Chapter 119 It’s really silver!

Chapter 119 It’s really silver!

Shuiqing had a feeling.

It seemed that Bai Ziqian was not buying charcoal at two cents per pound, but buying valuables.

There was a kind of luxury store in China, where the young master of a rich family pointed at bags and shoes and said: Don’t want this, this, or that, I’ll take care of the rest.

However, the only heir of the Bai family, the richest man in Nandu, no longer went to the store to buy things. He was the owner of the store, and all his property was his own.

Zhang Jinniu stared at the young Bai Ziqian in amazement.

He knew that he was a child from a rich family before, but in his cognition, he only felt that one tael of silver was a lot. Could a child take it out?

Not only the one tael of silver today, but also the later ones!

A batch of charcoal will be delivered in about five days, which will only be more than today’s delivery, not less than today’s. At least four times before the New Year, if one tael is calculated each time, plus today’s, there will be five taels of silver.

So much silver, can Bai Ziqian take it out?

Bai Ziqian ran back to the house where he lived, took out a silver ingot, ran to Zhang Jinniu, and threw it straight at him.

Zhang Jinniu instinctively reached out to catch it, and the cold touch made him look over.

Then, he was stunned.

"Is this silver? Is it real silver?"

Bai Ziqian said unhappily: "Try to bite it and see if you can bite out a tooth mark."

Who is he looking down on?

He was really very poor before!

But now he is different - his parents left him hundreds of taels of silver before they went back, and this was just for pocket money.

Now buying charcoal for Aunt Shuiqing's family for the winter is a serious matter, so what's wrong with using some silver.

Zhang Jinniu has only seen silver in other people's hands, and his family doesn't even have small change.

He always earns a few coins, and when he earns more, he strings the copper coins together to make one coin.

Now the real silver was in his hand, and it was still a big ingot. He swallowed his saliva and bit it without hesitation.

Seeing the teeth marks on it, he grinned and said, "It's really silver! I finally touched real silver!"

Bai Ziqian originally thought that Zhang Jinniu was questioning him, but he didn't expect that he had never seen silver before.

He felt a little uncomfortable.

The accessories he had worn since he was a child were mostly jade, not to mention silver.

And it was jade of excellent quality.

Looking at Zhang Jinniu, I realized that there were many children who had never touched silver until they grew up.

Zhang Jinniu's dark face was excited and happy.

He held the silver as if he was afraid that it would melt. It took him a while to react. He hurriedly handed it to Bai Ziqian again, and said awkwardly: "I, I, silver is too expensive. Your silver block is still intact. I'm afraid it must be several taels?"

"Ten taels of silver per ingot." Bai Ziqian explained warmly.

Hearing that it was ten taels, Zhang Jinniu immediately felt that the cold silver was hot!

He hurriedly said: "It's too much, I can't change it for you, how about copper coins?"

One tael of silver can be worth a thousand copper coins, which is heavy in the hand, and people like him can use it with peace of mind.

Bai Ziqian said generously: "It's okay, no need to change it, you can send charcoal according to this silver later."

Five hundred kilograms of charcoal were packed in bamboo baskets, and there were only ten baskets of dozens of kilograms.

Aunt Shuiqing's firewood room is big, and the stacked charcoal occupies even less space, so the charcoal of ten taels of silver can be fully loaded.

Zhang Jinniu was so excited that he didn't know what to do with the ten taels of silver.

He only remembered that he responded in a daze and promised to burn more charcoal and send it over, and then he put the silver tightly in his chest, crossed his hands and ran back home quickly.

"Mother, come and see." Zhang Jinniu shouted to his mother without waiting for a breath.

Aunt Zhang has been busy building a new house recently. Although she is tired, she is in better spirits.

She walked towards her son and asked, "What's the matter? If you have something, just take it out. Why hide it?"

Zhang Jinniu looked around and saw that his brothers and sisters were not around, so he directly put the silver in front of his mother.

The white silver shone with a cold light.

Aunt Zhang felt a flash in front of her eyes, as if she was dazzled.

She actually saw the silver?

Zhang Jinniu quickly explained the matter of sending charcoal and Bai Ziqian paying silver for the charcoal.

Aunt Zhang was so happy that she didn't know what to do!

She took the silver and rubbed it repeatedly, touching it over and over again, and loved it very much.

Then he hurriedly told his eldest son: "We don't need to carry charcoal to Niutou Town to sell, we can burn more charcoal in the free time;

Take the younger ones with you and burn more charcoal before the New Year.

Speaking of which, it is your sister-in-law Shuiqing, Brother Fan, who takes care of our family. We should be kind and send more charcoal, not less!"

Firewood is free, and the kiln for burning charcoal is ready. This is a business without capital.

In the past, after burning, we had to carry it out to sell. Only Jinniu and Yinniu in the family could carry it. Since last year, Tongniu can also carry half of it. But if three people go to sell charcoal, the round trip of one and a half hours is not only tiring, but also very time-consuming.

Now that this time and physical strength are used to burn charcoal, we will definitely be able to burn more charcoal than in previous years!

Zhang Jinniu came back to his senses from his trance at this moment and nodded heavily: "Aniang is right."

Where can you not buy charcoal with silver?

Bai Ziqian gave them the silver because he was a guest of sister-in-law Shuiqing's family, and sister-in-law Shuiqing ordered charcoal from them.

Aunt Zhang excitedly paced around in the low thatched house, and suddenly thought that Shui Qing was really the benefactor of their family!

I think of her family first when I have something good to offer.

I never skimp on money.

I think of completing the tasks she has assigned me.

I think of the children who have worked hard these days. Fortunately, they can now eat not only porridge but also dry biscuits.

Shuiqing also gave me some fermented rice wine before. Mixing it with flour or rice paste, the biscuits are soft and fluffy, and they are so delicious!

The children love it.

Recently, the family has been working hard to build a house and chop wood for charcoal. Why don't we buy some meat?

Pig offal is cheap. Although it smells bad, it is okay to wash it with a lot of wood ash and stir-fry it with some chili. At least it is a meat dish.

There are also eggs. Now that I can earn money from other things, I don't have to exchange all the eggs I earn every day for salt and other items.

Shuiqing said that eggs are good things and are the best for nourishing the body. Let's steam them and give them to the children to nourish their bodies.

And salt. I'll buy more this time to pickle the fish that the youngest child caught. It will be a good dish to serve to guests in the first month of the lunar year...

Zhang Jinniu heard that his mother was going to Niutou Town to buy pig offal for them to eat, and that they would use three eggs to steam eggs every day in the future. He was as happy as if it was Chinese New Year!

I immediately felt that I could burn another 500 kilograms of charcoal!

Shuiqing looked at the freshly baked charcoal and started thinking about what to eat for dinner.

How about a barbecue?