kingnovel Chapter 376 The whole village is waiting for her
Chapter 376 The whole village is waiting for her
When Gu Qingqing and Wen Wuyan arrived home, they saw a lot of people gathered in the open space in front of their house, including Wu Shan, Old Uncle Wang, Niu Zhanghe, Niu Dajun's father, Old Yangtou, Zhao Dong and others.
There were not enough benches, so some people put relatively flat stones under their buttocks, while others just squatted.
Someone with sharp eyes saw people coming back and couldn't help but shout, "Look, they are back."
Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing were greeted by everyone: "......"
When Gu Qingqing learned their purpose and listened to their concerns, she felt that it made sense. "Uncle Wu, you go to the county tomorrow. If the tax collector comes, let Brother Wu Mu or someone else in the village temporarily replace you. How about that? Or let someone else go to the county and you stay in the village."
"I'm not afraid of anyone going to the county. Now everyone is unsure. How much do you think we can sell a pound of lime paste for?"
"This, let me think about it." Gu Qingqing said this and her eyes became dazed.
She had never seen this lime in the town, and she didn't know whether it was available in the county. She didn't even have a reference for what price it could be sold for.
Finally, she could only make an estimate based on the doubling of labor and grain prices. For sorghum, the cheapest and most widely planted crop, the yield per mu is about 200 catties. If enough manure is added, the yield can be increased by catties on the original basis...
The price of a pound of sorghum in the town is six wen, and conservatively speaking they can earn an extra 600 wen per acre.
According to her previous experiments, about 20 kilograms of quicklime were used on five acres of land.
After Gu Qingqing had some rough outlines in his mind, he suddenly came to his senses and coughed to interrupt the whispers. "Uncle Wu, I have a general idea. Let me tell you first. We can make a bag of 50 kilograms of lime and sell it for 300 coins."
"Hiss, only a few stones are enough for fifty kilograms. Can I sell the stones for three hundred coins?"
"Is it too expensive? Will no one buy it?"
Gu Qingqing let the others discuss and then told them what she had just thought, "We are all farmers. It takes a lot of effort to mine stones. The more effort we put in, the more food we eat. The more food we eat, the heavier the food burden on our family. What are we going to gain if we don't make money?"
I discussed a lot of issues with a few people.
In the end, it was Wu Shan who made the final decision. "That's it. I'll go back to the village and gather everyone. Let's finalize the matter today. Those who want to participate can participate, and those who don't want to participate are up to them."
"Yes, we are not forcing them. It's just like burning charcoal last year. We can earn more with fewer people." Someone agreed.
"Old Wu, why are you wasting your energy? The gong is right at your feet. Just strike it now and have everyone come over here. If they have any questions, Wuyan will be able to answer them."
Niu Zhanghe felt that this was a very proud thing. His family had always been on good terms with the Wuyan family, so he also said, "This place is spacious enough. No matter how many people come, they can all stand."
"Okay, I'll listen to everyone." As long as the problem can be solved, Wu Shan doesn't care where it happens.
After he walked towards the intersection with the gong in his hand, the gong sounded again.
As the villagers hurriedly came towards the setting sun and left in the darkness, the matter of fermenting manure and buying the mountain was finally settled.
This time, because they had to invest first and the amount of money was quite a bit, everyone was in a dilemma.
They began to discuss in low voices.
"That's the thing. Go back and discuss it. If there are many people participating, each family will only get 700 to 800 coins. If there are few people participating, it will be capped at one or two taels of silver. If you have thought it through, bring money to my house before lunch tomorrow to register. It doesn't matter if you don't participate in buying the mountain. However, if the households that don't participate want to make lime in the future, they can only buy it. Go home and think it over carefully."
when!
"Dismiss!" Wu Shan looked at the hesitant crowd and disbanded today's gathering.
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After the villagers dispersed, Wen Wuyan kept Zhao Dong and the others and told him about the plans for the village on the other side of Niutou Mountain.
"Brother Dong, Qingqing and I were busy and not at home a few days ago, so I didn't remember to tell you this. When I talked about this with the village chief a few days ago, because we thought that you had taken on a lot of work in the town and would need a lot of lime later, we said that we would pay 30% of the money separately. It was only yesterday that I realized that 30% was a bit too much, so I will talk to him again tomorrow and change it to 10%." He didn't finish the rest of the words.
If I buy the mountain over there and bring it to the village for thirty taels of silver, then one tenth would be three taels of silver, and thirty percent would be nine, wouldn't it?
Gu Qingqing actually said this to him after she suddenly figured it out, because she seemed to have miscalculated.
As the scapegoat, Wen Wuyan had no choice but to step forward and explain to Zhao Dong.
Besides, she could afford the money, but the key was that her family didn't have much space to use lime in the future.
She did not participate in the business of brushing white in the town, so Zhao Dong and his men had a lot of demand, but asking them to take out nine taels would be too much of an abuse!
That’s why Wen Wuyan said what he said today.
Zhao Dong was greatly relieved when he heard Wen Wuyan say this. "You don't know, I heard the villagers say a few days ago that they would buy the mountain but not sell it. I was still worried that if the village really took the mountain, what would we brothers do with the lime? You don't know how many shops in the town are waiting for us to whitewash them. Don't say 10%, it's too little. 20%, we'll take out 20%, and we can use it later."
Zhao Dong is a straightforward man. Since he has work to do and can make money, they all live and eat in Niutoushan Village and don't want to cause unpleasantness with the villagers because of this.
"Brother Dong, it's not easy for you to make money. The village chief said at the time that you can join in as many villages as you want." Gu Qingqing said from the side.
"Hahahaha, the village chief has the overall situation in mind, so we can't be unrighteous. Let's just say it's 20%."
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The next day, it was dark.
Luo Meihua drove a donkey cart and took Wen Shengxi to the town. In addition to the prepared braised food, there was also a basket of eggs and half a basket of duck eggs on the cart today, which were also to be sold in the shops in the town.
The price of eggs in the town varies. When the price is good, you can sell one for one cent, and when the price is bad, you can buy six for five cents.
Gu Qingqing priced eggs at five cents for seven, large duck eggs at one cent each, and eleven at ten cents each.
She planned to try buying it first, and if she couldn't afford it, she would think of other ways.
At home, Wen Wuyan and Daxin went to Shuangxi Village to deliver chicken and duck eggs. In addition, Gu Qingqing also asked him to bring a slaughtered hen.
After watching Dad and Li Xin leave, Dahua came to Gu Qingqing and asked, "Mom, why do you have to kill the chicken for grandma? Wouldn't it be better to kill it alive so that grandma can eat it?"