novelaction Chapter 805: A Big Gift
Chapter 805: A Big Gift
She felt that they should give her gifts instead of her running to them. There were so many county magistrates, and each of them had a basket of thirty jewels. A hundred county magistrates would have three thousand jewels.
Three thousand of them, more than four thousand taels of silver!
This is such a great gift!!!
I will definitely not give gifts like this next year. I’d rather give some of the finest mountain delicacies!
……
But there are also benefits.
While she was still in the county town, someone from the farm came to report that the crabs in the small pond had been sold out, and even a lot of the crabs in the big pond had been sold out.
She was also surprised. You know, this year's crabs have not started to be sold out yet. She has to wait until all the officials, big and small, have eaten them before she can make a move.
Are all the crabs in the small pond sold out now?
It seems that giving crabs as a gift is not a bad idea, although it costs a bit more.
After the last gift is delivered, Crab can start serving food to customers.
Originally there were over 100,000 crabs, and half of them were divided among the four prefectures, so each prefecture got more than 10,000 crabs.
The wealthy families bought up the big crabs in the small pond, and the remaining crabs were from the big pond. They had so much money that they sold out before they even reached six counties.
I didn’t have time to visit many county towns.
The products were selling like hot cakes in the county town I visited. Many families didn't have the chance to buy any, and ended up being told that they were sold out. They were so angry that they stamped their feet and sighed.
When she got the news, she went straight back to the village.
I still have 50,000 to 60,000 crabs at home, so they definitely won’t be sold out so quickly.
Seeing her coming back, the old man asked curiously, "Didn't you say you were going to sell crabs? It's the first time they're selling crabs this year, so you have to go and watch them, right?"
Zhou Guo sat down on the stool and said, "They are sold out. I delivered the last crab in Huaiyang and was told that the crabs in several places were sold out. I didn't even set foot in the store and came back. Master, how are the crabs at home selling?"
Mrs. Deng poked her head out of the kitchen, saw Zhou Guo, and hurriedly brought out a plate of dim sum and a plate of crabs, saying with a smile, "The master is back, and dinner will take a while. Eat these first to fill your stomach."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Thank you, Ma'am."
The old man happily ate the crabs and answered Zhou Guo's initial question, "That's good. You can give the crabs from the small pond to everyone. The wealthy families are like crazy, buying dozens of baskets at a time. Now there are only about 2,000 crabs left in the small pond, which is enough for our family to eat."
There was a plate of seven or eight crabs in front of the old man. She washed her hands and started to eat. "Then I won't sell them. I said I could make a lot of money from the crabs this year, but I ended up giving away thousands of crabs. I wasted more than four thousand taels of silver. This business is really, it seems to be very profitable, but in the end, I get very little."
The old man rolled his eyes at her and said, "Come on, be content. There are so many profitable businesses in the family, and you only gave away more than 4,000 taels this year. If it were someone else, the business would not be all theirs a few years ago, and many people would want to get involved."
Zhou Guo thought so too. She was able to take advantage of many people by relying on the big banner behind her.
What's more, these are debts of favor to be repaid, and it is even worse to keep these debts of favor.
Zhou Guo gnawed on a crab leg and said, "Master, if I send it this year, do I have to send it next year as well? Do I have to send it every year from now on?"
It hurts to think about it, that’s more than four thousand taels!
The old man said: "As an emperor, you have to give out rewards and gifts from time to time, and you have to bleed from time to time."
Zhou Guo nodded. It seemed that he had to send it off. After all, he was doing it on someone else's territory, so he might as well bleed a little.
The master and his apprentice were eating crabs in the yard. Halfway through the meal, Wu Ya and the other two came back and asked in surprise, "Why are you back?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, where have you been?"
Wu Ya smiled and said, "Xiaohua can't stay at home, so we took her out for a walk."
Zhou Guo waved to Xiaohua, and Xiaohua happily moved closer to her.
Although Zhou Guo is not often at home, she still likes her aunt very much.
Li came back in the evening. When she saw Zhou Guo, she was surprised and asked, "Why are you back?"
Zhou Guo also asked: "Mom, why are you back?"
When she left the county, Li was in high spirits. After finishing work every day, she would not come back until it was dark. She would only come back every three or five days.
Li said, "Now that the shop is on track, how can I stay there every day? I have such a large family at home."
Zhou Guo was surprised and asked, "Didn't you say that making money is the right path?"
He also said that when a family has money, they have everything, and women also have to take care of their own things, like the wife of the cloth shop owner, who looks a lot younger when she is busy.
Four or five years younger than his peers.
Li gave her a reproachful look and said, "My shop only makes a small amount of money every day, not even a fraction of what you make."
After saying that, he went into the house to change his clothes.
Zhou Guo looked at the old man.
The old man said, "Recently, the pond has started selling crabs, earning hundreds of thousands of taels every day. Since you were not here, your mother thought that you could make so much money even if you didn't keep an eye on the big stall. She stayed in the shop every day, and could only make two or three taels on a good day. She felt that it was not worth it, so she came back every day after that."
Zhou Guo pondered and said, "We haven't just started selling crabs now. We've been selling them for a few years. The mushrooms in the mountains have always brought in good profits. Is it that my mother has only just figured it out now?"
But no matter what, it's best to figure it out.
No matter where the shop is, there are people making the products and managing the shop. You don't have to be there every day, just check the accounts from time to time.
She had already found a shopkeeper, and the remaining women were all dexterous and hardworking, some of them were good at talking, and were more than capable of managing such a small snack shop.
Otherwise, if you do everything yourself, you will be exhausted and unable to handle all the work.
The crabs in the small pond are almost sold out.
The crabs in the big pond sell out very quickly and are sold out in less than ten days.
The remaining several thousand are just kept for breeding, both big and small crabs.
As soon as the crabs are sold out, the pine mushrooms in the mountains pop up again.
Everyone would rush to take the first wave of mushrooms to the city to sell when they came out. Therefore, when Zhou Guo was still selling crabs, he would meet many people going up the mountain every day, from other villages and from his own village, in groups.
I was afraid of falling behind others and I wished I could stay on the mountain every day.
She was not in a hurry. She hoped they would sell more so that she could charge less. It would be difficult to sell too many things and they were not worth the money.
When all the crabs in the pond were sold out, everyone came down the mountain laughing and smiling.
The next day, Cangshan Village became almost a deserted village. Those who could not walk stayed at home, and the others all went up the mountain.
Li had nothing to do at home and didn't need to go to the county town every day.
Carrying this backpack, he followed Qian and Chen and others.
Everyone is used to it. Every year when the mushrooms on the mountain come out, Li will go up the mountain for a few days.