Chapter 216 Busy
Erlang and Taohua were able to save some money thanks to the fourth room.
Xia Xuejiao's money came from the private property she recovered from the looted house.
This private property is certainly worth more than the thirty taels displayed on the surface.
But these days when I can’t make any money or go out really make me feel uneasy and I can’t help but feel anxious.
So, Xia Xuejiao has been doing needlework these days.
Her craftsmanship was good, and the work she did was not much worse than that of the local embroidery workshops in Jixiang County. Therefore, she planned to sell a few pieces of embroidery first, at least to earn enough to cover her daily living expenses.
Looking at her ambitious mother, Xiao E couldn't help but admire her a little.
How amazing my mother is! So many people died, but she managed to bring me and Qianniang to life! Now she wants to make money again, so that I can live a good life and save up a dowry for myself...
Xiao'e looked at Xia Xuejiao with admiration, but her face flushed a little.
Xia Xuejiao knew at a glance what Xiao'e was thinking about, so she asked Xiao'e to help her choose the pattern and Qianniang to help her choose the pattern.
Let the two little girls have something to do. When they are busy, they won't have any random thoughts.
The two children were quite obedient and did whatever Xia Xuejiao asked them to do.
Seeing how obedient they were, Xia Xuejiao found an embroidery workshop and took on a few more embroidery jobs. She could assign some steps to the children, saving some effort herself and embroidering two more pieces.
After a few days, not only Xiao'e and Qianniang were ordered around by Xia Xuejiao, but Xia Yujiao, Zhou Yunniang, Qiu Saozi and others also joined in and started doing embroidery work with Xia Xuejiao.
In fact, Jiang and Lihua also did a good job, but Jiang was embarrassed to get involved with Xia Xuejiao - she felt that Xia Xuejiao was limited in the amount of embroidery work she received. Since there were already so many people involved, if she took another share, Xia Xuejiao, the leader, might not have any work to do.
Erlang and Xia Daohua had already visited more than a dozen restaurants, and the sales of pickled vegetables were going smoothly. Xia Daohua had not met any idiots who were so rude as to offend her in person.
But while visiting restaurants, she met the son of a restaurant owner, who verbally teased Xia Daohua.
Erlang was so angry that he almost rushed up to beat the guy, but Xia Daohua realized that the guy was just talking casually and didn't really want to do anything to her, a little girl.
However, although she stopped Erlang, she did not forget to teach the boy a lesson.
She found a lotus-shaped round chair from the space, made it suddenly appear in front of the boy, tripped him, and then suddenly disappeared.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a lifelike lotus suddenly appeared, then suddenly disappeared, causing the young master to stumble...
This is really new!
Such an amazing thing immediately made everyone present burst into laughter and shout.
They were whispering to each other and talking in a noise so loud that it was impossible to suppress it.
When the restaurant owner heard about it, he slapped his son twice and took him home to reflect on his mistakes.
However, this incident still brought some negative impact to the restaurant. Many people felt that the young owner of the restaurant was outspoken and offended the gods.
Why go to a place where someone has offended the gods to eat and drink instead of eating and drinking?
Seeing that no customers are willing to come, the boss is getting anxious and angry!
When he got home, he got angrier and angrier, so he pulled his ignorant son out and gave him a good beating.
But the restaurant was still deserted and on the verge of collapse. It was not until the boss invited a master to perform a grand ritual that was known throughout the city that the family was able to overcome this hurdle.
Although Xia Erlang didn't know how Xia Daohua did it, he knew very well in his heart that it was Xia Daohua who did it.
He had mixed feelings, but was mostly proud.
If your sister is capable, you can also benefit from it.
What's more, this girl was kind-hearted and had always been very nice to him - he still remembered the bag that Xia Daohua hurriedly packed for him when he went to work as a laborer!
Apart from this little episode, one-third of the restaurants the two men visited placed orders, but they did not sign formal contracts. Instead, they were asked to send a batch of goods as a trial. If the goods sold well, they would then start formal cooperation.
They were new here, and to the locals of Jixiang County, they were just two outsiders. The side dishes they were selling were also of northern flavor, which might not necessarily be suitable for Jixiang County, which is located in the central area of Dachu.
Both of them were very satisfied that others were willing to give them a chance.
Xia Daohua is even happier.
The pickles in her hands have all been tested in the market across the country and even the world. People from all over the world love to eat them. Although Jixiang County is small, it should not be difficult to produce hundreds or thousands of foodies who love to eat this.
Considering that it was the first batch of goods and there were many people in the courtyard, Xia Daohua took Erlang to buy some radishes and cabbages and brought them home. After arriving home, they started washing, cutting, and pickling the vegetables and were busy in full swing.
When the children saw this, they also started to cheer up, knowing that they had negotiated a deal with the county restaurant. So those who could help came to help.
The Xia family was busy and prosperous. Except for the purchase of the land, everything else seemed to be going smoothly.
The other two families looked at them with envy and couldn't help but quicken their pace.
But the land purchase process was not going smoothly.
The three families have different needs and different requirements for land.
Although they had thought beforehand that they could join forces to buy a large piece of land and then divide it among the three parties, it was difficult to implement.
After a few days, Zhou and the Xia family began to prepare for winter, buying firewood, charcoal, cloth, cotton, radishes, and cabbages...
People moved things into the yard one after another, until the open space behind the house was filled up.
There was originally a cellar here, but its capacity was too small.
After discussing with the landlord, the Xia family specially hired someone to repair the cellar. They dug the cellar much deeper, laid some mud bricks, propped up the inside of the cellar, and set up a ladder.
The Zhao family, the Hu family, and the landlord watched the Xia family busying around with endless things to do every day, and they couldn't help but have their own thoughts.
The Zhao and Hu families were thinking about buying land and doing work, so they had to speed up.
The Hu family is relatively united, and the people are very united, while the Zhao family is more loose. However, the Hu family is relatively poor, while each family of the Zhao family has its own private house.
Now with the Xia family as a comparison, the two families were also motivated and couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.
But the landlord was thinking that he was too impatient at the beginning and the rent would be too low!
However, I have already collected a year's rent and a deposit. The Xia family will discuss everything with me in advance, so I really have no excuse to raise the rent.
Good night, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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