The servants in the Qiao Mansion have recently been conquered by the new products developed by the old lady.
Manager Cao and his wife and Shunzi each received an extra small jar of cooling oil.
However, the outstanding employees found that when they received their wages this month, they received an extra small bottle of cooling medicine.
Today, when I was working in the fields, I felt that something was missing next to my ear. When I came home and saw my child was covered with mosquito bites, I finally remembered what was missing.
Today, mosquitoes seem to be afraid to get close to me, and there is no more "buzzing" noise in my ears.
And the wife had a keen nose. As soon as she got close to her man, she could smell a unique fragrance.
The old man's face suddenly fell, and the man felt a pain at the base of his ear. He was pulled up from the chair. Before he could say anything, he heard his wife's lion roar.
"You are such a heartless person. You just saved a few bucks and you're already thinking about cheating on me. You took the opportunity to get into that slutty woman's crotch. I'm going to fight you!"
This incoherent insult made people confused. The man subconsciously retorted: "What are you talking about? I went to Qiao's house to work for a day. Not only was I exhausted, but what are you doing?
What's the matter with the bitch? If this gets into the ears of Manager Cao and the others, it will be a blatant attempt to throw dirty water on the master of the Qiao family. We can forget about doing this job anymore!"
The woman felt a little embarrassed, but she still stubbornly retorted: "If there is none, then where does the scent of powder come from on a grown man like you?"
The man finally realized what was wrong with his wife.
He carefully took out a hundred coins and a clean white porcelain bottle from his pocket. The bottle was a small gourd about the length of a finger, and the mouth of the bottle was sealed tightly with a rootstock.
"Here, today we settled our wages. The Qiao family gave me an extra bottle of Fengyoujing. Manager Cao said it's for mosquito and insect repellent. I put some on my body this morning. Can you smell it and see if it smells like this?"
The woman uncorked and smelled the stuff with a half-believing attitude, and then she realized that she had really wronged her man.
"Why don't we have it?"
"Can you compete with me? I was rated excellent this month, and this is the prize.
There are only ten people who have it, so you better keep it. I have inquired about it, and this thing is very precious. One tael of silver for a small bottle, and this is the internal price. Ordinary people can't buy it at all!"
Seeing that his wife was silent, he couldn't help but say a few more words.
"Watch your mouth in the future. Don't ever say what you said today again. The only masters in the Qiao Mansion now are the eldest lady and the old lady. If your words get out, the Qiao family will definitely not employ me anymore.
It is clearly stated in the Qiao family's employee handbook that anyone who engages in prostitution or gambling will be fired, no matter who they are.
Besides, I have finally come this far, and I am about to be named the Outstanding Employee of the Year. Then I can apply to the old lady to settle in Laohu Town. If you mess with me like this, the good life of our whole family will be ruined. Aren’t we going to become refugees again?"
The woman broke out in a cold sweat, and only then did she realize that Laohu Town was not their previous village, where she could lie on the ground and curse or scratch her man if she was unhappy.
If they cause trouble here, let alone what will happen to the Qiao family, Zhenting will send people to drive them out immediately.
"Okay, I get it. I'll just be more careful next time. Are you really not going to give this thing to mother-in-law and leave it to me for safekeeping?"
"I'll take it. From now on, add a few drops to the clothes you wash every day. It can effectively prevent insects, and we and the children will suffer less."
I see, you don't need to tell me!"
Seeing that her man was no longer angry, the woman happily agreed.
Seeing that the feedback from everyone was very positive, Qiao Xin asked the female workers in the workshop to expand the scale of production.
It was ten days later when the first batch of products was delivered to the capital.
During this period, a thrilling food war broke out inside and outside the capital.
As soon as Emperor Wu took over the Qiao family's food and memorials, he took advantage of the fact that most people's attention was on the Qiao Mansion and secretly made arrangements with lightning speed.
The common people in the capital woke up one night to find that the price of grain had plummeted. On the commercial streets in all directions of the capital, dozens of grain shops suddenly appeared, selling large quantities of old and new grain at cliff-like prices every day.
At first, everyone thought that the shopkeeper had made a mistake!
But when someone really bought it, the news spread like wildfire.
The merchants and wealthy families who had been hoarding large quantities of grain did not pay much attention to this matter. However, for three consecutive days, the price of grain kept going down, and they sold more and more.
Seeing that every household had almost enough food stored for a year, but their shops were still keeping their prices high and no one was interested, they started to panic.
After asking around, no one could find out who the owner of the new shop was. Except for a woman and some half-grown children, all the other people in the Qiao family were not in the capital.
They had to go through a lot of trouble to find out from Butler Yu that the grain collected by the Qiao family had already been processed.
The original words of the housekeeper Yu were: "Our second master wants to collect grain for disaster relief, and this happens to be what we have at home. Combining the two is a good thing, and most of the problem can be solved in one go.
Besides, the remaining food was not only for their own consumption, but also for the tenants living near the village. How could there be any extra food to sell?
Besides, taking advantage of the country's misfortune to make a fortune is something that is unscrupulous and absolutely not allowed in our house!"
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