Chapter 99: Letter from the Wild Goose
Chapter 99: Letter from the Wild Goose
Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Cheng had already arranged for the matchmaker and sent her out the door in a polite manner.
They also heard some of the noise in the room just now, but they couldn't hear it clearly. And because Wu and Cheng were with them the whole time, the matchmaker was a little curious, but she couldn't get close to eavesdrop.
However, it is hard to say whether the Jin family will be sensible and keep this matter secret.
Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Cheng looked at each other and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.
If the matchmaker insisted on finding out, she might be able to dig out some inside information, and then the reputation of my sister-in-law Xia Yujiao might be damaged.
Both Wu and Cheng have daughters. When their daughters are looking for marriage partners in the future, they might also be affected by the matter of their sister-in-law Xia Yujiao...
Both of them were somewhat helpless and depressed. But they were both reasonable people and would not blame Xia Yujiao for provoking someone she shouldn't have provoked.
The jackal wants to eat the rabbit, what can the rabbit do?
It's a pity that people are often keen on helping wolves and blaming rabbits. In essence, they are just bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
In fact, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Cheng didn't want to know these inside stories.
However, when he came back from sending the matchmaker away and entered the house to report to his mother-in-law Zhou, he happened to see Zhou comforting Xia Yujiao.
The two men heard Zhou's words clearly, and combined with some vague words they had heard in the other room before, the puzzle was complete.
After Zhou had comforted Xia Yujiao, she knew that the two daughters-in-law had heard everything, so she said to them:
“Don’t spread Yujiao’s affairs to others, and try to keep it a secret from your family members.
Just remember one thing, Jin Yong is not a good person, and his mother is even less of a good person, so from now on, stay away from the Jin family."
"Yes, my wife knows."
Wu and Cheng agreed without saying anything.
They knew that the family members that their mother-in-law Zhou mentioned as "the ones who should be kept secret as much as possible" were none other than the first and second wives.
If Sun were here at this moment, he would definitely continue to pester me with some more words.
Mr. Xia and Mrs. Zhou waited anxiously for several days, but no rumors came out. Gradually, the old couple relaxed a little.
It seems that Xia Yujiao's words, although a little soft at the time, did make the Jin family dare not act rashly.
It would be very easy for Jin's mother to ruin Xia Yujiao's reputation, but it is obvious that Jin's mother still cares about her son's career.
Other things are easy to deal with. This matter that violates the law can certainly be settled with money and favors, but since you have embarked on a career in politics, who can guarantee that you will never have enemies?
Who can guarantee that the enemy will not use this natural handle to find faults in you and knock you to the ground?
Instead of pushing Xia Yujiao into a desperate situation, it is better to just let the matter go.
Jin Yong no longer came to visit, and the Xia family returned to their seemingly peaceful life.
Sun, who was unaware of the inside story, saw that the Jin family no longer came and the matchmaker had yet to show up, and she even said a few insults to Xia Yujiao in a roundabout way.
This made Mr. Xia and Mrs. Zhou furious and they both lost their temper.
Sun was frightened by this scene, but miraculously she managed to hold on for more than a month without causing any trouble.
Xia Yujiao responded calmly, and when facing Sun, she was no different from before.
Probably the only change is that Xia Yujiao would often ask Xia Daohua to accompany her.
Xia Daohua encouraged herself to squeeze out time to accompany Xia Yujiao, sincerely hoping that she could do something for this poor little aunt.
Actually, Xia Daohua was very busy. She had to go into the mountains for adventures and hunting, lead a money-raising team, and write letters to her "pen pal" - that was Li Gan who had come home last time. After he arrived in Beijing, he actually wrote a letter to Xia Daohua.
The letter was opened and read by Old Man Xia - people at that time had no sense of privacy.
Xia Daohua wrote a reply out of politeness - in order to maintain her character, she took a brush and tremblingly drew several pages of four-frame comics for Li Gan.
Although the strokes look crooked, the meaning is conveyed fairly well.
After receiving Xia Daohua's childlike reply, Li Gan wrote another thick stack and sent it to him. Xia Daohua had no choice but to write back another letter... Naturally, the one who acted as the "translator" and was responsible for reading the letter was still Old Man Xia.
In this way, with the strong support of Mr. Xia, Xia Daohua and Li Gan became "pen pals".
The correspondence would occur once every month or half a year.
One writes and the other draws, which is quite interesting.
The money-making team's work is still going on.
There are already several imitation versions of bamboo tube rice on the market, but their rice is far less beautiful and attractive than summer rice. Not only are the rice grains much smaller, but the aroma and taste are also much worse.
Xia Daohua also launched an upgraded version of bamboo tube rice. In addition to pure white rice and pure glutinous rice, there are also versions with meat, egg yolk, dates, candied fruit, and shrimp...
Of course, the prices of these upgraded bamboo tube rice have also increased.
However, business is still good.
Erlang also volunteered to take Wulang with him to several restaurants and delivered different varieties of bamboo tube rice to them, and won long-term supply orders from several restaurants.
Of course, bamboo tube rice doesn’t actually require much technical content, and it is only a matter of time before it is imitated, followed, and surpassed.
Especially for those restaurants, if they want to follow the trend and come up with something new based on their own business, it is very easy.
Fortunately, Xia Daohua didn't expect to make money from this all the time. She just used this to open up the thinking of the money-making team.
The raw materials for bamboo tube rice are simple and easy to obtain.
So, based on this, can we start with existing, easily available materials and come up with some other projects?
Xia Daohua assigned this question to every member of the money-making team, and soon everyone came up with their own answers. Although they were all inspired by Bamboo Rice, they were somewhat suspected of plagiarizing.
However, Xia Daohua still felt very gratified. These young minds were so flexible and smart!
Erlang’s idea was to change the bamboo tube rice into rice balls.
You can use pure white rice, or you can add fillings. In short, just make some improvements on the bamboo tube rice and remove the bamboo tube.
There can be more varieties. For example, red beans, pine nuts, almonds, bean flour, etc. can all be added in!
The selling price can also be adjusted more flexibly.
Taohua’s idea was to make rice candy.
Taohua would make sugar melons for the Kitchen God worship, and would also fry rice popcorn in a pot. With both rice popcorn and maltose, making rice popcorn candy was a natural thing to do.
It’s just that sugar is too expensive, so Taohua is a little worried about the sales of such snacks.
Lihua thought of steamed cakes. Linghua thought of jujube paste cakes. Wulang's most creative idea was flower cakes.
(End of this chapter)
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