Chapter 152 The Luck of the Traveler Delivered
Finally, after Cui Qingyi demonstrated how to plant pepper seedlings, Qiao's mother, Cui Qingyi and Konjac were all sent back home. Brother Qiao said that he and Qiao Yishi could finish this job in less than a day.
Hearing her son say this, Qiao's mother happily invited Cui Qingyi and Konjac home. On the way back, she also gave Konjac some advice, "Men and women should care about each other in life, but we women shouldn't force ourselves to endure hardships. We can't back off when we should be together, otherwise the couple's hearts will fall apart. But we can't push away happiness when it's time to enjoy it, otherwise people will think you were born to suffer."
Konjac listened carefully to what Qiao's mother said and nodded from time to time.
Cui Qingyi didn't know whether Konjac listened to what Qiao's mother said, but Cui Qingyi's affection for Qiao's mother was really growing day by day. This old lady was really a person with rich life experience and very kind.
Based on what she just said, Cui Qingyi believed that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would be able to live together in the future.
Regardless of past and present lives, Cui Qingyi has seen many examples of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law getting along. As long as the elderly in the family are not the ones who like to make trouble, the life of the young couple will most likely not be bad.
After waiting for the pepper field to be planted, Cui Qingyi began to run out of the city frequently. Although it was very easy to take care of the pepper field and the two Qiao brothers were trustworthy people, it was not as reassuring as watching it with her own eyes when entrusting it to anyone else.
As the number of trips in and out of the city increased, it became less convenient to travel without a carriage.
But the house was so small that there was no room for a horse after living there and raising two big dogs. Moreover, if they bought a carriage, they would need a coachman to drive it. Cui Qingyi was not willing to hand over the carriage to someone she did not trust.
It is said that a simple life should be lived simply, but everything requires thought.
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When two-thirds of the teahouse outside the city was built, Cui Qingyi discovered something different when she was leaving the city. There were many migrant workers in the city carrying tools and walking out of the city one after another.
It was not until she got off the carriage at the construction site of the teahouse that Cui Qingyi knew what had happened. In fact, there was no need for Uncle Fan to tell her, because Cui Qingyi saw it herself.
There were government officials organizing the construction of houses outside the city. "What is this for?" Cui Qingyi asked.
Uncle Fan had already arrived the moment he saw Cui Qingyi's carriage approaching. Hearing Cui Qingyi's question, he answered directly, "The government conscripted a group of laborers a few days ago. They say they're going to build a market outside the city."
market?
Cui Qingyi walked closer and found that the buildings were more like warehouses than houses. The warehouses separated by wooden boards were exactly the same in size and shape, and were neatly arranged.
Cui Qingyi didn't understand what the government was doing. There were obviously several markets in the county town, and even on big market days, they could easily accommodate people from several surrounding villages. In Cui Qingyi's opinion, there was no need to open a new market outside the city, and the scale of this market was not small.
Unless the government has some plans that have not yet been announced, Cui Qingyi suddenly thought of what He Ya Ren said when she bought the vacant land outside the city. At that time, she didn't take those words seriously. Now it seems that He Ya Ren was not lying, and the government is indeed making a big move.
For some things, once you figure out one level, the others will naturally fall into place.
Cui Qingyi recalled what the escort leader had said, "I heard that a foreign merchant caravan once came to Dongping County."
Cui Qingyi suddenly understood the purpose of the government building this market. No wonder Zhou Yanxiu was still staying in Dongping County after being promoted. It turned out that the imperial court wanted to open a trade with foreigners here.
If he does a good job in dealing with foreigners, it will be a great achievement. Zhou Yanxiu is not a fool.
After figuring this out, Cui Qingyi couldn't contain her excitement.
Wow, is this really the legendary God chasing her and feeding her? A few days ago, she was worried that the business would be bad after the teahouse was built and the money she invested would be wasted. But if the court really built a market here, then she would have nothing to worry about.
If this market is built, she can not only make money from the locals and foreigners, but even from everyone in Dajin.
As soon as the market opened, the caravans traveling from south to north rushed to Dongping County like crazy.
Cui Qingyi did not go to the pepper field, and hurriedly asked someone to drive a carriage back to the city to go to the girls' school. Seeing that Cui Qingyi had arrived at the girls' school at this time, Konjac thought that something had happened outside the city, and hurried forward to ask.
Cui Qingyi urgently needed someone to share this news with her, so she motioned Konjac to follow in. When Konjac saw his daughter's expression, he immediately became serious, motioned Wangcai to guard the door, and followed her in.
Cui Qingyi did not beat around the bush and quickly told Konjac everything she had seen outside the city and her speculation about the trade.
Konjac exclaimed and quickly covered her mouth. She was no longer a naive person. Cui Qingyi only mentioned it briefly and she understood that if this market was real, it would be a great thing for their Laishui.
Konjac lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear, "Miss, then aren't we going to make a fortune?"
Cui Qingyi's lychee eyes were full of smiles and she nodded vigorously.
After a moment, she calmed her tone and said, "Looking at the progress of the government's building construction, the foreign caravan will probably arrive in Dongping County as early as May or June. By then, our teahouse will definitely be open. We still have to start performing opera in the teahouse."
Previously, because she couldn't find a suitable opera troupe, Cui Qingyi planned to put the Qinqiang performance on hold. But now she knows that Dongping County is about to usher in the largest number of tourists in its history. By then, Dongping County will be packed everywhere, and the stage specially built in the teahouse will be empty. Cui Qingyi feels that it would be a big loss.
Konjac was a little anxious when he heard this, but it was the busy farming season and there were almost no opera troupes performing in the county town. If they wanted to watch an opera, they had to go to the provincial capital, but they didn't want to go to Qinghe City in their lifetime.
Cui Qingyi also thought of this. After pondering for a while, she said, "If all else fails, we should go to the provincial capital and return quickly after finding a suitable troupe."
Cui Qingyi's luck in traveling through time had probably just arrived. Just as she was thinking about going to the provincial capital, Wangcai started barking outside the door.
The two put the topic aside for the time being and went out to check.
Jiang Bailing had hardly slept for three days on the boat. Not only was the large bunk bed on the passenger ship extremely crowded, but she was also worried about what the situation would be like in Dongping County. She was so nervous that she couldn't sleep.
They found out the address of Cui's Girls' School along the way. A few people pooled their copper coins and let her and Yunque take a hot bath in the inn. After they had carefully tidied themselves up, they arrived at Yahou Lane.
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