On the way back, He Yunxi discussed with Lu Yan: "Lu Yan, should we buy a bullock cart?"
"You want to buy?"
"Yeah. This back and forth is too time-consuming. Later, I will make tofu and sell it in the town and county, which also needs transportation."
"Then buy an ox cart." Lu Yan said, "If you want to go to the county town, it's best to buy a horse carriage."
He Yunxi also wants to buy a horse-drawn carriage, which is fast, but feels it is not as practical as an ox-cart: "Ox can usually plow the fields, but horses cannot."
"But, doesn't this save the time cost you mentioned?"
"That's right. If there is an urgent matter in the future, you can ride a horse to do it." He Yunxi said, "Then buy a horse-drawn carriage and an ox cart. Then the ox cart can be used to plow the fields and deliver goods. This ox
What are the prices for cars and carriages?”
"A poor ox-cart costs 8 or 9 taels, a good one costs 12 or 30 taels, and a good horse-drawn carriage costs 30 or 40 taels."
"This is quite expensive." He Yunxi sighed. If Fang Zi hadn't sold it for so much money, buying a car would have been a luxury.
But for people like Yuan Hewen, buying a prescription for six to seven hundred taels is not even a dime in wine.
Whether in the previous world or in this era, the gap between rich and poor is the biggest gap. The rich will die rich and the poor will die poor.
"When I go to the county town to report to the official in two days, I will buy it together."
"Well, then I'll wait until you register as an official before going to the academy."
He Yunxi glanced at him, why did she have the feeling that he had been delaying going to the academy?
The two returned to the village and when they reached the foot of the mountain, they saw many people waiting there. Because they hadn't arrived yet, they hadn't started yet.
"Village chief, uncles, I'm sorry for the delay because of what happened at my parents' house." He Yunxi apologized to the village chief and everyone.
"It's okay, it's okay," the villagers waved.
"Lu Yan, the village chief said that if we open up wasteland, men will get twenty coppers a day and women will get fifteen coppers a day. Is this true?"
"Yes, that's how wages are calculated, and it's paid on a daily basis. But we also require that you can't cheat and fool around. Once found, we won't let him open up wasteland anymore," Lu Yan said.
"No, no, you have to work hard when you get money." Today's villagers are relatively simple and have never thought about getting money and not working.
"Now, everyone, come to my place to register. Your wages will be paid according to this at the end of today. When you get your wages in the afternoon, you have to put your fingerprints here." Lu Yan took out a pen and paper, "This will happen every day from now on.
I'll let my brother do it."
Everyone thought it was a bit troublesome, but it was the boss who gave the money, so they registered obediently.
After Lu Yan registered, Wang Yi said: "The well digger has been found. They said they would come over in a while. Then they will have to see if there is water in that place, and then we will discuss the price."
"Thank you, village chief."
"Thank you. It's just a walk." Wang Yi said with a smile, "You go and do your work. I'll call you when people arrive."
Wang Yi felt happy and left humming a tune with his hands behind his back.
The two of them went home. He Yunxi first treated Pei Yuan and then Liu. As soon as they finished, the well digger arrived.
The group went to the back of the mountain col. He Yunxi pointed to the place below near the mountain: "I want to dig two wells here and two more over there. Do you think it's okay?"
"It's OK depending on the terrain. But we still have to look at where to dig," said the well digger.
"Okay, as long as we can dig it." He Yunxi said, "Then you take a look first. If possible, I want at least four wells. If there are more, it will be better."
"Mrs. Lu, we charge one tael of silver for a well." The well digger said, "And we are not responsible for the surrounding stone walls. The wall stones of a well cost about half a tael of silver."
"This is not a problem."
The well-digger understood what He Yunxi was thinking and nodded: "Okay, then we can dig as much as we can?"
"OK."
The well-digger took his two apprentices around and finally determined that six wells could be dug. This made He Yunxi very happy and he boldly decided to dig them all.
"Mrs. Lu, our rule is to pay half of the deposit for a well first, and then pay all the money after digging out the water. Then we dig the next well."
"Okay." He Yunxi agreed.
"Then let's start today?"
"good."
Land reclamation was very hard, and the temperature was very high these past two days. He Yunxi went to the mountain to dig some mint to soak in water, and carried two buckets of water down for everyone.
Three days later, He Yunxi and Lu Yan went to Li's house.
Li Changyun's condition was much better and he was able to get out of bed when they arrived.
"Yunxi, I heard that you saved me, thank you." Li Changyun said gratefully to He Yunxi.
"Uncle, why are you being polite to me?" He Yunxi walked over and said, "I'll take your pulse again."
Li Changyun handed her his hand, and she checked her pulse and said, "Yes, I have recovered a lot. You can recover by taking the medicine for another four or five days. I know you are afraid of hardship, but you must keep drinking this medicine and cannot stop it."
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"Okay." Li Changyun will not joke with his life. "Lu Yan, I heard that you are going back to the academy? Were you a child before?"
"Yes." Lu Yan looked at Li Changyun with eager eyes and said, "I heard that you are planning to end your life after the end of the year. If you don't understand anything, you can come to me. If I don't know how, I can also find my master."
"That would be great." Li Changyun has always longed to go to the academy, but he has not taken the exam yet. If he is not a child student, he is not eligible to enter.
"It just so happens that I didn't understand something well before. Can you explain it to me?"
"Can."
"You two talk first, I'll go find mother."
He Yunxi came today because he had something to do, and Lu Yan was able to give Li Changyun some extra lessons.
It's almost noon now, and the Li family has no intention of cooking. It's not busy farming, so we have to skip the lunch meal.
Liu Yan came back from picking some vegetables from Geography. When she saw He Yunxi, she said, "Yunxi, you are back. Are you going to the county seat?"
"We'll go to the county seat later." He Yunxi went over to help her take off the backpack from her back, "Mom, did you buy the soybeans I asked you to get last time?"
"I said last time that I would use it today, but I soaked it yesterday." Liu Yan said, "What are you going to do?"
"Tempeh." He Yunxi said, "This is ready. It's delicious."
After eating red chili sauce, the Li family are now very interested in the seasonings He Yunxi mentioned. When they heard that she was going to make black bean sauce, Liu Yan was very supportive: "The beans are soaked, you can make them."
"It's not me who does it, it's you, mother," He Yunxi said.
"I do it?" Liu Yan was stunned, "How could I do this!"
"This is the recipe I wrote. You just have to follow the method on the recipe." He Yunxi said, "I'm very busy now and don't have much time to come here. Just follow this recipe. If you don't know the words, let's do it."