A night of silence.
Everyone got up early the next morning. Auntie Chong had already prepared breakfast, including thick millet porridge, golden scallion pancakes on both sides, crisp pickles, fragrant sauced meat, and oily salted duck eggs. It makes people drool just by looking at it.
Liu Shizi once again had a full stomach after eating.
Rong Guogong shook his head helplessly, Liu Anan smiled until his eyes turned into beautiful crescents, and Prince Liu walked further and further without hesitation on the road with a round belly.
Not long after he put down his chopsticks, Liu He, the chief steward of Zhuangzi, and Sanjiang, the steward of the canning workshop, arrived.
Everything is ready for the cannery.
Liu An'an didn't waste any time and took her uncle and cousin to the canning workshop.
The workshop was kept very clean. The workers wore uniform clothes, hats on their heads, and masks on their faces to cover their mouths and noses. The hats and masks were specially customized by Liu Anan.
"Uncle, this is a hat. It completely covers your hair. This is called a mask. It covers your mouth and nose, so it's called a mask."
"Is this for cleanliness?"
"Yes, everything at the entrance must be absolutely clean. If there is any flaw, it will affect the reputation of Xiangyang Farm. If the sign is smashed, it will be difficult to put it up again."
Therefore, Liu Anan has extremely strict hygiene requirements.
Starting from Liu He, every clerk below has implemented it very well. Liu Anan allows the people below to learn slowly, but she does not allow anyone to not take the rules of Zhuangzi seriously.
Half a month ago, when Liu An was still in the capital, a waiter in Zhuangzi's pickled products workshop spit everywhere. The steward found out and fined him half a month's wages.
The waiter was dissatisfied, and the family went to Liu He's house. The waiter's mother was rolling around in the workshop and actually knocked over a jar of sour beans.
Without saying a word, Liu He turned the man directly to the county government office.
Not only did the waiter lose half a month's wages, but he also lost the cost of a jar of pickles and was fired from the workshop.
Since then, nothing like this has happened again.
The workshop system is strict, but benefits are good. Everyone is proud to work in the Xiangyang Farm workshop. This is Liu An'an's incentive policy, with rewards and penalties, fairness and openness, so that everyone can really take action.
Pears and peaches have fallen off the trees one after another, especially peaches. This kind of fruit cannot be kept and will be useless if it softens even a little bit.
Liu Anan peeled off the skin and core of the washed peaches, cut them into equal-sized pieces, and then soaked them in salt water to increase the sweetness.
The canning containers are custom-made small ceramic jars. The canned peach meat has a pink peach blossom pattern on a white background, while the canned pear meat has a very light green body with a white pear blossom pattern, which looks very elegant.
Small jars have been sterilized in boiling water.
During half a cup of tea, put the peach flesh soaked in salt water into a small jar, add an appropriate amount of icing sugar, then add some cold boiled water, fasten the lid, and do not seal it yet.
Place the small jar on the large steamer and turn on high heat for a quarter of an hour.
Finally, the jar is sealed and the finished product is placed in the cellar.
Liu Anan taught very carefully, and the guys learned very seriously. After only demonstrating it once, everyone remembered it all.
"In the future, we will also collect oranges and make canned oranges. Packing the oranges is an even more delicate job. We have to remove all the white orange veins on each orange segment. This thing is imported, so we must pay attention to every detail. "
"Don't worry, girl, we will definitely do it well!" the guys said in unison.
"Thank you for your hard work. When the cans can be opened, all of you will be the first people to eat canned fruits."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Everyone laughed heartily, and everyone can be proud. No matter how rich you are, the people who can eat the first batch of canned food are still the people of Xiangyang Farm!
Liu Shizi now admires his sister. This method of combining kindness and power is really brilliant.
With Sanjiang watching over him in the workshop, Liu Anan was naturally relieved. Sanjiang from the cannery, Chen Fei from the winery, and the core workers in the workshop were all people brought by Dafeng.
Liu Anan knew that these people came from the valley and were loyal.
Liu Anan didn't care about everything in the winery. The winery's wines were extremely profitable, and Dafeng and Chen Fei were responsible for everything.
The guys got busy, and batches of finished cans were sent to the cellar for storage.
Liu Anan did not leave Zhuangzi these two days.
Duke Rong Guo returned to the village first, and Prince Liu stayed behind to follow his sister back.
That night, Sanjiang came in a hurry, "Girl, it's bad, there are ten cans missing in the cellar!"
What?
“Was the quantity correct when it was put into the cellar?”
"When we entered the cellar, I checked the quantity with the chief steward. There would be no mistake, and there was no sign that the cellar door had been pried open."
Liu Anan rolled his eyes, could this be a domestic thief?
Obviously Sanjiang also thought of this, "Girl, don't make any announcement about this in advance, I will go and check it myself." Sanjiang felt very upset that this happened under his own eyes.
"Don't worry, check it secretly first, don't alert anyone, pretend you don't know about it, the cans should have been shipped out of Zhuangzi, and check the nearby houses by the way."
Within a day, Sanjiang found out that the person who stole the cans from Zhuangzi's cellar was related to his girl, or to be precise, his young master.
This man is Wang Fugui's uncle Wang Daneng.
Ouch, Liu Anan was so angry that she fell backwards.
This guy is good at sliding doors and picking locks, and he is also a veteran. He is very clear about the grievances between the Liu and Wang families. The prosperous life of the Liu family makes him a little jealous.
However, Wang Daneng knew in his heart that the Liu family was not to be trifled with. Liu Yue was the sister of a senior official in the capital, and even the county magistrate of Linxian County took care of the Liu family.
There was a young man in Xiaojing Village where Wang Daneng lived who happened to be working on a farm. He accidentally mentioned the canning workshop.
Wang Daneng just wanted to taste the taste of this can. This guy's brain was kicked by a donkey and he was no longer smart at all.
No matter how greedy you are, you can't enter the village and steal!
Wang Daneng thought, how could he be Wang Fugui's biological uncle, that is, Liu Muyang's biological uncle, so what could he do with a few cans?
So this guy spent a whole day sneaking into Zhuangzi and taking action.
Liu Anan was furious and led his men to kill Mrs. Wang's natal family in Xiaojing Village on the border of Qixian County. They found Wang Fugui's uncle Wang Daneng.
Wang Daneng was happily eating canned food alone, but he didn't expect Liu An'an to come to the door.
Wang Daneng, who was caught at the scene, felt a little cramped in his calf, so he could only bite the bullet and greet him with a smile, "Girl An'an, I am Mu Yang's uncle and grandpa, what do you want from me?"
Liu Anan sneered twice, "Who are you, and you dare to say that you are my brother's biological uncle? Sanhe, count the money, you have money and goods, otherwise I will report you to the official."
"Okay, girl, one jar is three hundred coins, ten jars in total, three thousand coins."
"Liu An'an, are you trying to steal money?" Wang Daneng shouted at the top of his lungs, "I am Mu Yang's biological uncle, and this is his filial piety to me!"
"You have only two options. One is to give you money, and the other is to go to the county government and let the grand master sentence you for theft. You can choose either one without negotiation."
"Da Neng, you prodigal thing, I will beat you to death!"
Wang Xiaocui's mother, Mrs. Wang and Wang Daneng's sister-in-law, Mrs. Zhou, came over after hearing the sound. She ran over panting.
Mrs. Wang and I left early. When Mrs. Zhou came in, Wang Daneng was only seven or eight years old. Her eldest sister-in-law was like a mother. Mrs. Zhou treated Wang Daneng like a son.
Although Wang Daneng has grown up and is uneducated, and the Zhou family doesn't like him very much, what his brother-in-law did has made the Zhou family lose face.
The Liu family is not what it used to be. Why would you mess with Liu Anan if nothing happens?
The old man hanged himself, do you think you have a long life?
"Girl An'an, you are a powerful person, but you don't remember the faults of the villains, and you haven't brought the things yet!" Mrs. Zhou went up and slapped her.
Wang Daneng had no choice but to go back to the house and take out the remaining unopened cans. He ate three cans and left seven untouched.
In the end, Liu Anan collected three jars of money and took the rest back.
Before Liu Anan had gone far, he heard Wang Daneng's screams in the courtyard. Several sons of the Zhou family beat Wang Daneng, his uncle.
