Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 223: Finding Villagers for Outsourcing

At this moment, she was extremely grateful that she had bought Yuanying Manor. At that time, she looked down upon the empty house and thought it was useless, but now it really came in handy.

Because the manure of chickens, ducks, geese and pigs was used to replace a lot of grass fans, which could not be used up to keep vegetables warm in winter, Hualei asked the people in Yuanying Village to build grass sheds as pens for chickens, ducks and geese, so the rows of houses on the chicken farm are now all empty. During the Chinese New Year, although the fabric had not been found yet, Hualei had people repair and tidy up these empty houses in advance according to her own ideas.

Now that we have found the fabrics, we will have more than enough to open a garment shop here. It is a long way from the newly built thatched shed, so we can build a wall here to provide privacy.

After almost two months away, the vegetables on the farm have been replaced, and the chickens, ducks, geese and pigs have also been updated. Even the fish in the fish ponds have been sold out, with only herring left. New fish fry have been put back into the fish ponds, starting a new round of breeding cycle.

She called everyone over and got a general understanding of the situation on the farm. She found that everything was in order and no accidents had happened. The families of the crew members had adapted well to the farm. Everything was running in an orderly manner. Hua Lei was very satisfied.

However, the ship to Chengyunzhou has not returned yet. Hualei is a little worried. According to normal procedures, if nothing goes wrong, the ship to Chengyunzhou should return four or five days earlier than Hualei. Hualei has been delayed for three or four days in order to find fabrics. It doesn't make sense that the ship to Chengyunzhou has not returned yet.

After asking Uncle Fu, he said that he had received a letter from Tian Xiaozhen eight or nine days ago, saying that the ship had arrived in Chengyun Prefecture and the handover work in Chengyun Prefecture had been completed. It was preparing to go to the second Chengyang Prefecture to hand over the books. With Tang Yuancheng's people accompanying them, Hua Lei felt relieved.

The ship to Mobei had returned to Shangjing City 20 days ago. After resting for five or six days, it had taken a batch of newly brewed rice wine, salted duck eggs, salted pork, tofu strips, etc. to Mobei. The newly made soap and toothbrushes in Zhuangzi were also transported there.

Lord Pei brought back a letter saying that the business of toothbrushes and soaps was booming in the north, especially the soaps, which were sold out in no time. In addition, he also ordered a large number of bamboo-handled toothbrushes for a group of rough men in the military camp. These rough men had stinky mouths and needed toothbrushes very much. Although they knew that wooden-handled toothbrushes were durable, they bought too many and the money was really expensive, so they chose the economical bamboo-handled toothbrushes.

Let Hualei send as many soaps and toothbrushes as possible, and when his winemaking business makes more money, he will buy soap for the rough men in the barracks to wash off the stench on their bodies. Now Lord Pei's quality of life is getting higher and higher, and he is a little disgusted with his subordinates who come to him every day to report military intelligence.

Hualei was very happy to hear that. She wanted soap and toothbrushes. OK, just increase their production. So, the soap group on the farm started to work overtime to produce soap, but now there were no flowers to pick for them to make flower soap.

Although there are indeed a lot of flowers in summer, some of the summer flowers in Baihua Manor can only be made into flower soaps to supply to the noble ladies in Shangjing City. After all, the price is relatively high, and ordinary soap can also be sold at the same time. Hualei does not want to give up the high-end market in Shangjing City. She is so greedy.

After arranging the affairs at Yuanying Manor, Hualei took Pei Zhongsheng and Qingying back to the Marquis' Mansion. Manager Liu from the printing house also went back to the printing house in the northern city. Naturally, Hualei also helped to bring her contract with him. After Hualei sorted out the affairs in her hands in a few days, she went to the printing house to find Gui Jijiu.

When they arrived at Songhe Hall, Madam Pei had already received a message and knew that Hualei's boat had arrived at Yuanying Manor. She finally let go of her worries. She ordered the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous dinner for Hualei to eat. Without asking anything, she urged her to go back to Qihua Courtyard to rest. No matter how important the matter was, it was not as important as Hualei's health. The matter could be discussed in detail tomorrow.

Hua Lei was indeed tired, so she stopped being polite and went straight back to Qihuayuan. She washed herself thoroughly from head to toe, and went straight to bed without even waiting for her hair to dry. After a while, she began to breathe evenly, which showed that she was really tired.

The next day, Hualei woke up at the end of the Chen hour. She turned over in bed, feeling a little dazed. The bright sunlight outside the window shone on the flowers and plants in the yard. The weather in July was a little hot, but it was also full of energy and hope.

Hualei lingered in bed for a while before she put on some clothes and got up. In the yard, Qingying and Qinglian had already gotten up. When they saw Hualei get up, they hurriedly brought her toiletries and helped her wash up and have breakfast.

Hualei changed her clothes and went to Songhe Hall, where she told Mrs. Pei everything that had happened in the past two months. After a night's sleep, Hualei was indeed in much better spirits. Although she was a little thinner than in the previous two months, she was in good spirits. Mrs. Pei was very happy. When she heard that everything was going well and the fabrics had been found, she was happy for Hualei.

In the afternoon, Hualei returned to Qingyun Lane. The bookstore and the steamed bun shop were running smoothly, and Hualei was very happy. Aunt Song and her friends were even happier to see Hualei, and they prepared a table of delicious food to reward Hualei.

After staying in Qingyun Lane for one night, Hualei went to Baihua Manor the next day. The wheat in Baihua Manor had been stored in the warehouse. Uncle Zheng led the people from the manor to Yuanying Manor to collect a lot of chicken, duck, goose and pig feces to fertilize the land.

On the hillside, Uncle Zhao not only buried fertilizer under the fruit trees, but also applied a lot of fertilizer under various flowers and plants.

The ornamental flowers such as the assassin magnolia, which were originally only for viewing, have been turned into silver by the boss. They really need to be taken care of. If they bloom more flowers, you can make one more flower cake. If you pick more flowers, you can make one more flower soap. How can you not take good care of them?

But after seeing that Zhuangzi was busy making toothbrushes every day and couldn't supply toothbrushes to the north, Hualei gave Uncle Zhao a specific instruction, asking him to outsource the production of toothbrush handles.

Find nearby villagers to make toothbrush handles with bamboo or wooden handles, and after drilling holes, Baihua Village is responsible for purchasing them. Of course, the quality must be guaranteed, and we cannot be perfunctory. If the quality is not good, we will not buy them.