Farming in another world to make a fortune

"How many straight peach branches can there be?" Chen Feng rolled his eyes, "There are so many requests, you can choose by yourself."

After speaking, he took Yu Zhou to the place where the firewood was piled up behind the house, pointed to the two smaller bundles of firewood above and said, "Here, these are all."

Yu Zhou was not polite, and took both bundles of firewood to the ground. After a long time of picking, he finally picked out a stick that was straight and had no branches.

After putting the rest back in place, he said, "Then I'll go back first."

"Do I need a small carving knife?" Chen Feng asked.

"Yes," Yu Zhou replied without thinking, he only had a kitchen knife and a hatchet at home, neither of these two knives are suitable for cutting hairpins, but... Yu Zhou raised his eyebrows, "You There is such a thing at home?"

"I like to make these small things, of course the tools must be prepared." Chen Feng said quite proudly, "If you don't know anything, you can also ask me."

Yu Zhou still made wooden knives and wooden swords like playing house when he was a child, and it was the first time he made mahogany hairpins, so he nodded and said, "Okay."

After Chen Feng took two small knives of different styles from the room to Yu Zhou, he waved his hand to signal that he could go back, and whispered softly: "I never thought that you, Yu Zhou, would have such a caring day."

Yu Zhou didn't care about his innocuous words because he was short-handed, and there might be something he needed to ask the other party for advice.

Because he planned to give it to Jinchuan after it was finished, when he was still outside the yard, Yu Zhou purposely hid the mahogany branches and the carving knife behind him, and tiptoed into the main room.

This is his territory, just like Pianwu is Jinchuan's territory. Even if the two seek each other for business, they usually knock on the door to call out people, or stand at the door and talk, and will not go into the house.

If you carve a hairpin here, you don't have to worry about Jinchuan finding it halfway.

Since this is my first time making hairpins, the simpler the better.

Yu Zhou drew a long, slender and round hairpin body on the paper, and after looking at it for a while, he added a little cloud-shaped hook at the end.

It is not difficult to do so, and the finished product will feel simple and generous.

After the blueprint was drawn, Yu Zhou didn't delay, and immediately began to peel the peach tree branches.

The house was quiet, only the rustling sound of the blade cutting through the wood, and the shadow under the eaves was getting longer and longer due to the movement of the sun, but Yu Zhou didn't notice it, and only cared about his work.

It wasn't until he heard Aunt Chen calling him from the yard that Yu Zhou suddenly woke up from his concentration.

At this time, the wooden hairpin in his hand had already begun to take shape.

Yu Zhou rubbed his stiff neck, thought for a while, put the hairpin in the cabinet, and then walked out of the main room.

Just at this time, Jin Chuan also heard voices coming out of the room, and Yu Zhou unconsciously looked at his hair tied with coarse cloth.

After regaining consciousness, he immediately turned his head and walked towards Aunt Chen who was standing at the gate of the yard, "Auntie, what do you want from me?"

"You go to the town as soon as you go, why did you buy me meat?" Aunt Chen feigned anger.

Yu Zhou touched the back of his neck, which was still a little uncomfortable, and said with a smile: "My aunt's family has taken care of me a lot, and I can make money. Of course, I have to pay back to my aunt, and this is not my intention alone."

"Jinchuan?" Aunt Chen glanced in the direction of the side room.

Yu Zhou said 'hmm', "He has embroidered some handkerchief purses in the past few days, and took them to the town to exchange some money."

Aunt Chen smiled gratifiedly, "That's fine, both of you can earn money, so your life will improve sooner."

After finishing speaking, she handed a small bundle of dried vegetables in her hand to Yu Zhou, "Your family also bought meat, I guess you don't have any vegetables that can be stewed with meat, so I brought some dried vegetables for you .”

Yu Zhou's house really didn't have any side dishes for stewing meat, so he didn't show courtesy to Aunt Chen.

He just saw that in the dried vegetables that Aunt Chen gave, besides dried beans, there were also dried cabbage. He couldn't help but think of the taste of dried vegetables and steamed meat. He swallowed and asked, "Auntie, do you have garlic at home?"

"There are quite a few more, you can go and get some if you want." Aunt Chen said.

Yu Zhou heard the words and quickly sent the dried vegetables to the kitchen, and went to her house with Aunt Chen.

Aunt Chen went to fetch garlic for him, while Yu Zhou was waiting in the yard.

Uncle Chen, who was also resting in the yard, looked at Yu Zhou twice, and finally made up his mind and said, "Boy Zhou, there is something I want to ask you about your plan."

He spoke seriously, and Yu Zhou unconsciously became serious, "Uncle, tell me."

Uncle Chen waved his hand, motioning for him to sit down and talk, "Qingming will soon be over, and after Qingming, there will be grain rain. Whether it is dry land or paddy field, it must be plowed before the grain rain, otherwise the farmer's planting will be delayed."

At this point, he paused for a moment before continuing: "The two acres of paddy fields and the one acres of dry land in your family, should I continue to plow them for you as in previous years, or should I find other people in the village?"

Although Yu Zhou planted land with his family when he was a child, and he knew how to do a lot of work, he really didn't know exactly when the various farmers planted the seeds. With Uncle Chen watching over him, he didn't know how much easier it would be. Only when you get stuck will you go to other people in the village, "Of course I'll leave it to you."

Then he scratched his head and said, "I just don't know how much it costs to plow an acre of land, so I can prepare in advance."

"A mu of dry land can usually be plowed in about half a day, so it is cheaper. It only costs [-] yuan. Paddy fields need to be plowed much finer, so it costs [-] yuan per mu," Chen Shu said. "These are paid for the cattle. , for your family, just give half of each."

"That's how it works, as much as you want." Yu Zhou said.

Brothers also need to settle accounts clearly. Since the price is the same in the village, Yu Zhou is embarrassed to ask Uncle Chen to give him a cheaper price. After all, his family is not the only one in the village without cattle. Uncle Chen’s family has cattle, and he is hardworking. If he didn't have work to do, he wouldn't have the face to ask Uncle Chen to do the work for him and pay less.

What's more, his family's seedlings were also bred with the help of Uncle Chen, and he didn't give money.

After leaving Uncle Chen's house, Yu Zhou couldn't help feeling a little worried.

At his current speed of copying scripts, if he takes less rest a day, he can finish copying two volumes in about two and a half days, earning 120 essays.

There are [-] wen per day, which is double the wages of working in Luofengpo before.

But it was still not enough. With rice, noodles, oil and food all needed to be bought, the money he earned from copying books left only a little mantissa after buying these.

Now all the copper coins on my body are not enough to pay Chen Shu to plow the land.

If you want to be rich in your hands, you must have other income.

Standing in the yard, Yu Zhou began to think about how those time travelers in novels or TV got rich in his memory.

Leaving aside those who have gold fingers, this has nothing to do with his situation.

Then there are more hunting, but this is not good, not to mention that he is inexperienced, even if he has, there are no big prey in the nearby mountains, and if you go further into the mountains, it may be that he is hunting animals or animal hunting. him.

Another thing is to collect herbs, oh, this doesn't work either, because he doesn't know the herbs at all.

Do you want to sell food?

Yu Zhou thought about it, and found that it was not feasible. Because the species in this world are rich enough, and the diet is also advanced, the town has everything that should be available. His cooking skills are not bad, but the cost is almost zero. , Even if you make something that can be sold, it is not very competitive.

Yu Zhou sighed, thinking dejectedly, is he really going to become the poorest among all the traversers, who can barely make ends meet by copying books?

Copy books? ! ! !

Yu Zhou suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and the secret method was in front of him, why was his eyes covered by the fog for so long.

When Jin Chuan came out of the room, he saw Yu Zhou holding a handful of garlic in his hand, his eyes were shining with excitement, and he couldn't help wondering, "Is there anything good?"

Before the matter was settled, Yu Zhou was afraid that something might happen, so he just said, "Aunt Chen sent some dried vegetables, and I'll steam the meat for you to eat."

Jin Chuan always felt that it would not be such a simple matter, but he didn't ask further, "Then I'll go and light a fire for you."

According to the authentic method, the dried vegetables for steaming meat with dried vegetables should be soaked in cold water for a few hours first, but today there is no time, so Yu Zhou plans to change the method and steam the meat and dried vegetables together for a while longer.

Soaked and chopped dried cabbage is placed at the bottom of the bowl, and then a whole head of peeled garlic is placed on top of it. Finally, the thinly sliced ​​pork belly marinated in soy sauce is placed on top.

For extra flavour, he also sprinkled some chopped dried chilies on top.

After finishing it, put it in the pot and steam it on low heat, and you don't need to watch the fire from time to time.

By the time it was time to eat, the meat had been steaming in the pot for almost two hours. As soon as the lid was lifted, the two of them could smell the rich aroma of meat and dried vegetables.

Yu Zhou couldn't wait to bring the bowl to the main room, and Jin Chuan rushed to serve him.

After all the food was served on the table, Yu Zhou picked up a chopstick of meat for Jin Chuan, and picked out a piece of garlic and put it in his bowl.

Facing the white and fat garlic, Jin Chuan frowned almost invisible, but under Yu Zhou's gaze, he still held his breath and put the garlic into his mouth.

As a result, he took a bite, and his eyes lit up, which was completely different from what he had imagined!

Yu Zhou laughed, and also tasted one.

The garlic has been steamed for almost two hours, and it is soft and glutinous, full of the aroma of gravy and dried vegetables, and it is difficult for anyone to refuse it.

The oil from the pork belly has also been steamed out and absorbed by the dried vegetables at the bottom. The oil is not greasy, and the dried vegetables are also delicious.

Without knowing it, the two of them ate up half a catty of steamed pork belly and dried vegetables, and even the leftover soup was mixed with half a bowl of rice by Yu Zhou.

In the next few days, both of them stayed at home and didn't go out much. Yu Zhou was anxious to finish copying the scriptures in his hand and engrave the hairpin for Jinchuan.

However, human potential is limitless. This time, because of his anxiety, in only two and a half days, he had already finished copying the story without saying anything, and the hairpin could be finished after polishing.

Yu Zhou wanted to realize his next plan as soon as possible, so he went to the town on the day he finished copying the script.

But he didn't know that not long after he left, someone sneaked in from the door of his house.