Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

It took another 2 days to demolish the house.

On the evening of the 27th, Zhao Yuanzhen told everyone that they would not recruit workers before the New Year, and would continue to recruit workers to demolish the houses on the seventh day of the first lunar month of the following year.

All workers were paid 10 cents more as a New Year's benefit.

I bought 10 servants for myself and gave each of them 900 coins. I hope they can help me look after the dismantled construction materials during the New Year.

I gave the innkeeper some extra money and asked him to give the 10 servants extra meals during the New Year so that they could eat more delicious food.

At the ferry, Zhang Yu had also packed up everything, and a group of boatmen had already gone back.

Only 10 guards and 2 cooks were left behind, and the rest had to return to the capital to celebrate the New Year.

Qian Xiaohui was teasing the little guy while chatting with Li Zhijuan who was also teasing a child.

"When mom is not at home, I always feel like something is missing, and the New Year is meaningless."

"Yeah, I always feel like, just do it casually."

Li Zhijuan also has this feeling.

"What kind of New Year benefits will we give to the people in the shop this year?"

"Last year, my mother gave me an extra 600 wen in wages, and some desserts. How about giving everyone 600 wen this year, plus some desserts or other things from my own workshop?"

"Well, that's fine. Then I'll pay 600 wen to each person I hire, plus a bag of instant noodles."

"Yes, it's OK, sister-in-law."

"Give each of our servants 600 coins, and a set of outer and inner clothes, as well as shoes and socks."

"Well, are the shoes, socks and clothes for my aunt ready?"

"It's done. I was notified yesterday."

"Well, sister-in-law, how many canned goods have we sold that mother mentioned in the letter?"

"They are almost sold out. The grocery store delivered the last batch yesterday. The ones left at home are for our own consumption. Mother asked us to send some to our uncle and the queen as well."

"Well, let Big Brother and Xin Nian send it over."

"Yes. I have written the accounts for the past few months and mailed them to mother."

"Well, I don't know how my mother is doing."

The two daughters-in-law still miss their mother-in-law very much. When her mother-in-law is at home, they have a strong sense of security, and any problems can be easily solved by their mother.

Ever since their mother went to Yanshan, the four of them have been busy with various things.

Qian Xiaohui has to take care of all the trivial matters at home, as well as various accounts outside the home.

Li Zhijuan also has to manage various accounts in the beauty shop and several other shops.

Zhang Xinbai is responsible for all matters concerning Zhuangzi and the Yellow River.

Zhang Xinnian is responsible for the allocation of goods to all shops.

As a result, everyone was very busy.

Zhuangzi has already pressed all the rapeseed into rapeseed oil, a total of 10 kilograms of oil.

1000 mu of rapeseed, each mu produces about 300 jin of rapeseed, 3 jin of rapeseed can produce 10 jin of oil, of the jin of rapeseed oil, after using it in the family's workshops, shops, and farms, there is still more than half left.

It has been put on sale in grocery stores, and of course it is also sold wholesale. Any grocery stores and restaurants in need can come here for wholesale.

Sweet potato flour, potato flour, rice flour, rice, and bait blocks were also made. Since potatoes are a vegetable that can be stored, only a few were made for our own consumption. The rest of the flour and sweet potatoes were used to make dishes.

There was still a lot of fruit left in the cellar, except for some that they had eaten themselves. They decided to take out some and sell them at a high price during the New Year, otherwise they would not be able to finish eating them and would go bankrupt.

Shoppers from various mansions who were preparing New Year's goods suddenly discovered that this [Zhang Grocery Store] was so powerful that it still had well-preserved fruits at the end of the year.

Cherries, peaches, oranges, mandarin oranges, tangerines, apples, pears, hawthorns, grapes, raisins, etc.

There are a wide variety of fruits.

The capital city is indeed the capital city. The price of these fruits is more than 500 wen per catty, but they were all sold out in less than 2 days.

Seeing that the fruits were selling so quickly, Qian Xiaohui and Li Zhijuan kept 150 kilograms of each fruit and sold the rest.

This is all money. Just eat some during the New Year. It’s better to sell it and make money while the price is high.

Although the family’s monthly income is now over 30 yuan, they still have simple ideas and do not intend to spend lavishly after becoming rich.

I harvested another batch of Tremella fuciformis and dried them in the sun.

One day, a customer of the beauty shop said that their Tremella fuciformis and bird's nest were particularly delicious. Li Zhijuan happened to hear it and said that it was because their Tremella fuciformis was of top quality, with large clusters and thick flesh.

The ladies were curious and wanted to see them, so Li Zhijuan took a few flowers and showed them to them, which caused these ladies to exclaim in amazement.

Those of them who pay attention to skin care, eat bird's nest and white fungus all day long, so they are very familiar with white fungus. Seeing such good white fungus, they all expressed their desire to buy some so that they can cook and eat at home when they cannot come to the beauty workshop.

Li Zhijuan performed it first. These were found with great difficulty by mushroom pickers from outside the Great Wall. Not only were the costs high, but the quantities were also small.

I can only reluctantly sell them a small portion, and what they buy has to be kept secret, otherwise the customers who didn’t buy will be unhappy.

Everyone expressed their understanding and comprehension.

So although they pretended not to care, they secretly went to Li Zhijuan to buy Tremella fuciformis.

Li Zhijuan tells this story to every guest.

"Mrs. X, you come to the shop so often that I secretly left a copy for you. Otherwise it would have been sold out long ago. You must keep it a secret and not let anyone else know. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to do my job."

Those who bought it kept their mouths shut, and they all sighed, saying that they didn’t get such good white fungus, but they were already smiling in their hearts.

You wouldn't have thought that Shopkeeper Li left a copy for me.

I bought secretly, ate secretly, became beautiful secretly, and beat everyone.

With this beautiful little idea, almost everyone who comes to the store can buy the best quality Tremella fuciformis.

Li Zhijuan sold it at a very high price. She had heard from her mother before that a box of white fungus sold to a dry goods shop would cost about 50 taels of silver, but Qian Xiaohui directly sold it for 60 taels.

Everyone bought several boxes, fearing that there would not be such good stuff next time. We wanted to stock up more.

In this way, the money from selling Tremella fuciformis was tens of thousands.

The New Year is approaching, and I have to prepare New Year gifts for my uncle and the Queen.

Although they had money, they didn't know what to buy, so they discussed it and decided to just give whatever they had at home.

First of all, there were various fruits, 50 kilograms each for the Queen and my uncle, 5 jars of canned food each, 10 bottles of chili sauce per family, 5 bottles of red wine per family, 5 kilograms of each kind of fresh vegetables grown in the greenhouse, and 10 kilograms of vermicelli, sweet potato flour, rice noodles, rice noodles, etc. per family.

Although these are very cheap considering today’s technology, they were not available in the Liang Dynasty. Therefore, gifts should be of rare materials and there was no need to worry about them being too shabby.

Zhang Xinnian ordered a transport team to escort them all the way to the general's mansion, and gave all the items to his aunt, asking her to arrange to send them to the Queen.

When Zhao Yuanlan left, he left behind a trusted deputy general who was also able to enter and exit the Meridian Gate. Therefore, Yue Hongmian asked him to arrange people to escort the items sent by Zhang Xinnian to the Queen Mother.

When you arrive at the Fifth Gate, report it and someone will go to inform the Queen Mother, who will send someone to inspect and receive the goods.

We raised various poultry at home, and after a few people discussed it, they decided that since there were so many people in the family, we should kill more chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep.

Zhuangzi killed 12 pigs, 12 sheep, 60 chickens and 50 ducks.

Of course, the males are selected and killed, and the females are kept for breeding.

At home, we killed 3 pigs, 2 sheep, 20 chickens, and 20 ducks.

When the time comes, everyone who comes back from the shop will live in the farm. There is no need to prepare so much at home.

Tell the canteen to prepare six dishes and one soup, three meat dishes and three vegetable dishes during the New Year holidays.

During the New Year holidays, the cooks in all the shops will come back so there is no need to worry about being too busy.

On the 28th, I received a letter and a package from Zhao Yuanzhen.

The letter contained some instructions, some tasks for the farm and the shop, and the transfer of personnel.

Finally, I miss the little ones.

The package contained New Year gifts for several people.

Qian Xiaohui and Li Zhijuan got a set of gold and jade head ornaments, the little ones each got a gold necklace weighing more than 100 grams, and the Zhang Xinbai brothers got a pair of very beautiful fur boots.

The workmanship and leather of the boots are both very good.

The people who received the gifts were very happy, but they missed their mother even more.

My mother was not at home, so Li Zhijuan and Qian Xiaohui discussed the New Year gifts for the old house.

I made a new set of clothes, new shoes and new undergarments for both old people.

He also made a set of silver headwear for Sun Zhang, including silver hairpins, a silver crown, two silver bracelets, a pair of silver earrings, and a silver necklace.

What was given to Zhang Sandao was a silver belt.

The gift given to Wu Erping was a pair of silver bracelets, and the gift given to Zhang Qingshan was a silver crown.

He also brought me a jar of wine, about 20 kilograms.

I've been busy all the time. Now I realize that there are really a lot of things to do when Zhao Yuanzhen is at home. Mom has suffered a lot.

The two daughters-in-law who had just taken over the housekeeping were still a little confused.

Fortunately, she has few relatives and friends, so she only needs to prepare gifts for these few families.

As for Zhao Yuanzhen, after finishing his work in the county town, he returned to the military camp.

She wanted to improve the food for these soldiers who left their homes to defend their country, so she wanted to buy 100 pigs, but there were not that many in Xiaoshan County.

After much thought, I decided to take some people hunting.

Buy some wild boars yourself, release them, and ask them to go hunting.

Think it's feasible.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought 120 wild boars and put them in a cave.

Then he returned to the military camp to find Zhao Yuanlan.

"Brother, brother!"

"What's wrong, little sister?"

"When I came back just now, I passed by the mountain and found a group of wild boars. I think there are more than 100 of them. Let's go hunting quickly. If we catch them all, we can give the soldiers extra food."

"More than 100? That's a lot."

"Yes, go and organize some people, let's get going quickly, what if they run away?"

"Okay, okay, I'll go organize some people right away, don't worry."

Zhao Yuanlan led a team of archers and infantry and set off with Zhao Yuanzhen.