"Don't worry." He Yunxi reassured the worried people, "We are not selling food. Business will be good as soon as we open."
"Sister-in-law, will anyone come to buy it?" Lu Yunqing asked.
"I will." He Yunxi said confidently, "It will be fine in a while."
Seeing that she spoke so firmly, everyone's hearts dropped.
At this time, Chang Yue came over with two government servants and said, "Congratulations, boss, it's a great opening!"
Because Lu Yan wanted to pursue an official career and could not open the shop himself, He Yunxi became the shopkeeper himself.
He Yunxi was a little surprised when he saw Chang Yue: "Chang Captou, you haven't been at the water conservancy site recently, how come you have time to come here?"
"Boss He is opening today. Your Majesty ordered me to send a congratulatory gift. Now that it has been delivered, we are leaving the city." Chang Yue said, waving his hand, and someone from the Yamen behind came forward with a box. He Yunxi and Lu
Yan picked up one by one.
"Thank you sir and Chang Captou." Lu Yan said, "You are busy with official duties, so we won't waste your time. This is wedding candy. Chang Captou and Brother Cha will try it and bring some to the other brothers."
"Okay, then we will enjoy your happiness." Chang Yue grabbed a few candies, and the other two government officials also grabbed some, and then the three of them left.
The water conservancy has been half repaired. Your Majesty means that the water conservancy should be repaired before spring plowing so that everyone can use water easily.
In fact, Yanjiang County has a good geographical location. There is a Yanjiang River passing through it, and the Luo River passing by. The canals they built are based on these two rivers, large and small, and use small ditches to connect Yanjiang County.
The villages are connected together, and the two rivers are also connected together.
The other three reservoirs are used to store water.
Those three reservoirs are used by the most people and were repaired years ago. After the repairs were completed, Luo Zixuan had people pour a lot of snow into them. At this time, the water inside had accumulated as much as half of the reservoir.
Lu Yan told him before that there would be a severe drought after the great cold, but he still listened.
The reservoir is dug very deep and is surrounded by high fences to prevent anyone from accidentally falling in.
The heavy snowfall in recent days is also beneficial. Luo Zixuan ordered people to collect the snow, one rosewood at a time, and filled more than half of the three lakes. Although the accumulation of more snow will melt slower, but after melting, it will become water.
Water can save lives in drought years!
The three reservoirs are large and deep. The stored water cannot guarantee everyone's freedom of water during droughts, but if we save a little, we can save many people's lives.
Moreover, now that the snow has been dealt with, those fields have not become waterlogged due to excessive snow, which is also a win-win situation.
Lu Yan remembered that due to too much snow, waterlogging occurred in many places after the beginning of spring. Although it was not serious, it still delayed the day of spring plowing.
Because of the delay in spring plowing, seeds germinate and grow more slowly. Coupled with the drought that followed, there was no water in many places, and only the grain on both sides of the Yanjiang River and Luo River was able to mature.
But that small amount of food was of little use to the entire drought-stricken Jiangbei, and was eventually robbed by the hungry and dizzy people.
Thinking of the tragic situation in Lu Yan's previous life, Lu Yan, who had experienced so many people in his previous life, felt... too horrible to look back on.
Fortunately, with these water conservancy facilities, things will never be the same as in the previous life.
Now the reservoir is still half full, and Luo Zixuan is still ordering people to collect snow everywhere and pile it on the edge of the reservoir.
There is no way to pass through the middle of the reservoir. It is piled up on the edge. After the snow melts, it will flow into the middle.
When the water froze behind, everyone tried to move snow inside so that more snow water could be stored.
Not only them, some wealthy families even started to use water tanks to store water.
When He Yunxi found out, he asked if the water that had been stored for such a long time would still be drinkable by then.
These people are just looking for psychological comfort.
Later, Luo Zixuan came forward and said that it was too early to store water now, and the water would not be drinkable for a long time. It would not be too late to store water later when drought first appeared.
Those who were storing water stopped storing water.
However, for a long time since then, the large water tanks that store water have been very popular, and two ceramic workshops that were on the verge of closing managed to survive.
Chang Yue took the government officials away, but more people gathered around to watch.
The county magistrate can send someone to send congratulatory gifts. This person has some status!
These people had never received relief from the county government before, so they had not seen He Yunxi. They did not know that she was the one who contributed konjac and invented bean sprouts.
At this time, Mu Qian came with Xiao Si.
"Yunxi, Lu Yan, congratulations! Happy opening!"
"Uncle Mu, didn't you go back to Liaozhou for the New Year? Why are you back so early?" He Yunxi greeted with a smile.
"I came back yesterday afternoon," Mu Qian said, "I heard that your condiment shop has opened when I came back. I just came over to see what condiments are available. I stopped by for lunch and settled last month's dividends."
This means that there is no need to greet him, he will stay for a long time.
"Okay, Uncle Mu, you can do whatever you want. You can stay in the store or go to the house."
"I'm curious about your seasoning, so I'll take a look first." Mu Qian said.
"Okay, you can do it yourself."
People outside saw the way Mu Qian and He Yunxi and Lu Yan were talking leisurely and knew that they must have a good relationship.
This person has some background. Not only did Mr. Luo have people send gifts, but even Dr. Mu from Yong'an Hall came to congratulate him in person.
If it weren't for the shop she opened that everyone really didn't need, they would have come in to take a look.
The onlookers watched for a while and saw that there was no excitement, so they prepared to go back to their stores.
"Oops, I'm late. I'm late." Yuan Yuan brought He Yan over and was talking before they even arrived at the shop.
When everyone saw Yuan Yuan, they became energetic again.
Who in Yanjiang City doesn’t know the shopkeeper of Baiweilou?
"Shopkeeper Yuan, you are back too!"
The shopkeeper of Baiweilou always goes back to Liaozhou during the Chinese New Year, firstly to celebrate the New Year, and secondly to report on the situation of the year.
Shopkeeper Yuan also kept saying that if Yuan Hewen was satisfied, he might be transferred back to Liaozhou.
He Yunxi thought it wouldn't be difficult for him to go back. He had already squeezed out the Guangwei Building. Wouldn't Yuan Hewen agree as soon as he was happy?
She thought she would never see him again.
"Brother Lu, Mrs. Lu, congratulations." Yuan Yuan thanked him and asked He Yan to send congratulations.
Yuan Yuan and Lu Yan chatted for a while and then turned their attention to the seasonings in the store.
"Mrs. Lu, what kind of seasonings do you sell in this store?" Yuan Yuan asked curiously.
"This is soy sauce, this is soybean oil, this is vinegar."
Yuan Yuan was not too curious about soy sauce and soybean oil. At first glance, they were similar to meat soy sauce and clear oil. When he heard about vinegar, he asked curiously: "Vinegar? What does it taste like?"