Chapter 371 Confidence
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Chapter 371 of Confidence Zhou Shuren washed his feet and didn't want to think about it. This person is not easy to choose. The main reason is that the money is paid by the Yamen. If there are too many candidates involved, you should be more cautious. "By the way , Has Mr. Zheng left? Last time he said he would stay for a while and then go back. "
Zhulan really knows that because her natal family has a lot of land, she has been going back a lot recently, "The old man is back, this time I came to see you, to meet you, and the old man left."
Zhou Shuren twitched the corners of his mouth, it was indeed to see him, first he was emotional, and then he regretted that the Zhou family did not have a boy who could marry the Zheng family. He was interrupted, bah, came to the door to dislike his son, and wanted to miss his grandson, but there was no door.
What's more, this old fox, he was terrified when he saw it, so he didn't want to marry him!
Zhou Shuren didn't want to mention the old man anymore, "It's getting late, go to bed early."
Holding the pillow, Zhulan said, "It's time for the autumn harvest to be over in my hometown. It was more than half a month ago when I received the letter last time. I should start my journey."
Zhou Shuren pulled Zhulan, "Go to sleep, don't worry about it, they are all adults with married families, they can take care of themselves, and they will arrive naturally when they arrive."
Zhulan knew that Zhou Shuren felt sorry for her, so she lay down and said, "Okay, okay, I don't worry, go to sleep."
Zhulan didn't say anything, she was calculating the date in her heart, she estimated that Zhou Laoer and the others would be in late November, and after counting the days, Zhulan closed her eyes and thought about hiring someone to pick apples and transport them down from the mountain To hire a lot of people, hey, that's all.
The only thing that makes Zhulan feel at ease is that her own apples have already signed a contract with foreign merchants, and they will receive 50 Wen per catty of apples, regardless of the size of the fruit.
Zhulan thought about it in a daze before falling asleep. Zhou Shuren opened his eyes and tucked Zhulan under the quilt, muttering, "Worry about your life."
Early the next morning, as soon as Zhou Shuren left, Mrs. Li and Boss Zhou went shopping.
Zhulan called for Eryue to hire people to pick apples in five days. Lizhou City followed suit and hired more people, which was also an extra income for the people.
Zhulan's family didn't sell any grain, and the settlement for excess grain was still half of the grain and half of the money, twelve yuan a day, two catties of cornmeal, and a meal of coarse grain and vegetarian buns for lunch.
The orchard of the Yang family also signed the deed, and Zhulan sent someone to Yang's mansion to ask her father,
It's time to pick them together.
Zhou Shuren is the magistrate of the state, no matter whether it is a merchant from a foreign race or a merchant from this dynasty, he dare not default on the money, and he will pay the money with one hand and the fruit with the other hand.
After Zhulan made arrangements, Boss Zhou and Mrs. Li came back. Zhulan looked at what Mrs. Li had bought back, "I'll give you ten taels of silver, and how many pieces of muslin did you buy?"
Zhulan calculated the time, and the couple went shopping for an hour and a half and three hours, and how many cotton cloths did they buy?
Mrs. Li touched her purse, she couldn't bear it, she held the big house's monthly money in her hand, plus what she saved and what her mother-in-law gave from time to time, she only saved a total of one hundred and fifty taels, including yesterday's ten Two silvers, and when there are more children in the future, she has to give money to the children as a mother, so it is enough to pass the eye addiction today, if there is no fine cotton cloth in the sewing room, she would not even want to buy fine cotton cloth.
Zhulan pressed her forehead and waved her hand, "You are tired after walking around all morning, go back and rest!"
Boss Zhou moved his mouth, and he felt uncomfortable. Don't look at Li's carelessness, in terms of money, Li's calculations are very clear, but he still doesn't give Li's confidence.
Zhulan didn't leave the boss behind when she saw it. The first family property is small, and she doesn't have enough money to invest now. It is impossible to distribute the family property to the boss. She will not break the balance if she is partial. It's human sperm, once she favors the boss too much, don't try to calm down.
In the next few days, Mrs. Li didn't go out again, and made small clothes with the newly bought fabrics.
After arriving in Lizhou City, there is a sewing room. Zhulan will allocate money to the sewing room every month to buy fabrics to make clothes. She and Zhou Shuren will make two new clothes a month. .
Twelve months in a year, except for her and Zhou Shuren, twelve clothes for each person, three clothes for a quarter, quite extravagant.
But there is no way, Zhou Shuren has become an official, and Zhulan has received many invitations, and several invitations are sent every month. She wants to take her daughter-in-law or daughter out, and her son and grandson are also invited. The family cannot grow old. Wearing a suit of clothes costs a lot of money for decent money.
In the blink of an eye, it’s time to pick apples. Zhulan went to the orchard the day before picking the fruit. The closer to the top of the mountain, the sweeter the fruit tastes. Zhulan asked people to keep all 20 fruit trees on the top of the mountain to eat at home.
The fruit trees of Zhulan's family are five-year-old fruit trees, which are in the high yield period. Although they were ruined when they were transplanted, each fruit tree also produced thirty catties.
The history of apples in the overhead dynasties was introduced from Europe by the previous dynasties. It was first settled in the northwest area. There are also apples in the local area. It’s just a matter of variety. They are not called apples. The fruit has less moisture and poor taste. Apple, the local ones are eliminated.
Butler Ding went to Chuanzhou to buy fruit trees. It is said that the apple variety is the best imported variety. Although the taste is still not as good as modern ones, it is not bad.
For an apple orchard of more than 100 mu, Zhulanjia hired fifty men alone. Due to various transportation and other problems, it took six days to finish picking. The main time was wasted on transportation and picking fruits.
Although it is necessary regardless of the size, there are also some bad fruits. Compared with those eaten by squirrels, mice, birds, etc., these bad fruits must be picked out.
Merchants also want the picked fruits, but they are very cheap.
A fruit tree weighing 30 jin can actually be sold for about 20 jin. When winter comes, animals come out to look for food and all focus on the orchard.
Including the 3,000-odd apple trees that Zhulan gave away at the beginning, more than 2,600 survived, and the death rate was quite high. Excluding the 20 apple trees left behind, there were only more than 2,600 that could be sold. point.
In the end, the accounts were settled, and more than 2,700 taels of silver were entered into the account. I didn’t earn back the investment for a year. If it weren’t for the many dead fruit trees, I would be able to pay back this year. The only consolation is the first year of this year, and next year will basically be pure income. .
In fact, the benefits of growing apples are still very large. A tree does not only bear fruit for one year. Of course, the premise is that there is no drought, otherwise the fruit tree will die due to drought, and the investment will be in vain.