A time-travelling peasant girl becomes a wealthy woman

Chapter 173 Natural Resins

Arriving at the Huang family cafeteria, Ling Yun and Fentian went back to the backyard on their own. Huang Bo and his wife didn't feel anything, but Yang Lijun and others who had seen some strange things were a little bit bothered.

Yang Lijun hesitated for a moment and decided to let her daughter handle it herself.

She is not a child who knows nothing.

"I won't come over at night. You guys should pack up and get some rest, especially Mu Mu."

"it is good."

Yang Lijun returned to the house and temporarily concealed the strange things around Huang Mulin. She only said that the problem had been resolved and Huang Xilin had recovered from his injuries and returned to college to study.

Yang Hui did not ask any further questions. The two chatted about some daily matters and then went back to their rooms to rest.

Two days later, Huang Mulin and Yang Lijun went to Xiushan Village, where the peppers planted by the Jiang siblings were ripe.

Huang Mulin gave them seeds of several different varieties of peppers, which he could say were exchanged with foreigners. It just so happened that she didn't plant these varieties last time.

She has selected the varieties, mainly because their planting time and temperature requirements are similar, so planting them together will not have much impact.

Chili pepper, screw pepper, bell pepper, green pepper.

It’s no wonder that when they grew four different kinds of peppers, the Jiang siblings were scared to death. They thought they had made a mistake in some step and caused the peppers to grow crooked.

Later, He Hui Niang, Huang Bo and Jiang Dayou all came to see it. After observing it for several days, they comforted the child and said that this might be a different variety. They should plant the peppers first and let Huang Mulin take a look later.

During that time, Huang Mulin was still in Beijing.

The Jiang siblings anxiously waited for Huang Mulin's inspection.

When Huang Mulin saw a large area of ​​red and green peppers that looked pleasing to the eye, she was so happy!

He rushed forward, looked at this and that, and laughed so hard that his eyes were nowhere to be seen.

When the Jiang siblings saw her like this, they felt relieved a little, it seemed that she was not a bad person.

"Cousin Yuzhen, cousin Zhiyuan, you are so amazing!"

I was able to grow the peppers so well on my first try. The clusters were so full that the stems were bent.

This is an introduced species. Before this, probably no one else except her had planted it on this land.

The Jiang siblings only relied on the descriptions and the notes she left behind. Although they also had the assistance of He Hui Niang and others, they were able to grow peppers. The siblings must have spent a lot of time researching and observing. They really have a natural talent for planting.

"It's not as great as you say~"

Jiang Yuzhen felt a little embarrassed. Jiang Zhiyuan smiled but said nothing, his ears slightly red.

“The peppers are growing well.”

Then, Huang Mulin introduced to them the characteristics of each type of pepper one by one. Although they were puzzled for a moment why Huang Mulin knew so much, they were quickly overwhelmed by the topic.

Yang Lijun found it hilarious. Whenever this little girl was particularly happy, she would forget to hide her incompetence.

Finally, Huang Mulin taught them how to separate the pepper flesh and pepper seeds. The pepper flesh can be used for cooking and making chili sauce, while the pepper seeds should be kept for replanting and further cultivation.

The maturity time of these varieties is dozens of days shorter than the chili peppers that Huang Mulin had previously grown, so there is still time to harvest another crop before the cold winter.

The workload of picking and peeling is huge, so Huang Mulin asked Huang Bo to find a few villagers who are willing to take the job, paying each of them 15 cents a day, excluding meals.

Not long after Huang Dachuan informed the villagers, a large group of people gathered at the door of his house, each of them wanting to take the job, which was really a headache and a source of pride.

Three people were selected from them. Because it was a trial planting, the Jiang siblings only planted three acres of land and did not dare to plant too much at once, so too many people were not needed.

It took five days to clean the chili flesh and put it in the jar sent by Huang Mulin, and the seeds were sown again. This time, the Jiang siblings planned to plant ten acres of land, and then continue to expand the planting when there are more seeds.

Huang Mulin and others agreed with the arrangement made by the Jiang siblings.

He is not greedy and always down-to-earth, which is very much like Jiang Dayou.

Fang Zheng drove the carriage back and forth several times to transport the chili meat back to the new house. Huang Mulin followed Huang Bo here every day and made chili sauce by the way, with the Lin sisters helping.

After she taught the Lin sisters how to make it, they no longer let Huang Mulin interfere and took over all the work.

They are domestic servants now and should know their duties.

The chili sauce was quickly made and placed in a corner of the new kitchen, reminding the guard to take good care of the chili sauce, as it was a very important condiment and was exclusively owned by him.

Both the guards and the Lin sisters said that they would keep a strict watch on the person and that even other servants were not allowed to touch him without permission.

Huang Mulin nodded with satisfaction. It was best to have this awareness.

That day, Mu Ziqi came to visit.

Brought a few pieces of yellow resin.

Huang Mulin took it from Mu Ziqi as soon as he saw it, not caring about politeness or etiquette, and turned it over and over with joy.

There has been no news from Mu Ziqi since it was mentioned last time, and Huang Mulin thought that the thing was lost.

"Aunt Mu, how much of this thing is left?"

Huang Mulin asked anxiously.

"I received a letter from home saying that we didn't find many lumps of it, but we have found trees that can produce something like resin, and the number is quite large."

Huang Mulin was so happy that he almost spun in circles.

Seeing her like this, Mu Ziqi felt relieved.

"Mother, is there any news about the people who went to look for resin and rubber?"

Yang Lijun thought back to the letters she had received recently and replied, "I got the news earlier. I wrote to them and asked them to go to Qingyu County to search together. There has been no other news yet."

"You found the stuff first." Yang Lijun looked at Mu Ziqi, "Let's talk about how to cooperate first. I will find someone to handle the transportation."

The last time Mu Ziqi wrote to her family, she asked her father, the head of the Mu family, to consider how to cooperate if he found the items. It would be best if he had a few plans and sent them to her together with the items.

She also made it clear in the letter that the Huang family, with whom she was working, were relatively generous and friendly people who would not deliberately lower the price or do anything bad.

Because her husband's family, the Tang family and the Huang family have had in-depth cooperation, she believes in the character of the Huang family.

The head of the Mu family paid people to find and collect the materials, roughly estimated the cost, and drafted three plans.

First, the Mu family was responsible for collecting the resin, and the Huang family purchased it at ten taels of silver per pound. The Huang family was responsible for the transportation of the collected resin.

Secondly, the Mu family was responsible for collecting and transporting the resin, and the Huang family purchased it at 15 taels of silver per catty.

Third, the Mu family and the Huang family will each send some manpower to collect resin together, but the Huang family needs to give the Mu family 500 taels of silver as a reward for the hard work of collecting intelligence in the early stage. The Huang family will purchase it at 10 taels of silver per catty, and the transportation of the collected resin will be borne by the Huang family.

Without hesitation, Huang Mulin and Yang Lijun both chose the first option, as having their own people to transport the goods would better ensure safety on the road.