The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 110: Ways to Make Money
Winter has come, and adults and children are still wearing the clothes they came from when they fled the famine. Not to mention a little cotton core, many people's sleeves and trouser legs are not completely intact.

Do you want to buy some clothes for the big guys? We can’t just sit at home and not go out when the weather gets cold. Let’s take turns wearing a pair of pants when going out as a family!

Do you want to make quilts? With so many people, how many quilts have to be made? One hundred and eighty taels of silver may not be enough!
The Xiao family and Huo Shen still had the fabrics that Mrs. Wang had given them before, but the whole village was not allowed to touch them. If Jingli hadn't insisted on making new clothes for everyone during the New Year, they would have sold them for money.

There is also money for spring plowing tools and seeds after the new year, as well as livestock and fodder expansion that need to be planned.

Jing Li pulled her hair, where can she make money?

After dinner, the Jing family sat in the yard and had a heated discussion about how to make money.

Chef Fan wiped his hands with his apron: "We are guarding so many wild beasts in the mountains and there are so many spare manpower. How about we go to the city and open a restaurant?"

"This is good. Grandpa Fan and Uncle Fan are both experienced cooks and have stayed in big restaurants. People from all over the world find their food good. I think this is the right thing to do."

"Yes, there are so many people in our family. We don't need to hire anyone to serve as waiters, wash dishes, and cut vegetables. We have plenty of them ourselves."

"After this is completed, we can grow vegetables next spring. Then all the vegetables, meat and labor will be produced by ourselves, and we won't have to spend a penny."

Jing Li wanted to pour cold water on her by saying that the world was still in chaos and the restaurant was not safe, but the usually taciturn old Wangtou interrupted everyone.

"No, it costs too much to rent and decorate the restaurant. It won't be possible to get back the money in a short while. Besides, we are foreigners and can easily be bullied by our peers!"

Mr. Jing nodded: "That's the truth. Who is doing business in the city without any background or support? If it's far away, let's just say Wang Lizheng's family. If his family hadn't been connected to the Wang family, they would be living like this. Are you comfortable?"

Everyone stopped eating immediately. Yes, it is not that easy for a foreigner to go to someone else's land to forage for food.

Wan Baoquan thought about it: "How about we just throw away the goods? Anyway, we are guarding such a big mountain and letting others exploit us layer by layer, so we might as well do it ourselves."

Aunt An took the lead and said: "This is a good idea. There are wolves in the mountains! There are so many foxes, wild boars and so on. We won't let him kill them for a while."

Xiao Su said happily: "We can also follow Doctor He to collect some herbs. It will definitely be more cost-effective to sell them by ourselves than in the medicine hall."

Hunter Zhao said in a muffled voice: "No! These days there is a lot of chaos, and when you go out to do business, you have your head tied to your waistband. Have you forgotten the people those bastards killed in the inn in front of you? Who are they? Aren't they just outsiders? A traveling merchant?"

Wanbaoquan's eldest brother glared at his younger brother. After running outside for two days, his heart went wild. He was still thinking about running a fur business. If something really happened, how would he go to see the old lady underground in the future?
Jing Li also didn't agree to run away: "We have to make money, we can't risk our lives outside. If we finally escape here, the whole family will have to be together."

Uncle Tiesheng said: "Why don't we, the strong laborers, go to the city to do part-time work in the winter, so as to supplement the family income to some extent."

The fat aunt echoed: "I think it's good. We women can also embroider some purses and stuff at home and sell them."

Mrs. Ge curled her lips: "Come on! With your craftsmanship, you really think that embroiderers in the city work for a living and weave baskets. Apart from the old man's skill in weaving, your skills are just for your own use. "

Jingli sighed, it was okay to work as a day laborer, but for a dozen cents a day, it would be better to go up the mountain and hunt rabbits!
Wanbaoquan, who has been walking around outside these days, answered: "Grandma Ge is right. Our craftsmanship seems to be good, but we really can't sell it for much outside." Jingli definitely doesn't want anyone to mention the embroidery. She can hold a knife, but not embroider things. Although she has the memory of her original body, it doesn't work that way when she actually gets started.

Everyone discussed it for a long time, but nothing came out of the discussion, and they were all a little frustrated for a while.

Jing Li felt that she had really failed in the mission that God had given her to travel through time, and could not do anything.

Widow Qin said in a low voice: "Actually, our life is pretty good now. We can all have a full stomach, and we can still see meat and fish every three days. I don't know how much better it is than before. I think we can take our time like this. , everything will be fine when the ground is planted next spring.”

Mrs. Fan nodded: "Yes! I never dared to think that I would live like this one day. I have eaten more meat now than in my whole life."

Second wife Zhang also followed: "No, when I said I wanted to run away, I didn't know what to do. My family's fields and houses were all thrown away. If our eldest uncle hadn't been the patriarch, I wouldn't have lived or died. Those who are willing to come out never thought that escaping would be a good thing."

Mrs. Ge pursed her lips: "The key is that we, Ah Li, are capable. Otherwise, look at the many people who died on the way to escape, and a noble person like Mrs. Wang. Wouldn't they be killed in the same way?"

"It would have been a blessing to have such a beautiful girl, so that the whole village could live such a prosperous life."

Mr. Jing smacked his pipe and pot: "Mrs. Ge is right. Thanks to Ah Li, we can save all this property. When we meet the rogues in the East, foreigners like us can still hold on to our property."

Su's heart was filled with pride as she listened to everyone praising her daughter, but when she thought that this girl would turn seventeen in a blink of an eye, and that this important matter in her life was not settled at all, she couldn't help but feel depressed again.

Jing Li was embarrassed to be praised. She really felt that what she had done was not good enough. Just looking at it now, she was still living on her laurels, and she felt very unhappy.

While everyone was praising Jingli and talking about their hometown, a voice suddenly said: "How about we go and rob a bandit?"

The scene stopped for an instant, and everyone looked over. Under the firelight, the person who spoke saw everyone looking at him, and looked at Shen Guards a little uneasily.

It was Shen Huwei's brother Ma Liu, a somewhat honest young man.

Guard Shen was a little embarrassed. How could he think of such a thing? Who would want to do such a thing of licking blood when there was a way to survive?

Shen Huwei just wanted to explain to everyone that this was a little brother's whim, so don't take it seriously.

Jing Dafu slapped his thigh: "That's right! This is a hugely profitable thing. What about the bandit who burned down the inn? He must be rich!"

Wang Dalong squatted down and said with a silly smile: "That's right, this is what we should do, and we can get benefits by eliminating harm for the people."

Uncle Tiesheng, who has always been cautious, also nodded: "I think it's okay. If we bring two more gangs, won't we have everything? Ah Li, what do you think?"

(End of this chapter)