Lu Chuan realized that she couldn't stay like this forever, so he tried different ways to make her happy every day.
The others didn't dare to utter a sound, for fear of displeasing her.
Finally, having no other choice, Lu Chuan simply started assigning her tasks to do in order to stop her from thinking about it.
There are still many shops in the county town that haven't opened yet. The New Year is over, it's time to open.
So Lu Chuan had Li Feng report to Xu Han about the shop's opening every day. Sure enough, Xu Han perked up immediately when she heard that the shop had opened.
From then on, I was busy with the opening ceremony every day, as well as researching braised food recipes with Wei Yan.
Yes, Xu Han wants to open a braised meat shop, so the chickens, ducks, and geese at home need a market. Relying solely on retail sales in the mountain produce shop won't be enough to consume much of the produce.
Especially since the amount of food was increased later on, there will definitely be a backlog if we don't find other ways to consume it.
So Xu Han simply opened a braised meat shop, specializing in braised goose, braised duck, and braised chicken.
Not only that, he also sold the claws, neck, and wings separately, which actually increased his profits.
Time passed day by day, and before we knew it, the workshop was built, and the sweet potato wine workshop was moved out of the big shop.
Because canned fruit sold well last year, Xu Han had Li Wen collect a lot of seasonal fruit early this year, and canned all the fruit that could be made into preserves.
Once the fruit in the mountains is ripe, it is processed directly in the mountains before being transported down.
In addition to making canned fruit, Xu Han also led a team to make a lot of dried fruit and jam this year.
Because we're unsure if it will be popular, we're not making much. We plan to test the market this year first, and if it sells well, we'll increase production next year.
The workshop was thriving, and apart from the key technical workers who were contracted servants, all the other workers were villagers from nearby villages.
Female workers earned 15 coins a day, and male workers earned 20 coins a day. Lunch was provided. People from nearby villages were scrambling to get selected to work there.
As a result, after the workshop was set up, the villagers in the vicinity also became much wealthier.
With a stable income, the family can afford to eat well, and life is getting better and better, with more and more hope for the future.
Just as Xu Han had predicted, after the New Year, many people from other places came specifically to buy the sweet potato wine and canned fruit from the workshop.
Because there was no canned fruit in stock, it had to be ordered in advance.
The same goes for sweet potato wine; daily production can't keep up with demand, and orders are already booked a month in advance. This is only because of limited sales.
Otherwise, there would be even more; no matter how much is produced each day, it simply wouldn't be enough to buy.
In the beginning, the temporary workshop was small, and the output was only about 1,000 catties a day. It was only after moving to a new workshop that the output gradually increased.
Unfortunately, there weren't enough sweet potatoes and raw materials, so there weren't enough to make many.
Helpless, Xu Han could only spread the word that nearby villagers could plant sweet potatoes in large quantities, and he would buy them at the same price next year.
However, Xu Han also thought of something: she was afraid that they would not sell next year because they thought the price was too low. So Xu Han planted a lot of sweet potatoes in Zhitian and her own fields.
Moreover, they used intercropping, which meant they could grow grain without delaying the planting of sweet potatoes and also earn extra income from them.
Xu Han also planted sweet potatoes in some remote and obscure places. Sweet potatoes are not picky about the soil and are easy to manage; they can be harvested no matter how they are planted.
Of course, if sweet potatoes are planted in sandy soil, the yield will be even higher.
Therefore, Xu Han also encouraged the nearby villagers to reclaim the sandy land. Perhaps influenced by Xu Han, the nearby villagers also followed her example and started planting sweet potatoes wherever they could find space.
Sweet potatoes were planted everywhere, in front of and behind the house, in every nook and cranny.
Sweet potato vines grow quickly and can be used to feed pigs. Xu Han then told everyone that they could use sweet potato vines to raise pigs, and the sweet potato residue from the workshop was also sold. As a result, some well-off families were persuaded to raise quite a few pigs.
This cycle continues, and in just one year, people's lives improve, and their lives become more and more prosperous.
Of course, that's a story for another time...
Let's go back to the mountains. The situation there is also stable. Old Zhu is leading everyone in managing the orchards and fields, and they are managing to keep things going.
In their spare time, they can also take people to the mountains to pick mushrooms and wild fruits, and their lives are very fulfilling.
Xu Han and Lu Chuan returned to the mountains after they left.
The house in the county town was too big, and it felt very empty for just the two of them. Xu Han didn't like this feeling, so she went back to the mountains after they left.
Everything was progressing smoothly and in an orderly manner, just as Xu Han had anticipated.
News also broke at the end of February about the New Year's gift that Xu Han had presented to the current emperor before the Lunar New Year.
It is said that when the emperor received the gift, he ordered it to be made overnight, and even tried it himself, and was very satisfied.
If the emperor is satisfied, he will surely bestow some rewards upon him.
The current emperor thought that the official position he had given her was already conspicuous enough, and in addition, Yunhua had mentioned some things about her family before, knowing that her family was in business, so he directly bestowed upon her four shops in the capital.
Xu Han even asked Yunhua about the location, and when she learned that the location was excellent, she immediately sent someone to check it out.
At the same time, they increased their inventory and stocked up on more goods, hoping to open the store in Beijing after winter.
Days passed by, and Xu Han's belly grew bigger and bigger.
Now five months pregnant, Xu Han stared at her unusually large belly and fell into deep thought.
She's only five months old, but she looks about the same size as when she was seven or eight months old.
Especially in the last few days, my belly has grown like it's been blown up.
In the past two days, several experienced old women have also asked about this matter, subtly inquiring whether she felt unwell anywhere.
Seeing this, Xu Han also took it seriously, and the next day she had Lu Chuan take her to the county town.
Since returning, Xu Han has hardly gone out anymore. Her body is getting heavier and heavier, and she is becoming increasingly lazy.
Aside from taking walks in the yard every day, I don't go anywhere else. Although my pregnancy symptoms aren't severe, I always feel very tired and exhausted, and I have no energy.
As her belly grew bigger in the past few days, and with Grandpa Zhao not at home, she couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
But since she didn't feel any obvious discomfort in her body, she couldn't help but have some suspicions in her mind.
Not only did she have a guess, but everyone else did too. However, out of respect for their master, they were afraid that the outcome would not be as everyone guessed, and that their master would be disappointed, so they dared not speak out.
To confirm whether their guess was true, the couple went to the county clinic early that morning.
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