The meats and vegetables that Manager Zhou and his shop currently need are all sourced locally to ensure freshness. However, the seasoning packets, potato starch, starch, and sausages they need need to be delivered every so often.
She entrusted this task to the porters who had gone with her to sell starch in Huian County. On the day Meng Zhao arrived in Qinyang, she happened to meet them after they finished delivering the goods and were about to return. So she asked the porters to send a message back to ask them to come to Qinyang to meet her.
They are Shi Tou, Sister-in-law Yu Mei, Li Zhu Zi, Li Yun Xiang, and Li Er Ya.
In the few days since she left, the workshop and pig farm have probably been completed and will soon be operational. Shi Tou Shun'er is most familiar with her scientific feeding methods, so she took Shi Tou over first.
As for Sister-in-law Yumei, ever since the village head learned that she was going to open a new workshop, he had asked her about it several times. Although Meng Zhao had said that the new workshop would not affect the workshops in Shenjia Village.
The village head was still somewhat worried, which Meng Zhao could understand. Since the new workshop had just been built and needed a manager, she asked Sister Yu Mei to come and take over for a while so that she could check out the situation.
The starch workshop in Dazhai Village alone is not enough to support all of Chunfenglou's orders. She will not abandon the old workshop just because she has a new one. Moreover, Shenjia Village is now her base, and many of her people are from Shenjia Village. She has invested a lot of effort and money in it, so she will not give it up easily.
As for why Li Yunxiang and Li Erya came along, it was all because of Li Dayong's family.
Before the Lunar New Year, Li Yunxiang took advantage of the opportunity that the starch workshop had recruited a group of workers from other villages and set up a small stall at the entrance of the workshop. At first, she could only earn four or five coins a day, which was just enough for the mother and daughter to eat.
But later, more and more workers from other villages came to the workshop. They all felt that running back and forth every day was too tiring. It was inconvenient to heat up their own meals. In addition, as they worked longer hours and received their wages, they had a little more money in their pockets and were no longer so frugal. They simply bought their meals from Li Yunxiang's stall and could earn twenty or thirty coins a day.
Seeing that Li Yunxiang could make money in the village, everyone was envious, but no one got involved. After all, everyone could calculate how much food Li Yunxiang used, how much she sold it for, and how much money she could make every day.
One household can make money, but two households can't. So most people just complain in their hearts, thinking why they didn't think of this job in the first place. If they had done it first, they would be the ones making money now.
But while others disagreed, Li Dayong's family thought differently. Ever since they kicked Li Yunxiang and her daughter out, there was no one to do any housework. Granny Fang spent all her time cursing her second daughter-in-law for being a lazy woman, but her second daughter-in-law was no pushover either, and the two of them argued every few days.
Every time, it was Granny Fang who suffered the loss. After all, her second son and his wife were of one mind. They were family. Whenever Granny Fang cursed, her second son would bring up the idea of dividing the family property, leaving her helpless.
Unable to find anyone to vent his anger on, and seeing that Li Yunxiang was making money, he naturally wanted to get involved. So he also made pancakes and went to sell them at the workshop entrance. At first, some people tried them and bought them a few times, but because she was reluctant to use the ingredients and the taste was not good, no one bought them after a few days.
When Granny Fang went to set up her stall, no one in her family helped her. Now that she can't sell anything, everyone says she's wasting money and is incompetent. She can't say anything to her own family, so she goes around causing trouble for Li Yunxiang every day, spreading rumors everywhere, which makes Li Yunxiang extremely annoyed.
After hearing about this, Meng Zhao asked someone to inquire with Li Yunxiang whether she would be willing to bring Er Ya out. Li Yunxiang agreed without hesitation.
Although Shenjia Village is Li Erya's hometown, the place where she was born and raised, she doesn't have much affection for this land because of Li Dayong's family. It would be better for her to find an opportunity to move out.
When Meng Zhao met them, he didn't say much. He got on a mule cart and went to Hongnong County. When they arrived, they went to the starch workshop first.
Sister-in-law Yu Mei's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "My goodness, Zhao Zhao, how come this workshop is built so big?"
As she spoke, she looked around with surprise in her eyes. The courtyard looked at least twice the size of the workshop in Shenjia Village, and there were two adjacent courtyards on both sides of the workshop. After carefully counting, there were more than a dozen rooms.
Meng Zhao explained with a smile, "In our Shenjia Village workshop, all you have to do is go to work every day. This new workshop not only does that, but it also has dormitories, so workers who live far away don't have to go home every day and can live in the workshop."
Moreover, because there were both men and women in the workshop, the men's and women's dormitories needed to be separated to avoid accidents, and the courtyard walls were built very high, which is why it looks so big.
Upon hearing this, Sister-in-law Yumei suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. So, have we been staying here these past few days?"
Meng Zhao nodded. "Yes, the things are probably ready. Let's go in and take a look."
Because it was built in a hurry, there wasn't much of a special design. It was just a few rooms connected together, each about 20 square meters. Meng Zhao didn't choose the common shared sleeping area.
Instead, it was like the dormitory in her braised pork shop, with custom-made bunk beds. Three beds were placed in one room, and two tables were placed in the rest of the space, so that each room could accommodate six people.
Both the women's and men's dormitories are equipped with separate outhouses and bathing facilities, making it extremely convenient to live there.
Meng Zhao led Sister Yu Mei and Li Yunxiang and her daughter to one of the dormitories. Three beds and some daily necessities had already been prepared. After settling the three of them in, Meng Zhao arranged for Li Zhuzi to go to the men's dormitory. Then, he took Shi Tou to find Meng Dashan.
When Meng Dashan saw his daughter return, he first showed her a lot of concern before bringing up the matter of the pig farm.
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