Each charcoal farm burns a similar amount of charcoal, and the annual charcoal consumption in Yongning City and even the surrounding cities is quite different.
Those who make a living by making charcoal can see that this winter is a cold one and have prepared more charcoal than in previous years. However, they are still a little conservative and only increase the amount by 30% compared to previous years.
Yan Yu and his group suddenly emerged and captured the bulk cargo market, and various charcoal farms got some goods in their hands.
If it doesn't sell a year ago, the price will be reduced after that year, and this happens every year.
But no one expected that the heavy snow would fall so hard and last so long on New Year’s Eve.
It was already cold enough in the twelfth lunar month. As soon as we entered the first lunar month, the temperature dropped sharply again, and the price of charcoal skyrocketed. Even the black coal that burns so smoky also increased in value.
The price of charcoal keeps changing and rising every day. This is the result of the combined efforts of several companies.
They may not have agreed in advance to cooperate with each other to promote each other, but people will make the same choice at this time, to make that fire stronger and stronger!
"The price of charcoal has been much higher than in previous years. At this time, they can't save even if they want to. Do they need to maintain the old relationship for many years? They can't afford to offend those high-ranking households. Don't look at the bustle they are selling now. In their hands
The charcoal should be sold out soon." Yan Yu's analysis was reasonable.
"Whether it was years ago or later, the charcoal stored in Yongning City is currently piled in the courtyards of large families. The Crown Princess actually wants to dig out these charcoals. These families are definitely not short of charcoal, but they have a strong sense of worry and are rich.
Don’t mind spending money to buy peace of mind.”
Yan Laoer interjected: "You said that your mother had a misunderstanding about our family's financial situation, so why don't you think about it? Your mother doesn't look at the accounts, but your father has looked at it, but I can't see anything? We are just scattered.
I made a little profit by selling more, but our labor costs are also high!"
Almost every family in Xiaoan Village follows the Yan family in burning charcoal and selling it.
First it was the children, and when the weather turned cold, the adults in the family took over.
There is one thing that Yan Yu does very well. She handles accounts quickly and dares to let go. Outsiders may not know that the wages of people in Xiao'an Village are really paid by the children who manage the accounts.
The children sitting in Mr. Kang's classroom may not recognize every word, but their calculations are extremely unclear.
Yan Yu taught those words so smoothly that the children can memorize them more firmly than the books.
Li Xuemei turned to look at her daughter again, waiting to hear what she had to say.
"Dad, you spent a lot of time in Huju before. I'm afraid you don't know how many trees my uncle Qi, the fourth uncle, and the fifth uncle Qi have cut down and burned..." Yan Yu looked at his father with a very complicated look, and his strength worked wonders.
The joy...Dad, you can’t imagine it!
"After the autumn harvest, the uncles in the village also joined in one after another, and the aunts were also hard-working. After finishing their work at home, they went into the mountains to collect firewood, hug hay and hunt rabbits... After we started collecting firewood and selling it, tigers first
Yu, then Yongning, then Gu Feng, Dad, you have only seen the account books, our inventory has increased a lot in the past few days alone."
She whispered: "The colder the weather, the higher the price of firewood, and the more reluctant the poor families are to light a fire. Not only are there not less people selling firewood, there are more people."
"Our charcoal has never stopped burning and is always burning. As far as I know, other charcoal farms have stopped. Going into the mountains to cut trees in winter?" Yan Yu shook his head and said, "Are they crazy? Even if they have the intention, they are powerless."
She said word by word: "Our family is different. The logs in our family are not recorded in the accounts. It cannot be reflected in the account books. You have to actually go and see it to find out. Dad, mother, let's just say that the logs in our family are now stored."
It’s enough to keep us burning for a while.”
"Why are there so many? No matter how talented your uncle Qi is, they will never have time to chop down so many trees!" Yan Laoer questioned.
Yan Yu didn't say she had time, so she asked Uncle Qi and the others to go to the forest to cut down trees...
Don't tell me, it's quite addictive.
"Hehe!" Yan Yu said with a smile: "Chopping down trees is slow and not environmentally friendly, so of course you have to go into the mountains to pick them up! There are many fallen branches and fallen trees in the mountains. As long as people are diligent, they can pick them up. Dad, you forgot, except
Collecting firewood, our family is still collecting wood..."
"Yes, those branches..." Yan Laoer remembered.
He added: "These will be too broken when burned."
"They are all mixed and burned. These are just for adding seams and corners. Besides, there is a way to sell whole charcoal, and there is a way to sell broken charcoal. It's not like it cannot be burned." Yan Yu continued: "Start picking up branches.
There were more, but later I felt that thicker wood was more profitable, so I just focused on this. We don’t want two wood pieces to be too few, or two carts to be too many. As long as someone comes to sell them, and the price is right, we will buy them.”
Her father had not read these account books carefully, but her uncle had.
The uncle asked her what she thought, why she made the stall so big?
She actually said it wasn't very good. She wanted to make money, of course. Who wouldn't want to? But looking at those people who were reluctant to burn firewood for warmth, eagerly coming to sell and waiting for settlement. The moment they bought the copper coins, the light burst out in their eyes.
…
She asked herself, she couldn't ignore it.
It was touching in my heart.
Just...make less money.
"So, Mom and Dad, our family is really rich. If I open it up and sell it now, I may not make less than them."
I have what others don’t have, and that’s my advantage.
"Then that's right. It looks like the sales are lively outside, but in fact, other stores don't have much inventory anymore. Our market will be closed on New Year's Eve. On the first day of the new year, you stopped trading, collecting firewood but not selling it. If others don't look for you, who will they look for?"
Li Xuemei said this.
"Mom, no matter who comes, don't accept it. Our family is considered a big family and we really can't afford to donate. But if they want to buy a batch of charcoal for relief, I can consider selling them some." Yan Yu said.
.
As the saying goes, you can do good deeds within your ability.
Li Xuemei nodded and said she understood.
She definitely can't hold her daughter back.
The family was about to go to sleep, but they didn't want to hold on to the door and came in. They shook their bodies towards Yan Yu and pointed their tails straight out.
"Is someone coming?" Yan Yu understood immediately and quickly put on clothes and got off the kang.
Yan Laoer also took action: "If someone comes here at this time, they must have something to do. They are from our village? How did they enter the city at this time? The city gates are all closed!"
The two men could tell by the look on Gou Zhu's face that they knew the person coming.
If he didn't know him, Gouzhu wouldn't be so gentle.
The two men were trapped and led to the back door.
Confirming their suspicion, they were acquaintances.
"Godfather!" Yan Yu exclaimed.
Yan Laoer: "Uncle, why are you here? It's late at night, please come in quickly."
Yan Yu supported Wang Gonggong and went to her house.
After Wang Deshan came in, he took a sip of the hot water handed over by the waiter.
Then he asked: "That girl from the Xue family came to see you today?"
Yan Yu nodded and said, "Sister Xue's family is here. It happened that my father and I went back to the village and were not at home."
Wang Deshan: "It's not a good thing to hide a little. Our things are not blown by strong winds. The Crown Princess wants to raise funds, and she has those big investors to support her. If we don't follow along, nothing good will fall on us. What if?
If something goes wrong, it’s easy to take the blame for someone else.”
Otherwise, I would say that her godfather is great, sees things clearly, and lives a transparent life.
"How many days should I go out to hide? It happens that the village is busy building houses right now," Yan Yu said.
"It doesn't have to be like this. It's not good to be too deliberate. You should do whatever you want. It's our own stuff. If you don't want to respond, just take advantage of Hanhu. We don't want to. Who can force you to do this? The godfather is here.
Well, let’s see who dares!”
"Godfather!" Yan Yu said coquettishly towards the prince: "If you weren't here, we would be blinded by this matter. We don't know what to do. It doesn't matter what other people say. Hehe! Godfather is my backer. I say no.
The confidence!”
Wang Deshan squinted his eyes and nodded her little forehead: "You little devil, how can you still suffer a loss?! But you are right, we don't want to bully others, and others shouldn't want to bully us. The godfather is still here.
No one can plot against our mistress."
He turned his eyes and looked at Yan Laoer.
"Huai'an, how have you been studying these days? Are you going to Master Cheng's house to ask for advice on articles?"
Yan Laoer was stunned for a moment. Didn't you hear me just now? You've been busy working in the village recently, running back and forth. Don't you only remember your goddaughter and forget about her father who goes back and forth with Xiaoer every day?
"Don't slack off on your homework, the county examination is getting closer and closer, right before your eyes..." Wang De pointed out kindly.
Otherwise it would have to be Yan Yu.
The response is amazingly fast!
"Sir, the county exam won't be brought forward, right?"
Yan Laoer's eyes widened.
Wang Deshan hummed in a nonchalant manner, picked up the bowl again, and took a sip of water.
This is unmistakable and clear!
"Dad, then stop working so hard and prepare for the exam quickly!" Yan Yu said quickly: "From tomorrow on, I'll go to Master Cheng's house to study. You can just live there. Oops, it only takes a few days...
By the way, dad! Didn't the master say that he needed to avoid suspicion and asked the eldest man from Gu Fengcheng to replace him as the invigilator? He went to Gufeng and the eldest man came to Huju. The exam was about to take place. Why didn't the master pass it on to us?
letter……"
Yan Yu blinked and looked at her godfather.
Her godfather continued to look at her with a smile.
understood.
This has just been decided, and it is self-evident who made the decision. Apart from the godfather, I am afraid not many people know about it.
Yan Yu chuckled.
Wang Deshan couldn't help but laugh when he saw her little appearance.
"The snowstorm has caused so many people from all over the country to be affected by the disaster. The prince is so worried that he can't eat. No, it's just the pickles made by your family. The prince can still eat them, and he can barely eat a few mouthfuls."
Yan Yu winked at her father.
Father and daughter have a perfect understanding of each other, and Yan Laoer understands the situation and goes out pretending to be pickles.
"Godfather, why do you make it more than half a month in advance?" Yan Yu asked tentatively.
Wang Deshan would not hide anything from his beloved grandson. He did not tell Yan Laoer in front of him because he was always cautious.
In fact, since they were here, they wanted to inform Yan Laoer of this matter in advance so that Yan Laoer could prepare well for the exam.
"There are not enough manpower. The adults above are sitting in the government offices and cannot be separated. There is a shortage of people below to run errands and do errands."
"Aren't there still government officials?"
"How many people are there if all the three squads of yamen are counted? Moreover, we are currently in need of people who can write and do math. Those big bosses can't even read a few Chinese characters. If they don't read the articles posted from the back, they can't even read them.
Not coming out.”
Wang Deshan said: "Whether the county examination passed in February or before the county examination in February is not a matter of a word from the prince.
If we don't hold this event, the scholars will be studying hard at home. Where can we find people? It's hard to get people to come out to work, and it won't let people concentrate on preparing for the exam."
Yan Yu understands.
Special treatment during special times.
The imperial court held examinations for the purpose of selecting talents.
If the prince wants to use it, he can just choose it in advance.
"Master." Yan Yu lowered his voice: "Since we choose someone who is practical and can do math, will there be some emphasis on arithmetic questions?"
Wang Deshan stretched out his hand and touched his sweet grandson's little head with curiosity.
Look how long this little head is and how smart it is!
"Let your father prepare well. This is the east wind that God has given him. From the county examination to the college examination... Whether you can take advantage of the wind and achieve fame depends on this."
…
After sending her godfather away, Yan Yu anxiously pulled her father back to the house.
"Mom, my godfather came here just now and said..." Yan Yu learned the words again and again.
Without taking a breath, he added: "I think there is something more in the godfather's words. I'm afraid that this time not only the county exam... but also the college exam will also be brought forward.
If the prince wants to employ people, he can't just wait for them to pass the exam. Since he cares about the students and doesn't want to interrupt their preparation for the exam, there is a high possibility that all exams will be advanced...
All the dust has settled.
A scholar is a scholar when he should be, a child is a child when he should be, and those who fail are failed...
In this way, people can stop worrying about other things and do things with peace of mind.
Besides, as a prince, if he wants to employ people, he may not be able to see Tong Sheng at this level, and he must be a scholar at the very least."
What Yan Yu didn't say was that Tong Sheng wasn't worthy of being her godfather. She just had to go there in person and find someone to send a message.
Didn't the godfather say that this was the east wind that God blew for her father? She could use the wind to lift her up to the blue clouds...
Li Xuemei thought carefully and said, "You are right, that should be the case.
You asked an arithmetic question and your godfather didn’t say no, so he probably guessed it right.”
She also looked at Yan Laoer with bright eyes: "I'm afraid your father really wants to borrow the east wind this time!"
Yan Yu's eyes were also shining: "Dad! You've been caught this time, and you won't be able to come back as a scholar!"
Yan Laoer looked at the two women who were glaring at each other, and suddenly felt so stressed!
"Well, as long as it's an exam, who can guarantee that he will pass it? I'll try my best, I'll try my best!" Although God takes good care of him, how can he, a scumbag, guarantee such a thing as an exam?
It's so sudden, and he hasn't turned his head yet!
Things that used to be so tight on my back now feel like a lump of liquid.
Yan Laoer started to sweat on his head.
Yan Yu and her mother looked at each other,
The two women frowned at the same time, feeling worried.
Yan Yu has been taking exams since she was a child, and Li Xuemei is in this field. She knows best that the status of candidates will directly affect their performance.
Looking at this, Yan Laoer was not prepared.
Knowing the letter in advance is not necessarily an advantage. He was also nervous a few days earlier than others...
"Dad! Otherwise, you can focus on arithmetic problems at home these days." Yan Yu said seriously: "If my estimate is not bad, this part of the score must not be less. Also, since we have to choose those who can do it, those who are illusory and illusory
There is no need to read the article, and we don’t need to think about how to use words. You can just write it as you write it, and don’t be too plain-spoken."
Yan Laoer's attention was indeed diverted.
"Is this okay? Are you sure about the question?"
Li Xuemei thought to herself, your daughter is not good at anything else, and her exam performance was not very accurate.
"Just listen to your daughter. Her godfather can tell exactly what the prince wants, and she can tell what her godfather wants."
Yan Laoer nodded repeatedly.
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