After the separation, the family had a lot of fish and meat every day, and the best was furious

Chapter 270 Seeing Hope

In the threshing ground of Wushan Village, people were in a state of agitation, and the most talked about topic was how many fresh peppers had been sold to the workshop in the past ten days.

"Tian Wang, you have so much dry land, did you sell a lot of peppers?"

Since Tian Wang started working with Lin Ting, he has had a lot of money in his hands. He used the money to treat his mother's illness, and his mother is now in much better health than before.

"It's not that much actually, probably just over a thousand pounds."

Everyone was surprised: "More than a thousand pounds, how much silver does that cost?"

Everyone envies Tian Wang. In the past, everyone laughed at their family for having more dry land and less paddy fields. Now the situation has really changed.

Even Shen Zhuxiong's heart was beating faster. He planted two more acres of Shen's mother's land this year, and the amount he sold was almost the same as Tian Wang's.

"Stop talking, they're coming, Qingzhou and the village chief are here together."

As soon as he arrived at the threshing ground, he spoke loudly.

"Is everyone here? If not, please tell everyone that I will pay everyone for the raw chili peppers tonight."

Everyone is very tired during this period. They help out in the village and maintain order during the day, and go to the mountains to guard the pepper fields at night. The village chief just wants to finish the work faster so that everyone can go back and rest.

"Let's not talk too much. Let Qingzhou come and count the silver for us. I'll call out the names of those who come forward."

Shen Qingzhou is a scholar, and his knowledge is recognized as good in Wushan Village. Everyone feels more at ease when he does the calculation.

Moreover, they knew how many kilograms of peppers they sold. One kilogram was ten cents in silver, and everyone had calculated it at home.

"Tian Wang, you come first!"

Tian Wang walked up to Shen Qingzhou. On the long table in front of Shen Qingzhou was a stack of account books, and Li Boxi was sitting next to him.

Li Boshi is now the manager of the workshop, and he needs to hand over the account books in his hand to Lin Ting for review. Of course, many of these are checked by Shen Qingzhou on his behalf.

"Brother Tian, ​​you brought a total of 1,100 kilograms of fresh chili peppers to the workshop in the past ten days. One kilogram of fresh chili peppers costs ten cents, so your total is 11 taels of silver."

Tian Wang smiled and nodded: "Yes, I calculated the same amount at home. Qingzhou, you are really good. You can calculate much faster than me, hehe..."

Tian Wang scratched his head, feeling extremely excited and thrilled. What Lin had heard was indeed true: one could make money by growing peppers.

It hasn't been long since he earned eleven taels, and there are still so many peppers on the dry land. Every pepper tree is still blooming and growing.

After Shen Qingzhou finished calculating the bill, Li Boxi took out eleven taels of silver from the box and gave it to Tian Wang.

"Tian Wang, this is yours. Lin heard that red peppers can be sold at a better price after being dried. If you have too many peppers, you can also dry them."

Tian Wang nodded, as long as he followed Lin Ting's instructions, it would be right.

"Okay, I will definitely do my best. The workshop is ours after all."

In the workshops throughout the village, everyone chooses the best peppers when selling them. If they can't make them well, their reputation will be ruined.

"Next, Yang Tong!"

Yang Tong came up wearing a piece of clothing with a big hole in the armpit. His family was poor, and they sold everything that could be sold in the house and exchanged the money for investing in the workshop.

Now he can be said to be penniless.

"Brother Yang, you brought in 600 kilograms of peppers in ten days. 600 kilograms is equivalent to 6 taels of silver!"

Yang Tong's hands were shaking, and tears were almost in his eyes when he heard that he had earned six taels of silver from selling chili peppers.

Six taels! Their family, with its small size and sickness, can’t even earn six taels in a whole year.

But now, he earned it in ten days. In the future, he will have shares worth several hundred coins in the workshop and can get silver after dividends.

At this moment, he saw hope in life. In the future, his children would also follow Shen Qingzhou's example, go to college and become educated people.

"Yang Tong, your six taels!"

Li Boxi settled the silver bill and the village chief called out to each family. Shen Qingzhou calculated very quickly and in less than an hour, he had settled two-thirds of the accounts.

"Next, Brother Shen Zhu!"

Shen Zuxiong almost ran up here. He was about to get the money. Tonight, his two sons were going to the mountain to guard the chili fields, and she came with Liu Shiying.

"Brother Shen Zhu, give this silver to me, you are not allowed to take it."

Liu Shiying also followed and stood in front of Shen Qingzhou. The two of them smiled so hard that their teeth were showing.

"Qingzhou, please calculate for your second uncle how much silver we have." Liu Shiying said to Shen Qingzhou gently with a smile.

Shen Qingzhou looked at the numbers on the account and moved his hands on the abacus.

"Second uncle sold 1,030 kilograms of chili peppers and received 10 taels and 300 coins in silver."

They invested ten taels of silver in the Wushan workshop, and only invested thirteen taels. After selling peppers for ten days, they would soon make their money back.

Liu Shiying excitedly pinched Shen Zhuxiong's arm hard, causing Shen Zhuxiong's face to turn red from the pain.

"Dad, did you hear that? That's over ten taels of silver! That's great! We still have a lot of peppers in our fields."

Shen Zhuxiong wanted to push Liu Shiying away, but she was too fat and he couldn't push her away.

"Stop pinching me, you're going to strangle me to death."

Liu Shiying smiled and let go of Shen Zuxiong, then came to Li Boxi and received their money.

That night, everyone received the money they earned from selling chili peppers. The harvest was good, and Wushan Village was really getting better, just as Lin had heard.

Shen Zhuxiong and Liu Shiying returned home happily. Before they even entered the house, they saw Shen Jizu pushing Shen's mother out of the room.

He was also standing at the door, pacing back and forth, his face full of anxiety, when he turned around and saw Shen Zuxiong and his wife.

He walked towards Shen Zuxiong, grabbed Shen Zuxiong's shoulders with a panicked look and shook him.

"Second brother, did you go to collect the money for the chili peppers? How much did you get? Tell me, how much did you get?"

This time, Shen Zuxiong did not rush to speak, but first looked at Liu Shiying beside him.

"Brother, no... not much..."

Shen Jizu was very anxious and shouted at Shen Zuxiong while shaking him.

"Second brother, give me your silver first. Your sister-in-law is in trouble. She has a stomachache. Lend me the silver so I can get a doctor for her. Hurry up! If you don't hurry up, I won't be able to save my child."

Xu had a little spotting, and Shen Jizu had no money, but he really wanted this child, and it was a son, so he couldn't live without a son.

Liu Shiying shook his head. His family had used all their silver to build the workshop, and now they had not a penny left.

After finally getting ten taels of silver, Shen Zhuang fell in love with a girl from the next village, and she wanted to keep the silver to arrange a marriage for her son.

What's more, the doctor had already said that there was no hope of saving Xu's fetus, but they just didn't listen and insisted on their own opinions.

It's only five months now, and Xu has already been bedridden to protect the fetus. She really doesn't want to waste this money.