Chapter 286: Many Ways to Make Money
When Tong came to tell Su Qing'an that the male pupa on the wax flower was no longer soaking wax and was about to fly out of the wax flower, Su Qing'an knew it was time to pick the wax flower. Reading
The few thousand taels she earned from selling tea fruit and tea leaves some time ago were far from the tens of thousands of taels she earned as a middleman before.
Su's father and mother were very happy when they saw only a few thousand taels, but Su Qing'an felt a pang of pain.
The breeding and extraction techniques of this white wax insect must not be allowed to be interfered with by Manager Li.
Otherwise, chop off his claws!
The family had never seen white wax insects, nor had they heard of them. They heard that it could be made into candles for wealthy families and could sell for a lot of money, and they were excited.
They followed into the forest together.
When they arrived at the place where the white wax tree grew, the branches were covered with wax secreted by the white wax insect. From a distance, it looked like tree hangings after snowing in winter, jade tree agar.
It was white.
It was like a snowfall.
When you get closer, it looks like white fluffy cotton wrapped around branches.
Everyone is amazed, how can there be such a magical thing.
None of the Su family has seen it, so they stood under the tree, not daring to move.
Many people in this mountain have seen it, but the people in Xingeng Village have fled from other places and have never seen these things before.
Except for Tong, her daughter Tong Yuanniang and the people who followed them to raise white waxworms, no one else has seen it.
When she heard that she was going to harvest it, she asked everyone to follow her with fine baskets. Everyone followed behind to see the wonder.
When they arrived at the place where the white ash trees were, everyone was amazed and did not dare to move.
No one knew how to harvest it.
It was also the first time that Su Qingmei saw such a spectacular scene. At a glance, the white ash forest was covered with snow.
No wonder this white ash is called snow wax, it really looks like it is covered with snow.
"Look at it."
Su Qingmei came back to her senses, grabbed the scissors and started to operate.
In fact, she was also nervous, and it was her first time to operate.
But she couldn't be timid, everyone was waiting to learn, and she had to pretend to be experienced.
She was nervous for a while, and she cut with the scissors... well, she didn't cut it.
Father Su was very anxious: "Give the scissors to Dad, look at your strength like a kitten."
Su Qingmei was embarrassed, and handed the scissors in her hand to Father Su, telling him to avoid the wax and cut the branch off.
Father Su understood as soon as he heard it, and a snow-white branch came down with one cut.
Cut off the excess parts of the dead branches and old leaves, and put the remaining branches wrapped in wax in the basket.
Everyone understood at a glance and started to work.
Mother Su and others followed suit, and the baskets were immediately filled with baskets, and the men carried them on their backs and carried them to Su's house.
Su Qingmei looked at it for a while, and she couldn't delay cutting the wax, so she turned around and went home with Su Qingliu.
He also asked Guo to arrange a few women to prepare a big pot in the backyard to boil.
"Boss, this is white wax?" Guo was amazed.
She had seen candles in the homes of wealthy families, but how could she know where they were obtained.
It was still white wax.
The boss could make a lot of money this time.
Once the boss was rich, the servants who followed her would have a good life. She was looking forward to the boss's wealth. The richer and more powerful he was, the more he could protect them.
"Yes. But I haven't boiled it either. Let's try a pot first."
"Okay. It's okay, try slowly, you can always make it."
"Well. Try a little less first."
After trying several pots in a row, Su Qing'an found the best heat and ratio.
The best ratio of adding water is 5:1, 25 kilograms of wax flowers plus 10 kilograms of water. 10 kilograms of wax flowers can get 8 to 12 kilograms of hair wax. The ratio of first wax is 70%, and the ratio of second wax is 30%.
Su Qing'an was very happy.
She gave another order, asking people to prepare the pigments and to call the carpenters in the village. She wanted them to make some molds.
She also asked people to notify Xiang Zhen and put up a sign for collecting wax flowers.
Then she took Guo and others to boil all the wax flowers brought back from the white wax forest and extracted the raw wax.
The next day, while boiling the wax flowers, she also made finished wax.
Fortunately, it was autumn and the weather was getting cooler, so there was no need to worry about heat and deterioration.
After getting the pigments and molds, Su Qingmei boiled the finished wax into wax water, added various pigments to it, added wicks to the molds, and made candles of various colors.
In a blink of an eye, she got all kinds of molds, and she asked people to carve patterns and words in the molds to make all kinds of candles.
After the molds were removed and all kinds of candles were lit, everyone couldn't close their mouths.
The candlelight jumped, reflecting everyone's faces. When they got closer, there was no smoke from the oil lamps, and no unpleasant smell.
"Sister, it's so bright! Brother doesn't have to cry when reading because of the smoke anymore." Qingxing clapped her hands happily.
"Boss, is this a candle? We actually made candles! And we made them in various shapes! So beautiful, so good!"
Even though she was well-informed in the rich families, Guo was still stunned.
How could this boss come from a peasant family?
These candles, tall, short, round, square, thick, thin, and in various colors and patterns, can also be made into animals, flowers, and trees, and there are words engraved on the outside!
Look at this dragon and phoenix, this mandarin duck playing in the water...
Oh my God, it's so beautiful! Even the rich families have never seen it.
Guo seemed to have heard the sound of silver and money falling down.
Su Qingmei also knew that the matter was serious, so she grabbed Xiang Shang and told him: "Go to the market town and tell your father to keep his mouth shut. Don't tell anyone who asks about it. Wait until we finish harvesting the wax flowers before shipping them out."
"Yes. Don't worry, my father is very tight-lipped."
Xiang Shang left in response.
Su's father and mother were stunned. Was their daughter sent by God? How come she got married and seemed to have awakened.
She was not only adopted as a goddaughter by Ma Mingwen, but also by the God of Wealth, right?
There are many ways to make money.
Yongfeng had already discovered the sign of collecting wax flowers hung in the next-door Xingeng Village.
Every day, he saw the mountain people carrying white branches on their backs and carrying them to the next door. Even though he was knowledgeable, he didn't recognize this thing.
Isn't this a branch? Wrapped in a thick layer of white stuff?
What is this?
I don't know.
But he felt that Su Niangzi must have a great use for this thing if she was so generous. He seemed to see a lot of silver and money flying to the next door.
But he didn't care about him.
During this period, he was very busy. Every day, people came to sell mountain products and tea and fruit. There was a long queue in front of the shop. He followed them from morning to night to check the goods, pay the silver, keep accounts, and transport and deliver the goods to Renzhou. He was very busy.
When he wanted to go to the next door to show some concern, it seemed that he couldn't even see the scattered mountain people.
How could he know that this thing was also seasonal.
The harvesting time was so long that it was harvested in less than half a month.
The storekeeper Xiang's sign had been collected.
But he still wanted to report to Li Guanshi. Su Niangzi's big move could not be ignored.
But before he could report, Su Qingmei took the things to Renzhou to find Li Guanshi.