The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 28

On the second day after moving into the new house, He Tao refused to rest in bed.Of course, it was impossible for her to convince the stubborn Fu Shi, so she finally sent him to ask Granny Cheng, who said that it was ok, so He Tao got out of bed and walked around.

Fu Shi continued to work in the vegetable garden, there was still some land uncultivated, and there was not even a shadow of the fence. While working, he wondered what his wife was thinking. Even ten people can't finish it, right?
"Stone!"

Just as he was thinking, He Tao's voice came from his ears, and he looked up to see that He Tao was standing at the door of the backyard waving at him.

"Don't be busy, the sun is so big, wait for the shade to continue working, I have something to discuss with you!"

He Tao walked around the new home, and the furniture is complete, but the daily necessities still need to be purchased in large quantities.But adding things means spending money. Fu Shi was responsible for the money in and out of the family during the two months of building the house. She had no idea what was going on in the family account.

"Hey!" Fu Shi wiped his sweat.Fortunately, the daughter-in-law knows how to feel sorry for others.Although Fu Shi is a serious farmer's boy, it's his first time tending the fields by himself, and he still learned from Fu Quan to cultivate the fields.

The couple went back to the house and sat down in the main room.

"How much money do you have?" He Tao said money when he sat down.

Fu Shi didn't know what to do, so he took out the money jar and dumped it on the table with the bottom upside down.The two got together and counted, and there were 160 taels of silver and 370 taels of copper.

He Tao clearly remembered that when Fu Shi took out all his net worth, the total was about 240 taels, which means that the construction of the house cost nearly 60 taels!She also didn't want to ask Fu Shi where the money was spent, it would be useless if she asked, he would definitely not remember.Anyway, Fu Quan was in charge of the whole process, so he definitely couldn't suffer.

"I have eighty-two-two, 57 Wen, and your 180, Two-Three, and 72 Wen, and the family now has a total of 180, Eighty-Two-Six, and 29 Wen." He Tao seriously took out a large ledger, which read " "Family account book", she wrote down the amount as she spoke.

"From today onwards, we have to keep an account of the money in and out of our family. Even if we have a penny, we need to know who spent it and what it was spent on!"

"En!" Fu Shi nodded.Just remember, anyway, there is still a lot of money, enough to have ten sons!
"Now let's talk about the things that are going to be bought soon. I think I need to buy a new set of bowls, and I need to make mats, quilts, quilts, tablecloths, mosquito nets, curtains, etc., and I need to make a few sets of single clothes, oh, and children's clothes. Start to prepare. So the fabric and cotton have to be ready. Do you have anything to add?" He Tao said in the same way, and then wrote it down on paper, so as not to miss buying when going to the market.

Fu Shi thought for a while and said, "I'm going to make three sets of bows and arrows and three shovels here."

"The other two sets of bows and arrows are for my little brother and Brother Lei?"

"Well, I plan to take the two of them up the mountain in a few days."

He Tao nodded and wrote it down.Iron tools such as bows and arrows are not cheap, but one is her younger brother, and the other is the son of the second uncle's family who has helped a lot, of course she will not object.She also remembered the sickle for cutting pigweed, and the machete and guillotine for slaughtering pigweed, and she also wrote it down.

"Let's get an ox cart. It's not convenient to borrow the ox cart from my second uncle's house. When the farming season is busy, the cattle are all in the ground, so I can't borrow it. It's also convenient to pull a mill or something!"

Fu Shi naturally agreed. When He Tao was tossing and making tofu every day in the twelfth lunar month, Fu Shi was just a donkey, pulling the grinder every day.

"There are also a litter of piglets, chickens and ducklings to buy a hundred of each. Oh, lotus roots have also been planted in the fish pond, and some fish fry are also to be bought. Then there are fruit tree seedlings to be planted in the wasteland, and vegetable gardens to be planted. All kinds of vegetable seeds are planted, and some flowers and plants are also planted in the yard..."

Fu Shi saw that He Tao's mouth kept turning.It is good to have a daughter-in-law who is dedicated to the family, but there are only two of them, and one is a pregnant woman who has no labor force. Can they handle so many chores?

"Daughter-in-law, we are not short of money, why do we have to raise pigs and chickens?"

He Tao rolled his eyes at him, and said angrily, "A lot of money? There are only money out, not money in, can you afford it?"

"I can hunt!" Fu Shi argued.Didn't they just hunt a big wild boar before? Other people can't earn six taels of silver a year, not to mention they still have more than 100 taels of family property!He didn't understand why his little daughter-in-law was worried all day long that she had no money to spend!

"I know you can hunt, but you also said that it depends on luck. The family must have a stable long-term income!" He Tao slowly sorted out his thoughts, and he couldn't speak too radically, which would hurt Fu. Shi's self-esteem as a man can't be said to be indifferent, Fu Shi will hear it with his left ear and his right ear.She persuaded softly: "Hunting is not an easy job. It is cold in winter and hot in summer. It hurts your body just to make money from this! We are going to live a lifetime. If you are sick, you may even go early and stay. What am I going to do alone?"

After He Tao finished speaking, he glanced at Fu Shi, bit his lip and pretended to be sullen.

Fu Shi immediately surrendered, and quickly agreed: "All right, all right, daughter-in-law, you can do whatever you want!"

He Tao nodded in satisfaction: "I estimate that there are so many things, and the miscellaneous ones will cost 20 taels."

There is no way, there are too many things, and many of them are not cheap. Just one cow costs seven or eight taels!

"No problem, we have enough money!" Fu Shi was quite confident about his family's wealth.

He Tao rested his forehead and sighed, how could 200 taels of silver be too much?Among other things, the piece of meat in her stomach will cost a lot of money!Not to mention the cost of food and clothing, she has never wronged herself, and of course she will not wrong her own children, she must use it well—compared to other peasant children.Most importantly, if the child wants to study in the future, it will be a bottomless pit!
Being a parent is not easy!He Tao feels that she has quickly entered the role of "mother" and never forgets to consider her children in everything!

"Okay, what I'm going to say next is what to do with the rest of our money!"

After purchasing these things, there is still 160 left. If the money is kept at home, there will be no children. You have to continue to invest to make money.After much consideration, she finally decided to choose the two safest options, buying a house and land.Before she asked about the fruit seedlings, she went to Guan Ya to ask about the price of the shop and the field.

"I took a fancy to a shop before, asking for 60 taels, it's at the intersection..." He Tao said slowly and looked at Fu Shi.

Fu Shi didn't dare to hear it immediately, and interrupted with a stare: "You still want to open a Baifu store?! Why are you messing around with a big belly!"

"Who said I'm going to open a shop?! I mean buy it and rent it out." He Tao retorted dissatisfied.

She had the idea of ​​opening a tofu shop, but she and Fu Shi were not sociable, and the most important thing was that neither of them was diligent, so it was not suitable for them to start a business early and late!Thinking about the hooligans who bully the market and the powerful and powerful, she lost her mind even more.Now that she is pregnant again, she has to consider the future of the child. If they aspire to gain fame in the future, the merchant's background is flawed, so she completely gave up the idea of ​​opening a shop.She just wanted to go to the provincial capital to find a reliable wealthy businessman who could afford the price after she had thoroughly researched the tofu, and sold Fang Zi directly!
"That's good, then buy it!" Fu Shi felt relieved.

"In Tianshui Village, there are six acres of paddy fields and twelve acres of dry land for sale, and the asking price is 80 taels. The land is opened up by the seller himself. The yield is medium, but the price is cheap, and I think it can be bought. If you buy it, you will rent it to that person. For the villagers in the village, we will collect the rent, so we don’t have to worry about it ourselves.”

Fu Shi continued to nod.

"If we buy these, we can still have about twenty taels left in our hands. The combined shop and field can collect more than ten taels of rent per year. The pigs and chickens we feed can also be sold for more than ten taels a year. There is also money in the family, and there is also income at the end of the year, so it is stable!" He Tao felt that she had stepped into the ranks of small landlords in an instant, an exploiting class, but she didn't feel ashamed at all, on the contrary, she was overjoyed.

"In the future, you can treat hunting as a hobby, go if you want to, and rest at home if you don't want to, how great it is!"

Fu Shi felt that this result was almost the same as the life he lived before getting married, so naturally he would not object.

After the couple reached a consensus, they immediately decided to go to the town to buy the shop and fields the next day, and then buy various items.

(End of this chapter)