Chapter 272 Konjac is Born
Chunmei and Daoxiang, the two sisters-in-law, are the most active.
When Lu Liu was alive, the three women in the family were farmhands and tools for giving birth to children. Sometimes they were more like animals, but they were not flesh and blood people.
All the good things in the house had nothing to do with these three women. Now that Lu Liu was dead and the remaining men in the family were all doing labor service, the two women used their own money to buy meat and cloth for the first time at the grocery store run by the village chief.
Yes, Cui Qingyi opened a small grocery store in Luhua Town, selling needles and thread, rice, flour, grain, oil and the like, which was enough to meet the daily needs of the people in Luhua Town.
I don't expect this grocery store to make much money, it just provides a place for everyone to spend money. The people who earn money must experience the joy of consumption.
The women in Aunt Lu's family were very happy when they saw the things they bought. As for their sons and grandsons who were still doing labor service, no one cared about them. The men in their family had been taught badly and were not worth anyone's attention.
Those who were doing forced labor were also driven to dig tree pits in the mountains, and were separated from Chunmei and the others by a trench. However, they were accompanied by soldiers, so even if they ran over here to cause trouble, even if they swung their hoes a little slower than others, they would be whipped by the guards.
Chunmei's eldest son, Lu Shi, had already seen his mother and was eagerly hoping that she would come over and talk to him. He had hidden some silver outside and wanted Chunmei to take it out and then find a way to redeem him. He really couldn't stand it anymore. He had never done so much work since he was a child.
But Chunmei didn't even glance over here, as if her own son was not suffering here.
The activity of digging holes and planting trees in Luhua Town was carried out in full swing. After a few days, from a distance, half of the hilltop was covered with neatly arranged tree pits.
At this time, Cui Qingyi set out to return to Dongping County.
Someone from home brought news that the konjac was showing signs of starting an attack.
Now, the weight of all these people bundled together in Cui Qingyi's heart is not as important as Konjac alone. In addition, with the military captain's men watching here, these people can't cause any big waves. Cui Qingyi left without any burden.
Nothing went wrong with Konjac. On the night Cui Qingyi arrived home, the family gathered together for dinner and Konjac started to work.
Although it was her first child, Konjac was in good health. In the next few months, she listened to Cui Qingyi and Doctor Lu and did not take too much tonic and exercised appropriately, so the birth went very smoothly.
It took two hours from labor to the birth of the baby. The midwife came out holding the baby wrapped in red cloth and announced the good news, "Congratulations, it's a little boy, both mother and child are safe."
Only when she heard the words "mother and child are safe" did Cui Qingyi feel relieved.
In this era, giving birth for women is like stepping one foot into the gates of hell. As soon as she heard Konjac's cry of pain in the room, Cui Qingyi felt a layer of sweat running down her back.
Seeing Qiao Yishi and Qiao's mother holding their eldest son and not forgetting to care about Konjac, Cui Qingyi felt even more satisfied.
Wangcai and Heiya squatted together, peeked at the child in Qiao Yishi's arms, then looked at the closed door, making sure that there was no other kid who would be wrapped up and carried out, then they got up and went to Cui Qingyi.
Qiao Yishi handed his eldest son to Cui Qingyi, who took him carefully. After taking a closer look, she commented in her mind, "Hmm, his nose and eyes are like konjac, and his eyebrows are similar too. He's sure to be a handsome boy when he grows up."
Then he lowered his body and brought the baby in front of Wangcai to show it. Wangcai gently nudged the newborn's swaddling clothes with his big nose, getting a faint hum and the baby's big furry tail swung happily.
No one at the scene was so inconsiderate as to try to stop Cui Qingyi's actions. Even Qiao's mother, the grandmother, pushed her own son Heiya over and said with a smile, "Heiya, come and take a look. We must protect him well in the future."
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Cui Qingyi stayed at home for two days, and seeing that Konjac had recovered well, she rushed back to Luhua Town.
I say I don't care, but once the matter is settled, I become concerned and always keep it in mind.
Just as Gong Xiu said, it will take at least three to five years to see the results of mulberry planting and silkworm breeding. Cui Qingyi can wait, but the people of Luhua Town cannot just sit there and wait.
It is not realistic to live on the money earned from Cui Qingyi. After all, there are thousands of people in Luhua Town. How much money can she let these people earn?
So this time when she went back, Cui Qingyi also brought some autumn crops that could be planted in July and August.
The grain seeds were not given to them for free, but were rented to them. They could pay them silver or return the grain seeds next year.
The people of Luhua Town now fully understand one thing. In the past, they could get a batch of relief grain every year thanks to the imperial court, but now they are under the jurisdiction of their own village, and the village chief will not care about the life and death of lazy people.
Therefore, as soon as the notice was posted saying that people could go to the camp to exchange grain seeds, every household that had lost their livelihood immediately went to exchange grain with their grain buckets.
The people of Luhua Town have never been as busy as they are now. Not only do they get up early every day to dig tree pits, but each household also has to allocate some people to farm.
If a foreigner who is familiar with Luhua Town saw this, he would probably feel that the sun had risen from the west.
While the crops were being planted in the fields, the village chief started planning to build a factory in the town.
The people of Luhua Town didn't know what a factory was, they only knew that they were making money again.
Cui Qingyi ordered the people of Luhua Town around in circles, and they had no time to cause trouble. Captain Wu had nothing to do and just thought he was here for vacation. He was also very curious about what Cui Qingyi was doing.
"Village Master, what is the purpose of building this factory?"
To be honest, Captain Wu was not optimistic about what Cui Qingyi was doing now. Planting mulberry trees and raising silkworms was fine, although it took some time, but at least he could make some money when the year came. But building a factory seemed to be completely a spur of the moment decision.
The two have been working together for so long, and Cui Qingyi admires Wu Xiaowei very much. Now that he asked, Cui Qingyi didn't think of hiding it.
"To be honest with Captain Wu, given the geographical conditions of Luhua Town, it is basically impossible for the people to live a comfortable life by farming.
I'm thinking of building a factory here, and doing something to make sure the people don't starve like they did before."
This can be regarded as the initial prototype of the factory economy, but Wu Xiaowei, a genuine ancient man, could not fully understand it.
In fact, Cui Qingyi had already thought about what these factories would be built for.
But things must be done in secret, and it’s not too late to show off after it’s really done.
Captain Wu was not one to meddle in other people's affairs. Seeing Cui Qingyi's confident look, he didn't say much. He only sighed, "The village chief has good intentions. I hope these people can understand."
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