This time is not the same as the past two years. It took a few trips back and forth with a carriage to bring the persimmons into the house, and then it took a day or two to pack them out and dry them.
There will definitely be tens of thousands of kilograms of persimmons in Zhuangzi this year. With so many persimmons, the family will definitely be busy for a long time. It would be much easier if there were mothers-in-law helping to do it.
Besides, my own persimmon cakes are a long-term business, so it would definitely be unrealistic for me to be so wary of my servants.
Besides, how can the master and his wife be so busy in the village, while the servants stay in the house and do nothing.
It is said that although the Lin family does not treat their servants harshly, they still have to follow the rules to avoid the servants losing their sense of proportion in the long run.
Therefore, from the day the whole family came to Zhuangzi, except for Zhang Ma who stayed at the house to cook for Yuan Qiu, Lin Sanzhu, the other ten or so women, also asked them to come with them to peel the persimmons.
As for worrying about the persimmon recipe being spread, Lin Sanzhu called the women together and told them that the punishment for spreading the recipe would be to sell it directly to a coal mine for coal mining, and they would never be able to turn over again in this life.
The women shook their heads repeatedly, indicating that they would never talk nonsense outside.
Today's life is so much better than before. How can they not think about it so much that they would let go of their good life and seek death.
The ladies still remember what the young master said on the day they entered the house.
The young master said, the Lin family has never treated their servants poorly, if you just keep yourselves and work diligently. Then when you get older, the government will arrange retirement care for you.
Lin Yuanqiu's words made the mothers-in-law burst into tears.
Especially Granny Li and Granny Yang. They are no better than the other grannies, and they are followed by their grandchildren. It is said that they have been working as cows and horses for decades, but now they are all alone. To be honest, they are not afraid of hard and tiring life, but they are afraid that they will not even have a grave after death.
Now the young master not only gave them a place to settle down, but also said that he would take care of their retirement.
You say such a good master, if they are still unclear and cheating, they will be killed by Thunder God.
What's more, only when the house is well, can they follow suit. Therefore, it was too late for them to help guard the money-earning formula, so how could they tell anyone about it.
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There are eight rooms in the village. The three brothers Lin Dazhu live in one room, the three sisters-in-law of the Zhou family live in one room, and the four brothers Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong live in one room. This leaves five rooms.
Wu chose the smallest room for herself and the old man to live in. The remaining four rooms were all assigned to Zhong Yurou, Gao Cui, Qin Hehua, Wang Yunxiang, Ding Ju, and a group of children at home.
In fact, as long as there are enough beds, even if twenty-five people live in eight rooms, they will not feel crowded.
As for the maids and ladies at home, Xu Laoshi and the Yang family still have several vacant rooms, so they can just arrange for them to live there.
Speaking of which, it was only this time that Xu Laoshi found out that the master and the others picked hard persimmons to make pancakes.
To be honest, Xu Laoshi felt indescribably proud when he saw the bulging persimmons picked from the tree.
The hard work he and his mother have put in these past few years have finally paid off. The persimmons in their village are much larger than those on the wild persimmon trees in the village. I guess it’s because of the addition of rabbit feces.
Also, today the master has announced a safe marriage, and the wedding date will be on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Moreover, the master also said that when he finished making persimmon cakes, he would ask him to clean up the new house so that he could prepare for his son to get married and take a wife.
It turned out that last month, Ping An hesitated for a long time before he said with a red face that he wanted to marry Liu Ye.
Ping An is eighteen this year, and Willow Ye is seventeen. Zhong Yurou told Lin Yuanqiu that the two looked at each other.
In fact, Lin Yuanqiu said that getting married at the age of eighteen was still a bit early, but he could not impose his ideas on others.
Lin Yuanqiu was not stingy when his young servant wanted to get married. Not to mention that Ping An has always been loyal, but because Xu Laoshi and his wife have worked diligently at Zhuangzi for so many years, he, as the master, has to give him dignity, and Liu Ye is Yurou's personal maid.
Therefore, when the family came to Zhuangzi this time, Lin Yuanqiu specially gave twenty taels of silver to his father and asked him to give it to Xu Laoshi to prepare for the eldest son's marriage.
Xu Laoshi took the silver with almost trembling hands, and it took him a long time to say "Thank you, sir" with a choked throat.
Yang on the side was also excited. The child's father was right. As long as they work hard and don't cheat, they will definitely have a good life.
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By the time all the persimmons were ready, it was already the end of October. Lin Yuanfeng and his brothers ran back and forth more than a dozen times before bringing all the persimmons to the house.
Mrs. Wu, on the other hand, led her daughter-in-law and grandson-in-law to carefully place the dried persimmons one by one into the pottery jar. After about ten days of this, a layer of white frost will develop on the persimmons, and then they can be taken to Lin Ji for sale.
Lin Sanzhu thought that perhaps it was because of this layer of white frost, as well as the fact that he carefully removed the core when making the persimmons and picked the stems before selling them.
So until now, no one has recognized it. This auspicious wishful cake is actually made of persimmons.
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While Xiu Mu Lin Yuanqiu went to the Qin Mansion.
In order to get together with the teacher from time to time, Lin Yuanqiu specially moved Xiu Mu to the same day as the teacher.
Speaking of which, since he passed the Jinshi examination and went on duty at the Hanlin Academy, it was rare for him and Zhou Zixu to go to the Qin Mansion together.
In addition, there are three months until the general examination, and it will be even more difficult for Lin Yuanqiu to meet Zhou Zixu, who is busy preparing for the examination in the Imperial College.
Speaking of the national examination, Wang Wenchang, Chuncao and their son have returned to the capital.
Wang Wenchang's face was rosy and he looked full of energy. For him, passing the provincial examination must be an affirmation of his more than ten years of hard work.
This time Wang Wenchang came here with the documents of the tribute supervisor from the government school.
Therefore, after resting for a day, he carried his book box and went to the Imperial College to report.
Maybe they have tasted the sweetness, and now the teachers in the government schools will send them to the Imperial College as long as there are candidates who pass the exams in the state, and they all hope that they can get the best number one in the exams.
Qin Yu was in a very good mood today. Now that he saw his student coming over and bringing his favorite auspicious Ruyi cakes, he felt even more comfortable.
Knowing that he would get a look, Lin Yuanqiu still warned him again, "Teacher, at most two per day."
Sure enough, Qin Yu quickly rolled his eyes and said, "You think I'm a greedy cat."
In fact, Qin Yu felt a little guilty when he said this, because he often couldn't help but eat one more while eating.
Afraid of being seen by his students, Qin Yu quickly changed the topic.
The reason why he was in a good mood today was because Yuan Qiu's release revealed something interesting. During lunch break yesterday, Qin Yu went to see Huang Shangshu.
During the chat, Huang Shangshu mentioned that Jiang Qingxiang, the prefect of Anzhou, would soon be promoted to governor.
Everyone said that he should be obedient. Huang Shangshu was telling him that if nothing unexpected happened, Yuan Qiu would be sent to Anzhou to serve as the prefect.
Anzhou is close to the south of the Yangtze River. Although it is not rich, the land is mainly plains and the soil is fertile, which is most suitable for growing grains. Therefore, it is not difficult to achieve political achievements.
As long as there are political achievements, it will not be difficult to transfer back to the capital when the situation is stable.
Lin Yuanqiu naturally hopes to return to Beijing in a few years. After all, his relatives, his big house, and his assets are all in the capital.
By the way, Yurou's parents and brother are also in the capital.
Although he got basically certain information, Lin Yuanqiu did not tell his family about this matter. He felt that he should wait until the final decision was finalized by the Holy Father.
Don't let the changes happen and make your family happy in vain.
Also, after several months of persuasion by Lin Yuanqiu, Wu and Lao Lintou had changed their minds about going out to be released with them. Just like the little grandson said, how can you walk around with such a big stall?
There are also persimmons in Zhuangzi. The next few years will be a good time to earn money by selling persimmons. There must be someone at the helm of the family.
As for Lin Sanzhu and Feng, Lin Yuanqiu said that all he had to do was talk the talk.
But every time, father and mother shook their heads like rattles.
Especially Lin Sanzhu.
To be honest, it's not that Lin Yuanqiu specifically exaggerates his father's role in the family, but that there are some things that only his father has the ability to do.
The eldest uncle, second uncle, as well as the eldest and second cousins all tend to be honest and responsible.
As for his third and fourth cousins, although they were clever, they were not as sophisticated as his father in handling things. For example, when facing the servants in his family, his father had learned the wisdom from nowhere and knew how to use both kindness and power. This made the servants at home respect him from the bottom of their hearts.
So Lin Yuanqiu really wanted his father to stay at home.
It's just that every time he talks to his father about the situation at home, the embroidery business, and how the family can't survive without him. His father would either turn around and leave, or just say something directly. At worst, he would just run away.
This left Lin Yuanqiu speechless for a moment.
What Lin Yuanqiu didn't know was that in his father's heart, nothing was as important as his dog.
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As soon as the twelfth lunar month entered, Lin Ji started selling auspicious wishful cakes.
In Lin Sanzhu's words, our family will have nearly 3,000 kilograms of persimmons this year. If we don't start selling them early, what will we do with the leftovers once the New Year shopping period is over?
Because the atmosphere was so tense, when Lin Sanzhu announced the selling price, Mrs. Wu wanted to slap him in the face, "I just said that I wouldn't be able to sell out if I didn't hurry up, but your selling price is not clear." Guest?"
"Yes, Third Brother, is sixty cents a pound too expensive? Look, pork is only ten cents. Our persimmon cake is nearly six pounds of pork. I'm afraid no one will buy it. "
Old Lin nodded, feeling that what the boss said made sense. Apparently Lin Erzhu and Lin Yuanfeng brothers also felt that the price was a bit high.
The Zhou family, the Feng family, the Liu family, and Gao Cui all quickly started their embroidery work and expressed no intention to participate.
Due to making persimmons, several items of embroidery in the shop were out of stock, and they had to make up for it quickly.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and this year they are still looking forward to the big red envelope from their mother-in-law (grandmother).
Lin Sanzhu did not set the price randomly, "Father, mother, have you forgotten that the price of our persimmons to the county dim sum shop was more than 30 yuan per catty before? This is just the price of the goods. I want to come to the shopkeeper to sell them." Forty cents per catty is the minimum. In the past few days, my son has been to many pastry shops in the city and found that the slightly newer snacks are sold for fifty cents and up. This persimmon cake is the only one in our family, so The price is really not expensive, and the pork that can be bought everywhere is incomparable. Also, sixty cents per pound sounds expensive, but our persimmons are all sold out, and they only cost one hundred, eighty-nine. Two taels of silver, not even two hundred taels. Think about it, our family has been busy for nearly a month making these persimmons. We also delayed doing the embroidery, so these have to be taken into account."
Lin Yuanqiu couldn't help but give his father a thumbs up in his heart. This guy's head is perfect for business.
Lao Lintou and Lin Dazhu were speechless. After listening to the analysis by Lao San (third brother and third uncle), it was indeed reasonable to sell it at this price.
As for Wu, why did she think it would be worthwhile to add a few more coins?
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On the day of the sale, Lin Sanzhu brought several porcelain plates to the shop. Then he cut a dozen pieces of persimmons with scissors and put them on a plate for the customers who came into the store to try.
On the first day, not many were sold. Most of them were customers who came to buy marinated rabbit meat and marinated chicken.
The next day, just like yesterday, Lin Sanzhu cut out more than a dozen pieces of persimmons and put them on plates for the guests to try.
A total of twelve kilograms were sold that day.
Mrs. Wu became a little anxious. With this kind of business, her family would definitely not be able to sell out all the persimmons.
Lin Sanzhu was not in a hurry. He had already thought about it. If the situation was still the same in a few days, he would just sell the persimmons to other snack shops as before.
Obviously, the customers who came to the door on the third day made Lin Sanzhu think that maybe there was no need to sell goods outside, because the customers who came to the door today were all coming directly for the auspicious Ruyi cakes.
On the fifth day, worried that the queue of customers from yesterday would happen again, Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong planned to go to Lin Ji to help, but they were rejected by Lin Sanzhu.
There is a queue at the door. Isn't it a good time to attract other customers to the store? Only fools will let people disperse quickly.
On the tenth day, except for Lao Lintou and a few boys, all the boys in the family went to Linji to help.
On the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Yuanbai and Lin Yuanhuai immediately put up the wooden sign after opening the store, which read "Auspicious Ruyi cakes are sold out, please come early next year during the twelfth lunar month."
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