Before, Jiang Nuanzhi felt that fifty taels of silver was already a lot of money. But now that I have used it, I realize that money will be short when it is used.
Not to mention other things, she just said that the bricks on the new house were used up, so she customized a batch of high-hardness, large bricks to build the outer courtyard wall. The walls are much higher than ordinary walls, and the yard is large. The bricks and stones alone cost more than fifty taels of silver.
Jiang Nuanzhi directly ordered people to burn the glass windows of the new house. It's still double-layered.
It should be called Liuli. In fact, wealthy families in Shengjing have begun to use Liuli for their windows, but it is really rare here.
The process of firing colored glaze is very immature, and the fired glaze will not be that transparent, but it is still much stronger than the one made with paper. Jiang Nuanzhi spent a lot of money on the windows and even customized the window frames with the blacksmiths. There are also doors, specially made and thickened. The gates outside are also custom-made iron gates, which are taller, thicker, and airtight.
These things alone cost more than five hundred taels. When the money was spent, she even trembled a little. Fortunately, she made five hundred taels of silver by chance, otherwise she would have been out of money long ago.
In comparison, the wooden furniture, bedding, desks and wardrobes she customized are much more cost-effective. She found a well-known carpenter in the city and made it custom-made in the house. At this time, there was no such concept, and all the money collected was normal money. You only get four or five taels of silver for a house. However, her new home has too many rooms. It cost almost sixty taels of silver to get it all done.
I have to say that decoration is really a costly job. When I see something good, I want to use something better. Who would have thought that she only spent ten taels of silver to buy the house, and she was so happy that even if she spent more money on the decoration, it would still be about the same. But who would have thought that the money would have doubled several times?
Thinking of this, Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't help but sigh.
Since the beginning of autumn, the ointment business has not been as good as before. Probably because of this year's taxation, fewer and fewer people are doing business. Then there will be fewer people spending a lot of money to buy gold sore medicine. After she handed over the 500 bottles to Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu ordered two more 200 bottles, earning more than 100 taels of silver each time. The ones delivered half a month ago have not been used up in the store.
The whitening and freckle removal cream on Huayue's side sells well. When there are many merchants, if you take it to Gukuichengli, it will be sold out in the blink of an eye. But now there are not many merchants in sight, the streets are very depressed, the price of food has increased sharply, and everyone almost stays behind closed doors when they have nothing to do. Sales are also an issue.
The whitening and freckle removal cream made by Jiang Nuanzhi is a big bottle, and one bottle can be consumed quickly in three months. The ladies and ladies in Liujiang Town are indeed using this, but they consume it slowly. Income is also not as good as before.
Recently, all the medical consultations are in the vicinity of Shiliba Village. The villagers don’t make much money by going back and forth. Jiang Nuanzhi’s price is fair, and he makes a lot of money.
A while ago, Jiang Nuanzhi was thinking about taking out the jewelry Li Rong gave him and selling two of them to get more money to supplement his family's income.
But those things were so delicately made that even someone like Jiang Nuanzhi, who didn’t know much about jewelry, could tell they were worth a lot of money just by looking at them.
Be good! These are all antiques! If she sold it just to make a living, she would really regret it to the point where she would wake up in the middle of the night and slap herself twice.
Fortunately, Li Rong was more capable and sent her more than 800 taels of silver at this time, which came in handy.
As Li Rong said, this winter will not be peaceful. She is thinking about customizing some iron hooks on the wall of the new house to prevent ordinary people from climbing the wall and entering. There are also curtains, as well as the thick large curtains commonly used in the north to cover windows and keep them warm. You can order them with the cloth shop owner.
After careful calculation, there are still clothes-drying poles that have not been built at the new house, and Li Rong said that we need to make some weapons. In addition, Jiang Nuanzhi has been visiting a lot of doctors recently, and all kinds of medicines have been consumed very quickly. It is better to replenish all the medicines before winter comes, and save as much as possible. One is that the prices of medicines in winter will rise. Another thing is that Jiang Nuanzhi doesn't have enough medicinal materials now, and he always feels uneasy.
I originally thought that more than eight hundred taels was quite a lot, but when I weighed it in my hand, I felt a little anxious for no reason. It's solved now.
After the New Year, Ping'er had to take a quiz. There are also many places to use money. In the previous life, Ping'er didn't take the quiz seriously. He was a supervisor, the kind of student who donated money to get the qualification to take the exam.
I heard Mr. Feng say some time ago that the Chinese Supervisory Academy in Beijing has the qualifications to directly participate in the scientific examination. However, if you want to get in by donating money, you need at least ten thousand taels.
Jiang Nuanzhi is praying now, hoping that Ping'er can pass the exam smoothly. This will not only change his own destiny, but most importantly, it will change Jiang Nuanzhi's destiny. Otherwise, where would she go to find him ten thousand taels of silver?
“Aunt Nuan, Aunt Nuan!”
While I was lost in thought, I suddenly heard a crying voice coming from outside.
Jiang Nuanzhi stood up with a frown, wiped his hands, and went out to take a look.
Xin Bo, who was behind him, blinked and walked out the door with a candied haws in his mouth.
"Man'er, what's wrong with you?"
As soon as he went out, he saw Fuman limping back with the basket in his arms. In the wind and snow, her little face was red with cold. , tears fell down his cheeks, and behind him was Xie Liangchen, who was dressed in blue clothes and had a cold face.
"Aunt Nuan. Wuwuwu. I'm sorry."
When Fuman saw Jiang Nuanzhi, he felt even more aggrieved and guilty, whimpering and saying, "I didn't protect our family's jade grains." .”
Jiang Nuanzhi took the things from her in three and two steps at a time, with tears hanging on his red face: "Don't cry, it's okay. Tell Aunt Nuan, what happened?"
Fuman sniffed. Zi: "I went to deliver firewood to the new house and saw Wang Mazi from the village and a few people sneaking around in our field. I went up to call them, but they were cursing and trying to beat me. My feet sprained during the pushing. It's no use blaming me, I lost a lot of jade grains. If I hadn't met Brother Xie, what would those people have done? Aunt Nuan, I'm sorry, I'm useless."
Fuman said, his eyes suddenly changed. Full of tears.
Jiang Nuanzhi took the little girl into his arms, hugged her gently, and patted her back: "Okay, stop crying, it's okay, Aunt Nuan doesn't blame you, you have done a good job. ”
This girl Fuman is too internally consumed. You can often hear her blaming herself. This child must have been poor before and had an unusual obsession with eating.
Sighed: "Silly boy, remember to protect yourself next time. If you can't be beaten, you have to learn to run first. Auntie Nuan will find a place for you when the time comes. Do you know?"
< br>Xie Liangchen listened to Jiang Nuanzhi's soft voice coaxing Fuman, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He had never seen such a Jiang Pangya.
His eyes flickered on her red lips for a moment, then he quickly moved away, lowering his eyes in annoyance. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down: "I happened to be passing by and saw Wang Mazi and the others bullying people. , it just seems like they are driving people away. It’s just that they squandered some of the jade grains you planted.” (End of Chapter)