0p0 Chapter 54 62 Bought a Hairpin
Chapter 54 62 Bought a Hairpin
Shen Yuan was experienced and took his men directly to the backyard of a restaurant and sold pheasants, rabbits and venison.
The shopkeeper had an old friendship with Shen Yuan, and when he saw that there was venison this time, he readily paid a high price.
Deer meat is hard to come by, and it is comparable to dragon meat.
The venison was sold directly for twenty taels of silver, and including the pheasants and rabbits, the total was twenty-five taels.
Then they went to the drugstore.
The old doctor was also very excited when he saw the tiger bones, not to mention the two pieces of deer antlers, which were also handled very cleanly. He directly offered 120 taels of silver.
The three brothers were stunned.
After going into the mountain, he sold it for 145 taels!
What is the concept of one hundred and forty-five taels?
Now working in the town only earns twenty cents a day, and food is not included.
Many people in the village have never even seen silver.
A family's food and drink for a year is estimated to be less than ten taels of silver, and that's for a very full meal.
Of the one hundred and forty-five taels, their family could get more than seventy taels. If they knew about normal times, it would be good enough if they could save three taels of silver throughout the year.
These seventy-plus taels, my god, are really scary.
They always felt that they were taking advantage of Shen Yuan, but Shen Yuan didn't say a word and directly divided half among the three brothers.
Brothers should settle accounts clearly. Since it has been agreed upon, Shen Yuan will naturally not be stingy, not to mention that he still has some tricks up his sleeve.
It was the first time the three brothers saw so much money. They were so excited that they didn’t know where to hide the silver.
Finally, they all agreed that they couldn’t put all the things on one person, because if one was lost, all would be lost.
So, everyone carried some in their pockets and walked very carefully.
Shen Yuan divided the silver among the three brothers and asked them to buy food on their own, while he himself prepared to buy an ox cart.
There are few laborers in his family, and he is the only one in his family, so it is difficult to plow the land when it comes time.
I happened to come to the county town today, and buying a cow requires registration with the government.
An adult ox for working costs at least eight taels of silver. Adding the cart frame, the entire ox cart costs more than ten taels.
He bought an ox and a cart frame, spending a total of 122 copper coins.
Don't underestimate these ten taels of silver. In the village, many people cannot save that much money in their entire life.
He was lucky this time. Most people would probably not be willing to buy a cow even if they had money.
For example, in their Daliushu Village, now only the head of the village has a cow.
After buying the ox cart, he still had more than sixty taels of silver in his hand, plus the money from hunting last time, a total of more than eighty taels.
He had already bought enough coarse grains a few days ago, not to mention that Su Wanwan had given him so much food, so he naturally didn't need to buy more food.
In the past, he had to get medicine for Shen Zhao, but now he doesn’t need to get medicine for Shen Zhao, nor does he need to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstone.
Shen Yuan suddenly felt that these dozens of taels of silver would be enough even if he didn't buy these things.
After all, the real money is spent on medicine and books.
Especially the pens, ink, paper and inkstone, which were extremely expensive. Even medicine, a month's supply of medicine, cost two taels of silver.
Shen Yuan put the money in his arms, and for some reason, he thought of Su Wanwan again.
If I hadn't met her, I wouldn't have had so much money left after buying medicine, writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone.
As they walked, they saw the official kiln in the county town. Shen Yuan thought of the porcelain that Su Wanwan wanted, so he stopped and looked at it for a long time, but ultimately did not buy any.
After I bought porcelain for her, she had to sell it for the money and then buy things for them, and in the end she was the one who was tired.
And he couldn't help at all.
What's more, he had already written a letter, stating that he would no longer allow her to buy things or sell porcelain. That was the end of it.
Damn, a man should keep his word and every spit counts!
Shen Yuan didn't want Su Wanwan to suffer.
Driving away in the ox cart, Shen Yuan passed by an attic selling girls' jewelry.
Shen Yuan stopped the ox cart and finally walked in.
The shopkeeper saw that it was a man dressed like a farmer and looked down on him a little.
But Shen Yuan didn't care and just kept watching.
Finally, he caught his eye on a white jade hairpin.
There was a white magnolia carved at the tail of the hairpin, which was particularly elegant and beautiful, and inexplicably reminded him of Su Wanwan's smiling face.
"Shopkeeper, how much is this hairpin?"
Shen Yuan called out, and the shopkeeper came over lazily.
"Oh, sir, you have a good eye. This is top-grade Lantian jade, and it is carved by a master. The lowest price is sixty taels."
The shopkeeper did not take out the hairpin, probably because the man could not afford it.
I guess he left after hearing the price.
"Put it on for me."
Without saying a word, Shen Yuan took out sixty taels of silver and slapped it on the counter.
The shopkeeper's heart skipped a beat, and he felt as if his stand was going to break.
Fortunately, the table is very sturdy.
Looking at the sixty taels of silver, the shopkeeper's eyes widened in disbelief.
This...isn't there any bargaining?
He really made a mistake.
It turned out that this man was a wealthy man. He took out sixty taels without blinking an eye.
"Okay, sir, wait a moment, I'll find a box to pack it for you!"
The shopkeeper immediately smiled and changed his attitude, as if he had become a different person.
Shen Yuan also rose from a farmer to the level of a "master".
The other party didn't bargain and was so generous, so the shopkeeper generously gave him a carved wooden box.
Shen Yuan's eyes never left the hairpin. After he put it away, he put it in his arms and left.
Sixty taels of silver is very expensive, but it is worth six hundred taels to buy it for her!
What's more, the sixty taels of silver were earned by himself, not by her selling bottles.
Therefore, Shen Yuan felt that it was of great significance and different.
Holding it in his arms, right against his heart, Shen Yuan suddenly felt his heart beating faster.
Driving the ox cart to meet up with the three brothers, Shen Su was startled when he saw the ox cart and said:
"Brother Yuan, you actually bought a bullock cart!"
As he said that, he walked forward and touched the bull's head.
Shen Liang and Shen Heng also came over with envy on their faces and touched the car door.
“Is that a lot of money?”
Shen Liang asked.
"Ten taels and two hundred copper coins."
Shen Yuan was eager to return home and didn't say much.
"So expensive!"
Shen Liang clicked his tongue, but his brothers didn't hesitate and directly put the purchased food and other things on the ox cart.
"How about we buy one too?"
Shen Su was already sitting on the ox cart. He sat at the tail of the ox, thinking about learning how to drive the ox.
"Buy, buy, buy, what do you want to buy?"
Shen Liang sat up and slapped him hard.
Shen Su felt a little aggrieved: "I just got some money today, so I still have some left."
Shen Heng also sat aside:
"We have already spent most of our money today on food and so many other things. The remaining money is not enough to pay the summer tax."
After these words were spoken, the noisy Shen Su also fell silent.
Yes, there is a severe drought this year, so grain production is bound to decrease. I heard that the drought is even worse in the north, and they are facing the prospect of having no harvest at all.
Even though there was a natural disaster, grain tax could not be reduced. If you didn't pay grain, you had to pay silver.
If there is not much harvest, they will not have to pay taxes. Their family has many people and a lot of land, so of course the taxes will be high.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.