Chapter Eighty-Three: Bean Curd
Qu Ming nodded when he heard it and said, "That's it, at that time, there were several senior brothers who wanted to flee for their lives by the master, but the master didn't allow it." Master said that when the country is in crisis, it is time for my generation to step forward. It's a pity, what can we do as scholars? ”
Song Sanshi said: "I asked Lord Hu at the time, and I said, Lord Hu, this is all running out, why are you still going inside?" What about Mrs. Hu? Master Hu said that the family had all been arranged, and he took his three sons to serve in the army. I asked, my lord, you are a scholar, what are you doing in the army? It turns out that an adult is still a general? Master Hu said that at this time, he knew that what he had learned before was useless, and he had learned something useful if he had known it. I wondered at the time, why did Master Hu say that it was useless to know astronomy and geography? I was about to ask, but Master Hu said again that fortunately he still has medical skills, which can treat the soldiers and treat the wounded, which is quite useful, so he took his sons in the army. Before I could say anything, I heard the trumpets blowing in the army, and Lord Hu said, don't do it, it's time to march. We were separated. ”
Mrs. Hu was stunned when she heard this, and she couldn't speak. Wen Hui was anxious and said: "Aunt Hu, you see this is good news, at least Lord Hu didn't have an accident, it's okay, and he is still working for the imperial court, by the way, your father and daughter are doing the same meaningful thing now, he is saving lives and helping the wounded in the army, and you are treating the victims in Ancheng, which is also a good story." ”
When several people next to him heard this, they all said yes in unison, and then persuaded Hu Shi with nonsense. Hu Shi's eyes were shining at this time: "Yes, I have not insulted my father's reputation, I am also doing something meaningful, I want to see more people." ”
After speaking, he struggled to get up and said to Mingzhu: "Mingzhu, what about the next patient, show me what you recorded." Tell the sick person to come into the room, and I will take the pulse. ”
Mingzhu didn't come back to his senses all of a sudden, Wen Hui was clever. Pushing Mingzhu with his hand, Mingzhu hurriedly got up and called the patient into the room. Hu Shi looked at the record carefully, and then took the patient's pulse.
Wen Hui took the opportunity to call everyone out, and after Mingzhu went out, she asked Wen Hui in a low voice: "Sister, do you see that my mother is fine?" ”
Wen Hui said: "It seems that there is nothing wrong now. It's better to find her a few more patients and keep her busy, so she won't have time to think about it. ”
Mingzhu thought this method was good, and was busy sorting out the records. Tell the patient to see a doctor.
Wen Hui was free at this time, settled down, raised her eyes and saw Song Sanshi, and asked, "Uncle Song." Why are you here today? ”
Song Sanshi hurriedly smiled and said to Wen Hui: "I sold tofu well today, so I left a few good pieces and sent them to you." ”
Wen Hui hurriedly accepted it and said, "Uncle Song's tofu is the best." ”
Song Sanshi smiled when he heard this. Wen Hui asked again, "Is Uncle Song's business okay?" ”
Song Sanshi hurriedly said: "I want to thank the girl for the guarantee loan, I came to drink the girl to say, I have gone to the bank to repay the principal and interest." Business is still very good now. Although there are more people making tofu in the city. But I sell them all in the villages and towns, and now my father and younger brother don't go to build roads, they all make tofu at home, and my two boys. And my mother helps me at home, and now I earn a lot a day. ”
Wen Hui thought for a moment and said, "Uncle Song, is the fermented bean curd you said still being made now?" Is it stored in a porcelain jar? How many days does a jar last? Song Sanshi was happy when he mentioned this: "Of course I want to do it, now this one is very easy to sell, because Ancheng sells a lot of tofu, but I am the only one who sells fermented bean curd, so I make money from this." If you have more people and do more, you can sell more and make more money. The people of Anseong are richer than us, and there are many people who buy tofu. ”
After speaking, he remembered again, and took out something from his arms and gave it to Wen Hui: "Girl, I forgot about it, I also brought you a jar of fermented bean curd, you can taste it." ”
Wen Hui saw that it was a small clay pot, which was similar to what later generations saw. Song Sanshi said again: "This can be put away for a month." It's delicious. ”
Wen Hui thought for a while and said, "Uncle Song, I can guarantee you again, and borrow more money from the bank for you, our family has a yard next to the market in the city, you go to rent, the rent is very cheap, and the place is big, you can gather the people who can make tofu among the victims of the disaster when the time comes, and you can make a workshop." Then wholesale outward. It's close to the market, you set up a stall in front of the door, ask someone to taste it for free, and someone will buy it. ”
Song Sanshi's eyes lit up when he said this, he lowered his head and thought about it, and said to Wen Hui: "Thank you girl for the idea, I will go home and discuss it with my family, I can't say that I will need the girl to help me when the time comes." ”
Chen Wenhui nodded, and went to record the patient again. Song Sanshi ran back to the simple house where the victims lived and discussed with his family.
The next day, before Chen Wenhui began to prepare for the record, Song Sanshi ran over, pulled Wenhui aside, and said, "Girl, I discussed it with my family yesterday. They all agreed that originally, we lived in a cramped house, and we had to make tofu, so we couldn't turn around at all, and it would be good if we could rent the girl's house. I still have to trouble the girl. ”
Chen Wenhui was very happy, immediately went to get a pen and paper, wrote two notes, and said to Song Sanshi: "Uncle Song, you know how to read, these two notes, one is for my mother." My mother is in the nursery, and my mother will let people show you the yard. There is another one for the bank, with my seal, the bank will give you a loan after reading this, how much are you going to borrow? ”
Song Sanshi said: "We thought about it yesterday, and the cost of this is not much, and it is about a hundred taels to be sold now." ”
Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "Okay, you can go." I don't know much about this, and you come to me when you need it. ”
Song Sanshi said gratefully: "I have already caused a lot of trouble to the girl, maybe I will cause you trouble in the future." ”
After speaking, someone came to find Wen Hui again, Wen Hui and Song Sanshi nodded and went busily. Song Sanshi looked at the strip in his hand, first went to the bank to take out a loan, and then found Bai's, Bai's first night heard his daughter say this, so he called the red carp and the nurse Li's mother to go to see the yard with Song Sanshi. Song Sanshi was very satisfied, the yard was very large, and it was all repaired, but the rent was surprisingly cheap, only five taels of silver a month. Song Sanshi hurriedly signed a contract with Li's mother and rented it.
When I got home, I packed my things with my family and went to the yard. Song Sanshi also found a government official who was in charge of the housing of the victims, explained the situation to him, and handed over the small house where his family lived, so that he could resettle the new victims. He also left his own address in the city, and asked the officials to have time to do it.
After doing this, he gave some of the silver to his younger brother to buy more utensils, and he went to the victims with his father, checked the people he knew, had made tofu before, hired several of them, came to work in his yard, and went to the clay pot workshop to order pots. After a busy day, it's time to open.
After the opening, the business was surprisingly good, and the people who went to the market to buy poultry and livestock passed by the small stall in front of his yard, and saw that there was free bean curd to taste, and they all stopped to taste it, and after tasting it, they felt that the taste was good, and the price was not expensive, so they bought some and sold them in a few days.
Song Sanshi hurriedly came to talk to Chen Wenhui, and brought some bean curd to Chen Wenhui. Chen Wenhui thought about it and asked him: "How many people are you hiring now?" ”
Song Sanshi said: "I hired four people, as well as our own family, and my mother-in-law stopped doing needlework, and now she also helps at home." ”
Chen Wenhui said: "I have been to that courtyard, it is very big, there are too few people, and more people can be recruited to do the work." ”
Song Sanshi laughed: "Girl, there are too many people to recruit, too many things to do, what should I do if I can't sell them?" ”
Chen Wenhui said: "I have a way, we know a lot of merchants in Cuijin Lou at home, I will give you a note, you go to the shopkeeper of Cuijin Building, he will naturally take you to know those merchants, you wholesale the bean curd to the merchants, make a little less, the amount goes up, and naturally make more money." ”
Song Sanshi has also been in business for many years, so he naturally understands this, and he was very happy to hear it, and immediately asked Chen Wenhui to write a note. In this way, Song Sanshi's business improved, and there was a large amount of wholesale every day, so he had to hire a few more people, but the output still couldn't keep up with the number of orders, so he went to recruit people again, and later developed to more than 100 people, which made Chen Wenhui unexpected.
Although Song Sanshi solved the problem of the livelihood of more than 100 disaster victims, Ancheng still couldn't afford it. Now it is not yet the first month, the victims have reached 30,000 people, Chen Yuanheng saw that this could not be done, and quickly divided a place in Deqing, moved half of the victims to Deqing, and then borrowed 100,000 taels of silver from Wang Yihe's bank, and Deqing also began to build roads, this time to the provincial capital. In this way, the pressure on Ancheng was greatly reduced, but Chen Yuanheng could not stay in Ancheng, and began to stay mainly in Deqing.
Bai Shi saw that the work in Ancheng was very organized, and Huang Tingzhen's wife was also trained to take over the affairs of the nursery school, and Deqing was in a mess at the beginning, and there was a shortage of manpower, so he discussed with the Hu family and the children at home, and also went to Deqing City.
Hu has been sick for almost two months on the disaster victims, and they have basically seen almost everything, and many doctors in Ancheng have joined the ranks of free clinics under her leadership, but Deqing is full of new victims, and there are more patients, so they have long wanted to go. After hearing what Bai said, he immediately agreed.
The two Chen brothers also agreed, and Wen Hui and Mingzhu had no opinion, just like that, the Bai family said they would do it, and immediately asked their family to move, and moved to Deqing the next day, giving the courtyard of the county government to Huang Tingzhen's house.
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