Zhao can't come back, so Chen Xuejiao doesn't have the heart to care.

There are more important things in the upper room, Chen Xuejiao ignored Mrs. Chen's affection, turned around and walked out of the door of the upper room.

After returning to the North Wing, Chen Xuejiao's family re-discussed the matter of the salted duck egg workshop, and then they began to get busy.

Li took the initiative to undertake the matter of inviting manpower, and according to Chen Xuejiao's suggestion, he invited the little daughter-in-law who came to the house to ask to go to the embroidery workshop to embroider, in addition to those few people, there were four people missing, Li was very familiar with the big girls and little daughters-in-law in the village, so he summed it up in his heart and set the vacancy for the remaining four people.

Li took Xuejiao to the door one by one, and as soon as he told him about this business, everyone agreed to it.

Baitu Town is located in the plains, and the most important thing is land, so every household has grain in their barns, and there is no problem in having enough to eat. But if you want to have a few spare money in your hand, you can't.

It is precisely because there is no shortage of land that the people of Baitu Town have a natural leisure and self-sufficiency, without any sense of worry, and they live a quiet farming life for several lifetimes. Except for the shops in town, few people can think of doing business. Unlike the Jiangnan area, which is close to the big rivers, it has many people and new things in contact, active thoughts, businessmen everywhere, and a developed commodity economy.

This is also the reason why Chen Xuejiao's tea eggs and salted duck eggs can be sold, because there are no competitors, so it is easy to make. In Maoshan Village, the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law work as a female worker in addition to farm work, and some people want to make money, but there is no place to earn it. Pickling a pound of salted duck eggs is already a lot of income for them, and they have accumulated it, especially for some pretty girls and daughters-in-law. It is quite good to buy a box of fat powder, put in a few flowers to wear, or subsidize the family.

According to the historical knowledge that Chen Xuejiao learned in her previous life, this era happened to be the era of the germination of capitalism in Jiangnan, and opening workshops and hiring laborers were all economic behaviors encouraged by the dynasty. She listened to Chen Xiucai say that the current Jiangnan. Almost every few steps, you can see a workshop. The sound of looms is constant every day, and girls in ordinary families are not as well-behaved as other places. Basically, in the thirteenth or fourteenth year, he went to work in the workshop and earned a good dowry for himself.

It is based on the development of the times that Xue Jiao dared to mention yì to open a workshop. And this is not the first time that this workshop has been opened, and Lee's workshop has developed after two months. Although the scale is still small, it is a daily income.

If the duck egg workshop is opened. The amount of silver earned is not less than that of the embroidery workshop, because the Chen family's salted duck eggs have become famous.

A girl in the village heard that the Chen family had opened a salted duck egg workshop and was recruiting people to work, so she stopped Li and Chen Xuejiao on the edge of the field.

"The eldest aunt of the Chen family. Sister Xuejiao, I heard that your family hired someone to pickle salted duck eggs, do you see if I can. "Wearing a double snail bun. The girl with a pair of big eyes lowered her head and said timidly.

"Isn't this an apricot blossom?" Li Shi took a closer look at the girl in front of him and said with a smile. "The apricot blossoms have grown so big and so handsome."

This Xinghua is Han Laojiu's eldest daughter, one or two years older than Xue Jiao's younger brother, about the same age as the big egg, and there are several younger siblings below. Although she is in a village, Xuejiao has a very shallow impression of Xinghua, because Xinghua does not go out often, and has to cook at home and serve several younger siblings all day long. Although she is not familiar with Xinghua, Chen Xuejiao also heard that she is an extremely sensible and neat girl, and she is not the same way as her father. Xinghua's father Han Laojiu is a person who doesn't live a long time, and there are two famous broken households in Maoshan Village, the first one is Chen Zichang, and the second is Han Laojiu. Maoshan Village also has two famous sloppy women, the first one is Zhang's family, and the second is Han Laojiu's mother-in-law. Xinghua was born in such a family, but she did not inherit the shadow of her father, she is very diligent and kind, if it weren't for Xinghua's control, maybe Han Laojiu's family would have completely dispersed, which Chen Xuejiao had heard.

Chen Xuejiao took a closer look at the apricot blossoms, and saw that she was wearing a washed white floral dress and pants, which were covered with patches, the needlework was fine, and the washing was also very clean.

"Okay? I can do any heavy work, I'm not afraid of hardship, my aunt knows, I do all the work in our family's field. Xinghua said this in her mouth, but her eyes looked at Chen Xuejiao, and everyone in the village knew that the Chen family's salted duck egg business was started by Xuejiao.

As soon as Li wanted to speak, Xue Jiao took the lead: "You come to our house to work, do your parents know?" Promise not? ”

Xinghua saw Xue Jiao speak, and her eyes lit up: "I make up my own mind, as long as I have money, my father and mother are willing to do it." ”

Chen Xuejiao's mind turned around, Han Laojiu and his mother-in-law knew it, in addition to being just a few days, it was also arrogant and unreasonable. Last time, Mrs. Chen's chickens went to Han Laojiu's vegetable garden to peck a few vegetables, Han Laojiu's daughter-in-law scolded around the village for three days, and Mrs. Chen moved a chair to sit at the door and started a ring with her. With such a couple, Chen Xuejiao is really worried that they will come to the workshop to make trouble because their daughter works at home.

But seeing the appearance of the apricot blossom, she couldn't bear to refuse, to be honest, she liked this girl in her heart. Last time, Xueru went to the field to break corn to cook rice, and her finger was cut by the corn stalk, and Xinghua was in her own field next door, and when she heard the news, she hurriedly tore off her clothes and helped Xueru bandage her wounds.

Last time, the apricot blossom also came to the door to embroider the embroidery, because the embroidery workshop is lonely, Li's fear of the apricot blossom will affect her reputation, so she politely refused, and now the salted duck egg embroidery workshop opened, she came to the door again.

"Xinghua, my aunt can trust you......" Li said with a smile.

"Auntie, Sister Xuejiao, let's be honest, my father plans to sell me to Renyazi, saying that it is okay to find someone to be a maid or a concubine, so I can exchange a few taels of silver for him." Xinghua said that the concubine blushed and lowered her head again, "I don't want to, I splashed a basin of water when people came to me, people saw that I was fierce and didn't want me, my father took a rolling pin and wanted to beat me, and I took it away." Our croppers have the way of living of croppers, and my father's eyes are red-eyed Sister Yao, and he also wants me to be sent to a big family, but I know that I am not that material, so I like to do rough work. ”

Xue Jiao's words moved, because Xinghua said that Han Laojiu was going to sell her, not in a sad tone, but in a very plain narrative, and there was also a perception of her own situation in these words. Xue Jiao suddenly thought of a sentence, called keeping her duty, yes, this is how Xinghua feels to her. For the workshop, the people who need it are not too smart, the important thing is to keep their duties.

"Xinghua girl, look at what you said, since you are willing to come to work, your family welcomes you at any time. However, if you have to say it, you will have to deduct money for breaking duck eggs and breaking jars. Xue Jiao happily stepped forward and grabbed Xinghua's hand.

"Sister Xuejiao, auntie, Xinghua doesn't know how to thank you, I can make money too." The apricot blossom face smiled red.

"Thank you, it's all from the same village, last time you bandaged Xueru's wounds, don't thank you." Li smiled, she also liked this girl.

Counting one apricot blossom, there are still three people missing. Li told Xue Jiao about the person in his heart, and the two of them planned to invite, Xinghua was a warm-hearted girl, and took the initiative to follow behind to invite someone.

Li and Chen Xuejiao's mother and daughter were busy hiring people here, and the others were not idle.

Chen Xiucai invited young and strong male laborers from the village to build a shed under the leadership of Shishi.

Qi An took the money and took Qi Ping to the town, in addition to ordering a hundred pickle jars, he also had to go to Qingfeng Village to order two tables of dishes, and asked the people who came to help build the shed today.

Xue Ru and Jing stayed at home to sew the clothes of the upper work. Because the workshop is a food, Chen Xuejiao has very strict hygiene requirements, and everyone who enters the workshop must wear uniform white linen clothes, hats and masks. Chen Xuejiao drew the drawings, Jing Hao understood her requirements for clothing and accessories at a glance, and soon took a good look at the appearance, and Xueru began to sew, and the linen cloth was a homespun cloth spun by the Li family himself, which was thick and wear-resistant and easy to clean.

There is a yard to live, and the salted duck egg workshop has to hire people and build sheds, and there is such a big movement, it is impossible for the upper room not to know.

For the sake of respect, Chen Xiucai told Mr. Chen about the situation of the workshop, and Mr. Chen naturally did not object, and he had no reason to object, and they had already separated.

Chen Qilin and Chen Xuemiao stood under the eaves of the upper house and looked at the north end of the vegetable garden for a while, knowing that the big house wanted to open a workshop in order to make money, so they naturally looked down on it.

Chen Qilin won the first place in the children's exam, and he didn't take it seriously anymore, and always regarded himself as the champion of the dynasty, seeing the busy business in the upper room, he snorted disdainfully: "Uncle is also a showman, and he is contaminated with copper stench, which is really embarrassing for us scholars." ”

Xue Miao said: "I want to go crazy for money, and I want to make a fortune selling salted duck eggs." ”

Mrs. Chen was lying on the bed and humming, and when she heard a crackling sound outside, she stood up and asked Wen Yan, "What are you doing outside?" ”

Wen Yan told the Dafang family about opening a salted duck egg workshop.

“…… It is said that the big house makes money, I see where I make any money, if I make a lot of money, can I still look at such a cheap business? Since the failure of the fight against the golden crown, Wen Yan has been mean to the big house again, snorting melon seeds and scolding, "There are no human things, and I am not afraid of retribution." ”

When Mrs. Chen heard that Dafang was building a shed at the north end of the vegetable garden as a salted duck egg workshop, she immediately exploded, stood up and walked to the window and shouted to the back of the vegetable garden: "Then who built a shed in my territory, is he blind?" I don't look at whose place it is, who built the shed and who demolished it for me. ”

Everyone was very afraid of Mrs. Chen, and when they heard her voice, they all stopped what they were doing.

Xue Jiao happened to come in from outside, and she didn't show weakness: "This is our territory, and the family was divided at the beginning, and it was established in black and white." (To be continued)