Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 1023: Chapter 1020: Business

“Hmm.”

“But a few months ago, before the Old Madam had arrived, our young miss had mentioned that the residence would at least not be so strict,”

“What do you mean?” Cuiyu looked at her.

Cuizhu’s expression was somewhat bitter, “The change lies with the master.”

“What?” Cuizhu’s hand, that was applying the ointment, paused slightly, her expression turning somewhat ugly, “If that’s the case, if we try to bribe the servants, the master will likely find out. Then everything the young miss is doing will be known to the master…”

“So, it’s not really our young miss opposing that person, but rather, her struggle with the master. Only if the master sides with the young miss, no matter how hard that person tries, it will be futile.”

“Should we tell the young miss about this?” Cuizhu felt that she might soon suffer another injury, as she thought her patchily applied ointment was probably not going to last long.

As expected, it wasn’t long before Cuizhu and Cuizhu got beaten up again.

Ye Muyu did not pay special attention to the matters of the backyard.

She took a month to nurse her wounds, and only then did they completely scab over.

One morning, after finishing a meal, she called Tang Dongfeng in.

“Lady, these ledgers are the recent harvests and expenses from the manor.”

“Initially, we were fortunate to purchase several manors that still had output, but the yield wasn’t very good, it was twenty percent lower than from back home.”

“What are they all planting?”

“Wheat, soybeans, mung beans, corn, potatoes.”

“Turn all the potatoes into potato flour, and directly pick the most reliable manor to set up a potato flour workshop. Once it’s made, then sell it.”

Tang Dongfeng touched his beard with a smile, “Don’t worry, lady, the workshop has already been set up and is hurrying the work. We’ve already got a batch, but because the potato flour sent to General Shen and others from back home was not sufficient, we could only use this batch to offset the goods.”

“Gradually have the bookstore spread the method of making potato flour,” Ye Muyu flipped through the ledger.

Just the money from selling watermelons was substantial, enough to buy another manor.

“This year, plant watermelons and potatoes on the manors here in Yuzhou, and some wheat as well, enough to provide for ourselves. Then, in another year, store up another five thousand jin.”

“Also, take another manor and plant some medicinal herbs.”

Ye Muyu handed Tang Dongfeng the sheet of paper with the names of the medicinal herbs she had already written down.

Tang Dongfeng took it, nodding in acknowledgment, and he couldn’t help but ask, “Lady, is everything proceeding smoothly on the master’s side?”

“No bad news has come.”

“Alright.”

Tang Dongfeng left the residence and first visited the rouge shop in Yuzhou to check that there were no discrepancies before heading to the manor.

Ye Muyu finished examining the manor’s accounts and then checked those of the rouge shop.

The business at the rouge shop was indeed very good, and with Chu Heng’s identity behind it, no one caused any trouble.

The daily income maintained a rate of fifty taels, and given the high costs, splitting the profits in half was still considered a hugely profitable business.

Ye Muyu calculated the total accounts and decided to directly build two more workshops in Yuzhou, one for making potato flour and another for making hand-rolled noodles.

One jin of flour could be processed into one jin one or two taels of hand-rolled noodles, and if vegetables and mixed grains were added, the output would be even greater. Even slightly inferior flour could be used.

Although the taste might be slightly worse, it would be more filling, and for the commoners, buying hand-rolled noodles would definitely be cheaper and more filling than buying flour directly.

Nowadays, the noodles everyone ate were hand-rolled, or they made their own pulled noodles, along with steamed bun cakes and cornbread, and consumption was approximately the same.