Chapter 1265 Proposal
In previous years, the agricultural products and poultry used at home for the New Year were sent from the village of Prince Anjun. If they were not enough, they would buy them with money.
Since Xia Zihan married in, with the supplies from her village, Anjun Palace no longer needs to buy fruits, especially fruits. Xia Zihan's hot spring village has built a large greenhouse and planted dozens of fruit trees. , every New Year, several large carts of fruits are transported to the house, and then given to relatives and friends as adult gifts.
The capital area is desolate and white in winter. Not to mention the fruits, not even a single leaf has fallen off.
If wealthy families in the capital want to eat fresh fruits in winter, they have to send people to Jiangnan in advance to buy them and transport them back. It takes an unknown amount of manpower, financial and material resources, and when they come back, the fruits will not be as fresh as they were just picked. .
Even so, every year, wealthy families with strong financial resources are willing to spend a large sum of money to go to the south to get fruits, and use them to entertain guests during the Chinese New Year. It is also a kind of face.
Ever since the Anjun Prince's Palace released fresh fruits, many people have come to get close to them. After it was discovered that the fruits were from the greenhouse in the hot spring village outside Xia Zihan City, many people wanted to make friends and sent people to the village. Learn to build a greenhouse and grow fruit trees.
Although the cost of building a greenhouse is too high, and in addition, in winter, an unknown amount of charcoal is burned every day to maintain the temperature inside the greenhouse, but there are still many wealthy people who build greenhouses in their yards.
Although it is not as big as Xia Zihan's greenhouse, with more than a dozen fruit trees planted, there is still enough fruit for the family to eat in winter.
As a result, in the past few years, glazed bricks and glazed tiles in the capital have become very popular.
In the past two years, you can often see fresh fruits for sale in shops in the capital. They are all sold at home because they have built a greenhouse and cannot be eaten. Although the price is several times more expensive than in other seasons, it is still lower than the previous winter prices. , has dropped by nearly half.
The number of fruits in Xia Zihan's greenhouse is getting more and more year by year, and there are many types, and they are available all year round. The Anjun Prince's Mansion puts four or five kinds of fresh fruits every day. The master can't eat them, so the servants help. We ate it together, and if the servants couldn’t eat it, we used it to make fruit wine.
Xia Zihan often sent people to deliver food to several close friends, brewed fruit wine, and delivered fruit wine. Therefore, several young wives who played well with her would send maids to her place if they ran out of fruit wine. Take it, no matter how generous it is, you won’t be polite to her.
However, this year was different. Xia Zihan was not here, and Zeng had just passed away. Everyone knew that Xia Zihan was in a bad mood, so they didn't come to her to ask for fruit wine.
Xia Zihan mentioned this matter to Ms. Zhuo, and Ms. Zhuo replied, "As you ordered, the housekeeper has prepared more than a dozen jars of fruit wine. However, no one came to get it. You are not at home, and neither am I." I sent people to deliver them from house to house, but they are still piled up in the wine cellar.”
"Then send it along with the New Year gift." Xia Zihan said.
Mrs. Zhuo thought about it and thought it was feasible, "Then give two altars to each family, and good things will come in pairs."
"This year, more than a dozen fruit trees have begun to bear fruit. The farm has brewed a lot of fruit wine, and there is almost no room for it. This time when the farm owner came, he also mentioned that he wanted to open a fruit shop, specializing in selling fresh fruits and fruit wine. , I would like to ask your opinion.”
After the greenhouse on the hot spring village was expanded, hundreds of fruit trees have been planted. Prince An has eaten so many fruits. Even if they are given away, they cannot always give them away. Generally, people who are very particular will say something like this every time they receive a gift. It is polite and customary to prepare a return gift. Therefore, although Xia Zihan gave a lot to others, he did not dare to always give it away for fear of inconvenience, so he always prepared a return gift.
Of course, relatives like the Xia family and the Chu family don't have to.
Families such as the Erwangfu and the Liao family, the Dou family, and the Shen family would send someone to send a return gift the next day after receiving fruits from Xia Zihan.
As the number of gifts increased, Xia Zihan gave less and less. It was not that she was reluctant, but that she was too embarrassed to bother others with returning gifts.
However, if she gives it once, she will give it many times. Mrs. Zhuo advised, "It's good to open a shop. If you have too much fruit, you won't be able to eat it, and if you make too much fruit wine, you won't be able to drink it all. The head of the farm said that if you open a shop and sell it for some money, you can also reduce the expenditure on the greenhouse. So big and warm Shed, just burning charcoal this winter will cost you a lot of money. Although you are not short of that few silver, as your chief steward, the farm head has to make some plans for you. Don't blame him. ”
She was also worried that Xia Zihan would blame the farmer for mentioning this matter to her.
Xia Zihan said amusedly, "Mom, am I the kind of person who would be harsh on my subordinates?"
"That's not true." Mrs. Zhuo smiled and asked, "Then you agree?"
"Gianzhuangtou has mentioned it to you, how can I disagree?" Xia Zihan said, "Besides, Gianzhuangtou's proposal is not bad. There are so many fruit trees that we can't eat. Selling them is also a business."
Mrs. Zhuo said, "My mother had a shop in Nancheng. She used to rent it to others to open tea shops. This summer, the owner of the shop moved to the south and stopped opening it. So I took the shop back and it has never been here again. If you rent it out again, it’s still empty. If you want to open a fruit shop, just use my shop. It’s useless to leave it there anyway.”
"Okay."
Xia Zihan was not polite and accepted it happily.
Mrs. Zhuo laughed and said frankly, "This is how a family should be. There is no need to be too fussy or too polite, otherwise it won't be like a family."
Xia Zihan jokingly asked her, "Mom, do I want to pay you rent in the future?"
"Hun, what's the rent? Mom, I can save you a few rents a month." Mrs. Zhuo waved her hand, "Why don't I even transfer the shop to your name? Anyway, I have all the money in my hand." Those Zhuangzi shops will be given to you from now on.”
The people she mentioned were the wives that Xia Zihan and the second and third children would marry in the future.
Xia Zihan nodded, "That's fine. From now on, the store will be handed over to... to Chu Meng. Once the store is under my name, it will be easier for her to manage."
Chu Meng was engaged to the captain of the emperor's palace guard, but they were not married yet. However, Chu Meng was almost twenty years old and it was time to get married.
Xia Zihan planned to get the two of them married after the New Year. After the marriage, Chu Meng became the wife of the captain of the palace guard, and was no longer suitable to stay in the house to serve others.
However, when Chu Meng got engaged to the emperor's secret guard, she had agreed that she would come back to serve her after they got married. At that time, she was afraid that Chu Meng would not agree to the marriage, so she agreed casually, and the secret guard also agreed casually.
However, how can she still come to serve people after becoming the wife of a fifth-rank official? Isn't that a joke?
Therefore, Xia Zihan thought about it and thought it would be a good idea to let Chu Meng take charge of the fruit shop. From now on, half of the profit of the fruit shop would be given to her, and she would be half the boss of the shop.
Moreover, having more income can also reduce Chu Meng's burden.
(End of chapter)