Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 282 The wedding date is set

Qu Shaoyang has been away for such a long time that a lot of things have piled up in the government office.

After breakfast, Qu Shaoyang hurried to the inspection office.

Xingye was at home, leading people to sort out the goods brought back this time into categories.

Then, according to Qu Shaoyang's suggestion, some ginseng, sable fur, deer antlers, etc. of better quality were picked out and put away separately.

In the afternoon, Qu Shaoyang came back from the yamen. He selected some things that suited his taste from those that Xingye had picked out, and directly put them in gift boxes to be used as gifts.

The rest were all locked in the warehouse, and waited for Qu Jiang to come back from Yingkou and sort out the accounts before sending them to the warehouse.

On the sixteenth day of the winter month, Qu Jiang led the sled gang and returned to Maoer Mountain with a full load of goods.

"Hey, Lao Si, you're back? I thought you would be back later than me."

When Qujiang arrived home, the two brothers met and had to talk about their respective trips.

"How was it? Did your trip go smoothly? Did you settle the matter of ginseng seeds and ginseng plants?"

"Third brother, it's all done.

Coincidentally, I happened to meet the master of the Han family's family room.

That guy was a nice guy and helped me a lot. He placed orders with several big ginseng growers for next year's ginseng seeds and plants.

Wait until next autumn, around the time of the Frost Descent, and arrange for someone to go pick it up."

Qu Shaoyang nodded and told his third brother about his trip. "What about you guys?"

What Qu Shaoyang was more concerned about was the payment for the goods. His family was really out of money now and urgently needed cash for turnover.

If the payment is not received in time, I don’t know how I will get through the New Year. I have so many servants at home and I have to pay them before the New Year.

“Oh, I’m doing fine here too.

Our goods are excellent, all customers like them very much. They have placed orders early and are waiting for us to deliver them.

As soon as the goods arrived, the payment was settled immediately, without a single cent owed.

Yunzhe and the others also said that they would try to send two more shipments before the New Year. "Qu Jiang was delighted when he heard this.

The Qu family opened Fuxingxiang warehouses in Yingkou, Andong and Fengtian, which were temporarily managed by brothers Chen Yunzhe and Chen Yunhan.

Today, the warehouse's business has also developed. It not only does business with foreign companies and southern merchants, but also cooperates with local clinics, drug stores, restaurants, clothing shops, etc.

Fuxingxiang’s products are of good quality, reasonably priced, and they do not engage in fraud. Generally, they will continue to supply products to customers who have cooperated with them once.

This autumn, many merchants placed orders for goods with Fuxingxiang Warehouse. When Qu Jiang arrived at the warehouse with more than twenty sleds full of goods, they were almost snatched away by others.

The goods are easy to sell, so there is no need to worry about payment. All payments are made on the spot and no credit is allowed.

When Qu Shaoyang heard this, he nodded repeatedly, as long as the payment for the goods was no problem.

"Well, I brought back a lot of goods, plus the goods collected from the surrounding villages, I think I will be able to send it over again in a few days.

Third brother, you have worked hard along the way. You don't have to worry about these things from now on. Just stay at home and prepare for the wedding. I will let Xingye take people to Yingkou and Fengtian. "

Qu Jiang is engaged, but the wedding date has not been set.

Yesterday, Qu Shaoyang discussed with Chen Xiuyun that the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month was a good day, so they decided to set the date.

It’s just the right time for the new bride to get acquainted with the family and then it’s time to celebrate the New Year.

What's the old saying? It's better to celebrate the New Year when you are poor or rich than to celebrate the New Year when you have a wife.

During the Chinese New Year, there is a new baby and a happy occasion. There is more people in the family and it is more lively. When Qu Jiang heard about the marriage, he immediately grinned and said, "Okay, I'll follow your arrangements."

After returning from Qujiang, he first went to the accountant to sort out the income and expenditure accounts of this trip.

Then he handed the remaining silver over to his family, and also delivered the goods that Qu Shaoyang brought back this time.

It just so happened that I had accumulated a lot of mountain products, pig bristles, soybeans and other things collected from the surrounding areas.

Qu Shaoyang arranged for the two brothers Xingjia and Xingye to lead thirty or forty men to escort the goods to Yingkou and Fengtian again, in order to collect as much money as possible before the New Year.

Qu Jiang's wedding date has been set for the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. From now on, he doesn't have to worry about anything else and can just concentrate on preparing for the wedding.

On the 20th day of the twelfth month, Qu Jiang, accompanied by Yang, went to the Yang family in Hulucao to notify them of the wedding date.

You can't go empty-handed on a wedding day. You have to prepare four kinds of gifts. When the Yang family saw Qu Jiang coming, they entertained him warmly.

When they heard that the wedding date was set for the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Yang family was very happy and said that everything else had been prepared and they only needed to make a few more sets of bedding.

Mother Qionghua had to find out how many quilts and blankets Qujiang planned to make.

Generally speaking, no matter how much the man prepares, the woman will either prepare the same amount or a little less, but never more than the man.

Qu Jiang went out to do some business. Chen Xiuyun was in charge of everything, including what was prepared at home and how much was prepared. Qu Jiang had no idea.

But Yang was asked to help make quilts, so she knew the quantity.

In order to prepare Qu Jiang for his wedding, Chen Xiuyun prepared four quilts and four blankets, all of which were said to be made of good materials, and the quilt cover was made of Hangzhou silk.

When Yang Qionghua's parents heard that the Qu family had prepared four quilts and four quilts, it seemed a bit too little for them to prepare two quilts and two quilts.

When we got engaged, Qu Jiang gave us so many gifts and money, but the gifts we gave were too few, and we couldn't bear the shame.

Qionghua's mother gritted her teeth and made up her mind to make four beds and four quilts so that her daughter could go out in style.

In this way, the two sides agreed on the wedding date, and the Yang family divided the gifts brought by Qu Jiang into two parts and let Qu Jiang take half back.

After Qu Jiang came back from the Yang family, he began to prepare for his marriage.

The new house for his marriage was a small courtyard arranged by Qu Shaoyang. It was just to the west of the main courtyard. It had three brick and tile houses and was very clean inside.

As for furniture and other things, they had already been made by a carpenter long before Qu Jiang got engaged. All Qu Jiang had to do was take people to the carpenter to deliver them back.

After the furniture was put in place, I bought some daily necessities such as pots, pans, and other daily necessities, prepared a few new sets of clothes, and bought some miscellaneous items. That was basically it.

It is impossible for any family to buy everything at once. They can buy whatever they need at any time.

Qu Jiang was busy with preparations for the wedding, while Qu Shaoyang was busy going to the county town to deliver gifts.

During the Chinese New Year, just giving some ginseng, deer antlers, sable furs, etc. is expensive, but too little and not good-looking.

It just so happened that Qu Jiang brought back a lot of rare things this time, and Qu Shaoyang picked some of them from the warehouse.

Another thing is that since his own noodle shop and wine shop have products, he must bring some vermicelli, sorghum wine, etc. for the people in the yamen to try.

In addition, Qu Shaoyang also led people into the mountains to hunt several times and caught some roe deer, deer, wild boars and so on.

During the Chinese New Year, who wouldn’t prepare something delicious? Giving meat as a gift is more practical than anything else.

After scraping together some stuff from here and there, I finally managed to collect four sleds full of New Year's goods. These things alone were worth a lot of money.

On the twenty-eighth day of the winter month, Qu Shaoyang led a few of his men and drove a four-wheeled sled straight to the county town.

(End of this chapter)