Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

"I was originally planning to go to Sanqing County, but I didn't expect that the earth dragon would turn over and it happened to be in Sanqing County. I heard that two villages disappeared in the blink of an eye."

Yue Niang cooked pickled fish while chatting with Du Wenxiu.

Du Wenxiu was shocked: "What? What do you mean two villages disappeared in the blink of an eye?"

Yue Niang sighed and said, "I heard from everyone that when the earth dragon between the two mountains turned over, a crack appeared, and two villages not far from each other were rolled into it. In the blink of an eye, the crack closed again, and the two villages were as if they had never existed in this world."

Just hearing this made him feel terrified. Du Wenxiu patted his chest and sighed, "Fortunately, we are lucky and are not at the epicenter."

Speaking of which, Yue Niang was angry again, waving the spatula in her hand, and snorted:

"My blind mother-in-law, when the earth was turning upside down, I wanted to take her out, but she held on to the door frame and refused to let go, saying that she wanted to die in the old house and accompany my father-in-law who died long ago."

"I finally managed to get her out, but right after I left the house, half of the house collapsed. She pulled my hair and cried so hard that it hurt my scalp."

As she spoke, she bent down and lifted her hair to let Du Wenxiu see.

Du Wenxiu took a deep breath, and a large piece of scalp was exposed under Yue Niang's lifted hair.

"I sent her to the open space outside the village, and then I went back to find Qiu Yong. He is still in your yard."

"My mother-in-law held my legs and refused to let me go. She cried about her dead husband and said she couldn't find her in the underworld. She also said I wanted to abandon her so that I could live happily with Qiu Yong."

"What kind of nonsense are those things she said? They made me so angry... Now I have a headache just thinking about it." Yue Niang was still choking up as she spoke.

"Ah." Du Wenxiu sighed, "What can we do? If you really throw her away, how are you going to live? It's hard for you to just take care of her."

Yue Niang was silent for a moment, then said, "I won't abandon her either. Before I married Qiu Yong, I knew that his blind mother would be hard to serve, but in life, you can't have everything."

"Besides, she can only depend on us to live. I have hands and feet, and I'm younger than her. She can't beat me. Why should I get angry with her?" Yue Niang smiled and served the pickled fish.

"Make a few more dishes. I didn't feel full last time when you made the pickled fish, so I went home and made a few more dishes. Qiu Yong even complained that my cooking was not tasty."

Du Wenxiu had no objection and taught her how to scramble eggs and stir-fry white cabbage with vinegar.

I originally thought that Qiu Yong and Yue Niang never quarreled or got angry with each other. They worked together and their lives were getting better and better. They were a perfect couple.

But everyone has trivial matters, and they just keep moving forward.

Seeing that she looked a little lonely, Yue Niang smiled and said, "Don't be sad because of my affairs. I just sent her away well. You will have a good life in the future."

Du Wenxiu could only smile slightly, thinking back to when Fang was still alive, he must have suffered more and could not say anything about Yue Niang's family affairs.

"It will get better slowly." She said softly.

Yue Niang also smiled and nodded: "Don't worry about me, I can think it through. Besides, she is blind, if I quarrel with her, it will seem like I am bullying her."

He also told her that the sales of black fungus were getting better and better, and he also made a lot of dried bamboo shoots according to Du Wenxiu's method.

If it weren't for the earth dragon's resurgence, the business would have probably developed as originally envisioned.

only......

"Just what?" Du Wenxiu asked in confusion when he saw Yue Niang hesitate to speak.

"Well. It's just that there are always those short-sighted people who want to cause trouble. Actually, there's no need to tell you about these dirty things. I can handle them."

The small things you see may not necessarily be small things, and they may turn into big things if you don’t pay attention to them.

Du Wenxiu did not dare to be careless and asked Yue Niang what was going on.

It turned out that Yue Niang expanded her production and rented the old courtyard of the village chief as a workshop, and hired idle women in the village to work.

Because there were not enough people, some people introduced their relatives to come over.

There are always some people in this and that neighborhood who are jealous and can't stand seeing others living a good life.

They say that when a man and a woman work together, they may fall in love with each other someday. By that time, some families may not even have time to cry.

As a result, there were indeed fewer working women coming, either because they were shy and afraid of what others would say, or because their families did not allow them to come.

Yesterday, the landslide occurred and many shops selling pickles were damaged to some extent. They suffered quite a bit of loss and placed orders again to order goods.

Since there are fewer people today, we can't ship as much as usual. We were already short of manpower, and now we are even more stretched.

Du Wenxiu listened, lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked Yue Niang: "Did the shops affected by the disaster sell a lot of goods this time?"

"Each family doesn't want much. After all, we just suffered a disaster and everyone has suffered a great loss. Each family probably only wants five jars for display."

Yue Niang frowned and said, "There are only five or six of them in total. Even so, they still want us to give them some credit so that we can get through this difficult time."

This is also a big matter, and Yue Niang originally planned to discuss it with Du Wenxiu.

Many of these businesses had just delivered their goods there before Dilong's turnaround and were not yet profitable. If they were not willing to sell on credit, I'm afraid these businesses would be unable to do business in the future.

Du Wenxiu said slowly: "Yue Niang, I have a plan. We will suffer some losses for now, but it will be easier to do in the future. I just don't know if you and Qiu Yong are willing to do it."

Yue Niang said quickly: "If you have any ideas, just tell me. If it works, I will make the final decision by myself. There is no need for Qiu Yong to say anything."

Du Wenxiu smiled and said, "Look, those shops that sell our products have not made any profit yet and have already gone through this incident. Since they are willing to sell in the beginning, they must be optimistic about our products."

“Instead of wasting time trying to attract new customers, it’s better to develop them.”

"I think so. Everyone has suffered from the disaster this time. It is said that it is easier to add icing on the cake than to provide timely assistance. This is actually a good opportunity to provide timely assistance that has come to our doorstep."

"For those newly developed customers, why not give them two jars each? This will not only avoid opening the door for credit, but also reduce their pressure, and we won't lose money. Do you think it's feasible?"

Yue Niang did the math in her mind and realized that by doing this, she could save time arguing with them, be a good person, and at the same time, make some money.

He nodded and smiled, "You are smart. I was pestered by them before and wanted to hide away every day. One family even turned away in anger, and I secretly scolded him for being a stubborn old man."

Du Wenxiu smiled and said, "Then you have to go and apologize to them in person. In business, harmony is the most important thing."

Yue Niang responded with a smile, but seeing that she was still frowning, she took the dishes and walked towards the main room, asking her to get the bowls and chopsticks.

A Luo and Du Wenchan also hurried over to help.

When they sat down in the main hall, Du Wenxiu smiled and said to Yue Niang:

"Regarding the recruitment you just mentioned, I do have an idea. Let's discuss it together and see if it works or not."