Chapter 99: Letter from the Wild Goose
Wu and Cheng had already arranged for the matchmaker and sent her out the door in a polite manner.
They had heard some of the noises in the room, but they couldn't hear them clearly. And because Wu and Cheng were there the whole time, the matchmaker, though somewhat curious, couldn't get too close to eavesdrop.
However, it is hard to say whether the Jin family will be sensible enough to 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 influenced by the matter of their sister-in-law Xia Yujiao...
Both of them felt 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?
Unfortunately, people are often keen to help the wolves and blame the rabbits. In essence, this is nothing more than bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
In fact, Wu and Cheng didn't want to know these inside stories.
But when he came back from sending the matchmaker away and went into 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 realized that her two daughters-in-law had overheard her, so she said to them:
"Don't spread Yujiao's affairs to others. Try to keep it a secret from your family members if possible.
Just remember one thing, Jin Yong is not a good person, and his mother is even less of a good person. From now on, stay away from the Jin family."
"Yes, my wife knows."
Wu and Cheng agreed without saying a word.
They knew that the family members that their mother-in-law Zhou mentioned as "something to 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 her for a few more words before giving up.
Mr. Xia and Mrs. Zhou waited anxiously for several days, but no rumors came out. Gradually, the old couple began to relax.
It seems that Xia Yujiao's words seemed a little soft at the time, but they 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, but 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 oneself and knock oneself to the ground?
Instead of pushing Xia Yujiao into a desperate situation, it is better to just let this 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 to visit and the matchmaker was nowhere to be seen. She even said a few insulting words to Xia Yujiao.
This made Mr. Xia and Mrs. Zhou furious and they both lost their temper.
Sun was frightened by the scene, but miraculously she managed to hold on for more than a month without causing any trouble.
Xia Yujiao took it calmly, and when she faced Sun, she was no different from before.
The only change is probably that Xia Yujiao often asks 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.
In fact, Xia Daohua was very busy. She had to go into the mountains for adventures and hunting, lead a money-making team, and write letters to her "pen pal" - 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 back out of politeness - in order to maintain her character, she took a brush and shakily 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 her. Xia Daohua had no choice but to write back another letter... Naturally, it was Grandpa Xia who acted as the "translator" and read the letter.
In this way, with the strong support of Mr. Xia, Xia Daohua and Li Gan became "pen pals".
They would communicate once every period of time, at least once a month and at most 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, they also made it 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 skills, and it’s only a matter of time before it’s imitated, followed, and surpassed.
Especially for these restaurants, if they want to follow the trend and come up with some new ideas 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-raising team, and soon everyone came up with their own answers. Although they were all inspired by the bamboo tube rice, there was some suspicion of plagiarism.
However, Xia Daohua still felt very gratified. These young minds were very flexible and smart!
Erlang’s idea was to change the bamboo tube rice into rice balls.
You can use pure white rice or add fillings. In short, just make some improvements to the bamboo tube rice and remove the bamboo tube.
There could be more variations. For example, red beans, pine nuts, almonds, and bean flour, could 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's offering, and would also fry rice popcorn in a pot. With both rice popcorn and malt sugar, 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 snacks like this.
Lihua thought of steamed cakes. Linghua thought of jujube paste cakes. Goro's most creative idea was flower cakes.
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