Chapter 248 The News Spreads

Zhongzhaizhu panted and trotted to Su Qing'an's house, but when he got to the yard, he found that he couldn't squeeze in. Read М

The women of Baijiazhai surrounded Su Qing'an in the middle.

Zhongzhaizhu stood on tiptoe and saw Su Qing'an talking to everyone about what tender buds and green tea leaves were, and how to pick them.

Zhongzhai was listening attentively, stretching his neck to look inside, and saw that the women in the inner circle had turned around and ran out.

The crowd almost squeezed him to the ground.

He had to dodge back and forth.

Oh my God, they don't respect the elderly at all. What if they cause trampling?

He also wanted to go back and carry the basket up the mountain. His hands and feet were also very nimble, not worse than the women at all.

But, he thought of an important question again.

Squeezed to Su Qing'an: "Qing'an, if you do this, I'm afraid the people in the market town will be unstable."

Su Qing'an also thought of this problem.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Notify each village that each family must send a laborer to work in the market town. If there is no male laborer, women will take over."

"If there is really no one to work, write it down in the notebook. In the future, other methods or silver will be used to compensate for the work that must be done in the alliance."

"The market town may need to rotate a group of people. In order to prevent the new workers from being unfamiliar with the work, Uncle Zhong, you and my Siyuan Siyuan should go there to notify them and take the trouble to inspect the work there.

"Okay. I understand. This is fair. No one will complain. "

Zhaizhu Zhong and Siyuan Siyuan set out immediately to inform the market town and other villages.

The village leaders and mountain people who came to Baijiazhai to inquire about the news immediately turned back to their own villages after getting the exact news halfway.

The time taken to return was half of that of the trip.

No one has ever felt that time is so insufficient.

300 coins per catty!

One said, the women in my family are very skillful and can collect a lot in a day.

The other said, I have a large family, and I may get several taels of silver in a day.

Everyone thought about the feeling of copper coins falling into their arms, and their faces were full of joy and their feet were full of wind.

After returning to the village and notifying, everyone ran to the mountains.

Carrying baskets, sacks, baskets, dry food and water, and bringing their families, they ran to the mountains, fearing that they would be more than others. It was late.

The villagers of Baijia Village had already rushed to the top of the mountain.

The village was quiet again, and even the dogs didn't bark.

Su Qingliu was also eager to try, and she was very diligent.

She also wanted to contribute.

But Su Qingmei asked her and the mother and daughter of the Lu family to check the quality of the tea sent by the mountain people at home.

When there was only a trace of ash left in the mountain, the people of Baijia Village came to Su's house one after another with their burdens on their shoulders.

Most of the tea buds sent were tea buds.

After all, when everyone heard that the young buds cost 300 wen per catty, they no longer paid attention to the tea leaves that cost 30 wen per catty.

Only when they went up the mountain did they know that the young buds were not easy to pick.

There was only one bud on one branch. Some people only picked a few taels and a half catties in a day, and the most they picked was just over a catty.

Su Qingmei had expected this.

The young buds were going to be So good, can it be 300 wen per jin?

If we can pick 20 to 30 jin a day, the whole family can eat at home for the next year.

Su Qingmei took the mother and daughter of the Lu family and Su Qingliu to carefully check the tender shoots sent by everyone in Baijiazhai.

After Su Qingmei collected mountain products and tea seeds last year, everyone knew Su Qingmei's style. If it was not up to standard, she would really reject it without any mercy.

So there were few mixed ones that did not meet the requirements.

Su Qingmei poured the tender shoots sent by everyone into a large bamboo dustpan, spread it out, checked it, picked out the unqualified ones and impurities, and weighed the rest for settlement.

Not vague at all.

Although everyone had no experience on the first day and did not pick much, they got copper coins, with the least being dozens of wen and the most being two or three hundred. Wen, everyone was overjoyed.

After pocketing the money and thanking again and again, they left.

Su Qingmei was still sorting out the tender buds sent by Baijiazhai, while the two tea-frying masters sent by Manager Li had already set up the pot and started working.

Su Qingmei discussed with them for a day and found that both of them were experienced tea-frying masters, so she stopped worrying.

The whole family watched.

The tea was not yet fried, and a group of old men and women came.

Seeing that everyone in the family had made money, they could not climb the mountain and could only worry at home. So they agreed to run to Su Qingmei to ask for some work.

Originally, when picking tea fruits, they could help peel and dry tea seeds at home, but now that they didn't bring tea home, they had nothing to do.

This was not okay.

They also had to contribute.

"I really have something to ask you. I need a lot of bamboo dustpans, drying mats, and drying racks. If you can do it, help me do some, I want them all. ”

The old man and the old woman nodded happily: "Okay, we can do it. We can weave several at home in one day. Don't worry, we will go to cut bamboo when we go back."

"It's too late..." Su Qingmei looked at the sky.

"It's not too late, there are bamboos in front of the door and behind the house, and you can still see them."

Okay.

You can't stop others from making money.

The two tea roasting masters roasted dozens of kilograms of tender buds sent by the villagers overnight before going to bed. The whole family slept well with the fragrance of tea in the yard.

The next evening, the tea sent from Baijia Village was not only tender buds, but also tea leaves.

Girls and women like tender buds the most, and almost all of them are tender buds.

Men and older women send tea leaves.

Picking young buds requires a lot of patience, and it is a delicate job. If you are not careful, they will be broken and crushed.

However, although the price of green tea is low, the quantity is large, and the money earned is not small.

An aunt with quick hands picked more than 20 kilograms. She got more than 600 coins and jumped for joy.

But there were more unqualified green tea than young buds.

Many tea stems and old leaves were mixed in, and Su Qingmei and others were dazzled by the selection.

In the end, they couldn't choose anymore, so they kept the people who sent tea on the spot, and you picked mine and I picked yours. Only when they were qualified would they be weighed and paid.

Everyone had no objection. The copper coins were hanging in front of them, and they didn't feel tired at all. They just picked and picked at Su's house.

The two masters fried until dawn that day and still couldn't finish frying.

They felt they couldn't bear it anymore.

The people in Baijia Village would pick for another two days, and their hand speed would improve. From novices to veterans, the quantity would only increase.

And I'm afraid other villages would also send tea here.

Even if the two of them fried for twelve hours without stopping, they might not be able to fry it. At most, one person could fry 30 to 40 kilograms of dry tea a day.

Fortunately, at noon on the third day, Manager Li sent another six tea frying masters.

They occupied the backyard of Su Qingmei's house, pulled out all the vegetables planted by Lu, built a bamboo shed, and set up eight large pots in a row.

Su Qingmei also invited eight women from the new village to come back to light the fire, which solved the frying problem.

From the third day on, Su Qingmei was never idle.