Seeing that the manpower has been allocated everywhere, and the manager has finished his lecture, everyone starts to work carefully as required, nodding while watching.
This house was bought to be large, and after improvements, it can temporarily meet her requirements. It can be used as various workshops, as a warehouse, for workers to rest at noon, as a canteen, as a reception hall, as a residence for the stewards and servants, and so on.
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"Today is the first day of work. Let people tell the kitchen that the meals must be better prepared. There will be enough rice and steamed buns, and more meat should be prepared. Daily tea must also be prepared. Be sure to take care of it. After a while, the bowls, chopsticks and cups will be distributed.
Go down and let everyone remember theirs and clean and keep it later."
Huo Xi ordered the stewards around him.
"yes."
At the same time that day, people discovered that many stores in the city had signs hanging out. Everyone gathered around to see what was new.
"Collect fungi?"
"Collect flower petals?"
"Dried walnuts?"
"Collect silkworm cocoons, cotton thread and twine?"
They understand how to collect cotton, linen and dried fruits. Many merchants often collect them, but what about collecting mushrooms? Do you need fresh ones? Not dry goods?
Did they read that correctly?
How long can the fresh mushrooms be kept? What should be done to collect so many? The mushrooms grow in the woods in the mountains, and there are so many that even the locals don't want to pick them up unless they run out of food at home.
And it also has flower petals? This is fresh.
"I'm afraid I'll use it to eat."
"Can that be used as food?"
"Can't flower cakes be eaten as food?"
Everyone looked at the person who spoke. Are you collecting flower cakes? There are not many selling flower cakes on the street? Are you putting up a sign to collect flower petals?
"Whatever, if they want to harvest it, we will pick it and sell it. My kid can pick two baskets of flowers in half an hour. I just don't know how much they charge for it."
Everyone looked at each other, if you have money, take it!
Suddenly I squeezed into the store...
I heard that not all petals are harvested, and there are designated types, but there are a lot of them, and they pay one penny per pound.
"It's only a penny." Someone muttered, tilting his head to figure out whether it was worth it. Before he could finish the calculation, he turned around and saw that everyone around him had dispersed.
Is one penny and one pound too little?
How can a child who is quick at home pick up a few pounds in a day? How can an adult do it in a day and make a baby? It surges up like a tidal wave and goes away clean again.
Before lunch time, Huo Xi’s Caiyun Courtyard began to send various flowers, basket after basket, with bright colors, which looked particularly pleasing to the eye.
Vanilla and others all gathered around, "It's so beautiful!"
"So many! This is the first time I have seen so many kinds of flowers!" Various colors and flower shapes. Several maids held various flowers and gestured on their hands. This kind is beautiful, and that kind is also beautiful. They can't put it down.
"Madam, if we pick them like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to see the beautiful flowers in full bloom if we go out to play in a few days."
Huo Xi smiled as she rummaged through the flowers, looked at the flowers in the basket, and said, "These are just wild flowers without an owner. There are owner's flowers in the garden, but no one dares to pick them."
"That's a bit of a pity." Dongxue sighed.
"Why is it such a pity? We can't even eat. Wouldn't it be nice to pick some flowers and exchange money for supplements? Besides, if you don't pick them, they will fall to the ground and be crushed into dirt."
"Oh, why are you so disappointed! How come you were crushed into mud!"
"If it falls to the ground and is stepped on, it will turn into mud."
"You still said that!" Dongxue pretended to fight, and several girls got into a fight.
Huo Xi smiled and ignored them. She only asked the waiters at the flower shop to carry the flowers in the baskets in. Then she followed them to the flower shop to take a look.
"Madam, be careful of soiling your clothes." The steward trotted over in a hurry.
"It's okay. How is the cleaning going? Are the boys and girls good at their jobs?" Huo Xi asked, looking at the boys and girls who were concentrating on cleaning the petals without raising their heads.
The manager nodded repeatedly, "Well done, well done. Even though they are young, they are serious about their work. They are light-handed and obedient. They clean them very cleanly and carefully. The petals are rarely damaged."
"That's good."
After watching for a while, I saw that the work was done carefully and without much interruption, so I turned to look at the stall.
The shelves in the yard are already filled with dustpans, and flower petals of various colors are spread out to dry.
"Are there enough dustpans? If there are not enough, you should report it to the outside manager in time and purchase it earlier. Don't purchase it when it is needed, which will delay the work time."
"Yes. Don't worry, boss, it's enough for now. If it's not enough, I will ask the purchasing manager."
"That's good. You can mention these bamboo dustpans, baskets and the like to the workers in the workshop. If someone in their family knows how to weave, buying them from them will also be a help."
"Yes. My boss is kind, I'll take note of it."
"Is the sauce master already preparing it?" "Yes, he has been preparing it early in the morning."
Qiu Shuang and others followed behind and whispered, "I've only eaten fungus sauce. I haven't tried this flower sauce. I wonder if it tastes good?"
"What if it doesn't taste good and can't be sold? Madam just wants to help everyone, what if we lose money?"
"Bah, bah, bah, how could Madam lose money!" Vanilla scolded.
"Madam can make money in whatever she does, I believe in madam. Madam's money does not come from strong winds. If it is not easy to sell, how can madam open a workshop!"
Isn't it good to save some money for Xiao Yu'er to start a family? Why lose money to support others?
Huo Xi looked back at Vanilla and said with a smile: "I can make money no matter what I do. But don't worry, this fungus sauce and flower sauce will be delicious and easy to sell."
The girls were very happy when they heard this, but they were worried: "But these things have not been stored for a long time, and I'm afraid they won't be transported very far." It was a pity.
"It's okay. These flower petals can't only be used to make flower jam and flower cakes. We will then make all kinds of fragrant pastries, which can be sold all over the world."
"That's great!" Everyone was very happy and followed Huo Xi to check various workshops.
Xiduo secretly saw the Crown Prince's wife coming over and didn't dare to raise her head, focusing more on the work in hand. However, she also vaguely heard that the lady in her hand said that the flowers in her hand could make many things and make money.
It's great that if the Crown Prince's wife can make money, she will always have work, and she will always have work to do and receive wages.
Very happy.
When the meal was served at noon, I saw that there was not only white rice, but also vegetables, soup and meat. I was so excited that I almost cried.
How long had it been since she had eaten meat? Since her father and uncle left, the family could no longer eat meat. Her younger brother was sick, and grandma didn’t even buy meat to eat.
Xiduo licked her lips and swallowed.
She didn't rush to line up like others and eat and drink as much as she could after getting her meal. Instead, she looked left and right and saw that there were still steamed buns. She told the waiter who served the meal that she didn't want any rice and ordered two that were bigger than her palm.
Steamed bun.
He looked left and right again and saw that no one was watching. He quickly stuffed a steamed bun into his arms. He only picked up one and carefully tore off a piece and put it in his mouth.
So soft and delicious! And sweet!
Xiduo broke off half of it and stuffed it into her arms. She wanted to take such a delicious steamed bun back to her grandma and her brother. Looking at the meat on the plate, it was oily and very greedy. Xiduo worked hard on it.
Swallow.
No, you can't eat it. There are still two dishes and soup on the plate. This meat must be taken back to Grandma and my brother.
While she was looking for something to put the meat in, she saw the steward walking towards her, and she was so frightened that half of the bun fell to the ground.