The wicked sister-in-law is in charge; meals include fish and shrimp.

Chapter 403 Post Station Propaganda

Once everyone left, the courtyard became quiet again. Jiang Wan, afraid of disturbing Wen Zijin, took Xia Yunsheng and Xia Yunshu to find another place to stay.

Wen Zi'an and Jiang Shuqian lived in Baiweizhai. Every day, they went in and out of the restaurant, as if they had returned to the time when they first met.

"Husband, I've noticed Luo Zhi running around these past two days talking about setting up some kind of post station."

"Go and help us out, we've pretty much seen all of this city," Jiang Shuqian said to Wen Zian.

She was content these past few days, since Wen Zi'an was originally going to return to the manor.

It's not fair for the younger sister to be busy all by herself while her older brother and sister-in-law are out having fun.

Wen Zi'an had the same idea, but he still spent another day with her.

When they found Wen Luozhi, she was talking to someone outside the city.

"Your location will also be a logistics center, where the goods to be delivered will be relayed from one point to the next."

Wen Luozhi tried to explain things as clearly as possible, and everyone found it acceptable after understanding.

Wen Zian stepped forward and listened for a while, nodding slightly in agreement.

After the discussion was completed and everyone had left, he finally spoke up, saying, "Little sister, that's a wonderful idea!"

"It will probably cost a lot of money at the beginning, so if we don't have enough, we'll ask my wife for more."

"Fourth Brother, what you're saying puts a lot of pressure on me."

Wen Luozhi patted his shoulder gently; she wasn't short of money right now.

Wen Zi'an already has his own family, so even if Jiang Shuqian doesn't say anything, it's not appropriate for her to accept it unless it's an investment.

"Fourth Brother, I have the money, so you don't need to worry about it. First, we just need to secure a few key locations, and then things can gradually get going."

With limited time, she could only temporarily establish the route from her home to the prefectural city, so that she could use it first. The next priority was to establish two routes to Qingzhou County.

She wanted to connect all the places with Baiweizhai (a restaurant chain) so that it would be convenient to transport anything that needed to be transported; canned goods and vegetables were two examples.

It takes time for our own people to rest and regroup during transport, but if someone takes over when we arrive at the destination, it saves a lot of time.

Neither people nor livestock need to travel back and forth between the starting point and the destination, nor do they need to suffer.

She eventually found the accountant at the restaurant; she hadn't expected so much to happen and be so busy.

Wen Luozhi continued, "Now I plan to hire more people to specifically handle the handover and inspection of goods between various logistics points."

"Fourth Brother, you should stay home and keep my Fourth Sister-in-law company. I can find a few people to help out."

Wen Zi'an refused, but after the siblings talked for a while, Wen Luozhi finally gave in.

In the following days, they searched everywhere for a suitable candidate, running back and forth. Wen Luozhi visibly lost weight.

Jiang Shuqian thought that since she was in the restaurant, she would go downstairs to tell the diners about the post station when she had nothing to do.

"Oh! My family home is in Changle County! It's such a hassle to send someone a message every day!"

"This post station is great! I can receive my letters at home without spending a penny. It's excellent!"

An auntie happily asked Jiang Shuqian many questions about the post station, and the other diners listened attentively because they realized they also needed it.

So even before the logistics line was opened, people were already asking about it every day, but they still couldn't catch the first batch of canned goods being delivered.

"My sweetheart! I saw that rest stop you set up on the way here! It's really great!"

While opening a can of food for Wen Luozhi, Wen Muchuan talked about what he had seen on the road, his words full of pride and showing off.

"Only my darling could come up with such a method! I'll definitely have to tell everyone about it when we get back to the village."

He smiled so hard his eyes narrowed into slits, and he didn't seem tired at all, even after traveling for several days.

After Wen Luozhi finished tasting the canned food, he quickly finished his meal and went to catch up on sleep, since it would be several days before they got back.

Half of the canned goods were taken to sell in the prefectural city. Thanks to the previous promotion, they sold very easily, and not a single one of the cans was left over each day.

It was half a month later when the post station was put into use, and Wen Zizhou found it unbelievable when he received that batch of canned goods.

Previously, it took him five days to find Wen Luozhi because of the Meng family's matter, but this canned food was delivered from the prefectural city in only half the time.

"That's why everyone says Luo Zhi is amazing; she actually came up with such a method."

"I happen to have something to give her; I'll deliver it to the city in a bit."

Song Tingwan fiddled with a can of food in her hand, feeling happy at the thought that Wen Luozhi would receive the gift from her in two days.

Canned food sells quite well in Qingzhou County, attracting back some customers who had left due to rising vegetable prices.

Xie He was still busy making canned goods at home, and the thought of delivering something to Wen Luozhi in half the time filled her with enthusiasm.

The fruit trees on the mountain have lost all their leaves, but the fruit still hangs on the trees, looking as delightful as ever.

Wen Ziming went to another village and hired people who spent three whole days picking all the remaining fruit.

But the strawberries in the field seem to be in a competition, one crop after another, and there's simply no way to harvest them all.

Because it was cold, he noticed that the strawberries weren't growing as well, so he built a greenhouse for them, just like he does for greenhouse vegetables. That really helped a lot.

Fresh strawberries fetch a higher price than canned strawberries, so Wen Ziming thought for a moment and launched another round of promotion.

Wealthy families would come to the strawberry farm for picking if they heard it was interesting, and they ended up selling quite a lot of strawberries.

This winter, people are not as idle as usual. While the children are studying at school, the adults are busy tending to the greenhouse vegetables.

The older folks who couldn't do the farm work were all called upon by Xie He to help make canned goods.

After finishing this busy period, it was time to smoke cured meat again. Wen Luozhi came back once in the middle and improved the recipe, because the taste could not be compromised since it was to be supplied to restaurants.

When the first snow fell, there were absolutely no vegetables left to sell. The amount grown by everyone in Shanquan Village wasn't even enough to satisfy the wealthy households in the surrounding towns.

Old Sun couldn't stop smiling after selling the spinach and Brussels sprouts from his first greenhouse. That night, after counting his money, he sat on the edge of his bed, facing his wife's memorial tablet, laughing and crying at the same time.

"After I finish selling the vegetables, I'll fix up your grave so we can have a good New Year!"

He held the memorial tablet in his arms and gently wiped away the dust on it, doing so every day.

Today, Zhang Chunhua unusually cooked two meat dishes. When Lin Huaizhi woke up and saw the meat on the table, he thought he was seeing things.

"Mother, are we celebrating the New Year early?"

"Didn't we say we'd save some money? I need to go back to the academy to study in the spring."

His tone was slightly reproachful, but his hands were honest; his chopsticks precisely skipped over the other dishes and only put meat into his own bowl.

"Your mother knows what's going on. Seeing how hard you study, she wants you to eat something good."

Zhang Chunhua ate the vegetables she had grown herself, which were nothing more than the older leaves that had been picked off by others.

Lin Huaizhi ate very quickly, finishing two bowls of rice in no time, which left Zhang Chunhua somewhat stunned.

"Mother, I'm going back to my room to read. Next year, I want to study at the academy in the prefectural city."

He finished eating, wiped his mouth, said that, and went back inside.

He knew a little about the vegetable growing in the village, and he knew that every household had made a lot of money from selling vegetables this time, including his own.

If he had money, he would naturally want something better; the academy in town was simply not good enough and he looked down on it.

Zhang Chunhua paused in her act of picking up food, and after taking a few bites, she put down her chopsticks.