Another month has passed. The Spring Festival is coming soon. Today is the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. Every house is sweeping the dust.

The Baolu Group in Chuqing has also stopped working, and everyone is preparing for the New Year. There are many people, so work can be done quickly. The cleanup of the yard was completed in half a day, and everyone was idle.

Chu Qing started giving holidays on the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month. After these people arrived, they worked 997 every day. They had an early holiday so that everyone could rest.

Chu Qing is looking at the account books in the room. This month, fifteen direct-operated stores have been developed. She has opened a store in all the larger counties in Jizhou City. Because it is the end of the year, housing prices are cheaper, and Jizhou is a border town.

, house prices are naturally not as high as elsewhere.

Chu Qing bought fifteen shops, specializing in selling his own goods, ranging from courtyard wall bricks and tiles to kitchen knives and scissors, as well as soybean oil. The bean cakes are currently supplied directly to Hong Liang's troops.

The bill in hand is not huge, but the numbers above are impressive. At the end of the year, sales of small ironware were particularly good. Kitchen knives and iron pots were the highest-selling products. Soybean oil was even more popular and is now out of stock.

I'm very happy, it's the Chinese New Year, I've made a fortune. What a good year.

Baijiaxing's injuries improved. Originally, he thought the most serious injury was the piece of wood on his back. But it was just a flesh wound. What was really serious was that two of his ribs were broken and two bones were cracked. Chu Qing didn't allow it.

He got out of bed. His muscles and bones were strained, and he couldn't even think of getting out of bed until he had waited for a hundred days.

Lao Yu shared the work of Baijiaxing and did a good job. The most important thing is that Xiaobao likes the account books that Lao Yu brought back. Because Lao Yu is good at calligraphy. According to Lao Yu himself, in the logistics camp of the army, in his free time

They all practiced calligraphy.

Now, Lao Yu is writing the word "福". They all say "twenty-four". When writing the character "福", today is already twenty-five and I haven't finished writing it yet. At first, Lao Yu only wrote the ones used in Chu Qing's courtyard, but later everyone said,

Every kiln must have the word "福" on it. Everything with a door must have the word "福" on it, including water tanks, oil tanks, shelves, even blast furnaces and converters. Moreover, all doors, including those of latrines, must have the word "福" on them.

There must also be couplets.

Zhang Erni came over to give New Year's gifts. She brought a chicken and a jar of miso. This was the best thing she could decide on in their home. Chu Qing was very happy that she came. Since the last time, she has stopped recruiting women from the village.

Zhang Erni was too embarrassed to come back to do the work.

Because at that time, her two sisters-in-law watched Xiaobao being angry and did not care, which made her feel very embarrassed. She could get money to go home as a cook in the school, so the sisters-in-law came out to work and handed over all the work at home.

She is alone. Who doesn’t want to be able to make money by himself?

But later, when Zhang Erni heard about this, she complained that her sisters-in-law didn't help, but they said, "We are just workers, so we can just watch the fun! Why should we help outsiders and offend the villagers?" This made Zhang Erni embarrassed to watch.

Chu Qing.

Chu Qing left Erni to eat, but she refused, and the house was full of work. The sisters-in-law couldn't do their work, and they were all resentful and disliked her. I think Zhang Erni has a good relationship with Chu Qing, so why don't you help and put in a good word?

The original words are as follows: "Don't you have a good relationship? Why don't you go and intercede with Madam Chu? Doesn't she still want to use the cook? Even if one of my sister-in-law and I can cook, won't the family

A lot of money coming in? I’m afraid, they don’t take you seriously at all! Who are they? They have official status!”

Zhang Erni didn't tell Chu Qing these words. Whether the relationship is good or not depends on how we get along on a daily basis. You can't trouble others just because the relationship is good.

"Er Ni, I have something to ask you," Chu Qing said.

"Okay, tell me." Zhang Erni agreed without asking.

"I opened a shop in the county town, selling soybean oil, kitchen knives, etc., but I need a shopkeeper. Please help me."

"But I don't know anyone. To be a shopkeeper, one must be able to write and calculate. There is no such person in our village." Zhang Erni frowned and thought.

"I mean, you go to be the shopkeeper. If you can write and do calculations, that's the job of the accountant. Just show me the shop. Usually, the people who come to buy are mostly girls and mothers-in-law from rich families. There is a female shopkeeper. I

This business is easy, isn't it?" Chu Qing explained.

Chu Qing could guess that Zhang Erni's life must be difficult. After all, the women hired to cook were all women in their forties or fifties, and no young ones were hired. All of his own people were strong men, and they were afraid of getting into trouble. In this way, Zhang Erni's family would not be alone

There are no workers left.

So Chu Qing wanted to find a job for Zhang Erni, which would allow her to make money and be separated from her sister-in-law. In life, people are not afraid of poverty or suffering, but they are afraid of being angry.

"Then... can I do it?" Zhang Erni said hesitantly.

If it had been anyone else in the village, they would have agreed long ago. Who wouldn't want such a good opportunity to make money? But Zhang Erni was hesitant. She didn't think about making money, she thought about whether it would delay Chu Qing's business.

"It can be done! Just help me check the store, and help me greet a woman when she buys something." Chu Qing said firmly, "Two taels of silver a month. When I start doing business, I will give you an increase."

wages.”

"Ah? No, no! It's just two taels of silver for this little thing! Just like now, just 200 a month is enough!" Zhang Erni waved her hands in panic.

"Erliang, it's settled!" Chu Qing said. When Zhang Erni left, Chu Qing grabbed a handful of blessing characters and spring couplets written by Lao Yu and let her take them away.

Chu Yuan has recently been going further and further on the road of letting himself go. Once more than 200 veterans settled in, there were more people working, and he was free. He would catch and fight whoever was free. Chu Qing said

But since he didn't have enough actual combat experience, he found someone to practice with him.

These are all people who have been on the battlefield. Their moves are not as good as his, but they are killing moves, which are very challenging. Chu Yuan has made great progress recently.

Xiaobao looks thinner again. He is probably over one meter tall. His hair can be all tied up. There are no rubber bands. Every time he combs his hair, Chu Qing has to take a long time to tie it up. Now he has money, Xiaobao.

Bao no longer needs braided cotton ropes to tie her hair.

It's the Chinese New Year. Chu Qing ordered a bunch of red hairbands with different patterns embroidered on them. He changes one to tie up Xiaobao's hair every day. Today, the headband is embroidered with a tiger, and Xiaobao is a tiger.

The only woman in the Baolu Group is Chu Qing, so Chu Qing has to do her own laundry and take care of the children. She doesn’t have to cook often, she just eats from the canteen. The most annoying thing is combing her hair. Chu Qing doesn’t know how to comb her hair in complicated styles, so she does it every day

For the meatball head, the change is the height of the meatball position. When going out, it will be higher, and when not going out, it will be lower.

After combing Xiaobao's hair today, Chu Qing became worried. It was time to comb her own hair again. Since she didn't have to go out during the annual holiday, she could just wear a high ponytail and it would be neat.

The laughter outside the yard grew louder and louder. Chu Qing went out to watch the excitement. It was good that there were many people. They were all cheerful young men, and there were no troubles caused by women.

Outside, Chu Yuan was being held by Zhuo Yao's throat and pinned to the ground. A group of young men around him laughed. Xiao Bao wanted to help, but had no idea where to start, so he took off Zhuo Yao's shoes and grabbed the soles of his feet.

This is Chu Yuan's defeat again. Xiao Bao is usually the one who wins through punishment. Xiao Bao and Chu Qing have been learning kung fu from Lao Yu and Lao Zhao. Chu Qing could only do a horse stance to practice his leg strength, and also learned to ride a horse.

He also learned how to drive a car. He recently learned archery. Lao Yu said with emotion that Chuqing was suitable for learning martial arts. If he had learned martial arts since he was young, he would be a hero at this age.

Xiaobao's qualifications are even better than Chu Qing's. Old Yu and Zhao tried to catch Xiaobao to learn. But Chu Qing wouldn't let him go. For a big kid, growing up is the most important thing. What if you don't train your muscles and bones to grow? It won't be good in the future.

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