Chapter 262 New Workshop
"That's the truth..."
Xia Daohua frowned and thought for a moment, then finally shook her head:
"Forget it, there's no need to rush into this matter.
Don't be busy trying to sell me those maids and servants. Have you found a suitable house that I asked you to find?
If you have the time to waste on arguing with me, why not help me find a few more houses according to my requirements!"
Looking at Xia Daohua's smiling face, Lai Shun was not annoyed by the insults:
"Yes, you have already told me about this matter, and I have been keeping an eye on it for you since last month!
There are two places that meet the requirements recently. How about we go and have a look today?"
Xia Daohua smiled and nodded: "Thank you for your hard work. I will go and take a look first, so that I can have an idea. After that, when my relatives arrive, I will have to trouble you twice more."
"Ms. Xia, you are too polite. For people like us, running a few steps is nothing. To be honest, we are not afraid of wearing out our shoes, but we are afraid of not being able to run!"
Lai Shun said there were two places, but in fact the two of them spent nearly a day running around and looked at five properties.
Xia Daohua took a fancy to a two-entrance courtyard house located in Anhefang, adjacent to Baixifang. There were ordinary people living in the surrounding area, so it was a quiet place in a bustling city.
Xia Daohua felt that this courtyard was very much to her liking. Whether it was the location, the number of rooms, or the surrounding environment, it was very suitable for the Jiang family. The only drawback was that it was probably a little expensive.
However, it is not easy to find a good house.
If the homeowner is not in a hurry to use the money and takes his time to sell the house, he can always get a suitable price.
The price is a bit higher, which is normal.
Xia Daohua paid the deposit without hesitation, intending to buy the house after asking the Jiang family to take a look.
If the Jiang family thought it was too expensive and refused to take it, she would keep it for herself.
Sooner or later it will come in handy.
Lai Shun was delighted to see Xia Daohua pay the deposit without blinking an eye. If this deal went through, both sides would get a commission of 20 taels.
Thinking of the talents that Xia Daohua had mentioned several times that she wanted to find, she became more interested in him.
Xia Daohua brought a basket of tea eggs and strolled to the compound. She met the Jiang family with a smile on her face, and especially entertained her grandmother and aunt with great enthusiasm.
After asking the Jiang family about their plans and briefly mentioning the house-hunting matter, Xia Daohua consciously completed the task.
Unexpectedly, the aunt held her tightly and refused to let go: "Little girl, come here and talk to the aunt."
Just like pulling a little chicken, she pulled Xia Daohua into her room without stopping, and drove everyone else out. After chatting with Xia Daohua for a few words and laying the groundwork, the aunt directly changed the topic to the pickle workshop:
"Are you still going to do your pickle business?
I have contacted several merchants who travel far and wide. Knowing that our products are good, they are all willing to sell them on our behalf.
I think if you are busy enough, you should just do it!
We can't just let the money that's been delivered to us go, right?"
Xia Daohua liked her aunt's straightforwardness and was grateful for her kindness to Jiang and herself. After hearing this, she naturally had no choice but to say:
"My aunt is right. I have wanted to start this business for a long time, but my aunt was not around at that time. There was no reliable person to support me, and I had no backbone in my heart!"
Although the aunt knew that Xia Daohua was just trying to coax her with honeyed words, she still enjoyed listening to them.
Xia Daohua is a person with her own ideas, so why would she need a backbone?
Rather than needing a backbone, it would be more accurate to say that she needs an elder who can calm the situation.
After all, no matter how smart and capable this child is, he is still a half-grown child, a junior. If he encounters an unruly and unreasonable elder, she is afraid that she will not have any good way to deal with him.
The two had a great conversation and soon finalized the plan for the new workshop.
Seeing her aunt, Xia Daohua recalled an old story - the new seeds that her aunt had given her were used by the fourth room.
It was a pity that the war broke their peaceful life and the matter of the new seeds was also left unresolved. Oh, it makes me sad just thinking about it!
Fortunately, she brought the spare portion that Jiang had left behind. She could try to continue planting here later.
The next day, my uncle's mother went with Xia Daohua to see the house she liked, and then she took a few people in the family who were interested and could make the final decision to go see it again.
Everyone was very satisfied, although they all thought the house was quite expensive, but after all, Jixiang County was not far from Kyoto, and compared to Bohai County, it was inevitable that the housing prices and land prices were high.
Besides, buying a house and living there is definitely more cost-effective than living in an inn in the long run!
In the end, the family bought the yard decisively. The whole family did some cleaning and tidying themselves up, and then moved in from the cart shop near the slum.
The Xia family felt a little uncomfortable with the Jiang family's swift and decisive actions.
After all, the people they deal with on a daily basis are Jiang family, and Jiang family's temperament is really not like that of Jiang family members.
Xia Daohua seemed to be infected by the Jiang family. She called Laishun and ran for a few more days. She set up the pickle workshop again at an astonishing speed.
This time, she used all the idle manpower of the Xia and Jiang families - she provided the recipes and seasonings, and let these people do the work.
The new pickle workshop is located on Qingque Street, which belongs to the outer city of Jixiang County. There are various food workshops around it, and it does not attract much attention among similar workshops.
The pickles produced by the New Pickle Workshop are divided into three grades and price levels.
The highest grade is directly picked up from the supermarket and is the most expensive. Xia Daohua only does some work on the conversion and packaging, so the processing is strictly confidential.
The second grade is pickled by Xia Daohua herself, and the processing process is also strictly confidential.
The third stage is that the Xia family and the Jiang family followed the recipe and steps given by Xia Daohua, added the seasoning powder given by Xia Daohua, and pickled them in the pickle workshop.
This doesn't need to be kept strictly confidential, but the various seasoning powders added are something that people in the time and space of the Great Chu Dynasty cannot replicate. Of course, we still have to keep it strictly confidential for the sake of face.
On the Jiang family side, my aunt is in a management position, and on the Xia family side, Xia Erlang is in a management position.
Both of them are also responsible for foreign sales.
My aunt has several traveling merchants who are willing to do agency sales, and Xia Erlang's main target is restaurants in Jixiang County and surrounding counties.
The two people have different approaches, each with advantages and disadvantages. Xia Daohua does not interfere at all and lets them do what they want.
The treatment of these two people is also quite special. In addition to the basic salary, they also receive sales commissions.
As for other people, the Xia family and the Jiang family received the same treatment and the same wages.
I'm begging for votes with a pot lid on my head, ^_^
(End of this chapter)
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