Beautiful step by step

Chapter 135

With the sound of firecrackers, the sound of crackling firecrackers resounded in my ears. Wearing a gown made of fox fur, Wei Wei combed her hair in a dignified bun, and gave out red envelopes to the little dolls who came to pay New Year's greetings.

Although he is only 16 years old, even if he is two years older, he is far less than [-] years old, but who is Yan Heng's official university?Officialdom is a very realistic place, seniority is considered, no matter how senior you are, you have to be lowered by seniority.Although Yan Heng's command envoy still has the word "dai" added to it, he has established enough prestige in the Northwest Army in the past few months, especially this year's Chinese New Year. , It made his prestige in the army reach its peak.

So now on the first day of the new year, all the officials dragged their families to Yan Mansion to pay New Year's greetings.

Wei Wei didn't rush around, she ordered a batch of melon seeds and preserved fruits from Ruyilou.

Speaking of this release, we have to talk about the reception banquet a few months ago.After Youzhou freezes to suspend the construction of the city, when Yan Heng and her return to Liangzhou, according to the routine rules, new officials must have a welcome banquet when they take office.Because Sheng Zhenfu had a quarrel with Shangfeng that time, the local officials prevaricated it by saying that he was busy welcoming Shengjia.Adding the two times together, this reception banquet is even more solemn.Wei Wei, who had just moved back and was in a hurry, simply ordered a table from Ruyi Building.Mrs. Qian is related, and the table preparation is thoughtful, not only the dishes are rich, but the service is also very thoughtful.

The Liangzhou officials who had used the Fengfeng Banquet were very satisfied, and because they wanted to buy her face, since then, they would directly book a table at the Ruyi Building whenever they needed to hold a banquet for their family affairs.

The cost of food and clothing in the upper class has always been sought after by ordinary people.Don’t you see that in later generations, if any thing is superstitiously tagged with a secret recipe for the British royal family or an ancient court, the sales will explode in an instant.It was the same in ancient times, it seems that all the officials had their meals in the Ruyi Building, and those fur traders in Liangzhou City who were not short of money also went to the Ruyi Building one after another.

Even Wei Wei didn't expect that a small welcome banquet would bring such an extra large amount of business to Ruyilou.As evidenced by the heavens, her original intention was really to be lazy and save trouble.

Madam Qian couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear. With a big wave of her hand, the profit continued to be four or six points, and Wei Wei made a fortune.Counting the boxes of white silver in the warehouse, she was secretly speechless.Sure enough, food is the most important thing for the people, no matter how exquisite clothes are, they don't have to buy them every day, but they have to eat three meals a day.In the high-end catering market, if it is done well, it is simply stealing money.

Seeing that Mrs. Qian's business is doing well and Wei Wei is getting more and more unwilling to let others down, Yan Ji Xiaomi's New Year Special Edition also follows.Brand new packaging, festive red kraft paper bags, the first batch was sold out within two days after it arrived in Beijing.An urgent additional batch of goods was sold out in seconds.Batch after batch almost emptied out all the chestnut rice harvested in Liangzhou's golden autumn, but the supply was still in short supply.Not only the capital, but even many foreign officials who came to Beijing to report government affairs at the end of the year, after learning about this item from their colleagues in Beijing, they directly took hundreds of bags as a unit, and pulled them to their hometowns one by one.

Millet is really not a rare thing, but rare treasures like He's Bi are destined not to be owned by ordinary people.However, something as ordinary as Yanji Xiaomi, which is eaten for every meal, can perfectly show the taste of life for those who are a little better off but not in such a dignified status.

This is what Wei Wei thought of when setting the price at the beginning.She investigated the price of Dai Viet in many ways, and the price she set was affordable by ordinary people, but it was a little painful, and she needed to grit her teeth when buying.And the things obtained in this way are often the most cherished.Exquisite packaging makes buyers feel good.

In short, after this Spring Festival promotion, Yanji Xiaomi's reputation has been completely established in the north and south of the country.

Yan Ji pulled out one cart after another of Xiaomi, and it was hard not to attract the attention of interested people, including Madam Qian.

After inquiring about her, Madam Qian found another way and aimed at the candied fruit that every household would buy during the Chinese New Year.Liangzhou doesn’t produce much fruit locally, so she directly sends people to send good dried fruits from other places, pack them into small portions, tie bows, concentric knots and other exquisite knots with ribbons, and then sell them to officials and officials with good money. merchants.

Not to mention how popular preserved fruit is, just wrapping paper and ribbons to tie knots requires many skilled women.

Taking advantage of this shareholder wind, Wei Wei's technical school was opened.Thanks to the blessing of Emperor Qinglong, after the houses of corrupt officials were ransacked, many houses were left empty on the street of the government office.These houses were formerly lived in by officials, and not to mention the excellent repairs, the venues are also large enough.As the most related household of the Commander of the Yan Dynasty, the obedient daughter-in-law, Wei Wei directly asked Commander Wu to come over to his previous house when the wind blew by his pillow.Clean up the tables, chairs and benches, and a ready-made technical school will be built like this.

She didn't make any slogans such as "Education is the foundation of a century-old plan", but directly asked the people of Liangzhou: Do you want to make money when you have nothing to do in winter?
Of course I do!
No matter what era, no one would dislike silver.

Since you want to make money, come to the government office and learn a craft first.If you are careful, you can learn to weave various shapes with silk thread; if you are not dexterous, you can learn willow weaving;
Not yet?Could it be that she has the same handicap as Mrs. Yan?

There is no such possibility at all. These ordinary people who come to work to subsidize their families have to farm in spring, summer and autumn.From seeding to weeding, these are hands-on jobs.From birth to now, what they have cultivated the most is the basic skills of craftsmanship.

Of course, the workers are all farmers or craftsmen, and those who come from official families still can't let go of their stature.Wei Wei didn't intend to let them go deep into the front line. These official daughters are highly educated. If someone always helps, she will arrange for them to do some mental work such as counting and calculating wages.

Girls from official families are trained towards noble ladies from birth, and hosting middle school envoys is a compulsory course for them.Now this simple account is a piece of cake for them.

Almost no abacus is needed, and a few girls can take care of the abacus.However, it is one thing to take care of it well. Seeing the ordinary people in the yard working so hard for a day, they only earned seven or eight copper coins. These people grew up with rich clothes and jade food, and bought a pair of bracelets for dozens of taels of silver without even blinking their eyelids. The girl from the official family is not feeling well.

So the people who sent their girls here suddenly found that their girls were sensible, prudent, and frugal.

After knowing the reason for the change, the wives of Liangzhou officials who had always been prejudiced against Wei Wei because of Mrs. Chu Governor and Mrs. Commander Wu, completely changed their impression of her.What's wrong with Mrs. Yan being a merchant's daughter? She has such good eyesight, so marrying a husband and son-in-law at a young age is all on their heads.Not only that, Mrs. Yan herself is also skilled in controlling her husband and making money. Mrs. Qian who was the first to follow her with her eyes and discerning pearls, the pearls on her forehead have grown bigger this winter, and she is the same at home.

With the real benefits in front of them, when they faced Mrs. Yan again, all the wives also became attentive.

Due to the good habit of avenging revenge on the spot, Wei Wei never holds grudges.Seeing their hospitality, she also accepted the kindness, and usually did her duty as the wife of the commander.As for more things like taking care of things, she said that she is not a philanthropist, and she will not be nice to everyone for no reason.

If you don’t get rewarded for nothing, compare your heart with your heart. If you do nothing, but the leader treats you so well for no reason, most people will have other thoughts, and a small number of people who accept it calmly and think that they are heartthrobs will be treated differently. Never mind.Wei Wei's attitude made everyone calm. Today, a few months later, she has formed a delicate balance with the official ladies in Liangzhou City.Working together under the same roof, everyone will get along very comfortably.

This is also the result Wei Wei wanted.These official wives made her comfortable for a few months, and they reciprocated, and she also made everyone more comfortable during the Chinese New Year.

Not only did she order candied fruit from Ruyilou, but she also asked Mother Wei to ask craftsmen in the capital to make a batch of gold and silver zizi for the Chinese zodiac.Each copy is packed in a brocade box. When children from each family come to pay New Year's greetings, regardless of official position, male or female, each person has a copy.

Of course, there is also a difference in treatment, she gives pure gold to the children born of the concubine, and she gives silver to the children born to the concubine.There is no way, although I know that the concubine and the concubine are innocent, but if they are treated the same as the concubine's children because of their innocence, it will only make more and more people take the risk to climb into bed.After all, as long as you conceive in October and give birth to a son and a half daughter, you can enjoy wealth for a lifetime.It is too tempting to exchange a bed crawl for a lifetime of comfort in the future.

"happy New Year."

Another small dumpling with a thick head and a thick head came up tremblingly to pay New Year's greetings, looking at her with big eyes blinking.

This time she didn't need to ask, the official's wife who came behind with the child had already explained aloud: "This is our eldest brother, and the latter two are from the family's aunt."

Wei Wei picked up Xiaotuanzi, and Gu Yu handed over a set of brocade boxes at the right time.

"Baby is so good. Auntie gave it to you. Happy New Year to you too."

Opening the gift box, Xiaotuanzi's eyes lit up when he saw the golden and lifelike twelve zodiac signs inside.Even so, he still turned his head and looked eagerly at his mother behind him.

The scribe's wife showed embarrassment: "Madam Yan, this is too precious."

"Don't you just want to celebrate the Chinese New Year, everyone has orders, our eldest brother didn't say anything. In fact, I don't care about this little thing, as long as you can help your husband and son-in-law in the New Year, and do it well with my family, Ah Heng. It’s bad, even if my gold and silver carpenter, which came all the way from the capital, is not in vain.”

This time, not only the scribe's wife, but all the ladies sitting on both sides nodded repeatedly, expressing that they would live up to Madam Yan's expectations.

"You don't have to be so serious, you should eat and drink, just order whatever you want from me."

After speaking, Wei Wei took the lead and fed the little dumpling in his arms.

Madam Yan, as long as you do your part well and don't break the law or discipline, she doesn't care about the rest of the business.At first, it was a bit unbelievable, but after getting along for a long time, everyone felt that it was very good.If everyone felt something, they also relaxed together.

(End of this chapter)