Zhao Ergou quickly told what happened.
Cheng Wanwan asked Mrs. Wu beside her to help the Zhou family up, and asked Ye Zi to bring tea over.
"You two don't have to be polite, just sit down."
Shopkeeper Zhou and Mrs. Zhou didn't dare to sit down. They only touched their buttocks a little on the stool, their backs straightened and their faces full of fear.
Their family has been a peaceful and peaceful family for generations, and they have never even seen the county magistrate, let alone an official who is older than the county magistrate.
The couple came over boldly and actually saw Cheng Wanwan, but they didn't dare to express their anger.
This is the first time Cheng Wanwan has seen someone so afraid of her. Does she seem vicious?
Zhao Ergou coughed lightly.
This must be strange, just the storyteller. He said that his mother had a strong character and an upright person, and could not tolerate a grain of sand in her eyes. He also said that his mother had a great reputation. As soon as the children in the village heard the word Sui'an, they would immediately become Stop crying, or you will be captured by the Sui'an people... I don't know how these messy things were made up.
He didn't take it seriously, but obviously many people believed it.
"You are the shopkeepers of the first branch of Daheyan. In the business world, we are equals, so there is no need to be so formal." Cheng Wanwan tried to keep his tone gentler, "It was you who trusted Daheyan in the first place, so naturally Daheyan will not I have betrayed your trust. Everything you have earned now was earned by your own ability, and there is no need to kowtow to me."
Shopkeeper Zhou said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes."
This look was so frightening that Cheng Wanwan couldn't laugh or cry.
She said: "Er...Jingcheng."
Now that there are many more servants in the family and there are outsiders here, she doesn't call her son by his nickname. After all, the name Ergou is not popular among the outside world.
Zhao Ergou stepped forward: "Mom, what are your orders?"
"Take Shopkeeper Zhou, Madam Zhou, to take a look around the village, especially those farmers who provide vegetables to Shopkeeper Zhou, and let Shopkeeper Zhou go and have a look in the fields."
"yes."
Zhao Ergou took the Zhou family out.
After walking out of this huge house, the couple breathed a sigh of relief.
The people of Sui'an were obviously very gentle, but for some reason, they both were so frightened, always afraid that the wrong words would offend the people of Sui'an.
"This is Mr. Zhao's field over here. The beans, eggplants and vegetables in your shop are all provided by Mr. Zhao's family." Zhao Ergou pointed to the fields in the distance, "That's the field over there from Aunt Zhao's family. From now on, the winter melons Pumpkins and the like are all provided by Second Aunt’s house, and here…”
In order to ensure the freshness and quality of the ingredients, Daheyan strictly controls the raw materials. These families grow vegetables very well, and they can't finish each crop, so they were selected as suppliers.
In summer in rural areas, every household will have leftover vegetables that rot in the ground if they can't eat them all. With such a sales channel, these families can earn extra income.
The other people in the village looked particularly envious.
However, Wanwan has already said that when the second branch opens, suppliers will be selected, provided that the vegetables in the ground must be grown well.
It turns out that no one cares about growing vegetables. Anyway, if the seeds are thrown into the ground, as long as there is no flood or drought, the vegetables will always grow. Especially in summer, it is impossible to eat all the vegetables. Who would go out of their way to keep an eye on the vegetable garden? What about quality?
But now, everyone feels that we should pay attention to it. If we spend a quarter of an hour every day inspecting the fields, we can grow better vegetables than others.
The Zhou family walked around the village and were very impressed. This village was really different from the neighboring villages. It was so late, there were torches everywhere in the fields, and many farmers were busy. No one seemed to feel hard work. Same, chatting and doing farm work at the same time, the atmosphere is very good.
This kind of scenery seemed to give the couple a shot in the arm, and they went back in full swing.
The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and Cheng Wanwan couldn't sleep at night.
Ninglan brought the artificial fan over, stood at the door of the bedroom and said, "Anren, my servant will come and fan you."
Cheng Wanwan sat up: "It's too late now. Go to bed and leave me alone."
A big living person was fanning beside her bed, beating her to death and keeping her awake.
Ning Lan was about to leave helplessly when Cheng Wanwan said, "Go and bring me some basins of cold water to put in the room."
"yes!"
Ninglan went away happily.
She was An Ren's personal slave, but An Ren didn't need her to serve him personally. Except when she was combing her hair every morning, she always felt super redundant at other times.
She quickly brought four basins of water and placed them in the four corners of the house to cool down.
After Ninglan left, Cheng Wanwan immediately stood up, bought a lot of ice cubes from the space and threw them into the basin. A small electric fan with electric storage was placed next to the basin. The wind blew over, and it suddenly felt cool. Finally, it was cool. Feeling more comfortable.
It seems that saltpeter was already used to make ice in this era, but saltpeter was too expensive and only the royal family and dignitaries could afford it. Folks usually hid ice in winter and waited until summer to use it. Of course, ice cubes were also sold on the market, but at that price It makes people sigh.
She can afford it now, but her family may be reluctant to use it.
Forget it, she'll just hide and use ice cubes alone.
After summer, Cao Yingying was pregnant for more than two months, and she felt better, but her appetite was still not good.
Early in the morning, Cheng Yuanyuan picked grapes and brought them over.
At this time, the vines in the yard were covered with grapes. The green grapes were very attractive. The most important thing was that the grapes had no seeds.
Cao Yingying likes to eat sweet and sour grapes. After eating them to appetize her, she can still drink another bowl of soup.
"Are these grapes also good at pleasing people?" Lu Yingxue stuffed a grape into her mouth, "Over the years, my family has harvested countless grapes. Not to mention the sour grapes. One bite and your mouth is full of seeds. Eat it. It’s too troublesome to get up, so I don’t like to eat it. I didn’t expect that when I planted it in Dahe Village, the grapes would become wiser and stop growing seeds. They are still so sweet and really delicious.”
Cheng Wanwan said seriously: "Oranges are oranges when they grow in Huainan, and oranges when they grow in north Huaibei. This means that if the water and soil are different, the fruits grown will be different. If you want to eat grapes in the future, come to my house to eat them."
She didn't dare to say that the grapevines had been secretly replaced by her a long time ago. The new varieties developed through modern research were of course seedless and had just the right sweetness.
A plate of grapes bottomed out in an instant.
Ninglan immediately brought over the cut melons. The melons in the field were all ripe. Needless to say, they were so sweet that they could eat a whole one in one go.
After Cao Yingying had finished eating, she stood up and said, "The clothing store is open today. I have to go and have a look. Would you like to join in the fun?"
"Of course."
Cheng Wanwan also wanted to see what kind of shop his second daughter-in-law opened.
The shop is located in the market. It has been renovated and looks more stylish than some of the surrounding food shops. There are five words written on the signboard: Dahe Garment Shop.
