Dress up as a farmer's wife from the Wang family and fight for the best with space

In the afternoon, Mr. Gao, Mr. Xie, Shopkeeper Wen, and Shopkeeper Wu all arrived, and the boys following them were holding a large bundle of sacks.

The sacks Lu Yuanping went back to the village to pick up in the morning were not enough to hold them in. Now that they all brought sacks, it was just right!

After all, there are still a lot of unbagged cold melons piled in the field.

Father Lu left a few men to help. He took the bag from the boy's hand and asked him to bag the remaining cold melons.

Mr. Gao and Mr. Xie were sitting on the ridge of the field, each holding a piece of melon, eating deliciously.

Father Lu also invited Shopkeepers Wen and Wu to eat melons. The two were not as relaxed as Mr. Gao, but they couldn't help but swallow secretly when they saw Mr. Gao biting the cold melon and the juice.

Father Lu greeted him warmly, and they sat down half-heartedly. Each of them held a piece of melon and started eating.

The men who helped were very capable. They were quick with their hands and feet, filling the sacks without stopping at all.

Soon, the melons in the field were all packed, and there was no room for them on the ridges of the fields. Some were even placed in the melon field.

Seeing that all the melons were loaded, Mr. Gao and Mr. Xie quickly got up and began to weigh and move them.

The boy they brought carried the weighed cold melons bag by bag to the roadside, then moved them to the carriage and transported them back.

Mr. Gao and Shopkeeper Wen each brought eight carriages, Mr. Xie brought five carriages, and Shopkeeper Wu brought two carriages.

The boys they brought with them kept carrying watermelons to the carriages. For a long time, the eight carriages owned by Mr. Gao and Shopkeeper Wen were all filled.

Their five thousand kilograms of cold melons could load eight carriages!

This is all money!

Shopkeeper Wen is getting happier as he comes. Now that the cold melons are transported back, Dong Chen's family can arrange for people to transport them to distant counties and cities to sell them.

As for the Yang County side, with the Gao family and the Jie family here, it is certain that it cannot be sold.

Shopkeeper Wen simply gave up on the market in Yang County. In fact, he not only felt that the competition was huge, but more importantly, the Gao family and the Jie family were both on good terms with the Lu family, so the Chen family did not have to compete with them in Yang County. The Gao family has a relationship with the Jie family.

The Lu family should not be underestimated, shopkeeper Wen thought to himself, and became more and more polite when talking to Father Lu.

All the cold melons were loaded into the cart, and Mr. Gao was the first to settle the money. He had a total of 5,025 kilograms, which worked out to 201 taels based on forty cents per kilogram.

Father Lu also used the arithmetic taught by Gu Yunxi and calculated the total in one go, which made Master Gao look at him again. Faintly, he felt a little more admiration for the Lu family.

Father Lu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Gao, I'll give you two hundred taels."

Gao Rongda smiled, took out two silver notes worth one hundred taels from his arms, and handed them over.

Then we went to Shopkeeper Wen. Shopkeeper Wen had a total of five thousand and fifty kilograms. According to the same calculation of forty coins per kilogram, Father Lu also wiped off the fraction and collected two hundred taels.

Mr. Jie, the total is 3,100 jins, which is 124 taels. Father Lu only received 120 taels.

Shopkeeper Wu, the total was one thousand and thirty kilograms, forty-one taels and two hundred wen. Father Lu took forty-one taels, which made Shopkeeper Wu feel embarrassed, as if he had taken advantage of the Lu family.

When the settlement was clear, Father Lu sent them away one by one, and then called Lu Yuanping and the helpers to clean up the melon fields.

After the cleaning was completed, He Feng took out a large bag of copper coins that had been prepared and followed Dad Lu and Lu Yuanping as they walked towards the village.

They went from house to house, each gave half a cold melon, and settled today's wages.

Originally, the day's wages were fifty cents, but most people only went for half a day and received twenty-five cents. The men who stayed to help in the afternoon each received forty cents and a cold melon.

They took it in surprise. The others didn't know how valuable this thing was. However, they stayed to help for several afternoons, but they heard clearly that this melon costs forty cents a pound!

Look at the cold melon given to them by the Lu family. It is so big and weighs at least four or five kilograms, which is more than one hundred and two hundred cents!

The man held the cold melon in his arms with trembling hands, for fear of bumping it.

Immediately afterwards, they hurried home again, as if they were afraid that if they came back a step late, they would be robbed.

Father Lu also asked Lu Yuanping to take a melon home. Lu Yuanping resisted and refused, but Father Lu scolded him and said that the melon was for his father, so he reluctantly accepted it.

When Father Lu got home, he couldn't wait to take out the banknotes and money collected today from his arms.

"Yunxi, look, we only picked half of our cold melons, but we sold them for so much money!"

Father Lu was really surprised. This cold melon was actually more profitable than honeysuckle.

Gu Yunxi smiled, thinking that if Mr. Gao and the others transported the cold melons back, they would only sell them at a higher price and make more money.

However, the Gao family, the Jie family, and the Chen family are all well-established families. Their business is booming, and others only dare to secretly envy them instead of openly opposing them.

But the Lu family is different. After all, the Lu family's foundation is too shallow. To put it bluntly, although the family now has a small income, it is still far from becoming a wealthy family.

The Lu family, at least now, can't get ahead, that's why they earn so little.

As for Fucheng, although Gu Yunxi was confident about her own cold melons, she didn't know very well what business her grandfather and grandmother were doing, and whether they could sell these cold melons.

Besides, these things are fine in the county town. If they were in the capital city, there would be many powerful people there. If they were framed, there would be no place to reason.

It's better not to let the He family get involved. Gu Yunxi thought about this and his eyes darkened.

Looking up again, Gu Yunxi was already smiling: "Dad, I've seen that in a few days, Master Gao and the others will come to buy melons again."

Father Lu and He Feng believed in Gu Yunxi's words.

Yunxi said they would come in a few days, so they will definitely come!

When they come, the cold melons at home are sold, and when the melons are sold, they make money!

If you make money, your family will have more savings. Then... Feng'er said that if you think about buying a house in Fucheng in the future, you can put it on the agenda as soon as possible.

Father Lu smiled from ear to ear, pushed the banknote to Gu Yunxi, and asked her to put it away.

Gu Yunxi pushed back again and said, "Dad, let mom save this money. You two elders are busy working on the melon fields. How can I have the nerve to accept this money?"

"Now that I have recognized my grandparents, I will have more money to spend in the future! And I still have a lot of savings here."

If He Feng returns to Fucheng and lives in the mansion, he will inevitably have to take care of the servants and housekeepers from time to time, and he will inevitably give rewards for good work.

Seeing Gu Yunxi's insistence, He Feng stopped insisting. He sighed softly and said, "Okay, I will keep it for you first. When the family is separated, I will give it to you alone."