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Chapter 589 Peasant Woman 17
Time soon reached the end of the year. After Sihai Grocery had shipped the last batch of soaps before the New Year, Tan You announced, "We will distribute the year-end bonuses and New Year benefits soon. We will have a seven-day holiday during the Spring Festival, starting from tomorrow, and we will go back to work on time on the fifth day of the first lunar month."

The tribesmen did not protest against her holiday arrangement. Everyone was here to make money, and working earlier would mean making money earlier. Who wouldn't want to save more money?
After Tan You announced the next arrangements, four young men carried two tables and chairs to the open space in front of the ancestral hall. Next to the tables were piles of food, cloth, cotton, etc.

Chen Xi smiled very gently: "The lady said that no matter whether we are working in the soap workshop or the mosquito coil workshop, everyone's New Year benefits are the same."

"Ten pounds of meat, ten feet of cloth, and four pounds of cotton. Everyone line up, press your fingerprints here, and then go to Grandma Cuihong to receive the benefits."

The tribesmen were in high spirits. Although no one was as greedy for meat as before, seeing so much meat, everyone was thinking about how to eat the meat during the Chinese New Year.
Soon everyone received their benefits. Tan You cleared his throat and said, "This is a holiday benefit. We will start distributing bonuses now."

When it comes to bonuses, everyone gets even more excited. Just two months ago, the workshop launched four more soaps, and the workshop's production capacity quadrupled. But now everyone is only receiving basic wages, and no one knows how much bonus will be at the end of the year.

This time it was Tan You who sat behind the desk, with Chen Xi and An Wen standing on either side of her to help her. Even the employee who had the easiest job in the workshop received a year-end bonus of five taels of silver today.

Not to mention those who went out to purchase raw materials, now they all have smiles on their faces.

Chen Tianshui and the elders sat on the side smoking dry tobacco, watching everyone happily holding the silver and leaving, they couldn't help but smile. As the leaders of the tribe, they naturally hoped that everyone would live a better life.

"Madam, will we continue making soap after the New Year?" After the bonuses were distributed, Chen Tianshui asked about the plans for the coming year.

Tan You: "After the New Year, we naturally have to prepare for spring ploughing. We have to store food. Land is the most basic thing. Even if we make a lot of money, it will be useless if we don't have food."

"Yes, yes, we have to farm." Chen Tianshui slapped his head and said, "But this will delay the production of the workshop."

Tan You: "Then hire people to do the spring ploughing, ask the daughter-in-law's family members to help, and give them some money when the time comes. No matter what, spring ploughing is the most important thing."

"By the way, the fertilizer I fermented earlier is almost mature. I will spread it on the fields during the spring ploughing after the New Year. It may only be enough for two acres of land. Let's see the effect first."

Chen Tianshui nodded repeatedly: "Madam, you are very thoughtful."

Tan You sighed: "It's not that I've thought it through, it's that everyone's ability to resist risks is too low right now. We can't take big steps, let's take it step by step."

There are still a few years to plan. If Tan You wanted to live in peace in a corner before, her thoughts have changed now. She has to lead her people to survive in this chaotic world.

Then one's own safety needs to be greatly guaranteed, but the prerequisite for everything is money and food.

"The soap workshop will continue to operate after the New Year. Also, we need to continue building houses for the clan. I think some people have reached the right age to get married. Build more houses so that everyone will have a place to live in the future."

In the past few months, all the houses in Miaogou Village have been demolished and replaced with new ones, and even the craftsmen were sent away just yesterday. But this is far from enough, and now only one house can be guaranteed for each large family.

But when people are separated, it is easy to have all kinds of conflicts when so many people are crowded in one house. And Tan You himself prefers a small family because it is more convenient.

Chen Tianshui stroked his beard and said, "Okay, after the New Year, I'll ask my son Gangzi to go to the town to hire a craftsman. Or should we build it according to the madam's plan?"

Tan You nodded slightly: "Yes, in addition, we have to organize young and strong people to dig a few tunnels all the way to the mountains... There must be a shelter in the mountains, and the things inside are regularly updated..." Chen Tianshui really likes Tan You's spirit of being prepared for danger in times of peace, and nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, we will arrange it after the New Year, and we will also make preparations for both situations."

After discussing for a long time and arranging all the work plans for next year, Tan You led Chen Xi and An Wen back to the old house. Now Tan You has also moved into the new house.

It was a tiled house with a straight line, and each child had a room, except for Chen Xing's room, which was vacant. She was only three years old, and she didn't dare to sleep alone, so she shared a room with Chen Yue.

Nowadays, every family in the Chen clan has a kang and a fire wall, with quilts placed on the kang. Once the kang and the fire wall are lit, there have been very few reports of clan members freezing to death this winter.

Chen Yue held Dazao in a serious manner and said, "Mother, did we get so much meat this year?"

Tan You tapped her head: "I bought half of them."

Chen Yue: "I was wondering, mother, what should we do with this meat? Should we make bacon?"

Tan You smiled and said, "Do you like bacon?"

Chen Yue: "Who doesn't like it? Ever since you led everyone to make a batch of bacon last time, I see that almost every family in the village dries bacon. It won't go bad, it can be stored, and it tastes good. Mother, shall we dry another batch?"

"It's a pity that the piglets raised by our tribe have not yet been slaughtered."

She sighed as she spoke: "Mother, after you slaughtered the pigs last time, they became very docile. That's right, they are all a little afraid of you."

Tan You shook his head: "What's so scary about this? Aren't other people doing it now? It's not difficult."

She just demonstrated it to her tribesmen, and as a result, these young men didn't dare to get close to her for many days. Tan You couldn't help but laugh. Sterilization surgery, who would have thought it was useful in ancient times?

When I led the children into the yard, two half-grown puppies came to greet us. They were pure local dogs, but they were very docile and well-behaved.

If we don't consider the chaos in the next few years, Tan You feels that this kind of farm life is indeed very comfortable. With a job, money to earn, pets and children, it can be said that there is nothing to worry about.

But she couldn't indulge in the present enjoyment, after all, the troubled times would really come in a few years.

Putting aside these thoughts, Tan You looked at Chen Yue and said, "Then let's dry another batch of bacon. If it's for our own consumption, the clan wouldn't need to dry so much bacon, right?"

Chen Xi laughed. "The last time Manager Fan came here, he saw the bacon. He thought there was a business to be made in bacon. At least the caravans should like it. Recently, people from all over the world have to ask around in the village every time they come here. The day before yesterday, they took away half a carriage of bacon."

Tan You understood: "So the village will be busy from now on."

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