Transmigrated To Ancient Time: Thrive With An Auction System!-Chapter 170: Soaring Price ( 4 )

Seeing that everyone agreed to the limited purchase, Zhou Zihong smiled and said, "Everyone, please calm down. Besides the limited purchase, we will sell based on first-come, first-served."

After he said this, he gestured to the first in line and said, "This brother, please come in."

Following his words, the servant entered the store and smelled the umami scent coming from the sauces. He took a deep breath and said, "So fragrant."

"This brother, which sauce do you want?" Zhou Ziyuan asked.

"Give me 1 jin of fish sauce and 2 jin of soy sauce."

"The price for the fish sauce is 8 taels of silver per jin, and the price for the soy sauce is 5 taels of silver per jin. A total of 18 taels of silver," Zhou Ziyuan said as he scooped the sauces into the servant’s jars.

The servant didn’t bargain and paid the silver. After he closed the jars’ lids, he wrapped them with thick cloth and held them close to his chest. The price of these sauces was so high that he couldn’t afford to spill them.

After the first customer left, the second entered the shop. Fearing that they would break the jars, everyone lined up neatly and proceeded in an orderly manner.

Despite the limited purchase, the sauces were sold out in less than 3 hours.

At 10 o’clock in the morning, Zhou Boming and his sons were counting the money while his wife watched the store. They calculated for half an hour before finishing.

"Father, a total of 1,900 taels of silver. After taking out our commission, the total is 1,710 taels of silver," Zhou Zihong said.

"Father, after deducting the transportation costs, we earned a total of 187 taels of silver from selling the sauces," Zhou Ziyuan added.

Hearing this, Zhou Boming beamed and said, "Even if we can only sell the sauces once a month, this amount is more than our income over 2 years."

After he calmed down, he looked at his second son and said, "Ziyuan, now that our family has the means to pay for your tuition, will you continue your studies?"

Hearing this, Zhou Ziyuan was stunned. He turned to his brother and saw him nod with a smile. As a merchant family, their status was low. If he could pass the examination and become a Xiucai, his family’s status would rise.

His father only had 2 sons, and his brother would inherit the family business. That left him to take this path.

What’s more, his brother had no interest in studying, while he had both talent and interest. If he could continue his studies, he would smile even in his dreams.

"Father, I will study hard and won’t let you and Mother down," he said firmly.

Zhou Zihong patted his brother’s shoulder and said, "Ziyuan, the glory of our family will depend on you."

"Brother, I will do my best to bring glory to our Zhou family," Zhou Ziyuan nodded.

"Good. Zihong, send this money to Miss Yao and ask her when the next batch of sauce will be ready," Zhou Boming said.

"Understood."

15 minutes later, Zhou Zihong left with a group of workers to send the empty jars and money to Yao Zhi.

Meanwhile, Yao Zhi had just finished cooking lunch and packing it into the bamboo baskets. After being reminded by her husband, she avoided making sumptuous meals.

For today’s lunch, she prepared 13 big buns, 3 portions of steamed eggplant with chili garlic sauce, stir-fry cucumber and egg, and snow fungus soup. Since the big buns had meat filling, she didn’t make any meat dishes.

As usual, she prepared 2 waterskins mixed with spiritual spring water for her husband and filled 2 leather waist bags with jackfruit chips. Since it was only for her husband, she didn’t feel worried at all.

She left 4 big buns and 1 portion of each dish for the Yang brothers. After she loaded everything into the donkey cart, she poured a pot of hot water into the drinking vat to cool down.

Before leaving, she went to the backyard to inform the Yang brothers. "Brother Erlang, Brother Sanlang, I’m going to the barracks first. Your lunch is in the kitchen. Also, please help me watch the house."

"Sister Yao, you can go with ease. We will watch your house for you," Yang Erlang nodded.

"Thank you."

After she wore her veiled hat, she left in her donkey cart. 35 minutes later, Yao Zhi arrived at the barracks. While she parked her cart under the tree, the guards already gone to inform Fu Chen’an.

Soon after, he came out with the empty bamboo baskets. Seeing his wife, a smile bloomed on Fu Chen’an’s face. He hastened his steps and said, "Wife, you are here."

Yao Zhi nodded and said, "Husband, I brought more fruit chips for you."

"Thank you, Wife," Fu Chen’an nodded. He unloaded the bamboo baskets and put the empty baskets in the cart before he took out the lunch.

When he took out the dishes, he noticed that the dishes today were mostly vegetables. He smiled and felt happy. His wife took his words to heart and listened to his opinion.

While they ate, Yao Zhi asked, "Husband, when is your day off?"

"There are new recruits, so I won’t be able to go back this month. Maybe I can go back in the next 2 months."

Yao Zhi nodded. After a moment of silence, she said, "Husband, I have received the land deed for the wasteland connected to our backyard. The total land is 210 acres, with 3 acres of low-quality land and the rest being wasteland."

"I plan to fence the surrounding area, so I asked Brother Yang Erlang to help me find 40 people. The work will take around 5 days to complete."

Hearing this, Fu Chen’an asked, "Wife, what do you plan to do with the land?"

"When I visited the border market, I bought seeds called sunn hemp. The merchant said that this plant can increase soil fertility. Besides that, it could also be used to make paper, rope, and twine."

"Wife, even if the merchant said so, without the method, it’s impossible for us to make those things," Fu Chen’an said.