Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 109 Pregnancy

When Li Kongzhu went to the main room to meet Mr. Hua, he realized that the guest that Yu Xiaoling said came to the door, since it was Cui Jiu's purchasing manager sent from the palace.

At that time, under the introduction of Mr. Hua, Li Kongzhu knew that the white-faced man in front of him in a dark red robe and a black hat was surnamed Du. Since he was in the countryside, he didn't look like the palace, so he called him Director Du. .

After the man who called Mr. Du sat down, he directly stated the purpose of the trip, "The emperor sent our family here for this canned food. I can't stop thinking about it, Mrs. Zhao, can you take a look at our family?"

Li Kongzhu smiled back, "Of course." Then Yu Jiadi took out an unopened can at home, opened it, put it in a silver bowl, and gave it to him.

Director Du nodded when he saw the canned yellow peach, sniffed it, tasted it carefully, then took out a piece of white silk from his sleeve and wiped his mouth, "It tastes really good!"

"Thank you for your father-in-law's praise. Now we have developed a new product, which is made of pears, but do you want to try it?"

"Hmm~"

After Li Kongzhu heard this, he put on the canned pears again at Yu Jiadi.

"Hmm~ they're all good!" Manager Du put the bowl away, and raised his brows to look at Hua Lao who was above him.

Elder Hua snorted coldly, "What do you think I am doing? I have nothing to do with the purchase in the palace!"

"Look at what you've always said!" Mr. Du put the silk handkerchief in his sleeve with his orchid fingers up, bent over and smiled when he got up: "When the emperor sent our family here, he told us to obey your old wishes." Acting. Now that the palace has just changed to a new master, it is a little deserted. I am afraid that this purchase will not cost much. According to you..."

"Hmph!" Elder Hua snorted coldly, looked at him indifferently and said indifferently: "You know what you know, why bother to ask such an outsider like me?"

"Don't dare!"

Director Du licked his face and smiled, but he heard the person at the top wave his hand directly, "As much as it should be, although this thing can be stored for a month, it will change its quality after a long time. Now it is the time of war At the moment, all parties should be frugal and engage in it!"

"Yes, the old slave understands!"

Li Kongzhu looked at the bunch of official accents speechlessly, and when they finished talking, Director Du took out a list from his sleeve.

Li Kongzhu reached out to take it, glanced at it a few times, and raised his eyebrows.

I thought there were not many, but in terms of their output, it is still quite a lot. In addition, at the end of the list, Liangpi and gluten are also listed.

Seeing her surprise, Director Du squinted his eyes and smiled: "The Emperor said that if Mrs. Zhao doesn't have enough manpower to make it, you can just give me the formula. As for the price of the formula, you can ask for the price according to Mrs. Zhao."

Li Kongzhu gritted his teeth and followed her offer?This is what she made to eat, and she hasn't planned to put it into business yet, so how can she open it?It's not a one-time transaction, how could she ask for this money for the future?That guy Cui Jiu, how greedy is he? Her ice-making skills are not counted, but now she even has a plan for her cold noodle and gluten?

After receiving the list, the woman was almost grinding her teeth and said, "It's just a snack, it's not worth a lot of money. When it's time to introduce it, the woman will write the recipe and hand it over to the manager."

"So, I'm going to bother you!"

Li Kongzhu smiled sullenly, and then went on to talk about the list.

After the two parties negotiated and set a delivery time, Director Zhao said goodbye and left.

Because the delivery time was a bit rushed, Li Kongzhu didn't have time to feel sorry for the lost Liangpi and gluten formula after sending away Mr. Zhao.

Instead, he directly asked Jianning to go to the town to look for Li Chong, and at the same time he went to the workshop, called the day shift workers who were working, and told them that they had to work overtime.

"Now that the goods are rushing, I'm afraid that in these three days, there will be overtime work. When the day shift arrives, don't rush to leave. Stay here with the night shift team and work two extra hours of overtime every day. Of course, This class will not be paid for free. The overtime pay will be calculated at six cents per hour. I will get someone to add it to your wages. But someone is willing to add it? If you don’t want to, don’t force it. When you get off work, go to the clerk office to say hello, and you can get off work normally!"

There is wages for this, and two hours is twelve cash, and even the day shift is nearly forty cash.Now the time to get off work is early, even if there are two additional hours of work, it is still early get off work, and there is no hindrance at all.Moreover, most of the people here have no work at home, so they can't wait for a whole day like this.

Therefore, as soon as she finished speaking, everyone below nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Li Diaozhu agreed, he waved his hand and let go. When he left, he told Zhao Mengzi, who was in charge of the male and female workers, and Wang's daughter-in-law, Zou, to tell them to talk to the night shift manager when they handed over shifts, so as not to interfere. Seeing that the day shift did not leave, there was an unnecessary misunderstanding.

When they came back, it happened that Li Chong was driving over in a mule cart. Li Kongzhu didn't give any other orders, but said that this is the canned food that the Imperial City wanted. What's more, he quietly scattered the news.

"There is no need for the public to know, just spread the word among prominent merchants. Now that the peaches are coming into season, we will soon be making hawthorns. There are still canned hawthorns available, although there is no need to worry about sales. , but this winter is long, so we can’t sell too much, otherwise it will be out of stock for a long time, and it’s not good, we have to do a limited sale at that time!”

Now all the peaches in the [-]-acre field have been harvested and stored in the cellar, and the canned peaches are all collected from other places. She still wants to wait until winter is over and spring comes, and the price will increase. Pin, now that there is such a good way in the imperial city, if there are people who want to curry favor, naturally they will not abandon them.

Li Chong nodded, with rare excitement showing on his paralyzed face, "Now the shops you asked me to rent in neighboring counties of Beppu are all rented out, but you want to choose a date to open?"

"It's not in a hurry!" Now they don't have so many goods, so they can only supply the prefecture and prefecture where they are located this winter. As for Beppu, they can only slowly improve in the coming year. "After the new products come out, You can train buddies, and go to other Fucheng shops to promote them. If you are tempted during the introduction, you will come to see and order in person.” Training buddies to do business sales is also an essential part, and now their priority is to stabilize Stay on the basics, stock up on original goods and money, and don't go too hastily.

After listening to her explanation, Li Chong nodded clearly.

Seeing this, Li Diaozhu talked about another arrangement, "Now that we are free in the slack season, it is better to buy some mountain fruit forests as soon as possible. We are not afraid of defective products. We have the technology of grafting, and we can have them in the same year." In order to harvest, the hawthorn will go to other places to look for other varieties. If there is a larger one than now, we will have branches, and we will follow suit. We are not afraid of imitating, we will make that high-end and atmospheric thing, no worries It’s a good way. Also, regarding the fields, see if there is any dry land dedicated to growing sweet potatoes.”

"What is this going to do?" Regarding the front, Li Chong can still understand, why do you want to come to this kind of sweet potato place?Want to transplant saplings?

Li Kongzhu smiled, "No matter how limited the sales are in winter, there will be times when we will not be able to pay. In order to prevent employees from going to work intermittently, we have to produce new ones. I went to find these sweet potato farmers and signed contracts with them. Next year Let them plant these with all their strength, and say that we will recycle them at a high price. To ensure trust, they can recycle all of what they planted this year."

Thinking that if that thing becomes popular, this winter will be a busy one again, and thinking about the continuous flow of money, Li Diaozhu couldn't stop rubbing his chin and laughing out loud.

Li Chong was baffled by her, but because he trusted her, he nodded and said, "Success!"

Seeing the puzzled look on his face, Li Kongzhu stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "We're in the wholesale business, how can we have one and two items? Of course, the more the better, don't you think? Different regions have different varieties of this fruit. Types, this food can have so many similarities everywhere. When you have money, you don’t want to open wholesale stores all over the country? At that time, different types of canned food can be eaten in the north and south, and the same grain and rice can be eaten. Because the same products made by our everyone's workshop are sold to everyone in the north and south. Think about it, what will that look like?"

Li Chong's expression changed when she said it, and then he became uncontrollably excited.When looking at Li Diaozhu again, the trembling lips could not articulate, "I know, I know!"

Li Kongzhu nodded, and when he got up and walked out of the room with his feet and hands, he stopped him funny: "Brother Li, sister Hui Niang, why don't you go and see?" These two people have rarely seen each other since Chongyang Oh, how can he not miss a woman with a big belly?
Li Chong paused, thinking of his own wife, he couldn't help feeling a little helpless, after hearing this, he scanned the surroundings outside the courtyard.

Li Kongzhu covered his mouth and smiled lightly, "I'm afraid it's at Ya'er's house right now, go and look for it!"

"En!" Li Chong cupped his hands at him.

After seeing him go out, Li Kongzhu started looking for paper and pens again, and began to think about how to make vermicelli in his previous life, and the tools he needed.

……

After several days of busy work, finally on the fourth day, when the manager Nadu arrived, he drove over from the post station with his chariot and horses, and completed the delivery.

At that time, the villagers paid special attention to this unusual group of chariots and horses, and found that the person guarding the chariot was either a white-faced young man with a pink face who looked like a pretty girl, or a soldier who was very strong and uniform.

Because of this, after Li Kongzhu sent Manager Nadu out of the village after loading the car, when he turned around and came back, some people came forward curiously and asked what kind of businessmen this group was.

Li Kongzhu smiled after hearing this, and only said, "Your status is very high, don't let it out."

As soon as they heard that it should not be leaked, they all thought that it was the kind of high-ranking and powerful person who came.

While watching and discussing, I don't know who said something and saw the word "Beijing" printed on the car. After hearing this, everyone stared in surprise, "Jing?"Is that the capital city?If so...

My god, then the things produced by their Zhao family village have already spread to the capital?
In the capital city, the people living in that place are all rich and noble people. Even when traveling, I heard that you can often see the cars of various princes and nobles.These canned peaches have been sold to the capital, does it mean that their Renren workshop is going to be famous?
When some people thought of this, their respect for Li Kongzhu began to increase again.

After Li Kongzhu was dismissed by Li Chong, on the second day after seeing off Mr. Du, many stores that he had cooperated with in the past ushered in, and all of them were shopkeepers and above in person.

At that time, when the shopkeepers saw that Li Kongzhu was a very young woman, they were stunned for a while.You must know that in the past, Li Chong was the one who discussed cooperation projects.

Therefore, although everyone has inquired about the real boss behind this scene, but when he saw it, he still couldn't believe it.

After Li Kongzhu was receiving them, he came out hurriedly for a while, then avoided them on the grounds of being inconvenient, not knowing that he had caused quite a shock to these people.

After seeing those people and saying hello, she followed Yu Jiadi to the workshop and invited the stewards, and invited these people to visit the workshop.

Of course, important places are still prohibited. After they had a rough look, they asked the workshop steward to explain the new product launch event on October [-]th.

As soon as they heard that there was a new product release, the shopkeepers and bosses said on the spot that they would place an order.

This is the first time for those who want to buy goods without seeing the finished product, but the workshop stewards are very happy.

And the tools and sweet potatoes that Li Kongzhu wants here have already been prepared.

Because of the vermicelli method, the secrecy is still extremely high, and therefore, Li Kongzhu decided to let the son of the Yu family, Yu Xiaodi, come to watch when he was doing it. He made a clear request and let him take care of this most important part in the future. , that is the addition of alum.

At that time, Li Diaozhu was in his backyard, mixing the ground and filtered sweet potato powder with alum according to the proportion, and then took the strainer and began to boil the powder into the boiling pot.

When it is formed, it is picked up and placed on a pole to dry.

In just one day, the vermicelli can be finished in the sun. At the end, you only need to cut it according to the length with a guillotine knife, tie it up, and tie it with a rope.

In this way, bundles of black sweet potato vermicelli are ready.

That night, Li Diaozhu specially cooked a large portion of hot and sour noodles in a casserole.

As soon as the hot and sour taste came into my mouth, it immediately aroused the sympathy of the other two pregnant women. Li Diaozhu also hadn't eaten it for a long time. The big bowl was so full that it couldn't hold it anymore, so I put down the chopsticks.

After dinner, a group of people drank hawthorn Xiaoshi tea in a full stomach, and discussed the arrangement of the new product launch with fans of the new product.

"Burp!" Li Kongzhu burped for the first time tonight, took a sip from the teacup and said, "This fan, there are still many ways to do it. I will do a few for the new product launch conference. Tell me. If someone wants to buy it, I will hand over this formula."

"Because it's restaurants and small stalls, brother Li Chong, remember to publicize it. By the way, Lin County can also tell us that the important part of this thing is in our hands, and it will not be used within a few years. Worried about being imitated."

Li Chong nodded.

Hui Niang over there is also full of hiccups, "This powder is refreshing and smooth, and it is destined to be a big seller."

Li Chong saw her helpless, and Zhao Mengzi over there also scolded Ma Ya'er who was about to give birth, "I know you like spicy food, but you should eat less. If you eat so much this time, if you eat it at night What do you do if you have a stomachache?"

Mai Ya'er listened immediately, and rushed forward with a fist, "Why, I can't eat it? You feel sorry for not eating your food. What are you going to do? If you want to live with me, it's done, tomorrow Son, I will move my sister-in-law here, then you can go there alone with your parents!"

Now her belly is getting bigger and bigger, and Mai Ya'er's legs are getting more and more swollen. At night, she is also accompanied by cramps and stomach pressure and can't breathe. The rest is not good, so that the mother-to-be is getting more and more angry.

Zhao Mengzi was left speechless by what he said, but he didn't dare to speak up to her, he was afraid of offending her again, but he was about to quarrel in front of everyone in embarrassment, so after being scolded by her, he lowered his voice. He hung his head there, not daring to say anything more.

Seeing that he didn't squeak, Mai Ya'er couldn't help but hum softly.

Li Kongzhu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he waved his hands and told him to break up, "Okay, okay, now that we've finished talking, let's go, I've been busy all day, and I'm very tired."

After hearing what she said, everyone quickly stood up.

"You've been so busy these days that you didn't even touch the ground. At that time, you said you'd take care of the affairs of the two rooms and then rested. Now you've been busy these days again. I think starting tomorrow, why don't you let me The head of the family stays here for a few days, and the new products in the workshop can be arranged by him?"

Li Kongzhu thought that he was really tired, so he nodded and agreed.

Seeing this, Hui Niang looked at her husband again, and Li Chong had no reason to refuse, so he readily agreed.

After seeing off Mai Ya'er, Hui Niang also followed Li Chong back to the wing room, and Li Diaozhu got up from the small kang with his waist aching from exhaustion.

Seeing that Yu Xiaoling was holding the medicine, she beckoned and asked if it was for Nixiu, and when she answered yes, she took it from his hand and said, "I'll go and see him, you go down and rest first!"

"Yes!" Yu Xiaoling was about to leave, but Yu Jiadi next to her was a little worried, "The old slave will go with the girl!" The doubts in her heart had been stored for several days, and now there are probably nine out of ten I can be sure, but I have to protect it carefully.

"No need!" Li Kongzhu waved her to go down too.

Yu Jiadi didn't want to, and stood there stubbornly looking at her, his determination made Li Kongzhu a little helpless, he nodded, and had no choice but to let her go with her.

When she came to Li Jingzhe's room and knocked on the door, she saw that Li Jingzhe was opening the door for her, so she quickly went to the kang, took the book, and began to point to the words on it for the lying motionless loach. explaining.

"This word, read it, and this one. The two together mean a rainbow. The meaning of this sentence is that this rainbow is called a scorpion, but do you understand?"

After reading, the boy asked another boy who was in the fog, with a very serious tone, and he really looked like a little teacher.

Li Kongzhu walked over with a smile in his hand, and asked the two of them, "What are you talking about?"

Li Jingzhe scratched his head, "It's only the second row!"

Zhao Niqiu was a little dizzy, now he can't turn over, he can only move slightly, although it is still very painful, but as soon as he saw Li Kongzhu, the pain in Xiaowazi's heart disappeared immediately.

Seeing her, she immediately smiled sweetly, "Third Aunt~"

Sitting on the edge of the kang, Li Kongzhu touched his little head, ordered Jing Zhe to go to the side to review by himself, and then asked the little man lying on the kang, "Want to go to school?"

"Yeah!" The little man nodded, and then lowered his eyes a little dejectedly, "But I'm a bit stupid, little uncle Jing Zhe taught me many times, but I didn't remember it."

Li Kongzhu smiled, "You are only so old, why worry, after the injury is healed, we can play in the winter, and you will still be young in the spring of next year."

"I'm not young anymore!"

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Li Kongzhu quickly stretched out his hand to stop him, "Okay, it's not too young, then after you recover, can you follow your little uncle to listen?"

"En!" Seeing that he could go to school, the boy calmed down again.

Li Kongzhu looked at the warm medicine in his hand, and gently scooped it up with a spoon, "Since I want to go to school early, but I have to take the medicine obediently, are you afraid of suffering?"

"Not afraid!"

The boy shook his head very firmly, Li Kongzhu smiled and touched him again, gave him an encouraging kiss, and then began to feed him soup and medicine.

The medicine was very bitter, but the kid was very patient, and he didn't groan during the whole process.After feeding, Li Kongzhu hurriedly put another peach petal into his mouth.

After he relieved the bitterness, he had a conversation with the two boys.

Over there, after Li Jingzhe finished practicing the big characters, he moved the kang table to the middle to separate it. After laying the kang obediently, he came to ask Nixie if there was any adjustments.

After he got it, the boy rolled over and fell into his own bed.

Li Kongzhu smiled, greeted the two boys, and was about to get up and leave the house.

Unexpectedly, just getting together on her side, she suddenly became dizzy, and then her eyes went dark, and she fell to the side unsupported.

When she fell down, she only had time to hear Yu Jiadi and Erer's screams, and then she lost consciousness again.

At this time, the two children on the kang, Zhao Niqiu's wound was stretched again due to a movement, his face turned pale from the pain, but he had no time to worry, he looked at the ground anxiously, screaming incessantly , "Third Aunt, Third Aunt!"

After Li Jingzhe screamed, she ran to the ground, and stretched out her hand to help her elder sister who was being supported by Yu Jiadi.

He didn't want to, but he heard Yu Jiadi say to him: "Go and call Hua Lao, and leave this place to the old slave."

After hearing this, Li Jingzhe nodded her head, and immediately ran out of the house in a panic.

On the other hand, Yu Jiadi carried the fainted man on his back full of worry. At the same time, he was still rejoicing in his heart. Fortunately, she insisted on following. More bad luck than good luck.

Zhao Niqiu on the kang saw her carrying his third aunt on her back, so he held his chest and stopped calling. When he saw the man go out, he couldn't help pleading: "Grandma, if my third aunt is fine later, can you Tell me something?"

"Brother, I only care about recuperating in peace of mind, the old slave knows about the rest of the matter."

"Oh!" The little man lowered his eyes, looked at the two people who had left, and began to pray slowly with his hands clasped together.

Hua Lao here, amidst the cries of Li Jingzhe, hurried out with only a coat on.

As soon as he came out, he happened to meet Yu Jiadi who was carrying someone back.

Looking at the motionless and delicate girl on his back, Hua Lao couldn't help but frowned, "Let's talk in the room first!"

Yu Jia nodded, while Li Jingzhe quickly rushed to open the door of the main house, and lit the lamp.

Just after laying out the kang and putting people on the kang to lie down, Hui Niang and his wife who heard the sound over there also got up and came over.

Seeing this situation, both of them were startled, and Hui Niang held her stomach and said in panic, "What's wrong?"

Yu Jiadi shook his head, his eyes fixed on Hua Lao's hand that was feeling his pulse.

After a while, Hua Lao moved his hand with a heavy face.

When Yu Jiadi saw it, his heart skipped a beat, could it be?
"How?" Hui Niang was also quite frightened by his expression, and began to ask uncontrollably.

Elder Hua turned her eyes away, and after looking at Yu's home, he waved to him and his wife: "You go out first, I have something to ask this current person."

"What's going on?" Hui Niang was a little dissatisfied, and when she was about to attack, she was pulled by Li Chong, shook her head at her, and whispered in her ear, "I'm afraid there is something private We can't be so rude!"

Hui Niang listened, although she was dissatisfied, she finally gave up and did not continue to argue, she nodded, and walked out with her man's ugly face.

Seeing this, Yu Jiadi also winked at Li Jingzhe.

Li Jingzhe didn't want to, but she had to follow her out of the house with her mouth pursed.

"Excuse me, old man!" After everyone left the house and half closed the door of Yujiadi, he turned around and saluted Mr. Hua.

"How many months has it been since her menstruation?" Such a big thing, why would the people who posted the waiter not know?

"How many months?" Yu Jiadi was puzzled for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Mr. I am sorry that this old slave is not clear. If you talk about the girl's menstruation, she came here once on August 21st." It is only now But it's a bit more than one month, because girls' menstruation is always postponed for seven or eight days, sometimes even ten days, so at the end of the month, although she suspected it, she didn't reveal it. Let's look at it ten days later, it's impossible to imagine, seeing that it's only two days away, and the girl fainted.

Yu Jiadi thought in his heart, and then looked at the old Hua's face, and saw that his face was still dark, and he became more and more confused.

Isn't it pregnant?If not, then why ask about menstruation?
(End of this chapter)