allonlinenovel Chapter 357: Giant in the Wheat Ear
Chapter 357: Giant in the Wheat Ear
When Dahua heard that there was so much money, she exclaimed, "Mom, we made so much money! So if we deduct the cost we just calculated from this money, the remaining amount is our profit?"
Gu Qingqing smiled and raised her hand to touch her forehead. "You just focus on deducting the cost. You also have to deduct the tax. The money left in your hands at the end is what we earn."
Dahua originally calculated that after deducting the more than 400 coins they had just spent, they would still have more than 500 coins left. But now that she heard that she had to pay out more, her face was filled with distress.
Gu Qingqing saw through her thoughts and rubbed her head with amusement, "Dahua, remember, you can earn less money, but you must pay taxes."
Dahua looked up at Gu Qingqing and said, "Mom, I know. It's just like when we farm, we have to pay grain to the government officials."
"Dahua is so smart."
"Mom, we are back."
"Aunt, are these enough?"
That night, Daxin and Dahua were responsible for threading the copper coins, while Gu Qingqing was responsible for threading them again.
When all the copper coins were strung together, the total value was one thousand and sixty-five coins.
After deducting the cost, the net profit was six hundred and sixty-three cents.
Even though it was only over 600 wen, it was 18 taels a month. According to Gu Qingqing's 20% profit for the Gu family and the Niu family respectively, they could get more than 3 taels of silver every month.
She was not very clear about how much money the Meihua family could save in a year. From what she knew about the Gu family, they definitely could not earn that much money in a year.
This is indeed a considerable fortune for them.
The next day, when Lu Xiaocao and Luo Meihua arrived, Gu Qingqing took out the list that Dahua had written yesterday and gave them a general idea of it.
"Oh, sister-in-law, how could we not trust you in doing things? You don't have to tell us, we won't read it. To put it bluntly, we won't understand it even if we read it." Luo Meihua didn't listen to what she had to say at all.
Lu Xiaocao also laughed, "Sister, we all listen to you. Whatever you say is what it is."
Gu Qingqing knew that they trusted her, but she still smiled and teased her family for a night, "You are all really lazy. Since you don't want to know how much money you made yesterday, then from today on, you will have one more task. Every day when you come back from town, help me string the copper coins together, so that I don't have to string them one by one, which is exhausting."
"Hahaha, I've heard people say that they count money until their hands cramp, and I can understand that. But I don't believe that you get tired from counting money. Let alone this box of money, even if there are two more boxes, I'll feel more and more energetic as I count." Luo Meihua laughed out loud.
"That's right!" Lu Xiaocao didn't feel tired from counting money. How could counting money be tiring!
Gu Qingqing smiled helplessly, "You two should remember the flowers you got today!"
Yesterday, everyone who could go to the store went because it was the store opening, so there won’t be so many people going today.
Today, she just needs to take Luo Meihua and Lu Xiaocao with her.
Gu Qingqing asked Shengxi to take care of Sanhua at home and cook lunch for everyone.
As for the big flowers?
Have returned to the classroom.
Just as they were harnessing the donkey cart and were about to go out, they saw a big black dog running back ahead.
Then, Zhao Bei was seen holding the quilt under his arms, and his walking posture looked just like the emoticons on a certain audio platform.
Zhao Dong walked in front like a boss, and when he reached Gu Qingqing, he handed the three ears of wheat in his hand to her.
"Look!" he said.
It has to be said that Gu Qingqing's attention was immediately attracted by the giant in the microphone.
Although she knew in her heart that this was most likely grown in her own field, she still asked.
"Well, the remaining two were picked from other fields on the way. The ears of corn from the east farm are large and the grains are full without any empty shells."
Zhao Dong didn't need to say anything else, Gu Qingqing naturally saw the difference.
She hasn't been to the fields recently, and she didn't expect that there would be such a big difference just because of the manure water!
She turned her head and looked at the grass happily, "It's the same in your field."
At that time, everyone in the village thought that what she did might not be useful, and many people didn't try it. Only she went back to teach her parents how to do it. Now that she saw the harvest was so close, how could she not share her joy?
Lu Xiaocao stepped forward, looked at the wheat ears and said, "Sister, I'm not sure if the ones in the field are as big as the ones in your hand, but compared with the ones around, they are obviously different."
Luo Meihua was even more shocked, "Sister-in-law, is this what you said was poured with manure water?"
Gu Qingqing nodded.
"No, this is too pleasing to the eye. You go to the town first and I will follow you. Sister-in-law, give me these ears of wheat." Luo Meihua was so excited looking at the ears of wheat in her hand.
After taking the ears of wheat, she ran home.
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Gu Qingqing was in a good mood as she drove the donkey cart back from the town. She felt both amused and sad about what happened today.
What do you call this? An unexpected success?
Does this mean that she is setting up a trap for Zhao Dong and the others?
When she got home, she had planned to talk to Zhao Dong first, but she saw Niu Zhanghe and Niu Lishi at her house. She hurried over and asked, "Uncle and aunt, I have been busy at home these days and have not visited you. How come you have time to come here today?"
"Hi, I'm here with my kids to visit you. Your uncle came back from seeing the plum blossoms and brought back some wheat ears, and he couldn't stay at home any longer."
Gu Qingqing smiled cheerfully, "I thought it was nothing, this is easy. I'll go back and find an empty lot to dig a hole. A hole the size of my house will take up about seven or eight acres of land. You have more land, so you can dig a bigger hole. Then, put the manure at home..."
What technical content does this have? Not much, it's just the amount of lime and water to be added.
Lime is used to kill rotten leaves or insect eggs brought in from somewhere else. The seedlings will die if manure water containing insect eggs is used to irrigate the fields.
As for adding water, I have mentioned it before and will not repeat it here.
After hearing what she said, Niu Zhanghe looked regretful as if he had lost several taels of silver. "Hey, I saw you doing this last year when your family was building a house. I thought you were joking at the time, but I didn't know it was so effective. If I had known this, I should have followed your lead last year. This way, the grain production in the field would have doubled, or at least increased by a few bushels."
Gu Qingqing comforted him, "Uncle, as long as you take action now, it's not too late."
Niu Zhanghe put down the tea in his hand and walked out quickly. "That's right. I'll go back now. We need to act quickly."
On the other side, Wen Shengxi took Sanhua to meet his elder sister and asked expectantly, "Sister, are you not going back today?"
Lu Xiaocao nodded.
Wen Shengxi hugged her happily, "Today I can finally sleep with my sister."
Lu Xiaocao patted her on the back and said, "You are so grown up, why are you still acting like a child? If you have nothing to do, help us with the work."
"Okay! Sanhua, can we help with the work?"
Sanhua's little mouth made a babbling sound mixed with "Mom, Mom" and she walked towards Gu Qingqing.
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Until the sun set, Gu Qingqing saw Zhao Dong and his friends coming back and greeted them with a smile, "Brother Dong, I went to the town to pick up two jobs for you today."
"Help us get the job?" Zhao Dong asked puzzledly after putting down his tools.