Chapter 206: A big commotion
After sending her father-in-law and mother-in-law away, Su Wenyue felt much more relaxed. Thinking that the town had been in turmoil due to the currency reform in the past few days, Feng Susu and her son could not be delayed any longer, Su Wenyue immediately asked Xiaoxi to take two guards to pick up Feng Susu and her son.
When Feng Susu and her son came, they did not look very good, and their clothes were a little messy. It turned out that due to the currency reform, there were more homeless people. Even the dilapidated temple where Feng Susu and her son lived was a good place to settle down. Many homeless people came to the dilapidated temple to settle down, which involved a matter of occupying territory. Feng Susu and her son looked relatively weak, so they would naturally be targeted. However, Feng Susu and her son were not the kind of weak people who were easily bullied, so they ended up confronting those who were trying to occupy territory.
When Xiaoxi and the others went over, Feng Susu fell to the ground in embarrassment, and Antai was determined to fight with a middle-aged man. Fortunately, they arrived in time, otherwise Antai would not only have a bruise on his face.
"That's really... Auntie, Antai, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere? How about I ask a doctor to come and see you?" Su Wenyue asked with concern, her eyes fell on Feng Susu and her son, who seemed to be fine.
"Don't worry, Yue Niang, there's no need to ask a doctor. We just had some skin injuries, it's not a big deal." Feng Susu waved her hand when she heard that Su Wenyue wanted to ask a doctor, fearing that she would cause more trouble for Su Wenyue
Su Wenyue saw Feng Susu like this, and didn't want to add to her psychological burden, so she didn't insist: "Okay, Xiaoxi, take Shen and Antai to their room first, and let Auntie and Antai clean up first."
Since then, Feng Susu and her son have lived in the Han family. Feng Susu is a person who keeps her word. Since she promised Su Wenyue to teach her the skill of pickling vegetables, she really put in the effort to teach. Shuqin is a person who is obsessed with cooking. She gets closer to Feng Susu every day. Su Wenyue herself is more knowledgeable about food than Shuqin, and she occasionally gives a few pointers, which helps Shuqin a lot.
"Madam, this year's harvest is still good. The vegetables and fruits we planted in the back field are growing well. We can't eat them all by ourselves, and it's a pity to leave them alone. I came to ask your opinion, do you want to sell some?" Nanny Chen helped Su Wenyue manage the kitchen and the vegetable field in the back, and suggested to Su Wenyue that the back field was not only planted with common vegetables here, but also some seedlings transplanted from the farm, which were new varieties introduced from foreign vassal states. If they were sold, they could be sold at a good price.
"No need. Some of them will be dried, and those that can't be dried will all be pickled. With so many people here, there's no need to worry about lack of work." Su Wenyue asked Feng Susu to live in the Han family. She really wanted to rely on Feng Susu's craftsmanship. Although Shuqin's craftsmanship was good, the pickled vegetables always lacked the taste. Even if she was good at cooking in her previous life, she couldn't figure out what was wrong. With Feng Susu's help, the pickled vegetables must taste very good. Not only can they be eaten at home, but they can also be given as gifts.
Don't say whether a few jars of pickled vegetables are presentable or not. That also depends on how to give them away. As long as the craftsmanship is good and the packaging is beautiful, it will be popular. In her previous life, before Concubine Li entered the palace, she opened many shops. One of the pickled vegetable shops was very famous in the upper circle, and a jar of pickled vegetables was sold at a "sky-high price".
Knowing the things in her previous life, Su Wenyue naturally knew that it was not worthwhile to sell the vegetables and exchange them for a bunch of devalued currencies. There had been more than one currency reform, and money was becoming less and less valuable. It would be better to make the excess vegetables into pickles or dried vegetables. Not to mention that the packaging looked very high-end and elegant, it was definitely presentable. For a long time in the future, food was the most precious thing. In general places, these gifts were more popular than gold and silver utensils.
Nanny Chen didn't know Su Wenyue's thoughts and didn't understand them. After all, no one could have imagined how difficult the future would be if they hadn't experienced it. It was good enough for ordinary people to have enough to eat.
"Madam, I'm afraid you can't finish all the pickles you make." Nanny Chen just thought that Madam was just on a whim and liked to eat, so she made so many.
"If you can't finish it, you can give it away. Don't worry, Nanny, I have my own reasons for doing things. Just do what I say." Su Wenyue said, and then she remembered that there were not so many jars at home to pickle pickles, so she asked Xiaoxi to go to the town to ask someone to bake a batch, and the pattern was drawn by Su Wenyue herself.
"It doesn't matter if the price is a little higher, you have to ask them to make the jar beautiful for me, just follow this design." Su Wenyue said, fearing that Xiaoxi would ignore the quality of the jar in order to save money for her, and she also made a few detailed requirements, making sure that the jar was made beautiful, exquisite and generous.
"I understand, Madam, don't worry, I will definitely do the job well." It was not the first time that Xiaoxi did things for Su Wenyue, and she was very experienced. Su Wenyue was relieved to let Xiaoxi do it.
However, Xiaoxi went there with the silver, but the matter was not completely done. The kiln factory owner said that he could make the jar according to their requirements, but he would not accept silver as the deposit, but only grain. After the currency reform, the currency became less and less valuable, and the real grain was more real, and it was safe to keep it, and it would not depreciate suddenly.
Nowadays, grain is precious in every household. If Xiaoxi had made the decision on her own in the past, she came back today to ask Su Wenyue's opinion, and then sent some grain as a deposit. After this batch of jars are made, she will hand over the goods and grain at the same time.
Su Wenyue had no worries about food. She knew what would happen in the future, so she prepared early on. She stored food in several granaries and spent all the money she had. In addition, the farm also harvested a large number of crops, so there was no need to buy them from outside. The Su family also stored a considerable amount of food. Because they had plenty of money, they spent much more than Su Wenyue.
"The same goes for the fruits and vegetables in the farm. Those that can be kept are put in the cellar. Those that cannot be kept for a long time can be made into dried vegetables or pickles, and they don't need to be sold outside." Su Wenyue ordered. Considering the convenience issue, the things here are similar, so Shuqin and Xiaoxi were specially sent to the farm to take charge of these things. It was enough to have Feng Susu at home. Su Wenyue didn't intend to let Feng Susu know too much about the things in the farm.
Han Yu has been busy these days because of the chaos caused by the currency reform. The military force in the yamen is not enough, and the military camp has to send troops to maintain public order. However, no matter how busy he is, he has not neglected his pregnant wife at home, knowing that his wife has been making a lot of noise these days.