Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 37

"Who's looking for you?"

Shen Heng couldn't believe that someone would not come to him but instead go to A Zhu to buy winter clothes. How desperate could that person be?
"It's Qin Yi, the young master of the Qin family." Ah Shi said mischievously, "He also asked me not to tell you."

Shen Heng and his sister looked at each other and saw calculation in each other's eyes.

"Okay, how much does he offer for one? How many does he want to buy?" If you have the money but don't make it, you're a bastard. Shen Zhao doesn't care whether the person buying the things is Qin Yi or not.

Ah Zhu whispered, "He said he wanted to buy five pieces, and each piece would cost 200 coins, because a neighbor bought one piece at the market today for 200 coins. He also asked me not to reveal that it was he who bought the winter clothes, and then he would give me 100 coins as a hush money."

Shen Heng suddenly laughed and whispered to his sister, "A Zhao, do you think Qin Yi is really stupid or just pretending to be smart?"

Shen Zhao thought for a moment and said, "He is self-righteous."

Of course she knew Qin Yi's intention.

He was testing my attitude towards him.

If she sold the winter clothes to him, it would mean that she still had feelings for him; if she didn't sell them, there would be no room for maneuver between the two of them.

Another possibility is that Qin Yi wants to figure out the Shen family's business model and make a future for himself.

Because without the Shen family to support him financially and physically in this life, the Qin family's financial resources were not enough to provide him with a future.

Even though he had experience as an official in his previous life, this was the northwestern frontier, filled with exiled noble families and great scholars. It was simply a pipe dream for him, a poor man with no one to rely on, to expect to stand out among these people.

"Then should we sell him cotton clothes?" Shen Heng asked excitedly.

Shen Zhao: "Sell it, why not? But the price of the cotton-padded jacket is 250 yuan, not a penny less!"

Shen Heng smiled, turned to Ah Zhu and said, "Go tell him that our winter clothes were not blown by the wind, we have to earn some money, two hundred and fifty yuan a piece, no bargaining, he can buy it or not!"

Ah Zhu nodded wildly: "Okay! I'll go tell him right away!" and ran out.

After a while, Ah Zhu came back and whispered, "Qin Yi has agreed. He asked when he can get the cotton-padded jacket?"

Shen Zhao thought for a moment and said, "Let's wait for a while, until my father comes back."

Now my father always brings two bags when he goes back to Tingyi, and when he comes back he will fill them with things to take home. Only then can I take out a large number of cotton clothes.

"Oh." Ah Zhu asked again: "Do you want me to come over and help make tofu tomorrow morning?"

Shen Zhao: "We will make it tonight, and you can use a cart to push it to Wangsha Township to sell it at dawn tomorrow."

There are four townships and five military settlements in Xiaogu County, namely Xixiang, Yulixiang, Anlexiang and Wangshaxiang; the five military settlements are the places where garrison troops are stationed and farm, located on the south bank of the Shule River and in the Yuzezhang area.

There is a big market between the garrison farms and the four townships. It belongs to the Wangsha Township Market, only a dozen miles away from Xiaogu County. There are big fairs on the first and fifteenth day of every month, and even officials, soldiers and civilians living in the county come to buy things.

Tomorrow is the first day of October, the big market in Wangsha Township, and the homemade tofu will surely sell well there.

"Okay, I'll go home and get a stone of beans, and then come back to grind the mill after dinner." Ah Shi knew that the beans had to be soaked before making tofu, and only after the beans were soaked could they be ground into soy milk.

Shen Zhao: "We don't need your beans. My family will provide the beans. When we make enough money, we can just pay for the beans and the secret ingredients."

We don't have anything else at home now, but we have plenty of soybeans. When we go back to the market to sell them, most people will use the beans to barter for other things, so there is no need for Ah Zhu and my cousin's family to provide us with beans.

Ah Zhu didn't understand all this yet, he just nodded and agreed: "Okay! I'll do as you say, Ah Zhao!"

Shen Heng ran into the house and found a bald pen, a small piece of graphite, and a piece of wood. He then lay on the small table and carefully wrote the contract.

Originally he didn't know how to write, but his sister knew, so he only had to write according to his sister's guidance.

By the time he had finished writing the contract, Shen Zhao, his mother and A-Zhi had already picked out a stone of beans and soaked them in a bath tub.

Shen De also came over, and seeing that there was not much water in his uncle's water tank, he took the initiative to carry a load to fetch water. Then he waited for the beans to soak.

When Shen Zhao had nothing to do, he would stay in the side room and browse the Bronze Mirror Mall, wanting to buy everything he saw.

She finally saved up 15,000 yuan, and felt much more at ease. She wanted to use the remaining money to buy some daily necessities for her family.

For example, vanishing cream for face and shower gel for bathing and washing hair.

But Xiaoqing reminded her that water containing shower gel cannot be used to water plants, let alone be given to sheep to drink.

The same goes for laundry detergent. Xiaoqing also said that no matter which type of laundry detergent is used, it will pollute the land and water sources, so she should think carefully before purchasing.

Shen Zhao was shocked by this and he immediately gave up the idea of buying laundry supplies.

The water resources in the Northwest are precious, and people and animals cannot live without them. If the water is polluted due to personal selfishness, it would be tantamount to poisoning people.

Forget it, I'll just use wood ash. It can wash clothes clean anyway.

However, I still had to buy two bottles of facial cream, one for me and one for my mother.

The northwest is very windy and the climate is dry, so many young women have wrinkles all over their faces like middle-aged or elderly women.

After choosing and choosing, I finally bought a large can of medical white Vaseline ointment at Xiaoqing's suggestion, spending only fifteen dollars.

[The area where you live is too dry. This product can relieve skin cracks and is very cost-effective. 】

Xiao Qing gave her a scientific explanation in a very proud manner: [Since the space-time environment where you are is not damaged, Xiao Qing recommends that you maintain the status quo and not use too much chemical products from the future world.]

Shen Zhao didn't understand what Xiaoqing meant, but he vaguely realized that Xiaoqing was reminding him that many items in the bronze mirror contained extremely poisonous substances and he must be careful when purchasing them.

In the evening, a large bucket of beans was soaked, and A Zhu and Shen De came to grind soy milk.

A'zhi's father and eldest cousin's wife also came to help. Together with his mother Zhang Shanyue, there were six of them in total, filling up the yard and the kitchen, so there was no need for Shen Zhao to intervene at all.

Seeing this, Shen Zhao moved the adobe bricks outside the yard to his own room, preparing to build a kang and stove when he had free time.

However, before building the kang, you have to dig a foundation first, then build a circle like building a wall, and then cover it with yellow mud so that smoke will not leak.

Xiaoqing said that the carbon monoxide in charcoal fire can be fatal and must not be burned in a confined space.

Before it was dark, several people ground all the beans into soy milk, filtered out the residue, and started to boil it in a big pot.

After one pot of brine was cooked and scooped into the wooden barrel, Shen Zhao handed the brine to his second brother, told him the dosage, and let him mix it himself.

When ordering the brine, Shen Heng did not avoid outsiders because they had no idea what brine was.

After a while, the bucket of soy milk gradually solidified, and Shen Heng scooped it into a wooden box covered with white gauze to control the water.

Seeing that he was doing it correctly, Shen Zhao didn't ask any more questions.

The next morning, just after daybreak, Azhi and his son arrived at the Shen family, and his cousin Shen De also arrived driving a ox cart.

Afterwards, he and Shen Heng loaded the eight-plate tofu onto the ox cart, and several people surrounded the ox cart and went to Wangsha Township.

Shen Zhao and her mother did not go. Today she wanted to buy some wood from her neighbors and ask Uncle Qin to make some furniture.

Although Uncle Qin is disabled, he has learned many craftsman skills since he was young. He can not only make furniture, but also weave various utensils.

Most of the items for my wedding in my previous life were made by him.

It’s a pity that Qin Zhang doesn’t have the right tools or capital, otherwise he would be able to make a fortune with just these two skills.

(End of this chapter)