After rebirth, I went from a peasant girl to the richest man

Bai Qingyun thought about it for a while and understood Xie Shuer's concerns. But in the end, Bai Qingyun only accepted Xie Shuer's indenture contract. Grandpa Xie was already old, and it was unknown whether he could successfully get rid of his status as a slave by selling himself to the Bai family.

In this world with strict hierarchies of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, the slave class commoditized living people and could be bought and sold at will. The common people only lived a hard life, but the slaves of the slave class not only lived a hard life but also had no dignity.

Bai Qingyun would naturally not let Xie Li and Xie Shuer live without dignity, but a contract of sale was ultimately like a shackle that bound people's hearts.

Bai Qingyun didn't want the elderly man to live in the constraints of class. He was a capable man who made his fortune through his own efforts. His experiences when he was young left him with no extra time to raise his son, but that didn't mean he didn't know how to raise children. At least Xie Shuer was brought up by the old man. Perseverance and intelligence seemed to be the synonyms of Xie Shuer, which showed that Xie Li's education was successful.

Facing his own failure, the old man did not shirk responsibility, but silently took on his own responsibilities until his body was worn out, and then he was forced to put down the burden. Grandpa Xie spent his whole life to show that he was capable and responsible. If he was uneasy in his later years, this was not what Bai Qingyun wanted to see.

After receiving Xie Shuer's indenture contract, Bai Qingyun gave Xie Shuer fifteen taels of silver according to the market price, and carefully put the indenture contract into his own space, thinking about how to return it to her in the future.

After everything was arranged, Bai's father and Bai Qingyun went to the place where the ox cart was ordered. They gave five taels of silver to Xie Shuer and told her to buy more eggs and duck eggs and to come back tomorrow to teach Xie Shuer new recipes.

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After they came out, it was already late, so they hurried to the place where the ox cart was made. Fortunately, they were fast and arrived before the shop closed. The clerk probably wanted to get off work early, so he saw them and hurried over to greet them: "You two came at the right time. If you were a little later, I would have closed the shop. The ox cart is already made and is in the backyard. Please follow me."

The ox cart had a lot of space, and the carpenter had specially designed storage space under the front driver's seat, which not only met the needs of daily trips out on the streets, but also could meet the needs of Mr. Bai for transporting goods.

After harnessing the ox cart, Father Bai's face was full of joy. The ox cart represented hope in the hearts of the people at that time. Having an ox at home meant that life would have a purpose and they would feel more at ease.

After paying the balance of one or two taels of silver, Bai Qingyun got on the ox cart and told his father to drive the cart into an empty alley. While it was getting dark, he stacked the rice in the space neatly on the ox cart. At this time, Bai Qingyun also calculated that the load-bearing capacity of the ox cart was about two to three thousand kilograms.

The sacks that Bai's father bought were relatively large. One bag could hold nearly two hundred kilograms of rice. The land in the space, with the blessing of the spiritual spring water, could produce between three thousand and three thousand five hundred kilograms per mu. At this moment, the harvest from just one mu of land was enough to yield more than a dozen sacks of rice, filling the entire ox cart.

(Warm reminder: The weight units in ancient times are different from those in modern times. The weight units in the past include "zhu", "qi", "liang", "jin", "jun", "shi", "yi", "yin", "gui", etc. Among them, "zhu" is the smallest weight unit, equal to one-seventh of a liang; "qi" is equal to one-sixty-fourth of a jin; "liang" is equal to one jin; "jin" is equal to sixteen liang; "jun" is equal to thirty jin; "shi" is equal to four jun; "yi" is equal to twenty liang; "yin" is equal to one hundred and twenty jin; "gui" is equal to one qi.

In order to facilitate the reading of the readers, the units in the novel are all expressed in modern "jin"! )

Bai Qingyun had to get off the ox cart to lighten the load on the ox. In order to find out the market price of the dried mushrooms in the space, he took out a small bag of Grandpa Bai's dried mushrooms. The dried mushrooms were not heavy to carry, so Bai Qingyun only took out nearly ten kilograms.

Father Bai had been to the county town before and knew which grain store was better in the county town, so he drove his ox cart straight there.

The shopkeeper was a young man, holding a folding fan in his hand, dressed in white, and looked gentle and elegant. He seemed to be just watching, standing in front of the counter with a lazy look on his face. Visitors would not attract his attention at all, and it was the waiter in the shop who greeted them.

It was not until Father Bai drove the ox cart to the grain store that he attracted the man's attention. Outside, Bai Qingyun would not take the initiative to negotiate with others, but would just follow Father Bai obediently and listen to their conversation.

The current grain price is not particularly high, and the autumn harvest is coming soon. Every household will choose to sell the surplus grain at home at this time to free up space in the granary to store the newly harvested grain this year. This also means that Bai Qingyun and others will not attract too much attention when selling the grain at this time.

But Bai Qingyun still underestimated the current situation. The weather is hot and the land is dry, so the grain harvest is naturally not as good as usual. Those who can come up with a large amount of grain at this time are not ordinary people.

The young man seemed to be very interested in Bai's family and pestered Bai to ask some questions. Fortunately, Bai was smart and avoided all the questions. The young man saw that he could not get any more questions, so he said, "I am Zhu Yu, the son of the county magistrate. This grain store is also my mother's business. The war in the border is tense right now, and it is common to have a shortage of food. My family recently wanted to buy a batch of grain to send to the border, but the grain has not been harvested yet, so it is difficult to purchase grain. If you have surplus grain at home, you can send it over, and the grain store will accept it."

Father Bai thought about it awkwardly, and actually looked at Bai Qingyun. Seeing Bai Qingyun's response, he thought slowly and tacitly replied: "There is indeed another truckload of food entering the city this time, but it is inconvenient to transport it all at once. I will deliver the food tomorrow morning!"

Zhu Yu was satisfied when he heard the answer that satisfied him. He had just checked the cart of grain. The grain was full and did not look stale. It was cleaned and not like other farmers who sold grain mixed with a lot of stones or dirt. He could not blame these people. After all, there was no cement floor for drying grain in this era and the grain could only be dried on flat land. There would be some impurities when the grain was harvested, it was just a matter of more or less.

The grains that Bai Qingyun took out were clean without any dust. In Zhu Yu's eyes, it seemed that this family had put a lot of thought into the grains, and it would be a good idea to purchase their grains in the future.

The current grain price is neither high nor low, and Zhu Yu is satisfied, so he sets the price at 18 wen per catty. The clerk in the grain store weighs a cart of grain, a total of 60 catties, plus ten catties of mushrooms. According to the current market price of wen per catty, a total of ten catties, the total profit of this trip of grain and mushrooms is taels and qian of silver.

What surprised Bai Qingyun was that the price of dried mushrooms was so high. However, Zhu Yu also explained considerately that most farmers would send fresh mushrooms to the store, and then the shop assistants would dry them. This omitted a process, so the purchase price would naturally not be too high.

But the mushrooms that Bai Qingyun took out were all dried under high temperature sunlight. Grain shrinks in size, and dried mushrooms can be stored for a long time. They are sold in the winter and are very popular among wealthy families, so the price is naturally much higher.