It was getting late, and the time for the garment workshop to finish work was earlier than usual. After work, Li Mei and Wu Yue came to him. Cao Xiangnan sat down with them and discussed the garment workshop. They decided to take turns to sell clothes in several nearby villages in the next few days. The productivity of this era was still too low. In the last life, you could buy a base layer for ten yuan in winter, and a cotton coat for thirty yuan, not to mention summer clothes. But that was also because modern light industry was completely mechanized. In this backward era, it was still a backward manual industry. If he wanted to lower the price, he still had to find a way to improve the productivity of the garment workshop.

In addition, next year we will definitely not be able to rush to make cotton-padded clothes as we are now, and this garment workshop cannot stop. Everyone is also waiting for this little wages to make a living, so it must be difficult to find other ways out.

Cao Xiangnan did have a good idea in his mind, but he had to go to Nanyang to find Shen Zhengyang next year before he could do it. He would discuss it with Shopkeeper Fang later. He really couldn't do this alone.

"We will start selling in our own village tomorrow. Li Mei, please arrange for a skilled veteran and a novice to work together tomorrow." At first, he wanted to arrange for articulate people to sell things, but Cao Xiangnan's idea was to hope that any one of his buddies would be able to speak well and sell their products to others.

"Okay." Li Mei understood what her boss meant and said, "I'll make arrangements when I go back tonight."

After Li Mei left, all the affairs in the neighborhood fell into Wu Yue's hands. Cao Xiangnan also mentioned that Wu Yue should take care of the neighborhood. There were

two people, one in charge and one deputy. Wu Yue was a little weak in management. Cao Xiangnan arranged Wu Yue to be in charge now, hoping to improve his ability in this area. These people will definitely be sent out in the future.

"Yes." Wu Yue listened and replied.

It was getting dark and fast, so Cao Xiangnan didn't waste time. He finished his work and made arrangements, and asked Li Mei and Wu Yue to go back.

When Li Mei returned to the village, she took the opportunity to make arrangements, confirmed the people who were going to sell clothes tomorrow, and told them about tomorrow's affairs.

After dinner, while everyone was there, Cao Xiangnan told everyone about the arrangement of the shop in the town, so the shop would remain open in winter, Cao Dapeng would move to the town to live, and the rice noodles would be moved there in the future.

"Maybe we have to wait until the beginning of next month to move there, and then everyone won't have to get up so early to make rice noodles." To be honest, Cao Xiangnan himself was relieved to move the rice noodles to the town.

He got up at three or four o'clock every morning to grind rice and make rice noodles, and the money he made was not easy. But this was his first business, and it had been doing well, so Cao Xiangnan didn't plan to give up.

Cao Dapeng has been doing a good job in the food store, so he can take over there. Besides, Sun Yanshan is in charge on weekdays, so he doesn't need to spend too much energy there, and he can do things here.

When Qi Wanfeng heard that they would go to the town to make rice noodles in the future, he also thought it was a good idea. This way he wouldn't have to run around. He was even happier that Aning would bring the children to live there.

"This way we don't have to get up at the crowing of the cock in the future." Sun Bailian smiled.

"Yes, if Dapeng goes to live there in the town, they can get up later to make rice noodles." Cao Xiangnan smiled when he heard it.

Cao Dapeng went back to discuss this matter with his wife at home, and Chen Hong also said it was no problem. The house in their home was almost finished, and they would buy a horse-drawn carriage to travel back and forth to the town. Besides, there was a place to live there, so it would be no problem for them to live in the town with their children.

After telling everyone about the shop, Cao Xiangnan also told everyone about his plan to make bacon.

"Bacon?" Sun Bailian didn't quite understand what it was.

Cao Xiangnan briefly explained the making process to everyone and said, "You'll know when it's done, and you'll definitely like the taste."

He was very confident in the bacon he made. When he was a child in his previous life, he followed his grandmother to make bacon and smoked meat at this time. To this day, he still has a deep impression of making these things in his mind.

Here, in winter, meat is rubbed with salt and hung outside to dry, and eaten for the whole winter. Having meat to eat is already very good. Many families are lucky to have some pickled vegetables in winter and not starve to death. Who would think about how delicious the meat is?

So when people here have meat, it is just boiled in water and a little meat is a very good thing.

Even in the poorest days of his childhood, it was not as miserable as when he first came to this world.

Cao Xiangnan's requirements for life are not very high. He just wants to be full, but the food should not be too difficult to eat; he can wear good clothes to keep warm in winter; he has a place to live and is not afraid of wind, rain, snow or cold weather.

"Then we will wait." Sun Bailian was full of expectations when he heard that meat could be made like this.

"Is it really delicious?" After Wang Dahu came here, he felt that he had lived a miserable life for the past few days. Now he heard that there was something delicious again, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

"I guarantee you will like it." Cao Xiangnan said with a confident smile on his face.

This bacon is not just for everyone to eat, he also plans to sell it. Cao Xiangnan mentioned this matter later, so he will have to find a few more helpers when the time comes, but it is not easy to find such helpers, it is best if they are from his own family.

As for finding someone to help, everyone discussed it.

Sun Bailian's relationship with his mother has eased a lot now, so he wanted to ask his father and mother to come over to help. Cao Xiangnan had no objection to this, he could be considered as one of his own.

As for those in his own family, he didn't dare to call them. His eldest brother was a good person, but he was too powerful. Anyway, Cao Xiangnan avoided the people in the Cao family compound.

Adding the dozen or so people they knew, they had enough people.

After discussion, Cao Xiangnan immediately confirmed, "Then let's make arrangements tomorrow. We will start making bacon the day after tomorrow?"

"Okay." Cao Gang nodded. He had no objection, and the others had no objection either.

The sun in the west gradually fell into the mountains. The horses and sheep in the pen were fed, and all the chickens returned to the chicken coop. It was getting dark.

After the children took a bath, the two younger ones went to bed.

"Ah..."

"Well, be good, go to sleep." Qi Wanfeng sat by the bed, looking at the two little guys who were about to fall asleep, and touched their little faces, his face full of pity.

Cao Xiangnan also took Xiangzi to the mushroom planting room to check on the growth of mushrooms. These mushrooms are easy to deal with. They can be dried and eaten. They are very good for making soup in winter. They can also be sold to Yipinzhai and the rich houses in the town. I'm afraid there won't be enough to sell by then.

He told Xiangzi the things that needed to be paid attention to one by one, and Xiangzi listened carefully.

There are three children in the family. An An is determined to become the top scholar, and Xing Xing is also a student. On the contrary, Xiangzi follows him to learn various things every day, and Cao Xiangnan teaches him very attentively.

"Let's go, let's go back to take a shower and go to bed." After the inspection, Cao Xiangnan took Xiangzi out of the room and took off the hood and mask on his head. The smell inside was not very good, but fortunately, the two of them had not taken a shower yet.

He went to the kitchen to get hot water and sealed the stove door. After checking that there were no safety hazards, Cao Xiangnan came out with hot water and closed the door.

"Uncle, I can do it myself." Xiangzi carried his own small bucket and brought the hot water in.

Cao Xiangnan also let the child do what he could. Seeing the child grow up day by day, he felt very comforted.

Whenever he saw this child, he always felt like he saw himself when he was little.

After taking a bath, Cao Xiangnan found Qi Wanfeng in the room of the two children and handed him the warm goat milk. Seeing that the two little ones were asleep, he lowered his voice and asked, "Are you asleep?"

"Yeah." Qi Wanfeng was now used to his husband asking him to drink a bowl of goat milk every morning and evening, so he drank it all in one gulp.

He pressed the quilts for the children. The two children slept well and would not kick the quilts at night. Now that it was cold, they curled up in the quilts, looking very well behaved.

The two people helped the children out of the room, and Cao Xiangnan went to Xiangzi's room to check on the child. The child was not asleep, so he said "good night" to the child before coming out.

After blowing out the oil lamp on the table, Cao Xiangnan went to bed and hugged the person in his arms. When the person in his arms looked up and kissed him, he was not polite either.

The night outside gradually deepened. There was a cold moon in the sky, waxing and waning. Time passed little by little, day by day, season by season.

The next day, Li Mei took people to Caojia Village to set up a stall to sell clothes. The workmanship and materials of these clothes were not bad, and the most important thing was that they were thick and warm to wear in winter.

People in Caojia Village now have some money in their pockets, and some are willing to spend some money to buy clothes for their children or men at home.

"We are all family, Ah Mei, can you give us a little cheaper?" Most of the people who come to buy clothes are boys, all from the same village. Some people also want to get a discount because they are all acquaintances.

"Two pieces together, I'll give you one..." Li Mei is also smart. She uses a tone that you and I are all family and we are so familiar with each other that it seems like she is giving you a huge discount.

Anyway, one piece is sold at the original price, and two pieces can save a few bucks. Those who want to take advantage will be fooled in the end and feel like they have picked up a big bargain.

Everyone in the village knows that Cao Jia Silang has a clothing workshop, and originally they were recruiting people in the village. Some people who wanted to get in were not selected later, and some people who came to buy clothes also mentioned this to Li Mei.

"Okay, okay, next time the workshop is recruiting, we will give priority to recruiting in our own village." But whether you can get in depends on your own ability. Li Mei now has some skills in being a manager. She is very precise in what she says, and no one can find fault with her. Cao Xiangnan gave full authority to sell clothes to Li Mei, and she just had to report the bill to him. Each piece of clothing has a code and a clear quantity, which corresponds to the amount of money paid, and it cannot be false. Cao Xiangnan still trusted his own people.

Now the elders in the village have become much more honest. They cannot be dishonest even if they want to. If they are dishonest, Chen Hong will not accept their vegetables, and the place where they work will not want them. Finally, their descendants have to beg their grandfather to give them a way out.

Seeing that other people's lives are getting better and better, and so many green brick and tile houses have been built in the village, they still live in a broken house with their whole family, and they are hungry every day, and they quarrel every day for trivial matters. Everyone wants to live a good life.

So now the whole Caojia Village seems to be much more harmonious. This village is changing at a visible speed.