The last day of May has arrived in the blink of an eye, and starting tomorrow, the village will receive tourists.
Every day, wealthy families send people to make reservations. The reservations in Zhao Tiezhu's book have been scheduled for a month, and the deposit received alone exceeds two hundred taels of silver.
Li Zheng paid special attention to this matter and called everyone for a meeting under the big locust tree that night.
The crescent moon hung on the treetops, and the light was not very good. Two torches were lit and stuck on the ground. Hundreds of people gathered here to attend the meeting.
"This will call everyone here. I think many people have already understood what is going on. Yes, starting from tomorrow, our Dahe Village will receive guests from the city every day. These guests are rich people. They only need When you enter our village, you will spend money, and the money earned belongs to the collective property of our village. At the end of the year, it will be distributed to everyone together with the income from the market, so everyone cannot underestimate this matter."
"Many people in the village have arranged tasks. You people must do the things you are doing well. Even if it is a small thing, you must do it perfectly. Most people have not arranged relevant matters. You just have to be busy with your own affairs. If If outsiders ask for directions or something, they must be respectful. Everyone represents our Dahe Village, and we must not make people think that the people in Dahe Village are cold and difficult to get along with!"
"Of course, if there are people who don't know etiquette who insult the villagers, bully the old, weak, women and children, or trample on the farmland, then don't be polite, call the patrol team, and take revenge later!"
Li Zheng took a breath and continued, "I told you to make bamboo and wood carvings before, has anyone done it?"
Several men in the village immediately raised their hands: "I carved a few lotus leaves and flowers, but I don't know if the rich people like them."
"I made lotus leaves out of hay, and I also made a lot of dragonflies. It costs ten cents each. Can I do that?"
"I asked Dashan Niang, and I specially embroidered some lotus flowers, ducks and so on. I will try it out at the market tomorrow."
"I carved a few wooden hairpins out of wood. I hope some ladies will like these gadgets."
"..."
Cheng Wanwan took a look curiously and found that the gadgets made by everyone were quite exquisite, especially the bamboo dragonflies, which were so lifelike that if they were sold in modern times and were purely handicrafts, they would cost at least several hundred yuan.
There is also the wooden hairpin. Although it is made of wood, it is thin and light. There is a lotus in bud on it, which is very beautiful.
These gadgets made her look forward to tomorrow.
It was a sunny day on the first day of June.
Early in the morning, the people in the village were busy in an orderly manner. Those who went to the fields, those who went to work, and those who received tourists stayed at the entrance of the village.
As the sun slowly rose, several carriages slowly drove into Dahe Village.
A group of scholars came today, sixteen people in total. They got off the bus at the entrance of the village. The carriage was immediately taken away by Zhao Da, while Zhao Tiezhu led more than ten people to the lotus pond.
The lotus pond was rearranged. There was only one stone table in the pavilion, so a custom-made long table was placed under the shadow of the trees on the side. It could seat nearly twenty people, and tea was already prepared on the table. Desserts, tea is fragrant and fruits are sweet.
This location is hidden under the rich green. If you raise your eyes slightly, you can see the lotus pond close at hand. The lotus leaves are greener and more lotus flowers are blooming. There are lotus flowers that are fully in full bloom and some that have just grown. The flower buds are mostly half-opened buds, each with its own beauty. There are also some ducks playing in the water, adding a lively beauty to this quiet scene.
When the scholars saw the beautiful scenery, they couldn't help but recite poems and some even started to paint.
The whole morning passed like this, and a sumptuous lunch had been prepared in the cafeteria. This group of people had reserved a lotus banquet, which means that all the dishes are related to lotus. These dishes were dictated by Cheng Wanwan and Wen tried many times. The food tasted very good. These scholars devoured every dish and even left it unfinished.
In the afternoon, other activities were arranged, including hunting in the mountains.
Zhao Orion marked out a place and put some pheasants and rabbits in this area to keep the scholars entertained.
These pheasants and rabbits were all raised by Hunter Zhao at home. They had become inert for a long time and could not move while squatting in place.
The weak scholar picked up his bow and arrow and shot out.
"I hit it!"
"Hahaha, I caught a rabbit!"
"I caught this pheasant and it belongs to me!"
"..."
It can be said that these scholars have never been so happy.
After coming down from the mountain, there will be people in the village to help with the prey, and these scholars will go to the market.
The small market did not have a complete range of things, but there were also many gadgets they had never seen before, such as bamboo carvings, straw weaving, wood carvings, etc.
"This straw dragonfly is pretty good. Take it back to my sister."
"This wooden hairpin looks no worse than a jade hairpin. How much does it cost? I want it."
"Brother Zhou, why did you, a grown man, buy a hairpin? Did you meet a young lady from a certain family in private?"
"Nonsense, I'm giving it to my mother! These handkerchiefs are also good. Here are two, one for each of my mother and sister."
The villagers really didn't expect that anyone would actually be willing to buy these things, so each one of them became more enthusiastic about selling them.
"Come, come, come, drink lotus, five cents a bowl, the quantity is not much, first come, first served!"
A childish voice sounded.
When everyone looked around, they saw two little girls under ten years old shouting on the street. There was a table in front of them with several bowls on it. There was a drink at the bottom of the bowl, which was pink. There was a drink on the side of the bowl. Large lotus leaves and an upright lotus flower, placed two by two, make the drink look tempting and delicious.
The scholars walked over one by one: "Have a bowl."
The stalls were set up by none other than winter flowers and autumn flowers.
When Cao Yingying got married two months ago, she prepared a meeting gift for the two girls. The two girls planned to keep the money for business.
The two thought about it and finally decided to study the recipe book that the aunt brought back from Huzhou, which mentioned the recipe of the drink.
In order to learn how to learn, the two of them read and read with Erwang every day, and finally they were able to read through the recipe. However, they found that many of the ingredients were not available in the village, and it would cost a lot of money to buy them. Both girls were reluctant to spend money, so this Things were put on hold day by day.
But now, with such a good money-making opportunity in front of them, the two of them worked together to develop their own "Lotus Drink".
A scholar took the lead and bought a bowl. He took a small sip and kept nodding: "It's very sweet and tastes good."
When he said this, the people behind him started paying.
Donghua had inquired about it a long time ago. There were sixteen people here today, so she prepared about seventeen or eight bowls and sold them all, earning a total of eighty cents.
The two girls looked at each other with excitement in their eyes. This was a business without capital. Eighty cents a day, more than two taels of silver a month!
The two packed up their things and went back. As soon as they stepped into the house, they heard Mrs. Zhao's roar: "Damn it, some shameless thing stole the candy I locked in the cabinet..."
