After Chapter 234
The carriage drove all the way into Yushu Village. The snow on the road had been shoveled clean, and the carriage was traveling smoothly.
Shang Wan opened the window and looked outside.
Since the business of Lingyao Pavilion started, Shang Wan bought a house in the residential area of Xue San Tiao Street away from the county for the convenience of Lu Chengjing's study.
The house is not as big as the house built by my family, but it is enough for their family.
Xiaohuan was busy with Bao Yuezhai's business, so Shi Tou took over all the pharmaceutical matters in the village. In the evening of Shang Dynasty, he traveled to the shop, the house and the village. He was so busy that he rarely returned to the village.
In just a few months, many changes have taken place in Yushu Village.
The business of Lingyao Pavilion is good, and the villagers have taken medicine as their main business. Although the work in the fields has not been left behind, the focus has obviously shifted.
In order to process the herbs more cheaply, Shitou, after some discussion with Father Wu and others, opened a drying field near the hillside specifically for drying the herbs.
To prevent the medicinal materials from being stolen or tampered with, the village arranged for people to take turns watching the medicinal materials while they were being dried.
In order to improve efficiency, Shitou divided the people into several groups, those who washed the medicine, cut the medicine, fried the medicine, dried the medicine, boiled the medicine, grinded the medicine, prepared the medicine... Each person was only responsible for one task, and they were allocated according to their abilities.
For example, children and the elderly can be tasked with cleaning herbs. As long as they are cleaned, they can still get money.
For those who are strong and don't want to use their brains, cutting medicine, grinding powder, and carrying medicinal materials back and forth are their jobs.
Those who learn better and more carefully can stir-fry, boil or prepare medicine.
The wages are calculated based on the weight of the herbs processed.
The content of responsibility is different, and the wages are naturally different.
Cleaning herbal medicine is the easiest and costs the least money, while boiling medicine is more time-consuming and labor-intensive, with many steps and the most money is earned.
It’s not like no one volunteered to take on multiple jobs in an attempt to earn more money, but was rejected ruthlessly by Shi Tou.
Shitou strictly assesses each person to determine what they are good at and records them all in a book to facilitate subsequent deployment.
Shang Wan felt that if things continued like this, Shitou might be able to build a pharmaceutical factory.
Naturally, you can't dry medicinal materials on snowy days. Even if the snow stops now, there is still snow piled up on the medicine drying ground.
Through the window, Shang Wan saw a group of people shoveling snow inside. One of them, wearing a rabbit fur hat and a blue and white jacket, was twisting his body and looking this way.
Shang Wan waved, and the man threw away his shovel and ran over, shouting: "Sister!"
The person who came was none other than Shi Shi, and his voice was full of energy, and there was an echo.
Shang Wan greeted him to get in the car.
Shitou turned around and said a few words, and after waiting for the person over there to respond, he patted the snow on his trouser legs and climbed into the car, and sat down next to Lu Chengjing with a smile.
Lu Chengjing poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to him.
Shitou took it and warmed his hands, wondering: "Why are you back now?"
"It's been snowing for several times. I'm worried about my home. I'll come back and have a look."
"I'm watching over you. Everything is fine at home." Shitou said as he breathed a sigh of relief on his cold-red fingers. When they felt warm, he reached out and poked the dumpling sleeping in Lu Chengjing's arms.
The little baby moved but didn't wake up. He smashed his mouth, and his head fell into a deeper sleep.
Shitou laughed happily and didn't poke again, and he didn't dare to really poke the person awake.
He couldn't resist the crying.
Shang Wan closed the window and said to Shitou: "Your brother-in-law is on vacation and will stay at home tonight. Xiaohuan will come back after Baoyuezhai closes."
"Okay." Shitou immediately thought of eating, "Sister, what should we have for dinner?"
Shang Wan didn't care, so he had his second hot pot meal today.
Xiao Huan came back earlier than expected and brought a lot of fresh ingredients, including river fresh food.
Everyone helped wash and slice the ingredients. Xiaohuan boiled a pot of bone soup to make the soup base. He waited until the time was almost up before starting to stir-fry the ingredients.
It was too cold to eat in the main room, so I simply took the stove to the stone room to eat. The kang was so hot that it started to warm up from the buttocks when you sat on it. Everyone sweated on their foreheads while eating, but they also felt refreshed.
Lu Chengjing poured home-brewed fruit wine for everyone. Yuanyuan also wanted to drink it, but Shang Wan replaced it with freshly squeezed juice.
It was lively and chatting while eating, and I ate for two hours without realizing it.
Snow began to fall outside the window again, and the steaming heat from the hot pot drifted out and instantly condensed into ice beads.
"So full!" Shitou put his hands back and sighed as he looked at the snow outside the window, "Hot pot is still delicious when there are many people."
Yuanyuan thoughtfully stretched out her little fleshy hand to rub his belly.
Shang Wan glanced at Lu Chengjing. After dinner, it was time to get down to business.
After receiving his wife's signal, Lu Chengjing straightened his crooked body and cleared his throat, "Ahem."
Xiaohuan and Shitou, who were sitting opposite, looked over and said almost in unison, "Brother-in-law, have you caught the cold?"
Lu Chengjing shook his head and looked at the stone, "After the Chinese New Year, you will go to Sanshan Academy to study. I have already made an agreement with Dean Wang, and I will take you to visit him in two days."
Sanshan Academy is the only academy in the county. Although it is not as good as the county school, it is better than ordinary private schools.
Shang Wan originally wanted Shitou to study in Fucheng, but there were more choices there. She could put Shitou into the academy even if she spent money.
However, Lu Chengjing felt that the most important thing for Stone now was to lay the foundation, and Sanshan Academy was enough.
The stone that fell from the sky for the study mission: "?!!"
His eyes widened in surprise, and he fell directly onto the kang without holding his arms.
Yuanyuan quickly pulled her uncle away.
Xiaohuan also helped pull the person up and sit down.
Shitou opened his mouth again and again, and it took him a long time before he said, "Can you not go?"
Shang Wan and Lu Chengjing said in unison: "No."
"Why?" Shitou's thick eyebrows knitted together, like the folds of a bun, "I don't have the brains of my brother-in-law. I'm not the material to study at all. I won't be able to pass the exam in the future. Sending me to study is a waste of money."
Shang Wan wanted to shoot him when he heard that he was so unambitious.
"You haven't even tried. How do you know you're not good at studying? I think you memorize medical books pretty well, right?"
Shitou waved his hands hurriedly, "I just memorize things by rote. If I were to compose poems and articles like my brother-in-law, I wouldn't be able to do it."
Lu Chengjing said: "If you don't know how, the academy will teach you."
Shitou made an excuse, "There are a lot of things going on at home. If I go to study, who will take care of it?"
"When you enter the academy, I will naturally arrange for someone to take over. Just study in peace." Shang Wan did not give Shi Shi any chance to shirk.
Shitou had a mournful face, "Is it true that I can't stop studying?"
Shang Wan nodded: "Yes."
Shitou was immediately delighted. Before he could say a word, Shitou opened his mouth when he heard Shang Wan ask: "What do you want to do if you don't study?"
Stone:"?"
Shang Wan pointed at Xiaohuan: "Xiaohuan likes to cook, and her dream is to open a restaurant of her own. What about you?"
Shitou was stunned by the question.
Shang Wan continued: "You will be seventeen after the Chinese New Year. You got married early and even had children. In the future, you have to support your family. Have you ever thought about what you will rely on to live and work?"
Shitou didn't think much, scratched his head and said, "I'll just follow you. I'll do whatever you ask me to do."
Anyway, the sister-in-law will not ignore him.