hairpin family

Chapter 54

"Business matters have always been taken care of by my godfather. Our family is only responsible for the production of dried meat. I can't take care of those. I will ask my godfather later. If we can really cooperate with your shop, It's a good thing for us too. I just don't know if my godfather has any other plans, I have to ask before I can answer you."

Qin Zhao smiled.

Li Sanniang was not interested in this business at first, not to mention her father only had money in his eyes, if it wasn't for her mother, she would never have asked this question.Others think that since they were born in such a wealthy family, they must live a life of luxury and good food. Of course, this is true in fact, but if it is selfish, she would rather be like Qin Zhao. What does it matter if the life is colder?It's better to have a father and mother who loves me so much than to be exchanged for a source of income by my father.

Isn't her elder sister such a fate?

"I'm just asking in vain. It's fine if it works, or it doesn't matter. I'm not interested in these things." Li Sanniang put down the teacup in her hand, "I haven't seen Ah Xi for a long time, why don't we go to her house to see her?" go?"

Qin Zhao looked up at the sun outside the window, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, she's probably busy in the workshop right now, I'll ask Hui Niang to call her over at noon, and we'll have lunch together. You two, have a good chat too. Are you not in a hurry to go back at noon?"

Her aunt told her to go back earlier, Li Sanniang curled her lips, she didn't want to stay at home now, aunt said all day long that she was growing up day by day, and she was not allowed to run around like a kid. , Elder Sister is also bored at home, either embroidering the wedding dress, or counting the dowry with her mother. At night, she is alone in the room looking at the lights in a daze, and she is distracted even talking to her.

She is not a heartless person, she can guess how much sister is thinking.But what can she say?They are about to marry a man in his 30s to fill in the house. The reason is that their adults are interested in the power in the man's hands.I heard that the man is the Chief Historian of the Anxi Metropolitan Guard's family. To put it bluntly, he is just a servant in charge. Judging by her father's appearance, it seems that her daughter is going to marry the emperor's nobles.

How much other people love her when she is her father and mother, but looking at what happened to sister, she also knows that her future role will be nothing more than left and right.

Seeing that she was lost in thought alone, Qin Zhao couldn't help saying, "Sanniang, what's the matter with you? If you have something unhappy, just say it. I'll take care of it." I can't help you with anything, but it's also useful to let you spit out a few bad words."

Li Sanniang came back to her senses, and she forgot the irritability in Fangzhong: "What can I be unhappy about? I just envy you for having a good father and mother."

Qin Zhao was surprised by what she said. In the nearby villages, who doesn't know that Li Sanniang is the apple of her eye? ? Could it be that my father is more handsome and handsome than your father, and you are also jealous of that?"

"Go, go, you damn girl, what good things can you say? Elders can also make fun of it?"

Qin Zhao thought, my handsome father and beautiful mother always make fun of me?
Because Li Sanniang was staying for dinner, Qin Zhao saw that it was getting late, so he talked to Li Sanniang for a while, then took an interesting book from the bookshelf, and threw it to her: "My family's Huiniang's craftsmanship, you probably can't see it." Come on, head back to the door, I have to greet you well and make you satisfied. You read a book here for a while, and I will do it myself and cook you a delicious meal. "

At noon, work in the workshop was supposed to be over, Qin Zhao went to the next door and called Axi, the friends met each other, he was so happy, after lunch, Axi chatted for a while, and went home to see her aunt , and went to the workshop, Li Sanniang stayed with Qin Zhao at Yun's house until the sun was about to set, and then rode away on the tall horse.

Qin Zhao added some thoughts.Luckily, Bajie was at home these two days, so he went to Bajie's house, wanting to ask him if he knew what kind of feud his father had with Li Sanniang's father.How did Zhu Balang know this?Qin Zhao returned disappointed.Thinking about it again, no matter what is going on between Uncle Qitang and Li Sanniang's father, she doesn't intend to make up her mind about this matter. It would be better if it works out, but it doesn't matter to her if it doesn't work out.Cooperating with the Li family is just to make the entry into the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion smoother.They didn't expect to cooperate with the Li family.

Two days later, Uncle Qitang returned to the manor. As soon as Qin Zhao told him about the incident, Uncle Qitang showed a look of indignation on his face, and said, "That bastard Li San has a good idea. Even Anxi If the Hufu's business is not done, I, Zhu Qi, will never cooperate with him."

In the end, there was already a bit of gnashing of teeth.

Qin Zhao was speechless, how much sorrow and hatred would it take to make her godfather and his old man hate him so much?You must know that Uncle Qitang, no matter what is in his heart, always has a smiling face in front of people.

Probably also aware of his loss of composure, Uncle Qitang hurriedly put away the gritted teeth, and told Qin Zhao seriously: "Ah Zhao, don't think that the godfather does not distinguish between public and private, and it is said that cooperating with the Li family is really beneficial to our business development in Anxi Dufu Mansion. , but Li San is really not a gentleman, so you must not cooperate with him."

Didn't I hear that Sanniang's father has a bad reputation?

Qin Zhao was a little puzzled, but she didn't intend to take care of this matter. If Li Sanniang attached great importance to this matter, she would be interested in helping to negotiate and make peace, but Li Sanniang obviously didn't take it seriously, so she naturally I can't hurt my relationship with my godfather because of such a matter, not to mention that the ancients valued human character the most. Since godfather can tell that Li San is not a gentleman, this is already a serious disapproval.

Then he laughed and said: "Godfather has traveled more salt than I have eaten. If godfather says it's not good, then it's not good. It's just that Sanniang is on good terms with me. I don't listen to it, Just help spread the word."

Uncle Qitang laughed when he heard this: "You girl, you can speak nicely." Then he said, "Ah Tie is a good one. I see that this kid is getting more and more sophisticated. Didn't he talk to me a while ago? Did you say you want to go to the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion? If we can really sell our jerky to the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion, then the sales of our jerky can be increased by at least ten or eight times. This is a big deal, how can I Not caring? I have been thinking about this recently. After the spring of the new year, Ah Tie will be one year older. After these days of experience, I feel that if this child really puts his mind to it, he will be able to go for a while. Try, let's not be in a hurry, let him try his luck. If it doesn't work, I'll go a few times by myself, it's not impossible."

Now that Uncle Qitang has already made plans, Qin Zhao will not talk too much.Uncle Qi Tang talked about the pine nuts again: "Last time you took it to the shop to fry pine nuts, and they sold very well. You make more these days. It's almost the New Year, and there are a lot of orders from big families. I'm worried. The stock is scarce, so I dare not promise too much. If you don’t have enough pine nuts, you can just go to the nearby village to buy some, and you don’t have to worry about selling them.”

Those pine nuts Qin Zhao originally planned to use for frying oil, but it was really too difficult to get the pine nuts. After seven or eight days of hard work, she and A Wu and the other children got less than half a bucket's worth. After several trials, The oil was fried, but the amount of oil produced was too low, and the pine nut oil had a strong pine aroma. Using this oil alone for cooking, ordinary people are not used to the taste, and there is no soybean oil to use. Qin Zhao is still cooking. Find a way.

Besides, there are not many pine nuts. Uncle Qi wants to fry pine nuts. She wants to try frying the pine nuts again to increase the oil output. It is impossible.

"I thought that there were not many people who bought this. The fried ones were just a whim. There are only less than a hundred catties of pine nuts left at home. Godfather wants more, so I fried these first. Fortunately Now it's winter, and the pine cones that have fallen in the mountains are all over the ground. I will ask Ah Wu to notify the house later. If there are any idlers, they will go to the mountains to pick them up and peel off the pine nuts. We will buy them and give them to the villagers. It’s added income, but I just don’t know what price is suitable for harvesting pine nuts?”

Cooked fried pine nuts are sold at eighty or ninety yuan a catty, and raw pine nuts are fried and cooked, and the weight will shrink a lot. With the addition of labor, Qitang Bo did the calculations and said with a smile: "The price of twenty yuan is more appropriate. , if there are any good ones, they might as well be more expensive. Didn’t you say that melon seeds and other seeds can also be fried? Why don’t we fry them together and let’s try to sell them. Perhaps they are generally sold well like pine nuts.”

But melon seeds, where can I tell her to get them now?Those things are not like pine nuts that are scattered all over the mountains and plains. The seeds that ordinary people keep are kept as seeds and used for sowing in the spring and summer of the next year.

Qin Zhao said helplessly: "I'm afraid the melon seeds are not easy to harvest. I'll find some to fry first. The godfather will taste how it tastes. If it's good, let the people in the village plant melons next year, and the seeds will be collected, washed and dried in the sun. , let’s just accept it, it’s impossible to sell it now.”

Uncle Qi Tang understood the truth when he thought about it, and said with a broken smile, "Look at me, I'm in my dozen years, it's not as clear as my daughter, you're the one who got into the eyes of money."

Qin Zhao also just smiled: "When it comes to doing business, I'm not as good as my godfather, but it's just that my godfather didn't realize that these melon seeds are not easy to get."

Uncle Qitang then talked about the profit of the business again: "With the current momentum, by the end of the year, our two families will each have a profit of seven or eight thousand. There is no problem."

When her family made it by themselves, there were twenty or thirty coins a day, and they could only make one every other day or two. Calculated, there was an income of three to four hundred coins a month, and after a year, the income was only a little over four thousand coins.After deducting the increased cost of manpower and material resources, the remaining money in a year will probably not exceed [-] yuan.

With this cooperation, her family is very relaxed. Not to mention, they can get seven or eight thousand yuan in half a year. This is still a net profit after deducting the cost and so on. Thinking that his family finally had some spare money, Qin Zhaole could not close his mouth from ear to ear, and quickly flattered Uncle Qitang.

(End of this chapter)