Chapter 138 Killing the New Year Pig and Stuffing it with Sausage!
In the following days, Qin Zhizhi and others were very busy.
She first led the villagers to dry the peppercorns and chili peppers, then weighed the peppers and distributed the money to the villagers.
The people in Qinjia Village were also distributing money for the first time, and they were very excited. The village was as lively as if it were New Year's Day.
The land that the villagers reclaimed together was now used to grow peppers.
The pepper harvest was good this year, and with the fresh peppers sold earlier, each family got a lot of money.
The New Year pigs were ready to be slaughtered, so Qin Zhizhi decided to lead everyone in making sausages.
Part of it was used for New Year's consumption, part of it was given to Manager Wang's restaurant, and the rest was brought back to the capital and sold in his own shop.
Qin Zhizhi had already made up her mind before coming to Qinjia Village.
The Gu family happened to have a shop selling rice, flour, grain and oil. After Qin Zhizhi discussed with the eldest princess, they decided to set aside a space to sell sausages.
The eldest princess directly handed the matter over to her daughter Gu Yunfei.
So this time when Qin Zhizhi returned to Qinjia Village, Gu Yunfei did not follow.
Now the whole Qinjia Village is full of joy, and every villager is full of energy.
Qin Zhizhi first went to the villagers to check on the pigs they raised.
Sure enough, the pigs are fat and strong, which is a good time to make sausages.
Qin Zhizhi asked the village head to hire a butcher and then found a few villagers who were nimble and strong to start slaughtering pigs from house to house.
They drove the fat pigs out of the pigsty, caught them, weighed them, and then tied them to the stone slabs.
Then a few people pressed it, and then it was the butcher's turn to perform.
The butcher hired by the village head was the most famous one in the surrounding villages, so he was very experienced in butchering pigs.
As soon as the pig was slaughtered, someone boiled hot water early, and a group of people began to scald the pig to remove its hair and cut it into different parts.
The butcher continued to go to the next house to slaughter pigs, and the rest of the villagers were divided into several groups by the village head and listened to Qin Zhizhi's instructions.
Next, Qin Zhizhi began to lead the villagers to use the spices she had prepared long ago to marinate pork, stuff sausages, and dry them in the sun.
The villagers of Qinjia Village were full of energy. After working all night, all the sausages were finally stuffed.
Looking at the sausages drying in the yards of every household, Qin Zhizhi felt a sense of accomplishment.
She decided to take all the sausages and give the villagers a good price so that everyone could have a prosperous New Year.
After all the sausages in the village were stuffed, Qin Zhizhi went to her grandmother's house, as well as her aunt's and third aunt's parents' homes to help stuff the sausages.
Because they had to rush back to the capital before the New Year after finishing the work in Qinjia Village.
So when Qin Zhizhi went to each house, she gave them New Year gifts in advance.
Third aunt and uncle didn’t come back, but they didn’t forget to give any New Year gifts to Wang’s family.
After another three days of hard work, all the sausages for this year were stuffed.
Qin Zhizhi asked the village head to send someone to find Manager Wang. When Manager Wang heard that Qin Zhizhi was back, he immediately drove his carriage over.
"Niece Zhizhi, you are so willing to come back. What new things have you made this time?"
Shopkeeper Wang looked at the sausages drying in the air all over the yard and felt that his restaurant would be very popular this year.
"Uncle Wang, these are the sausages I made with the villagers. I wanted to ask if you want them. If not, I will take them all to the capital."
Qin Zhizhi was not worried about the sales of sausages at all. Whenever there were fresh ingredients, she would always think of Shopkeeper Wang first.
"Yes, of course I don't want to. You're still thinking about Uncle Wang. I want as much as Qinjia Village has."
Shopkeeper Wang knew that Qin Zhizhi's things were good.
"I can only give Uncle Wang half this time. I have another use for the other half. Uncle Wang, try selling it first. If it sells well, I'll make more next year."
"Niece Zhizhi's recipes are always popular. Let's take half and half. Please leave some for me next year."
"Don't worry, Uncle Wang. Whenever there's something good, I'll always think of you first."
Hearing that Qin Zhizhi was the first one to think of him, Shopkeeper Wang smiled even more happily.
They also have a restaurant in Beijing. There will be plenty of opportunities for cooperation after Qin Zhizhi goes to Beijing.
Manager Wang took away half of it that day. Before one horse carriage could carry all the food, the village head sent an ox cart to deliver it to the restaurant.
After Qin Zhizhi received the silver, he asked the village head to gather all the villagers together and divide the silver according to the weight of the sausages submitted by each family.
Mr. Zhang remembered it clearly. Qin Zhizhi paid a high price for sausages, sixty cents per pound.
When Qin Zhizhi said sixty cents per catty, all the villagers gasped.
Qin Chuan, the village head, asked uncertainly, "Zhizhi, isn't this too high? Do you have to pay for it?"
"Yes, Zhizhi, you can't afford to lose money, so it's better to make it cheaper."
"Yes, sixty cents is too much."
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The villagers tried to persuade Qin Zhizhi one by one, and she was very moved. The people in Qinjia Village were very simple and honest.
"Don't worry, it's just sixty cents. Apart from the money given to Shopkeeper Wang, I will take the rest to the capital to sell. If it sells well, we can all raise more pigs next year."
Qin Zhizhi lived in the capital for a while and knew the prices there.
He couldn't bear to see the villagers working hard all year round but still not having enough to eat or wear warm clothes, so he wanted them to get rich through hard work.
"Zhizhi, we'll all listen to you. If the sales are good, just write a letter to the head of the village and we'll buy piglets after the New Year."
"Yes, we all listen to you. Raising a pig earns more than working outside. We all follow you."
The people in Qinjia Village are now very excited.
"Okay, let's get rich together, so let's start dividing the money now."
When the head of the village called out their names, the people would come forward to receive the money. Zhang Xiucai would do the accounting, and Qin Zhizhi would distribute the money.
"Qin forty-two taels."
"Three Goats Palace Ten Liang"
"Uncle Qin, the fattest pig you raise is 15 taels."
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Every time the head of the village announced a family, the villagers would gasp. It was the first time they had seen so much silver.
The villagers who received the money were grinning from ear to ear, holding their own silver and waiting to see how much money other families received.
The scene was very lively. After receiving the money, everyone went home happily.
After finishing all this, Qin Zhizhi finally breathed a sigh of relief. She suddenly missed Gu Jinghuai and her relatives in the capital. She knew that it was time to prepare to return to Beijing.
Qin Zhizhi asked Manager Wang for help in renting a carriage, and transported the remaining peppercorns and chili peppers from the exchange with Wanwan, as well as the newly made sausages, back to the capital.
On the day Qin Zhizhi left, the whole village came to see them off.
Old Man Qin's eyes were red, and Qin Zhizhi advised him, "Grandpa, I'll bring you back after the New Year."
Old man Qin nodded. The eldest and second grandfathers were very reluctant to let them go, but the children's future was in the capital, so they had to go.
Before leaving, the old man took Qin Zhizhi's hand and said earnestly, "Zhizhi, well done. Come back often in the future."
Qin Zhizhi smiled and nodded: "Uncle, don't worry, I will come back after the New Year. Our spring bamboo shoot business cannot be interrupted."
"Then we'll wait for you to come back. We promise to keep the spring bamboo shoots for you. As for these profitable things, our whole village will definitely protect them."
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