Chapter 93 Winter Vegetable Harvest

If you say that the local people in Tianqianguan don’t know how to farm, people will believe it. But if you say that no one in the world knows how to farm, who will believe it?

But the female manager of the Su family harvested the first batch of tender green vegetables during the heavy snow and served them on the table, so they had no choice but to believe it.

Su family

When Ji Yanli was invited to the Su family, Su Shengsheng and the female relatives were washing the newly harvested vegetables.

In the warm house, everyone was busy preparing food and getting ready for hot pot.

Seeing that the heavy snow was about to stop, the young master of the Ji family could not delay any longer and had to set off as soon as possible.

After delivering the goods, the Su family embroidery studio produced several pieces of acrylic for sale, and finally had a moment of respite.

During these few days, not only were the ladies busy all the time, but even Su Yuanling and Su Nianwei had been staying in the shop.

"I made a full nine hundred taels of silver this time. Although it's not enough to pay you back, it's enough to pay back more than half."

As the accountant, Jiao counted out six hundred taels of Jiaozi and handed it to Su Shengsheng happily.

Last time, that disappointing fourth wife gambled away a total of 1,500 taels.

They all thought it would be difficult to repay Su Shengsheng's kindness, but they didn't expect that in just ten days, they made a net profit of nine hundred taels.

A piece of ordinary linen costs three hundred coins, but how could such poor quality cloth be used for soldiers' winter clothes?

A piece of silk costs one tael of silver. Even if it is sold in bulk without any inventory pressure, it still costs more than nine hundred coins per piece.

Their acrylic fiber only sells for 750 wen, but even so, they can still make 120 wen per piece!

Excluding the five newly purchased textile machines and the wages of two taels of silver for each of the sixty newly hired embroiderers, they earned a total of more than nine hundred taels.

In the past, even if the four families worked together, they would never have earned so much money in three years.

Of course, the Jiao family also knew that they were able to earn so much money thanks to Su Shengsheng's help.

In addition to them, several other cloth shops are now selling acrylic at a price of 900 wen per piece.

Su Shengsheng did not charge them any extra fees, provided the venue, and even paid for the cost of five sets of textile machines for free.

However, they didn't want to always take advantage of her, so they paid for the five looms themselves.

As for the remaining nine hundred taels, they would first pay Su Shengsheng six hundred taels.

After they set up a shop, bought five sets of textile machines, and hired some embroiderers, they would be able to pay off the debt in three to five years.

They also thought that the New Year was less than three months away, and the younger ones were still unmarried, so they had to start a family.

Besides, Su Shengsheng is going to get married soon. If it weren’t for her matchmaking this time, how could she have earned so much money?

Therefore, this time, not only the third wife will contribute to Su Shengsheng's dowry, but the second wife has also discussed with her and they will also add to the dowry.

Even the steam rising from the pot could not hide the moisture in Jiao's eyes.

If Su Shengsheng had not stepped forward when the Su family was in trouble, who could have imagined what situation the family would be in now?

Today, they sincerely wanted to return the money to Su Shengsheng and would not allow her to refuse.

"When I think about you getting married, I feel really reluctant to let you go." Mrs. Zhong's eyes also turned red.

Seeing that her aunt and second aunt were so excited, Su Shengsheng had no choice but to accept it first.

Jiao wiped her tears and said with a smile, "Master Ji is truly blessed to marry our little girl Sheng."

In the Su family study, when Ji Yanli visited, Old Master Su happened to be compiling an exquisite dictionary for Su Shengsheng.

This dictionary was originally used to teach Ning Jie how to read and write.

Every time Su Shengsheng teaches a word, he carefully classifies and groups it into words in the dictionary to make it clear and organized.

Old Master Su was amazed at this dictionary cleverly arranged according to the 26 letters of the alphabet.

He immediately followed Ning Jie to learn, and then helped to organize various new words into the dictionary.

Ning Jie has started to speak now, but he hasn't spoken for many years, so his speech is unclear and his words are not coherent.

But this was enough to put Old Master Su's mind at ease and allow him to give an explanation to the Crown Prince's wife.

Everyone in the family is busy with their own things, so Old Master Su inevitably feels lonely when he is alone.

Therefore, he regarded teaching Ning Jie as a great pleasure. He found that the child was very talented, but he had not met a good teacher in the past, which was why he was delayed.

Later, during the time that Su Shengsheng went up the mountain, it was Old Master Su who personally guided Ning Jie every night, and he even enjoyed doing it.

But what made him happiest was that his granddaughter grew vegetable seedlings.

Hearing that his granddaughter not only took the lead in farming, but also innovatively built a greenhouse, made Old Master Su very excited.

Although Nanling should not be afraid of war, people's livelihood is in decline and urgently needs recovery.

If this can really succeed, not only will the stingy Tianqian Pass have food to eat, but even the entire Nanling will have enough food to survive the long and harsh winter if they harvest 10% of it in winter.

Old Master Su knew very well the importance of land to the people, so when Ji Yanli brought a Monopoly land and house game and said it was made by his granddaughter, he became even more interested and immediately started playing against Ji Yanli.

As the emperor's teacher, Old Master Su was well-versed in national politics and taxation, and he soon discovered something unusual in the game.

"This girl's game is really meaningful!" Old Master Su sighed.

At first, Ji Yanli also thought that Su Shengsheng wanted to use this game to join forces with businessmen and improve their status.

But it was not until later that he got a glimpse of it.

Just as Old Master Su said, Su Shengsheng's chess game is not just a business matter.

The people who developed the Monopoly game did not intend to encourage the plundering of wealth and support capital.

It is to point out the harm of capital monopoly.

It took Ji Yanli a long time to notice the clues, but Old Master Su saw the key at a glance.

While he admired her, he still felt a sense of loss in his heart. "Miss Su is extremely intelligent and resourceful. If she were a man, she would definitely achieve great things."

Old Master Su recalled Su Shengsheng's remarks when he was reforming the water cycle, and his heart was touched.

If the Northern Barbarians had not invaded the south many times, burning, killing, looting, and causing great suffering to the people, how could he, a civil official, advocate war?

However, the old emperor had also ceded land and paid compensation, which instead encouraged the ambitions of the Northern Rong and ultimately led to a disaster.

Facing Ji Yanli who was about to enter the official career, Old Master Su warned him earnestly: "The treacherous people are just as righteous as the people, and the court is in chaos. You should also be more careful when you go there."

Ji Yanli replied, "Sixth Miss once talked about the way to be a minister. It was a wake-up call for Yanli, and I can say that I benefited a lot from it."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Su put down the cards in his hand and asked, "How do you say it?"

"The Sixth Miss asked, as a minister, should we be loyal to the country or to the monarch?"

Ji Yanli's eyes were slightly distracted. "Yanli only recently gave the answer. I am still a minister, whether I am clear or turbid. I should stick to my original intention."

Don't be trapped by the outside world, stick to the purity in your heart.