allonlinenovel Chapter 198 Transplanting Peppers
Chapter 198 Transplanting Peppers
Liang Jingcheng was very surprised and looked at Ye Changyan in disbelief.
"Business battles are often wars without gunpowder smoke. If you are not careful, everything will be wiped out. Therefore, keeping some backup plans will give you more room for maneuver."
"Why do I feel that you are more like a big manager who has been immersed in the business world for many years than Qiu Zhenkui and Su Yuniang?"
Hearing Liang Jingcheng say this, Ye Changyan smiled and shook his head.
"It's actually not that complicated. The helpers in this milk processing workshop are all villagers from the surrounding villages. They are simple and kind, but they are also very easy to be deceived. If someone really wants to take over this processing workshop, they can easily get the candy production process and raw material formula by bribing two more villagers who help in the processing workshop."
"Indeed, if someone was really bribed, these things are exposed. If they were really imitated, it wouldn't be too difficult. Hearing you say that, I am a little curious about what kind of backup you have."
Ye Changyan looked at Liang Jingcheng with a sharp yet playful look.
"You ask, I begin to doubt whether you are an insider sent by them?"
"I am the spy sent by the teacher. He is afraid that you will be eaten alive by those evil spirits in Shengjing, leaving not even a bone behind."
Ye Changyan wondered if he was dazzled. He seemed to see a hint of doting on Liang Jingcheng's face. He thought that it was understandable that his senior brother showed some doting and care for his junior brother. So he pretended to be serious and asked Liang Jingcheng.
"Really want to know?"
"You love to talk but don't talk."
"Then I really don't like to talk about it."
"Don't talk about knocking me down."
After saying that, Liang Jingcheng seemed to be angry and was about to pick up another large box full of books.
"Are you really angry about this?"
"No way!"
"Not angry, but carrying this big box full of books by himself. This box must weigh more than 100 pounds!"
"You are looking down on me. I am not afraid of a mere 100 pounds."
As he spoke, Liang Jingcheng actually lifted the box off the ground in one go.
Seeing that Liang Jingcheng was holding back his strength and his face was flushed, Ye Changyan hurried forward, grabbed the handle of the box opposite Liang Jingcheng, and looked at Liang Jingcheng anxiously.
"Alright, alright, I've seen how powerful you are, and I'm telling you, don't try to show off here. If you really sprain your waist, I'll be guilty."
Liang Jingcheng looked like he had succeeded in his evil plan, with his neck tilted back and his mouth almost raised to the sky. Only then did he listen to what Ye Changyan said.
"After the candy is formed, it should have a smooth, chewy and sturdy texture. The most important ingredient is the twig, which is produced in the ocean. Our Yuzhou Prefecture is located deep inland, so the twigs we use are all purchased from the coast by the caravan of Zhong's Cargo Company."
"If Lihuaxiang wants to copy it, wouldn't it be more convenient for them to transport Qiongzhi to Shengjing?"
"So, in order to prevent others from copying it, I asked Zhong Yunfeng to arrange for people to boil the purchased agar branches into agar liquid on the way back to Yuzhou Prefecture from the coast. Then, the thick agar liquid was dried into agar cakes, and these agar cakes were transported back. When the agar branches that have undergone the transformation are brought to the processing workshop, even the pharmacist who has been dispensing medicine for many years in the medicine shop cannot tell the difference."
After hearing what Ye Changyan had to say, Liang Jingcheng's eyes lit up and he looked at Ye Changyan in disbelief.
"Your method is really unacceptable! After the teacher knew that the two people who came today had a close relationship with the Qiu family in Shengjing, he has been worried that you would suffer. Since you have a backup plan, the teacher should be relieved."
The Ye family moved into the new yard. The house was really spacious. According to the original plan, Ye Xiaozheng, the Lian couple and Erniu would live in the backyard, and Fang Xiaomei was assigned to the ear room next to Erniu's room.
The Ye Changyan brothers lived in the front yard. Ye Changyan chose the first room on the left side of the study, while Wulang chose the first room on the right side of the study.
Mr. Cai chose the room next to Wulang, which was closest to the front hall, while Liang Jingcheng chose the room next to Ye Changyan.
The master and disciple Lu Tingfeng and Fang Xiaotong lived in the side room next to the front hall.
That night, Lian took Erniu and Fang Xiaomei to spread out the bedding in each room, and then arranged for Ye Changyan's grandparents to stay in the room next to the one reserved for old lady Guo in the backyard. His aunt and cousin's wife also stayed in the backyard with their little nephew, while his uncle and cousin were arranged to stay in a room in the front yard.
Lian and Ye Xiao were lying in bed. The newly fluffy quilt, covered with a newly sewn quilt cover, was warm enough to keep them warm.
"We listened to Sanlang's advice and separated from the old house. Now it seems that it was the right decision."
Lian lay in bed, feeling the unique smell emanating from the new bedding, and a happy smile appeared on her face.
"Back then, Sanlang and Wulang had to go to school, Erniu was just a half-grown girl, and they had to drag along a sickly child like me. I couldn't even imagine that one day we would be able to move into a house like this that's even more magnificent than the old house!"
"Yes, who would have imagined that in just half a year, we would have our own mansion."
The couple lay in bed, sighed and talked about the future for a long time, then turned off the lights and went to sleep.
The next day, Lu Tingfeng took Fang Xiaotong to get up early and practice martial arts.
Fang Xiaomei also got up early, cooked a pot of fragrant red bean porridge, and steamed several baskets of milk-flavored steamed buns.
The Qingming Festival is just a few days away. The pepper seedlings cultivated by the Ye family are already more than half a foot tall. As they were busy with moving some time ago, Ye Changyan planned to transplant these pepper seedlings into the land that had already been turned over by someone today.
My grandparents' family had never seen chili peppers before, so they went to see them, and then they became the main force in growing chili peppers.
Naturally, Mr. Cai and Liang Jingcheng went to the fields together. Mr. Cai believed that understanding farming and mastering farming time is also a kind of knowledge that a scholar must master. You don’t necessarily have to be proficient in the operation, but you must understand it. If you really enter the official career in the future and serve as an official, you can truly understand the local people’s conditions and govern the place well.
This was the first time in Liang Jingcheng's life that he had really worked in the fields. Although the pepper seedlings he planted were crooked at the beginning, after being personally taught by Ye Changyan's grandfather, an old farmer, the pepper seedlings Liang Jingcheng planted actually looked quite real.
Just when this group of people were busy planting peppers in the fields, the village head ran over hurriedly and shouted to Ye Changyan.
"Sanlang, Li Baolin and the others are back."