Chapter 156: Prepare for a Rainy Day
Naturally, Jiang's mother and sister-in-law were not unwilling.
Jiang's sister-in-law also proposed a more constructive cooperation plan.
Sometimes some merchants would come to her mother's side on large ships, and she was willing to sell the Xia family's pickles and take a commission from them.
Jiang agreed with surprise.
With the help of sister-in-law Jiang, Xia Youtian and Jiang built a house while also listening to Xia Daohua's advice and building a not-too-large workshop.
Once the money is in place, it will be easy to hire people.
With more people, work can be done more efficiently.
The new house and workshop of the fourth branch of the Xia family were built in less than half a month. On the day of the beam raising ceremony, the whole village came to watch the excitement. A hundred kilograms of red-dotted buns were distributed.
Wang Lizheng watched the excitement and whispered to his son:
"The fourth branch of the old Xia family is finally living a good life. You Tian made the right choice in marrying him!"
After another three or four days, everything in the new house was ready, even the "decoration" and furniture were in place. The newly built kang was also burned for several days, making the house dry and clean, ready for occupancy at any time.
The fourth family specially invited a Taoist priest to calculate an auspicious day and moved happily.
Of course, they were too embarrassed to show it too obviously in the eyes of the old couple who were reluctant to let go. However, no matter how hard they tried to hide this kind of happy event, the joy in the corners of their eyes and the smile that could not be suppressed on their lips could not be concealed.
To celebrate the housewarming, the fourth room even held a hot pot banquet.
The fourth branch had always been considered the less favored branch of the Xia family. Feeling that they did not have many people around them, they only hired a cook introduced by Hu the butcher and set up two tables of medium-sized meals, just for the sake of showing their kindness.
I didn’t expect that on the day of the housewarming, there would be so many people coming to give gifts and congratulate me.
Not only did the old Xia family's relatives come, but also Jiang's family, Xia Youtian's cousin's family and the surrounding neighbors came. Even the families of Wang Lizheng and Feng Juren sent people to present gifts.
There was almost not enough space for two tables.
Looking at the lively scene, Xia Youtian and Jiang were laughing so hard that they could hardly stop.
Jiang was a little tired from all the reception and seeing off with a big belly. She felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach, which scared the whole family. She had to lie down for several days before she recovered.
The thing that Xia Daohua was most satisfied with about the new house was that, apart from Xia Youcai and Jiang, each of the children had his or her own room.
Of course, Linghua relied on her youth and insisted on living with Lihua, and Lihua agreed with a smile.
It can be said that the new house is good in every way. The only drawback is probably that there is no vegetable garden.
Fortunately, the old couple said that the vegetable garden of the fourth room in the old house would be reserved for them. If they wanted to eat any vegetables, they could just send Daohua or Linghua to go back with a basket and pick them.
After the initial few days of adaptation, when the four rooms were completely settled down, Xia Daohua started to prepare for a new wave of production within a few days.
The energetic Xia Erlang and Jiang's sister-in-law also started a new round of struggle and became the backbone of pickle sales.
Erlang worked tirelessly under the scorching sun and visited several famous restaurants in nearby towns and counties, where he negotiated two large orders. His hard work was not in vain, as he earned a considerable income.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have put the matter of marrying Zhou Yunniang on the agenda with such confidence.
Jiang's sister-in-law was even more powerful. She went back to her parents' home to stay for a few days and brought some pickled vegetable samples. As a result, she actually negotiated a regular cooperation with a customer.
Every time I order goods, the minimum quantity is 500 kilograms.
Xia Daohua’s main worry now is how to take the goods out of the supermarket and put them in the workshop for packaging without arousing suspicion from others.
Xia Daohua felt that she might have been exposed a few times, or was on the verge of being exposed, but with Lihua helping to cover it up, her family might have been kept in the dark, or they might have deliberately pretended not to notice.
Come to think of it, although some things seem to be a little off when you look into them, after all, it is a good thing to bring money into your family, so who would be willing to push money away?
Besides, the most amazing thing about Xia Daohua is that she is so agile and does her job so neatly.
She was alone, looking after a room full of cabbages. After a day and a night, she had finished all the tasks of washing, cutting and pickling the vegetables.
No help from anyone at all.
And he never complains about the hard work or being tired. What is there to complain about such a good child?
However, in order to expand the business, in addition to spicy radish and spicy cabbage, Xia Daohua also "developed" pickled cucumbers and pickled beans. These pickled vegetables have been tested by the market for a long time and are popular among men, women, young and old.
The most important thing is that radishes, cabbages, cucumbers, and beans are all local vegetables that are widely grown in Beiguan Town. The raw materials are very easy to obtain, and it doesn’t cost much to purchase them in large quantities.
It's a pity that you can't buy pickled mustard tuber in Beiguan Town... Otherwise, she could make pickled mustard tuber. Of course, she can make pickled mustard tuber now, but the locals are very unfamiliar with pickled mustard tuber and have never even seen it. How can she explain where the raw materials come from?
So she had to give up on the pickled mustard tuber for the time being.
The fourth branch of the Xia family is very hardworking, and the whole family revolves around the workshop, with Xia Youtian and Jiang being the only exceptions.
Xia Youtian always felt that the workshop could only make a short period of money, and it might go bankrupt at any time. No matter when, the most reliable thing was still the land.
However, he did not say this out loud.
Everyone in the family is very enthusiastic about the workshop, and he can't dampen the enthusiasm of the children.
If there was no work he could do in the workshop, he would work in the fields day after day, trying his best to take care of the land allocated to the fourth family.
Jiang's task was to take care of the baby with peace of mind.
Her belly was already very big at this time. Because her family was well off, Jiang could eat almost anything she wanted with this baby. As a result, she gained some weight and her belly became bigger.
Xia Daohua looked vaguely worried.
However, she couldn't ask Jiang not to eat or eat less, so she could only take Jiang for a walk when she had time. If there were some less physically demanding chores around the house, she would occasionally ask Jiang to help.
After all, Jiang was an elderly mother, and there were no prenatal checkups or caesarean sections back then. Although Jiang had given birth to several children and was considered experienced, Xia Daohua still couldn't help but worry.
Later, she simply went to Pujitang secretly.
She went to look for Doctor Wang, but missed him. Instead, she met the doctor who was particularly cruel.
When the doctor heard that she came to ask about her mother's pregnancy, he was actually moved a little and introduced her to a famous midwife.
Xia Daohua gave the doctor an exquisite purse as a thank-you gift, found the midwife herself, paid double the deposit to marry her, and agreed that when Jiang was about to give birth, she would be brought home to live.
Good night, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow!
(End of this chapter)
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