Chapter 280: Picking Chilis (3)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
At the thought of this, Jiang Dahe’s eyes lit up with interest.
Lin Xiaoyue smiled.
“But we have yet to confirm which shop it will be. We plan to buy one, otherwise we’ll rent.”
Jiang Dahe was shocked.
Buy?
He immediately looked at Lin Xiaoyue.
Seeing that she was still smiling warmly, he quickly retracted his gaze.
Yes, he did not hear wrongly. The Liu family wanted to buy a shop!
Previously, he heard that the Liu family had made a lot of money from the cold cake business, and Li Xiao was doing well at the dock.
He really didn’t expect that in such a short time, the Liu family would buy a shop!
His sister said that the Liu family was going to open another branch. He thought that they were renting a shop.
“Alright, see you then!” Jiang Dahe said immediately.
He refused to eat at the Liu family’s house, only saying that Li Xiao was not at home and it was appropriate for him to stay for dinner, so he left.
After leaving the Liu family, Jiang Dahe was not in a hurry to go back. Instead, he went to the Sun family for dinner.
He told his elder sister and brother-in-law about the Liu family buying a shop.
When the Sun couple learned of this news, they were so shocked that their eyeballs almost fell out.
The Liu family had really prospered.
Jiang Dahe reminded his eldest sister and brother-in-law to build a good relationship with them.
He also reminded them to keep him posted abotu the Liu family. When their shop opened, he would bring some food and wine over.
After that, he left.
Li Xiao had a lot of connections in town. As long as he was willing to introduce him, he could get more business.
Also, he might have a chance to get involved in some of the big jobs in town.
Although Lin Xiaoyue did not say it out loud, he could figure it out.
The government office had not officially released the shops, but they were already preparing to renovate the shop.
Were they really going to wait for the government office to release them?
He did not believe it.
There was an 80% chance that the shop was already bought.
Ordinary people would not be able to do this.
Li Xiao was not ordinary…
He had been building houses for two to three years. However, they only received jobs in the countryside or some small work in town.
It was not easy to make a name for oneself. He had to get to know more famous people in order to become big.
Li Xiao was his chance.
The Sun couple looked at each other and understood. They were once again impressed by the Liu family.
If Dahe did well, he would take care of their family, and they would also live better.
Five days later, Lin Xiaoyue brought Jiang Dahe to the shop.
After confirming the renovation style and other issues with Jiang Dahe and calculating the price, she left the supervision and preparation of materials to Li Xiao.
Li Xiao was usually at the dock, and he had people under him, so it was very easy to do this.
Soon, chilis started to grow in the garden.
Lin Xiaoyue arranged for Aunt Jiang and Jiang Juhua to go to harvest them.
“Only pick the red chilies. If there are no red ones, wait for a few more days and harvest them when they are red.” Lin Xiaoyue said to the two.
“The salary will be calculated according to the weight of the chilis.”
She planted facing heaven peppers, which were also the most widely distributed peppers in China before the apocalypse.
This kind of pepper was not big, but it was spicy and had a high yield. The production capacity per mu could reach 1,500 to 2,000 kilograms.
As the chilies in the garden were well taken care of, they produced a lot of chilies.
She estimated that if she harvested all of them,they would weigh at least a thousand pounds.
Heaven facing peppers don’t not turn red all at once. She arranged for Aunt Jiang and Jiang Juhua to harvest them in three batches.
“Sure!” Aunt Jiang quickly replied.
They had seen the Liu family’s chili peppers. There was a large area of them, and they all looked healthy.
If they worked a little harder, they could pick 50 catties a day. That was 100 wen, which was more than what they earned by doing odd jobs.
Lin Xiaoyue took them to the garden and left after giving them some instructions.
In one day, they had actually picked a total of 140 catties of chili.
Lin Xiaoyue and Liu Shi washed and dried them on the rack.
Soon, the Liu family’s courtyard was filled with bamboo boards filled with red chili peppers.
Three days later, Aunt Jiang and Jiang Juhua finished picking the first batch of chilies.
At this moment, the chili peppers that were still green had started to turn red.
Just as they were about to start the second round of harvesting, they were stopped by Lin Xiaoyue.
“Let’s wait for another two days. For the next two days, please help me make some pickled vegetables and spicy cabbage at home.”
The jars she ordered from Jin’s Grocery Store had arrived.
She planned to make more pickled vegetables, spicy cabbages, and more in these two days.
“The salary will be 70 wen a day.” Lin Xiaoyue added.
Aunt Jiang and Jiang Juhua immediately agreed..