The best old woman is too fierce, stepping on her ex-husband and beating up her traitorous son!

Chapter 142 Good wine and good food are enough
Li Xiaoyue nodded, "Okay."

"Our Qian family business has a wine shop over in Fucheng." Shopkeeper Qian replied, "If Mrs. Li wants it, I can bring it over."

Li Xiaoyue smiled and said, "Okay."

When Manager Qi saw this, he was worried that there was not enough wool, "Mrs. Li, is this not good? If you want wine, our Qijia Trading Company can also spend money to buy it."

Li Xiaoyue pursed her lips and chuckled, "The autumn harvest will be over soon, and the workers will be able to start work soon. When the time comes, we can extend the working hours and pay more workers, and the output can increase."

Since Li Xiaoyue said so, Manager Qi can't stop Li Xiaoyue from doing business with others.

Shopkeeper Qian stopped staying for dinner and hurried back to the county seat.

Prepare to go to Fucheng early tomorrow morning and transport as much wine and food as you can.

After they left, Li Xiaoyue looked at Li Changlu, "When did you go to the county seat?"

Li Changlu chuckled, "I heard from my eldest brother that Wang's Silk and Satin Shop also sells wool, so I'm going to have a look, and also go to Qi's Shop for some activities."

"When I learned that shopkeeper Qian was coming to our house, Manager Qi hurried over with me."

"Yeah!" Li Xiaoyue nodded, "It's good to be able to take the initiative to communicate with customers. But, Li Changlu, please remember, eating and drinking is okay, but prostitution and gambling, I can't tolerate it."

"You have to remember, don't be immobilized when you see a beautiful woman, and don't gamble just to be angry with others or to show off."

Li Changlu felt a little guilty and quickly promised, "Mom, don't worry, I will never do anything random."

Wen Xiaolan followed Li Xiaoyue out of the office. She whispered: "Madam, I just felt that the second young master seemed to have lied."

"You can see it too?" Li Xiaoyue asked back. Although Li Changlu concealed it well, she could see that he was guilty.

"Do you want to investigate?" Wen Xiaolan asked. She grew up in a place like a brothel and developed a pair of eyes that can see through phenomena to see the essence.

Li Xiaoyue waved her hand, "No, I have said both good and bad things, but he still goes astray. That can only mean that he has not taught him enough lessons."

"In this case, let him suffer a big fall outside so that he can learn a lesson."

Wen Xiaolan nodded, "It's useless to teach someone a hundred times, but to teach someone something, just once will do."

Li Xiaoyue smiled and looked at Wen Xiaolan with eyes full of smiles.

"Yes, that's the truth. These children in my family all have more or less shortcomings, and they all need to be tempered."

"I can teach them for a while, but I can't teach them for a lifetime, and I can't protect them for a lifetime. The road lies at your own feet, and you need to walk it yourself."

Wen Xiaolan thought thoughtfully, "Yes, only by summarizing mistakes can we make progress. I also need to continue to become stronger. My enemy is now on a high tree and may retaliate against me at any time."

"Ms. Wen?" Li Xiaoyue blinked, "Isn't she Liu Yunde's concubine?"

"It was before, but not now." Wen Xiaolan replied, "I asked the cook at Liu Yunde's house. Widow Wang asked Lady Wen to serve Master Fan, and Master Fan asked Lady Wen to leave the next day."

"Oh, that's it." Li Xiaoyue pursed her lips and smiled, "In Lihua Village, you can rest assured that no one will bully you. If you go to Lanshan County, it will be okay if there are people around you."

Wen Xiaolan nodded, "Well, thank you madam for protecting me."

That night, Li Xiaoyue found Old Man Li and said, "Dad, we need to start work as soon as possible."

Old Man Li looked puzzled, "There is so much wool in the warehouse, there is no need to start work."

"Both the Qian family and the Qi family from Jinling are here today and want to order our yarn." Li Xiaoyue replied, "The Qian family has [-] kilograms per mouth, and the Qi family will have no less."

"Yeah! So much, that's tens of thousands of taels of silver!" Old Man Li's eyes lit up and he stopped drinking. "Three strong men, send people to each village. When you're done at home, come back to work."

Li Xiaoyue added, "Before Qian Qi's family's order is completed, the wages will be doubled."

Li Sanqiang stumbled, "Sister-in-law, that's four taels of silver a month!"

"Sanqiang, our wool costs five taels of silver per kilogram. If we can make 25 kilograms this month, it will cost [-] taels of silver." Li Sanqiang stamped his foot, "Sister-in-law, you are right. There are not many good opportunities like this. , we can’t miss it.”

Seeing Li Sanqiang walking out of the house, Li Xiaoyue said again: "Dad, shopkeeper Qi is very careful in this transaction. He sent us a lot of food and medicinal materials to trade with us."

"Oh, this shopkeeper Qi does a good job, and he does business with our hearts in mind." Old Man Li laughed, "This shopkeeper Qi is very capable."

"Yes!" Li Xiaoyue agreed, "Jinling is a prosperous place, and there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future."

People in several surrounding villages, after hearing that their wages had doubled, did not want to miss such a good opportunity, so they left some people to work at home, and almost all female workers came to work.

In the past, the mother-in-law at home scolded her daughter-in-law for eating free food, but now she no longer dares to scold her.

Today's female workers earn two taels of silver a month, which is no less than men who work as coolies, let alone earn more now that their wages have doubled.

The old woman not only stopped scolding her daughter-in-law, but also took the initiative to cook, do housework and take care of the children, so that the daughters-in-law could concentrate on working in the workshop.

There is an old lady Liu in Liujia Village next door, who has six daughters-in-law.

She used to be very mean, but now she greets her daughter-in-law and no longer curses.

Because of Li Xiaoyue's relationship, Lijiacun allowed his daughter-in-law to have private money, so he followed suit.

Half of the monthly salary is paid to the employer. The old man and the old lady are responsible for the housework, food, and work in the fields. The other half is saved by the son and daughter-in-law.

Such rules also extended to several surrounding villages.

Everyone is a bit free, so they just want to do more work, make more money, and be in good spirits.

The next day, almost all the female workers came.

In some families, when the farm work is finished, the male workers come back on their own initiative and follow the arrangements.

Some people's crops have not yet been harvested at home, so they pay relatives to help with the work, and they come to the workshop to work.

Suddenly, Lihua Village began vigorous production again.

I used to work for five hours a day, but now I work for seven hours.

Li Xiaoyue provides lunch and dinner here. After get off work in the evening, people from the same village go home together. They have meat for every meal, white flour pancakes, steamed buns, and enough rice.

Li Xiaoyue also knows that everyone works hard, but this is the only time to make money.

Seize the opportunity.After the order is completed, you can rest.

Li Xiaoyue not only pays everyone wages, but also gives everyone bonuses, meat, grain, and cloth.

Seven days later, shopkeeper Qi arrived and escorted a lot of grain to Lanshan County.

Li Xiaoyue informed Gongsun Lian and asked him to help store this batch of grain.Twenty percent of it will be transported to Lihua Village.

This is high-quality rice, which can be sold to factory workers at a penny cheaper than the market price.

The wages are high this year, and the workers are willing to spend money to buy food.

This year I eat fine grains and still have enough to eat.

Although the work is tiring, everyone is full of energy.

Shopkeeper Qian brought over three thousand jars of sorghum wine. According to the market price, it was worth twelve thousand taels of silver.In addition, I also bought some medicinal materials and grain, and collected enough supplies for 1 taels.

Things are inventoried and priced.

Shopkeepers Qi Da and Qian Da came to Lihua Village eagerly and began to discuss business based on their own abilities.

(End of this chapter)