengli get drunk and bring them to you. Do you want to save two for breeding?"
"We don't need it for now. I'll ask for it when I need it." Cheng Xue responded with a smile.
Although Li Zhong and Yu Niang have managed other farms, they still know nothing about breeding pigs and delivering babies. Instead of taking risks, it is better to just catch pigs and lambs to raise them, which is that convenient.
The last time, the thirteen pigs and lambs were all wiped out because they were suffering from the cold after getting sick.
Watching Wei Laowen walk away, Cheng Xue was not in a hurry to go home. Instead, she walked along the village and thought about paving roads. She had plenty of money, not to mention paving the main road in the village, but also more than enough to pave other auxiliary roads.
I have made a lot of money from vegetables this year, and there will only be more and more in the future. It is better to pave the auxiliary road, and then build the drainage ditch, and get it done in one step.
There is no need to spend extra money for manpower, the whole village can directly go into battle. There is no reason not to contribute to the affairs at your doorstep.
Thinking of this, she went straight to Jiang's house and entered the hospital.
Mrs. Chang was chopping firewood with her sister-in-law in the yard. When they saw her, they stood up with great enthusiasm and called her "sister-in-law."
"Is Uncle Jiang at home?"
After saying this, Jiang Jianye came out of the house and said with a smile:
"What brought you here? Why are you so free today?"
In the past, if you wanted to find her, you would either go to the south or west of the village, but you might be in vain.
Faced with the old man's joke, Cheng Xue smiled and followed into the house. Not seeing Mrs. Qi, she asked in confusion:
"Where's aunt?"
"She is not feeling well. Daqiang took her to Deji Hall in the town. I don't dare to come to you for fear of getting an acupuncture." Jiang Jianye sighed helplessly.
Now that he is not on the same level as his wife, she can do whatever she wants, as long as it doesn't go too far.
The change of seasons from spring to autumn is not very friendly to the elderly and children, and it is even more unfriendly to people with bodies like Ms. Jiang Qi’s.
Cheng Xue nodded in understanding and went straight to the point, telling her everything about paving the way for the village and placing stone tables, stone chairs, and wooden chairs under the willow trees at the head of the village.
"...I have already sent materials to Dong Bin, and he is using his free time to build wooden chairs. There is no rush. I have also ordered the bluestone slabs and gravel for paving the road.
Now I just want Uncle Jiang to help recruit manpower. After all, it is our village’s own business. If I spend money to hire people to pave the road, it won’t look good.”
Jiang Jianye had known for a long time that she wanted to pave the way. At that time, he refused and said that it was not necessary. Now that he saw that she was determined to do it, there was no reason to refuse anymore.
Build bridges and pave roads, do good deeds and accumulate virtue, and do great good deeds.
"Okay, you don't have to worry about manpower. I'll help. No amount of thank you can express what I'm thinking. Anyway, don't worry in the future. No one can shake your family in the village."
This promise is a bit pale. After all, Li Hui is now a civil servant, and nothing will happen if he is not protected.
Cheng Xue picked up the water glass with a smile, took a sip, and said "hmm" as a response.
The room was quiet for a moment, and Jiang Jianye spoke again:
"I heard Lao Wei say that you asked him to draw a picture and build a house? After the house is built, will you move to a new house or something like that?"
"Move over there." Cheng Xue didn't hide anything.
If she has the conditions to live in a big house, she can no longer wrong herself. Moreover, Li Hui's letter also mentioned this matter, asking her to hurry up and build the house, so that it can be used as a retreat for the family in the future.
"Then what do you do with the house you live in now? Has it been sold?" Jiang Jianye asked.
Cheng Xue nodded, and then thought of his previous mention of buying a house for Jiang Lihong after the new year, and suddenly had an idea.
"If Uncle Jiang has the energy, help me organize the sale of the house. I'm so busy every day that I hit the back of my head, and I really don't have the energy. Just sell it for... twenty taels."
Not stupid, Jiang Jianye understood her intention immediately.
I felt comfortable but also a little ashamed, so I hurriedly took the initiative to increase the price and said:
"You kid, just pretend to be confused. How can such a nice house be sold for twenty taels? I know that your family is doing well, and Uncle Jiang is not bad either. You can sell your house for fifty taels without losing money. How can you sell it for twenty taels?"
Just let go."
Cheng Xue chuckled "Hehe..." without denying it.
"Listen to my uncle, I bought it for fifty taels of silver."
"Okay, but we have to wait until autumn to open up the house."
"That's okay, don't worry." Jiang Jianye said, taking out the money from the box.
Buying a house to build a house like Li Hui's house, including the materials and hiring people, fifty taels may not be enough.
It sounds like he took advantage.
Cheng Xue accepted the money and once again asked Jiang Jianye to help pay attention to the date of the Tongsheng Examination this year. March 3rd is the college examination, but the Tongsheng Examination is before that. Judging from the days when the letter was received last year, these days
Yixin will be back soon.
I don’t know how Mrs. Pang is doing. The last time Mrs. Xiao Wang sent news, she was still awake.
It’s been almost a month, and I really won’t be able to wake up if I don’t wake up.
After being sent out by Jiang Jianye, he saw a carriage parked in front of his house. He thought it was Yan Yixin coming back, but he didn't expect it to be the second carriage the family bought.
"Madam, although this horse is not as good as the one the master took away, it is still in its prime, so it is not much different. The carriage is the same as the previous one, but the price is not cheaper."
"Yes, that horse is underestimated. If you give it a lower price this time, it means there is something fishy. How are the spiced melon seeds sold in the dry goods shop in town? Is it still not good?"
Li Zhong sighed "Yeah" with a sad look on his face.
"Manager Chen said that no one asked me. As long as I buy melon seeds, they are bland and no one eats the salty ones. I even tried them, but they didn't buy them after tasting them."
You must not have tasted enough!
Cheng Xue bit her left cheek lightly, thought for a moment and said:
"In this way, tomorrow you drive a car and deliver a hundred catties of spiced melon seeds to each of those dry goods shops. Tell them that anyone who comes to buy melon seeds will receive as many salty melon seeds as they buy. But I will give away the one hundred catties while supplies last.
Pay.”
"...Huh? Send it?"
"Yes, it's free." Cheng Xue nodded again, confirming that he heard correctly.
I can’t bear to let my child catch the wolf.
People who don't buy spiced melon seeds probably eat less and don't recognize them, so just give them as gifts. You must eat the ones given as gifts, and you will know if they taste good after eating them. Next time she buys melon seeds, she won't believe that they can't be sold without them. Seeing that she had made up her mind, Li Zhong handed over and went to the west of the village to prepare things and go to the city early tomorrow morning.
As for the effect, it depends on subsequent development.
February 2 is here in the blink of an eye, the day of pig-head hunting.
After breakfast, Lady Jade started to work, cooking two big pig heads for two full hours. The fragrance was overflowing and made people want to stop.
Today, Cunxi also finished work early to celebrate the festival and have fun. Spiced melon seeds have been put into mass production. The few hundred kilograms sent in the early stage were very effective. Now there is a lot of demand.
Mrs. Geng also officially broke away from processing pine nuts, and took Mrs. Jiang Chang to make spiced melon seeds. In this way, when Mrs. Xu gave birth, she could take care of her confinement with peace of mind, leaving this to Mrs. Chang...