Xiao Nizi raised her head suddenly, staring at Xu Liang without blinking, but Xu Liang, who was frowning on the side, was stunned, looked at Xu Miao, and asked sneeringly:

"What...... What's wrong? ”

"Second uncle, do me a favor, I have to hire someone for my tofu shop. Xu Miao was not polite, and asked directly, but she didn't ask Xu Liang to go to work, after all, he was a lizheng, although the official was not big, but there was a big matter in the village, and he had to be there.

Xu Liang looked at Xu Miao in front of him, shook his head with a wry smile, reached out and tapped her forehead, and said, "You, I really can't talk about you." Say, how many people do you want? ”

"It's not much, it's only five, plus the two brothers Li Tie who are now working at home, seven people are enough, I have to add another stone mill and another mule." Xu Miao snapped her fingers and began to chatter.

Xu Liang listened to her chatter, and began to think about who these seven people were looking for, Chunzhu needless to say, it must be the first, and then there are Sanshun, Ershun, and Da Zhuang, as for the stone mill is very easy to do, just go to the town to buy it, the mule asked the brother-in-law to help Zhang Luo, thinking of this, Xu Liang nodded and said:

"Okay, when the time comes for this stone mill, you can ask the shopkeeper Pang to help you Zhang Luo, he will be in the town, just bring a plate of stone mill when you come to pull the goods, as for the mule, I will ask the third brother of your second uncle's family to help."

"What about this man...... Needless to say, Chunzhu and Sanshun must be counted, Ershun's work is not bad, but his mouth is a little broken, Da Zhuang's child is very good, his daughter-in-law has a body again, and it must be obligatory to find him to work, and then there is ......"

Xu Liang is the same as Shan's, just after a while, Baba counted all the people clearly, and the people he was looking for were all working and didn't say anything, Xu Miao naturally had no opinion when he heard it, but there was one more thing......

"Second uncle, before looking for Uncle Chunzhu and them, I want to buy that tofu shop first, so that I can temporarily merge a piece next to my current Westinghouse, and when the spring is warm next year, I will clean it up."

Xu Miao said what he planned in his heart, Xu Liang nodded without objection when he heard it, and got up directly and took Xu Miao to Chunzhu's house, things went very smoothly, Xu Miao only spent five taels of silver, and bought all the tofu workshops.

Of course, Xu Miao didn't ask for the rent for the second year. Chunzhu has already prepared all the money, but Xiao Nizi is in trouble, she said that she would rent it for two years, but now she wants to buy it herself, so there is no reason to ask for rent back.

Chunzhu saw Xu Miao's persistence, so he didn't say anything, Xu Liang struck while the iron was hot, and said that Chunzhu would go to work in the past and pay him every month.

Not only did Chunzhu say that he would come to work, but he also registered his brother Chunwang, Xu Miao and Xu Liang heard Chunwang, they were all happy, Chunwang has been in the grocery store in the town to make the second shopkeeper for others, and he can speak well when he is sent to usher.

If he really comes to the tofu shop and ships in the future, Xu Miao doesn't have to worry about it, just wait to collect the money at home. Xu Liang finished writing the white deed, Xu Miao and Chunzhu signed it, just wait for Ming'er to go to the government to change the red deed.

Coming out of Chunzhu's house, Xu Miao and Xu Liang began to act separately, and Xu Liang went to find Sanshun and Ershun. Xu Miao went to He Erzhuang's house to find He Dazhuang, if that incident hadn't happened, now Xu Miao should be the second daughter-in-law of the He family, but I didn't expect to make people into this situation, but today it is also in such a situation.

Since the last time San Lang fell into the water, the old mansion wronged He Dazhuang, Xu Miao has avoided He Erzhuang, after all, the two of them once had a marriage contract, no matter what the final result is, they must always avoid suspicion.

And He Erzhuang's side, except for the first time to take the initiative to sell beans, the rest of the communication is basically He Erzhuang's mother, who came to buy tofu at home, so what did she say, and she didn't say anything superfluous.

At this time, Xu Miao went to their house in person, not only Xu Miao was a little uncomfortable, but even the He family was not very comfortable. He Erzhuang was originally chopping firewood in the yard, but when he saw Xu Miao entering the yard, his face turned red as soon as he "Teng", and shouted at the house:

"Mother, Sister Miao is here." After saying this, he turned his head to look at Xu Miao, and stumbled and said, "I...... My mother...... My mother is in ...... It's in the house. ”

"Thank you." Xu Miao nodded, crossed He Erzhuang, and stepped into the house, Erzhuang's mother heard her son's shout in the yard, and also pushed the door to come out, just Xu Miao was standing at the door, which made her stunned, and then greeted enthusiastically:

"Sister Miao is here, come into the house, come into the house."

Xu Miao chuckled and nodded, and stepped into the house, this is still the first time she, Xu Miao, has come to He Erzhuang's house, and there is a fire in the house, which is very warm. He Dazhuang's daughter-in-law was resting on the kang, covered with a quilt with broken flowers.

He Erzhuang's father was not at home, and He Dazhuang was not there, Erzhuang's mother pulled Xu Miao to sit on the kang, and then said softly:

"Your sister-in-law has a body, and she has to sleep during the day, otherwise she will be uncomfortable."

"Oh!" Xu Miao nodded understandingly, and also whispered, "Auntie, I came here today to find Brother Da Zhuang, what about others?" ”

"Ouch, it's not a coincidence, your uncle and your eldest brother went to Caojiatun to sit at the table." After Erzhuang's mother finished speaking, she took a basket, which was filled with melon seeds, and there were children's homes in the farmhouse, and they all loved to plant some hairy food on the fence in front of the house and behind the house, and wait for the winter to be fine.

Xu Miao grabbed it symbolically and said, "That's it...... When will the big strong brother come back? ”

"Sister Miao, what do you have to tell your aunt, when the two of them come back, I will tell them, do you like it?" Erzhuang's mother's road.

"That'll do fine." Xu Miao nodded, put the melon seeds in his hand back into the basket, and said, "That's the case, my tofu workshop has received a lot of orders, and now the manpower is not very enough, thinking of letting the big strong brother go to my side to help with the work, give eight copper plates every day, and give a festival gift on the New Year's Day, just like Brother Li Tie and them." ”

As soon as Erzhuang's mother heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, there was no income in the family, except for the dozen acres of land planted every year, the family's income all depended on the carpenter to make money, Xu Miao's workshop some time ago, she really found herself, but her daughter-in-law had a body, and the first three months were unstable, and she was not good at going out to work.

Now if the eldest son can go out to work to earn money, and it is still this winter, it will really be ...... Thinking of this, Erzhuang's mother couldn't help nodding and said:

"Okay, when your big brother comes back, I'll let him go to your side to find you, there's nothing to do at home, he can go to work, thank you Sister Miao."

"Auntie, don't say that, if the big brother can really come, it will help me a lot, then I'll go back first." After Xu Miao finished speaking, she got up and walked out, and the second strong mother also sent her out of the door, and when she returned to the house, her daughter-in-law, who was originally asleep, had already woken up, obviously hearing the two of them talking.

The eldest daughter-in-law sat up, then looked at the door and said, "Sister Miao is gone?" ”

"Well, let's go." Erzhuangniang sat on the edge of the kang and put the melon seed basket on the lid of the box again, "It's good for Da Zhuang to work, and there can be one more entry at home." ”

He Erzhuang's family is not separated, He Dazhuang is the eldest, there are two younger brothers and three younger sisters below, these two Zhuang have also reached the age of marrying a daughter-in-law, and there are many places to use money, so it is a matter of course to arrange He Dazhuang to go out to work.

When Da Zhuang's daughter-in-law heard this, she also nodded in agreement, then sighed and said, "If Erzhuang and Sister Miao become successful, our family can be more relaxed and relaxed." ”

When the second Zhuang Niang heard this, her face was a little bad, but the daughter-in-law said that she was right, if she could have been flexible and quit the marriage directly without saying angry words, but found Lizheng, it is estimated that at this time, this daughter-in-law will not be able to run away at all.

Say a thousand, say 10,000, regret that there is no place to buy medicine!

……

Xu Miao tofu factory expansion is very rapid, the next day spring pillar they all arrived, the west of the back of the merger out of a shed, mainly for the use of goods, the original tofu workshop reorganized, two stone mills one east, one west.

More than a dozen large vats, all the soaked beans are placed in the merged shed, so that the house is a lot more spacious, Da Zhuang and Ershun, Sanshun are mainly responsible for soaking beans and boiling soy milk.

Chunwang, Chunzhu and others are responsible for pulping and pressing plates, and Li Tie and Li Zhong are responsible for ordering tofu, they have been doing this job for so long, so they are naturally more skilled than these people, and the whole process of making tofu, only this tofu is the key, and Xu Miao asked Li Tie and Li Zhong to order tofu, which is also very relieved.

After a few days of running-in and proficiency, the eight people are basically adapted to the tofu workshop, working at the end of the day, leaving work at two o'clock, working at the end of the evening, and getting off work at the end of the day. The wages have also increased from the original eight copper plates to ten copper plates, and Chunwang, Li Tie and Li Zhong have two more copper plates.

Chunwang can speak well and keep accounts, Xu Miao handed over all this piece to him, Li Tie and Li Zhong have been working for a long time, and ordering tofu is a technical job, and others can't do it, it is normal to give more, and everyone has no opinion.

Three days later, the shipment was very smooth, and in the following days, Xu Miao's tofu workshop and factory were steadily progressing, and at the end of October, Xiaobajiazi had the first heavy snow of the year.

It has been raining for three days, and it is said that the snow is a good year, and the farmers are naturally very welcome to the winter snow, but Xu Miao is a little worried, the Ouyang family wants to come to get the goods, and the tofu workshop has to ship, and after the snow has fallen in the past three days, the road is basically not so easy to go.

Even San Lang and Xiao Wu wore big hats, leather boots, thick cotton hats, and gloves to school, and Xu Liang's mule cart couldn't go at all, so they and Huzi walked to school.

The list on the side of Tofu Fangfu City is basically temporarily stopped, and the town can go, but they also have to deliver the goods to the village entrance, the kind of board car that is completely manually pulled.

This book was first published in Reading Books