The Dahe Village Style Preliminary Competition ended successfully.
The top three finishers were all in high spirits, and the village also prepared rewards for these people, including three kilograms of rice for each person.
Li Zheng stood on the big rock and said loudly: "You guys are about to represent our Dahe Village in the county competition. If you win honors for Dahe Village, the village will give you additional rewards. If you win first place in the county, you will be rewarded ten acres of wasteland, the second place has five acres, the third place has three acres!”
The most wasteland in the village is three to four thousand acres. Not many people buy it. It is all deserted around the village and overgrown with weeds. It is a pity to look at it.
Anyone who has made contributions to the village can be appropriately rewarded, and the harvest can be increased by opening up wasteland for farming next spring.
Everyone in the village gathered around Li Zheng and cheered with great joy.
Several children from Cheng Wanwan's family stood out in the preliminary competition. Zhao Ergou competed in bead counting competition, Zhao Sanniu competed in wrestling competition, Wu Huiniang cooking competition, Xia Hua embroidery competition... Each of the children carried three kilograms of rice and laughed. Very happy.
Before reaching the door of her home, Cheng Wanwan saw three carriages, and a familiar figure stood beside the carriages.
She greeted him with a smile: "Shopkeeper Bai, how long have you been here? Why don't you send someone over to let us know."
"Just arrived." Bai Qi said warmly, "I wonder what the village is doing?"
"Our Ping'an County and several nearby counties and towns have jointly organized a style contest. At this moment, the village is holding a preliminary competition to select people to compete in the county." Cheng Wanwan said with a smile, "Stop talking standing around, shopkeeper Bai invites you inside. "
Chunhua had already run into the house, poured two cups of tea, and placed them in front of the two of them.
Bai Qi took a sip of tea and couldn't help but admire it. It was really good tea. The tea from this remote place was not inferior to their Wancheng counterparts.
He asked: "What is this tea?"
"There are many tea trees that grow wild in the mountains in the village. I just picked some and roasted them into tea. Everyone said it was delicious." Cheng Wanwan responded perfunctorily without changing his expression, "Shopkeeper Bai, sit down for a while and I'll have someone bring the soap." Inspection."
Because of the release of incentives, everyone in the workshop is working overtime these days, the daily output has been greatly increased, and there is a lot of soap in the warehouse.
Bai Qi ordered 1,000 yuan for each of the three scented soaps, totaling 3,000 yuan. People in the workshop pushed them over on carts and placed them neatly on the ground.
Bai Qi walked over and picked up a piece, gently opened the wrapping paper, smelled the fragrance, and tested the hardness, with a satisfied smile on his face.
He took out the receipt and paid the remaining balance, which was one thousand seven hundred and eleven taels of silver, the one thousand taels of silver notes, and more than seven hundred taels of silver, all placed on the table.
After Zhao Ergou counted the payment, he collected the receipt and finally asked Bai Qi to sign the booklet.
The whole process went very smoothly, and neither party raised any objections.
Before leaving, Bai Qi cupped his hands and said, "This time I'm going north by water. I plan to transport this batch of soap to the capital to test the market. If I'm lucky, I will send someone to order the next batch in about twenty days." Soap."
Cheng Wanwan nodded: "Then I wish Shopkeeper Bai that his trip to the north will be an immediate success and that he will make a lot of money."
If soap becomes popular in the capital, it will only be a matter of time before it spreads throughout the country.
The Bai family's carriage slowly drove out of Dahe Village and disappeared on the main road.
Next, more and more caravans will come to pick up the goods, and the people in the workshop will be busy all the time.
The expanded workshop has also officially started construction. There are a total of fifty new workers recruited here, a dozen men, and the others are women and girls.
Some old employees are responsible for familiarizing new employees with the working environment and content.
Mrs. Zhao, dressed in neat and clean clothes and wearing a forehead wipe, patrolled around the workshop. If anyone was lazy and refused to work, she would kick him out immediately.
Under the strict inspection of the old lady, everyone worked more seriously.
Cheng Wanwan finally finalized the restaurant decoration plan, and she smiled: "Ergou, let's go to Ping'an County."
Take another look at the site. If there are no problems, you can call workers to do the decoration.
The renovation will take about a month, and the restaurant will be open in one month.
She took motion sickness medicine in advance and asked Zhao Ergou to drive the carriage to Ping'an County together.
The roads in this village are not specially built. They are relatively flat avenues that are walked day after day, year after year. The ox-cart will appear smooth if it goes slowly, but if the horse-drawn carriage goes too fast, it will be very bumpy, even if it is eaten. Motion sickness medicine is also very uncomfortable.
Cheng Wanwan thought of a saying, if you want to be rich, build roads first.
Her business is getting bigger and bigger in the future, and more and more people are coming to make reservations to pick up goods. Should this road be repaired?
Of course, it is not to build a cement road, but to level the dirt road and then pave it with gravel. Even if it is completed, the process is not complicated and the raw materials are not difficult to find. The most difficult thing is that there are no workers.
The imperial court sometimes built official roads, either by using criminals in prison or by asking ordinary people to do hard labor. These were all major projects.
The road in Dahe Village is not an official road. The government cannot contribute, and the village has insufficient manpower. If this matter is really put on the agenda, it is not an easy task. Let’s wait until the life of the big guys in the village gets better. .
After thinking about it all the way, the carriage soon arrived at Ping'an County.
The entrance of this shop is not very lively, but with the door closed, it seems even more deserted.
Zhao Ergou took the key to open the door. He hadn't come in for several days, and there was a layer of dust on the table in the main room.
"The light in the main room is still a little dim." Cheng Wanwan said slowly, "Open a big window here, remove the wooden boards when welcoming guests, let the light shine in, and the guests' mood will be brighter when dining. On the second floor Every private room must open a window... The bricks and stones on the floor are often damaged and warped, making it easy for guests to trip and fall when they come in. It is also easy for waiters to have accidents when serving dishes. The whole thing has been changed..."
Zhao Ergou's heart ached: "This will cost a lot of money..."
"If you want to make money, you must first spend money." Cheng Wanwan looked at him and said, "The overall environment of the restaurant is the first impression that guests have here. Let me ask you, if the first impression is not good, how can guests come in to dine? Woolen cloth?"
Zhao Ergou nodded: "Mom, I understand!"
Cheng Wanwan walked to the kitchen in the back, because this place used to be a teahouse, and the kitchen was not big. It needed to be demolished and re-expanded, taking up a little space in the yard behind.
She carefully told Zhao Ergou about the arrangements, and Zhao Ergou took note of them carefully, planning to find someone to handle these things starting from tomorrow.
After the mother and son finished their work, it was already getting late. They bought some things they needed for daily use in the city, and then headed back home.
The carriage was speeding towards Dahe Village, and on the way, it encountered an ox cart.
The road into the village was very narrow, allowing only one vehicle to pass. An ox cart was dangling in front of it, and the carriage could not speed up.
Cheng Wanwan opened the car curtain and looked forward: "I know all three people who drive the cattle cart in our village. This man's back is a bit unfamiliar. Ergou, do you know him?"
Zhao Ergou looked at it carefully: "It seems to be shopkeeper Yan."
Shopkeeper Yan, the previous shopkeeper of this restaurant, couldn't continue his business, so he resold the shop.
Cheng Wanwan thought deeply: "He came to Dahe Village specially. Could it be that he regrets selling the shop?"
As the mother and son were talking, the bullock cart in front suddenly stopped. Shopkeeper Yan turned his head and asked loudly: "Young man, is this the way to Dahe Village? Why haven't I arrived after walking for a long time? Is it me?" We went to the wrong place...Hey, aren't you a boy from the Zhao family..."
