Chapter 133 Discussing Something
Song Jingyun made up his mind and did it accordingly.
Jiang Mixia saw him coming back every day to read for a while, and she knew it was the result of her talking too much that day.
But this period of time was neither too long nor too short, and would not make the young son-in-law overly tired, so Jiang Mixia did not dissuade him. However, every time she sent Song Jingyun to Hongle Academy, she would look for various foods in the town.
Chicken, duck, fish, braised snacks, fruits and nuts...
Nothing is left out, nothing is lacking.
The northwest wind blew, and the first snow of this winter fell from the sky.
After entering deep winter, the business at the bamboo weaving workshop entered the off-season. There were only a few orders left before the New Year. After the busy work, this year has come to an end. However, the business at the porcelain kiln is still very busy, and even more prosperous because of the approaching New Year.
After all, it is the Chinese New Year, and buying new plates and bowls means celebrating the new year in a brand new way, and it also implies that there will be no shortage of food and drink in the coming year. Many people would like to have a good start and buy more of these things before the Chinese New Year.
Zhu Yongwu's kiln-firing skills became more and more sophisticated, and the several apprentices he brought up were already able to become half the backbone of the kiln. In late autumn, the kiln added another kiln, and the amount of porcelain produced increased by half.
Cups, plates, bowls, vases, and pillows...
The types of porcelain produced by porcelain kilns are increasing, and the quality is getting better and better, so naturally the money earned is increasing.
Zhu Yongwu earns a lot, but Jiang Mi and Xia's family earn even more.
After the snow melted, people came to the farm.
Manager Qiao came with a few of his men in two cars. Each car was very tall. When the tarpaulin covering was lifted, it was filled with various vegetables such as radishes, cabbages, mustard greens, celery, as well as live chickens, ducks, rabbits and other poultry.
"The harvest is good this year. We can't finish eating it all on the farm, and the boss won't need much either. The boss said that the harvest was good this autumn, and the farm has received a lot of money from Madam Jiang. The relationship between the two families is good, so we'll give some of these things to Madam Jiang's family as a token of the boss's kindness, and also as a way to improve the relationship between the two families."
Manager Qiao said, "Besides, the boss asked me to make this trip specifically because he wanted to discuss something with Madam Jiang."
Jiang Mixia listened for a while and finally understood what it meant.
Previously, this farm had more than 300 acres of land. Manager Qiao's employer bought 150 acres, Jiang Mixia bought 50 acres, and the remaining 120 acres were bought by the Lu and Wan families respectively.
Today, the Lu and Wan families are in urgent need of money because of their poor business at the end of the year, so they are thinking of selling the 120 acres of land in their hands.
Manager Qiao's boss wanted to buy it, but he didn't have much cash on hand. At most he could buy 80 acres, and he really couldn't afford the remaining 40 acres.
The buyers change. If the other party is easy to talk to and can get along well with the farm, it would be fine. But if he is petty, confused about business, or does not trust Manager Qiao and likes to make trouble on the farm, then it will be troublesome.
It is not easy to manage a farm, especially to gather all the tenants together and keep them from causing trouble. It is even more difficult to maintain peace. Therefore, Manager Qiao and his employer want to form a partnership with acquaintances who can get along well with them, and are not willing to start over with strangers to avoid high trial and error costs.
Moreover, Manager Qiao and her employer saw that Jiang Mixia was a person of good sense and capable of dealing with people, and her family seemed to have enough money and could afford the remaining 40 acres of land, so they came to her house rashly to discuss with Jiang Mixia to see if she was willing to buy the remaining 40 acres.
In this way, the two families will continue their partnership, and the labor fee for the farm will still be charged at 10%, but the vegetables, chickens, ducks, fish and meat from the farm will be supplied to Jiang Mixia's family every month.
"Time is tight. Although the price of the land is reasonable, buying land is not a trivial matter. Madam Jiang, you may want to think about it for two days. If you are willing to buy it, go to the county town's pawnshop. My boss has already made arrangements with them..."
Jiang Mixia thought for a moment and nodded, "My family does intend to buy more land, but originally we wanted to buy the entire farm if we could. But since Manager Qiao asked for it, our two families have been cooperating quite smoothly over the past year..."
"Since the price of this land is right, let's just buy it." Jiang Mixia said.
The money on hand is still far from enough to buy an entire farm, but now that there is a chance to expand the farmland, I can do it.
And as Manager Qiao said, the cooperation between the two families was quite pleasant, Manager Qiao also worked hard, and Jiang Mixia was also quite relieved.
When Manager Qiao saw Jiang Mixia agreed so readily, he was delighted and said, "Thank you so much, Madam Jiang."
"We both get what we want, there's really no need to thank each other." Jiang Mixia said hurriedly, "Then I'll go to the dental clinic tomorrow?"
"Thank you for taking the trouble, Madam Jiang. I will go to the dental clinic tomorrow and wait for you."
After the land sale was settled, Manager Qiao left when it was getting late.
When leaving, Jiang Mixia asked Manager Qiao to take away some bamboo baskets and bamboo crates.
These things can be used on the farm.
Manager Qiao expressed his gratitude profusely.
After seeing off Manager Qiao, Jiang Mixia and Liu counted and organized the vegetables and poultry he had brought.
The family had a vegetable garden and was well off, so they often went to the town and the county to buy some leafy vegetables grown in other people's greenhouses, so there was no shortage of vegetables, and poultry could also be bought with money, so there was no shortage of either.
So after everything was arranged, Liu and Jiang Mixia decided to send some to the first wife's house and Zhu Yongwu's family.
Zhu Yongwu's family was delivered first, and Dafang's family was delivered later in the evening.
It was Jiang Mixia who went to deliver it. When she arrived at the eldest wife's house, she saw several full bamboo baskets in the yard. There were various vegetables in them, as well as two chickens and two fish.
Looking more closely, these seemed to be the ones that had just been given to Zhu Yongwu's family.
Yang smiled and explained, "This was brought over by Yongwu after noon. He said that these were some vegetables and chickens sent by your family. They were all sent from Zhuangzi, and they were very fresh. However, he often doesn't cook at home now, so meals are delivered here. So he brought these over to pay for the meal."
Jiang Mixia blinked her eyes and laughed mischievously, "It's nothing that Brother Zhu sent vegetables, but these extra dried mushrooms and two fish were not given by my family. If they don't taste good when you eat them, don't blame my family."
"This kid..." Yang immediately understood the reason, and smiled helplessly, "He sent a few ducks that lay eggs a few days ago, saying that they were gifts from his apprentices, and he had no place to raise them, so he just sent them over. But later, someone else let it slip that these ducks were bought specially by Yongwu, and he had been looking for them for a long time, specifically for ducks that lay eggs diligently."
(End of this chapter)
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