She pondered for a while and said to Wen Zhaonan:
"In that case, first gather all the woodcutters who are familiar with our workshop, and then have the workshop guards pull the ox carts with them to find firewood. At the same time, increase your purchases of other firewood on the market. Make sure we can survive this year. I'll find other solutions next year."
There is really no good solution now. Wen Zhaonan reported the situation just to give Shen Jia some peace of mind.
After hearing Shen Jia's instructions, "Yes, Boss, we will do as you say."
After Wen Zhaonan left, Shen Jia couldn't even bear to read the words on her desk. She couldn't help but hold her forehead in thought. Because everyone was in a separate office now, no one could see her worried look.
Just as she was thinking, Xiaojiu's voice suddenly appeared in her mind, "Hey! Have you forgotten my existence?"
Shen Jia continued with her previous action, raised her eyelids and looked at the position of her desk. Xiaojiu was obviously jumping around there, and she frowned at this.
"I've checked, and your lottery system doesn't have the relevant equipment. Besides, mining is not something a commoner like me can do."
Xiaojiu didn't care at all and said happily, "Do you want to take another look?"
Shen Jia gently waved his finger to open the lottery interface. Inside was a mineral detector, which was based on itself as the origin and could monitor an area with a radius of 500 meters.
She also often looks at the lottery interface. When did such a good thing appear? How come she didn’t know about it? And it happened to appear when she encountered a problem.
She couldn't help but start looking at the lively Xiaojiu again, and asked in a gloomy tone:
"How did you happen to have a detector? Could it be that you can control the prizes in the lottery yourself? Did you hide a lot of goodies for me?"
Xiaojiu's body froze for a moment after being asked three questions by Shen Jia, but she quickly reacted and said stubbornly:
"How could that be? These are all system settings. Xiaojiu is still young and doesn't know anything."
Shen Jia looked at the number of draws she had left as she hadn't drawn a lottery for a long time, and then looked at the button next to her that said she would win the grand prize if she drew ten times in a row. For the sake of her future career, she decisively pressed the draw button.
Moreover, minerals contain a lot of things, and you never know when you may need to use other mineral resources in the future.
Looking at the mineral detector she had pulled out, she took it and looked at the instrument in her personal space, and clicked it lightly. Sure enough, there were no special mineral resources within one kilometer around the workshop.
At the same time, there was another problem waiting for her to deal with, that is, who has the ability and is willing to develop a coal mine with her.
If Linyuan County had it, they could develop it together with County Magistrate Wu, but for such a big matter, Shen Jia always felt that he might not be able to make the decision.
But it was impossible to let her stop there. Troubled Shen Jia ignored the weather outside and started to walk from Linyuan County under the pretext of inspecting his shops at the end of the year. He followed a random route and wandered around Linyuan County and the four surrounding counties.
It was when I was inspecting Guanghe County that I discovered traces of the coal mine when I passed by Yanhe Town under its jurisdiction. It was sparsely populated and a good spot. Moreover, the reserves under these mountains were shown to be close to 60 million tons, which was a very large coal mine.
So she immediately went to the brokerage firm in Yanhe Town to buy the mine. When she did, the guys at the brokerage firm looked at her as if she were a sucker.
He couldn't help but remind her, "Girl, nothing can grow in this mountainous area. If you want to grow crops, it's not worth it."
Shen Jia had made up his mind. He smiled and replied to the waiter's kind reminder, "Thank you, waiter. We just like it very much. No need to persuade us."
Although Xu Zhao and An Yun did not understand Shen Jia's behavior, they saw that she was in a good mood, and these mountains did not cost much money due to their location and barren land, so they thought it was enough to please her.
Because Shen Jia really wanted to have these mountains under her own name, she urged the broker to go to the county government office together to get this done, because she was also going to the county and could take them with her.
She felt relieved when she saw her name written on the deed, but she faced a new problem: who should she work with to develop this place?
With such worries, Shen Jia inspected all the shops and returned to Ning'an Town.
It was already the middle of winter, and she estimated that there was only half a month left before the Chinese New Year. Because of this incident, she felt that she would not be able to have a peaceful New Year this year.
But there was nothing she could do. She didn't have any top connections, and it was still difficult for others to trust her.
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Fuqiu returned from her shift at the shop in the city and was able to celebrate the New Year with everyone, but the family was still missing her most noisy uncle, Shen Hao.
Looking back, he has been away from home for almost a year, and he has never sent any letters back during this period. It is still unknown whether he is alive or dead.
The one who is most worried should be the grandmother. She looks forward to the return of her favorite youngest son every day. She was not very supportive of his joining the army at the beginning, but she had to agree because she could not persuade the child. Now she is suffering in her heart.
Even during the Chinese New Year, even though Aunt Shen Min had completely changed her attitude, there was not much joy on her face.
I originally thought that the family would spend this year's New Year in such a dull manner, but I didn't expect Ma Song from downstairs to suddenly come and report.
"Master and Madam, there's someone knocking on the door. They claim to be the Third Master of the Mansion. I don't know if it's true or not, so please give me some advice."
The old lady stood up immediately, and even when she accidentally bumped into her thigh, she didn't cry out. Instead, she excitedly shouted to Ma Song:
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Invite them in! My Hao'er has finally returned home. If not, I'll go out and take a look."
When the others saw their mother trying to go out despite the freezing weather outside, Mother Shen grabbed her mother's hand.
"Mom, don't worry. Third brother walks very fast and will definitely come in soon. It's snowing outside, it's not safe for you to go out. Let's wait here and let Yanzhi go out to greet his uncle."
"Yes, mother, you should take care of yourself."
Shen Min on the side also hurried to persuade him, and Shen Ci also quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and went out to greet Shen Hao.
Soon, hurried footsteps were heard in the yard, and a group of people stood at the door to greet them. Especially the grandmother, she almost burst into tears when she saw her little son who had changed so much.
He kept muttering, "Come in, come in, it's so cold outside."
As soon as he entered the house, Shen Hao immediately knelt down before his parents and said with a guilty look:
"It's all my fault for being unfilial. I've been away for a whole year. I kneel before you, parents, and hope you can forgive me for my unfilial behavior."
Looking at her son with an unshaven beard and a sturdy build, the old lady felt that her child had suffered a lot, so she quickly helped Shen Hao up.
She complained, "You haven't sent any news this whole year. Do you know how much pain I feel? Why? The military camp you're in is so busy that you don't even have time to write a letter."
Speaking of this, Shen Hao had no excuses and wanted to kneel down again. This time he was sent to the most dangerous checkpoint. No one would take the letter away, so there was no place to send the letter.
After listening to Shen Hao's statement, the people present understood where he had been for the past year. Because of his meritorious service, he is now a guard beside General Xuanwu Wei Yuan.
This was mainly because of his identity problem. Before it was resolved, it was impossible for him to become a military general with an official status.
It was obvious that the Shen family also knew this knowledge, and they felt even more ashamed of the joy on Shen Hao's face when he talked about this.
If their Shen family had not suffered such a disaster, Shen Hao might have already become a military general in the Western Suburbs Camp. There would be no need for him to start from an ordinary soldier and fight his way through all the obstacles to become a guard beside the general.
After Shen Hao finished telling his story of the past year, he realized that his sister had returned and shouted, "Sister, why are you in the North?"
After these words were spoken, the entire Shen family fell silent, and it was Shen Min who came out to explain.
After hearing this, Shen Hao grabbed his knife and shouted, "If that guy wasn't in Hengzhou, I would rush to your door with a knife right now. A scoundrel is not worthy of you, sister. Leave him to the future and see how I deal with him when I have the chance!"
With such a group of family members who care and love her, Shen Min feels that this is enough for her life. As for the person she divorced, it would be better for him to disappear from her life.
After a period of sadness, Mrs. Jiang heated up the food again, and the family happily had a New Year's Eve dinner together.
Originally, Shen Hao wanted to keep watch with his family, but seeing that he was exhausted from the long journey, Old Lady Shen told him to rest first, as there were other people at home who could keep watch.
Shen Hao felt a little embarrassed looking at his appearance. After cleaning himself up, he came back to keep watch with everyone.
Seeing this, Old Madam Shen didn't know what to say to her son.
The consequence of forcing himself to keep watch was that Shen Hao slept until noon the next day. When he found Shen Jia, he discovered that she was already busy in the kitchen.
Seeing that Shen Jia was going to stew soybean pig's trotters, he hurried over to help. This was their favorite home-cooked dish when they first arrived in the northern border, and now it has become one of the most frequently appearing dishes on the Shen family's table.
Yesterday, Shen Hao felt that he had not yet finished his work. Now, seeing Shen Jia personally taking action, regardless of his elder brother being beside him, he asked with concern:
"Jia Niang, you just take care of the pot. I'll take care of the fire."
Shen Jia glanced at Shen Hao, who had changed a lot, and felt that he had a familiar aura since he returned home. Perhaps this was what he looked like after experiencing the battlefield.
She looked much more mature than before. She looked at the food in the pot, then looked at Shen Hao who was watching the fire and said:
"Uncle San, you must not have had breakfast yet. We had dumplings this morning. If you're hungry, just find a pot and cook them. Aunt Jiang, make a big bowl of dumplings for Uncle San."
Then he gave instructions to Mrs. Jiang in the kitchen. Shen Hao listened to Shen Jia's instructions with a smile on his face.
Shen Yu, who was cooking nearby, said indignantly, "If you're hungry, can't you find something to eat? And you're bothering your niece. You're really going backwards.
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