Chapter 74 Meeting an old friend
Fan Jin listened quietly.
"I've thought about it. Our family can't be a merchant for the time being. The gains do not outweigh the losses. But we can be a large planting household.
Sugarcane sugar production is agriculture, raising chickens, ducks, rabbits, sheep and pigs is animal husbandry. The meat can be sold in the future. Rabbit hair, wool and pig hair are used to make brushes. Maybe it will make more money than selling rabbit meat and mutton!"
The division of merchants is very clear. To put it simply, it is reselling. Selling what you grow and raise yourself does not count.
Many large households have a lot of fields. They sell their own harvests to grain merchants and grain dealers. In this way, they are not merchants.
Those who do not produce but only resell in the middle are merchants.
"Chicken, duck and rabbit feces can also be used to ferment fertilizer and fertilize sugarcane. Shuiqing, can sugarcane only be planted in the field?
Can it be in the field? Our family does not have many fields, but we do have a lot of land. It would be great if we can plant it in the field." Fan Jin said.
Shuiqing felt that it was really good to have a teammate who did not drag his feet or pour cold water, and could think of his own strengths and weaknesses.
She smiled and whispered, "I'll tell you the details when I get back. I'm just asking about the market today."
In fact, she didn't know the details yet.
There was no way. She lived in the countryside when she was a child, but she basically didn't see anyone growing sugarcane in the countryside.
She went to school and started a business later, all in the city, and didn't touch agriculture at all.
But now there is a mall. She has read it. There are all kinds of books about how to grow sugarcane and how to make sugar from sugarcane!
You just need to pay the activation fee.
The only bad thing is that this is a knowledge payment, and the activation fee is very expensive, so expensive that she has not activated it yet.
Fan Jin hummed obediently and followed her to the table where the brown sugar was placed.
The grocery store is a whole row of half-person-high wooden counters in the front, and a tall cabinet in the back, with various items on it. The buyer looks at it through the half-person-high counter, and the clerk behind the counter takes it down.
The shop assistants saw Fan Jin wearing a long gown made of coarse cotton, and the women and children were all wearing new clothes made of fine cotton. They were very enthusiastic towards them and the children: "Master and Madam, what do you need to buy?"
Shui Qing always understood the principle of respecting clothes first and people later. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she always chose good clothes when she went out.
This is why she asked the children to change into new clothes whether they went to Niutou Town or Guangning Mansion.
Adults would be in a bad mood if they were treated coldly by others, not to mention when they were children. They would probably remember it for a lifetime. There was no way to have good clothes at home, so if there were, they should not be wasted.
"I want to buy brown sugar. What kind of brown sugar do you have?" Fan Jin replied.
The waiter immediately introduced enthusiastically: "You two have come to the right place in our shop! We just got new goods, please take a look:
The old brand's top-grade goods are 390 wen per jin, with oil paper inside and rice paper on the outermost layer, soft and white, beautiful, and the most decent gift;
The medium-grade goods have only one layer of oil paper, which is also beautiful as a gift, 380 wen per jin;
The ones at the back are scattered edges, if you two drink it yourself, this is actually the most cost-effective, only 350 wen per jin, and the ingredients are actually the same!"
Shui Qing was shocked when she heard the price.
She knew that sugar was a precious item, but she didn't expect it to be so expensive. No wonder it hurt like cutting her flesh when Sun Jinhua took out two kilograms of brown sugar.
Fan Jin next to him ordered directly: "One pound of each."
Then he asked in a low voice: "Do you need anything else?"
The thoughtfulness made the waiter praise again and again: "Madam is so lucky! The master is a caring person. I'm not exaggerating, our brown sugar is the most nourishing for women.
Sweet and moist, a sip is sweet to the heart! It's also very good for making cakes and sugar water."
Shui Qing thought she was thick-skinned, but she was also embarrassed by the praise.
She just wanted to finish shopping and leave quickly, and reported the things she wanted to buy on the way: "Three pancreas, wick oil, candlestick candles, fire starter..."
Every time Shui Qing reported something, the waiter responded loudly, then quoted the price and took the goods.
Until all the things he wanted were taken, Fan Jin stacked the things in the backpack and put them on his back.
Shui Qing took out the silver to pay the bill, and the five children over there also chose what they wanted to buy. After paying for their own money, the family left together again.
At the other counter, a woman with a wooden hairpin on her head looked at the tall and slender figure leaving, stunned and lost in thought.
The shop assistant looked at the family leaving, smacked his lips and sighed: "It's really a big business."
The shop assistant next to him glanced at the woman in front of the counter and said meaningfully: "What's rare is that after his wife reported a series of things, the husband next to him was always smiling, and he didn't even frown."
He saw it clearly from the side.
Unlike the woman in front of him, she always picked and chose every time she came. If she brought her husband with her, it would be a disaster. The man dressed as a scholar not only said that his wife was extravagant and wasteful, but also said that the things in the shop were robbing money, and finally said that they were black-hearted as shop assistants.
In his eyes, there was nothing good.
In the end, he also picked and chose the things that the woman picked, and then removed a few of them, leaving only one or two before reluctantly paying the bill.
"Well, even the money is managed by his wife. I just took a sneak peek and saw that purse is so bulging!"
"Didn't you see that not only is his wife in charge of his family, but the children are also responsible for their own affairs. They all have a small purse. It's okay for the son, but the two daughters actually have money bags!
When I was paying the money just now, I saw it with my sharp eyes. When I took out the copper coins, I accidentally exposed the corners of the silver."
"My daughter has money to spend. This family is really rare."
Qin Wanyue, who was dressed in plain clothes, had a gloomy look on her face. She thought to herself, if she had married her senior brother instead of Zheng Pingsheng...
After leaving the grocery store, Shuiqing directly chose a grand two-story restaurant.
Even Fan He, who loved food, couldn't help but pull her mother's sleeve and whispered, "Mother, let's just eat a bowl of wontons with sesame cakes on the roadside."
They were in a hurry, and her mother didn't prepare any food. But wontons with meat and soup are delicious. How much money would it cost to go to a restaurant?
"Big buns are delicious too! Mother, why don't we eat big buns?" The other children also advised sensibly.
Fan Jin understood Shuiqing's meaning, and took the children's hands and said softly, "It's okay. Dad and mom have brought enough money. Let's try it today. Which one is better, the dishes in the big restaurant in the city or the dishes made by your mother?"
The five little ones thought that the food made by their mother was extremely delicious, but the food in the restaurant should be even better, right?
Otherwise, who would spend money to eat there?
But what A Niang cooked was already very delicious. If it was better than A Niang’s, how delicious would it be…
The five children were taken in while they were stunned.
They walked into the bustling restaurant and were greeted by the waiter to the second floor. They chose a seat next to the railing, but the five children still felt it was unreal.
There are actually two-story houses?
And they stood by the railing and could only see the tops of the pedestrians on the road. Is it the same feeling standing on the city wall?
The five children stood by the railing, feeling a little scared, but more excited and happy!
Shui Qing, who was sitting at the table, ordered braised pork, stir-fried chicken, scrambled egg shrimp, stir-fried green vegetables and two signature dishes of the restaurant.
While waiting for the food, a sudden greasy voice rang out:
"Hey, isn't this our brother Fan who always fails? Why are you still in the mood to eat in the restaurant today?"
"Haha, brother Pingsheng, your junior brother is already a scholar, and brother Fan, your senior brother, is still a student. If it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to eat delicacies from mountains and seas."
"Delicacies from mountains and seas? It's probably good enough to order a meat dish. It's more economical for brother Fan to bring his wife and children to eat meat buns on the roadside. Why bother coming to Shanhailou!"