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Somehow, after the meal, Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin always felt that everyone's eyes were looking at them with some heat.

As expected, no one can escape the charm of the greatest sugar-and-oil product - braised pork.

After the meal, Manager Fang came to them again, exchanged a few polite words, then left and took his waiters back to the store.

Thinking that Manager Fang would have to take care of the corks after they left, Zheng Yuan asked Manager Fang to sit for a while and discuss the matter with him again.

Manager Fang was naturally happy to do so. He asked the clerk to go back and look after the store while he stayed behind.

Duan Minmin went to the kitchen and asked Shunzi's father to come out. The father and son went back to the kitchen after dinner and worked very hard.

Shunzi's father came out and stood aside with his head down, waiting for them to speak.

Perhaps because he has been doing carpentry work for many years, Shunzi's father's hands are very rough, but his face looks much younger than that of people who have been working in the fields all year round.

"Dad Shunzi, we would like to ask you, is there any type of wood that is not very hard, but not too soft, but has a moderate hardness?" Zheng Yuan thought for a while and described.

Shunzi's father looked up with a puzzled look on his face, not quite understanding what Zheng Yuan meant.

"It should be easy to carve, but it can't be too loose or it will rot after a while. Also, it can't have any smell. Oops! I can't explain it clearly. Wait for me."

Seeing that everyone was still confused, the two gave up explaining, and Duan Minmin went to the kitchen and took out a glass bottle.

Just describe what it is used for, and maybe they will understand.

"Shunzi's father, we need to use wood to make the cork of this glass bottle, so it can't be too hard to make, nor can it be too soft, and it can't have any smell that will stain the things we put inside."

"That's the request. You've been doing carpentry work all your life and have a lot of experience, so we wanted to ask you if we have any suitable wood here?"

After explaining for a long time with gestures, Shunzi's father finally showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Madams, please wait a moment while I think about it. Could you please let me see the bottle?"

Duan Minmin handed over the bottle.

Shunzi's father took it, looked at it carefully, and touched the mouth of the bottle.

"Ladies, I think it's better to use oak for this bottle stopper. Oak is easier to carve, but at the same time it's very tough and durable. And the mountains here are high and the temperature is low, which is suitable for oak to grow. There are plenty of oak trees on the mountains, so it's easy to find if you need a lot."

Oak tree? Never heard of it.

But after hearing Shunzi's father's description, this oak tree is absolutely perfect for making bottle stoppers.

"Does the oak tree have any special smell?"

"No, oak has no smell at all. It is for this reason that wealthy families are reluctant to use oak to make furniture," explained Shunzi's father.

"Okay, thank you. You can go and get busy first." Zheng Yuan politely thanked Shunzi's father.

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

Shunzi's father was still a little confused. Is it over just like that? It was just a matter of a word, and the host could even thank him.

Now that the material has been decided, the next step is to find someone to do it.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin walked aside to discuss what would be an appropriate price for the wages.

Although this stopper does not need to be tied with wire like a toothbrush, it still needs to be carefully polished, otherwise it will definitely not be suitable for use as a bottle stopper.

By this calculation, if the family can make more than 100 a day, it is not a problem. However, the two of them did not know what the oak tree looked like, and they did not want to waste energy buying it.

According to Shunzi's father, the oak tree should not be worth much, so he contracted the work to them, charging them one penny for ten pieces, and collected a maximum of three thousand pieces from each family per month.

In this way, the family can earn 300 wen a month. For Luo Saozi and her family, having a stable income every month to maintain family expenses is already a very good thing.

At the same time, limiting the quantity in each store can also avoid excessive hoarding that would cause losses to them and Jiang Ji. The two have always believed that while helping others, they must also do what they can in order to go further.

The two of them came over after discussing it, just as Mrs. Luo and the others were rushing to clean up the dishes and were about to wash the roses.

Zheng Yuan stopped Mrs. Luo who was about to wash the roses.

"Sister Luo, come here for a moment."

"Madam, is there anything I can do?" Mrs. Luo came over, wiping her hands.

"I have something I need your help with. We need to make some bottle stoppers now. We just got here and don't know anyone, so I thought I'd ask you to ask if there's anyone over there who can do this."

Mrs. Luo looked at Manager Fang who was standing nearby.

Isn't this a human being?

"Is it okay? Sister Luo." Seeing her stunned, Zheng Yuan asked again.

Mrs. Luo finally came back to her senses: "We can do it! We can do it! We can all do it!"

The sound was so loud that several people in the yard looked over, but she didn't care and looked at Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin with burning eyes.

She knew very well that the two ladies were trying to help them in various ways, and in order to save their faces, they asked them to help.

Otherwise, just because the two ladies were able to get Jiang's steward to come for dinner and do business with Mr. Liu, this matter would never have happened to them.

Although Mrs. Luo had never been to school, she was very smart and knew that the two ladies were good people.

"That's good. How many households are there in your area, sister-in-law?"

"How many households? I'm not sure about that, but I can go back and check every household tonight."

Mrs. Luo knew everyone in that area, but she didn't dare to say exactly how many households there were, for fear of delaying the two of them.

"We need it urgently. You can go and ask for us later. Now we will tell you how to make it."

"Okay, ma'am." Mrs. Luo nodded solemnly.

"Do you see this bottle? What we need to do is to make the cork on this bottle. This cork needs to be made of oak, and it needs to be stuck just right to prevent the contents inside from flowing out, so everyone needs to do it carefully."

"The price we can offer is ten for one cent, and each family must not hand in more than three thousand oaks per month. But you have to find the oak trees yourself, and ten cents for each is the price for both labor and materials."

"Also, we have to say this up front. The stoppers must be made for us and can be installed on the bottles. When we collect them, each store will have a separate box. If a store submits more than five unqualified stoppers in a month, we will not accept them anymore."

Naturally, these ugly words have to be said in advance. They are not saints. They just saw that the people there are living such a hard life, so they want to lend a helping hand.

If someone wants to take advantage of their kindness, they can take it back at any time.

"Sister Luo, when you go to count the people later, you need to make our conditions clear. We won't force them. If they can accept our price and conditions, they can sign a contract with us."

"Agree! Agree! This is a great thing. The two ladies must be pitying us, how could they not agree?" After hearing everything, Mrs. Gao stood up excitedly.

"That's right, where can you find such a good job? Madam, I would like to thank you on behalf of the people in our alley." Mrs. Luo's eyes were red.

"Sister-in-law, I'm not feeling sorry for you. We really need this thing. Don't think too much. It's normal for you to make things and for us to buy them."

"Hey, hey, then ma'am, I'll go back and inform them right away."

Mrs. Luo ran out of the yard quickly with a smile on her face.