Chapter 54 – Handicraft Goods
Boss Gu sent a consignment ship to transport a batch of mountain products purchased from the countryside to the grocery store- there were mushrooms, fungus, sour fruits, mountain fruits……
There are too many mountain products, and it was too messy- after being transported, they are not as fresh as when they were just picked so all the mountain products are transported to the cellar. Mountain goods should be dealt with as soon as possible and with this batch of mountain goods, permanent workers must be hired, and temporary workers cannot be hired like when they dealt with seafood.
Wei Cheng waved his hand- they must recruit!
Yun Chengfeng looked at the running accounts of the sauce workshop for more than a month, and the manager reported the goods ordered by the merchants and the rich and powerful. He wrote a letter asking for manpower!
In fact, there are quite a few members of the Yun family’s forces in the county but they were all transferred to make sugar for him.
There are simply not enough people.
“Master, how will you sell the first sugar made by the sugar workshop?”
Thinking of the soft white sugar, Steward Quan looked quite happy.
If this batch of white sugar is sold, it will definitely cause a sensation.
Yun Chengfeng pondered and said, “Find a suitable gift box, and send it to all the big families, including those in Fucheng.”
This kind of publicity was something he had learned from when he promoted the selling of sauces.
After all, it is not easy to sell directly to the market as it will backfire with all the competition. It is better to promote to their inner circles first, and the price can be increased later when it is for sale. He will only have to wait for his big brother to officially sell it.
Steward Quan also agreed with his young master’s arrangement.
His young master has been in the county for a few months, and he has grown a lot.
Yan Yi got an order from his young master to find Wei Cheng at Wei Ji’s grocery store. The sauce workshop is going to expand and he must arrange the recruiting of more people!
Wei Cheng: “……”
It has nothing to do with him, the contract clearly stipulates that he is only paid dividends and is not responsible for the work of the sauce workshop. Wei Cheng looked at the pile of work in his hands, manpower was a huge problem, and he had a headache just thinking about it.
Yan Yi suppressed a smile, “My young master said that if there is no one in hand, the supply of low-grade sauces will be temporarily suspended as the volume of high-grade sauces ordered in the inner county is too large. The young master must supply the inner county first si if Master Wei wants sauces then you’ll have to hire someone.”
“….”
The sales of sauces on his side are gradually increasing, and he has also negotiated to supply several restaurants, so how can they run out of stock.
Wei Cheng sent Yan Yi away.
Zhou Yuan, who was watching from the side, said, “Husband, didn’t you keep a list of qualified people when recruiting workers last time? Wouldn’t it be good to arrange the people on the list into the sauce workshop?”
Why was his husband frowning? It was because there were not enough manpower, but he remembered that there was a list somewhere.
Wei Cheng smiled at his wife, “At first, I thought about letting the people on that roster come to our workshop so I won’t need to recruit people myself. The young master can’t do this when he comes to ask for people so the people on the roster can only be transferred to the sauce workshop but we still need our own people, recruitment will take be in a few days.”
They’ll be posting announcements, waiting for people to apply for the job, screening…
Zhou Yuan knew that their workshop was looking for staff because Boss Gu sent the batch of mountain goods, and said, “It doesn’t need a few days, we can just go to the village to recruit people, and it will be very easy to recruit people.”
After being reminded by his wife, Wei Cheng realized what he had overlooked.
In the past, recruiting meant posting news and waiting for people to apply for the job.
He forgot that the most important thing in the countryside is manpower. When recruiting in the countryside, they can go directly to the village head. The village head knows who is good and who is not so he is not afraid of recruiting lazy people.
He’ll make Wei Lei take a trip to the village, so as not to delay the start of work tomorrow, Wei Cheng said, “We still need to post a notice that we are recruiting girls and gers, and post the notice directly to several nearby villages.”
“Recruiting women and gers?!” Zhou Yuan’s eyes widened, and then he asked pleasantly, “Husband, are you really recruiting women and gers?”
“Are you very happy?” Wei Cheng smiled and said, “For the recruitmen of women and gers, this task will be handed over to you Yuan Yuan.”
Zhou Yuan happily accepted the task.
The situations of women and gers, as a ger himself, he can best understand their difficulty.
If they could all have a job, wouldn’t it be great…
It was easy for Wei Lei to recruit workers. When he returned to the village, he went directly to the village head and when the village head heard that Wei Lei wanted to recruit people from the village, how could he disagree? He was so happy that he hurried to call people. The lucky ones who were called was very excited. They have a job that means that they can make money to support their families.
After Wei Lei left, the village chief waved at him happily, “Lei-zi, next time Cheng-zi needs any manpower, he must recruit the villagers first.”
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“Recruiting men is better than recruiting gers and a girls. What can they do?!” A man who has no work and cannot find a job yelled at the recruitment notice.
“It’s a good thing that the gers and sisters in the family can make money.”
Recruiting gers and women requires skillful work and neat work. People who have gers and women are happy and thirty wen a day is comparable to a man’s day of hard work. They hurried home and let the gers and daughters at home go to apply.
“It might be a lie.” A dubious villager said.
In poor areas outside the county.
Standing far away, their whole body is patched, their hair is like a dry branch, and the thin woman stood there for a long time, trembling with emaciation.
A woman, holding a vegetable basket, hurried into the nearly collapsed occupied house.
The woman was panting and said to the other ragged woman, “The Wei Family Grocery Store in the suburbs is recruiting women and gers into their workshop, 30 wen a day, and they will recruit workers tomorrow afternoon. I came back specially to tell you so that you must try it tomorrow. ”
“….”
“Ma’am, is this… is it true…” The woman trembled with excitement, but seeing herself in tattered clothes again, her eyes became dim, “Ma’am… I am like this… .. who will recruit me…”
The aunt smiled and said, “This aunt of yours has old clothes at home, and you can borrow them when you apply for the job tomorrow.”
“Thank you aunt, thank you aunt—”
They are all poor people with children.
After the aunt notified the woman, she hurried home and told her husband that she should go apply as well tomorrow.
………
Those who went to the countryside to post the information returned with thousands of duck eggs.
“It’s strange that you are recruiting gers and women into the workshop, and you even brought back several baskets of duck eggs.”
Yun Chengfeng, who had nothing to do, ran to the grocery store again, because he knew the news and came to join in the fun.
“What’s so special about this duck egg? Are you gonna make fried duck eggs? Boiled duck eggs? Is there gonna be a duck egg feast?”
Wei Cheng glanced at him, “You’re really free.”
Zhou Yuan asked Xiao Liu to bring tea in, and Xiao Liu went back after pouring the tea.
Sitting next to Wei Cheng, Zhou Yuan saw that his husband didn’t want to answer Yun Chengfeng, so with a smile in his eyes, he answered “Duck eggs are gonna be made into salted eggs, and salted eggs are used to make moon cakes for sale.”
Although he,himself, didn’t know what salted eggs were.
“Moon cakes…” Yun Chengfeng lacked interest. He eats moon cakes every year, but he is really not interested in such a pastry. “The moon cakes are still fresh and delicious when served with tea.”
Xian Manju pastry tastes better than the century-old pastry shop in the county. There are many people who order pastries from Xian Manju every day, and the servant Qiaoxi is in charge of it.
Wei Cheng said, “You don’t have to eat it.”
As long as he didn’t regret it.
“I just…” Yun Chengfeng narrowed his eyes. Wei Cheng’s pastries are delicious, and the mooncakes shouldn’t be much different. “Mooncakes are the occasional cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival. How can I not eat them. I’ll try them once you’ve already made them.”
He expected that it would be delicious.
“For this year’s Mid-Autumn festival, I will be ordering a hundred boxes from your Xian Manju.”
“You can order hundreds of boxes but I may not necessarily take your order.” Wei Cheng said.
“Shouldn’t you be happy?” Yun Chengfeng said, dissatisfied, “I’m giving you money, and you’re pushing the business aside.”
“I don’t have enough ingredients, how will I ship them to you?” Wei Cheng saw that his wife’s teacup was out of tea, and Zhou Yuan was about to pour some more but Wei Cheng poured it for his wife first, and then he refilled Yun Chengyun’s tea as well. Zhou Yuan smiled at him sweetly.
Yun Chengfeng: “…”
This couple was really too much- every time he came to Wei Cheng’s, it would be fine if Wei Cheng was alone, and the two of them could still chat about things. If Wei Cheng and his husband were around, he would have to be left to dry out from time to time when he came to discuss things with Wei Cheng.
“Are you finished talking, it’s just a small moon cake, how are there still ingredients missing?”
After Wei Cheng poured himself some tea, he said, “Duck eggs.”
Duck eggs?!
Yun Chengfeng was stunned for a few seconds, and said, “All those duck eggs you bought are for making mooncakes!”
“Right!”
“There are more than 1,000 duck eggs collected, I expected 5,000 so the quantity is not enough. Several nearby villages have collected duck eggs but if I go to remote places to collect duck eggs, it will be troublesome to transport them on the road. There are more than 1,000 duck eggs, and hundreds of them are used as gifts and the others, for publicity.” Wei Cheng paused, and continued, “Mooncakes without salted eggs will taste bad, and they can also be sold in batches.”
Salted eggs for mooncakes? It would taste bad without salted eggs? Yun Chengfeng is not so optimistic.
“Then don’t use duck eggs. I’ll order two hundred boxes.” He still has confidence in Xian Manju pastries.
Wei Cheng glanced at him, “If you have eaten mooncakes made of salted eggs, you wouldn’t say that.” At least in the absence of ingredients, egg yolk mooncakes taste the best among all mooncakes.
Yun Chengfeng said, “Isn’t it just duck eggs, I will send you supply from Fucheng by water in two days.”
Wei Cheng had a smile in his eyes.
Zhou Yuan felt that his husband’s eyes looked like a fox while Wei Cheng winked at his wife.
“The duck egg problem is settled.” Yun Chengfeng asked, “Your workshop recruits gers and women to work? What kind of business do you want to do that you have to recruit gers and women?”
Wei Cheng just smiled and said nothing, Zhou Yuan beckoned Xiao Liu to come in, and told her to bring in the finished product that his husband made this morning, and he also brought over the handmade goods he saw just now to show Yun Chengfeng.
Yun Chengfeng looked suspiciously at this couple as he didn’t know what they were trying to do.
After a while, Xiao Liu carried a tray with a few things on it, followed by Wei Shi, also holding a few things.
The two came in and bowed, before putting the tray on the table.
When Yun Chengfeng saw the things on the table, his eyes widened.
“This, this is a glass cup—!!”
It was a lantern style transparent lamp.
The other things were ignored by Yun Chengfeng.
“No.” The glazed lamps was not made of glass or crystal. If he knew how to make glass, he would have given the craftsmanship to Yun Chengfeng since glass has so many uses. “It’s Resin glass.”
“Resin glass?!”
Wei Cheng signaled Yun Chengfeng to lift the lamp, and Yun Chengyun lifted it up, huh? It was so light!
Wei Cheng explained, “Resin glass can be used to make resin products, this is a temporary name I gave it so I can’t explain it. Anyway, things made of resin are transparent.” Pointing to the cylindrical shape things and the square-shaped thing, he said, “This is a candle, this is handmade soap, and it is an improved version of it. They are all new products from my workshop.”
“It takes patience and dexterity to make candles and soap.” Wei Cheng said, “If I don’t find a ger and a woman to work then should I seek a man with thick hands and thick feet?”
After Wei Cheng finished speaking, he looked at Yun Chengfeng who was still staring at the things on the table then he drove the person away. Yun Chengfeng left without hesitation since Wei Cheng gave him things, and asked him to go back and light lamps and candles at night, and use the handmade soap when washing his clothes or washing his hands and taking a bath, and then come back to him after trying.
These things cannot be explained, and the effect after use is the most direct explanation.
“Yuan Yuan, let’s go home for dinner.”
Zhou Yuan stood still, “Husband, are you going to drive away the young master like this, without offering him dinner?”
“He won’t mind.”
No matter who they were, he liked eating his meals alone with his husbad the most.
Wei Cheng took his wife’s hand and wanted to go home, Zhou Yuan immediately said, “Husband, I forgot to take the soap and lamp.” He turned and wanted to back to the grocery store.
Wei Cheng held his hand tightly, “Xiao Liu and Wei Hu will take it home, let’s go back first.”
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Yun Chengfeng returned to his mansion.
Returning to the east courtyard in a hurry, Steward Quan followed behind and looked at his young master in a hurry, thinking that something big had happened, and asked Yan Yi who was walking behind holding a box but Yan Yi didn’t know what to say.
When Yun Chengfeng came back, he asked his servants to cover the doors and windows of the house with a black cloth, put the things on the table, and carefully took them out.
Steward Quan was very surprised when he saw the lamp. He had seen glass ornaments, and his young master had a few of them in his house, but he was just surprised by the shape of the lamp.
The windows were blocked with black cloth, and the room was dark, but once the lamps and candles were lit, and the room was bright in an instant.
The three people’s eyes widened.
Ordinary oil lamps and candles are lit with yellow flames, and the room needs to have one at every corner of the room in order for the room to become bright enough and even then, it would only be a dim yellow light.
The lamp in front of them is transparent, the flame of the candle is bright, the candle has a faint fragrance, not the smell of candle wax, the room is no longer filled with a dim yellow light, but a bright flame that is several times brighter than yellow light.
“This, this thing is really strange! Is it a new gadget from overseas?” Steward Quan stared at it curiously.
Yun Chengfeng asked Yan Yi to call his servants to remove the black cloth from the windows and doors of the house and the servants did it hurryingly.
Yun Chengfeng said, “This is a new product made by Wei Cheng’s family.”
Steward Quan’s eyes widened.
“This Wei Cheng’s skills are really extraordinary.” Yun Chengfeng pondered, his eyes sharp, “Where do you think he got his skills?”
“This……”
Yan Yi and Steward Quan respectfully remained silent.
The atmosphere became quiet.
After a long time, Yun Chengfeng restrained his sharp expression, and said lightly, “A person should have had an adventure before he can be capable. Wei Cheng should be this kind of person. No wonder he was anxious to cooperate with Tai Fu Luo at the beginning. Without a strong backing, such an ability cannot survive.”
“The young master is right.”
The two responded respectfully.
“Wei Cheng didn’t say anything and our investigation is limited. We are partners, and now we are friends, so we won’t be rivals.” Yun Chengfeng figured it out, “I will talk to Wei Cheng tomorrow but now your young master is hungry.”
“I’ll order the servants to serve the food.”
No matter how much Yun Chengfeng guessed, he would never guess that the Wei Cheng now was not the original Wei Cheng. He would think that Wei Cheng has strange things, but they may be recorded in the books and anecdotes of their great kingdom, or they are some things mentioned in the wild stories of the countryside.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to figure out the changes that occurred within Wei Cheng.
This is what Yun Chengfeng can think of.
If Yun Chengfeng wanted to ask, Wei Cheng would say the same answers as what he thought off.
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The Wei family house in the suburbs is brighter than usual.
There are new candles in the house.
The servants of the Wei family were amazed by them.
The master bedroom was brightly lit.
Zhou Yuan was in his innerwear, sitting on the couch, staring intently at the lamp on the coffee table next to the couch, looking at it in surprise and without taking his eyes off it.
The bedroom is connected to the bathroom, and Wei Cheng came out covered in water droplets. When he saw his wife who was still staring at the lamp without moving his eyes, Wei Cheng walked up to him and sat down. He leaned his head on the neck of the wife and took in the good smell, before saying softly, “You’re still watching it, it’s time to rest”. His hands moving to cover the light of the lamp.
Zhou Yuan stared at the lamp with bright eyes, and replied, “Husband, this thing is really beautiful and bright.” He didn’t notice Wei Cheng’s movements.
When he thought of something, Zhou Yuan asked, “Husband, why were you so happy today? You were smiling like a fox.”
Like a fox? ! Wei Cheng raised his eyebrows.
“It’s not that difficult to buy duck eggs. I deliberately said that I can’t buy them so that if the young master wants to order mooncakes, he will definitely help in buying duck eggs. With his help, we will save money, people and effort.” They were saving themselves some trouble. “He asked me to help recruit people so it was reasonable for him to provide duck eggs.”
“…”
“Okay, it’s time to go to bed!”
Zhou Yuan let out an exclamation as his husband’s strong arms wrapped around his waist to pick him up, and his slender arms automatically wrapped around Wei Cheng’s neck.
Wei Cheng put him lightly on the bed, propped his arms on his side, and burst into a chuckle, that smile came with a scorching breath, deep and sexy.
Zhou Yuan took a look, met Wei Cheng’s scorching gaze, and his fair face became hot.
He knew what was going to happen next.
His small expression was still struggling, “Ah, husband, tomorrow, we will be busy…”
“Yuan Yuan, we will only recruit workers in the afternoon, and your husband guarantees that you can get up before lunch.”
If he dares to call his husband a fox, he must train him well.
“No, um….”
Practicing their harmony is next!
Thank You for the new chapter (´∩｡• ᵕ •｡∩`) ♡
Well he can be fox like
Thanks for the chapter!
The Yun family got their sugar, and Wei Cheng is doing too much, so I’m feeling like the danger increased a little?
Thanks for the chapter! Not just an ordinary fox, you can see all those tails behind him and he keeps adding to them!
I wanna see a cute baby 🥰🥰🥰