Cheng Wanwan called Wei Xiaohai to drive.
Although this child is only ten years old, he has already made a living in Huzhou City, driving cars and other things.
After the village road was repaired, the carriage was very smooth. However, when it got near Chengjia Village, the road became narrower and the carriage slowed down. It drove slowly towards Chengjia Village.
Today, the Cheng family is very lively. The yard has been renovated, red silk is tied under the eaves, incense is lit in the main room, chickens, ducks and fish are placed on the table to worship ancestors. In the backyard, a bunch of women are washing, preparing and cutting vegetables. Dishes, talking and laughing all the time.
"Hey, isn't this the second daughter of the third master's family back?"
Old Man Cheng ranks third in his generation. People in the village call him Third Master and Mrs. Cheng Third Grandma.
"Wanwan hasn't been back for a long time. When I took a quick look, I didn't recognize him."
"What you are wearing is really impressive. You don't look like a villager at all. By the way, Wanwan seems to have become some kind of child."
"Yes, a seventh-grade child is as old as the county magistrate's official. The third master and the third grandmother are really lucky. There is a child in the family and a scholar."
Mrs. Cheng was busy in the house and came out when she heard the sound.
She stood at the door and saw Cheng Wanwan getting off the carriage. He was dressed in silk clothes. His hair was pulled up high with a jade hairpin in his hair. Si Dan, the child who used to be dirty and black, now wore Wearing moon-white gowns, they look very elegant. The mother and son appear a little out of place here.
For the first time, Mrs. Cheng realized that this second daughter had really flown out.
"Here we come." Old Mrs. Cheng twitched her lips, "The food is not ready yet, please sit down first, Xiaocao, I will bring a stool for your second aunt."
Cheng Xiaocao is five years old this year. Although he is young, he still has to do all kinds of chores at home. After hearing this, he immediately came out with the bench and placed it in front of Cheng Wanwan.
She tilted her head and looked at Cheng Wanwan, holding her fingers in her mouth and saying, "Are you really my second aunt? My second aunt doesn't seem to be that young."
The second aunt often came to Cheng's house in the past. In her impression, the second aunt didn't seem to look like this.
Cheng Wanwan laughed immediately. This was to compliment her youth. She has been here for a long time and has children and grandchildren. She always feels that she is older.
Being praised for being young makes me feel wonderful.
She touched her sleeves and found out that she actually bought a pack of rock candy snacks in the mall: "Take it and share it with your brothers, sisters, and younger brothers."
As soon as she saw the food, Cheng Xiaocao's eyes lit up and she said loudly: "Thank you, Second Aunt!"
After saying that, he picked up the snack, sipped it and ran away.
A group of busy women gathered around Cheng.
"Wanwan, I heard that you opened a workshop in Dahe Village. Are you still recruiting people?"
"My men are strong and honest. Can you let my man try to recruit people in the future?"
"My son also has a lot of strength. He is definitely not the kind of person who cheats and shows off. You even hugged him when he was a kid."
A group of women came to recommend people from their own families.
Cheng Wanwan did not refuse. She was about to build a glycerin workshop and needed to recruit a group of workers. As long as they were willing to work hard and work hard, she would not refuse anyone who came.
"Okay." She nodded with a smile, "I will go to Dahe Village in a few days. As long as it is true as everyone said, I will stay. But the ugly words are ahead. I can't tolerate sand in my eyes. If you want to go there If you are messing around, stop this as soon as possible to avoid causing an ugly scene for everyone."
The people in Chengjiacun didn't doubt her words at all.
For more than half a year, she has never returned to Chengjia Village. Everyone in the village knew that the second daughter had a falling out with Master Cheng's family.
Even my own relatives can have a falling out, let alone people from the same village like them?
Everyone looked at her with more and more caution.
Cheng Wanwan was casually looking at the yard and suddenly saw a plant on the roof.
The roofs in this rural area were covered with yellow mud and there were many hays, which were very suitable for some plants to grow. She recognized this plant as aloe vera.
She was still thinking about what plants to use as the main raw materials for skin care products. There were many beauty plants in ancient times, such as peony, almond, motherwort, musk... But these things are not cheap. Since she wants to make products for civilians, then You have to control costs at the source, and aloe vera is relatively cheap.
She found the figure of aloe vera in the memory of the original owner. There seemed to be a lot of aloe vera on the back hill of Chengjia Village, which grew wild. Everyone knew that after a finger injury, a little aloe vera juice could stop the bleeding, so every household I dig some aloe vera and plant it in my yard.
She said: "In March and April, aloe vera blooms. There should be a lot of them on the mountain."
Sister-in-law Cheng said: "Last year there was a drought, but these things are growing more and more. They are everywhere on the mountain wall. They are indeed blooming now. When I went to dig wild vegetables on the mountain, they looked quite beautiful from a distance. "
Cheng Wanwan knew that aloe vera has a strong ability to resist drought. After pulling it out and putting it aside, it will not die if left alone for several months.
She paused and said, "I plan to harvest a batch of aloe vera from the mountains, including the roots. I can get as many as I want. Each plant costs three cents."
Her family has a lot of land, and the two hundred acres used to grow cotton have not been completely planted. There are still dozens of acres left, which can be used to grow aloe vera. Long-term cultivation will not cause a shortage of raw materials.
"What?"
"Collect aloe vera?"
"Those things are everywhere in the mountains. If you want them, we can just pull them over for you."
Some women didn't mind working as free labor in order to gain favor in front of Cheng Wanwan.
"Brothers have to settle accounts clearly. We are not from the same village now, so naturally we have to settle accounts clearly." Cheng Wanwan said quietly, "There are requirements for three pennies per plant. The roots of this aloe vera must be protected, and the leaves must also be protected." Can’t get hurt.”
Her words gave everyone present a shot in the arm. These working women planned to go up the mountain to look for aloe vera after the Cheng family's banquet. One plant costs three cents, and one hundred plants equals three hundred cents. This is A huge sum of money.
Cheng Wanwan sat in the yard for a while and became mingled with the people in Chengjia Village.
Old Mrs. Cheng sat in the main room and watched, twitching the corner of her mouth sarcastically. She was already a seventh-grade child, and she was still entangled with the village women in the village, and she even wanted to farm... After Zhao'er became successful, They want to move their family out of Chengjia Village and completely change their family...
Near noon, the food was ready, ten tables were set up in the yard, and all the members of the Cheng family were invited to have a feast.
The heads of the Cheng family and Li Zheng were sitting at the main table, and Cheng Wanwan was invited to sit here as well. In addition, there were also old scholars in the village, the fifth uncle of the Cheng family, Old Man Cheng, Old Mrs. Cheng, and the eldest brother Cheng. Sister-in-law, and Cheng Zhao.
"Come, let me offer Sui Ruren a glass of wine first." Patriarch Cheng stood up with the wine glass in his hand, "I heard Zhao'er talk about the Huzhou incident. If Sui Ruren hadn't intervened, the most promising child of our Cheng family would have been killed. I was forced to become someone else's son-in-law, so I'll drink this glass of wine first."
Cheng Wanwan took a sip of tea and looked at the two elders of the Cheng family: "So, do you two have any ideas about Zhao'er's marriage?"
