After the matter of hiring a permanent worker was settled, Tian Minyan went to find Deng Fugui. When Deng Fugui heard about Tian Minyan's plan, he readily agreed. He also asked her about her request and the salary, and said that she would pay her in two days.
She news.
After saying goodbye to Deng Fugui, Tian Minyan went to Wenxiangju again. Shopkeeper Qin personally picked her up and talked about her purchase of land to open up wasteland within a few words.
"Now you are living a good life. The news about your Tian family's land reclamation has spread to the town next door. If it weren't for the fact that we can't get away, I really want to join in the fun." Qin Haitang smiled while holding a cup of tea.
Said: "Cai'er heard that the new magistrate also came to see your land?"
"Yes, I'm also surprised. People often do this kind of land reclamation. I don't know how he got interested in it." Tian Minyan shrugged.
"When a new official takes office, he always has to walk around and learn about people's livelihood. To be a good official is not just to sit in the county office. Only by seeing more, doing more, thinking more and listening more can he become a good official.
A good official loved by the people." Qin Haitang said with a faint smile.
Tian Minyan deeply believed that even the president of the country had to understand people's livelihood everywhere, let alone a small county magistrate. Of course, Wen Shanchu is indeed an excellent official. Some officials only show off their official airs, how can they give it to you?
Go see a place and learn about people's livelihood, and don't try your best to cover up bad civil affairs.
"It's already June, you should be very busy next time, right?" Qin Haitang looked at her again.
"Well, summer is about to begin. The rice has already eared, and the new land needs to be fertilized and so on. I won't have so much time to come here to drink tea and chat with you in the future." Tian Minyan nodded and said, "Today
I came here specifically to tell you that the cakes here will continue to be supplied, and my elder brother and younger brother will deliver them to your store when they go to school in town."
"Are you too busy to come here?" Qin Haitang said: "If it's too hard, don't do it. The same goes for sending it from Lianxiang Tower."
"It's okay for now. If I get too busy, I'll let you know. Shopkeeper Qin, please don't ask for it from Lianxiang Tower. I just opened a farm and have to hire long-term workers and buy new seeds. That's a lot."
As for the money, my wallet is very poor." Tian Minyan pretended to be distressed.
Qin Haitang chuckled, stretched out his hand to pinch her cheek, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Oh, you are crying to me about poverty. The second girl from the Tian family sold a prescription for 500 taels of silver. Now you are crying to me about poverty.
Okay? Come on, I will settle the small amount of money for you right now. Peace, bring me the money bag I prepared today."
"Shopkeeper Qin." Tian Minyan became anxious when she heard this. She took her arm and said, "Aren't you trying to shame me? I'm wrong, why don't you shame me?"
Zhang Ping'an brought over a purse embroidered with crabapple flowers. Qin Haitang took it and threw it into Tian Minyan's arms, pretending to be angry: "Don't give me poverty, take it and see if you cry about poverty again."
"My good sister, please spare me." Tian Minyan was so anxious that she almost cried.
Qin Haitang saw that her eyes were so anxious that she couldn't help but laugh, and said: "You are also stupid, you can't tell whether it is a joke or not."
"ah?"
"It's a lie to be angry with you, but it's also true that I gave you this purse. This cake has been on consignment for more than a month. This is 80% of what you deserve. I should have paid it to you a long time ago. I just saw that you were too busy to see anyone."
Tian Minyan groaned, opened the money bag and saw two ten-tael ingots inside. She couldn't help but be startled: "This?"
"Why, too little?"
"No, no, shopkeeper Qin, are there so many?" Tian Minyan waved her hands quickly.
"Thanks to you, this cake sells well. We sell it here for twenty cents each. In the long run, it will be enough." Qin Haitang smiled and teased: "Now don't cry about being poor again."
Tian Minyan glanced angrily and said how could anyone else.
After chatting, Tian Minyan took out the preserved eggs and gave them to her to eat freshly. Qin Haitang saw the novelty and asked someone to peel them and eat them in front of the audience. Hearing that it was her new business, she couldn't help but say: "You
How does this girl's brain work? How can she think of so many weird things?"
Tian Minyan smiled and stretched her head: "You can open it and have a look. I want to know too." Qin Haitang burst out laughing.
After bidding farewell to Qin Haitang, Tian Minyan went to Liu's house again, but she didn't go in. She only brought half a basket of preserved eggs to her mother-in-law, saying they were her own new delicacies. She also told a few ways to eat them, and then returned to Yangmei.
village.
As soon as she entered the house, she saw a table and a kang of various gifts set up in the west wing. If she hadn't looked at the New Year pictures on the wall or the fat baby, Tian Minyan would have almost thought she had gone astray.
"Mom, what's going on?"
"Nanny, it will be nice if you come back." Luo stood up from the kang, spread his hands and said, "These are all gifts given to us yesterday by those squire and rich people who said they were nagging our family."
Tian Minyan walked to the table, weighed it up, and saw that there were exquisite pastries, candies, and even cakes given to them. However, the cakes were packed in exquisite carved boxes, which made them a whole grade higher.
In addition to these food items, there were also gifts of cloth, including silk and satin, as well as various tonics, bird's nests, fish maw, etc. It was quite a generous gift.
"What should we do, nanny, should we go back?" Luo was very distressed.
"Mom, you can't go back on this. They say they are giving us compensation, but actually they are trying to get close to us in a different way when the magistrate comes to our house and we get along well with the magistrate."
"Ah?" Luo Shi was stunned and immediately said anxiously: "That's even more unacceptable. We have nothing to do with the magistrate. It would be terrible if someone asks for it on our head."
"Mom, even if we don't have the title of county magistrate, don't we still have an uncle? Although he is also a ninth-grade official, he is better than the nouveau riche like them. How can we not flatter him?" Tian Minyan sneered and said: "
Let’s accept this gift and register it. If it’s a good gift, it’s okay for us to move around. If it’s a bad character, just treat it as compensation for nagging our family and don’t take it to heart.”
Tian Minyan knew very well that after yesterday, if there was a plan, he would come to get close to him. The idea of those people is that no matter what happens in the future, they should use some small favors to start the first step, and if the future is good, they will start moving. If their Tian family cannot live well,
Okay, then these gifts should be thrown into the sea. Anyway, they have a lot of money and don't care about the little money.
It's a pity that Tian Minyan is not the kind of person who has short-sighted eyes, let alone being attracted by these gifts. Anyone who wants to get close to her has to have her nod. All kinds of people come to get close to each other, and she doesn't want them.
The family will have a bit of a bad reputation in the future.
