sbdcsierra Chapter 173 Carriage
Chapter 173 Carriage
The news that the Ye family had built a new kimchi processing workshop quickly spread to the surrounding villages. When everyone learned that the Ye family would purchase fresh and dried vegetables, they all took action quickly.
For a while, the fields and lanes of the surrounding villages were filled with people busy harvesting vegetables, and the front and back yards of the houses in the surrounding villages were filled with radishes, green vegetables, and mustard greens hung to dry.
The dried radishes hanging on the bamboo strips are snow-white and look like blooming pear blossoms from a distance, making people feel the arrival of spring in advance.
The 28th day of the first lunar month is the official opening day of the Ye family kimchi processing workshop.
Mr. Cai and Liang Jingcheng arrived at the scene early in the morning by horse-drawn carriage. When Mr. Cai learned that Ye Changyan was going to build a workshop, he wrote some words for the workshop's signboard and then gave it to a craftsman to make a wooden signboard.
When the Ye family saw the big words "Ye's Pickle Shop" written on the sign sent by Mr. Cai, they were both surprised and happy. Originally, Ye Changyan wanted to set up a pickle workshop, mainly to support the ever-expanding Yunfeng Building, but when Mr. Cai sent this sign, Ye Changyan suddenly had the urge to make the workshop bigger.
The agile Lu Tingfeng quickly hung the sign of "Ye's Pickle Shop" on the door of the pickle processing workshop.
Then Fang Xiaotong followed Lu Tingfeng's instructions and lit the firecrackers that Cai Lao and Liang Jingcheng had prepared for the opening of the kimchi processing workshop.
Ye Xiaozheng and Lian were both very touched. They had not expected that Mr. Cai would be so thoughtful. Although the opening ceremony was simple, it had everything necessary and all the necessary etiquette was included.
After a burst of firecrackers, Ye’s Pickle Shop officially opened.
Early in the morning, villagers carrying fresh vegetables lined up in front of the kimchi processing workshop.
The hired helpers all got busy and started weighing the vegetables sent by the villagers.
Wu Lang took a day off today from Mr. Xia and stayed at home to help. When he heard the number reported by the helper on the scale, he quickly wrote it down in his notebook.
Although Erniu is already learning to read, even Fang Xiaotong and Fang Xiaomei are also learning to read at Ye Changyan's request. Ye Changyan hopes that Erniu will be able to stand on her own in the future, and if Fang Xiaotong and his sister can read and write, they can also help the family a lot.
Erniu paid the villagers for the vegetables according to the amount of silver calculated by Wulang.
The villagers who received the money were all smiling and praised the Ye family highly.
Seeing that inside the processing workshop, the helpers were processing the vegetables that had just been purchased according to the steps that Ye Changyan had previously trained them on, Ye Changyan nodded with satisfaction.
After buying all the vegetables for the day, Erniu, as the general manager of the processing workshop, brought Fang Xiaomei and started to get busy.
Ye Changyan saw that although today was the first day of the kimchi processing workshop's opening, everyone was busy but not chaotic, and everything was in good order. Erniu and Fang Xiaomei were the go-betweens, which also stimulated everyone's work enthusiasm and efficiency.
Only then did Ye Changyan take his parents, Mr. Cai and others to visit the new house of the Ye family which was being decorated nearby.
Wang Shun was directing work at a busy construction site when he saw Ye Changyan and his group coming in from the gate.
Wang Shun came forward and reported the progress of the project to everyone.
After several days of construction, all the floor tiles in the house have been laid, the masons are painting the walls, and the carpenters are busy making doors and windows for each room.
When everyone saw the busy construction site, they all nodded in satisfaction. Then Wang Shun took everyone on a brief tour.
Based on the progress of the project, Wang Shun estimated that the construction period would be about ten days. What remained was the planting of flowers and trees in the courtyard and the specific arrangement of the house. Once the finished furniture was moved in, he could choose an auspicious day to move into the new home.
When everyone heard what Wang Shun said, they all laughed happily.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was February, and the decoration of the Ye family's new courtyard was almost completed.
Since Ye Changyan requested that all window paper be replaced with glass, the carpenters deliberately reserved space for installing the glass when making the windows.
After the carpenters had finished installing all the window frames, Ye Changyan called in Zhu Wenlong, the young master of the Yashan County Glass Workshop.
Ye Changyan is now the largest customer of Zhu Wenlong's glass workshop. When Zhu Wenlong learned that Ye Changyan needed to customize a batch of glass windows, he personally visited him, carefully measured the size of each window, recorded it, and promised Ye Changyan that he could burn the glass within three days.
Just after seeing Zhu Wenlong off, they saw two horse-drawn carriages driving towards the processing workshop from the official road, and one of the carriages belonged to Zhong Yunfeng.
The carriage stopped at the gate of the Ye family's new courtyard. Ye Changyan stood at the gate and looked at Zhong Yunfeng with a smile on his face, while a gardener was planting green plants at the gate of the Ye family's courtyard.
"Chang Yan, what do you think of this carriage?"
Zhong Yunfeng jumped off the carriage and pointed at a carriage pulled by a chestnut horse behind him and said to Ye Changyan.
Ye Changyan walked a few steps to the front of the carriage and saw a tall, chestnut-colored horse standing in front of him. Ye Changyan tentatively reached out his hand and stroked the horse's neck. He heard the horse snort softly, as if it was enjoying it very much.
Ye Changyan thought that this horse seemed to be very docile, and then he listened to what Zhong Yunfeng said.
"This horse has been castrated and has a very gentle temperament. My father asked someone to select it from the horse farm in Yuzhou Prefecture. It is about five years old, which is the right age to be strong and healthy."
Ye Changyan thought, no wonder this horse looks so docile, it turns out it has been castrated. However, this horse does look good, tall and strong, and looks very energetic.
"Chang Yan, come and take a look at this car. This car was specially bought according to your requirements. It is widened and raised. With such a tall horse, it looks very imposing!"
Ye Changyan gently stroked the horse's body and back, then patted its butt, then looked at the carriage.
He saw a carriage painted in black and brown, which indeed looked wider than Zhong Yunfeng's carriage. Ye Changyan climbed onto the carriage, lifted the curtain, and saw that the space inside was also very spacious.
Then he nodded with satisfaction and praised Zhong Yunfeng.
"This carriage is a good buy. You can transfer the money from my account later."
Seeing Ye Changyan's satisfied smile, Zhong Yunfeng was also very happy.
"Why bother talking to me about money when it's just a carriage?"
“You are a big boss now, and you can’t even look at the money for this carriage. This carriage is not cheap, right?”
Zhong Yunfeng laughed but didn't answer.
"As far as I know, our dynasty has very strict control over horses. An ordinary horse costs about 70 or 80 taels of silver. And this newly-adult tall horse in front of me is obviously a hybrid breed of the Dayuan horse from the Qiang and Hu lands. You can't buy a horse like this for 70 or 80 taels of silver."
Seeing that Zhong Yunfeng was still smiling without saying anything, Ye Changyan continued
"And I think this carriage is made of sandalwood, the workmanship is very exquisite, and the interior is also very good. For an outsider like me, such a carriage must be worth a lot of money."
Hearing Ye Changyan's sharp words, Zhong Yunfeng actually blushed.
"Why, are you trying to bribe me with this carriage?"