Chapter 38: House Building Reservation

"How about adding to fifty snow cakes a day, and one hundred bowls of ice cream a day?" Shopkeeper Zhou deliberated.

The weather had been getting hotter in the past few days, and more and more people were coming to the restaurant to buy ice cream. Even some noble families who didn't often come to the restaurant to eat sent servants to the restaurant to buy ice cream, buying a dozen bowls at a time. Fifty bowls were completely not enough to sell!

"That's fine, I'll send them to you tomorrow." Jiang Wei agreed instantly.

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at her mother somewhat strangely. The quantity of fifty snow cakes and one hundred bowls of ice cream was not small; just making them would take a whole day.

Could it be that her mother was very short of money now?

But wasn't there that wild stag sold before? It was over one hundred and seventy taels of silver. Could it be that it was all used up?

Jiang Xiaoxiao felt very puzzled, but soon, her puzzle was solved.

Leaving Yuelai Restaurant, Jiang Wei didn't go to the original street corner to sell snow cakes, but led Jiang Xiaoxiao to the carpentry shop.

"Boss, how much is your blue brick tile per piece?" Jiang Wei asked directly about the price of blue brick tiles needed to build a blue brick tile house as soon as she came up.

"Seven wen per piece."

So expensive?!

Jiang Xiaoxiao was stunned.

Just a single blue brick tile cost seven wen, so building a blue brick tile house would cost at least one hundred taels of silver to start!

Not to mention that after building the house, you still have to find people to make furniture, what wardrobes, kang tables, square tables, stools, cabinets, storage cabinets, etc...

No wonder every household in the village was a mud adobe house, or a cheaper thatched house.

Building four or five mud adobe houses in the village only cost two taels of silver. If building a thatched house, it almost didn't cost any money; you just had to find fellow villagers to help build it, and treat everyone to a meal after building the house.

And building a blue brick tile house required finding specialized mud masons, and also hiring short-term workers to help, so the remuneration fee would cost a lot.

Jiang Wei thought for a while and started gesturing with her hands about the house her family wanted to build.

Seeing that she wasn't joking but really wanted to build a house, the carpentry shop boss hurriedly called an apprentice to find paper, pen, and ink.

Jiang Wei took the pen, dipped it in ink, and started drawing the rough prototype of the house on the paper.

Jiang Xiaoxiao stood on the side and watched without blinking, but her heart was sweating. It seemed her mother not only wanted to build a blue brick tile house, but also wanted to build that kind of large building!

And according to the area planned by her mother, building this blue brick tile house probably wouldn't even be enough with one hundred taels of silver...

Is this really okay?

Jiang Xiaoxiao was somewhat worried. No family in the village had ever built a blue brick tile house; even the rich families in town built ordinary stone brick tile houses.

Ordinary stone brick tile houses, although not as good as blue brick tile houses, were much cheaper, and sixty taels were enough.

If their family built such a large blue brick tile house, what would they do if the villagers were jealous and envious...

Forget it, if they dared to come and cause trouble, she would use the electric baton given by her mother to stun them!

Finally, after some discussion, Jiang Wei and the carpentry shop boss decided on the materials needed to build the house.

The carpentry boss held the blueprint and shook his head and sighed, "It's been a long time since I received such a large order. But don't worry, I'll ask my master to come out then. My master used to help those high officials and nobles build residences and mansions in the Capital. He has rich experience, and I guarantee to help you build it to your satisfaction."

Saying this, he put down the blueprint and said, "However, the house you are building is too large, and it requires a lot of materials. It will take at least two months for all our manpower to prepare them."

Jiang Wei calculated the time. If they built it after two months, it could be built before winter, so she nodded and said "Okay."

After saying this, she paid a deposit of fifty taels.

Seeing Jiang Wei easily take out fifty taels as a deposit, Jiang Xiaoxiao's heart was dripping blood. How many ice creams and snow cakes would have to be sold to earn it back...

But thinking about it, if even blue brick tile houses were so expensive, how many thousands of taels of silver would those top-quality residences and mansions lived in by nobles in the Capital cost?

Leaving the carpentry shop, Jiang Wei let out a big sigh of relief.

The matter that had been on her mind was finally solved, and now she could earn money with peace of mind.

The ten years of survival in the apocalypse in her previous life had made her develop a habit: no matter how the food was, the place to live must be the best, indestructible, and unbreakable!

A home that could withstand all disasters and dangers.

Therefore, even if she knew that building a blue brick tile house would make the villagers jealous and envious, and even bring a bunch of trouble to herself, she was not afraid.

Having solved the matter of the house, the mother and daughter continued to go to the previous street corner to set up a stall to sell snow cakes.

They arrived later than usual today, and many people had already been waiting there, with a long line at the street corner.

One of the women saw the mother and daughter and walked over impatiently, "Oh my, you mother and child finally came! I've been waiting here for half a day. If you didn't come, I almost thought you weren't selling snow cakes today."

While talking, she came over to help Jiang Wei set up the sunshade umbrella.

Jiang Xiaoxiao picked a large snow cake from the ice cabinet and handed it to her, "Auntie, here."

"Oh my, my little grandson likes your snow cakes the most!" The woman didn't expect that just by helping, she would buy the first snow cake, and she smiled until her teeth were invisible, paying the money readily.

Those behind saw this and secretly remembered that in the future, they should also be diligent, help with something, and maybe they could buy a few more snow cakes.

The one hundred snow cakes today were still sold out quickly.

Those who didn't buy snow cakes could only disperse helplessly, muttering that they would come to line up earlier tomorrow.

Jiang Xiaoxiao packed up the money bag and calculated the total money earned today. The fifty ice creams and ten snow cakes on Shopkeeper Zhou's side earned five hundred and fifty wen, plus the one hundred snow cakes sold here at the street corner, totaling more than one tael of silver.

Not bad.

Tomorrow, the money on Shopkeeper Zhou's side would double again, and the money earned would only be more than today.

If it goes on like this, the money spent to build the house should be earned back soon, right.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was thinking happily when a person suddenly walked over from across the street corner.

Jiang Wei was still packing up the ice cabinet and said without raising her head, "Sorry, the snow cakes are sold out, come back tomorrow."

That person didn't leave, but just looked at the mother and daughter's clothing with disdain, "Are you the seller of the snow cakes?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked up upon hearing this. This person was wearing a satin long gown worth a lot of money, and was followed by a young boy dressed as a servant.

"I am the shopkeeper of the Zuixianju restaurant in the county city, surnamed Jia. You can call me Shopkeeper Jia." That person said lightly, but his face was holding a high and mighty appearance.

"Do you have anything to do?" Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't like this person's attitude, but still asked politely.

However, just as she finished speaking, Shopkeeper Jia scolded her, "When adults are talking, what are you, a little girl, interrupting!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 39 =====