mtl008 Chapter 30 What kind of business are they actually doing?
Chapter 30 What kind of business are they actually doing?
"No way..." Wang Yulan muttered.
Tian Jinzhi scoffed, "What money-making skills could the Lu family possibly have?"
"I think it's just that Liu San Niang is saving face for Lu Shi."
"Even the rent was paid by Liu San Niang..."
"Even if it really was their idea, let them make money first."
Tian Jinzhi took Wang Yulan's arm and said, "Mother, we have severed all ties with that Lu family. Those three little ones are my father's own grandsons."
"No matter how resolute their letters of severance are, they are all of the Tian family bloodline."
She smiled shrewdly, "Let them make the money. Once they've made enough, we..."
Wang Yulan's eyes lit up, she grabbed her hand and patted it affectionately, "When the time comes, all the money they earn will be used as dowry for my Jinzhi."
Tian Jinzhi raised her head arrogantly, glancing at Tian Zhigao in the process. "That's right! Once I, Tian Jinzhi, marry into a prestigious family..."
"Mother, I will definitely take you to live a life of luxury, make you a high-class old lady, and find two people to serve you."
Wang Yulan was so happy that her mouth stretched from ear to ear, "Good, good, good, Mother is waiting, Mother is waiting for our Jinzhi..."
Tian Zhigao gave a barely audible sneer. With Tian Jinzhi's appearance... she actually wants to marry into a wealthy family? It's not like those wealthy families are blind.
"Mother, don't worry, your son will take good care of you in the future." Tian Zhigao moved closer to Wang Yulan and gently massaged her legs.
Wang Yulan smiled even more happily, "Okay, okay, Mother will wait."
Tian Jinzhi rolled her eyes without any politeness. Tian Zhigao... does nothing all day at home. How is he going to support his mother? If he's going to support her, his mother will be so thin that she'll fly out of the door like a mosquito.
The moment the brother and sister's eyes met, they instinctively looked away.
*
Tian Tian sat in front of the thatched hut, marveling at how comfortable it was to pay someone to do things for her.
Three people built a stove, three people repaired a thatched hut, and then they helped each other build a small kitchen and a large kitchen.
In just one day, the stove was built, the thatched hut was repaired, their own small kitchen was set up, and the large kitchen specifically for making bean curd sheets was also set up.
Lu Tao settled their wages.
They gave each person fifty coins and also gave each person two steamed buns.
At noon, the six workers also ate steamed buns.
Seeing the steamed buns now makes me happier than receiving my wages.
"Thank you ma'am."
The six men put away their coins, pocketed their steamed buns, and walked out of the village chatting and laughing.
"Are you going to come back in a couple of days to build the stove?"
"Yes, there's still a stove to build."
"The stoves they built are really strange; I wonder what they're for."
"The steamed buns they made are so delicious! I've never had such delicious steamed buns before."
"That's true. I only ate one at noon, and I took the other one back for my daughter. I didn't expect them to be so generous and give me two more."
"I only ate one; I'm saving the other one for my wife."
"Me too, hahaha."
"Hey..." Just as the six of them reached the village entrance, a large group of people suddenly rushed out and surrounded them. "What are you doing?"
"Hey, what did Madam Lu call you here for?"
“Building a house…building a stove…” The six people were dumbfounded.
"Have you received your wages? How much were you paid?"
"Fifty...fifty coins."
"You really received fifty coins?"
The six people nodded, "Yes."
Is there such a thing as true or false?
"Why so much? Do you get paid this much? Aren't you usually paid twenty or thirty coins?"
"What did you do? Tell us in detail."
"Yes, what did you do? Did you ask them what they wanted to do?"
Why build so many stoves?
What kind of business do they actually engage in?
"Is buying and selling profitable?"
How much can you earn each day?
The six people looked at each other, bewildered. Why were these people asking such increasingly... inappropriate questions?!
"We don't know, we don't know."
The six people pushed everyone aside and fled as if they were escaping.
The people behind followed for a few steps and then started talking again.
"It seems that the Lu family has really made money. They've built a house, a stove, and even hired people from the county."
"Six people, fifty coins each, that's three hundred coins spent in a day."
"Three hundred coins! You've only been here a few days and you've already earned that much silver?"
Lu had only been away from the Tian family for five or six days, and in those five or six days she had already earned three hundred coins...
"I'm afraid she earned more than three hundred coins, otherwise... why would she be willing to hire someone to repair the house and build the stove?"
More than three hundred coins... then how much is it?
Everyone had the same question in their minds: What exactly are Lu and the others doing?
*
Tian Tian walked into the large kitchen, where a large round pot should have been placed on the stove.
But now it's been changed to put in three square pots.
Once she stops selling bean curd sheets, she can have the blacksmith melt down the square pot and remake it into a round one, then... she can switch to selling steamed buns and dumplings.
"Starting today, we'll be making bean curd sheets here," Lu Tao said, standing at the entrance of the main kitchen, her heart filled with emotion.
Six days ago, she was in a daze when she saw the dilapidated thatched hut.
Now...
The thatched hut is repaired! The roof and the sides...don't leak rain! Don't let in any wind!
The kitchen is ready, and the stove has been built.
There are also regular sales...
She really...it's like a dream.
Lu Tao was somewhat dazed, as if dreaming.
She suddenly raised her hand and slapped herself in the face.
*Snap!* The sound echoed!
"Mother!" Tian Tian was startled by the voice and turned around with a start.
Lu Tao smiled awkwardly at her, "No, it's not a dream, Mother, it's not a dream."
Tian Tian breathed a sigh of relief. She thought something terrible had happened, but it turned out to be... Lu Tao couldn't believe what she was seeing. "Mother..."
"How could it be a dream?"
He came to Lu Tao's side and said, "Mother, our lives will get better and better."
Lu Tao nodded. "Yes, it's getting better and better."
*
Two days later, the square stove in Liu San Niang's house was also completed.
In the same way, her family didn't change the original stove. Instead, they built a small kitchen in the yard and rebuilt two stoves, each with three square pots.
I originally thought it would be difficult for Lu Tao and Liu San Niang to be responsible for six pots by themselves, but to my surprise, they were able to do it in an orderly manner.
In this way, the two families work at the same time, from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., for eight hours, or sixteen hours, and can produce forty-five or forty-six catties a day.
Delivering goods to Fulai Restaurant only requires one delivery in the morning.
As their business has improved, they now deliver forty kilograms a day.
The remaining five pounds were wrapped in oil paper, and a few desiccants purchased from the system were placed inside for storage.
Business was going well, and a few days later, Lu Tao had saved up fourteen taels of silver.
But a new problem arose... we're out of beans!
The grain stores in the county are out of beans!