After the matter of Mianrou was settled, Ruan Yimian's family was not in a hurry to leave, and they gossiped with Yu Peilan and them for a while.

When the two mothers got together, they had to talk about the problems of their children at home.

Yu Peilan gave birth to three children, and the eldest daughter Ruan Yihan married early, but she was a widow, and she did not live well in her in-law's family.

Not only her, but also her two younger brothers' marriages did not go well. Ruan Yiquan is twenty-one years old and hasn't gotten married yet, Brother Orange was about to get engaged last year, and he "made wild words" to make the family affair yellow, how could Yu Peilan not be anxious?

"None of the children in our family have a smooth marriage, and I don't know if their Ruan family's ancestral grave didn't pick the right place, but I'm worried to death!"

"Hey, I kind of want to open it, this family affair can be done, and if it can't be done, forget it, as long as the children are fine. You can also relax, Quanzi and Brother Orange are not bad, they will not be beaten singles, don't worry! Lu Caimei said with relief.

Brother Orange was open-mouthed, and when he looked at others, he asked "Who will take care of the family's money in the future", which scared Na Langjun away and was scolded by his mother for half a year. Yu Peilan was angry when she thought of this, so she had to teach him a few lessons.

Now when it comes to his marriage, he is like a quail, shrinking his head and not daring to speak.

But today, Ruan Yimian sent a few pieces of cotton rouge to him and his mother, and he was very happy in his heart, so he didn't want to worry about those troubles.

At this moment, he took the rouge and looked at it over and over, and then came to Ruan Yimian, staring directly at his face, carefully studying the blush on his face.

Ruan Yimian was stared at by him and froze, and when Yu Peilan saw this, she wanted to teach her son a lesson again: "Ruan Yicheng!" What are you crazy about?! ”

*

Ruan Yiquan was about to go out to do business on the afternoon of the second day, and Ruan Dexian sent him the 100 pieces of cotton rouge early.

As soon as they sent people out, the Ruan family began to look forward to it, and the three of them all looked forward to Ruan Yiquan's early return to see how the cotton rouge sold.

However, Ruan Yiquan goes out for as little as one or two days every time, and as long as four or five days, so this still has to wait.

It didn't take long for the Ruan family to be anxious, and something big happened in the village that diverted their attention.

- The people who went to the border to serve in the army a few years ago are coming back! The people of the village have been talking about this when they go to work in the fields for the past few days.

The news came back from the people who worked in the village of Furong.

It is said that the group of people who joined the army in Furong Village have returned, and they said that the border has been relatively peaceful in recent years, and the real battles have not been fought a few times, and the soldiers are not seriously killed or injured, and the rest of the people in the village will come back one after another.

The people who came back from Furong Village this time all brought back a reward of silver, a few taels less, and dozens of taels more! There is also a person who said that he had made a meritorious service and was arranged by the imperial court to serve as an errand for the government, and he went to the government to report as soon as he came back.

The official has no rank, not even a small official, and is looked down upon by the rich and noble, but for the farmers in the village, it is already a glamorous errand that they cannot hope for.

In this dynasty, there is no rule that the descendants of the official cannot participate in the imperial examination, so the errand of the official is much more sought-after than before, and not everyone can get a position.

After becoming a servant, he had 1,500 wen a month, which was much better than a farmer who depended on the fields for food. In addition to this fixed income, there are also some small businesses who take the initiative to send benefits, in addition, the people in the village want to go to the government to do things, and they can also help find a way, and their status in the village will be different in the future.

At the beginning, the imperial court came to recruit soldiers and asked each household to send a man, but it was not a forced conscription, if they refused to go, they could pay five taels of silver. Although five taels of silver is a lot, the people in the village can take it out by gritting their teeth and chopping their feet, and they can still find relatives and friends to make up for it.

If you don't have money, you will cut down on food and clothing, go to the mountains to dig more wild vegetables, and as long as you can survive the winter, you will not starve to death. But it is not necessary to go to the border, the battlefield is not long-sighted, and few people who went to war a few years ago came back alive.

Therefore, if the family has the conditions, they will give money to keep their children, and only those who are really poor and can't borrow will let the children go.

I didn't expect that this time I would not only be able to go home well, but also bring some benefits to my family.

The families of those who have children and nephews who have children and nephews who have gone to join the army in Shanliu Village are even more excited, and people go to the village entrance every day to look.

Ruan Yimian and his father and mother were also a little happy, they were all thinking about Huo Aowu!

Huo Aowu has eaten at the Ruan family for several years, although he doesn't talk much, but he sends meat and food to the Ruan family every once in a while, and helps Ruan Dexian and Lu Caimei to work when he is idle.

Lu Caimei guessed in hindsight that the person Ruan Yiwen was talking about was Huo Aowu. She seemed to have misunderstood something, looking at Ruan Yimian's eyes in the past two days was a little meaningful, and from time to time she whispered a few words in Ruan Yimian's ear Huo Aowu's kindness to him back then.

Ruan Yimian was in a complicated mood, and he naturally hoped that Huo Aowu would return safely as soon as possible, but he felt a little embarrassed when he thought that his brother would match him after he came back.

However, according to his dream, Huo Aowu would not come back in a month or two, and Ruan Yimian's heart was a little calmer.

*

Ruan Yiquan only went out for two days this time and came back, and after he came back, before he could go home, he first pushed the cart to Ruan Yimian's house.

It happened that Ruan Yimian and his father and mother were at home, and when they heard Ruan Yiquan's voice, Lu Caimei hurriedly greeted them.

"Quanzi is back! How's it going, does cotton rouge sell well? Lu Caimei asked impatiently.

"Uncle, the cotton rouge sells very well! It's all sold out, and it's sold out on the first day! Ruan Yiquan also seemed to be a little excited, and before she could catch her breath, she happily replied to his aunt's words.

Ruan Dexian helped set up the cart, Lu Caimei took someone into the house to sit, Ruan Yimian brought water to his cousin: "Cousin, let's drink saliva and rest for a while." ”

Lu Caimei clapped her hands: "Look at me, I'm in a hurry to ask Mianrou, Quanzi just came back, and he hasn't eaten yet, right?" Wait a minute, my aunt will cook for you! ”

After she finished speaking, she was about to go to the stove room, but was stopped by Ruan Yiquan: "Uncle, no need, I will go back after talking to you, and I can't toss for me anymore." My mother is used to me coming back suddenly, burying sweet potatoes in the stove every day, and I can't be hungry! ”

Ruan Yiquan refused to eat here, and Ruan Dexian also said that let the child finish his business and go back to rest early, so Lu Caimei didn't insist anymore.

After several people sat down, Ruan Yiquan told them about the situation of Mianrou.

"The first place I went to was Qinghe Village, where a lot of cotton is grown, and many families in the village make a living from weaving, which is richer than our village. The women, husbands, brothers, and sisters all like to buy knick-knacks from me, and when they came to buy them, I took out the rouge and showed them it. ”

"When they heard that this rouge only cost three cents, they didn't dare to buy it, for fear that I would fool them with some rags. I did what Brother Mian'er said, took out the two extra cotton rouges, picked a fair-skinned girl, and asked her to try it. ”

"The color of our rouge is delicate and natural, the girl's cheeks are a little up, and it is different all of a sudden, I asked her to put a little bit on her lips, good fellow, that effect is really good! The girl's face was originally only white, and with our cotton rouge, she had a bit of the posture of a beautiful embryo, and she was reluctant to take her eyes off the mirror, so she immediately bought two for six cents, one of the same color for two colors. The brothers and sisters who came with her also bought one each, and some of them had no money on them, so they ran back to get money and rice and cloth, and on the way back, many people were recruited, and they all rushed to buy it, and dozens of them were sold at that time! In the afternoon, when I was having dinner at my hometown, someone heard the news and rushed over, and it only took half a day for all the 100 pieces of cotton rouge to be sold, and no one came to buy them! ”

Ruan Yiquan was still a little excited when she talked about this: "This rouge is so easy to sell, I have never sold something so good, Brother Mian, you can make more!" The next time I go out, I will go to a few more villages, even two or three hundred, and I should be able to sell out! ”

He took out the money from selling cotton rouge, as well as rice and cloth to Ruan Yimian: "This is ninety yuan, this bag is three catties of rice, this is eleven feet of cloth, all from selling cotton rouge, because many people in this village do spinning work, so there will be more cloth in exchange, Brother Mian'er, uncle, you order, see the quantity, right?" ”

There are only a hundred pieces of rouge in total, a piece of three cents, a pound of rice fifteen wen, and a foot of cloth is also fifteen wen, which is not complicated to calculate, and his cousin is not the one who can calculate his relatives, Ruan Yimian glanced at it and nodded: "That's right." ”

After thanking Ruan Yiquan, Ruan Yimian gave him another thirty yuan of help.

Ruan Yiquan smiled so much that his teeth were exposed, he used to run a business, he could earn one or two hundred wen a day, and only twenty or thirty wen when he was less, Ruan Yimian's hundred pieces of cotton rouge were only sold for most of the day, and the commission money he gave him was about to catch up with the money he earned all day, it was really a good business!

Ruan Yiquan told his cousin about the time when he would go out next time, and asked Ruan Yimian to make the cotton rouge in a hurry, and Ruan Yimian had nothing to do.

He pushed the cart all the way back, thinking that he was tired, and after finishing business, Lu Caimei and Ruan Dexian didn't keep him any longer, and only asked him to bring his father and brother over for dinner tomorrow.

Ruan Yiquan nodded in response.

After he left, the three members of the Ruan family put away the copper coins, cloth, and rice. The rice can be kept for your own food, or you can sell it for money, and these eleven sheets of plain cotton cloth of the same size are just used to make cotton rouge, so you don't need to go out and buy it separately. This is also the reason why Ruan Yimian specially told him to change the cotton cloth.

Ninety dollars Ruan Yimian gave it to his mother, and now he can't go out, and it's useless to take the money.

Lu Caimei refused a few times, and finally accepted it with a smile: "It's okay to let my mother go here, my mother will keep it for you!" ”

The cotton rouge sold so well, Lu Caimei and Ruan Dexian were also a little excited. The young people in the village went to the town to work as coolies, and they only had forty wen a day, and some of them were unstable. The rouge made by their brother Mian'er, ninety in two days, and there are so many things!

After putting everything away, the three of them excitedly discussed the matter of making cotton rouge tomorrow.

Ruan Dexian has to be busy with things in the fields and fields, and he can't get out, but fortunately, the things he needs to use to make cotton rouge are only missing oil paper, and the rest are still there.

If there is a lack of alum, and you don't dare to ask someone to buy it, for fear of leaking the rouge recipe, the oil paper will not have this concern, you can go to the village and ask who is going to the town, and ask him to bring it back.