Chapter 36 - Chapter 36: Chapter 36: A Big Flood Coming_l (1/2)

Chapter 36: Chapter 36: A Big Flood Coming_l

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At this moment, Yingbao spoke: “Uncle Zhou, do you buy Xue’er? We still have some at home.”

Zhou Mao looked at the baby girl doing business with him and couldn’t help but laugh, “Yes, of course I’m buying.”

“Then how much do you pay per kilo?” Yingbao asked.

Zhou Mao pondered for a moment, “If the quality is good, a kilo of dry Xue’er is 500 coins.”

Yingbao nodded her tiny head, then asked, “Uncle Zhou, will you keep buying it? Or will you stop if you get too much?”

Zhou Mao seriously replied, “There’s a possibility, our trading company has to sell what we buy – if supply is larger than demand, we naturally stop buying.”

“Oh! Thanks, Uncle Zhou, I understand.’

As they left the Furuifeng Trading Company, only Jiang Sanlang was feeling down while everyone else was ecstatic.

Having confirmed the purchase price, they could return home and get started. How could they not be excited?

Even if they only sold once, it would be enough for their family to live happily for many years.

Jiang Sanlang, driving the donkey cart, stopped by several stores and bought a lot of daily necessities. He even bought some calligraphy and painting supplies and books for his daughter.

He also bought several bolts of cloth.

Now that they had earned some money, it was time to buy new clothes for his family, and live a better life.

As they passed by a blacksmith shop, Jiang Sanlang bought several farming tools and a new iron pot.

Buying metal tools required registration and tax payment, Jiang Sanlang presented his prepared family register for the process, and paid the metal tool tax.

After leaving the city gate, the donkey cart became much faster. The three brothers chatted and laughed in the cart, discussing how they would plant Jin’er in the future.

Despite taking several breaks, the one donkey pulling the cart full of people for a hundred li was exhausted.

Yingbao took advantage of the donkey’s break for grazing and drinking water to feed it Wudingzhi, which refreshed it.

Touching the donkey’s head, Jiang Cheng muttered, “There shouldn’t be anything wrong with it. Usually it’s foaming at the mouth after a 20 li journey.

It is strange today.”

The donkey gave him a snort, lifted its head high, and looked towards the direction where Yingbao vanished.

As for Yingbao, she first went to see her little brother upon returning home. She gave her mother a packet of cakes, “The shopkeeper said this one is the most easily digestible, it can be given to babies, mom, you eat too.”

Her mom happily took it, “My Baobao is the best. Your dad went to the county town and didn’t buy anything for us three.”

Yingbao replied, “Dad bought cloth for mom and little brother. It looks great. He will be carrying it back soon.”

Not only did Jiang Sanlang buy cloth for his own family, but he also bought it for his parents, his elder brother and sister-in-law, niece and nephew, and even his second brother’s family.

As nobody in Jiang Erlang’s family could sew clothes, all the cloth were left at the bigger house, waiting for help.

Soon enough, Jiang Sanlang entered the house holding three rolls of cloth.

It wasn’t until nightfall that the five people and the donkey arrived home.

When they returned to their old house, as it was too late, Jiang Cheng didn’t return the cart. After unloading the donkey, he fed it a bunch of green grass.

However, he noticed that the donkey was energetic, which was unusual for it after running 200 li all day.

The fabric was smooth and bright, of a quality and color not available in the cloth shops in town.

On top of the cloth, the two books for Yingbao, a copybook, a stack of paper, two brushes and an inkstone, and a few bars of ink.

Putting down the items, he took out three silver ingots from his waist bag and handed them to his wife.

He picked his son he hadn’t seen all day, kissed him, and smiled, “I have told your grandparents that we will order a batch of bricks and tiles from the kiln in a few days. After the summer harvest, we will rebuild the house and build the courtyard wall, then we won’t have to worry about people sneaking in.”

A few days ago, some rascal kid sneaked into the bamboo shed at night and stole a golden ear from a mulberry tree, even ruining a few others, which pissed off Jiang Sanlang.

Afterwards, Jiang Sanlang simply slept in the bamboo shed to prevent others from coming over.

Upon hearing her father mention building a house, Yingbao, who was skimming through the books, immediately ran over and looked up earnestly, “Dad, don’t build a house.”

Jiang Sanlang was taken aback, “Bao’er, why don’t you want a house? Isn’t it nice for us to live in a big house? In the future, let’s build a big courtyard, so you and your brother each will have a spacious room.”

“No!” Yingbao grabbed her father’s sleeve and decisively said, “In case there’s a flood, it could knock the house down. Dad, we shouldn’t build a house here, let’s build it on South Mountain, it won’t flood there.’