Zhao Cheng took Jiang to the city to see a doctor, and Zhou went with them. They did not return until the next afternoon.
As soon as Zhou returned to the village, she hurried to find Zhang Hulan.
Seeing Zhou's smiling face, Zhang Hulan said with a smile: "Looking at this situation, Sister Jiang should be fine."
Zhou was in a very good mood and said, "The doctor said it's not a big problem and there's a 50% chance that I can get pregnant.
But Zhao Cheng also has some problems. The doctor said he is under too much stress, which will make it difficult for Cuifen to conceive. "
Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "The doctor said there is a 50% chance of success, so the actual chance is probably 70% to 80%. I would like to congratulate Aunt Zhou in advance on having a grandson."
Zhou felt better after hearing this. But then she looked worried again: "Alas, the medicine is too expensive. I spent nearly ten taels of silver yesterday.
From now on, I will have to take a prescription every day, and each prescription will cost six hundred coins.
And she had to go to the provincial capital every seven days so that the doctor could give Cuifen acupuncture.
The doctor said that it would take at least three months to cure. But then I won’t need to take such expensive medicine or get acupuncture, so the cost will be less.”
Zhang Hulan comforted him, "It's okay. You can earn money slowly after spending it. As long as it works, it's fine."
"Yes, I think so too. We spend money and earn it together as a family. We just need to get through this period."
Zhou held Zhang Hulan's hand and sighed, "It's just that I owe you money, and I'm afraid it will take some time before I can pay you back."
Zhang Hulan smiled and replied, "It's okay. I was afraid you would run away."
Zhou said hurriedly: "Don't worry about this, we will definitely not run away."
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On the 20th day of the first lunar month, Ye Hongyun brought people to Daping Village to find Zhang Hulan.
Zhang Hulan was very surprised and quickly welcomed Ye Hongyun into the house, saying, "Mrs. Ye, why are you here? When did you return to Changning County?"
Zhang Hulan saw a little boy about ten years old standing next to Ye Hongyun, so she asked, "Is this your son?"
Ye Hongyun replied: "I just arrived yesterday. I came here today because I have something to give you."
Ye Hongyun then pulled the little boy to the front and said, "This is my son, Wu Yunyang."
Then he said to Wu Yunyang: "Yunyang, call me Aunt Lan."
Wu Yunyang called out politely, "Hello, Auntie Lan!"
Zhang Hulan responded: "Hello, Mr. Wu!"
Ye Hongyun said: "Why call me Master? Just call me Yunyang."
Ye Hongyun asked his attendants to put a few boxes on the table and said, "These are some food I brought from the capital for your child."
Then she handed Zhang Hulan an account book and a silver note worth one thousand taels.
"This is what Xingren asked me to bring to you. This is the account of Beijing's braised meat business last month. Please check it.
Xingren just started last month, so he made less money. This month, business is better, and I estimate he made three or four thousand taels. Next month, he will send someone to deliver the account books and banknotes.
"Can you earn so much in a month?" Zhang Hulan said in surprise.
She currently runs businesses in three counties, earning only a few hundred taels a month.
The prosperity and population concentration of the capital can be imagined without even going there. In such a good place, an income of only two thousand taels a month is really not much.
But Zhang Hulan was still surprised that Wang Xingren would really give her the silver. She originally thought that if Wang Xingren didn't give it to her, she would just treat it as a gift to him. Since he gave it to her, she would naturally accept it.
Ye Hongyun continued, "There is one more thing. I took the sausage you gave me back and shared it with my relatives. They all said it was delicious.
Xingren also asked me to ask you if we can cooperate in running the sausages you make. "
Zhang Hulan replied: "I don't have much sausage left. Sausages can only be made in winter, but I can still make another batch now.
You can make more, dry them, and refrigerate them in an ice cellar, then sell them in the summer.
It’s just that pork is not easy to buy now. Most of the pigs sold in the second half of the year are small, and the pigs in the first half of the year are still small. Now I can buy fewer pig heads every day.
Besides, it’s not cost-effective to make sausages here and then send them to Beijing. How about I find someone to go to Beijing and teach Mr. Wang’s people how to make sausages?”
Ye Hongyun said: "Even if you didn't mention it, I would have mentioned it. Xingren said he wanted you to send someone over to give some guidance.
The braised pork made by people in Beijing according to your recipe tastes a little different from the one you make here. I have also tasted it, and it is indeed a little worse than the braised pork you make here."
Zhang Hulan said quickly, "Madam, I'm not hiding anything."
Ye Hongyun waved his hand, "That's not what I meant. Xingren said that the portions weren't matched very well, so he wanted to ask you to send someone over to teach them step by step."
Zhang Hulan nodded, "That's no problem."
After finishing the business, Ye Hongyun looked at Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi and asked, "Are these two your daughters?"
Zhang Hulan nodded: "Yes, the eldest daughter is Zhang Xinyao, and the second daughter is Zhang Xinyi."
"Don't you have three daughters? Why do I only see two?"
Zhang Hulan replied, "There is another little daughter named Zhang Xinyue, who is not at home. She is at Ziyang Temple outside the county town, and has taken the abbot of Xuanzhen Temple as her master."
Ye Hongyun was very surprised: "Why send her to the mountain?"
Zhang Hulan smiled and shook her head, saying, "She wanted to go on her own. On the first day of the new year, our family went to the Ziyang Temple to burn incense. The little girl saw the Taoist children drawing talismans in the temple and fell in love with them."
Ye Hongyun smiled and said, "Your little daughter's hobbies are really special!"
"This little girl is very naughty and usually very clever. Sometimes I can't guess what she is thinking."
"Children's ideas are always wild and unrestrained, and it is difficult for adults to keep up with them."
Ye Hongyun chatted with Zhang Hulan for a while, then stood up and said goodbye: "Okay, I have something else to do, so I won't stay any longer. Come to me after you arrange for the people to go to the capital, and I'll have someone take them there."
Zhang Hulan took some sausages and bacon and gave them to Ye Hongyun. She didn't have any other good things to give away, only these food.
After Ye Hongyun left, Zhang Hulan was thinking about who to send to Beijing.
The ones who know how to make braised meat and sausages are Zhang Hulan, Wang, Li, Xiang Chunhua, and Zhang Dahua.
Neither Wang nor Li could go, so only Xiang Chunhua and Zhang Dahua could go.
…
"Chunhua, Daha, come here..." Zhang Hulan called the two of them over.
Xiang Chunhua and Zhang Dahua didn't know why Zhang Hulan wanted to call them.
Zhang Hulan asked them to sit down first, and then said, "Chunhua, Dahua, there is something that requires someone to go to the capital. Who of you two will go?"
"What? Going to the capital?"
Xiang Chunhua and Zhang Dahua were both quite surprised.
Xiang Chunhua asked: "Sister, what are you going to do in Beijing?"
Zhang Hulan said, "I am working with Master Wang, and he wants to start making sausages, so he needs someone to go to Beijing to teach the people there how to make sausages. You two are the only ones who can go, so who is willing to go?"
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