Qian Chunhua hesitated for a moment, neither saying yes nor no.
"This is my first attempt at greenhouse vegetables. I can't guarantee whether I can grow them successfully, but if they do, you don't have to worry about sales. I'll take care of it."
"Okay, let's think about it." Village Chief Jiang thought this was feasible, but the risk was still great.
He didn't dare to make any guarantees to the villagers. He could only tell them about this matter. In the end, it was up to the villagers to make the final choice.
Qian Chunhua dared to guarantee the sales volume because she had talked with Dong Mingshan about greenhouse vegetables and had some understanding of the wealthy people in Beijing.
As long as it can be grown, it can definitely be sold.
Even if they make a wrong prediction and fail to sell the products, Yipinxiang can still cost them a lot.
In the summer, due to the hot weather, Yipinxiang attracts many diners to eat the Gugu Soup. On average, there are at least 200 tables every day at noon and in the evening, and this number is still increasing.
It can be predicted that this number will experience explosive growth as the temperature drops.
Dong Mingshan saw the business opportunity and opened an antique soup restaurant in three locations in the southwest, south and north of the capital. By the end of the month, all of them will be open for business.
He also sent officials to other prefectures in the Min Dynasty to temporarily open an antique soup restaurant in each prefecture.
Most of the money needed to open these restaurants came from the money earned by Yipinxiang in the past few months. The shortfall was made up by Qian Chunhua and Dong Mingshan.
The compensation was not much, only 20,000 taels per person, and Qian Chunhua directly used the red ink from "Qing Yu Yue".
From June to early August, a total of two months, "Qing Yu Yue" sold 30,000 taels, and "Legend of White Snake" sold 20,000 taels, and Qian Chunhua earned 50,000 taels of silver.
He took 20,000 taels and invested them in Yipinxiang. He also paid back the 20,000 taels owed by the Dong family. Qian Chunhua planned to use the remaining 10,000 taels for his own expenses, such as the greenhouses he needed to build to grow vegetables.
Now he only owed the Dong family 200,000 taels of silver. In less than a year, he had paid back more than three-tenths of the original amount, and he had a lot of additional property in his hands.
Qian Chunhua was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
The second day of August is the time for the provincial examination.
The Sun family's residence in the capital has been renovated, and the Sun family treats all of their children equally, giving each of them a courtyard.
Sun Meiping also has her own courtyard at home.
At that time, they all lived in Taoyuan Township, but during the days of the provincial examination, they moved back to the capital.
Even Sun Meiping took leave from the workshop and returned to Beijing to accompany her husband to take the exam.
Zhao's mother also brought Xiaoyun along. Zhao Yongwen's meals for the past few days were cooked by his mother, who made all his favorite dishes.
"Mom, we cooked too much and we can't finish it." Looking at the table full of dishes, Zhao Yongwen shook his head helplessly.
"Eat, eat more, so you won't be hungry when you go to the exam room." Zhao's mother didn't know anything about nutrition. She just thought about her son who would be taking the exam the next day, so she spent the whole afternoon preparing a table full of dishes.
Sun Meiping is also a mother. She can understand Zhao's mother's thoughts and wants to give her child all the best things she thinks.
What's more, Zhao Yongwen is now the only son left by Zhao's mother.
"Eat, eat more." Zhao's mother ignored Zhao Yongwen's sad face and picked up a piece of fish belly for him. "I heard that eating fish makes you smarter."
After picking up a piece of fish for her son, Zhao's mother didn't stop. She picked up a piece for Sun Meiping as well. "Meiping, you eat too. It's too hard to work in the workshop. You've lost weight."
Sun Meiping pinched the flesh on her waist speechlessly. It seemed that she had gained weight again. How could her mother-in-law have such eyes to say that she had lost weight again?
Sun Meiping picked up the fish meat, but before putting it into her mouth, she smelled the fishy odor and felt nauseous.
Her period has been delayed for half a month, and she is afraid that she is pregnant.
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