Erya returned to her residence and chatted with the old man about the silkworm while waiting for Xiaohu and them.

"Old man! You said that you have never succeeded in raising silkworms in those years, could it be because they froze to death too early? ”

Because the old man has not found out the reason, he still doesn't know if he froze to death. However, he still remembers the time of stocking: "In the first year, I did release earlier, and I also suspected that the silkworms were frozen to death, so in the second year, I postponed it for a month before coming to stock, and died two days later." In the third year, it was brought over at the end of February, and he died within a few days. I haven't been here since! ”

Erya pondered for a while, and said to the old man with a guess: "Old man! The climate here is different from the climate at the seaside, with a large temperature difference between day and night. Maybe the temperature during the day is fine, but it is difficult to keep the temperature at night, which the silkworm can bear. So I still think the reason why you didn't succeed in raising it before was because it was too early. ”

The old man didn't judge whether Erya's guess was right or wrong, he nodded and said, "This time, the silkworm is still alive for so many days, at least I know that there is no problem with squeezing trees here." Next year, I'll do what you said, and I'll wait until the end of March or April before stocking. If it doesn't work again, just raise it elsewhere as it did this year, and then transfer it over. ”

"Hmmm! That's fine, too! Elderly! This is your sole responsibility, we don't meddle in your business, you just need to help you with anything! ”

It didn't take long for Quli Town to come with Xiaohu, and he alone could represent everyone in Qujiaao.

This matter is led by Erya, of course, Erya will be in charge: "Quli Town!" At first, I thought that the original owner of the forest could not be found. Let's just find the master and let each of you share a piece of stocking silkworms. It's just that I didn't expect to coincidentally meet the old man who squeezed the forest, so it is impossible to squeeze the forest for your families to raise silkworms. But. Now that my word has been spoken, it is necessary to honor it. At present, the master has no ability to invest in this piece, so I think that he will take a stake in his original forest and his existing technology, and I will invest in the shares.

Because I said that I want to give you half of my shares, I will give you half of the shares. The proportion of shares is 50 percent for the forest squeeze, 10 percent for the master's technical shares, and 40 percent for the capital shares, of which 20 percent will be given to you Qujiaao. As for how you composers divide it. It's up to you.

In addition, of course, there are requirements for the distribution of shares to you. First, when the master needs help. Your composer must arrange someone to use it for him at any time, and you can't prevaricate under any pretext. Second, all this silk is purchased by me, and I am not allowed to sell it to others privately, openly or covertly. Uncle Qu. That's not too much for me here, am I? ”

How could Quli Town feel excessive. It's like giving them money! Of course, he didn't know why Erya divided the shares to Qu Jiaao from his own hands, and he also hoped that the people of Qujiaao could see the prospect of raising silkworms in the profits of raising silkworms, so that they could let go of their own hands and plant squeezing trees independently, turning the thorns on the mountain into crushing trees, which is conducive to protecting the sand and gravel soil and reducing the loss of a large area of landslides in the debris flow area. However, no matter what Erya's intentions are, at least it is for the people here to live a better life.

Quli Town swore as a guarantee. The people of Qujiaao are on call and will never delay the master's business. The master was also very satisfied with the distribution of Erya. His original plan was to only take 30% of the shares, but he didn't expect Erya to give him the lion's share.

And Erya, don't look at the big head and give it to the master, and half of it in his hand will be given to Qu Jiaao, and he will lose. In fact, she is the one who benefits the most! Not to mention that the squeeze forest now had her rightful shares, and as long as the silk was purchased by her, she would be able to earn more than all of them combined.

Everyone is satisfied, and everyone is happy! In the future, the development of silkworms is definitely something Erya did not expect. It will become the third largest high-income industry here after agriculture and sideline industry and animal husbandry, comparable to the silkworms in the south of the Yangtze River.

That night, Quli Town had to invite Xiaohu and his wife and the old master to have dinner. Speaking of which, there is nothing delicious in their house, most of the meat dishes are still salted meat, salted duck, dried rabbit meat, and a lot of salted fish this time. But if the friendship between people is only about eating and drinking, then don't associate as soon as possible.

Li Zhen entertained Xiaohu with the food given by Xiaohu's family, and they didn't feel embarrassed at all, because this was the best thing his family could come up with. Xiaohu and Erya didn't think there was anything wrong with eating, to be honest, they were surprised that Quli Town was able to keep these things until now (a strange taste of salted meat that can be preserved for too long and not preserved)!

There are a lot of dishes tonight that are cooked by the second daughter-in-law in Quli Town, and the second girl eats it very much to her appetite, and she can't help but want to go to the house to help cook for a few days. When I thought of it, I said, "Second sister-in-law Qu!" Could you please come to the house and help me cook for a few days? When the people from my hometown arrive, I'll send you back! ”

The second daughter-in-law of the Qu family really couldn't imagine that this Wang Niangzi would make such a request to herself. She looked at her mother-in-law in a daze, not knowing how to answer. Erya was afraid that the Qu family would misunderstand, so she hurriedly added an explanation: "Sister-in-law, don't misunderstand!" Something happened in the house before, and my child's uncle was plotted. So he sent away all the slaves, and he was not at ease when he bought people locally. I had to ask my hometown to send someone over. It's just that I'm the only one cooking during this time, so I'm really busy. There are more than 100 people in the family eating! I want to ask someone to help temporarily, but there are no people I know in the city, and people I know are not at ease and dare not ask. Today, I saw that my sister-in-law's food was doing very well, so I rashly wanted to ask my sister-in-law to help me for a few days, but I didn't mean anything else. If my sister-in-law is inconvenient, it doesn't matter, I can take another look at inviting someone else. ”

Er Ya has talked about this, how can the Qu family be embarrassed to refuse. Besides, it's a good thing to be able to go to the prefect's house to help, and if you ask the prefect for something in the future, you can also be a familiar face, right?!

Without waiting for the second daughter-in-law of the Qu family to reply, the old lady of the Qu family directly agreed. "Thank you for your affordability, what's wrong with letting her do this little thing." She then said to her second daughter-in-law: "You will pack up the things you want to bring tonight, and you will leave when you are called!" ”

"Yes! Mother-in-law! The second daughter-in-law of the Qu family was very happy to enter the prefect's mansion, but she was also very scared, the biggest official she had ever seen was her father-in-law's town. I'm about to see a big official like the prefect, and I said nervously.

The other daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law of the Qu family all looked enviously at the second daughter-in-law of the Qu family, who was bowing their heads and trembling slightly, thinking that it would be good if they could go to the prefect's mansion and see with their own eyes what the place where the big official lived.

Ah! It's great to finally invite someone to help me, and Erya's meals are more fragrant than before. She is also spoiled by the cooking of a nurse at home, and now every time she cooks, she is quite troubled, how can she be so happy as she used to love to cook many good dishes for the children.

Early the next morning, Erya happily took the second daughter-in-law of the Qu family back to the house. Although she can die quickly on a donkey, Erya can endure it with a good temper.

The arrival of the second daughter-in-law of the Qu family is also a blessing for the boys. Before, Erya couldn't cook so many meals, and some boys could only eat the dishes made by Erya in shifts, and most of them still had to swallow the "pig food" made by their brothers with their necks stalked. Now, everyone can eat delicious meals every day. Buying vegetables, washing vegetables, cutting meat, fetching water, and burning the fire, rushing to do it one by one, Er Ya and the second daughter-in-law of the Qu family only need to put oil and salt in the pot to cook the vegetables and rice. Hundreds of people eat, even if they only need to put oil and salt, and turn the pot with a big shovel, it is not an easy job, and every time the two women cook, their arms are too tired to lift up. Erya is a little better, after all, he is a practitioner, and he can adjust back soon after he is tired. The second daughter-in-law of the Qu family is miserable, and every time she has to pat her forearm to relax and relax, so as not to tremble. You can't use chopsticks when you eat, you use a spoon all of them. However, even if she is tired like this, she is also happy. The boys shouted, "Auntie! "Auntie!" followed behind and patted her on the back, which made her so beautiful.

When she was a girl in her mother's house, she loved to cook and cook, but unfortunately her grandmother always hindered her and scolded her for being greedy. Otherwise, her tea and rice skills will be better! Alas!

Erya returned to the house, not just to accompany the children and cook for everyone, she also had big things to do. Xiaolong's marriage date has been roughly set in the month of Layue, and the specific day will be the two parents' family, matchmaker, and several people meet to formally ask for the date.

Although this mansion is only a temporary residence, the furniture that should be beaten must be beaten, and the new house that should be renovated must be renovated. It's time to scrap the toilet that you've been messing around, and build a new one with a flush toilet. A bathhouse should be built in the front yard where the boys can take a good bath. Originally, they planned to let them go back after paying over the mountain bandits, just so that Xiaolong would not be robbed by the Westerners during his tenure, and they would still stay here and ambush the Westerners who had robbed the border. The main courtyard where Xiaolong lives will also build a bathroom and bathroom connected to the bedroom. As soon as the brides such as Erya and Xiaohu enter the door, they will move to live in Qujiaao, but there is no need to build a bathroom or bathroom in the bedroom. The three boys and the husband who taught them should also build separate baths and toilets.

Fortunately, there are many people in the house, and I am not afraid that the time will be too late. As for some special equipment needed, you can go to the Northland and pull it over. Whatever Hepu has, Northland has almost everything.

The speed of development in the Northland is really beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Especially in these years, when the wind and rain were good and the crops were abundant, the imperial court relaxed the grain control over the northern grasslands and opened the trading markets in the border cities. Taking advantage of this advantage, the people of the Northland formed a team twice a year to sell some small east and small west from the mainland, which were not bought and sold by big merchants, and put them in the markets of the border cities in exchange for precious stones, gold and silver. They also make the tiles, flush toilets, wash basins, briquette stoves, heaters with radiators, buckets for throwing dry water, and many other things that can only be purchased in Hepu. Because most of the leaders of these teams are from the Northland Wang family, there is no need to wait or run empty for some very in-demand goods.

The Northland Wang family and the Southland Wang family were finally connected by commerce and became a strong family in the south and the north. (To be continued.) )