A scholar becomes a landlord

"Uncle, how do you sell this suet?"

Wei Le looked at the suet on the butcher's table. After all, a lot of oil is needed to make a banquet, and there is not much oil at home.In fact, he is used to eating vegetable oil instead of lard.

"Fifteen cents a catty."

Because suet produces more oil, the price of suet is two yuan higher than that of fat meat.

"Then give me five catties."

Lard oil can be stored for a long time after being refined, and as the weather gets colder, the storage time will be even longer.

But if there is a chance, he will grow some peanuts to extract oil. Lard oil is fragrant, but it is easy to bore (not a typo).

"Okay!" The uncle weighed five catties in a hurry, tied it with a rope and handed it to him.

Wei Le took out a basket from the pannier, and there was a layer of greased paper inside. This was his special basket for meat.

"Cut another fifty catties of meat, ten catties of big bones and ten catties of pork ribs."

Few people want big bones and pork ribs. Generally, only those who can't afford meat will order bones to go back to boil.Looking at the bones without even a trace of meat, no wonder they are so cheap.But for Wei Le, it's just right to cook hot. He doesn't like meat in the soup, and the meat that comes out of the soup is not tasty.

"Row."

The uncle who sells meat is very happy, he met a big customer today!Not only was the meat and bones enough, but Wei Le was also given a pair of clean large intestines.

Yo, this is a good thing, Wei Le happily took it, paid the money and left.Five catties of suet and 75 copper plates, fifty catties of pork, thirteen Wen per catty, a total of 650 Wen.Ten catties of big bones and ten catties of pork ribs cost two Wen per catty, making a total of forty Wen.

In this dynasty that he didn't know about, one tael of silver could be exchanged for one thousand Wen.In this way, he spent 760 five Wen at the meat stall, almost a tael.For the people in the village, one tael of silver can be used for more than half a year, and this is a villager with a better family background.The poorer ones can spend less than one tael of silver a year.

After buying the meat, Wei Le went to buy vegetables, which were rarely grown in the village. As for the vegetables grown by the villagers, he had already made reservations with several families, and someone would deliver them to his new home when he returned.

After buying the vegetables, he went to the grocery store to buy seasonings.However, there are relatively few seasonings in ancient times, and there are only a few common ones.Qi Le frowned, and ran straight to the pharmacy, not to mention that the marinade must be assembled.He likes to eat lo mei very much, and it will be even more wonderful if it is paired with a little wine~~~

When he got out of the town, he calculated on the ox cart, wow, he spent [-] Wen today, of which meat and seasonings were the most expensive.

Tsk tsk tsk, this money is really wasteful.Fortunately, I bought a lot of things today, and I didn't have to buy them again for a long time.But thinking about it again, the new home lacks everything, and the money spent will only be more, Qi Le's stomach hurts for a moment.Silver, silver, why do you always spend more than you earn?

As soon as Qi Le came back, Aunt Lizheng brought several aunts to help, and a few young men helped to set up the tables and chairs.

After taking out dozens of catties of meat, Aunt Lizheng and the others burst into laughter.Ouch, today they are lucky.

The family didn't have enough bowls, so they borrowed them from people in the village, and each family's bowls were marked, and Wei Le wrote it down on paper with a pen, in case he made a mistake, and several families would quarrel later.

Wei Le himself doesn't know how to write gross notes, but he can't hold back the original owner!In addition, he has practiced every day for the past few months, and his handwriting is [-]% similar to the original owner's. I believe that after a few more months of practice, it should be almost the same as the original owner.Although the original owner is a person who can only read dead books, even Wei Le, who doesn't know how to do it, can see his handwriting, which is very good.

Now that he had such a foundation, he certainly couldn't give up.Every day I find time to practice a few big characters.This is how the study of the new home came about. The layout inside is no worse than that of the bedroom. There is also a kang, so you can sit on the kang and practice calligraphy when it is cold in winter.

Except for a few top-quality goods, people who come to eat basically bring something.For example, a few handfuls of vegetables, a piece of cloth, a few eggs or a few pennies, as long as it is what they want, Wei Le will not dislike it.

But those few top-quality restaurants~~ Even if you put on a show, you can just take whatever food you want, anyway, the food is not worth much in the country, but the other party just came here empty-handed, and dragged his family along.

And the people in the village are usually headed family members, how can they come like this, the whole family came, didn't you see that the faces of Li Zheng and the elders were all black?

Seeing this, Wei Le raised his eyebrows.These families should remember that they should travel less in the future or detour as far as possible.

After eating the leftovers, Wei Le asked the villagers to take them home. He is a bit of a clean freak and doesn't like to eat leftovers from other people's food.But the villagers didn't take this into account, and divided up one by one, and you took away one bowl by one.With so many dishes, the elderly and children at home can eat for several days.

Although there is not much meat left, it still smells like oil!Unlike their family, the cooking oil just sticks to the pan, and there is no oily smell at all, and the elderly and children are greedy.If you want to add some food and fry it again, you can eat it for two more days!

After the aunts who came to help tidy up everything, they brought people back the dishes, tables and chairs from each family, and then happily left with the dishes Wei Le gave them, but none of them were served. Everyone at the table got half a bowl of meat, and the elderly and children in the family could also taste a few pieces.

After closing the door, Wei Le looked at the deserted home in an instant, sighed and walked towards the second yard.

There is a stove in the main room, which Wei Le usually uses to boil water.Whether it's boiling water for drinking or washing your face, it's all done in this room, which is very convenient.

After all, there was no natural gas in ancient times, and there was no way to have hot water at any time. This method can only be used to solve the problem of hot water.

After washing his face and rinsing his mouth, Wei Le took off his coat and wiped himself with hot water.If you want to say what you are most unaccustomed to, it is taking a bath.He has even remodeled the toilet. After using it, it will be clean after flushing it with water. Unlike taking a bath, you can only squat in a big bathtub. After washing, you have to rinse it again with clean water.

But the environment is like this, even if Wei Le wants to change, he doesn't have the talent!Besides, it is not enough to compare with the top, and it is more than the bottom, he is already very good.To be honest, even the place where the emperor lives may not be as comfortable as his own home!

Because the weather is not too cold, the kang was burned and dried for two days when it was just built, and it is not the time to go to sleep on the kang.So Wei Le slept directly on the canopy bed.

After blowing out the oil lamp, Wei Le groped for the bed, lay down on the bed, pulled the thin quilt to cover himself tightly.The season has changed, but you can't get sick.

Early the next morning, Wei Le ran around the yard first, exercised for half an hour, changed his clothes, and then went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.He was the only one, so he spread out a few egg pancakes, and settled for breakfast with the big bone soup made last night.

Then continue to carry the basket, find old man Li, and go to the county seat.Cattle were an important tool of labor in ancient times, and they could not even be bought and sold privately.So if he wants to buy cattle, he has to go to the county town to buy them. There are none in the town.After all, if you buy a good cow, you have to register with the county government, so we will do it together when we drop by.

Because you want to buy cattle, it is more convenient to find someone who knows how to do it.

When they came to the cow and horse market in the county seat, old man Li went to search first, while Wei Le went to check the price of the bullock cart.He really knows how to drive, he learned from the carriage master on the way from the capital to this small county.

For the sake of money, the master taught very seriously, and Wei Le's skills are quite good.In the end, he happened to meet a man who wanted to sell a mule. Wei Le looked at it and found that the mule was quite valuable. Although it was more expensive than a donkey, the mule was strong and could run quite fast.If it weren't for the other party's lack of money, they wouldn't have brought the mule in prime of life to sell.

After thinking about it, Wei Le took out 20 taels of silver and bought the mule.Although the mule is good, it is cheaper than the cow.So I took 20 taels of silver, and gave half of it and half of it for a mule cart, the kind with carriages.

It happened that old man Li didn't find a good cow, so he won't buy a cow today.Old man Li said that if Wei Le needed it, he would go to the surrounding villages to look for it. He remembered that there were several families raising cattle.

"Okay, I'll trouble Uncle Li then. It's always more convenient to have a cow at home if you have a field."

It is more convenient to cultivate land with cattle, and besides, he is not short of this money.Originally, he still planned to buy sheep, but he is a bit busy recently, let's talk about it after the new year!

Goat milk is a good thing, good for the body!In modern times, he dare not drink cow's milk or goat's milk at all. Who knows what is added in it?

Although it is a bit fishy, ​​adding some tea leaves or almonds in it is said to remove the fishy smell.Anyone who often reads novels online knows these two, and Wei Le happens to be one of the fans of online novels.

The little money he earns from odd jobs every month, except for the rent and daily expenses, is basically contributed to Internet cafes and novel websites.

After saying goodbye to old man Li, Wei Le drove the mule cart to other places. When he came to the county today, besides buying cattle, he also had other things to buy!

So he ordered a lot of clothes at the clothing store, besides coats, there were also cotton coats, quilts, leather jackets, etc., and he even ordered two rabbit fur cloaks, the one with a hat.

Winter is coming, he has to prepare winter items.

In addition to clothes, he ordered a series of supplies such as quilts the most. In addition to several beds in the room where he lived, there were also several guest rooms.Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if the guests come and have a place but no quilt!

After making an appointment for ten days to pick it up, Wei Le took the two autumn clothes and two pairs of shoes he bought, paid the deposit and left.

The mule cart was faster than the ox cart, and although Wei Le left the county after Old Man Li, he returned to the village before him.First drive the mule to the cowshed to settle down, and feed some grass.Fortunately, when he built it, it was bigger than the average cowshed, and it would not be crowded with two more mules.If there is not enough space, the pigsty can be used first. Anyway, if you want to raise pigs, you have to wait until the end of the Chinese New Year. It is too late to raise pigs now, and they will not grow much by the New Year.