Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

Yue Niang shook her head gently: "Nowadays, deserters come here from time to time. My sister-in-law asked me to go back to her parents' home with her to hide, but I was worried about Qiu Yong's mother, so I didn't agree."

"Do I look like a joke to you?" Yue Niang asked with a smile.

Du Wenxiu was silent for a long time before he said, "Just be true to your conscience. Don't pay attention to what others say."

"Since you have made up your mind not to be with him, we should make plans for our workshop as soon as possible. Otherwise, we will get entangled and cause gossip."

Yue Niang raised her sleeves to wipe away her tears and nodded.

"You're right. It's just the people working in the workshop..."

Yue Niang was worried that after the workshop was closed, the workers would lose their source of income and would have a hard time.

"Didn't someone ask you about the braising sauce recipe? We might as well make preparations for both situations." Du Wenxiu said.

Yue Niang looked at her, somewhat confused: "Are you planning to hand over the workshop to someone else?"

Du Wenxiu felt that Yue Niang was so hurt that her mind was a little confused.

"A workshop is a workshop, and a recipe is a recipe. You said someone asked for the brine recipe, but they just wanted to take over. But this is also the capital for us to survive and expand outward, and we must not let it go."

"What I mean is, let the rumor that the workshop wants to be sold out spread, and see if the person who asked for the recipe has any reaction."

"If someone from outside wants to take over, they are most likely the ones eyeing our workshop. In that case, we can negotiate the price with them, but the additional condition is that all the workers in the workshop must stay."

"If no one from outside comes to negotiate, we'll just see if there's anyone in the workshop willing to take over the management."

"We will be responsible for sales, and she will be responsible for production. As long as the quality is up to standard, it can save us a lot of costs in building a new workshop. Do you think this is feasible?"

After listening to Du Wenxiu's explanation one by one, Yue Niang's confused mind finally opened up.

"Also, although most of the people delivering goods outside used to take orders from Qiu Yong, as long as the news of my divorce from him spreads, there will be people willing to work for us."

Speaking of this, Yue Niang couldn't sit still: "No, I have to finish this matter as soon as possible, so as not to delay our business."

Seeing how anxious she was, Du Wenxiu couldn't help but laugh.

But this matter cannot be delayed. The yard in the city has not been found yet. If the workshop in the village is stopped again, the business will be put on hold. Wouldn't it be like letting others make money for nothing?

And since Yue Niang is so concerned, I think she could devote more energy to her career and worry less about household chores, and she might even be more energetic.

Thinking so, Du Wenxiu did not stop her and let her hurry to find a car and go home.

In the evening, Du Wenchan came back from outside and said that she had looked at several courtyards and found two or three suitable ones.

But she didn't dare to make a decision herself and was waiting for Du Wenxiu and Yue Niang to take a look.

They talked about the approaching Chinese New Year. This year Lu Fanghai was not at home, and there were only a lot of women at home, so there was no need to visit relatives. They asked Du Wenxiu what she had prepared.

"Well, since he's not at home, we won't celebrate the New Year? Yue Niang has made arrangements in a couple of days. Let's go shopping together to buy New Year's goods and have a good New Year."

Du Wenxiu waved his hand and said generously, and Du Wenchan agreed with a smile.

Du Wenxiu held her waist and tried to get up, and Du Wenchan hurried forward to help her.

At this time, A Luo came back from outside, and hurriedly apologized with a smile, saying that he came back late and missed cooking.

"What are you talking about, Aunt? There are so many people at home, are they just waiting for you to cook?" Du Wenxiu said angrily.

A Luo smiled and put on an apron, then went in to make a fire and cook. Du Wenxiu also went in to help, but was coaxed out by the two men and was only allowed to chat at the door.

Xiaohu had finished school early, and when he came back he started fetching water from the water tank, very diligently.

The moon is bright outside the window. I wonder where Lu Fanghai is at this time?

The next day, Du Wenxiu wanted to go to check the yard with Du Wenchan.

"We can't wait for Yue Niang to do everything. Besides, I'm not sick and can't walk, so why should I pretend to be so obedient and lie at home?"

Du Wenchan thought about it and took her to see the truth.

Yue Niang went to the city every two or three days. On the one hand, she went with Du Wenchan to see the workshop yard, and on the other hand, she discussed the matters of the Taohua Village workshop with Du Wenxiu.

After Yue Niang returned, she quietly let out the news that she wanted to contract the workshop. Within a few days, people came to the workshop to look for her one after another.

"As you said, I paid special attention to Mrs. Qin who was looking for the recipe, and found out that she secretly stole our brine."

Yue Niang said this with some fear, patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief:

"Fortunately, you asked me to specially prepare the brine that was about to be thrown away, and put other seasonings in it. Even if she stole it back, it would not have any effect at all."

"Wang Shun's wife told me that she sometimes went out for a long time under the pretext of having a stomachache. I followed her quietly and guess what happened—"

Du Wenxiu widened her eyes and asked, "Who is she going to meet?"

"Oh, you are such a boring person." Yue Niang slapped her thigh and said that Du Wenxiu was spoiling the fun.

Du Wenxiu laughed and pointed at her, saying, "I told you you're stupid, but you still don't admit it. This is obviously collusion with someone. What else do you want me to guess?"

Yue Niang snorted and rolled her eyes at her: "She gave our brine to a woman, and the two of them were whispering to each other. I wonder what secret recipe they stole from our family."

"They didn't find you, did they?" Du Wenxiu was more concerned about Yue Niang's safety.

Without Qiu Yong, she would be all alone in Taohua Village. If they found out what Yue Niang did in private, they would inevitably be afraid that they had something to hide and would do something desperate.

Yue Niang smiled proudly and said, "I'm so agile, why are you worried? How can they find me with their clumsy hands?"

"You have to be careful and don't get carried away." Du Wenxiu said with a smile and concern.

"I know, don't worry too much." Yue Niang knew that she was doing it for her own good.

"From now on, I will be extra careful in doing things. However, the wife working in the workshop has inquired about the woman who colluded with Mrs. Qin and did not come to us to discuss the contract."

"Then...either she has no foresight and doesn't know how to count, so she doesn't want to take over. Or she looks down on our scale and wants to expand it?" Du Wenxiu guessed.

Then he asked, "Which daughter-in-law is asking about the contract?"

Yue Niang took a sip of water and said, "She is Wang Shun's daughter-in-law. She is very skillful and gets the highest salary every month. When she heard that I was going to the city, she came to ask what should be done with this workshop in the future."

In fact, it was Wang Shun's wife who asked Yue Niang about her divorce, and she only told her about it because she wanted to spread the news through Wang Shun's wife's mouth.

But Wang Shun's wife was not a talkative person. After she had been gone for a while, no one came in to show concern for her.

Yue Niang had no choice but to let the secret slip inadvertently during the meal, and then the matter spread through their gossip to people in nearby villages.