Chapter 25 Economics - 20

At that time, I was surveying, doing carpentry and various other daily labors in the village. I knew as many trades as I could count on my fingers. Together, I earned thirteen yuan three quarters.Eight months' food expenses—that is, from the fourth of July to the first of March, the days on which the following accounts are settled, although I have spent more than two years there,—I don't count the potatoes I produced , a little corn and some peas, not counting the market price of the inventory left on hand on the checkout day, calculated as: Rice...1.735 yuan Syrup... 1.73 yuan - the cheapest saccharin

Rye...1.0475 yuan Indian cornmeal... ○·9975 yuan - cheaper than rye Pork... ○·22 yuan Hundreds of fans... ○·八八. ——The price is more expensive than Indian cornmeal, and troublesome White sugar... ○·80 yuan Lard...o·65 yuan Apple... ○.Two or five yuan are experiments, but the results are all Dried apples... ○.Two binary failures. Sweet potato... ○.ten yuan One pumpkin... ○·○6 yuan One watermelon... ○·○two yuan Salt... ○. ○ binary) Yes, I did eat a total of eight dollars and seven quarters; but if I did not know that the majority of my readers were guilty of the same crimes as mine, their lists would not be as good as mine if they were published. Well, then I won't open my sins so shamelessly.In the second year I sometimes fished and ate, and once I killed a marmot that was ravaging my broad bean field—which was performing its reincarnation, as the Tartars say—and I ate it , half experimental; although there is an almost musky scent, it still gives me a temporary treat, but I know that long-term enjoyment of this good fortune is not good, even if you ask the famous chef in the village to cook groundhog for you. no.

At the same time, although there are not many clothes and other petty items, there are: 8.4075 yuan Oil and other household utensils . . . $2.00, except for laundry and mending, which was mostly taken out, but not yet billed,--that's all the money that is necessary in this part of the world , or more than is necessary - all total expenditures are: House... 28.125 yuan The annual expenses of the farm . . . $14.725 Food for eight months... 8.74 yuan Clothes, etc. for eight months... 8.4075 yuan Oil for eight months... 2.00 yuan Total... $61.9975 Now I'm speaking to readers who are trying to earn a living.To pay for this expense, I sold the produce of the farm, planning to

Two three four four four yuan The day laborer earns... 13, 34 yuan Total... 36.78 yuan Subtract this from expenses, and there is a difference of twenty-five dollars and a quarter and three-quarters--precisely all the funds I had at the beginning, which were originally intended to cover expenses, on the one hand,--and on the other hand. On the one hand, besides the leisure, independence, and health thus acquired, I have a comfortable house to live in as long as I like.