The whole village is starving, but I have a full warehouse of meat in the mall

Chapter 47 This high risk is totally unaffordable for small farmers.

Meihua was the first to nod: "Sure, Auntie can give it to you anytime."

Jiang Wan laughed dryly: "Here are two catties, so I owe you two cents, and two eggs from the day before yesterday."

When she was digging the ditch the day before yesterday, she promised to give the children twenty eggs in total, but she has only given out eight so far. It will take more than three days to pay off the debt. Now she owes the children money again. She must settle the account tomorrow night, otherwise she will feel guilty.

Children came one after another, some brought one pound, some brought two pounds. Soon, there were more than twenty pounds of Fritillaria piled in the yard, and she owed a huge sum of more than twenty cents.

Originally, the villagers were jealous of Dahe Niang for making a lot of money by cooking, but now they saw that she couldn't even pay the cost, and they realized that doing business is not easy.

You have to buy on credit first, and then you can pay off the debt after you make money. If you can't sell the goods, not only will you lose money, but you will also be in debt.

This high risk is simply unaffordable for small farmers.

Some women in the village had some bad thoughts, but now they have disappeared.

Jiang Wan and his sons were busy at home. The consumption capacity of Huaifu Academy was okay. Eighty bowls were not enough, so he could bring about two hundred bowls tomorrow to try. There was a distribution wharf in Ankang Town with many coolies, but he didn't know whether the men working as coolies were willing to spend three cents to buy mint water. Anyway, he would try it first.

Ye Ergou is responsible for cleaning the mint.

Ye Sanshu and Ye Dahe were responsible for washing the hawthorns.

Gu Xiaohui was responsible for boiling brown sugar, Ye Sishan watched the fire in the stove, and Ye Xiaofang went to guard the door.

Jiang Wan was chopping hawthorn into pieces...

"Aunt, are you there?"

Daya's voice was heard at the door, Jiang Wan wiped his hands and walked out.

The two sisters, Daya and Siyaya, were standing at the door carrying baskets. There was also a large backpack at their feet, which contained at least five kilograms of Fritillaria.

Daya asked, "Aunt, we accidentally picked a little too much, will you take some?"

Jiang Wan naturally accepted it, "It's six pounds in total. My aunt owes you six cents. Come and get it tomorrow night."

Daya's face was full of joy. She earned six cents by herself. She would go back and tell her mother, and her mother would definitely be very happy.

She took Si Ya's hand and prepared to leave.

Si Ya sniffed: "Aunt, your house smells so good, what is Brother Si Shan eating…"

She stared straight at Ye Sishan who was sitting at the door.

After Ye Sishan finished his work, he sat on the doorstep to eat some snacks. There were six pieces in a bag of snacks, and he was reluctant to eat them. He licked them one bite at a time and swallowed them slowly. He ate three pieces in this slow manner. He planned to save them for tomorrow. When he looked up, he saw Si Ya looking at him straight.

He quickly hid the snack in his sleeve.

"Aunt, I'm so hungry..."

Si Ya's saliva started to flow out. Looking at her like this, who could not understand what she was thinking?

Jiang Wan naturally wouldn't argue with an eight-year-old child. She said, "Si Shan, give your sister Si Ya a piece."

Ye Sishan stared: "I only have three pieces left, not enough for me to eat."

Jiang Wan had a headache.

What should parents do when their children refuse to share snacks with other children?
She felt a little regretful. Why didn't she read those parenting guides before? As a single person, she really didn't know how to educate her children.

Although Si Ya's behavior of asking for food was not desirable, Si Shan being too stingy was also not okay.

She walked to Sishan's side and lowered her voice and said, "Give one piece to Siya, and mother will buy you another bag tomorrow." Ye Sishan's eyes lit up, and he immediately compromised. He took out some snacks, carefully took out a piece, and handed it to Ye Siya.

Si Ya swallowed the snack in one gulp, smacked her lips, and her eyes were still staring at the snack that Ye Sishan hid in his sleeves.

Ye Sishan looked at Jiang Wan, and the meaning of his eyes was very clear. If he gave him another piece, would his mother buy him another pack?

Jiang Wan: "..."

It turns out that using snacks to tempt children to learn to share is a completely wrong educational approach.

She said, "Daya, it's getting late now, take your sister back quickly."

Daya obediently took Siya's hand and led her out of the yard. As soon as they reached the path, Siya pouted: "Auntie is too stingy. She didn't even give me a piece of dessert..."

Daya frowned: "Didn't Auntie ask Sishan to give you a piece? Auntie will be angry if you say that."

"It's just a little bit, the size of a fingernail, and I can't taste anything." Si Ya licked her lips, "I also saw a lot of cloth on the table in my aunt's living room. Big sister, my aunt must have made a lot of money. Sister Xiaofang will have endless snacks to eat every day in the future..."

Daya also saw the fabrics, all kinds of new colors. She hadn't made new clothes in several years.

The two sisters hurried towards Old Ye's house.

The adults of the Ye family were enjoying the cool air in the yard, doing their work and chatting.

"I heard that sister-in-law made a lot of money." Li said with an ambiguous tone, "She bought more than half a pound of meat and dozens of ducklings. How dare you spend money like this if you didn't make any money?"

Old Mrs. Ye paused and said, "Buying ducks is a good thing. Raising ducks can produce eggs that can be exchanged for copper coins. The eldest son's wife is really going to live a good life."

Li's face fell. The old lady was so biased and cruel that she could even praise him so forcefully.

She curled her lips and said, "It was the first time that my sister-in-law made money from her business to buy meat. It's fine if she didn't buy snacks for the children, but why didn't she send some meat for my parents to try."

This is simply a blatant provocation.

Old Mrs. Ye raised her face coldly: "Second daughter-in-law, if you are bored, go to the back of the house to cut some bamboo. It happens that one of the backpacks at home is broken..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Daya led Siya in from the door.

Li's anger, which she had nowhere to vent, was immediately poured out on the two maids: "Silly girls, where did you run off to in the middle of the night? It's pitch dark in the mountains. If you were taken away by a wolf, you'd be a nuisance..."

"Enough!" Old Madam Ye scolded, "There are patrols on the mountain now. How could a living child be taken away by a wolf? Daya, Siya, the two of you come to grandma's place and tell her what she has been doing?"

Daya said softly, "Auntie is collecting lanterns, so Si Ya and I are going up the mountain to pick lanterns."

Si Ya said quickly, "My elder sister and I picked six catties, and my aunt said it was six copper coins in total!"

The anger on Li's face immediately dissipated, and she asked hurriedly, "Where are the copper coins?"

"My aunt said she will give it to me tomorrow."

Li's face was full of disappointment.

The eldest sister-in-law actually took away the Fritillaria that her two daughters had picked with great effort without paying a penny.

If I don’t make any money tomorrow, wouldn’t these six cents be wasted?
Thinking of this, Li suddenly paused.

If she were running this business, she would definitely not be willing to spend money to hire someone to help pick Fritillaria. The money her sister-in-law earned was more than she imagined.

(End of this chapter)