met free Chapter 217 Busy Scene
Chapter 217 Busy Scene
After Ye Changyan and Huang Huamin finished discussing things and returned to the private room where everyone was, they learned that their parents had agreed to the proposal of Zhong Yunfeng's parents.
Wu Lang and Lian Xiaolong, who were still a little confused, looked curiously at Erniu who lowered her head, and then looked curiously at Zhong Yunfeng who had a silly smile on his face.
Erniu was, after all, a little girl who had not yet reached marriageable age. Feeling everyone's eager gazes in the private room, Erniu looked shy, blushing, and lowered her head. She greeted the elders, saying that she wanted to go out for some fresh air, and trotted out of the private room.
Seeing this, Zhong Yunfeng greeted the elders and ran out.
Everyone in the room smiled knowingly when they saw this. Wu Lang seemed to understand, but even Xiao Long had no idea what the adults were laughing at.
Zhong Yunfeng chased out and saw Erniu standing alone on the windowsill in the corner, looking out the window.
Zhong Yunfeng approached Erniu cautiously. Erniu felt someone approaching, turned around and saw it was Zhong Yunfeng. She lowered her head shyly, her face red to her ears. Zhong Yunfeng didn't even dare to breathe.
Erniu lowered her head, but secretly glanced at Zhong Yunfeng, only to see Zhong Yunfeng taking out an exquisite little makeup box.
"Changting, the things in this box were made by craftsmen from the Red Archway in Yizhou Prefecture when I went there at the beginning of the year. Today is the Peach Blossom Festival, and I am giving it to you. I hope you like it."
As he spoke, Zhong Yunfeng handed the small makeup box to Erniu. Erniu slowly raised her eyes to look at Zhong Yunfeng, and saw that Zhong Yunfeng's face was full of nervousness, his face was red to his ears, but he had a silly smile on his face, and his eyes were looking at her expectantly.
When Erniu saw Zhong Yunfeng like this, she chuckled for a moment, reached out to take the small makeup box from Zhong Yunfeng's hand, and murmured two words.
"fool."
When Zhong Yunfeng saw Erniu taking the makeup box, he stared at her expectantly as she opened it.
Inside was a phoenix-head hairpin made of gold, jade and gems. The hairpin body was made of gold, and the head was also made of gold, but it was inlaid with emerald green jadeite. The phoenix on the hairpin head was holding a pendant made of five-colored gems in its mouth. It looked both exquisite and luxurious.
Erniu liked it very much at first sight, with a slight smile on her lips and a look of satisfaction.
Zhong Yunfeng looked silly, with an even more silly smile on his face.
The next day, Ye Changyan and his party had breakfast at Zhong's house and then said goodbye.
After Zhong Dingyi and Luo Shi entertained their guests for a while, they asked the servants to load the gifts that had been prepared long ago onto the carriage.
After leaving Yuzhou Prefecture, the carriage drove on the official road for about an hour before arriving at the intersection leading to Wanshou County and Changxi County.
Lian's parents both suggested that they part ways here. Now Lian Changshun and Lian Ze'an work in a processing workshop, and only Ye Changyan's aunt and cousin are busy at home. Lian Chongshan and his wife are worried.
"We have been out for almost ten days. There is a lot of work to do at home. I am afraid your sister-in-law and nephew's wife are too busy to handle it. It is time for us to go back."
Lian's mother, Weng, held Lian's hand and continued.
"We came out this time and saw that your family is living a good life. Your father and I are very happy. Sanlang passed the imperial examination and Erniu got such a good marriage. You and your wife have good days ahead of you. Besides, your brother and nephew are working in the processing workshop. We will visit each other more often in the future. After the spring ploughing is over, we will come and stay for a while."
As Mrs. Weng spoke, a relieved smile appeared on her face.
Lian knew about her mother's family situation, so she didn't continue to keep anyone there.
Ye Changyan arranged for Wulang and Fang Xiaotong to send his grandfather and Lian Xiaolong back to Changxi County. He also divided some of the pastries and supplements given by the Zhong family and loaded them onto the carriage.
Cai Laohe and Liang Jingcheng also got off the carriage and said goodbye to Ye Changyan's grandfather.
Ye Changyan then gave some instructions to Wulang and Fang Xiaotong, and Fang Xiaotong then drove the Ye family's carriage, parted ways with the crowd, and headed towards Changxi County.
The next day, Erniu and Fang Xiaomei, together with several long-term workers from the kimchi processing workshop, began to make kimchi in jars. Near noon, three ox carts from Yunfeng Tower arrived at the kimchi processing workshop, waiting to be loaded. Two of the ox carts had to transport the kimchi to Yunfeng Tower in Yuzhou City before dark.
The news that Yunfenglou is about to launch new dishes has spread in the past few days. On the eighth day of March, a new series of sauerkraut dishes were officially served on the table of Yunfenglou. This sour, refreshing, fresh and delicious dish immediately attracted unanimous praise and strong pursuit from all diners.
Although Ye Changyan and Zhong Yunfeng had expected this, the popularity of these kimchi dishes seemed to have exceeded their expectations.
Cart after car of large jars were constantly being brought to the kimchi processing workshop, and Erniu asked Zhang to help recruit a dozen temporary workers. The kimchi processing workshop was busy expanding production these days.
With the second batch of spotted cows being leased out, villagers in the surrounding villages have also mastered the basic skills of raising cattle and milking. The purchase volume of fresh milk has increased significantly recently.
Zhang is busy recruiting people. He has hired two batches of helpers in this period. The second batch of helpers are currently participating in pre-job training, while the first batch of helpers have officially started their jobs.
In the workshop warehouse, the first batch of batik cloth had been taken away. The second batch of 100 pieces had only been brought in for two days, and more than ten pieces had been taken away. Every day, girls and women came with the sewn drawstring bags to hand in their work.
These girls and wives all had smiles on their faces. Seeing that they could earn dozens of dollars a day, their families tried their best to help them share more housework, allowing these girls and wives to focus more on sewing drawstring bags for packaging candies.
For example, Luo Sanhong's daughter-in-law, although she had to take care of her bedridden mother-in-law and had a baby who was still breastfeeding, she was quicker than other girls and women. In addition, when Luo Sanhong saw that his daughter-in-law got money from the processing workshop, he also tried to help her with more housework so that she had more time to sew drawstring bags.
Luo Sanhong's daughter-in-law can earn nearly fifty cents a day while taking care of her mother-in-law and children. This makes Luo Sanhong's family very happy. The originally poor family seems to have seen a glimmer of hope.
There are many families like Luo Sanhong in the surrounding villages. Through their hard work, everyone is reaping the rewards step by step. They are full of gratitude to Zhong Yunfeng, Ye Changyan and even the third branch of the Ye family.
Now, almost every day, ox carts and horse carriages loaded with Weihojia candies stop at the door of the milk processing plant.
In addition to the convoy of Zhong’s Cargo Store, these convoys also include convoys of several large merchants in Yizhou Prefecture and convoys from Lihua Lane in Shengjing.
Weihaojia candy has become popular in Yizhou Prefecture. Almost every day there are convoys of cars fully loaded with candy heading towards Yizhou Prefecture from Shanglin Village.
Since the delicious candies were put on the counter in Lihua Lane, they have been loved by the dignitaries in Shengjing, and have gradually become an indispensable snack in the collection boxes of the rich and powerful in Shengjing.
The popularity of Weihaojia far exceeded Qiu Zhenkui's expectations, and he had to dispatch the fleet to bypass Yuzhou Prefecture as much as possible.
During this period, on the road from Yuzhou Prefecture to Shengjing City, there were at least three or four convoys loaded with Weihaojia candies, all heading towards Lihua Lane in Shengjing City at the same time.