Shui Zheran sighed, "Then I don't know when your blacksmith shop will open."

"Yeah, I'm not worried. I can't eat for a long time even if I just save food. Let's move to a big city. The money is not enough. By then, without money, house and land, won't it be a dead end?" The fat boss said very

trouble.

Shui Zheran thought for a moment and said, "Actually, there is a way to make a living."

"What?" The fat boss looked at him eagerly.

Shui Zheran felt a little uncomfortable and quickly said: "Just renovating the iron tools in the hands of the people, or carrying a whetstone to sharpen knives and scissors, collecting some grain or copper plates is enough for a day."

"But the knife can be used for a long time once it is sharpened. Most people just rub it under a clay pot." The fat boss shook his head.

Shui Ling thought for a while and asked: "Uncle Fatty, can you swing the shovel? You can fry dried fruits and sell them. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and everyone will buy some chews."

The fat boss chuckled, "Of course I can swing it, but there are no fruits to eat here, at most pine nuts, but there are tigers in the dense forest and no one dares to go there."

After a pause, the aftertaste appeared on his face, "I remember eating pine nut candies once when I was a child. It was so fragrant."

Shui Ling winked at her father and said, "Dad, we have so many at home. If we let the fat uncle sell them, we won't be able to eat them."

Shui Zheran pretended to be angry and said, "Your uncle is a blacksmith, how could he change his profession? However, the pine nuts will have a strange smell if left for a long time. Let's go back and sift the good ones and sell them to try."

Shui Ling continued: "But our house has just been built and we still need to buy furniture. You don't have time to come."

The fat boss finally understood. The father and daughter had a lot of pine nuts in their hands, but they didn't have time to come over and sell them.

If you collect it yourself and then fry it and sell it, won't you be able to make a profit? In other words, you just need to put in some effort and waste some charcoal.

"Big brother, how much money do you have at home? Can I buy it? Don't talk about changing your career. If you can support your family, you can live without blacksmithing."

Shui Zheran said with difficulty: "My family has one thousand catties, and if you sift through it, you will still get eight hundred catties."

The fat boss thought for a moment and said, "How about this? I'll give you ten coppers per pound?"

Shui Zheran knew that he was paying a high price, so he nodded, "Okay, I'll bring it to you tomorrow. By the way, I brought some. You can try it."

He reached out and took out a purse from Shui Ling's backpack and grabbed a handful of pine nuts.

The fat boss took it and found that there was a crack in the pine nut. He didn't need to bite hard with his teeth, but opened it with his hands.

"Oh my god, big brother, how did you do this? With this method, our pine nuts can be sold for twenty cents per catty." The fat boss exclaimed.

Shui Zheran smiled and said, "Let's do it this way. Even with the pine nuts and the prescription, I don't care how much you sell it."

"Really?" The fat owner's eyes flashed with light. It seemed that the recipe was sold for two taels, but with this method, he could definitely make money back.

Shui Zheran nodded, "Of course, our place is poor now and we can't sell it at a high price."

"By the way, why don't you just change your shop and wait until the limelight has passed before continuing your business? It's a bit dangerous now."

The fat boss also knows that making iron tools must be linked to the government. If something goes wrong, he will lose his head directly, so he doesn't want to take risks on these windy days.

"Okay, later I will report to the government and put the furnace in the government for storage. I will change it to a pine nut shop."

Shui Ling thought the name was stupid, and immediately showed an innocent smile, "Why not call it Dried Fruit Shop? If uncle is willing, I still have a lot of wild fruits that can be sold. If we call it Pine Nut Shop, wouldn't we only be able to sell pine nuts?"

The fat boss grinned and said, "Success is called the Dried Fruit Shop. You're so smart."

Shui Ling chuckled. Actually, she wanted to go to the preserve store, but the honey was all used for medicinal purposes by her mother, so she didn’t have any extra to eat.

After finalizing the deal, Shui Zheran was in a good mood and pretended not to care and said: "I heard that we have iron ore here. Will the superiors send people to search for it? I think it's a good idea to renovate your shop to avoid the wind.

Head first.”

The fat boss immediately lowered his voice, covered his mouth with his hands and said: "We don't have iron ore here. It is said that it comes from the other side of the river. They secretly transported it over and said it came from our side."

Shui Zheran took a breath of cold air, shrank his neck and said, "Then if the country on the other side finds out, why don't they come over?"

"Who says it isn't? Fortunately, no one has noticed it now. I guess they don't dare to make any big noise now."

Shui Zheran asked: "Why?"

"Because these iron ores are said to belong to the eldest princess. It is not normal for a princess to have so many iron ores, and the people of King Mobei seem to be eyeing these mines."

"Well... forget it, let's stop guessing, I'm going to buy something first." Shui Zheran found out what he wanted and started to withdraw.

After going out, Shui Ling glanced at her father. Is he trying to take advantage of others?

The father and daughter tacitly understood each other and went to buy some pork, but not much. They didn't like the pork here. They had not been sterilized and the meat had a strong smell.

But it’s impossible to come here without buying something. Apart from meat, there are big clay pots to buy back to make wine and pickle vegetables.

Shui Ling suddenly remembered his ceramic jar, which he had used to smash the dragon and crocodile. It had not been smashed to death, so it would be great to keep it.

In the afternoon, the aunts who sold things came back, and Chen Manni, who had thought she would run away, also came back, feeling not in good spirits.

When the group returned to the village, Shui Ling brought out Butler Qian and said, "Please help me keep an eye on Chen Manni. I feel something is wrong."

"Okay!" Butler Qian nodded.

In the evening, everyone closed the door to rest. Butler Qian came out of Shui Ling's room with a frown on his face. He waved and said nothing.

Shui Ling took him into the space and asked, "What's wrong?"

Butler Qian said: "That woman said she would bring some people to rob the village at night. I guess they are people from Hongzao Village and Walnut Village. Those two villages were hit by disasters and there is no food."

"Besides, the Yamen is so crowded with people that we may not be able to survive this winter."

Shui Ling's eyes flashed, "I thought they would be safe, but now it seems they are still so bad."

"Did you tell me what time it is tonight? I can't sleep today. I have to go out and talk to dad."

Butler Qian said: "At midnight, everyone goes to bed early now, and it is the time when they are asleep."

"I understand, change into black clothes and help me keep an eye on Chen Manni." Shui Ling planned to let him go out to keep an eye on people.

Unexpectedly, Butler Qian didn't need to change at all and turned into a little fox directly. "I can do it just like this."

"Ah..." Shui Ling was a little overwhelmed.

Butler Qian laughed and said, "I can transform into the animals I have seen, but humans cannot. There are limitations."
Chapter completed!