Chapter 24 Cooperation
Madam Yang was talking in the main room. When she heard her little daughter calling her, she looked up and asked, "Arong, what's wrong?"
Yang Si Niang panted heavily, crossed her legs, and whispered softly: "Mom, let Uncle Tao help Ah Jin's family move the sacks, so that I can have candied haws to eat."
Madam Yang was stunned at first, then burst into laughter, "You kid..."
Aunt Zhang, the housekeeper, also laughed and said, "Madam, how about asking Tao Hai to help?"
Mrs. Yang thought for a moment and said, "It's not because the child is greedy. We are all neighbors, so it's okay to lend a hand."
Aunt Zhang left the main hall and called the male servant who was sitting in the corridor basking in the sun to go to the Su family's door to help.
Tao Hai stood up, patted his butt, and without saying anything, he walked out of the yard to help the Su family.
Su Ruojin didn't expect that the little brat would call for a laborer when he got home. He hurried forward to be polite, feeling embarrassed to ask the other person to do the work: "Uncle Tao..."
Unexpectedly, the other person ignored him and just picked up the sack and moved it into the Su's yard, as if it was effortless, light and easy.
Su Ruojin: ...
I had no choice but to turn around and thank Xiao Si Niang who had come close to me, "Thank you, Arong."
Yang Si Niang grinned, revealing a row of neat little teeth, and laughed happily, "I won't eat your new food for nothing." She was also very arrogant.
Haha, if she had a dozen little brats like this, they would be so cute.
Seeing that Su Ruojin was also smiling happily, Yang Si Niang asked softly, "We will be good friends from now on, right?"
"yes!"
Su Ruojin didn't expect that in just such a short period of time, she made a good friend and had her first best friend in the Dayin Dynasty.
"So if there are any new foods in your house in the future, can I eat them?"
Su Ruojin: ...
Why do I feel like the little brat dug a hole for her to fall into? Hey, it's just a new food, as long as she likes it, there's nothing wrong with it.
"Okay, then it's settled." Yang Si Niang jumped for joy several times.
A quarter of an hour later, all the hawthorns on two carts were moved into the Su family's house and piled everywhere in the house and under the corridor.
Su Ruojin kept her promise and brought Yang Si Niang some compressed hawthorn slices and a small jar of hawthorn jam. "You can eat the hawthorn slices directly, and you can make tea with the hawthorn jam, or you can eat it directly by scooping it out. But for the sake of your teeth, Arong, you should just make tea with it."
Yang Si Niang's mouth was watering, and she nodded repeatedly, "I will listen to Ah Jin."
She held a small paper box of hawthorn slices, and the little maid who served her held a jar of hawthorn jam, and the master and servant ran home happily.
Su Ruojin smiled and went home to pack up.
Only after everything was packed up did Feng Wangtian formally introduce the village head who came with him, "Sir, this is our village head Feng Pingshan."
Su Yanli bowed and said, "For my daughter's business, you have to go to the capital in person."
"You are too polite, sir..."
Li Zheng Feng almost stuttered when he spoke, but fortunately he held it together. However, it was no wonder that he was nervous and flustered. He was a Jinshi and a high-ranking official at such a young age. How could common people like them look up to him?
However, as the head of the village, he came here in person with a purpose. Seeing that the official had a gentle demeanor and seemed easy to talk to, he wondered if he would kick him out after he made his request.
Just then, Mother Dong brought Ershi back. When Ershi saw his father, he turned around with joy and hurriedly saluted the head of the village.
Su Ruojin asked his father to greet Uncle Feng and Lizhang Feng, while he and Mother Dong went to cook lunch. There were four dishes and a soup, which were large in quantity and delicious in taste. Everyone buried their heads in the meal.
Only after they finished eating and cleaned up did Su Ruojin was called to the main room by Ershige.
In the main room, Su Yanli was accompanying Feng Lizheng. The two seemed to be talking about something. When they saw Su Ruojin appear, they both looked at her.
"Although these recipes were all thought up by my wife, the specific operations were done by my eldest daughter, Jin. If Li Zheng Feng wants the recipe, he has to ask Jin."
Su Ruojin looked at Feng Wangtian.
He lowered his head and rubbed his hands when he was stared at. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into, but he had no choice. He took more than a dozen strings of candied haws back home. The head of the village saw him and insisted on selling them. He said that the recipe belonged to a nobleman in the capital and he had no say in the matter. So he had to come with him. As a small villager, he could not defeat the head of the village unless he moved away. He really felt ashamed of the nobleman!
After a while, Su Ruojin understood what Li Zheng Feng meant. She did not answer in a hurry, but called Feng Ershi over and asked, "Do you think your village can make money by selling candied haws?"
Li Zheng Feng originally thought that it was outrageous to tell such a big thing to a six-year-old girl, but he didn't expect that the six-year-old girl would ask Feng Ershi back like the boss. Feng Ershi was only fifteen or sixteen years old, a yellow-haired boy who had just come out for the first time, what could he understand? The big official was trying to put him off.
Feng Lizheng's heart sank.
Feng Ershi said clearly, "Uncle Lizheng, making candied haws is something that can be learned easily and anyone can make it, but it's not that easy to make money from it."
Hey, when did this kid start speaking so clearly?
Feng Lizheng raised his eyes: "...as if he wanted to ask, 'Why is it not that easy?'"
“Sugar costs a lot.”
Feng Lizheng: "Then we will just sell it at a higher price."
"This is something sold to children. If only rich people can afford it, how many rich people can there be? Besides, they just eat for the novelty. Once they are no longer interested in it, who will we sell all those hawthorns in Neishantun to?"
Feng Lizheng: ...
It feels like what you said makes sense.
"Then..." Unexpectedly, it was a wasted trip, and Li Zheng Feng's waist was visibly bent.
Su Ruojin smiled slightly, "Uncle Feng's trip was not in vain."
What does it mean that it was not a wasted trip? Oh, he understood. This time, he sold one or two thousand catties of hawthorns. He did make money. What about Neishan Village? As a village head, what's the point of only caring about making a few taels of silver for himself?
Su Ruojin kept smiling, "Uncle Feng, your trip was not in vain."
Afterwards, Su Ruojin talked with Feng Lizheng for an entire afternoon and made a cooperation plan based on the specific amount of hawthorns in Neishantun and the situation of the villagers. A hawthorn workshop was built in Neishantun. Of course, Feng Lizheng was the workshop manager. Feng Wangtian had learned the technology of making hawthorns from Su Ruojin, so he would be the technician and foreman. The rest of the operators would be selected by Feng Lizheng. If he wanted the workshop to last for a long time, he would find people who really worked. If he just recruited his own relatives, the workshop would not last long and don't blame him if he didn't make any money.
Feng Lizheng made a hard trip to the capital and of course hoped to make money. No matter what Su Ruojin said, he nodded and agreed and did everything she said.
Neishantun now has a source of income, and the Su family has been freed from heavy labor. If the business is well managed, it will truly be a win-win situation for both parties.
Feng Lizheng happily went back to his hometown to set up a workshop. As soon as the workshop was ready, he called Feng Wangtian back to teach people how to make hawthorn products.
Feng Wangtian was very worried, "Second Madam, after the New Year, will anyone still want this thing?"
"You guys came out too late this year. If you wait until next fall to start making and selling them as soon as the harvest is done, they will be sold out in one winter, and you won't even wait until after the New Year."
Feng Wangtian sighed with great regret: "It would have been great if I had met the Second Lady earlier."
Met earlier? Su Ruojin smiled secretly. If she had met him earlier, it would not be certain. Without the power to be the master, she would not have spent more than ten taels to buy three taels of hawthorn weighing a thousand kilograms.
So, no matter what happens, it all depends on fate.
(End of this chapter)
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