The person assigned by Shangguan Yu worked very efficiently. On the second night, Wu Xiu came to report and delivered a compiled document.
After seeing this, Bai Ling sneered again and again, which made Wu Xiu, a man who had killed people before, feel chills just looking at it.
"This information is given to Duan Yulang, as well as this handwritten letter from me."
Bai Ling pushed the letter and the information handed over by Wu Xiu to the table.
"Yes." Wu Xiu accepted the order without asking any more questions.
"You guys will allocate these banknotes among yourselves. The plan to find someone remains unchanged."
Bai Ling placed a stack of banknotes on the table and said in a deep voice:
"Remember, don't attract the attention of any forces. I don't have much time to give you."
"My subordinate understands." Wu Xiu nodded, put away the things, hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Master, do you want to take Haitang with you?"
Haitang is the youngest among the six, and she is a girl. No one will be suspicious if she stays with Bai Ling.
"It won't be necessary for the time being. I'm in the countryside all year round, so leaving Begonia here would be a waste of resources."
Bai Ling shook his head, thinking of the sisters at home, and then ordered:
"When looking for people, just find a few smart girls with average looks. The key is to teach them kung fu and some medicinal properties."
"My subordinates will pay more attention." Wu Xiu nodded.
"Go down." Bai Ling waved his hand and turned around to go to the inner room.
After confirming that Wu Xiu had left, Bai Ling stepped into the space.
The people in the old house kept silent, Bai Ling's patience was getting less and less, so he wanted to teach them a lesson and delay them for a while.
It was night, and no one noticed that someone had broken into the old house. But the next day, everyone in the old house was vomiting and having diarrhea, and there were red spots all over their bodies. It was disgusting to look at them.
After all, Bai Xue came back with a servant. The coachman immediately went to the town to ask a doctor to see him. It would cost a lot of money to prescribe many medicines.
Given the selfish nature of the Bai family, Bai Xue had to provide the money. Bai Xue was so angry that she wanted to walk away and never talk to these natal family members again.
But the doctor said that the disease they had was contagious to others, and Bai Xue had nowhere to go even if she wanted to leave.
Even after the villagers got the news, they didn't dare to interact with the people in the old house, let alone visit the patients.
The illness of the people in the old house has temporarily subsided. Before Sanfang and his family went to town to go shopping for lanterns and came back, no one came to look for trouble.
"This year is over, we should also plan what we will do this year."
Bai Ling took a pen and paper, put it in front of Bai Xiaoshan, and said to him:
"After a while, the younger brother will write down whatever the big guys say, so that he won't forget it later."
"But I don't know all the characters. What should I do if I can't write?" Bai Xiaoshan took the brush and asked sheepishly.
"Draw a circle first, and the second sister will teach you later." After rubbing Bai Xiaoshan's head, Bai Ling began to sharpen the ink.
"This year our family will raise more chickens. It's too expensive to collect them scattered outside, and a lot of them will be broken on the road. The Duan family has also told us that we need to increase the quantity of preserved eggs this year."
Bai Liu opened his mouth and said.
"I don't think we need to raise too many. Many people in the village have said that they will raise chickens this year. The newly raised chickens will not lay eggs in the first year. They will lay the most eggs in the second and third years. They will only lay eggs next year."
We can collect a lot of eggs in the village."
Baicao has been responsible for raising the poultry of the old house since she was a child, so she knows a lot about this.
When Mrs. Bai Liu heard this, she stopped talking about raising chickens.
"What the eldest sister said makes sense, but I think we should raise more chickens. After all, the number of people in the family is getting larger and larger, so we have more to eat. Although there are more people raising chickens in the village, we can't guarantee that they will all be raised.
He is diligent in laying eggs."
Bai Ling thought about it and gave his own suggestions.
But what Bai Ling didn't say was that he was afraid that some people would think that eggs were needed for third-bedroom apartments and would have to raise the price.
At that time, Sanfang will have to pay a high price to deliver the goods, and the profit of the workshop will be reduced.
"We need to add a few more oxen and donkeys." Bai Sanshu rubbed his palms and said, "On the land at home, and when delivering goods, it's better to use oxcarts. Over at the tofu shop, we need to add two more mills this year."
"Dad, let's make more soybeans at home this year. Last year, the tofu shop opened late, so I bought all the bean curd from outside. This year, I will buy it from home, one at a time." Bai Wei's business is related to her family, so she mentioned
A mouthful.
"Well, I need a variety of soybeans, broad beans, peppers..." Bai Xing also flexed her fingers and said the ingredients she would use, "Like the third sister, I also tie them one at a time."
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The family discussed for most of an hour and listed out all the things they had to do at home this year. There were really a lot of things to buy.
Especially the crop land in my hand, because of several businesses at home, I can no longer grow food.
Bai Sanshu and his wife regarded food as more important than money. After doing the calculation, they couldn't help but worry:
"If this is the case, we won't be able to grow much food. It's a good year now, but if there is a bad harvest and so many people in our family have to buy food, it will be a loss."
"I'm afraid that even if you have money, you won't be able to buy food. You are still young and have not experienced famine..."
As Bai Liushi spoke, she started talking about the famine years. Bai Sanshu was two years older than Bai Liushi, so he remembered it more clearly, so he added a few words from time to time.
The eyes of the siblings were red when they heard this. They didn't know that their parents couldn't even eat tree roots when they were young.
Bai Ling really wanted to say that there was so much food in her space that she couldn't finish it even if there was a ten-year famine, but she could only hold it back.
"Otherwise, for beans and the like, let's talk to the village and ask whoever has more land can win a few acres. We'll sign a document and buy it according to the price of the grain store in the town. In this way, half of the land can be allocated to the village.
In addition to paying taxes on food, we can still have a surplus."
Bai Ling thought for a while and made a suggestion.
It’s just that the price of soybeans is not expensive, but the yield is good and the market demand is huge.
Moreover, soybeans are relatively easy to pick out, and they can also be harvested as autumn vegetables.
However, apart from being used by various families to make soybean paste, it is almost always bought by wealthy families to feed their livestock, or mixed with cornmeal by poor families to eat.
In rural areas, those who can afford to eat Sanhe Noodles and steamed buns every day are considered well-off.
These three-in-one noodles are black flour, corn flour and soybean flour. They make you hungry but also make your throat irritate.
The family discussed it and decided on the plan for the new year. Bai Sanshu went to the village chief's house to talk about it, and the village chief came forward to talk to the villagers.
The tofu shop's business is off-season in summer, and it is easy to get damaged if it does too much, so I can still make some money in the spring months, so I opened it early.
On the other hand, the workshop that makes preserved eggs only accepts some scattered eggs, so it does not need to start work every day. The wages are temporarily settled on a daily basis, and it will not be officially operational until there are more eggs in spring.
"Second girl, please go home quickly. Someone has come to give the eldest girl a betrothal gift. They also said that the master agreed to the marriage. The lady was so angry that she almost fainted."
Bai Ling was checking the number of preserved eggs in the warehouse when he heard the maid's angry words.
"You've come just in time, it's time to teach him a lesson."
Bai Ling sneered, took off his sleeve and threw it to Bai Shao who was recording, and hurried home.
On the way, Bai Ling ordered the girl who reported the news:
"Go to the village and tell the village chief about this."
The maid hurriedly responded and trotted towards the village.
The third room is close to the tofu shop. When servants go to the tofu shop to report, the workers working there will rush over to the third room to help.
In addition to the servants of the third room, there were dozens of people standing at the door, confronting each other, blocking those who were trying to force the dowry in. (To be continued)