54, Chapter 54 (1/2)

Yang Haiyan naturally didn't know that she had become someone else's topic of conversation after dinner, but if she knew, she wouldn't care. She can spend the money she earns however she wants. If she wants to live in other people's topics, then what's the point of making money?

Yang Haiyan looked at the two wild boars at the door and felt a little embarrassed: "There are too many wild boars. If we stay here to eat by ourselves, how long will we have to eat the meat?" In particular, the wild boar meat tastes just average.

Qin Fang was going back to the military camp for duty in early April, so he took the private guards to the mountains to do something in a few days. Seeing Yang Haiyan say this, he said: "You make up your mind." He didn't care how he handled it.

Yang Haiyan thought for a while: "Captain Kun, take these two wild boars to the county town and sell them, and then buy six old hens."

Kunshi said: "Yes."

Huang Huzi: "I'll drive the donkey cart." Since the introduction of horse-drawn carriages, the status of donkey carts has plummeted.

Yang Haiyan said: "Uncle Hong went to the village and drove away the donkey cart. Can this wild boar be put on the horse directly?"

Qin Fang looked at it and said: "Put it horizontally. It's just a bit troublesome. You can let it go."

Two horses carried two wild boars, Kunshi and Huanghuzi, to the county town. The town was small and the two wild boars could not eat them.

Half an hour later, Kunshi and Huanghuzi came back, bringing six cooing old hens with them.

The old hens were in the chicken coop. Kunshi gave Yang Haiyan more than five taels of silver from selling wild boar meat: "Madam, this is the remaining money after buying six old hens."

Yang Haiyan collected the money and said, "Each household will receive one of the six old hens we bought. You have worked hard on this hunt, and each of you will receive one more month's allowance. Aunt Lian, give the money to Captain Kun."

Aunt Lian took out five strings of copper plates that had been strung together: "Captain Kun, this is yours, and the other four strings belong to the other four private guards."

Kunshi didn't expect that in addition to receiving an old hen from each household, there would also be a monthly fee. He hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, madam."

Yang Haiyan didn't feel that this was the case, she felt that this was what they deserved.

Kunshi carried the chicken coop back to the servant's yard. Huang Huzi reached the yard with his front legs, and heard the crow of the chickens with his back legs. He walked out of the yard and said, "Captain, why did you bring back the old hen?"

Kunshi said: "My wife said that this old hen is a reward for us, one for each household. But chickens cannot be raised here and they have to be killed in the next two days. By the way, there is also a bunch of money, which is also a reward from my wife."

Huang Huzi smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. His wife must be too kind.

Huang Huzi's daughter-in-law, Huang Xu, is not here. She, Meng Qiu, Meng An and Meng Qiu went to collect firewood and have not returned yet. Huang Huzi didn't know what to do with the old hen. He thought about it and threw it in the corner.

When Huang Xu and others came back, they were all confused when they heard the crow of chickens in the servant's yard. After they each returned home, they found out that because they had hunted two wild boars and sold them, my wife rewarded each household with an old hen and a monthly salary. No, they were extremely happy.

Main courtyard

Qin Fang asked Qin Shoucheng: "How was the private school today?"

Qin Shoucheng was more in awe when facing his elder brother than when facing his father and grandfather: "It's good. I went with Daying, and the classmates there are also very friendly." The classmates are basically around six years old. He is a twelve-and-a-half-year-old boy who can be called their eldest brother. But he won't talk about such embarrassing things.

When Qin Fang heard this, he didn't say anything. He looked at Qin Siya: "Where's Siya, have you learned ten words today?"

Qin Siya was also cowardly and nodded obediently, not at all lively in front of her sister-in-law: "Yes, I learned ten words and arithmetic from Aunt Lian in the morning, and I learned female celebrities from my sister-in-law in the afternoon."

Qin Fang nodded: "Well, be literate well and learn nvhong well. You have to know that whether you are literate or learning nvhong, it is all for yourself. Although your sister-in-law will reward you with some money, but The reason she rewards you is to encourage you. You can't take it for granted. Like your eldest sister, even now, she didn't have the opportunity to learn how to read and learn about female celebrities. For example, your eldest brother and I only had the opportunity to become literate last year.

When my eldest brother first came to the military camp, he didn’t know a single word. Looking at the literate soldiers, I was very envious, so I would ask them one by one. Even if it means losing face, losing face, or even being looked down upon, I will still ask, because I know that if I don’t ask, I won’t know anything. If I asked, what I learned would be my own. "

Yang Haiyan felt sad after hearing this. This man was a transparent person who could see everything. He is smart and responsible, but he comes from a poor family. This family does not allow him to have great ideals, because this cannot help him realize his ideals.

However, he did not give up. He walked out of the village and relied on his own efforts to reach where he is now step by step. For some unknown reason, Yang Haiyan suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. In modern times, a twenty-one-year-old young man is still enjoying the happy time of college, while Qin Fang...

Qin Siya lowered her head: "I know."

In fact, she didn't know anything.

Qin Shoucheng held the chopsticks tightly. His sister might not know, but he knew.

Qin Fang didn't say much, and he would not bring up this topic again in the future.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little dull, Yang Haiyan planned to lighten the mood and said, "Ms. sir, are you going hunting tomorrow?"

Qin Fang looked at her: "No, do you have plans for tomorrow?"

Yang Haiyan nodded: "I bought some fruit and vegetable seeds and fruit tree seedlings from the peddlers in the market today, and asked Uncle Hong to take them to the land in the countryside to plant. Let's go and see tomorrow? Uncle Hong said that the house in the field is almost built. Speaking of which, I haven't seen it yet."

Qin Fang: "Okay, if there are not enough people, let Kunshi and others help."

Yang Haiyan: "Yes."

The next day

Uncle Hong drove the carriage to take everyone to the countryside. Because it was the closest village to the town, it only took half an hour to take the carriage. Accompanying them were Yang Haiyan, Qin Fang, Kunshi, Chen Dashi, Taoshan, and Aunt Fan.

While driving the carriage, Uncle Hong said: "Madam, you see, it's the house in that field, on the land over there, and the yard here."

Yang Haiyan lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw that there was a lot of land, but there was only one yard. Because the owners of the land are all villagers in the village, the villagers will not build houses on the land. And next to that yard, there are many people busy, some are building yards, some are planting, it looks very lively.

Yang Haiyan said: "I saw it."

The carriage arrived at the entrance of the village, and Uncle Hong said: "Sir, Madam, the road in the field is narrow, and the horses and carriages can't go up, so we have to walk."

Some people in the village looked over here curiously. Some people recognized Uncle Hong, because Uncle Hong came to buy land, build houses, and hire people to plant, so everyone recognized him and knew that he might be the housekeeper of a wealthy family. Everyone secretly inquired about his identity, but Uncle Hong was very tight-lipped, and they didn't get a word out.

At this moment, Uncle Hong came with some people, some on horseback and some in carriages, and everyone guessed that this might be Uncle Hong's master.

Qin Fang turned over and got off the horse, came to the carriage, and Yang Haiyan happened to come out, and he supported her. Qin Fang said: "Tao Shan stays here, Uncle Hong will take us to have a look."

Uncle Hong: "Yes, my lord, please be careful on the road."

Uncle Hong led the way in front, and Yang Haiyan and others followed behind. When they walked a distance, people at the entrance of the village began to whisper.

"Did you hear that this uncle Hong is called lord?"

"I heard it, I heard it. This lord looks like an official, which is a bit scary."

"Yes, this is an official, not a merchant."

In the field, the old farmer in charge is called Niu Da. Uncle Hong has inquired about it. Niu Da is the best grower in the village, so Uncle Hong is in charge of Niu Da for this planting. Niu Da also found people to work in the field, and they are all good at farm work.

Niu Da saw Uncle Hong coming and hurried over to greet him: "Uncle Hong."

Uncle Hong nodded: "How is it?"

Niu Da: "The yard can be built today, as for the land..."

After listening to Niu Da's words, Uncle Hong nodded: "Okay, go ahead."

Niu Da: "Yes."

Uncle Hong walked back to Yang Haiyan: "My Lord, Madam. Madam, the current plan for the five acres of land is like this. The corners on the side are cleaned up to build pig pens, chicken pens and duck pens to prevent the yard from smelling too strong, so they are separated.

The remaining two hundred fruit tree seedlings (apple seedlings, pear seedlings) occupy one acre of land. Of the remaining land, half an acre is used to plant this fruit seed (watermelon seed), half an acre is used to plant corn, and half an acre is used to plant the seeds in the red cloth bag (cauliflower) , half an acre is used to plant seeds in white bags (broccoli), half an acre is used to plant seeds in blue bags (tomatoes), and the remaining one acre or so is used to plant some sweet potatoes and potatoes. "

Yang Haiyan nodded: "Okay, you can do it. Are these arranged by the old farmer just now?"

Uncle Hong said: "Yes, he is the best farmer in the village. I have asked about it and visited their farmland. He is really good. "

Yang Haiyan heard: "Then ask him if he is willing to take care of the crops for a monthly salary of 300 wen."

Uncle Hong heard and said hurriedly: "I will ask him right away."

Niu Da is 45 years old this year, and he has grandchildren at home. He is not young anymore. In addition to farming, he has no other skills. But in the countryside, it is useless to grow crops well. There is limited land and the harvest from the land is also limited. He thought that he would spend his life like this, but he didn't expect that a noble person would hire him to take care of the crops. Of course, he was willing.

Niu Da followed Uncle Hong over, knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, sir... Thank you, sir... Niu Da will do his best to take good care of the crops."

Qin Fang: "Old man, no need to be polite, you go and get busy."

Niu Da: "Hey." He left respectfully.

Yang Haiyan said: "Husband, how is it here? It's close to the town. If there is a harvest, we don't have to buy food in the future."

Qin Fang looked at the busy people: "It's good, but Yanyan is working hard." Everything she did was for this family. It was him who was not good enough, so she had to worry about the family's affairs.

County town

Kun Zhang came to sell snacks for the first time. At first, she was very unsure and didn't know whether the business could be done well. She took three pounds of small cakes and small cookies to test the water. Although Mrs. Han said it was easy to sell, she hadn't tried it herself, so she was still unsure.

However, after selling for an hour, she was completely relieved. It was indeed a good sale. The price she sold was the same as what Mrs. Han had sold before. She calculated that if all were sold this time, she would earn six About ten ‌. However, six kilograms of snacks were exhausted in one morning, because only in the morning there were people buying them. After a while, there would be fewer and fewer people, and there would be no more people buying snacks, unless the shop was always open, like her. Everyone who set up a stall like this also dispersed and went home.

Kun Zhang had calculated that if he came every day, he could earn more than one tael a month.

Just when Mrs. Kun and Zhang were happy, a middle-aged man came over and the man looked at her. Mrs. Kun Zhang was a little scared and took a few steps back: "You..."

As she was speaking, the middle-aged man also spoke at the same time: "Madam, can you please take a step to speak."

Mrs. Kun Zhang was a little afraid: "Do you have anything to do?"

The middle-aged man said: "Don't worry, madam, I am the shopkeeper of the dim sum shop over there..." He pointed to the dim sum shop not far away, "I think your dim sum is quite good, is there any What are you planning to sell?" Speaking of which, last year, there was a lady who often came here to sell this kind of snacks. At first, he didn't pay much attention to it, but later he noticed it and asked his servants to buy some snacks to try. They were indeed cheap and delicious.

At that time, he also wanted to buy this recipe, but something happened and delayed him for a few days. When he came back, he found that the lady was no longer setting up a stall to buy snacks. Until today, a lady came over to sell the snacks. He also asked his servants to buy snacks. The taste was the same as last year, so he came in person.

Kun Zhang refused directly: "I'm sorry, this recipe is not mine, and I didn't make this snack. I just approved some that I came to the county to do business."

The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes: "Oh?" He stared at Kun Zhang, trying to tell the truth from her expression. However, when he looked at Mrs. Kun and Zhang, his fear was real, but he didn't see any humility. He smiled and said, "Well, when I get back, I'll ask the boss if he's willing to sell this recipe. If he's willing to sell it, you can come to my shop and see me. Do you think that's okay?"

Mrs. Kun and Zhang immediately nodded: "Okay."

Middle-aged man: "That's disturbing my wife."

After the middle-aged man left, Kun and Zhang stopped doing business. They still had some small cakes and biscuits, which they took home for their son to eat. Anyway, they made a profit today.

Kun Zhang didn't know that as soon as she left, the middle-aged man said to the servant: "Follow her and see where she lives and who is the boss of the dim sum she mentioned."

Servant: "Yes."

Kun and Zhang arrived at the gate of the county seat, paid two cents, and got on the donkey cart from the county seat to the town. Seeing this, the servant paid two cents and followed him.

When Kun and Zhang returned to Qianfu's Mansion, it was still early, and Yang Haiyan and the others had not returned from their trip to the countryside. By the time she prepared lunch and stewed the chicken from yesterday, Yang Haiyan and others also came back. She heard the noise outside and went out immediately. "Mrs……"

Kunshi saw his wife coming and looked at her with some confusion.

Mrs. Kun Zhang came to see Yang Haiyan. She nodded to Kun Shi and saluted Qin Fang and Yang Haiyan: "Madam, I have something to tell you."

Yang Haiyan looked at her and looked a little nervous and said, "You come with me." She said to Aunt Fan, "Aunt Fan, let's have chicken noodle soup for lunch."

Aunt Fan: "Yes."

Yang Haiyan took Mrs. Kun and Zhang to sit down at the stone table in the inner courtyard: "Captain Kun's family, what's wrong with you? Sit down and talk slowly."

Mrs. Kun Zhang: "Thank you, madam. That's it. Today I went to the county town to sell snacks..." She told the middle-aged man's story again, "Madam, did I get you into trouble?"

Yang Haiyan thought it was something like this, but it turned out to be something like this. She said: "This is nothing. If you go to the county town tomorrow, you can tell the shopkeeper of the pastry shop to let him know. Just come here and talk to me.”

When Mrs. Kun and Zhang saw that Yang Haiyan's expression didn't seem to be fake, she was relieved, but she was afraid that she would harm her wife.

The next day, Mrs. Kun and Zhang went to the county town to do business again. However, before going to the business, she went to the dim sum shop and met the middle-aged man. She also brought Yang Haiyan's words with her.

In fact, the middle-aged man knew it yesterday. Yesterday, the servants followed Mrs. Kun and Zhang to the family room in the military camp, and saw with their own eyes that she had built a two-story courtyard house. As an out-and-out border person, I naturally know that the family room in the military camp means ‌‌, which is where the soldiers of Yonghehou live. The second courtyard inside is a Qianfu residence of the seventh grade.

If at first he thought he could buy the prescription cheaply, then after knowing that the prescription was related to Master Qianfu, he stopped thinking about it. Of course, he is not a bad person. As a businessman, it is normal for him to hope that the prescription will be cheaper.

After Mrs. Kun and Zhang arrived, the middle-aged man also learned more certain news. It turned out that this woman's husband was the captain of Lord Qin Qianfu's personal guard. The private guard was equal to Lord Qianfu's confidant. That's why this woman can get dim sum at Mrs. Qin's dim sum shop.

After Mrs. Kun and Zhang finished selling today's cakes and biscuits, they got on the middle-aged man's donkey cart and returned to the family room.

Yang Haiyan had just finished teaching Qin Siya arithmetic when Nanny Lian came to report that the owner of the snack shop in the county town had arrived. Because the other party was an outsider, especially a male guest, Yang Haiyan took Nanny Lian to the main hall to greet him. On ordinary days, whether it was Uncle Hong or the private guard, she would talk to people in the study accompanied by Nanny Lian. But outsiders should be more discreet to avoid gossip.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." Yang Haiyan walked into the main hall, and the owner of the snack shop, Ping, was sitting there. When he saw Yang Haiyan coming, he quickly stood up.

Shopkeeper Ping said, "Hello, Madam."

It was the first time that Yang Haiyan met someone in such a formal way. After she sat down, she said, "Shopkeeper, no need to be polite. Please sit down. Aunt Lian, serve tea."

Aunt Lian: "Yes."

Shopkeeper Ping sat down and said without beating around the bush, "Madam Qin, I believe you know why I came here. I wonder if you have ever thought about selling the recipes for those small cakes and biscuits."

Of course it was impossible to sell them, because ancient technology could not make butter. Although it didn't matter if there was no butter, it was more fragrant with butter. Moreover, Yang Haiyan was not interested in getting rich, otherwise she could come up with a few more recipes for snacks, but there was no point in making money this way. After she sold the soap recipe, she was no longer short of money. Now the snack shop could earn ten taels of silver every month. She had no worries about clothes and daily necessities, so why bother selling a few recipes?

Therefore, Yang Haiyan shook her head and said, "I'm very sorry. I plan to pass down the recipe from generation to generation. I won't sell it."

In fact, after knowing Yang Haiyan's identity, Shopkeeper Ping also knew that the hope of buying a house was slim. He came here today for other things, and buying a house was just a casual mention. Shopkeeper Ping said, "Can the cakes in the lady's shop be approved to us and sold in our shop in the county?"

Yang Haiyan said, "Of course there is no problem with this." Everyone is doing business, doing business openly. Why would she not agree to others approving pastries?

Then, the two began to discuss the price. Yang Haiyan usually earns about 30 yuan per catty of small cakes and biscuits. Now that she is approving them to Shopkeeper Ping, she has made a profit of 5 yuan per catty, which is actually the same as the price of approving them to Yang Dahua and Kun Zhangshi. This is a business, and the wholesale price should be unified, otherwise one is more expensive and the other is cheaper, and there will always be some unhappiness in the heart. Then, every day, she had to provide 10 kilograms of small cakes and 10 kilograms of small cookies for Ping's shop.

Yang Haiyan calculated that according to the amount set by Ping, she could earn 12 taels of silver from Ping a month, which was equal to 144 taels a year.

However, Yang Haiyan also signed a contract with Ping, and she could no longer approve the contract to other people in the county. After the two signed the contract, because there was no county government in the town, the mayor was invited to be a witness.

After the contract was signed, Ping paid the April payment first, and then left in a good mood.

Ping's boss was introduced by Kun Zhang, even if Kun Zhang was accidental, but as a boss, when it is time to reward employees, you must reward them. So Yang Haiyan asked Lian Mama to ask Kun Zhang to call the main courtyard.

When Kun Zhang came, she was a little nervous: "Madam, you are looking for me?"

Yang Haiyan said: "Our county's snacks are specially entrusted to Shopkeeper Ping. From now on, we can't take our snacks to the county to sell."

Kun Zhang felt a little sorry when she heard this. Then she couldn't do this business in the county. Although it was a pity, it was also understandable. After all, if the snacks in the county were entrusted to Shopkeeper Ping, it would be a big business.

When Yang Haiyan said this, she observed Kun Zhang's expression. Seeing that she didn't show any inexplicable emotions, Yang Haiyan continued: "This business of Shopkeeper Ping was still brought by you. This ten taels of silver is a reward for you."

Kun Zhang hurriedly said: "No, no, no, I can't take it. Madam, I can't take this." She didn't help. If the shopkeeper was interested in the snacks, he could find them even without her.