All-round way to money

"Father, don't you still want to open a pork shop?"

Chu Ran looked around on Zhuangzi, went back to the yard, and joked with Father Chu.

Unexpectedly, Father Chu is really serious, "Then if you don't think I'm ashamed of selling pork, I really want to open one. Call your Uncle Wujin over, and we two brothers will look after the shop. What a great thing." .”

Hey, isn't such a big Zhuangzi enough for you to torment?

"My Uncle Wujin is not alone anymore. Can Aunt Zhao leave her grandchildren? The restaurant over there can't do without brother Zhao and sister-in-law Zhao. Don't bother him. Besides, you have been my mother for 20 years How about before? Don’t say you love her, why don’t you spend more time with my mother at home?”

Chu's father said that his face was red, and Chu's mother was also embarrassed. This brat, in front of the son-in-law, said nothing, so she patted Chu Ran, "What is Hu Qin?" They all covered their mouths and laughed.

Chu Ran babbled back, "Father, you can calm down a bit. Isn't such a big Zhuangzi enough for you to manage? Why don't you buy some more surrounding land?"

"Don't, don't, okay, where is it? This is not small. I can't do it if there are too many." Father Chu shook his hand.

"I didn't ask you to do it yourself, isn't there a tenant?"

"That's not okay. I watch others do it and make trouble. I can't be cruel and collect heavy rents. I was just about to tell you that our village only charges three-point rents. The newly opened wasteland is thin, so let's avoid it first." In the last three years, we built a livestock pen, and we had to hire people to feed it, weed grass and grind rice, and the work was not easy. I wondered if it would be okay to hire farmers and tenants to pay the rent in winter. ?” This is an idea to help tenants save rent.

"Zhuangzi is yours, you can do whatever you want, why ask me?"

Chu Niang glared at her, and winked at Xiao Yu, meaning that this Zhuangzi was bought by my uncle, and it will be yours in the future. What is the foundation now, and it will be difficult to change it in the future, so don’t ask Well.

The old couple is the son-in-law Cheng Ning, and they have a flat wife again. After all, they can't be treated as their own sons like before.

Chu Ran didn't say much, and things that couldn't be explained could only be proved by time.Just change the subject, "Mother, does Zhuangzi raise chickens, ducks and geese?"

"Hey, what's the matter?" Can the farm not raise poultry?

"Isn't it winter? Fine cotton is too expensive and heavy, and coarse cotton doesn't keep warm. It's still warm with duck down and goose down. There are no mountains in the capital, and it's colder than the county."

Oh oh oh, that's so easy. "I'll save it for you. There's still wool, and I'll stay at home during the winter slack. Everyone in the village will spin yarn, and I'll send it to you when it's spun." That sweater is woven and worn next to the skin, and covered with a layer of leather. I'm sweating outside.

"You don't need it, it's good for the servants in the mansion to use it."

Use it, why not use it.

The capital of Daqi is really not the same as the capital of the Qing Dynasty.

There is no heated kang here, and there are few fluted walls.They all use charcoal for heating or resist hard, so although the temperature outside is higher than the capital of the Qing Dynasty, it feels really cold.

The architectural style of the Wangfu, it's a bit nondescript.Both Chu Ran and Xiao Yu had obsessive-compulsive disorder, a mishmash of awkwardness, and they really couldn't bear it.It seems unsafe to rely entirely on charcoal.

So it's better to dress warmly.If you put flint in the house and put more green plants, it will be good.

Especially now that there is obviously fine cotton cloth, especially the high-quality tributes used in the palace, which are very soft, but people at this time have no concept of thermal underwear, and rich people don’t even like to use cotton. satin.That thing is really not as warm as thermal underwear in winter.

Thermal underwear with a close-fitting cashmere sweater and a down jacket are perfect.

The clothes at the moment are not cut corners, they are real materials.

The couple were not in a hurry to return to the capital. Xiao Yu went to study the specific plan of the farm with Father Chu. He wanted to see what kind of fish to raise in the fish pond, whether it was possible to interplant some herbs on the mountain, and whether it was possible to interplant some in the fields. Food or something.Chu Niang sent people to catch ducks and geese to kill at home that day, and then took the daughter-in-law in the village to pick the fine fluff, and taught them how to pick, how to wash and dry.He also killed two sheep, sheared their wool and washed it.Those daughters-in-law felt so distressed, and all the good sheepskins were ruined.The wool is all cut, what to do with the leftover leather?How about stocking up on cotton?Isn't that taking off your pants and farting?

Forget it, Mr. Landlord, rich people just have enough to eat and have nothing to do. Let’s do whatever we want.

When the mutton soup is ready, and the family shares a large pot of soup, a plate of mutton, and a large pot of noodle pancakes back home, there will be no complaints, and I wish I had these useless jobs every day. It's good to do it.Not tired at all, and delicious food, how about a fairy-like life.

After staying in Zhuangzi for five days, when he left, he brought a pile of meat, and two large carts of well-pressed duck and goose down and wool.There is also a little naughty monkey child Ning Xin.

Back at the mansion, it's time to calm down, Chu Ran took the morning and evening exercises, and her father took him to teach piano, painting, calligraphy and housekeeping.Such a background of the times may not be perfect, but you must know it.There are also books that should be memorized, and principles that should be learned and how to behave.These can be learned in Zhuangzi, and even more learned in the palace, but they also need to be endorsed to check for gaps and make up for omissions.

Chu Ran asked the housekeeper to find muslin cloth and made thermal underwear for the family of three, which felt pretty good to wear.I made it for Father Chu and Mother Chu.The old lady in the palace, the emperor's queen, and Princess Shuyi were all made, and it's up to you whether you wear it or not.These are all made by her own hands.

There are also sweaters and down jackets, which she wants to make herself.But, it would be quicker to get help with this stuff, especially the down, it's really troublesome to store that.Let the needleworkers in the mansion help.Then people can see what's going on.Those who worked as needleworkers for Jin Wangfu had the most skillful hands.After understanding what the princess wanted to do, she immediately improved it.The down jacket was made thin, warm and beautiful. The inside was covered with fine cotton cloth, and the outside was made of brocade forging. It was much lighter and warmer than a cotton jacket.It's not cold outside without a cloak.

This is especially true for sweaters. After seeing the most basic flat stitches, people quickly realized all kinds of fancy weaving methods.After Chu Ran mentioned dyeing, it was even more remarkable.Good guy, I wish I could weave a world of flowers, birds, fish and insects, even if she was exhausted, she couldn't understand how they made it.

Because of this woolen yarn, the needleworkers in the mansion, and even the servants and maidservants, became a craze for sweater knitting.Chu Ran brought back so much thread, and there were more sheep in Huangzhuang, Xiao Yu didn't need to tell, she told the queen herself, and within a few days, a lot of wool was sent to her.She is also used to the servants in the mansion, who can weave if she wants to, but practice with poor quality thread, and whoever has the best craftsmanship will then use good thread to weave.One by one, those who couldn't find good wood to make knitting needles, just broke off any tree, and it could be used after grinding.

The gloves and hats woven by Lian's hands are not very pretty, but they don't prevent them from keeping warm. They are for the servants in the house to use.

The first batch of sweaters was woven and sent to the palace.The thermal underwear from before, because it is close-fitting, the insiders in the palace are still embarrassed to wear it, which feels weird.When the sweater and wool trousers were delivered again, the old queen put them on because of her filial piety for her son and daughter-in-law.After putting it on, she felt better. At this time in the past, she had always put on a woolen padded jacket, because she was getting older and was afraid of the cold.Putting on this underwear and sweater, the padded jacket can't be worn in the house.It's just wearing only a single coat, sitting in the hall for a long time, and the whole body is warm.Especially at night, when I wear that underwear to sleep, I don’t feel cold in the house without using charcoal. No matter how good the charcoal is, it still smells, and I always have to open the doors and windows to let the cold air into the room.This is much more convenient.

As soon as the old lady used it well, she told the queen first.The queen was too embarrassed to wear it before, it was too close-fitting.After hearing the old lady talk about the benefits, I tried it on when I went back that day.I also feel better.When the emperor went to rest in her palace, he withdrew his servants, blushed and told the emperor, and even wore them for the emperor to see. Once they wore such slim clothes, the couple had other fun. Then he rested in the queen's palace for half a month.

The next day the emperor also put on warm underwear and a sweater and turned his face up inside the imperial robe, it was indeed warm.

What is the identity of the emperor and queen? It is impossible to share the benefits of others equally.The emperor rewarded Xiao Yu with Huangzhuang, which are all places with mountains and water, suitable for raising poultry, cattle and sheep.As for the queen, it's what women like. Jewelry and other things, a box will be given away today, and a box will be given away tomorrow.Chu Ran and his wife were soft-hearted when they accepted the gift.

When the down jacket is made, it's easy to talk about this father and mother, don't choose the color and material, as long as it is comfortable.There are also many old queens in the palace. If the son and daughter-in-law are filial, she doesn't have to wear bright yellow or something, just the rich colors that normal old ladies can wear.As for the emperor and queen, it is difficult to handle.

However, it is not difficult for Chu Ran. The down cores are made into pieces, which are wrapped in fine cotton cloth, and are tightly wound. When making clothes, cut them out according to the shape of the clothes, and wrap them in the outer skin. up.Chu Ran personally brought this to the queen in the palace, explained to her why she gave it this way, and asked the embroiderer in the palace to explain how to use it.Even the Queen Mother sent a few horses.

The emperor got this down jacket, but it frightened him badly, and he didn't like to stay in the house honestly in the winter. He wore several layers inside and out and matched it with a fur cloak lined with down. Go boating on the lake, check in Gyeonggi, and go hunting.He wasn't cold anymore, but he was tormenting the guards and ministers of the imperial forest army enough.

The underwear and sweater are too intimate to be used as rewards.But the down lining is okay.People are not polite to Xiao Yu, as a brother, I finally feel that his unbelievable younger brother is of some use.Ask him directly.There must not be a lot of them. Where can I get the down temporarily? It won’t come out in the sun, and it smells bad if it’s not cleaned well.You have to save it first, and wait for it to be exposed to the sun next summer.In the short term, there are really not that many, and it took a lot of effort to feed in two hundred horses.Let him reward people.The minister who got the reward first wondered what mistakes he had made before, why did the emperor still reward the white cloth?After a closer look, the eunuch who declared the decree took Xiuniang to teach how to use it, and then he understood what it was.Can make clothes and wear well.

It came slowly.

Suddenly, others really don't know how to make it. They all know that it was rewarded by the emperor. It is a great honor for anyone who gets this material.

Down is not a rare thing, and some people want to make it, but it has a strange smell.It is not the kind rewarded by the emperor at all, with rosin.I just gave up and waited for the emperor to reward me.

Others don't know where the emperor got those things.Mu Wanru is in the palace, in charge of internal affairs, how can she not know?She knows what Linfuju spends every day.Chu Ran came back with the wool. Everyone in the house was knitting sweaters, and the servants were all wearing woolen gloves and hats. She knew better.She just knew that she and the people around her would definitely not be able to use the things made by Linfuju.When she went back to her natal home and saw Prime Minister Mu and Mrs. Mu showing off how light and warm the padded jacket made of down material that the emperor rewarded her, she was even more depressed.And I didn't want to tell my parents that Chu Ran made that thing, wouldn't that make her even more stupid.After returning to the palace, she hid those things even more, she would not use the things Chu Ran made even if she froze to death.

He was so annoyed that Chu Ran used these things to please the queen mother and the empress, so he stayed in the room and wanted to come up with something new.What she knows is piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. After holding back for a few days, someone invited the most famous embroiderer in the capital to the mansion. She painted pictures, and asked people to make screens in their hometown to prepare for the New Year ceremony.Strive to shine.

Chu Ran didn't care what she was doing.Chen Fu would tell her what they did there every day, and she just listened to it.It's good to be busy with some things, it's a way to save time, so that you don't have to figure out how to grab other people's husbands every day.

She has discovered a new business opportunity.You can definitely go to the high-end market and make a lot of money for a few years.The thermal underwear is short-term, it’s just muslin, anyone can use it.But wool and down can definitely do well for several years.It is fine cotton cloth, which is not good for clothes, but can be used as raw materials.

Before spring comes, there is a lot of preparatory work to be done.

"Hey, Xianggong, do you think we can buy wool and sheep from the northern border? Is it a time of peace?" She didn't pay much attention to the court affairs, so she asked Xiao Yu.

"There hasn't been a war for more than ten years. The young master is in charge over there, and the queen mother is in charge, recharging her energy. If you trade salted vegetables, this business should be able to do it. I'll inquire later."

Then Chu Ran didn't care.busy with her business.

At the end of the year, Aunt Chu and her husband brought Chu Qianjun and two cars into Beijing to give New Year gifts and visit relatives.He also sent Chu Ran 2 taels of silver, which was the profit from the restaurant and the material package.When I left, I told them to operate those properties, but I didn't mention sending the interest money, but they sent all the money.Also sent so many things.If that's the case, the relative will be able to get along.Chu Ran took the money, but gave Chu Qianjun the complete formula of the package.He is not good at foreign affairs, so he honestly prepares the ingredients at home without making any mistakes.I told Aunt Chu again that in the future, the profit will be [-]-[-], they will get [-], and Chu Ran will get [-].Aunt Chu's family didn't agree with anything, they only said that it would be reversed, and they would take three.He also said that [-]% is already a lot, even if they get [-]%, their family can't spend it all.It's easy to talk about it, but in the end we decided on Qisan.

After Aunt Chu's family left Beijing and returned to their hometown, Chu Ran also had to prepare an annual gift for the palace.She doesn't care about other things, but the ones in the palace have to be prepared.I was worrying about what to give, and I thought that I might as well make some preserved fruits, fruit juice paste and so on with the fruits collected from Zhuangzi, which was a good idea.

It was the Queen's reward that arrived first.It’s not Chinese New Year yet, so it’s obviously not a New Year’s reward. The person who came to give things was Ziye, the big palace maid next to the queen, with a happy face, seeing Chu Ran was even more kissable, and said that those things were not rewards, they were given by the queen. The concubine's thank you, thank the concubine for giving me such a good cotton coat, and I will order good-looking and good materials in the future, so don't forget her.To put it bluntly, the clothes were sent up for more than two months before I remembered to thank you?Besides, it's not worth anything. As for the gift of thanking you for sending two big carts?And it has already been given so much.

She didn't say why she thanked her, but she was quite confused, and just accepted so many things in a daze.

At the New Year's banquet, I saw the emperor's face full of spring breeze and high spirits.Look at the queen's complexion again, oh, she is pregnant.There hasn't been a newborn in the palace for ten years, and folks say that the queen is so powerful that she can't give birth to herself, and she suppresses the concubines from giving birth. In fact, it's the queen who suppresses her.There was no shortage of people in the harem during the draft, and the emperor was even more anxious. The previous court was too busy, and he also went to the harem, but there was nothing to do.Now it's all right, as soon as the queen is pregnant, counting the days, it's the few days when she got underwear, the couple will go crazy with joy.It doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman. Of course it's best if it's a man, but it's also fine if it's a woman. It means that the emperor's health is fine, so sooner or later he can have a prince, and his heart will be at ease, right?

Chu Ran didn't know why the queen was pregnant and wanted to thank her, but she knew that the gift was given because she was happy to be pregnant.

The food that was originally planned to be delivered was not delivered.Now I found a piece of warm jade from the space. When I was the master and empress, the people below came in. It is a good thing, and it is also good for the body.All the food was sent to the queen mother's palace.Later, I made some baby clothes made of muslin and sent them over. Whether I need it or not is someone else's business, as long as I want it.They are all made in the style used by boys, just to please them.You can't tell whether it's a man or a woman, you have to feel the pulse.Or wait until the month is older to see it.

The queen was of course happy to receive the small clothes.Although she didn't understand why Chu Ran insisted that she had to boil it in hot water to wear it for the little prince, she still remembered it and told Ziye to boil it for the little prince to wear.

After delivering the gifts, Chu Ran no longer cares about the affairs of the palace.

After the new year, she will start to be busy.Xiao Yu wanted to do business with the Northern Territory, and he had to be approved by the emperor. He stayed in the palace for a long time every day, and he didn't know how to tell the emperor. After that, he started to get busy.The mansion also began to have more courtiers in charge of foreign affairs, and not long after, several heads of big businessmen were recruited to come to Beijing for consultation.Chu Ran didn't know how to talk about it, so she just waited for the result.

All kinds of raw materials can be obtained in the same year.She has to set the task down.And on the farm, I really can't ignore it completely, just go and have a look at it every now and then with Uncle Lin Shugen. Uncle Lin Shugen's family has already moved to Beijing, and they all live in Zhuangzi. The family has a separate yard and lives there. Well.

But Father Chu really arranged everything properly.Most of the fruit tree seedlings were sent from the village, and a small part were bought in the surrounding villages.The planting was over in one day, and not only the gang leaders from years ago came, but in the name of training, most of the people in the barracks came, leaving only a small half of the camp guards.Chu Ran saw the situation, and urgently sent twenty pigs from the capital, killed them all, and entertained them for a good meal.Afterwards, [-] quilts and [-] pairs of military shoes were sent to the camp as a token of gratitude.

Planting trees is the biggest job.Other things like hatching eggs and raising pigs are what Chu Niang is good at, and she took the village wives to do it.She can't help either.Just to encourage the spirit, I also left the 2 taels of silver sent by Aunt Chu years ago as capital.

When you get busy, the time flies by so fast.Maybe it's because of the second child, and the queen's belly is in front of her. Apart from the occasional inquiries from the old lady, this child is the one that the Chu family pays the most attention to.No one seems to be paying attention.She may be too quick to move, and she doesn't look like a pregnant woman at all, which makes people unconsciously ignore it.

It wasn't until he gave birth to a fat boy weighing seven catties in only half an hour, that everyone seemed to realize, ah, Princess Ning was pregnant all the time.