Chapter 475 Year After Year

When Shuiqing was recruiting people in Shanshui Village, she had already realized that this place was different from China.

When China opened a factory to recruit people, it was just to provide people with a job. It was a two-way choice. If it was not good, it was the most normal thing to change jobs.

But here they had no choice. They couldn't change even if they wanted to. Even if the work was harsh and bad, there were people doing it. She thought the wages she offered were not too high, but it was particularly rare under the oppression of some unscrupulous and black-hearted bosses.

Looking at the people of Zhulin Village wiping their tears, a strange joy rose in her heart that was originally only for earning money.

Although her ability is limited now, she has unknowingly helped a lot of people with her limited ability, and received gratitude and recognition from everyone around her. This feeling is really good!

Especially helping others not only does not harm her own interests, but also earns money continuously. This feeling is even better...

The subsequent sale of sugar was fully handed over to Bai Manshan.

Most of the white sugar was sold in the Bai family shop, and most of the brown sugar was shipped to Beidu.

Sugar is not a necessity in daily life, but it can provide energy to the body very quickly when marching and fighting. Especially on rainy days or in winter, boil a big pot of brown sugar ginger soup, drink it hot, and the whole body will be warm, and the soldiers at the bottom will be warm from body to heart.

The silver earned was not brought back, but directly bought shops and fields in Beidu, and the fields were still used to grow potatoes.

Sell, sell, buy, buy, buy, buy, Bai Manshan and Hu Wenhua would give her the land deeds and house deeds every time they came back, sometimes more and sometimes less. In the past, they would look at the direction of the deed, but later they would just not look at it when there were more.

Shuiqing didn't remember how many fields and shops there were in Beidu, Yuhang and Nandu. The only thing she remembered was the relatively few houses. At present, there are three houses in Beidu and one in Yuhang.

In fact, it is not too few. After all, Shanshui Village is too far from Beidu, and I may not live there in the future. The house is not like the shop renting out the high return rate. If it is purely for investment, it is still cost-effective to buy a shop.

The situation outside has always been unclear. The people in the village didn't care much about the war in the past, but now they care about it because of the teams going out. However, Shanshui Village is not only far away but also remote. Often, when the news of the war comes, it has been several months ago.

So they didn't ask about it later, just focused on making money, and prayed to God and Buddha to bless the teams in the village to return home safely.

The number of people in Shuiqing's family has decreased a lot, and several rooms of the house that were originally full are now empty;

Dad and Mom moved out;

Ling Ran is not there, Fan Jiang is not there, and the three people in the Bai family are also in a hurry. They have never appeared at the same time. Bai Manshan led the team to Beidu alone by water, and Bai Ziqian and Li Huyu led the caravan to the south to distribute goods;

Hu Wenhua, Fan Heding and Heli also spent half a year in the village and more than half a year outside.

Year after year, Shuiqing counted the time, stopped the work of making toothbrush handles in Zhulin Village, and built a few houses to make brushes.

During these three years of war, there were many more displaced victims. Zhulin Village added more than ten households, and the population grew from more than 100 to more than 200.

Zhulin Village has many varieties of bamboo, especially small and thin bamboo, which is most suitable for brush tubes.

After three years of development, the scale of livestock such as pigs, sheep, and rabbits is quite large, and the wool materials are guaranteed. The rest can be purchased from the city, just like the toothbrush shop model.

The craftsmanship of processing wool materials is sent to the toothbrush shop to teach.

The workshop, raw materials, craftsmanship, and workers are all complete. After everything is ready, the brush shop starts work quickly!

"Aniang, the war is not over yet. Can we make brushes now?" Xinghui asked with a little worry.

It's not that they don't believe in Aniang's decision, but they stay in the village and don't know how the war is going. If they make brushes rashly, the wool materials will age and it will be difficult to sell over time.

Even if they are barely sold, they will not be good to use later. Wouldn't it ruin the reputation of Zhulinfang?

A Niang said that the brand is very important and is a guarantee of quality. Many customers will only recognize the brand name when they use the same thing after using it well, because it is guaranteed.

The medicinal materials for the toothbrush are named Shanshuifang, and the brown sugar, white sugar and brush are named Zhulinfang. They are not the same. A Niang said that this is called responsibility sharing to prevent a bad one from implicating a large number of people.

But a bad brush will also implicate the brown sugar and white sugar.

Before Shui Qing answered, Yan Qiu replied first: "Although the war is not over, it is almost over."

Shui Qing looked at the eldest daughter who had become more gentle and calm after a few years, and the pride in her eyes could not be hidden.

Looking at the second daughter who was still not very sensitive to things after a few years, she warned herself: Each child is good at different things. Xinghui is less sensitive than her sister, but compared with other people outside, it is already very good.

Xinghui blinked, not quite understanding.

She and her sister were in the village every day, eating the same food, doing the same work, and meeting the same people. How did her sister know that the war was about to end?

Yan Qiu didn't let his sister wait too long, and explained: "Uncle Bai said that when he came last time, he said that Jinling had hired a very powerful general who was invincible and had defeated Beidu step by step, but this general was the brother-in-law of King Yan."

Xing Hui nodded. She didn't like to hear anything else, but she remembered this very clearly!

At that time, I was thinking that the emperor didn't know whether he was broad-minded or really had no choice, and dared to use such a general.

But this general did prove his ability and loyalty. I heard from Uncle Bai that they were almost fighting to Beidu, and I'm afraid they will win soon!

"Is the emperor going to win?" She remembered that Uncle Bai always went to the Northern Capital. If Jinling won, what would Uncle Bai do...

Yan Qiu laughed, shook his head and said, "Every time Uncle Bai comes, you listen with great interest when he talks about local customs and interesting things, but once he talks about war, you fall asleep."

Xing Hui begged embarrassedly: "Sister~"

"Uncle Bai said last time that the civil officials in Jinling didn't trust this powerful general, and they transferred him back to Jinling after winning consecutive battles!"

Xing Hui opened her mouth, not knowing how to comment.

Wan Xia was also stunned when she heard it.

The two asked incredulously: "What do these civil officials think? Trust people when you employ them, and don't employ people when you don't trust them. How could they not know what we all know?"

Shui Qing listened to the three girls talking without saying a word.

How could those civil officials not know? A typical case of killing the donkey after it has done its job.

They just wanted to send someone to fight on the battlefield, but they didn't want him to get a reward, so they found a reason to replace him. They were calculating in the court, but they didn't know how dangerous the battlefield was!

They thought that they were almost at Beidu, so they could replace someone else. They didn't think that the general was good at marching and fighting, but only thought that Beidu was incompetent.

As a result, one incompetent general exhausted the whole army, and the situation was reversed.

The new emperor had such a group of pig teammates, and he listened to them, so it can only be said that the defeat was not unfair.