Workshop prototype
"Huizi, Xizi, you sold a total of 382 sticks today, and the commission is 19.1 yuan, so each person gets 9.55 yuan. Can you calculate it and see if it's appropriate?"
Hu Yufeng counted the money in her hand, and Qin Wenli took a pen to calculate it and gave a number quickly.
Huizi and Xizi looked at each other, and there was a hint of surprise in their eyes. Although I had been told that I would get a commission after the sale, it only felt real when it actually happened. Huizi nodded hurriedly. She only knew simple arithmetic. Qin Wenli was the accountant in the family, so he must be good at it.
But I also made up my mind that I would study more when I have time in the future. It’s not that I don’t trust the Qin family, but I can’t always pin all my hopes on others. Learning it myself is also a kind of guarantee. Besides, let’s not talk about Yang Xiu and Qin Wenli in the Qin family. Aunt Hu is still studying hard at such an old age, which shows that learning has great benefits.
"Okay, I'll keep the accounts. The commission will be paid to you together with the salary at the end of the month!" Qin Wenli added, picking up the pen to complete the accounts.
Huizi and Xizi nodded, rubbed their hands excitedly and went to help Yang Xiu.
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After a few days, when the three new houses of the Qin family were finished, Qin Wenli, with the help of Qin Wenzhen, scraped a layer of putty on the walls and then painted the walls. There has been plenty of sunshine these past two days, so Qin Wenli tried it out and found that it was completely dry and could be moved in.
Of course, given Hu Yufeng's respect for social sciences, she had to choose a good day to move and start cooking. So Qin Wenli went to Zhao Yinyang's house again and chose September 28th to move.
After sending Huizi and Xizi to the market, Qin Wenli hurried home. Today is a big day for the Qin family. Even Qin Shengtian didn't go out to herd sheep and was waiting at home.
At the auspicious time of eleven o'clock, everyone in the Qin family, some were carrying racks, some were carrying basins, even the old lady and two children joined in, and it was lively and bustling on both sides. The newly painted walls looked so pleasing to the eye, and everyone was extremely careful while working, for fear of scratching or bumping the walls.
After all the pots and stoves in the operation room were set up, Hu Yufeng took out a large bowl filled with five-colored grains. Qin Wenli placed the large bowl on the inside of the stove, and then respectfully burned three incense sticks. This is called "worshiping the Kitchen God." After worshipping the "Kitchen God", he picked up a string of firecrackers and set them off with a "crackling" sound, which meant that it was time to start firing. "Open the stove" literally means that the stove should be used on the same day. So Yang Xiu poured water into the pot and lit it to boil a pot of hot water. The stove was then on, and there were no taboos in cooking from then on.
After finishing this part, several people were busy with the rack and moved all the utensils used to make fried dough twists here. From then on, it was completely separated from the kitchen at home.
Yang Xiu stood at the door and looked at the spacious and bright operating room, and was dazed for a moment. The new operation room was built based on her suggestions. It is not only spacious and bright, but also more reasonably designed than the old kitchen.
There was limited space in the old kitchen, and three people had to share a large chopping board. Plus, there was a water tank and a cupboard, so it was inevitable that things would bump into each other. The new operation room has several narrow cutting boards arranged in a row, so that everyone can work freely.
The days were really getting better and better, so good that it seemed a little unreal to her.
Seeing her stunned expression, Hu Yufeng couldn't help but walk up to her and said with a smile, "Wen Zheng did a good job. Now that we have a special space, you three can work freely."
Qin Wenli also came over after hearing this: "That's right, with these three rooms, our fried dough twist workshop will have a basic prototype... Mom, I have an idea..." Seeing that both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were looking at him, Qin Wenli smiled: "I want to take some time to apply for a business license, so that our family can have a formal workshop with a site and documents."
Hu Yufeng's eyes lit up, and she looked at her son gently: "You young people are smart. This is a very good idea. If we set up a workshop, we will have the confidence to go out and sell it. And this is just a small step for our family. As long as we work together, we will have no worries about the small workshop becoming a big factory..."
Yang Xiu and Qin Wenli's eyes also sparkled. Even though they knew that big factories were still a long way off, they still couldn't help but fantasize about them in their minds.
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In a blink of an eye, it is the first day of the tenth lunar month. "October 1st, send winter clothes." In Xiaogou Village, October 1st is the only day of the year that girls can visit their ancestors’ graves. So Hu Yufeng gave everyone a day off that day.
The one who needs to be worshipped in Yang Xiu's family is her grandfather. She hadn't seen her family for several months, especially her almost five-month-old niece, and she missed her quite a bit, so she prepared to go back.
Hu Yufeng's parents have both passed away. In previous years, she would go back home sometimes and burn paper money at the crossroads. But I still felt a little worried about Hu Deyang because I didn’t see him last time. I also thought that Hu Deyang must be at home during these days, so I wanted to take the opportunity to go back and see him this time.
As for Xizi, although her parents' home was far away, she still had time to go there if she wanted to, so Hu Yufeng asked her. Xizi waved his hands as if to shoo away flies: "I won't go. When my grandparents were alive, they only had their grandchildren in their eyes and were not kind to me. I won't burn paper for them..."
It is said that "When a person dies, it is like the extinguishing of a lamp... The living do not care about the dead." But Xizi is stubborn, and these principles do not make sense to her. Hu Yufeng simply stops talking to her. She does not burn paper for her grandparents, and simply goes home to watch the door and asks Yufang to burn paper with her!
Finally, there is Huizi. Everyone only knew that her parents' home was from another place, but they were not sure how far away that place was.
"My mother's family is from Liangping County. My parents passed away when I was fourteen years old..." Although Pingning City, to which Liangping County belongs, is adjacent to Qingyuan City, they do not belong to the same province. No wonder Huizi is said to be from another place.
"Then why did you marry here?" Xizi asked curiously, and the others also pricked up their ears. It's no wonder that everyone is curious. Although Nan Province, to which Qingyuan City belongs, and Liaoshan Province, to which Pingning City belongs, are two neighboring provinces, their lives are much better than theirs. Compared with the semi-arid climate in southern Province where there is no rain for half a year, the climate there is suitable for fertile fields, and it has been a famous grain-producing area since ancient times. Qin Shengtian's uncles used to work as wheat pickers there to support the family. They have only seen women marrying out, and have never seen many women marrying in from Liaoshan.
"My aunt married here. I stayed at home for more than two years after my parents passed away, but life was difficult, there was an insect plague, and my brother and sister-in-law had four children to raise, so I came here to live with my aunt."
Just a few words expressed all the hardships of living under someone else's roof for so many years, and everyone couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. Seeing Xizi was about to open his mouth, Yang Xiu quickly interrupted him and said, "There is a crossroads just below our slope. You can burn it there with your child..."
Keiko smiled and nodded.
The old lady wiped away the tears that were about to well up in her eyes and looked at Huizi thoughtfully.
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Since it was decided, Yang Xiu picked up some paper money and set off for her mother's house early in the morning. This time she didn't bring her child with her, so she crossed the ditch by herself and walked quickly. In less than forty minutes, she was sitting on the kang in her parents' home.
"How come you can come back today?" Aunt Yang Huiqin asked before Xu Runling could say anything. Xiu'er has been married for so many years, but this was the first year she came back to visit her grandfather's grave. Since then, she has burned paper at the crossroads to show her filial piety. This year, she came back early.
"My mother-in-law gave us all a holiday. I haven't seen Yunxia and Duoduo for a long time, so we decided to leave early in the morning..." Yang Xiu was smiling happily as she held her eldest niece in her arms.
Duoduo also gave face to her aunt. She smiled, revealing her pink gums, and said "oh, oh" to her aunt. The two aunt and niece were talking to each other and no one knew what they were talking about.
Yang Huiqin also smiled when she heard this: "Look at how your mother-in-law has been behaving in the past two years. You have finally gotten out of the bitter water." She patted her niece's arm affectionately. She had watched this child grow up and get married. She had suffered when life was not good, but she has finally gotten through it.
"If someone treats you well, you should treat her twice as well. That's how life works. If you put two good things together, your family will be able to live long and healthy..."
Yang Xiu listened to her aunt's words with gentle eyes and eyebrows, nodding in agreement from time to time.
Not long after, Yang Hui also arrived, and the few of them picked up the clothes and paper money they had prepared long ago and went to meet up with their other brothers and sisters.
"Hey Xiu'er, how come you have time to burn paper for your grandfather today? Your family is wealthy. I heard that you have hired workers." When Yang Xiu's third aunt Liu Jinling saw Yang Xiu coming, a dark light flashed in her eyes.
"Maybe you don't know yet, but the sick daughter-in-law of the Guo family in our village is said to be at Xiu'er's house..." Without waiting for Yang Xiu to speak, Liu Jinling loudly shared the news she had heard with everyone.
Yang Huiqin's eyes flashed with displeasure: "Second sister-in-law, as a mother, doesn't know, but you know it very well. No wonder people call you 'Liu Dazui'..."
Liu Jinling's face suddenly turned cold. She was born with a big mouth and hated it most when people brought it up. But her elder sister-in-law knew exactly where it hurt and picked on that spot.
"Third Aunt, let's go to visit my grandfather's grave first..." Yang Huiqin and Liu Jinling had been enemies for a while. Yang Xiu didn't want her aunt to get too entangled with her, so she quickly pulled her aunt and left.
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"Xiu'er, be careful when talking to your third aunt, and don't let her mislead you. You may not know, but her daughter Yang Qi is clamoring to go to the south to work, and the mother and daughter are arguing about this. From what I know about her, she probably wants Yang Qi to go to your house." Yang Huiqin said with some concern.
Hearing this, Yang Hui snorted, "How dare Third Aunt Yang Qi, that lazy idiot, open her mouth? But Aunt is right, sister, you should be clear-headed. If Yang Qi goes there, he is not helping, he is inviting an ancestor!"
Yang Xiu's third aunt Liu Jinling is also a strange person. Seeing that everyone in the world favors boys over girls, she was very disdainful and she wanted to favor girls over boys. They had one son and one daughter. The father treated his son like a farmhand. He had no food to eat and no clothes to wear, and his daily life depended entirely on the support of his two uncles. She spoiled her daughter and made Yang Qi behave like a spoiled brat. Xu Runling complained behind Hu Yufeng's back that she was afraid she and Hu Yufeng were real sisters, which was just as annoying!
Because of this, Dang Shi had argued with her many times, and she even argued confidently: "Humph, I know you just don't like my daughter. What's the matter? My daughter is not a person, and you are not born by a woman? The more you look down on me, the more I want to pamper her. I want you to see that my daughter is no better than my son..."
Dang was so angry that she almost died: Who told you not to pamper your daughter? But both your son and daughter are treasures. You cannot treat them equally, but you should not treat them differently. Those who know you say that you were born from your womb, while those who don’t know you treat you as your enemy!
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