The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

Song Yuan has now been promoted to the rank of Left General for his merits, and his superior, the General, thinks highly of Song Yuan.

They told Yuan Mo that it was cold and the journey was long, so there was no need to rush.

The safety of people and goods is of paramount importance. This batch of goods was not purchased for the soldiers to celebrate the New Year.

Instead, they were supplies prepared for the war with Mongolia after the New Year.

At least after the New Year, the grass in the north would sprout and the horses and livestock would start to eat it, and then the Mongols would invade.

So, there's no rush.

In fact, their meaning is self-evident, which is to let Yuan Mo spend the New Year quietly at home.

This was naturally their good intention, and no matter how honest Yuan Mo was, he understood it in his heart.

Thinking about serving in the military in the future, I should be more attentive.

After Zhou Yue learned the whole story, he thought that when selling things to the military in the future, he must lower the price while ensuring the quality.

"Yuan Mo, just say what you want to say." Zhou Yue said to Yuan Mo while sorting out everyone's new clothes.

"Mother, what I want to say is that Lord Song and Qing Mo..."

"Oh, but what did Song Yuan tell you?"

"Well, no, yes, I heard it."

"Oh, tell me what you heard."

"I heard that Lord Song told his superiors and subordinates that he already had a fiancée, and used this as an excuse to decline other people's introductions."

"Oh really?"

"Mother, although Mr. Song is very good, it is because he is too good and his family is too high. I think, I think our family cannot afford him."

"You're right. There's too big of a gap in family background. It's not good."

"Well, find a chance to talk to Qingmei. Don't let her have any obsessive thoughts or she will be sad.

Don’t go into too much detail, just give the general idea.”

"Well, let's talk about it after the New Year. Song Yuan won't be back now anyway.

I will slowly find a time to talk to Qing Mo indirectly about this."

"Okay, mother, I knew you and my son thought the same thing."

After Yuan Mo finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief, as if a huge stone in his heart had been lifted.

Although Lord Song is a very good man, he is not a good match for Qingmei.

They are a perfect match, even if two people get together, it will still be very difficult for them.

Zhou Yue smiled and said yes.

After sending Yuan Mo away, Zhou Yue kept thinking about how to bring up this matter with Qing Mo to see what she thought.

The two people kept communicating through letters, but no one knew what they talked about.

Like other mothers who like to worry about their children, Zhou Yue has been paying attention to Qing Mo's emotional changes.

Qingmo is usually too busy. For the family business, Zhou Yue is the strategist behind the scenes and Qingmo is the general on the front line.

In addition, Qing Mo's right-hand man, Chun Niang, was at home breastfeeding and could not help much, which made Qing Mo even busier.

After the New Year, Chunniang should be able to move to the county with her children. Zhou Yue plans to rent a large yard next to the store.

Let some people from the village workshop live there.

Now the workers and assistants in the county all live on the second floor of the shop.

In addition to the warehouse and showroom on the second floor, there is also a room which serves as the male servants' dormitory.

The female employees lived with their owners in a house in the backyard.

When Zhou Yue, Qing Mo and Yang Mo were in the county, they lived with the female employees.

Sometimes, it is inconvenient for them to go to teahouses outside to talk and do things.

Now we need to concentrate our money so that we can open more shops, especially in Beijing.

Otherwise, you can really buy a house or a shop.

Even if you no longer do business here, you can still rent it out and collect rent.

The next day was New Year’s Day.

After all, this is a busy day. You have to go out to wish the elders a happy new year and accept greetings from the younger generations.

Give red envelopes and candies to the younger generation.

We also have to entertain relatives and friends who come to visit our home for dinner.

Fortunately, the villagers would prepare a lot of food for the New Year, so we just had to heat it up when eating.

Qian made a lot of dumplings and left them outside to freeze at night.

When it is frozen solid, put it in a wicker basket and hang it on a big tree in the yard, which is like a big refrigerator between the sky and the ground.

When it’s time to eat, boil the water and put the dumplings into the pot.

For other cooked meats and stews, just heat them in the pot, serve them out, and you can eat them.

No one would feel ashamed to give leftovers to guests, and guests would not feel that the host was mistreating them.

However, the people here don't seem to have much entertainment.

The only New Year activities for children are setting off firecrackers, running around, and asking for candies.

As for adults, they only exchange pleasantries, chat, and eat.

so boring.

Zhou Yue took out some paper based on his memory, drew some pictures on it, and wrote a few words.

When Yang Mo saw it, he asked his mother what it was used for, and his mother said it was not hard enough.

She thought about it, then went to find some hard tree bark and cut them into the same size, about the size of a palm.

Then Qian made some paste and pasted the papers on the bark.

It becomes a purely natural deck of playing cards.

Zhou Yue took them to play a few times. They were all smart kids, and soon everyone in the family learned it.

When Mr. Ning saw that the deck of playing cards was worn out after being played a few times, he went to look for some tough wood.

It was sawed into thin slices, finely polished with sandpaper, and then Xuan Mo wrote and drew on it according to the original deck of cards.

A deck of wooden playing cards is ready.

Everyone in the village was envious of such fun things.

All the young people came to Ning's house to watch them play cards.

Zhou Yue and Qing Mo looked at each other, the business opportunity came again.

"Qingmo, there is another kind of thing that is more fun than playing cards. How about I make both and see which one sells better?"

"Mom, it's more fun than this. How much more fun would it be?"

"Yes, that's called Mahjong, and it has more variations. But I'm worried that everyone will play it and turn it into gambling, and lose their ambition..."

"Well, mother, look, even if there are no playing cards, there are still mahjong cards. Look at the gambling houses in the county town, they are still doing a booming business."

"But, after all, those are places where only a few people go. I'll come up with mahjong tiles, and then every household will play it. If someone gets interested and starts playing for money..."

"Mom, you have to look at it this way. If you don't figure it out, someone else will sooner or later.

Instead of letting others create it and make the rules, it’s better for us to do it.

Let's make the rules at the beginning. In this way, those who play later and want to gamble will use it to do bad things.

Those who don’t want to gamble will use it for entertainment.

This can also prevent some people from falling, right? "

Makes sense.

I didn’t expect Qingmo to be so smart at such a young age.

When three people walk together, there must be one person who can teach me something. It seems that I need to learn more from her in the future.

Zhou Yue did what he said. He found Yang Mo and went to the warehouse to get a piece of hardwood.

I told Yang Mo about my requirements. To Yang Mo, these things were just trivial matters.

Soon, Mr. Ning also heard the noise and came over, watching Zhou Yue and Yang Mo busy with carpentry.

Although I don't understand why we have to work during the New Year.

But the old man was not a talkative man. He immediately rolled up his sleeves and went forward to help.

After the wooden block was made, everyone in the family came to help polish it, and Xuanmo came to carve the words.

After engraving, the characters need to be colored, and Jun Mo is responsible for this.

After dinner, a brand new set of mahjong was placed on the big table in the hall.