Master Cui's wife, Qiao Shi, carried a big burden and entered Su Song's house, and was led to the flower hall by her subordinates. Han Yueniang was coming to visit the door and sitting in the flower hall with Su Song's wife, when Qiao saw it, she hurriedly greeted her.

The guest sat down, drank a cup of tea, Qiao Shi put the burden on the table, and said, "Madam, here are six catties, all cut well." This is the prepared bamboo paper, cut properly, printed with graphics, divided into front and back, do not make a mistake. Take a look, if it's correct, draw a charge on the receipt, and I'll go back and pay the difference. Two days later, I took it and settled the money. ”

Su Song's wife, Ling Shi, stepped forward, opened the baggage and checked it, and put words on the receipt.

Qiao Shi accepted the receipt and said, "You guys sit down, I have a few other families to run, so I will leave." ”

After sending Qiao out, Ling returned to the hall and said to Han Yueniang: "This sister-in-law of the Cui family is a person who does things, and she is all thanks these days, so she will bring these candies back for us after running." There is nothing to do left and right, and earn some spare money to supplement the family. ”

This is a freshly made halva from Yingtianwu, and after it is made, it is packed with bamboo paper. As a welfare for the officials of the yamen, this process was finally packaged and distributed to their families, and the money was calculated by the piece. All the officials of the Yamen, except for Du Zhongxiao's family, took over this job. Han Yueniang felt that she didn't do it too conspicuously, and she was going to take her family to do it, but she was stopped by Du Zhongxiao. This is a benefit to subordinates, and there is no shortage of this money in their own family, so there is no need to pretend to be shown to others. The Du family has a big business and a small population, everyone knows it, so there is no need to pretend.

This matter was organized by Cui Zhushu's wife, who brought out the candy from the field work, wrapped it and sent it back, and she counted the money and earned a little errand fee. In his spare time, he also packed sugar at home, and the money he earned bought some wine and meat to improve his life.

The official's salary is not low, and it is not high to say that it is high, depending on how many people have to be fed.

Like Du Zhongxiao, he has dozens of dollars a month, and a few stones of rice, and his family has a small population, so he doesn't need to save money, and his life is quite good. Su Song's money is much less, one or twenty yuan, and the rice is about the same. Cui's main book is much less, and the money is only six or seven.

If it is a small family like Du Zhongxiao, these are enough, not to mention that there is wine and meat every day, at least there is no worry about food and clothing. But in this era, there are one or twenty people in the family at every turn, and relying on this little money alone, many officials are living in a tight life. When my grandfather is here, he is not allowed to share his wealth and live in a different place, this is the law of the imperial court, and officials must abide by it, otherwise they may be impeached. In addition, there is no property under the rule, and the family members of officials can only live on the little money of the officials, and the family has a large population, and the pressure on life is very great.

Not to mention these middle- and lower-level petty officials, Yang Yi, the intellectuals of Zhenzong, because of the large number of people in his family, would rather give up his future and go to a place with low prices to be a governor. As for the low-level selection, it is difficult to cross the day, so that the food on wild vegetables has never been broken. Some even died in office, and after the family lost their source of income, they sold their sons and daughters to make up enough money to return to their hometowns.

Su Song's family is still well-off, and his father Su Shen once became a bachelor of Hanlin. But Lu Yijian passed away a few years ago, because Su Shen was considered a party of Lu Yijian, and he was attacked by Ouyang Xiu and others, and he was degraded again and again, and his life was not as good as day by day. After his father died, the burden of supporting the family fell on Su Song, and the family of one or twenty who came to Qingtai Town with him relied on his income to eat, and life was not easy.

After the halva was mass-produced, Du Zhongxiao distributed the last packaging process to the family members of the officials to make at home, which was to give them benefits in view of the actual situation. Anyway, there are a bunch of idlers at home, and this job is not heavy, and it is always good to earn some money to subsidize the family.

After the policy came out, Su Song's wife took over the job and worked at home, and she could make a lot of money in a month. In addition to the wages for the sugar, because the amount of sugar distributed is always slightly more than what is collected, it is counted as consumption, and there are still a few pieces of sugar left to coax the child.

sat down again, took the candy and paper out of the baggage, Han Yueniang helped wrap the candy paper together, and the two women gossiped.

Ling said: "With such a job, you can earn three or two times a month, and things are getting worse and harder." ”

Han Yueniang said: "What's not to do?" The work is not tiring, and they are all familiar with the people in the yamen. ”

Ling sighed: "We people are together every day, but there is nothing. Recently, I heard that the people in the village below are not doing things as the yamen intended, and many officers can't do it, so they have been transferred to the town. These people are different from us, and some of them are too greedy. A few days ago, a family took the candy home, and I don't know if it was eaten by their family or spoiled, not because the amount was wrong. Alas, the Cui family's sister-in-law was so angry that she couldn't eat for a few days. If it weren't for the fact that everyone was in the yamen, she wouldn't have done it for that family anyway. ”

Hearing this, Han Yueniang felt funny: "It's just a few pieces of sugar, how can you make such an embarrassing thing?" ”

Ling said: "There is no shortage of money in your family, and the population is small, so you don't know our difficulties. Like my family, not only my own children, but also my uncles, there are too many children, where can I see it? Children have to eat candy when they see it, if it weren't for the stricter parenting, the amount would be wrong. ”

Thinking of his son, because he was greedy for candy, Du Zhongxiao scolded and didn't listen, and he didn't change his problem until he was beaten, and Han Yueniang had nothing to say. Just one son, Du Zhongxiao's Yulu is much taller than others, and he really doesn't have these troubles. But because of a son, everyone is a baby, and he is used to being too powerful, and Han Yueniang is also struggling to manage it.

The two women chatted about family life, gossiping, and while doing work, time passed unconsciously.

The camp and field work were carried out in a large way, and the villages below were turbulent, and many grassroots officers could not do it, so they were transferred back to Qingtai Town and served in various field affairs. There is only one place to make halva, and it can no longer be arranged. These changes have also affected families.

Sugar is not worried about selling, the halva of Yingtianwu is simple to make, sweet in taste, and it is subcontracted, good luck and good sales, and it is welcomed as soon as it is launched. North to Liangjing, south to Liangzhejiang, a short time to market the Quartet. The sales are good, the output is going up quickly, and the family members also have a job to do.

However, for the behemoth of camp field affairs, such a little income is still too little, and it is just a drop in the bucket.

The halva making field was not far away, Du Zhongxiao and Su Song were standing in the courtyard, with a row of wooden tables in front of them, where several big men kneaded dough.

Once the dough is kneaded, it is put into a string of pressure rollers and gradually thinned until it becomes a thin sheet. A young man quickly rolled up the thin, large sheet of bread and pushed it back. A large man with a wide and thick knife in his hand, pressed his hands on the dough, and cut it with great speed, cutting the dough into a pile of thin strips in the blink of an eye. The last two men copied the thin noodles and hung them on the bamboo poles next to them.

Seeing that the noodles were thin and long, fluttering with the breeze, Su Song said: "I have also seen people selling this kind of bearded noodles on the market, but it is too troublesome to make, and most people don't know how to make it." It's like that, it's a lot simpler. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "No matter how troublesome things are, as long as they are reasonably planned, divided into clusters, and arranged manpower, it will become simple." ”

Su Song nodded: "That's true." However, fresh noodles are not durable to store, so what's the use of making so many mustard noodles? If you open a shop to sell, Qingtai Town has a small population and can't sell much. ”

Du Zhongxiao said with a smile: "Fresh noodles naturally can't last for a long time, but dry noodles are different." These prepared noodles are hung on bamboo poles to dry in the shade, and they can be stored for a long time until there is no moisture. We made it for sale, and people bought it and could eat it as long as they cooked it, which was very convenient. ”

This is dried noodles, which is the second industry of Yingtianwu that Du Zhongxiao came up with. There is a lot of wheat in this area, so of course we have to find a way to eat it. Dried noodles are a good thing, they can be stored for a long time, they can be transported over long distances, they are easy to eat, and the market is still very broad.