After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

Zhang Hulan made all the pork livers into salt-baked pork livers, and the salt in the pot was not wasted. She would make bacon later, and all the salt could be used.

The main reason is that I don't have kimchi at home right now, otherwise I could use kimchi to make stir-fried pork liver. I have to wait until after the New Year when the radishes are ready in winter, then pickle some ginger, and in the summer, pickle some long beans.

Zhang Hulan poured dozens of kilograms of salt she bought into the pot and added peppercorns and stir-fried them together.

Wang and her family all know how to make bacon. They used to make a little each year, but at most two pieces of meat weighing about 10 to 20 kilograms.

But they didn't add peppercorns or heat up the salt when they cooked it. They just spread salt on the meat and marinated it.

Zhou and the others came to help in the morning, otherwise the sausages alone would be enough to keep Wang and the others fed for a whole day.

Zhang Hulan didn't hide from people when she was making bacon and sausages, and the women who came to help could see it.

One woman said, "Hu Lan is so virtuous. How come she can do everything?"

Another woman chimed in, "Exactly, she's so capable. I wonder who will be lucky enough to marry Hu Lan in the future."

"Ahem..." Zhou coughed dryly and glanced at the woman. The woman reacted and said quickly, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to introduce a man to Hu Lan. Hu Lan is so capable, who could possibly be worthy of her?"

The women did not intend to introduce a man to Zhang Hulan. In their minds, a woman must find a man to marry.

When Wang heard the conversation between the women, she felt both happy and sad.

She was naturally happy that her daughter was capable, but her daughter's ability made it even harder for her to find a husband. Zhang Hulan hadn't wanted to find one before, and now that she had money, she probably wanted to look even less.

In fact, Wang was a little picky in her mind and felt that ordinary people were not worthy of her daughter.

……

As soon as Zhang Hujun came back, Zhou and the others started to process the pig's head.

Every day, Zhang Hujun came home first, followed by Zhang Hubing. Only Zhao Cheng came home last, not until after noon.

But today, Zhang Hubing and Dong Jianyong had not returned by noon.

Wang and Xiang Chunhua were both a little worried.

When Zhang Hulan was thinking about whether to go to Hekou County to look for someone, the two men came back.

"Why are you back so late today?" Zhang Hubing asked Zhang Hulan as soon as he entered the house.

Zhang Hubing replied, "Someone is looking for us."

"Who is looking for you? Why?"

Dong Jianyong said, "Don't worry too much, niece. The other party is not doing anything wrong."

"It was the owner of Yaxianglou who contacted us," Zhang Hubing continued. "The owner's surname is Wang. He said he wanted to work with you. But you never went to Hekou County, so he contacted me."

Zhang Hulan asked, "How does he want to cooperate?"

"He didn't tell me how to cooperate specifically." Zhang Hubing said, "I told him that we signed a contract with Yiweixuan and that we could only buy from Yiweixuan in Hekou County. The man said he knew that he didn't want to cooperate with you in Ding'an Prefecture, but said he wanted to open a store in the capital.

He asked me to tell you that he wants to cooperate. If you are willing, you can go to Yaxianglou to find him. Or he can come to you.

Dong Jianyong continued, "The other party was very polite. I kept an eye on him when he came back and didn't send anyone to follow him."

If that's the case, Zhang Hulan thinks it's worth going and taking a look.

Her braised meat can only be made like this for now; it can't be delivered too far away. She sells it in Changning County, Hekou County, and Yangshan County. Winter is better, but in the summer, business in Yangshan County is slow. She can only deliver once a day in the morning, and she can't deliver more than that.

Wang heated up the food and brought it over, "Let's eat first."

Zhang Hulan also said, "You guys eat first, I'll go with you tomorrow."

……

In the afternoon, Zhang Hulan pickled the meat that hadn't been pickled that morning. She also pickled the pig's heart and lungs to stew later.

Then she went to the wasteland and told Zhao Guoliang to let the people who were working on the land reclamation go home early in the afternoon and collect their wages at the village entrance.

Her house is so small that there is no room for hundreds of people to stand, so she has to distribute the gifts at the entrance of the village.

Zhang Hulan set up a table at the entrance of the village and asked Zhang Hujun and Zhang Hubing to carry the money counted last night to the entrance of the village, as well as a few baskets of meat.

In the evening, the villagers who were working came to the village entrance. Everyone was excited because after working for so long, they could finally get paid.

The wages varied. Some worked for thirty days, while others were delayed by family matters and only worked for twenty days.

Whoever Zhang Hulan called out would come forward and put their fingerprint on the paper to receive their wages.

"Yang Xiaohui..."

"Hey, I'm here..."

A young woman quickly squeezed out of the crowd and came to the front.

Zhang Hulan handed over the money and said, "You worked for twenty-eight days, a total of five hundred and sixty coins. Count it."

Yang Xiaohui was a little embarrassed, "I, I don't know how to count..."

Zhang Hulan asked the others, "Is there anyone among you who knows how to count? Help her count."

Yang Xiaohui hurriedly said, "Don't bother, I trust Madam."

Yang Xiaohui took the copper coin and was about to leave when Zhang Hulan stopped her, "Wait, put your handprint here."

"Oh, okay!" Yang Xiaohui turned around and pressed her handprint where Zhang Hulan pointed.

Yang Xiaohui pressed her fingerprints and turned to leave. Zhang Hulan hurriedly called her back, "Wait a minute, don't be impatient."

Yang Xiaohui quickly stopped again.

Zhang Hulan handed a piece of meat to Yang Xiaohui, "Take this."

Yang Xiaohui was stunned for a moment, "Madam, this is..."

"This is for you, no money required."

Zhang Hulan said, "My family slaughtered a pig yesterday, and we prepared some for everyone long ago. We were just too busy yesterday to give it to everyone, so today we're giving it all together with your wages. Everyone who worked will get some, but it's not much, so everyone can take it home as a snack."

"Thank you! Thank you, ma'am..." Yang Xiaohui took the meat and said thank you repeatedly.

When the other villagers heard that everyone had one, their eyes lit up.

This piece of meat is not small, at least one pound, and they can only buy this piece of meat after working for a whole day. This is a day's wages.

The people working were very touched. They didn't expect Zhang Hulan to be so nice to them.

The men in the village only earned 20 wen a day, and the women also earned 20 wen a day, and they were provided with lunch. Now they were even given meat. In the hearts of these villagers, Zhang Hulan was like a living bodhisattva.

When they received their wages, there was no one present, and they trusted Zhang Hulan to pay them less. If someone withheld their wages, how could they possibly give them meat for free?

Everyone who received their wages would say thank you to Zhang Hulan.

Zhang Hulan was also very happy. She felt proud that she had done her best to make the lives of these ordinary villagers better.

Zhang Hulan asked the villagers of Daping Village to collect their wages last, as people from other villages lived far away and it would take them a long time to walk back.

The villagers of Daping Village had no objection and let the people from other villages receive their wages first.

Since they were delayed today, Zhang Hulan asked the villagers to bring a message to them, asking them to come and pick up the money tomorrow, and that the wages and meat would be reserved for them.