After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

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"Aunt, this is the cloth for making duvets for grandpa and grandma."

Ye Qiu became interested, "How to do it? I have nothing to do today, I will help you."

Ye Qing readily agreed, saying that her aunt had good craftsmanship and could make it in just one afternoon.

Zhou and Nanny Wang were frying sesame powder in the yard, while Zheng Qin was talking to Ye Qiu.

Li also came to make the quilt. Making the quilt does not require very careful work, and the whole family was busy in the yard.

After finishing their work, the village caravan would also set out for the provincial capital. Several families entrusted their packed belongings to the people in the caravan.

The weather is getting cooler, so we put away the thin summer quilts and replace them with thicker ones.

The quilt that Ye Qiu helped to make this time was a thin quilt, which was just right for this weather.

Li used it for one night and praised the duvet highly the next morning.

"Qingya, this quilt is so light and not heavy at all. It's not that difficult for us to turn over."

"Is it cold when you cover it? Is it thin?" Ye Qing asked about the feeling of using it.

"It's not cold, it's a little hot." Li didn't expect that duck feathers would have this effect.

Ye Qing knew the effect and planned to make a quilt for Zheng Qin, who was pregnant and didn't like thick quilts.

Zheng Qin was a little uneasy, "Qingya, make a bed for mom and dad first, I'm not in a hurry."

Zhou said, "The second son's bed, I'll make one for you first. We have a lot of duck down at home, so I'll make one for everyone in the family."

Zheng Qin stopped refusing and followed Ye Qing to make the quilt with great interest.

"Qingya, can you change a piece of cloth? I have a piece of floral cloth."

"Sister-in-law, this cloth is specially made for duvets. Ordinary cloth tends to lose hair. If you like that cloth, we can use it as a duvet cover."

Quilt covers are not rare in the Ye family. Ye Qing brought back more than a dozen four-piece sets, and each person got two sets.

It’s not difficult to make a quilt cover. Just make the quilt after making it and make the quilt cover at the same time.

Zheng Qin was happy. She had something to do at home every day and had no time to think about anything else. Her family was relieved.

Ye Erlang has been very busy these past two days. As the weather gets cooler, his meat jerky business has picked up.

Whenever ships traveling north and south stop, they will take something to eat on board.

The jerky tastes very good and can be stored. When you are bored on the boat, you can eat it to relieve your boredom.

When the weather gets cold, there is no more work in the fields and everyone at home has free time.

Boss Ye bought a lot of charcoal from the mountain and lit a charcoal basin in every house, keeping people warm.

Linglong Pavilion's business was getting better and better. Ye Fan was too busy to handle it, so he handed the shipping job over to Xiao Bei.

Xiao Bei performed very well when Ye Fan went to do corvée labor, and now many important tasks in the store are assigned to him.

Several workshops are running well, and Ye Qing is too lazy to go around every day, so she now goes there every four or five days.

Wei Hong had people deliver account books to her every day so that she could understand the situation of each workshop without leaving home.

Ye Dalang and Wei Xin have also gotten used to their current lives. When they first arrived in Wu'an City, they were very busy and tried hard to adapt to their new lives.

Now that I’m familiar with the officials’ wives in the city, I don’t have to keep in touch with them often.

Wei Xin is bored at home now, so she has also started to teach her second child.

Ping An doesn't envy Erbao at all. At such a young age, Erbao has already started practicing calligraphy with a pen.

Ping'an lived a very comfortable life at home. He was the only child in the family. Everyone in the family loved him very much because Ye Dalang and his wife were not around.

Fortunately, Ping'an did not slack off in his studies and was not spoiled.

Ye Dalang and his wife came back very often, as long as Ye Dalang was on vacation, they would come back.

Ye Dalang doesn't take a day off, so Wei Xin will bring Erbao back to stay for two days every few days.

Ye Qing also made a down quilt specifically for the Wei family's grandparents, and the two old people liked it very much.

In order to thank Ye Qing, Wei Xin made two sets of clothes for her.

Of course Ye Qing did not forget the Zheng family and also sent them beds and quilts.

Ye Qing also hired a professional embroiderer to make several exquisite down quilts, and gave two to the prefect, Lord Wu, two to the county magistrate, and two to Lord Fan of the garrison.

Everyone who received the quilts was very happy. It was the first time they had seen this kind of quilt. They tried it at night and found it was much more comfortable than cotton quilts.

Lord Wu also sent a message asking Ye Qing to make two more beds for him so that he could give them to his father as a filial honor.

Ye Qing didn't expect that Lord Wu valued her down quilt, so she quickly asked someone to make six more.

Ye Qing is not so naive. If he says two beds, then it means two beds.

When the head of the Wu family received the quilt, he praised his youngest son highly.

Along with the letter of praise, there was also 100,000 taels of pocket money.

The head of the Wu family took a fancy to this down quilt and sent the Wu family caravan over to cooperate with Ye Qing.

Ye Qing first looked at the duck down in the warehouse. There should be about 100 kilograms left, but he could not make many pieces.

The Wu family steward set twenty items. This is a rare thing, and more would not be rare.

Ye Qing priced the down quilt at a very high price, twenty taels per quilt.

Duck down is difficult to collect, and only the softest feathers on the duck's belly can be used.

It took a long time for the weaving workshop to improve the cloth, and all these costs were expensive.

The Wu family's steward agreed immediately, and worried that Ye Qing might go back on his word, so he gave Ye Qing four hundred taels of silver.

The embroiderers Ye Qing hired were the best in Wu'an City, and he gave them twenty taels of silver to do the work.

The flowers that Ye Qing asked them to embroider were all simple and had good meanings.

Ye Qing also gave some advice to the Wu family's manager, asking him to learn from the quilt covers in Kaoshan Village, ask someone to re-embroider them, and then put them on the outside of the quilts, which would definitely sell well.

In fact, this is private customization, made according to personal preferences, so that the quilt can be sold at double the price.

Manager Wu was very surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that there was such a capable person in such a small Kaoshan Village.

The Wu family didn't buy these quilts to sell them, they were planning to give them away.

Those who can be on good terms with the Wu family are not ordinary people.

Manager Wu thought of the embroidery workshop at home and asked them to make a few sets of exquisite quilt covers to give away.

Ye Qing gave Wei Xin one hundred taels of silver. The duck down was collected from the farm.

Another part was given to the workshops to encourage them to continue researching new fabrics.

Ye Qing was very optimistic about this business and even informed the villagers that she wanted to buy duck down, which would be sold at 800 wen per pound after being processed.

The villagers were very excited. Raising ducks and selling duck eggs and ducks is very profitable, and now they can also sell duck down.

It is not spring yet, but some people who know how to hatch ducks have already started using heated kangs to hatch ducks.

The surrounding villages all heard the news, and everyone took advantage of the slack season to tidy up their homes and clear a place for raising ducks.

Ye Qing didn't care about it after she made the announcement. Her attention was all on the New Year.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and my family has started preparing for the New Year. We are also looking forward to the early return of those who are studying away from home.

Boss Ye and Zhou have been traveling back and forth between Wu'an City and the dock every day these days, bringing back a lot of rare things. This New Year's Day, the house is full of food.