Chapter 326 Food

In fact, all the nearby villagers know the rules of Shen Yueyao's workshop.

Almost every family has someone working in Shen Yueyao’s workshop, even if Shen Yueyao doesn’t say it, everyone understands it.

But Shen Yueyao still had to make it clear and explain the contents of the contract.

For a winery, confidentiality is the most important thing.

After signing the contract, everyone can enter the workshop to work.

Of course, even when working in the winery, Shen Yueyao assigned everyone tasks with clear division of labor.

Everyone just needs to do the job at hand.

Of course, Shen Yueyao stated the rules, and everyone promised to work hard and abide by the rules.

Everyone knew that Shen Yueyao offered good wages and benefits, and that there would be holidays during the busy farming season. With such a job, everyone could earn money and improve their family conditions.

Originally, the people of Liuhe Village and nearby villages could have enough to eat by working in workshops, and they could have eaten white flour every meal.

If they continue working in a winery, they can earn even more.

Everyone was very excited when they found out they were hired.

Everyone cheered.

All of a sudden, everyone in Liuhe Village went home to eat dinner in the evening, and it was as lively as a festival.

In the afternoon, many people went to the town to buy meat, preparing to go home to celebrate and improve their meals.

Feeling the lively atmosphere in the village, Shen Yueyao also smiled.

Madam Meng said, "Now that we live in the village, the atmosphere is getting better and better. It really is like a festival."

Su Erya said, "During festivals in the past, no one was willing to buy meat."

"That's right."

Looking at the changes in the village today, everyone feels a lot of emotion.

But everyone was also genuinely happy for the villagers.

Looking at the lively village now and being in such an atmosphere, everyone will be in a good mood.

Especially during the day, even on hot days, children will play happily on the streets.

Now that every household is well off, parents are more tolerant towards their children.

Children who are half grown up will not be required to work, but will be allowed to go out and play and enjoy their childhood.

Everyone went to the river to catch fish and catch cicadas, and they were not afraid of the heat.

…

Now that the winery was open, Shen Yueyao started to get busy.

She is very busy every day, but thinking of the aroma of various wines, Shen Yueyao is also very motivated.

Everything needed for brewing wine must be bought first.

After that, I started to teach everyone how to make wine, arranging everything step by step.

Since Su Xiuye ​​is at home, the winery will be managed by Su Xiuye.

Fan Jiang works as Su Xiuye's assistant and learns more about the winery.

Shen Yueyao thought that when they returned to the capital, the winery would be handed over to Fan Jiang for management.

The most important thing in winemaking is the distillation tool.

Shen Yueyao taught Su Xiuye ​​how to use it and also selected some of the more careful and meticulous people in the village to be responsible for this area.

In fact, some detailed work can be taught to women.

But Shen Yueyao knew that people in this era were quite feudal in their thinking.

So if a workshop is run by men, all the workers will be men, and if it is run by women, all the workers will be women.

In this way, the families of these people can feel at ease about them working here.

Cao Guang and Reg patrol diligently every day.

Check to see if there are any suspicious people, and if they see any problems, both of them will tell Shen Yueyao.

It can be said that he has done his job conscientiously.

…

In the blink of an eye, time passed quickly and the weather gradually became cooler.

On this day, Shen Yueyao went into the winery for patrol. When she saw everyone working as planned, Cao Guang came over and said, "Boss, go back quickly. Young Master Su is back."

Although Cao Guang and Reg were in charge of patrolling, they would also run errands to inform Shen Yueyao if anything happened.

With these two people, Shen Yueyao became much more convenient.

When Shen Yueyao heard Cao Guang mention Mr. Su, she was stunned for a moment.

Then, she suddenly realized that it was Su Xueyi who came back?

Shen Yueyao's eyes trembled, and her heart instantly became excited.

My heartbeat started to speed up uncontrollably.

Some time ago, Shen Yueyao would often think of Su Xueyi.

But she also knew that Su Xueyi was busy studying for exams outside.

She can only keep herself busy every day.

Since she started working in the winery, she has been so busy that she falls asleep as soon as she lies down at night.

I forgot about time.

Shen Yueyao hurried out of the winery and ran home.

After running back home, Shen Yueyao was out of breath.

When Shen Yueyao saw Su Xueyi standing in the yard, her heart felt warm.

Old Madam Meng was holding Su Xueyi's hand and asking about her well-being.

Su Xueyi responded with a smile.

Su Daya and Su Erya were also very happy to see their uncle come back.

Especially, Dabao and Erbao stopped playing on the street and clung to Su Xueyi's legs, hugging her.

Su Xueyi had just held them for quite a while, but now she was talking to her mother.

As if sensing something, Su Xueyi turned around, and the moment she saw Shen Yueyao, there was a tender and gentle look in Su Xueyi's eyes, and a strong feeling of longing was hidden in her eyes.

"Yao Niang!"

When Su Xueyi called out, her voice was extremely hoarse.

Shen Yueyao walked up and said happily, "You're back."

"I'm back."

"The results should be released in a few days. I came back early, so I'll wait for the notification."

Looking at Su Xueyi's confident and calm expression, Shen Yueyao smiled and said, "It will definitely be no problem."

"I'm glad you're back. Everyone misses you."

Of course, in front of her family, Shen Yueyao couldn't say anything too intimate.

Su Xueyi naturally understood what Shen Yueyao meant. She smiled and said softly, "I miss home too."

When I study abroad, I can’t help but miss home, Yao Niang and my children.

Fortunately, Yao Niang had brought him a picture album before. The picture album was filled with Shen Yueyao's drawings of daily life at home, including Dabao, Erbao, Daya, Erya and their mother.

Sometimes Su Xueyi would take a look at it, and every time he did, he would feel a little more motivated.

All the longing is transformed into motivation.

This time's test questions were very simple for him, and Su Xueyi knew there would be no problem.

"Now that the exam is over, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's celebrate today."

Madam Meng smiled and said, "We really need to celebrate."

Madam Meng understood what Shen Yueyao meant and said that celebrating actually meant making delicious food.

"Yao Niang, what do we want to eat tonight? What ingredients do we need? I'll prepare them."

Shen Yueyao looked at Su Xueyi and said, "Do you want to eat anything? Or what do you want to eat?"

Su Xueyi said, "Anything is fine, as long as everything homemade is delicious."

Shen Yueyao thought for a moment and said, "Mom, how about we make dumplings?"

Madam Meng nodded happily and said, "Okay, let's make dumplings."

According to the local customs and practices, whenever there is something worth celebrating or a festival, people tend to make dumplings.

Besides, they hadn't eaten dumplings for a long time, so it was a good opportunity to make them.

Su Xueyi smiled. He really liked eating dumplings.

The most important thing is that the dumplings made by Yao Niang are delicious.

Su Xueyi stayed outside for a long time this time. When he came back, everyone couldn't help but talk to him a lot.

When Shen Yueyao was thinking about preparing things, she suddenly seemed to think of something and said, "Oh, I actually forgot about my brother just now."

"Daya, go call your father back and tell him that your Third Uncle is back. Today, our family won't be busy with anything else. Let's sit down and talk. Erya, please help make some tea."

"good!"

Daya ran out excitedly, while Erya quickly boiled water to make tea.

Shen Yueyao would usually buy some good tea when she saw it.

In addition, when some merchants come here, they will bring their local specialties to sell.

Some brought tea.

Of course, some people also cooperate with Shen Yueyao to order goods, and many people bring some local specialties when they come.

They had actually tried to give Shen Yueyao some gifts before, hoping to have long-term business cooperation.

After all, with the purchase of lipstick and facial cream, they made a lot of money, and because lipstick and facial cream were rare and good, many people would try to please him when buying from him.

They also felt respected.

So I thought about trying to please Shen Yueyao.

But Shen Yueyao told them seriously that she would not accept any gifts.

So they could only bring some local specialties to try to give to Shen Yueyao.

Shen Yueyao actually likes local specialties, but she usually doesn't buy too much of them. She just gives them as a token of her appreciation. When everyone goes back, she will also bring everyone some homemade snacks.

Merchants all like it very much. Even though they know it is delicious, they are reluctant to eat it and will take it home to feed their elders and children.

In this way, Shen Yueyao has a good relationship with some partners.

So Shen Yueyao also stored some good tea at home.

Because buying tea in town is sometimes difficult, the quality is average and the price is expensive.

The tea brought by these partners is all good tea and not fake.

Sometimes during the afternoon when she is relaxing at home, Shen Yueyao will also make a cup of tea and drink it.

As for the details of how to make tea, Mrs. Meng would also teach Su Daya and Su Erya when she had time.

In the past, Mrs. Meng might have thought that there was no need for Su Daya and Su Erya to learn these things.

Because at that time, Madam Meng didn't even dare to think that they might return to the capital.

Besides, at that time, our family couldn’t even get enough food to eat, let alone buy tea.

There weren't even any teacups.

So I didn’t teach it.

Now we not only have good tea at home, but also teapots, teacups and other things specially made for tea, all of which are exquisite items.

These were also brought in from other places by Shen Yueyao with the help of some partners.

Very exquisite.

As for the gourd tea set that Shen Yueyao had made earlier, it is still kept at home as a decoration.

Now everything is complete, and Old Madam Meng knows that they may have to return to the capital soon, so she also told Su Daya and Su Erya about the details of making tea and brewing tea.

Su Erya knows how to do it now.

She sat at the tea table in the living room, slowly brewing tea, and was in a relaxed and peaceful state.

There was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Su Xueyi looked at Shen Yueyao, then came back to her senses and said: "Wine shop, big brother is in the wine shop now?"

The last time Yao Niang went to the provincial capital to see him, she didn't mention any winery, so Su Xueyi was a little confused.

Shen Yueyao explained with a smile, "I opened three more large workshops. This means we have one more workshop for lipstick, and the scale has expanded. We can make not only lipstick but also facial cream. We also have an embroidery workshop and a winery. The mosquito nets we made at the embroidery workshop have recently been turned into ready-made clothes, and they will start making bags in a few days. The winery is for brewing wine, and it's now on track. A lot of it has been made and jars have been opened. You can drink it after it's brewed. Don't worry, the wine we brew ourselves is better than the ones sold outside."

Shen Yueyao is confident about this.

When you enter the winery, you can smell the fragrance inside.

Everyone in the winery said that the wine must be of the best quality.

They all thought it smelled good.

"You just came back, and there are many things you don't know yet. Wait until you have a good rest, and then I will slowly tell you about what happened these days."

"By the way, our wheat harvest is also good. Now everything is ready. The wheat grains are stored in our warehouse. When we have time later, we can go to the mill to grind it into flour."

The family now has enough rice and flour to eat, all of which Shen Yueyao bought from the grain store in town.

So for now, there is no need to rush to use the wheat flour at home to cook.

However, once the wheat flour is ground into flour, Shen Yueyao will no longer have to go to the town to buy food.

Food bought outside is always more expensive.

"This year, the villagers aren't planning to sell all the grain they harvest. In the past, when people didn't have money, they would sell some of the harvest to make some money to supplement their household income. But the remaining grain was never enough to eat, so everyone had to be frugal. Many families only had two meals a day. But now, they don't have to sell the grain anymore. Now that everyone can earn money, they can keep it at home and eat it."

Su Xueyi sighed, "When it comes time to sell the grain after harvesting it, some vendors come to buy the grain in previous years and drive the price down very low, so we can't make much money from selling the grain."

"The grain store in town charges more than ten cents per pound of grain. Villagers sell to the grain store. They have cooperation with some vendors and do not charge more. They also give a low price, sometimes even half of the selling price."

"The merchants who come to buy grain all try to undercut the price, so the villagers have no choice but to sell the grain at that price. Otherwise, they have to carry the grain on their shoulders to the county town, where they might pay a little more than a half-cent or a penny per pound. But carrying the grain back and forth is very tiring..."

"It's even possible to take them to town, where they charge the same price as the village. After a while, everyone understands that they can only sell outside."

Shen Yueyao listened and felt unhappy, thinking that the labor force here was too low.

"Then why don't you just hold off on selling? Wait a few months and see what the price is like. Food should be more expensive in winter."

Snowstorms and freezing disasters are common in winter, so we need food to survive the winter. Food should be more expensive at that time.

Su Xueyi shook her head and said, "It's not that simple. If it's not collected in a few months, the price might be even lower."

Shen Yueyao's emotions fluctuated greatly when she heard this.

Su Xueyi saw that Shen Yueyao looked unhappy, reached out and touched her hair and said, "Don't worry, you see, everyone's life has improved because of you. We don't have to sell grain anymore, and those grain vendors can't lower the price anymore."

"You've done a lot and helped a lot of people."

Su Xueyi is proud to have such a good wife like Shen Yueyao.

Shen Yueyao shook her head and said, "It's different. The general environment is like this. I can only help the villagers near us, but there are many other places, not to mention far away, even in Dongliu Town, Nanliu Town, and Xiliu Town, the villagers in those villages need to sell some food to supplement their family income."

Shen Yueyao doesn't think she is a good person either.

But if you have actually lived on this land and seen the villagers working in a simple and diligent manner, you can truly understand how difficult it is for them.

She hopes that at least the food that everyone grows through their own labor can be sold at a fair price.

The price is so low that it makes me feel upset when I hear it.

Everyone works so hard to grow crops, but doesn't make any money. Instead, the merchants unite and lower the price together, and then they sell the crops, making money without putting in any labor.

Of course, the transportation labor among these vendors also requires costs, but they should not exploit the villagers so much.

Shen Yueyao understood that there were some things she could not do and only officials had the power to do them.

Shen Yueyao looked at Su Xueyi and said, "You will definitely be a good official when you become one."

Shen Yueyao looked at Su Xueyi with trusting eyes.

Su Xueyi understood what Shen Yueyao was thinking, and he said, "When I become an official in the future, I will think more about the ordinary people and do more practical things."

The experience of exile made him better understand the lives of these poor people.

In the past, I may have only seen some of it in books and heard people talk about it.

When I was young, local officials also reported local disaster situations. I knew there were refugees and that they might be having a hard time, but I didn't have a specific concept.

After being exiled to the village, he truly understood.

Shen Yueyao smiled and said, “I will help you too.”

"Well, I feel much more at ease with you around."

…

Su Daya ran to the winery.

There are guards outside the winery to prevent anyone from entering and leaving at will.

After all, winemaking is a confidential process, and the secret recipe cannot be revealed to outsiders.

Cao Guang and Reg will patrol around the winery more often.

Because the boss told me to visit the winery more often recently.

During the day, they need to be more attentive. At night, there are patrol teams in the village, and the patrol teams will also pay great attention to the safety of the workshop here.

Of course, there are people taking turns guarding the workshop at night.

Ever since someone deliberately burned down the workshop last time, both the villagers and the people in charge of guarding it have been keeping a close eye on the workshop.

For them, as long as there is a workshop, they can earn money by working in it and live a good life.

They were all afraid of any safety problems in the workshop, so they were very cautious.

Shen Yueyao was also relieved about this.

When Su Daya arrived at the door, she said to the guard, "Brother Lin, please go in and call my father. My third uncle is back. Tell my father to go home."

The gatekeeper was also very excited when he heard it, "Master Su is back, oh, this is a happy thing."

"Miss, please wait a moment."

The guard went in to call for help, and soon Su Xiuye ​​came out.

Su Xiuye ​​said excitedly: "Third brother is back?"

Su Daya nodded and said, "Yes, Dad, Third Uncle is back and is talking at home."

Su Xiuye ​​was very happy. He strode home and chattered to Su Daya, "I've been busy with the winery's affairs lately. I was so immersed in it that I forgot that my third brother should be back."

"After this exam, you can relax a lot. If your uncle passes, he will be a Juren. Then he only needs to take part in the next spring exam."

Su Daya said, "Dad trusts Third Uncle so much."

Su Daya was a little nervous and hoped that her uncle could pass the exam.

Su Xiuye ​​said confidently, "Of course, your third uncle has been a child prodigy since he was young. When your grandfather was teaching him, he could learn anything he learned. In the past, our mansion's study room had many books, and your third uncle read widely. Although he couldn't study anymore after being exiled, your third uncle's knowledge was laid at a young age. If the mansion hadn't been in trouble, your third uncle might have been preparing for the next exam at the age of ten, because at that time, both your grandfather and the great scholars said that your third uncle would have no problem taking the next exam..."

"Although so many years have passed, your Third Uncle will never forget his knowledge. In the past two years since his leg was broken, he has been consolidating his knowledge at home. He never gave up. Now that he's returned to the academy to study, he's just reinforcing his knowledge..."

Su Daya was very happy to hear that.

But he seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Dad, if Third Uncle passes the exam, will we have to return to the capital in the future?"

"Does Daya want to go back to the capital?"

Su Daya said: "I used to think so, but now I feel that as long as our family is together, it doesn't matter where we go."

She is now very dependent on her family, and with her third aunt around, she feels safe.

Su Xiuye ​​looked at his daughter's expression and felt relieved.

This child has really grown up and become sensible.

He was most grateful to his third brother's wife, who helped teach him.

"Well, don't worry, dad will be by your side to protect you and won't let anyone bully you."

Su Daya said: "I am capable now, and I won't let anyone bully me."

"Oh, Third Aunt asked Dad to teach me and Erya some Kung Fu when he has time, saying that if we know a little Kung Fu, we can protect ourselves."

Su Xiuye ​​nodded and said, "Yes, it would be good for you to learn more."

When Su Xiuye ​​was in Beijing, he thought that girls and boys learned different things, and girls only needed to learn some musical instruments, chess, calligraphy and painting.

But now that he sees how capable his third brother's wife is, his thoughts have changed. He feels that it is always good for girls to learn more.

It will always be useful.

Moreover, by learning more knowledge, girls can broaden their horizons, cultivate their sentiments, and will not be obsessed with trivial matters when encountering problems.

He now has a deep understanding of this.

Su Daya also smiled.

Su Xiuye ​​looked at his daughter's expression and couldn't help but smirk. "Remember you didn't want to wield weapons before, fearing that people would say you were wild."

Su Daya snorted and said, "That was because I was ignorant before. Now I don't care what others think."

"Besides, the more I learn, the more confident I will be."

The father and daughter walked home talking like this.

Su Xiuye ​​also cherishes the time he spends communicating with his daughter.

In the past, my daughter never told him so much, let alone told him what was really in her heart.

Now my daughter has become a very good person. She understands him and cares about him. She will talk to him as her father if she has any problems or things on her mind.

Su Xiuye ​​felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Maybe I suffered some hardships during my exile, but it’s all over now.

Life is better now and everyone at home is doing well.

It’s a pity for my second brother and his wife. It would have been great if they could have held on until now.

But he understood that it was already good enough, because some of the people who were exiled at that time died on the way.

Some of them died after only a few years in the labor camp.

Fortunately, he and his third brother had some martial arts skills and had a better foundation.

Su Xiuye ​​shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

My third brother’s wife often says that people should think more about happy things.

Now, just thinking about drinking the wine he brewed himself, he felt full of energy and was very happy.