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Chapter 291: Picking up wood in the New Year (picking up wealth)

Xu Tianxin stood in front of twenty selected girls, with a stack of new contracts on the table beside her.

These are the twenty confidants who were promoted to do glycerin.

There are also Lin Yue and Xu Zhaozhao who can sit on the ground and do light work.

"For us, the New Year is just like the end of the year.

Sisters, in the new year, the goods we owe must be paid back.

Have you and your family discussed this? "

It was agreed that not only would the money and the family's land be compensated, but if anyone dared to violate the oath and expose the production method: "I swear, I will make my future man and son poor for the rest of their lives."

Forget it for men, but not for sons.

After all, Xu Tianxin used to make skin care products and handmade soaps.

One of the steps also involves playing with glycerin, but it's not as detailed and precise.

But as long as everyone thinks that Xu Tianxin still wants to do these things, just let him re-sign the contract.

What's more, in the eyes of the villagers, even if they know how to do it, they can't make much money.

Because of their preconceptions, they felt that they could not afford to offend the female general behind Xu Tianxin, and the Zhenbei Army would only buy Xu Tianxin's goods.

And if they dare to make their own or sell their methods to outsiders, they will not be able to live in the town unless they no longer want to live in this place. They should be careful not to let the Xu family let them go after running out, and the Zhenbei Army would not use the contract to pursue them.

They control the northern land, and they don't care what business they do now. It is said that even if ordinary people are cheated, the government will make the decision for them.

Therefore, even if outsiders give a lot of money to them and ask them to give them recipes for cooking oil and soap locust, the price is too high. How much money does the other party need to give to be so generous?

At this time, the girls happily stepped forward to press their fingerprints, and after signing, they burst out laughing:

"My grandma heard that I was promoted and my salary was half as much as before. She was shocked and said that I had caught up in a good time, so I would stand up to them. It would be great if she was younger. Let me ask Ask Tian Xin, do you really not consider age?"

"My grandfather is the same. My grandfather used to favor boys the most. He said that boys had to work, so why did girls eat so much if they didn't do anything? But on the day of the Chinese New Year, he asked me to grab some dry food to eat, and he also told me to eat it well. Come on, you have to be strong enough to work, and let me eat every meal from now on."

The girl who spoke was called Hei Ya. In the past, she was not taken seriously at home if she didn't like to make noises.

So her grandfather specially gave her a few more instructions, in front of the whole family. She was still very excited when she mentioned this matter.

Who said Hei Ya doesn't like to talk?

Hei Ya has been very talkative since she joined Xu Tianxin's phalanx.

Hei Ya said that she didn't know why, but it was different from home.

Even on the second day of the Lunar New Year, when the married aunts returned to their home, these girls also went back to Xu Tianxin's house. When she carefully took the bronze mirror and saw her appearance clearly, she actually smiled at Xu Tianxin and said cheerfully: "Emma, ​​I Why do you look so ugly?"

It can be seen that even if wages are not increased, girls will still have to follow Xu Tianxin.

No one understands how lucky they are to have Xu Tianxin in the village, who has changed their feelings of poverty and not being taken seriously at home.

Color appeared in life when Xu Tianxin hired them.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, it is nine o'clock in the morning in modern time.

When the sun comes out.

There was an old lady sitting outside the door, guarding the door for Xu Tianxin and others, not letting anyone in, while smiling and collecting the soles of her shoes.

After the Xu family's workshop was built this year, they no longer rented her house to work.

Although he can no longer earn the rent, Tian Xin said that he can use the house to help dry medicine and sell pickled vegetables. So when the old lady thought that Xu Tianxin would move away, she felt reluctant to leave.

In the house, the girls each have two filters.

Xu Tianxin is explaining to everyone how to use this thing, how to calculate the time based on the water drop clock, and how to operate and take care of two filters at the same time.

There was not enough space for the long table in the room. If it was not crowded, there would be no space to stand on the floor. Some of the girls were sitting cross-legged on the kang, and some were standing by the window sill.

There were even six people sitting scattered in the corner, with straw piles spread on the ground. They sat on the straw piles with two filters in front of them, and they were listening attentively.

"Do you all understand? Now let me demonstrate to you."

Opposite this "confidential room", at the same time, there were twenty girls divided into four groups to continue making medicine, making soap, making facial oil, holding firewood, and boiling lard.

These girls are doing the basics of small business that has already begun to make money, and will eventually be further processed by Xu Tianxin and Grandpa Guan.

In addition to the two side rooms, there is a brazier burning in the middle of the warehouse opposite for warmth. The grandfathers hired by Xu Tianxin are becoming more and more skilled in their crafts, and they have also begun to weave baskets and polish wood to make boxes in the new year.

Now they are not only earning Xu Tianxin's wages, but also making pastries and glutinous rice dumpling boxes from the Xu family after work.

The small baskets of pastries sold for takeout during the Chinese New Year this year are made with their craftsmanship.

The grandfathers were chatting: "Tian Xin said that as soon as the new workshop is built, we will move there, including the new Gao Gao and his wife who are new to our village."

"Speaking of Lao Gao, my second grandson often squats next to him recently and looks at dyed bamboo strips. I wonder, what's there to see in that thing?"

"Hey? Don't underestimate it. It would be great if your second grandson had dexterous hands. I heard that Youcang and the others went back to Fucheng last time, and they paid Lao Gao three taels of silver for a small painting. Three taels. , guess what?"

"What's wrong?"

"Our Tian Xin'er is really a kid who can make a lot of money. We didn't let him sell it. Even Lao Gao said he couldn't sell it.

Let’s talk about this privately, Lao Gao and his wife, it’s not good for us, Tian Xin’er, to take care of us this year.

A broken home is worth thousands of dollars. If he throws away his broken home, why should the guy who moved to our village spend some money to buy it? Including his mother-in-law changed the soup and medicine to drink again. What, did the medicine fall from the sky for free? The two bald men did not charge for the consultation fee but also had the cost of the medicine. In the end, wasn't it all Tian Xin who paid for it?

Presumably Lao Gao was anxious and thought about selling it so that he could provide some extra money for his children.

But Tian Xin'er said that if the Fucheng shop didn't pay more than ten taels for that small painting, she wouldn't sell it. She said that there is no need to worry about good things, and she bought a lot of new dyes for her great-grandfather, so that she could just keep busy and continue making them. "

"Hey, Brother Song, then you should let your second grandson learn more from Lao Gao, just in case Lao Gao will teach him sincerely. No, I will go back and pick the grandson at home to see which one can bear the temper. , go to Lao Gao's place and learn. Once you learn the craft, it will be a way out no matter what the situation."

These old men don't know that there are already four and a half-year-old children squatting here in Gao Mantang: "Hey, why do you want to learn it? Do you think I am doing well?"

Gao Mantang knows very well that people who have a lot of money have to be really rare to be willing to spend money to buy this thing.

It can be seen that even if you learn how to draw, if you don't know people with a lot of money, no matter how good you make it, you still won't be able to sell it. After all, in the eyes of most people, no matter how beautiful a bamboo painting is, it cannot compare to a big cake.

A boy called Aunt Xu Tianxin according to his seniority: "My sister-in-law thinks that it is useful to learn it. Gao Taizu, if you don't mind the boys making trouble, we will help you work. You can always send us a few. My sister-in-law said, you can't just look at it in vain." .”

At the same time, there is a large dense mountain with no name.

The "Xu Family Sanyou" group has already entered the mountain. Xu Youliang stood halfway up the mountain. He put his hands on his hips and said, "Dapeng, you kid can go back and learn how to read. When the time comes, our old Xu family will pull up a team to go into the mountain. I think you kid can be the leader." "

No wonder he dared to go across the mountains and ridges to look for his third son without the paperwork to leave the city.

Dapeng entered the mountain as if walking on flat ground, swishing away like a monkey in the forest.

He can also guess where there are dangerous animals nearby based on the footprints in the snow and the trampling marks on dry grass and tree trunks. He can avoid them in time and find another way through the squeaking snow.

When I see some trees, I can tell them at a glance: "You can't go there, it's too thick, there are holes underneath, and the trunks might be hollow. Who knows what big thing is hiding nearby. I saw it last time A blind bear emerges from that kind of tree."

Xu Youyin sighed and patted Da Fei's head next to him: "Did you guys think that you were birds in the forest before? How dare you walk through such a wild forest? We have only been walking for a long time and we have seen the footprints of so many big things. , the adult tiger here is ten feet high when it jumps (equivalent to the height of a modern shed roof), and every pounce is accurate. It is so dangerous, I guess you will be more lucky than I was in previous years."

Da Fei's eyelashes were covered with frost. Hearing this, his heart felt warm and he looked at his uncle smiling.

And during this trip, another thing that impressed everyone was the handsome man.

This kid is amazing, he can go up mountains and down rivers without getting lost.

If you go down to the river and scratch your dog, your head will pop up from wherever you want, splashing in the water.

When they came to the dense mountains, even Dapeng had to mark the tree trunks with stones to prevent detours.

Unexpectedly, Xiaozhu, a handsome man, could look at the entire mountain from below. He could tell the north, south, east, and west by looking at the light and shadow, and the time and direction.

It turns out that there is a reason why the handsome father chose this boy as his son-in-law.

Even though his physical condition was not that good, no one else was wheezing. He was almost out of breath, and he was too short.

"I care less about water than mountains. The dry and cold wind makes my lungs hurt. Don't you feel pain?"

It won't hurt if you just say a few words.

The handsome man suddenly let out an ouch. The snow was too thick in some places. He was short and stepped in, half of his legs were submerged in the snow.

Liu Jingdong was behind him, with a large bag of dry food on his chest and a large rake on his shoulder. He pulled the strong man out of the deep snow with one hand like he was pulling a carrot.

The handsome man still has a shadow on Liu Jingdong.

He is not afraid of the Xu family because the Xu family is reasonable.

But in the eyes of Xiao Zhuzi, a handsome man, Liu Jingdong was unreasonable and short-sighted.

It was Liu Jingdong who lifted him up and spun him around so that he could throw it out in front of him.

"thank you."

"Thank you, we are all brothers."

Dapeng's voice suddenly came from the front: "Second uncle, look, there are so many!"

The young men immediately ran forward like dumplings, carrying hoes, rakes, saws, and hunting knives and arrows.

After a while, Xu Youyin and Hongzao Dad took Dapeng and Dafei to start cutting down trees.

Xu Youyin's eyes were shining and he couldn't help but said: "This is too thick. Isn't this ready to last for eighteen hundred years? Look, it's bright and red."

The handsome man was observing the route on the other side. He was standing on the edge looking for a way downhill. While bending down to smooth the weeds with a handkerchief, he directed Xu Youcang and Liu Jingdong to move forward and simply cut down the weeds.

Because there are thousands of kilograms of wood, there is no way to slide down the mountain.

At least there must be a path so that it can slide down, which will save a lot of effort. Even if you can't slide down, you can just pull down with a rope if there aren't many obstacles.

What's more, they were greedy and changed their original intention when they reached the mountain. They not only wanted red pine trees, Xu Youliang also wanted to cut down some ash and cedar trees.

Even if someone finds out later, the money collected from his wood will be cut off.

Then he transformed the elm wood he had ordered in the forest area into long tables and stools for his niece's handicraft workshop. His mother also wanted to add tables and chairs for both the workshop and the shop. Originally, the elm wood was ordered to be used as furniture for a new home. It has a tough texture, but the only problem with elm wood is that it has too many insect holes.

This time I found cedar trees and ash trees that were over a hundred years old. Trees of this age are so rare. Who needs elm wood for wardrobes and beds? Instead, use wood with beautiful textures and better fragrance.

In addition, Xu Youliang also has a soft spot for Fraxinus mandshurica. Because he remembered that his eldest brother accidentally said once when he was alive that this kind of tree can be used as a money trust. What is a money trust? Although the eldest brother never answered, he always remembered his eldest brother patting the still young tree trunk with nostalgia.

In fact, what Xu Youtian was talking about was not a money holder at all, but a gun butt.

"There are fewer bullock carts coming."

Father Hongzao was so tired from sawing wood that he was sweating profusely: "We'll come back tomorrow."

Xu Youyin was so hot that he tore open his cotton-padded jacket. No, he had to take it off and fuck: "Second brother, what are you doing? What did you find?"

"Throw the bag over here."

Xu Laoer was digging out the bark of the tree when he discovered the yellow cypress tree. The yellow cypress was used as medicine. His niece had stolen it before, and now he continued to steal it. I just sent him home by the way.

This makes a few people happy. This wild forest is very nice. They have another mountain range in Erdao River where they can pull good things home.

Having just discussed this, I will come here more often in the future.

Xu Laoer suddenly said: "Jingdong, come here and see why there is a wooden sign on this tree. Does it say Zhenbei General's Mansion?!"

Liu Jingdong came over and saw that it was not Ye Linzi.

Engraved above: Chuyu, Zhenbei General Mansion.

Southern red sandalwood and northern pestle elm, not to mention precious trees here, even if you look for them in modern times, you will be sentenced to life.

No wonder it's quite peaceful here. They seemed to have accidentally broken into the precious timber group reserved by Zhenbei General's Mansion.

Several people looked at the amber wood that had been cut out and the fourth big tree that was being felled: "We haven't had time to cut down the elm yet, should it be okay?"

But they cut down a beauty pine tree, and by chance, upon closer inspection, they discovered a wooden sign left on the ground. When did this kind of tree become a favorite of the General's Office?

He quickly threw the wooden sign away and pretended not to see it. "If you didn't see it, it should be alright, right? Let's leave quickly."

From then on, the relationship between the two of them became even stronger, and they had committed crimes together.

Xu Youcang is a professional when it comes to carrying wood down the mountain.

After a while, Xu Youcang and Liu Jingdong took the lead in dragging the wood down the mountain.

(End of this chapter)