The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Chapter 141 Imitation

Apart from Mrs. Zhang's family, Chen Cui is the person who most hopes that she will be safe, because she is now her biggest supporter and financial source.

If something happens to Mrs. Zhang, the canned food business will be difficult to maintain, and the subsequent operation of the chili peppers will also be wasted. It will not be easy to find a partner like Mrs. Zhang who has a conscience and vision!

Therefore, Chen Cui hoped that she could give birth to a healthy child, maintain a stable relationship with the county magistrate, and maintain her status and position, which would be in her best interest.

Don't blame her for being vulgar and powerful, this is just the way the world is!

In fact, the most fundamental way is to let your own family members achieve fame and honor, which is more secure.

It’s a pity that several children started school too late. Although they have some talent, they have only a short time to study. If they want to pass the imperial examinations, they still have a long way to go.

Since early April, the canning workshop has started operating again. This year, not only will the production be expanded, but another workshop will also be set up in Mrs. Zhang's hometown in Shuzhong, mainly to produce canned lychees, and of course, other fruits will be made as well.

Shopkeeper Zhang bought a new group of staff, who were also relatively cost-effective and hard-working, and handed them over to Chen Cui for training.

Chen Cui did not teach in person, but asked the more experienced elderly people to act as teachers, and she just supervised from the side.

The process was not very complicated, and with fruits given to them for continuous practice, they soon trained a group of skilled workers.

Some people were taken to Shuzhong to work in new workshops, and some were placed in workshops in Yinping County to work under the guidance of the elderly.

Amidst this busyness, the wheat harvest season arrived.

There was no such thing as a "busy farming season holiday" in the school in the county town, and the students went to school as usual. Chen Cui brought the Mai mother and daughter and Sui Sui to the farm to supervise the wheat harvest.

The ears of wheat in the field turned bright yellow and drooped their heads, looking particularly dazzling under the scorching sun.

Although there were more than a dozen laborers on the farm, Chen Cui still hired five temporary workers to save time and improve efficiency, striving to harvest all the wheat and transport it to the field in the shortest time possible.

She bought two cows for the farm, and they came in handy at this time, pulling the cart carrying wheat and the stone roller for grinding wheat, which greatly saved manpower.

After paying taxes on the wheat and storing it in the granary, they transplanted the peppers that had been growing for two months into the fields, planting a total of 20 acres. The rest of the land was planted with soybeans as in previous years.

Chen Cui's family didn't have to worry about the five acres of land in Liujiaping. Liu Youcai's family had long said that they would help her harvest the land, and they even helped pay the taxes. The remaining harvest would be left there, waiting for Chen Cui to harvest it when she was free.

Liu Youcai did this simply to thank Chen Cui for her support in the corn business and for letting him show up in front of the imperial envoy. This would bring honor to his descendants, so no amount of gratitude would be excessive.

At this time, in Chenjiagou, Chen Shangen's family had finally completed the wheat harvest, paid taxes, planted beans, and began the formal separation.

Sitting in the main hall to participate in the division of the property were the Chen family's old couple, three sons, and daughters-in-law; none of the grandchildren were present.

In fact, each family’s house had been built long ago, even the old house had been rebuilt. There were three brick houses in total, which was unique in the village.

I have three sons, each with a house and a yard, nothing much to say. Each family is given fifty taels of silver, which is considered as funding for their future living.

The second and third brothers' families took away 800 kilograms of food, which was enough for them to eat. There were more than 1,000 kilograms left in the house, which was the food for the eldest brother and their couple.

As for how they live their future days, it depends on themselves.

"I still have some money, but it's very useful. I'll share it with you when I have to close my eyes. This is all I can share with you now. Don't be ungrateful. You are already many times better off than others!"

When the family property in the village was divided, each son with better conditions could get ten or eight taels of silver, while some did not even get that much.

Now their parents have built a house for them, and each family has fifty taels of silver, which is the best condition.

In fact, they had anticipated the separation as early as when they started building the house, knowing that it was a matter of time.

It is an established rule that the elderly live with the eldest son. Unless the eldest son is too incompetent or unfilial, there is no other choice.

The second and third sons had no objection to this. As for the old man leaving some money in his hands, they had nothing to say. Just like their father said, they were already much better off than others, so they should be content!

Compared to how much money they get, they are more concerned about something else.

"Dad, how are we going to make charcoal this year?" Chen Dahe couldn't hold back his anger and asked first.

In fact, this is also what the eldest and the second oldest are concerned about, and they also looked at Chen Shangen with sharp eyes.

"When the time comes, each family will provide people to work, and your mother and I will distribute the work. The money from the sales will be kept with me first. After deducting the 30% that will be given to Cui, the rest will be divided into four parts. Your mother and I will get one part, and each of the three families will get one part. What do you think?"

Chen Shangen had already thought about this, so he calmly told him the plan he had thought of a long time ago.

The three brothers looked at each other and nodded: "Okay, let's do as Dad says!"

As long as there is sustainable income, the money from the family division is nothing compared to the money from selling charcoal.

Since the family was divided, the second and third wives moved out one after another. Who doesn't want to live in a good house and be the master of their own house?

Especially the daughters-in-law who have married into the family have long been looking forward to living a simple life with their husbands and children without having to be under the scrutiny of others. They even have to be cautious about eating one more egg, for fear of misunderstanding and suspicion.

Chen Cui knew that her parents' family had split up, and that her parents were probably unhappy, so she wanted to bring them to live in the city for a while.

It just so happened that the original house was going to be demolished and the yard renovated, and the house would be messy for a while, so Chen Dahai simply sent his parents to his sister's house.

When Zhang saw the toilet and bathroom renovated by Chen Cui, she said that she was being too picky and making a mess.

But within two days, she realized the advantages of these two things, and even began to consider asking Chen Dahai to make the same changes in the new house in the old house.

Because Chen Dahai's two sons are married, and with the new daughter-in-law, there are many men and women in the family, and going to the toilet and taking a bath are bothersome. She thinks that Cuicui's family is not bad.

Although Chen Shangen didn't say anything, he obviously agreed in his heart.

When Chen Dahai cleaned up the house and came to pick them up, Zhang took him to look around the toilet and bathroom several times. Chen Cui also answered some key questions and said that if it didn't work, she would introduce him to the master who did the work.

Chen Dahai squatted down and looked at it for a while. When he stood up again, he said that he could do it himself. He didn't need to hire anyone. He just needed to buy some materials. He and his two sons could do it.

Later, after Chen Dahai renovated his own house, the same toilet and bathroom appeared in Chen Dajiang and Chen Dahe's homes.

All we can say is that good designs have common characteristics that can attract more people's attention and lead to more people imitating them.