After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

Chapter 125 Ye Hongyun's Visit

Zhao Cheng took Jiang to the city to see a doctor, and Zhou also went with them. They did not return until the next afternoon.

As soon as Zhou returned to the village, she hurried to find Zhang Hulan.

Seeing Zhou's smiling face, Zhang Hulan said with a smile, "Looking at this situation, Sister Jiang's health should be fine."

Mrs. Zhou was in a very good mood and said, "The doctor said it's not a big problem and there's a 50% chance of getting pregnant.

But Zhao Cheng also has some problems. The doctor said he's under too much stress, which could make it difficult for Cuifen to conceive.

Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "The doctor said there's a 50% chance, so I think it's actually about 70% to 80%. I'd like to congratulate Aunt Zhou in advance on having a grandson."

Zhou's mood brightened when she heard this, but then a look of worry appeared on her face again: "Alas, the medicine is too expensive. I spent nearly ten taels of silver yesterday.

From now on, I will have to take a prescription every day, and each prescription will cost six hundred coins.

And she had to go to the provincial capital every seven days so that the doctor could give Cuifen acupuncture.

The doctor said it would take at least three months to fully recover. But after that, I wouldn't need to take such expensive medicine or get acupuncture, so the cost would be much lower."

Zhang Hulan comforted him, "It's okay. You can earn money back slowly after spending it. As long as it works, it's fine."

"Yes, that's what I thought. We'll spend the money and earn it together as a family. We just need to get through this period."

Zhou took Zhang Hulan's hand and sighed, "I just owe you some money, but I'm afraid it will take some time before I can pay you back."

Zhang Hulan smiled and replied, "It's okay. I wasn't afraid you'd run away."

Zhou said hurriedly: "Don't worry about this, we will definitely not run away."

……

On the 20th day of the first lunar month, Ye Hongyun brought people to Daping Village to find Zhang Hulan.

Zhang Hulan was very surprised and quickly welcomed Ye Hongyun into the house. She said, "Mrs. Ye, why are you here? When did you return to Changning County?"

Zhang Hulan saw a little boy about ten years old standing next to Ye Hongyun and asked, "Is this your son?"

Ye Hongyun replied: "I just arrived yesterday. I came here today because I have something to give you."

Ye Hongyun then pulled the little boy forward and said, "This is my son, Wu Yunyang."

Then he said to Wu Yunyang, "Yunyang, call me Aunt Lan."

Wu Yunyang called out politely, "Hello, Aunt Lan!"

Zhang Hulan responded: "Hello, Master Wu!"

Ye Hongyun said, "Why call me Master? Just call me Yunyang."

Ye Hongyun asked his attendants to place a few boxes on the table and said, "This is some food I brought from the capital for your child."

Then she handed Zhang Hulan an account book and a silver note worth one thousand taels.

"This is what Xingren asked me to bring to you. This is the account of the braised meat business in Beijing last month. Please check it.

Xingren only started last month, so he made less money. Business is better this month, so I estimate he'll make three or four thousand taels. He'll send someone to deliver the account books and banknotes next month."

"You can earn so much in a month?" Zhang Hulan said in surprise.

She currently runs businesses in three counties, and earns only a few hundred taels a month.

The prosperity and population concentration of the capital can be imagined without even seeing it. In such a good place, an income of only two thousand taels a month is really not much.

Zhang Hulan was still surprised that Wang Xingren would actually give her the money. She had originally thought that if Wang Xingren didn't give it to her, she would just treat it as a gift to him. Since he gave it to her, she naturally had to accept it.

Ye Hongyun continued, "There's one more thing. I took the sausage you gave me back and shared it with my relatives. They all said it was delicious.

Xingren also asked me to ask you if we can cooperate in running the sausage business you make."

Zhang Hulan replied: "I don't have many sausages left. These sausages can only be made in winter, but I can still make another batch now.

You can make more, air-dry it and refrigerate it in an ice cellar, and then sell it in the summer.

It's just that pork is hard to buy right now. Most of the pork sold in the second half of the year is sold, and the pigs from the first half of the year are still small. Right now, I can't even buy many pig heads every day.

Besides, it’s not cost-effective to make sausages here and then send them to the capital. How about I find someone to go to the capital and teach Mr. Wang’s people how to make sausages?”

Ye Hongyun said: "Even if you didn't mention it, I would have mentioned it too. Xingren said he wanted you to send someone over to give some guidance.

The braised pork made by people in Beijing according to your recipe tastes a little different from the one you make here. I've tried it too, and it's indeed a little worse than the braised pork you make here."

Zhang Hulan said quickly, "Madam, I'm not hiding anything."

Ye Hongyun waved his hand. "That's not what I meant. Xingren said the portions weren't matched well, so he wanted to ask you to send someone over to teach them step by step."

Zhang Hulan nodded, "That's no problem."

After finishing the business, Ye Hongyun looked at Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi and asked, "Are these two your daughters?"

Zhang Hulan nodded: "Yes, the eldest daughter is Zhang Xinyao, and the second daughter is Zhang Xinyi."

"Don't you have three daughters? Why do I only see two?"

Zhang Hulan replied, "There's another little daughter named Zhang Xinyue, who's not at home. She's at Ziyang Temple outside the county town, taking the abbot of Xuanzhen Temple as her teacher."

Ye Hongyun was very surprised: "Why send her to the mountain?"

Zhang Hulan smiled and shook her head, saying, "She wanted to go on her own. On the first day of the new year, our family went to the Ziyang Temple to burn incense. The little girl saw the Taoist children drawing talismans there and fell in love with them."

Ye Hongyun smiled and said, "Your little daughter's hobbies are really special!"

"This little girl is very naughty and usually acts quirky. Sometimes I can't guess what she's thinking."

"Children's ideas are always wild and unrestrained, and it is difficult for adults to keep up."

Ye Hongyun and Zhang Hulan chatted for a while longer before getting up to say goodbye. "Alright, I have things to do back home, so I won't stay any longer. Once you've arranged for the people going to the capital, come find me and I'll have someone take them there."

Zhang Hulan took some sausages and bacon and gave them to Ye Hongyun. She didn't have any other good things to give away, only these food.

After Ye Hongyun left, Zhang Hulan was thinking about who to send to Beijing.

The ones who can make braised meat and sausages are Zhang Hulan, Wang, Li, Xiang Chunhua, and Zhang Dahua.

Since neither Wang nor Li could go, only Xiang Chunhua and Zhang Dahahua could go.

……

"Chunhua, Dahahua, come here..." Zhang Hulan called the two of them over.

Xiang Chunhua and Zhang Dahua didn't know what Zhang Hulan wanted to ask them.

Zhang Hulan asked them to sit down first, then said, "Chunhua, Dahua, there's something that requires someone to go to the capital. Who of you two will go?"

"What? Going to the capital?"

Xiang Chunhua and Zhang Dahahua were both quite surprised.

Xiang Chunhua asked, "Sister, what are you going to do in Beijing?"

Zhang Hulan said, "I'm working with Master Wang, and he wants to start a sausage business, so he needs someone to go to Beijing and teach the people there how to make sausages. You two are the only ones who can go, so who's willing to go?"