I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 242: Ways to Make Money

The old man was determined, so Gu Tong thought about it and decided not to force him. Anyway, as the old man said, they could stay in the shelter in Jia Village forever.

There is one thing that Gu Tong is worried about. "Jia Village is a hunter village after all. You live there, so be careful of wild animals in the mountains."

Gu Yonghe and his family nodded in unison.

They also knew this. If Jiajia Village was not very dangerous, the villagers would not have built high stone walls and used thick and heavy wooden doors in every household.

Fortunately, the place where they lived also had thick doors and high walls.

Having made up his mind, Gu Yonghe immediately ran to Gu Wenxuan to tell her about this matter.

When Gu Wenxuan heard her say that the house was completely uninhabitable, she immediately gave her twenty taels of silver in private, "You don't have to live in Jiajia Village. There is an empty house in Baijia Village that I bought in advance. I can make room for you."

Her grandmother, Mrs. Li, said that when her father, Gu Yongming, came back injured, their family was driven out by old man Gu. Although her cousin Gu Yonghe could not help much due to her young age, she often secretly sent pheasant eggs and wild duck eggs that she picked up while digging wild vegetables and picking grass for pigs to their house to supplement the nutrition of her injured father.

Gu Wenxuan is a person who will repay a favor. Back then, Gu Yonghe was able to give her father the pheasant eggs and wild duck eggs that she had obtained with great difficulty to nourish his body. Now, of course, she can lend a helping hand when the other party is having a hard time.

Twenty taels of silver was not a lot for her, but it was enough for Gu Yonghe's family to build a solid and imposing blue brick and tile house in this rural place.

Gu Yonghe refused in vain and had to accept the money with mixed feelings, but she insisted that the money was borrowed from Gu Wenxuan and she would return it to her slowly in the future.

The more she acted like this, the more Gu Wenxuan looked at her with admiration.

After a little thought, she thought of a way for Gu Yonghe to make money. "Aunt, raise a hundred ducks next year. As long as the eggs are fresh, I will charge you three cents each."

Gu Yonghe was shocked and confused, "What do you want so many duck eggs for?"

"I can't tell you now, but I won't lose money anyway." After a pause, Gu Wenxuan said, "You can also tell my third grandfather and his family about this. If they are willing to raise ducks, I will buy their fresh duck eggs at the price of three cents each."

The current market price of duck eggs is three cents each, but after the situation is completely stabilized, prices will definitely continue to fall slightly. Gu Wenxuan is willing to reserve duck eggs for their two families for next year at the current price. To put it bluntly, this is already taking care of them.

Gu Yonghe couldn't think of this, but she was very clear about the price of eggs in winter and in summer and autumn, and the price of eggs in winter was definitely higher.

She reminded Gu Wenxuan, "You should wait until next summer to see the market price and then decide how much to give us. It's winter now, and everything in winter is more expensive than in summer."

Even if Gu Wenxuan only purchased the duck eggs from the two families at the market price of duck eggs next summer, Gu Yonghe felt that the two families were getting a good deal in this deal.

Apart from anything else, at least they no longer have to squat in the market for half a day to sell a basket of chicken eggs and duck eggs; and they no longer have to swallow their anger and give away the chicken eggs and duck eggs they have saved with great difficulty to the lazy and scoundrel who come to cause trouble in order to keep the peace.

These two points alone can save them a lot of effort and avoid a lot of trouble.

Gu Wenxuan smiled, "I definitely won't give this price to other families. I will only give this price to you two families for next year. After that, we will follow the market price."

Gu Yonghe understood that Gu Wenxuan was intentionally helping them. Unlike giving them money directly, this time Gu Wenxuan found them a way to make money that they could continue to do for a long time.

Gu Yonghe had taken care of poultry many times, so she knew how many eggs a duck could lay in a year. Even if she took an average number that was neither too high nor too low and assumed that a duck laid 150 eggs a year, then if she raised 100 ducks for a year, she could earn 45 strings of cash by selling eggs.

After deducting the costs and paying off the foreign debt owed to her mother's family, they would still have at least ten strings of cash left.

That’s ten strings of cash!

Gu Yonghe, who had never received so much money before, couldn't help but feel his heart beating fast just thinking about this number.

She held Gu Wenxuan's hand and said many words of thanks with red eyes.

Gu Wenxuan couldn't stand this the most. She said, "Didn't you also help my family?" and then she was at a loss for words.

Helpless, she could only say, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You go ahead and do your work. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first," and then she ran away in a hurry.

Gu Yonghe was dumbfounded. After she reacted, she smiled and said "This child". Then she happily went to tell her husband and father-in-law about it.

Of course, she did not forget her family. She talked about this with her husband and father-in-law. After properly putting away the money given by Gu Wenxuan, Gu Yonghe took the three hundred dollars given by her father and went to find her family.

She returned the money to Gu Tong. "I went to tell Wenxuan that my house had completely collapsed and that we would have to live in Jia Village for a while. She just stuffed the money into my pocket."

She did not reveal the exact amount, only saying that the money Gu Wenxuan lent her was enough for their family to build a house.

"I know our family isn't wealthy, and if there's no other way, I'll definitely not be polite to my own family, but now I have the money Wenxuan lent me, so you don't have to save and lend me money anymore."

Gu Tong did not insist after hearing this. Just as Gu Yonghe said, their family was not having a good time either. The house needed to be repaired, household items needed to be purchased, and before the spring plowing next year, farm tools and other things would also have to be repaired or bought new.

Watching Gu Tong put the silver and money away, Gu Yonghe told her family about the duck.

She asked Gu Tong and others to keep it a secret. "Wen Xuan will not give this price to other companies. If you want to make more money, then keep your mouths shut. Otherwise, once the news leaks out, Wen Xuan will be angry and simply stop buying our duck eggs. Then we will be in big trouble."

Although she said "you guys", her eyes were always fixed on her mother - her mother was the only unstable factor in their family, while the mouths of other people were very reliable.

Gu Tong's old wife felt a little uncomfortable when Gu Yonghe looked at her. She had just thought about telling her family members about the news, asking them to raise ducks as well, and then sending the duck eggs to her house, and she would sell them to the second wife.

In this way, her brothers from her mother's side can earn more money, and she can be considered to have helped her own family.

Gu Tong's wife was thinking, since Gu Wenxuan's family now had plenty of food to give away for free to the villagers, then it wouldn't be a big deal for them to help their relatives a little more, right?

Hearing Gu Yonghe say this, she stammered in despair, trying to test Gu Yonghe's attitude, "No, not really, right? Even if everyone knew, she could still charge two different prices. The money is hers, and no one else can control how much she gives to whom."