Chapter 71: Happy! Sister Erya
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Jiang Lianzhu also tends to support everyone making autumn pear paste together and distributing dividends later.
When the village head uncle brought the autumn pear paste that he had made overnight to ask Jiang Lianzhu for advice, Jiang Lianzhu told him her idea and immediately lent Grandma Lu and several other veterans who were familiar with the method of making autumn pear paste to the village head uncle and his friends as technical workers.
Except for the time when Granny Lu and the others were boiling the medicine and adding the Chinese herbs, they were aware of all the other steps.
Now, the village head was even more grateful.
Then, that day, the village head uncle called the bricklayers and started to build several stoves outside their yard. The season for autumn pear paste is not long, the pears ripen in a short time, and there is no way to preserve them, so they cannot miss the season.
Jiang Lianzhu did not stop either and started working again.
She restored the four stoves and freed Dabao and Erbao.
The number of helpers was also reduced. There were many people in the village who needed the autumn pear paste, so they were asked to go there to help. Those who stayed were still paid the same wages.
The next day, when Lin's Dim Sum Shop came to collect the goods, Jiang Lianzhu waived the price of 500 kilograms of autumn pear paste for Lin's Dim Sum Shop, as a way of repaying the shopkeeper Lin for speaking up for her and supporting her when he was in the yamen.
Then, Jiang Lianzhu took Manager Lin to the village where autumn pear paste was made to observe the production.
Shopkeeper Lin looked at the quality and found that it was slightly different from what Jiang Lianzhu did, but it was not a big problem. He also signed a long-term contract with the village head. Of course, the price would be lower. No one cared about this and everyone was happy. They thanked Jiang Lianzhu and Shopkeeper Lin.
Everyone is very motivated.
Jiang Lianzhu asked Erya, her mother, sister and others to help, which solved the problem of the mother and daughter being forced to leave the house, being short of money and having no food to eat.
As a result, Erya and her mother were so skillful that they could do the work of two people.
Jiang Lianzhu wanted to pay them wages, but they refused to accept any more and just wanted to be paid the same as everyone else. They owed Jiang Lianzhu ten taels of silver and said that as long as Jiang Lianzhu didn't despise them, they would be willing to help Jiang Lianzhu for ten years and would be satisfied as long as they could have food to eat.
The mother and daughter are the first to arrive every morning and the last to leave every evening.
Erbao was the only one who could find a way. He secretly put big pieces of meat in Erya's bowl. All the workers had the same work meal, which was thick porridge, white flour buns, and some vegetables.
Jiang Lianzhu prepared separate meals for the three cubs, which ate meat. The cubs didn't eat meat, but the other three wolf cubs also wanted to eat meat, so there had to be meat at every meal.
Erbao asked Jiang Lianzhu to give more to Erya, as an extra reward for her hard work.
Without the harassment from Lao Wang's family, making autumn pear paste every day is stressful and tiring, but it is only physical fatigue, and the mood is still happy, especially the children, who feel like they have put down a huge stone in their hearts and are happy all day long.
Erbao was a talkative and sensitive kid. He asked Erya privately, "Sister Erya, your father is in jail and will be serving six years. What do you think?"
He mainly wanted to ask whether Erya would vent her anger on his mother.
Who knew Erya would reply, "He deserves his jail time. It's even better if he goes to jail. If he doesn't, my mother won't listen to me and divorce him. If they can't divorce, we can't leave the Wang family. We'll be bullied to death by the Wang family. To be frank, a man like Wang Laosi is not worthy of being a father! With him around, we mothers have had a hard time. Fortunately, he's in jail."
Erbao gave her a thumbs up, "Great! Sister Erya, it's bright!"
"I didn't dare to do that before. I learned it from you and my Fifth Aunt. I also wished I had a mother like Fifth Aunt... but I didn't. So I had no choice but to stand up on my own. Anyway, I really couldn't survive in Old Wang's house anymore."
Jiang Lianzhu accidentally heard the conversation between the two cousins and smiled. Well, she actually became a role model.
Of course, it was also thanks to Erya's insight.
If you don’t understand, who would dare to do it?
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It rained for several days in the following days, and many of the pears naturally withered.
After that, the quality of wild pears declined, and there were not many that could be used to make autumn pear paste.
A few days later, Jiang Lianzhu stopped taking the Qiuli Paste.
The villagers didn't want to give up, so they worked on it for a few more days, but the quality of their products was not good, so they sold them at a lower price.
Jiang Lianzhu gave the recipe to the village head and others, but she did not transfer the trademark of Jiang's Autumn Pear Paste that she applied for. Only the autumn pear paste she made was called Jiang's Autumn Pear Paste. The ones made by other people were not counted, even if they used the same recipe. In this way, it would not affect her reputation, and they could make whatever they wanted.
Put away all the things used to make autumn pear paste at home, organize them and use them next year.
The greatest joy for mother and son is counting money.
Dig a hole under the bed and take out the purse.
Dabao was still the one counting, with Erbao helping him. Sanbao leaned against Jiang Lianzhu with his chubby face, sucking his fingers for fun, staring at the huge amount of silver with his big eyes full of shock.
Jiang Lianzhu had the account book in her hand. "How much?"
Dabao's voice was faintly filled with excitement, "Mom, eight hundred and fifty-four taels."
Jiang Lianzhu hummed, "It's very different from what's in the account book, so it's correct."
Sometimes I am too busy to keep accounts, so I just make a rough estimate. It doesn’t have to be particularly accurate, but the approximate amount is correct, that’s fine. Anyway, no one audits their finances.
These are net income, the amount after all costs are deducted.
It is also all their family’s current income.
Erbao's eyes widened. "Mom, we actually made so much money! Oh my god, it's unbelievable. If we hadn't shared the recipe, we could have made at least a thousand taels. How are we going to spend so much money? We can't spend it all, right? We can eat meat every day!"
When Sanbao heard about meat, he chuckled, "Eat meat, eat the meat made by mother, it's delicious..."
When Dabao saw his younger brother and sister being so useless, he calmed down first.
"How can there be endless silver? You fool! One acre of land costs more than ten taels of silver. Mother, what should we do now?"
Jiang Lianzhu replied, "Of course, we have to buy land first. Let's go to the town's pawnshop tomorrow to see if there's any suitable land or hilltops. We can buy 20 to 30 mu first. With land, we won't have to worry. Then, mother will send you to the school to study. I heard that the tuition is 7 or 8 taels of silver per person per year, not counting the gifts the teacher gives during festivals. Also, you'll need to buy some pens, ink, paper, and inkstone..."
"good!"
These were things that had been discussed before, and the children took them to heart.
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