Chapter 210 - 210 Selling A Thousand Catties
210 Selling A Thousand Catties
“Since I’ve come here today to inform you, then there’s no time to waste.
“Later, Big Brother and Second Brother, you two can go to my house to get the grain. Just take a thousand catties.”
Qin Dahu and Qin Erhu looked hesitant. After exchanging a glance, they turned to look at their father.
Since their younger sister had already said so, it was very difficult for them to refuse.
Qin Dazhuang thought for a while and finally nodded.
“Since Sanya has said so, you two can go and get the grain. However, you mustn’t delay the payment. I can take out one tael on my part. For the remaining four taels, you two households fork out two taels each.”
Qin Dahu and Qin Erhu exchanged glances.
“Alright!” they answered in the affirmative.
After that, the three of them got up and went back to their rooms to get the money.
Qin Xiaoyao was utterly speechless.
After a while, the father and sons trio returned.
They pooled the five taels of silver and gave the money to Qin Xiaoyao.
Qin Xiaoyao felt a little helpless, but she still accepted the money.
Then, she reminded her two brothers again to go to her house to bring back the grain.
“Don’t worry. We’ll go when the sun is a little lower. When the time comes, I’ll need to borrow your family’s handcart,” Qin Dahu said.
“Just help yourself. The handcart is in the storage room. I’ll bring you guys to get it at that point,” Qin Xiaoyao responded readily.
After settling the matter of getting grain, the family began chatting about other things very quickly.
For the entire afternoon, the Qin family was immersed in a joyous atmosphere.
Qin Xiaoyao stayed in the Qin family’s place until evening before leaving.
She brought her two brothers back to the Song family’s residence as well.
Ever since Eldest Sister-in-law Qin went to the Song family’s place to help, Qin Xiaoyao wasn’t as busy as before.
The business from Fortune Mansion had declined. Now, she only sent some bean sprouts every day. Even the sale of century eggs dropped.
After it became more difficult to collect the chicken and duck eggs, Qin Xiaoyao only prepared century eggs once every two days now.
At the moment, the most time-consuming work at home was taking care of the bean sprouts in the sheds and selling water.
At the moment, the Song family had enough manpower.
Back at the Song family.
Qin Xiaoyao brought Qin Dahu and Qin Erhu to the storage room straightaway.
Then, she helped the two of them take stock of the goods.
“These rice and flour were all packed by the grain store. Each sack is 50 catties.”
“If it’s 1000 catties, then it’s 20 sacks.”
As she spoke, Qin Xiaoyao pointed at two piles of grain.
“This pile is brown rice, and that pile over there is coarse flour.”
“You can decide how much each type of food you need.”
Qin Dahu and Qin Erhu exchanged glances.
Then, after some calculations, they made a decision.
“Give me more coarse flour. I want 12 sacks. I’ll have brown rice for the remaining 8 sacks,” Qin Dahu said.
Coarse flour could be used to make pancakes, and they could be eaten directly with chili sauce and pickled vegetables.
When brown rice was cooked, they still had to cook other dishes to go with it.
If there was a famine, coarse flour would be more useful than brown rice.
“Alright. Then let’s load the goods.” As Qin Xiaoyao spoke, she began to move the sacks.
Qin Dahu and Qin Erhu knew that their younger sister was strong, so they didn’t stop her.
Soon, the three siblings loaded a total of 20 sacks of brown rice and coarse flour onto the two handcarts.
After that, Qin Xiaoyao personally sent the two of them off.
After that, she went to the courtyard to help her husband and mother-in-law sell water.
Upon seeing her daughter-in-law walking over, Madam Liu gave up her seat with a smile.
“Since you’re here, it’s your turn to keep watch here. I’ll go make dinner,” she said.
There weren’t so many people who came to buy water recently.
The reason was that everyone knew that the Song family had enough water, so they didn’t rush here early to queue up.
Those who were more anxious came earlier.
Those who were not in a hurry would come later.
Anyway, the Song family always sold water for two hours per session. As long as they came over at the corresponding session, they would usually be able to buy water.
“Hehe! Thank you for your hard work, Mother!” Qin Xiaoyao replied with a smile.
She sat down in the seat that Madam Liu had vacated.
Qin Xiaoyao wasn’t good at cooking, and she didn’t really like to cook.
Therefore, her mother-in-law, little sister-in-law, and Xiaomei were the ones who usually settled the cooking chores at home.
“What hard work? You silly child!” After chiding Qin Xiaoyao gently, Madam Liu walked away with a smile.
After Madam Liu had walked far away, Song Que turned to look at Qin Xiaoyao.
“How’s the matter at my father-in-law’s place?” he asked with curiosity.
The corners of Qin Xiaoyao’s lips curled up.
“With me taking action, of course, it’s all settled!” she said somewhat proudly.
She recalled the scene where she taught the Zhang family a lesson in the morning.
Qin Xiaoyao was still reveling in gleeful satisfaction at the thought.
After that, Qin Xiaoyao regaled Song Que with an account of how she attacked everyone in the Zhang family and subdued them.
She also told him how she protected her father and two brothers as they took Xiaohu away.
“After we returned, Father made an announcement. He decided to let Big Brother and Eldest Sister-in-law raise Xiaohu as their own son.”
Song Que listened and nodded.
“This way, they can indeed save a lot of trouble,” he said.
“Yes, that’s what I thought too.”
After some thought, Qin Xiaoyao moved closer to Song Que.
She shielded Song Que’s ears with her hands and said in an even lower voice, “In addition, just now, I allowed Big Brother and Second Brother to bring back a thousand catties of grain. I accepted five taels of silver from them.”
Song Que was surprised.
He looked at Qin Xiaoyao.
“I didn’t ask for it. It was Father who insisted on paying me,” Qin Xiaoyao hurriedly explained.
“In the beginning, Father wanted to pay me 8 copper coins per catty.”
“Thankfully, I was smart. I lied and said that I’ve discussed this in advance with you and agreed that the price is 5 copper coins. Only then did Father finally agree.”
Upon hearing this, Song Que’s expression relaxed considerably.
“Then go to the textile shop tomorrow and get some good cloth to send to Eldest and Second Sisters-in-law,” he said after some thought.
“Just say it’s for the two children.”
Almost all of the money for the family’s grain was earned by his wife, so Song Que didn’t have any objections to using some of that money on his wife’s maiden family.
Now that his wife had accepted the money, he had to find a way to give some of the money back to the Qin family.
It was just nice that Xiaohu was back.
In addition, Second Sister-in-law was about to give birth soon.
It was also good to get some cloth for them so that they could make some clothes for the children.
Qin Xiaoyao’s eyes lit up.
“This is a good idea! My husband is indeed smart!” She gave Song Que a thumbs up.
Song Que smiled in amusement.
Then, he quickly retracted his smile.
He scanned the area around him to make sure that no one was looking at him. Then he put on a serious expression again.
Qin Xiaoyao found his action quite comical.
However, she didn’t expose her husband. After thinking for a while, she added, “Then I’ll buy some coarse cloth as well to help Father and the rest shield the house against the locusts.”
The rooms in her maiden family’s home were not as enclosed as her own house.
If the Qin family didn’t use cloth to shield their rooms, many of the locusts would fly into their house.
“Mm-hmm,” Song Que replied.
Very soon, the water-selling session ended.
Madam Liu and the others had already prepared dinner. The Song family began to eat in the hall.
During the meal, Madam Liu also asked about the Qin family’s situation.
When she found out that the matter had been resolved, Madam Liu was relieved.
After learning that Qin Xiaoyao was going to sell grain, Madam Liu was also very supportive.
“I heard that the price of brown rice and coarse flour has risen to 10 copper coins per catty. If we sell them now, we can make quite a bit of money,” Madam Liu said with a smile.
The reason was that there was too much grain at home, so it was just nice to sell some.
Wang Xiaomei was a little surprised. She looked at Qin Xiaoyao but didn’t say anything.