When we came back from the market, Niu Niu followed us and started crying when we asked her to go home.
Yingbao had no choice but to take her home.
Then he washed her head and face, changed her clothes, and threw her on the kang.
Then he wrote a word for her to recognize and taught her to count on her fingers.
Niu Niu is very smart and learned it in no time.
At night, Niu Niu still refused to go home and hid under the quilt and refused to come out.
Yingbao had no choice but to compromise because she was worried that the baby would wet the bed.
But Niu Niu slept until the next morning, and then she climbed down from the kang to go outside to urinate, which was very worry-free.
Just like that, Niu Niu became Yingbao's little tail, following her wherever she went.
That day, Yingbao took her and Wenshu to the market for a stroll.
It's a market today and the market is very lively with all kinds of things for sale.
Such as pheasants, wild rabbits, cuckoo birds, bamboo shoots, white mushrooms, etc.
Niuniu pointed at a man selling eels, crabs and turtles and called out, "Auntie, little turtle!"
Yingbao stretched her head and took a look, and sure enough, there were a few golden little turtles in the wooden basin in front of the man.
"What kind of turtle is this?" Yingbao asked curiously.
"Golden coin turtle." The bearded man answered.
"How much?"
When Yingbao saw that the little turtles were very cute, she wanted to buy a few and put them in the pond.
Man: "The small one is twenty cents, the big one is fifty cents."
Yingbao didn't bargain and bought all four little turtles.
Niuniu was very happy. She touched the turtle's back with her little hands and couldn't let it go. She kept shouting, "Niuniu wants to play with the turtle."
Yingbao handed her a slightly larger one and said, "Here's one for you to hold. Don't poke its head or it will bite you."
"Yeah!" Niu Niu put the little turtle into her pocket.
"Yingbao, what did you buy?" someone asked behind her.
Yingbao turned around and saw that it was Wei Zhan's biological mother, Madam Wang.
"Madam Wang." Yingbao bowed to Wang, and Wenshu also followed suit.
Madam Wang took her hand and said, "It just so happens that you and Wen Shu are here, so why don't you go to my house for dinner today? You haven't been to my new house yet, right? I built a yard in the West Village and just finished cleaning it up."
"Okay." Yingbao really wanted to visit Mrs. Wang.
So, Yingbao and Wenshu took Niuniu to visit Mrs. Wang's house.
For this purpose, she went home and brought back some fruits, and Wen Shu also brought two boxes of pastries.
It turned out that since Wei Zhan brought his mother here, Mrs. Wang bought a piece of land in Xichen Village at a high price and hired hundreds of villagers to build a house for her.
As long as the money is in place, bricks, tiles, stones and wood will be delivered very quickly.
In just one month, a two-courtyard building with more than ten houses was built.
The house is fully equipped with all kinds of things, and the floor is paved with blue bricks.
It’s just that some of the furniture is still being made and it will probably take some time to be completed.
Mrs. Wang and her servants have moved in and the kitchen has started to fire.
But Wei Zhan has been hanging out with Hu Zi these days and is reluctant to go home.
Madam Wang asked her maid Dingxiang to go to the market to buy fresh vegetables, mutton, pork, fish and shrimp, and gave them to the cook to prepare the feast.
She took the two little girls to sit in the pavilion outside the yard and chatted with them: "I originally heard Qilang say that this place is very good, and I thought he was talking nonsense. I didn't expect it to be like a paradise on earth. I don't even want to leave."
The people here are simple and honest, and the villagers are gentle and polite. In addition, the scenery is beautiful and the mountains are outstanding. It is indeed a good place to cultivate one's body and mind.
Yingbao drank some almond tea and nodded, "Our place is very good. My master didn't leave after he came."
Master Zhou not only refused to leave, he also thought about building a Wuchang Taoist temple here. The clan leader and elders all agreed, and said that all the villagers should contribute funds together and build a merit archway at the entrance of the village.
Early this morning, the master took the eldest brother out to choose a site.
Mrs. Wang took a sip of the almond tea, smiled, and asked, "I see your family has opened a textile workshop, why don't you continue it? This is a very good business. If you do it well, it can enrich the people in the area."
Yingbao blinked: "But my family has limited cotton, and the villagers also have their own spinning wheels, and they basically keep the cotton for their own use. Besides, if we continue to run the workshop, my mother will not be able to handle it alone."
"Why don't you hire someone to help? With your father's status as the village chief, there will definitely be a lot of talented people coming to join you." Mrs. Wang said.
Yingbao never thought about hiring anyone because she could earn a lot of money every year and didn't want to worry about such things.
As for A Niang, she would not hire anyone. She would rather do it herself and did not want to hire someone to work at home.
Mrs. Wang also saw that Yingbao and her family didn't know how to run a business, so she said, "I know that your family is worried that the textile workshop will affect Jiang Jie's career. How about this, if you believe me, our two families can jointly invest in the workshop and split the profits 50-50. When the time comes, I will send someone to manage it, and your family only needs to provide the address of the workshop. How do you think?"
Yingbao thought for a moment and said, "I'll go back and talk to my parents."
The company provided the address, indicating that the workshop was its own fixed asset, which seemed pretty good.
Besides, you can make money without your mother and family having to worry about it, who wouldn’t want that
But you have to be cautious when investing, so Yingbao should discuss it with her parents.
After eating at Mrs. Wang’s house, Yingbao took Niu Niu and Wen Shu to say goodbye and go home.
I told my parents about Madam Wang's words, "Madam Wang wants to open a textile workshop with our family. We can choose the location of the workshop, and she will send people to manage it. We don't have to worry about purchasing cotton and selling cloth. Dad, Mom, what do you think?"
Jiang Sanlang frowned and thought for a while, then nodded: "If her family is sincere in cooperating, it's not impossible."
"I think Madam Wang is sincere, because Wei Zhan still has to go to school here." Ying Bao was full of confidence.
Mrs. Wang only has this one son. How could she bring disgrace to her son
Besides, her Wei family was not short of money, so there was no need for them to scheme against a poor country girl like her.
Chunniang breathed a sigh of relief when she found out that she didn't have to worry about running the business.
Alas, she really didn't like dealing with so many people. She had to mediate the quarrels and fights among the weavers every day, which was really tiring.
"In that case, I will go and see tomorrow where is a suitable place to build a workshop." Jiang Sanlang decided to build the workshop farther away from home. Otherwise, he would encounter one or two people who were flirting every time. If his wife saw them, they would have a quarrel, which was really annoying.
So, Jiang Sanlang's family cooperated with Mrs. Wang, fenced off a piece of land on one side of the market outside the village, and hired someone to build a workshop.
The money for building the house was paid by the Jiang family, but the style of the house was decided by Mrs. Wang.
Her family also has a textile workshop, so she knows exactly what it should look like.
It has everything you need, including a warehouse, a workshop that accommodates dozens of looms, a lounge for the weavers, a kitchen, a well, a stable, and houses for supervisors and guards.
This project was quite large and cost Jiang Sanlang several hundred taels of silver.
It was not until the twelfth lunar month that the textile workshop was finally completed.
The looms were moved into the workshop and the purchased cotton was sent to the warehouse. The outside of the workshop was crowded with weavers who came to apply for the jobs.
Mrs. Wang sent her most capable subordinate, Wang Wu Niang, to deal with it.
Wang Wu Niang was a maid that came with Lady Wang as a dowry. She had always helped her master manage the weavers. This time, Lady Wang specially invited her here to manage the workshop.
Mrs. Wang also brought Yingbao to Wang Wuniang and asked her to teach her more.
Managing a large workshop is no less than managing a large family, and there are many intrigues involved. Mrs. Wang also intends to let Yingbao learn more.
As the saying goes, three women make a play. There are more than three women here, and I don’t know how many plays are performed every day.