Chapter 013 Want to build a new house
Zhou was stunned.
"Sell scallion pancakes?"
"right."
Ji Wan had this plan for a long time, "Didn't Arong say that the cakes I made are better than those sold outside, and only I know how to cook scallion oil pancakes. Even if others learn, they don't know that cold water and hot water are needed to make scallion oil pancakes. In addition, salt is expensive, so others are reluctant to put too much salt on the pancakes, and they don't know how to make salt and salt. The scallion oil pancakes I made are the unique food of the whole Dayan."
Zhou was silent.
Scholars, farmers, businessmen and businessmen have the lowest status, so she used her dowry to buy land and provide her husband with her uncle's education. The Ji family never thought about what kind of business to do.
But in fact, she knew in her heart that those rich families don’t have many shops? Even noble families like the Zhou family have many shops.
There were also better dowry left by my mother...
Thinking of being expelled from the house and being penniless, she sold her only jewelry and only earned more than 100 taels of silver. Most of it was used to buy land.
Her eyes dimmed, "Business is not that easy to do, we don't have the money to rent a shop."
The shops in the town are rented annually, and they cost at least nearly twenty taels. The family currently has dozens of taels of silver, but what if they lose money? There are still many places to spend money in the future.
"Mom, we are just a small business. We don't have to rent a shop, just set up a stall at the entrance of the market." Ji Wan's eyes were bright. Although her mother handed over the financial power of the family to her, she still wanted to get her mother's support for such a big event. "Mom, let me try it. We still have to live in the future. We can't always guard the twenty acres of land, right? Ah Heng has to go to the academy when he grows up, which is a considerable expense. You must not want us to stay in this mountain forever, right?"
Zhou began to hesitate.
When her husband was inspired to take the imperial examination, he wanted to go out of the mountains and gain fame. And she was born in a high school, so it would be fine if she felt a little wronged, but she couldn't let all her children stay here.
"Mom, I think my sister's method is feasible."
Ji Rong ate the scallion pancake and found it really delicious and was the first to support her sister.
Ji Heng had already eaten a scallion pancake and was about to eat a second one. He didn't understand what his mother and sisters were saying, so he followed suit, "Listen to my second sister. It's delicious, the cake is very time."
There were green onions on the corner of his mouth, and his silly smile made people laugh.
Ji Wan smiled and wiped his mouth, then looked at her mother with a sincere look.
Zhou did not want to reject his daughter, but some realistic issues had to be considered.
"Awan, have you ever thought about it? Our family does not have strong labor. Who will take the cakes you make to the town to sell? This time, if I hadn't been worried that others would know that someone was coveting you, I would never agree to let you go out alone."
There is no so-called saying that women never go out of the door. In order to survive, women also have to work. Even girls aged 11 or 2 have to help their families. The girl is good, so she still goes to the town to sell embroidery.
Due to her background, Zhou never agreed to show off her girls. Even the embroidery she made in the past was sold by Li, and the money she bought was all in Li's pocket.
In this era, beautiful but without background is synonymous with misfortune.
The daughter is good-looking, and Zhou will never allow her daughter to go out for business due to her livelihood.
Ji Wan naturally thought of this, "We don't have strong labor, but our uncle and his family have it. We can ask our elder brother and second brother to help us sell cakes in the town, and give them three cents a day. We don't have to go out, but we also increase our income."
Ji Rong nodded with bright eyes, "This is a good method. When grandma and third aunt bullied us, the eldest uncle and the others helped us a lot. The sister asked the eldest brother and the second brother to sell cakes to pay for their wages, which was considered as rewarding. And the eldest uncle and his family would not cheat us."
Ji Wan gave her sister an admiring look.
Zhou looked at his two daughters and finally lost.
"You try it."
Ji Rong cheered first, and Ji Heng followed suit.
Ji Wan smiled so hard that her eyebrows were curved.
"Awan, how much do you plan to sell scallion pancakes for?"
Ji Wan had already thought about it, "Two for three cents."
Zhou frowned, "Would it be too expensive? The powder in the town costs only three cents per pound."
"In addition to flour, there are also onions, salt, pepper, scallion oil, as well as manual and round trip travel expenses. The cows have to be full before they can get the energy to pull things, and our firewood, which must be included in the cost."
Ji Wan said: "A pound of white flour can make 16 scallion oil pancakes, which can be sold for 24 cents. All the costs are calculated, at least fifteen cents. My mother, our scallion oil pancakes are not expensive."
"Mom, just listen to your sister."
Ji Rong also advised him.
"Listen to my second sister."
Ji Heng followed and learned to speak.
Zhou was helpless and finally nodded, "Then you can make three pounds tomorrow."
Ji Wan knew her mother’s concerns and said, “Okay.”
"By the way, my mother." Ji Wan remembered another thing, "It's been clear these days, and almost every family in the village has people who have made an appointment to go up the mountain to hunt together. We should not hire people to build houses and pay for the wages, otherwise they would definitely rather go hunting."
Zhou nodded, "You think carefully. When we built a new house, we paid eight cents a day and had to cook a meal. Let's do this, we paid fifteen cents a day without making meals. Four hundred and fifty cents a month, which is higher than the river embankment and city walls, and there is no danger."
Ji Wan agreed.
You can't come back overnight when going up the mountain to hunt. You have to brave the wind and snow. It's very dangerous to encounter beasts, and you have to share them equally in the end. Relatively speaking, it's much safer to build a house at home, and your income is not low. Why not do it?
After lunch, Ji Wan went to Ji Hai's house. Both husband and wife were there. When they saw her, they smiled, "Awan is here, come in and sit down."
"Thank you uncle."
Ji Wan smiled and explained her purpose.
Ji Hai and Miao looked surprised. Thinking of the scallion pancakes that Ji Rong brought before, several children liked them very much. Especially Ji Lan and Ji Xiang, they were simply greedy.
"We are all a family, so we don't say anything different. You can make the cake tomorrow and I will let Aping and Acheng come and get it. The wages cannot be mentioned again."
Miao also said, "You spent a lot of money on buying things that day, and your life will be long in the future. No matter how rich you have, you can't stand it. In the middle of winter, your elder brother and others have nothing to do at home, just run away. If you didn't have your mother's dowry to pay for your family's expenses, we couldn't afford to buy a ox cart. How could you charge your wages at this time? When it was spread, who would we become? Go back and tell your mother that if there were any difficulties in the future, we would say something, and we wouldn't say two families."
Ji Wan was moved, but shook her head and said, "If our scallion oil pancakes sell well, they must be made for a long time. You can't bother with your elder brother and second brother. You just agree, otherwise my mother will definitely not let me make scallion oil pancakes to sell. My father passed away, and our family has no strong labor. Although we have money for the time being, we can't live in vain. Ah Heng will still have to study in two years, and all these require money."
Ji Hai and Miao looked at each other and finally nodded.
"Sanwen is too high. Let's do this. If they can recruit people back and forth every day, you won't pay. If they recruit people, they will give them two pennies each." Fearing that Ji Wan opposes, Ji Hai deliberately looked calm, "If you don't agree, I won't agree."
Ji Wan had no choice but to agree and talked about building a house.
Ji Hai and his wife were surprised, and then Ji Hai said: "What are you doing to build a house again? Isn't it good to live now? The Chinese New Year will be in next month, and your family will only have those taels of silver left. What should you buy New Year's goods at that time? How could your mother have such an idea? No, she will definitely not."
Chapter completed!