In the blink of an eye, it was winter, and on this day, the Bai family received an invitation from the Lan family, saying that the prepared fabric was ready, and the Bai family was invited to choose it. Bai Shi was busy taking Bishui and Chen Wenhui to choose. Chen Wenhui's eyes were dazzled by the beautiful fabric. Fortunately, Bai's and Bishui were very professional and selected a large number to go home. Because the Bai family now has a lot of money in their hands, they bought more than they had planned before. After the fabric was brought back, Bai and Bishui worked hard to make a gift list. Chen Wenhui can't help in this process, after all, Chen Wenhui is not familiar with the etiquette here, the relatives in the house, and her father's friends.

In the evening, after Chen Yuanheng left the office, the Bai family handed the gift list to her husband. Chen Yuanheng took a closer look. Bai Shi said in detail on the side: "The old lady is twelve brocades. They are all the best materials, and each horse has to be more than 100 taels on the market. And many of them are hard to find in Kyoto.

What the Lan family master gave us was the purchase price, only eighty taels of silver a horse. Because the old lady is old, I deliberately chose three colors, namely lake green, honey brown, autumn fragrance, each color has four patterns, respectively, the ten thousand characters continue to be headed, the hundred longevity picture, the spirit deer Xianrui, the crane Zhizhi. They are all auspicious and wealthy, and they are very suitable for the elderly. There is only one aunt in the old lady's house now,

It was the eighth aunt, she was very much in front of her father now, so I also chose four folded branches and flowers brocade for her, the texture was the same as the old lady's, I thought she was still young, so I chose four fresh colors for her, which were rose, jade, lotus lotus, and honey. Then the eldest lady, the second lady, the second sister, and the third sister all had six horses of this kind of fine brocade, but I chose two colors: red and honey. The fancy chose three kinds of folded branch peony, a hundred butterflies wearing flowers, and a broken branch plum blossom. Because they are all Mrs. of the main room, they naturally want to use this color. Then there are the aunts in the eldest brother and the second brother's room, which are two such brocades, both of which are snow blue and elegant in color, with two patterns of chrysanthemum and bamboo leaf pattern.

Then there were two girls in our big room, three girls in the second room, one girl from the second sister's family, and two girls from the third sister's family, all of whom were children, and I prepared six faring shadows for each of them. This yarn looks like a shadow, but it is thick to the touch, and it is new this year. Extremely difficult, the price is not inferior to brocade. I chose six colors, which were silver red, rain azure, madder red, madder green, goose yellow, and pearl gray. Because I thought that the little girls should be a little more colorful, so I chose more colors.

The most valuable are those of Concubine De and Princess Lichuan. The mother's is twelve brocades. The latest style of the flower color is selected, six kinds, namely the plum picture, the chrysanthemum picture, the bamboo picture, the blue orchid picture, the bird picture, the butterfly picture, each pattern is egg blue and light purple two. In addition, there is the most expensive yarn new this year, the glow yarn, which is as thin as silkworm wings, but it shines brightly, like the colorful glow on the horizon. I chose 12 colors of this yarn, one of each. They are light pink, bright orange, purple color, magenta, dark crimson, glow orange, golden red, cherry red, pearl gray, silver red, jade, and light grass green. The princess is six horses of each kind. Sir, do you see what you want to add or subtract? ”

Chen Yuanheng was very satisfied: "Madame is very thoughtful, and the materials, colors, and patterns she chooses are all speechless." I'm really a good helper. Bai Shi pursed his lips and smiled: "The master will make fun of me." Chen Yuanheng said with a smile: "I'm telling the truth, and my wife doesn't like to listen to it." Well, I remember, what's missing from this list? ”

When Bai Shi heard this, he hurriedly asked, "What's missing?" Chen Yuanheng said: "There is no one from your Baifu on this list." Bai Shi's face turned cold when he heard this: "There is nothing for me in the Bai Mansion anymore." My dad went, and so did my aunt. Now my uncle is in charge of the house, and my mother-in-law taught me before, but when I think of how she treated my aunt, I don't want to pay attention. ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "Having said that, it can't be without courtesy. I have to go to my mother-in-law, and I have to have my sister-in-law. and aunt shall have it with you. Bai said, "My aunt treats me in general, I used to be a concubine, and now we are the third room that is not welcomed. The two sisters-in-law treat me just for face, so why should I take a hot face to stick to that cold bench. ”

Chen Yuanheng said meaningfully: "Madam, are the eldest brothers and second brothers in our house treating me well?" But we don't give gifts for the sake of kinship. I was thinking that Uncle Bai was now in charge of the Imperial Forest Army, and the Holy Family was just right, which might help my future. One of my two elder brothers served in the military department and the other in the household department, but they were better than my brothers. So, we're going to have to make a little bit of a difference. ”

Bai Shi listened, and hurriedly said: "This is not mine, I only think about my private affairs, and forget about the future of my master, yes, I will prepare, like this, prepare one for my mother-in-law, my aunt, one for my two sisters-in-law, and one for my two sisters-in-law." ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "That's it. Also, I also want one from my master, the three in the capital also want one in the same year, and my friends, such as the fifth brother of the Zhao family, they all want a copy. Well, according to the sister-in-law's share, the three in Beijing will choose some novel satin in the same year, no brocade, those family friends are good, just use the far-shadow yarn. They are all good-looking and novel, brocade and the like are not as practical as yarn. Bai Shi hurriedly agreed.

The next day, he took Wen Hui and Bishui to the Lan family again, and came back with the fabric. The Lan family was very happy. What a big customer this time. There are nearly 10,000 taels of silver brocade in one order of Chen County Order alone, although the income is a little less, but the quantity is large, and they are all top-notch goods, so this order still makes Lan Shanghan very happy.

Bai gave the new gift list and gifts to Chen Yuanheng to see. Chen Yuanheng and Bai discussed it again. While discussing, Chen Wenhui changed into homely clothes and entered Bai's upper room. Chen Yuanheng smiled as soon as he saw his daughter: "Hui'er is following her mother today, can you choose clothes for yourself?" ”

Chen Wenhui hurriedly said: "In the past few days, my eyes have been opened, and my eyes are dazzled when I look at the clothes, and I have no interest in choosing clothes." Still, my mother chose a few sets for me. But I don't like the brocades, but I like the glittering gauzes, which are thin and soft, and beautiful. ”

Chen Yuanheng smiled and said, "Oh, my Hui'er already knows how to choose her own clothes." Madame, she still doesn't appreciate your eyes. Bai Shi smiled slightly: "No, she didn't choose herself, but chose for the master and the two elder brothers, and said that Feiguang would make a direct decoration for you." Chen Yuanheng was very happy when he heard this: "Hui'er is still thinking about me." ”

As he was talking, Qingshuang came in, holding an account book, greeted Chen Yuanheng, Bai, and Wen Hui, and then said, "Master, madam, our silver money can't be turned." ”

Bai nodded and said, "I think about it, did the Lan family's clothing money go?" Qingshuang said, "It's all given, but after giving this money, we don't have any silver." All this money was used from the farm, and the money from the farm was brought with interest. The money is not tight, but the capital is not enough, and it is not enough to buy eggs next month. How do you pay for chicks on a monthly basis? ”

Bai said: "I have thought of it a long time ago. At that time, we received a large order, first 50,000 taels, and later, farmers planted soybeans with little silver, but many were willing to take out loans to buy chicken seedlings, of course, because chicken seedlings are cheap, most of the loans are used to buy piglets, lambs, after all, this effect is fast.

Therefore, later Boss Wang added 40,000 taels of silver, and we wrapped up this order, chicken seedlings, duck seedlings, and goose seedlings were all produced by our hatchery itself, but most of the silver money was piglets and lambs, and there were some loans to buy cattle, so as to help grow crops.

The poultry fry accounted for about five thousand taels of silver, and the remaining eighty-five thousand taels belonged to livestock. This order was also given to us. Fortunately, Li Huan is very capable, he found the livestock sellers in the surrounding counties and Ancheng, bid for it, and finally selected a few to supply us, we made a little less money, but we didn't have to work hard. Because this amount is too large, it is paid in three months. Wang Yihe first gave us 90,000 taels of silver, but we didn't have to take all the money to those livestock dealers, because we had agreed in advance to settle the accounts at the end of the year.

So we have a sum of money in our hands that we can embezzle. We used this money to buy grain and wine, and now we have used 10,000 taels of it to pay for clothing, and the turnover of the farm is not a problem, because we can get the profits of the restaurant, the profits of the garment shops, and the profits of soybean oil to the farm, but the money of those livestock dealers cannot be given for a while. We have collected too much grain at once, and the restaurant can't consume so much wine, and now, the wine is saved, and the money naturally can't be transferred. It's not a big deal right now, but I'll have to pay the livestock dealers at the end of the year, which is a lot of money. ”

Chen Yuanheng listened to it and asked, "How much is that?" Bai Shi didn't answer, Qingshuang looked through the account book and said: "Nearly 50,000 taels, originally paid more than 70,000 taels to the vendors, because the deposit was paid in advance, and a part of it has been paid in the past few months, building a wine workshop, buying land, building, digging cellars, etc., using about 10,000 taels, this 10,000 taels was obtained from the restaurant's sale of wine in recent months, and the money to buy livestock was not used, so there is still a difference of 50,000 taels." Chen Yuanheng said: "We used 60,000 taels, 50,000 taels to buy grain, 10,000 taels to buy clothing, and now the difference is 50,000 taels, that is, the 10,000 taels is the profit, and the money is the difference in the grain purchase." ”