The news that Mo Zijun, Su Murong, and Yang Cui had partnered to open a jewelry store had already spread throughout the county.
This made Baofu Jewelry feel very threatened.
With Yang Cui being intelligent, Mo Zijun being experienced, and Su Murong having power, connections, and money, can Fugui Silver Shop still establish itself in Wan'an County if these three cooperate?
Previously, Baofu Jewelry had always wanted to cooperate with Yang Cui, but Yang Cui did not agree. In addition, at that time, all the craftsmen of Fugui Jewelry had already fallen into his hands. They were the only jewelry store in the entire Wan'an, so they didn't need to advertise. Business would come to them. Whether or not they cooperated with Yang Cui was no longer important to them.
Other families in Wan'an County, even if they wanted to open a jewelry store, lacked the resources.
But he never expected that Su Murong would be competing with him for the market!
Mo Linfeng wasn't worried about Yang Cui and Mo Zijun working together, but Su Murong's involvement changed everything.
I heard that Su Murong recruited a group of extremely skilled craftsmen from other places. After receiving the news, Old Master Mo didn't sleep well for several days. Coupled with his advanced age and the cold weather, he fell ill.
When Madam Mo learned of this news, she was shocked.
She never imagined that her stepson would survive and eventually be able to cooperate with Su Murong!
Fortunately, the Mo family is now in her hands, and she has Luo Yanfen, a fortune teller who can foresee good and bad fortune, by her side. Even if Mo Zijun gets involved with Su Murong, she is not worried.
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Zhou'an Village.
Zhou Daqing didn't expect the Star Gazing Tower to be so proactive in securing his pig!
Five taels of silver, a whole five taels of silver!
Even if the whole family works themselves to the bone all year round, we still can't earn this much!
The Zhou family was overjoyed.
Now Zhou Daqing is incredibly grateful that he decisively stood on Yang Cui's side back then, grateful that he raised two pigs with a try-it-out attitude, and even more grateful that he became related to the An family through marriage!
"Dad, since pigs are so profitable, let's hurry up and get more piglets to raise." Zhou Hongda was very excited.
"Don't rush," Zhou Daqing said, much calmer. "Nobody eats pork yet. If we raise too many, who knows if the Observatory will accept them? I'll ask Xiao Cui tomorrow."
Zhou Zhuoshi said, "Don't go empty-handed. Second son's wife, go and pick half a basket of oranges, make sure they are big and juicy, and take them to Xiao Cui tomorrow. I also have two catties of dried persimmons and half a catty of red dates, take them with you tomorrow as well."
The next day, Zhou Daqing and his wife brought their things to Yang Cui's place and received confirmation from Yang Cui that large-scale breeding was possible. Zhou Daqing didn't dare to delay for a moment and immediately returned to the village, beating gongs and drums to summon the villagers.
Upon seeing this, the Lin clan members came out curiously to inquire: "What happened to the Zhou family? There's such a commotion."
"I don't know, it seems that Zhou Daqing summoned the villagers from his area to the ancestral hall."
At this moment, Shi Zhenxiang, who had chosen Lin'an Village when the villages were divided, said with an envious tone, "I heard it's a good thing to make money."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in Lin'an Village felt envious.
"Is Yang Cui's factory hiring?"
"Maybe."
"I heard that meals are provided, and they give you food and money every month. The benefits are incredibly good."
Since they live so close to Zhou'an Village, they naturally knew that Yang Cui's factory would recruit workers from Zhou'an Village. Yang Cui would definitely not recruit members of the Lin clan or non-Lin clan members living in Lin'an Village.
This made the villagers who didn't choose Zhou'an Village when the villages were divided feel very regretful, but they didn't know that there would be even more regrets to come.
“These days, women can have anything as long as they spread their legs. They can even do business so well. We honest and virtuous women can only eat coarse food and wild vegetables,” Lin Tianshi said sourly.
"Chrysanthemum, don't say that. Be careful what you say. That woman is not someone you should mess with right now."
Lin Tian reluctantly shut up; she was actually just jealous and couldn't resist the urge to vent.
Why is it that we are so poor while the neighboring Zhou'an Village is so rich?
At this time, the Zhou Family Ancestral Hall.
The Zhou family members, along with a few other residents from Zhou'an Village, gathered here.
Zhou Daqing told them some exciting news—he had received a deposit of five taels of silver for the two pigs he was raising!
Five taels of silver!
In the countryside, anyone who could produce five taels of silver was considered wealthy!
In reality, no family has any spare money from farming; having a few hundred coins is considered quite good.
Zhou Zhuoshi was initially reluctant for her husband to talk about the money, but Zhou Daqing, in order to encourage his clansmen to raise more pigs and get rich, decided to tell them anyway. As it turned out, Zhou Daqing's encouragement did work.
One by one, they kept asking about raising pigs. Zhou Daqing told them: "Raise pigs with confidence, the Observatory will definitely accept them!"
Now everyone was getting restless, and they were all discussing how many heads they wanted to raise.
"Prices will fluctuate with market demand. Don't think that just because I got five taels of silver this time, pigs will always be worth this price. Maybe next time, there will be more people raising pigs and fewer people eating them, and they might not be able to sell them for much. You need to keep that in mind."
These words were spoken by Yang Cui to Zhou Daqing. Zhou Daqing understood what Yang Cui meant: if the price couldn't be sold at that level next time, he was afraid the villagers would have something to say and cause trouble.
Yang Cui didn't want things to end up looking so ugly.
"Village chief, we understand what you're saying. Don't worry, even if the price drops in the future, we won't blame you and Xiao Cui."
"Yes, if that day ever comes, it won't be your fault."
Zhou Daqing nodded in satisfaction: "Xiao Cui said that each family should not raise too many piglets at first. Firstly, it is not easy to find piglets, and secondly, everyone lacks experience. In fact, pigs are also prone to illness, and they may die if not raised properly."
Zhou Daqing encouraged everyone to mobilize all their resources to find piglets, so that every household could raise at least one pig.
As a result, the villagers of Zhou'an Village embarked on a frenzy of finding piglets to raise.
Soon, everyone in Lin'an Village knew that Zhou Daqing had earned five taels of silver from two pigs, which made everyone extremely jealous and envious.
The people of Lin'an Village secretly cursed that their chickens and ducks would not survive, their pigs would not survive, and they would lose everything.
Those who lived in Lin'an Village but did not belong to the Lin clan wondered if they could join in raising pigs since they had never bullied Yang Cui.
But then they wondered, what would the Lin family think if they started raising them? After all, they could only watch others make money, so wouldn't they be tempted to sabotage them?
Not only the people of Lin'an Village knew about it, but the people of Anjia Village also knew that five taels of silver was no small sum. They were also tempted to raise pigs, but they were afraid that the Star Gazing Pavilion would not accept them. So they all went to Yang Cui. Yang Cui supported them in raising pigs, but they had to find a way to raise the piglets themselves.
Now the people of Anjia Village were in a dilemma. They weren't as enthusiastic as the people of Zhou'an Village, and Village Chief An didn't have the same ambition to lead everyone to prosperity as Village Chief Zhou. So when the people of Anjia Village saw that they still had to look for piglets everywhere, they gave up and decided to just honestly chop firewood and dig up earthworms to sell to Yang Cui.
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