Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 339: A Little Missing Fit

As for ordinary people, I heard that they still use bamboo strips, which is relatively unhygienic.

Therefore, the toilet paper made from corn leaves by Hua Buds just solves this problem and saves the family from having to go out to buy toilet paper.

Then Hua Qianbian's shop also put some for sale, the price was half of other paper. In addition, Hualei also specially put a batch of paper to Yuanying Village to exchange for various items.

Unexpectedly, the exchange effect was very good, far exceeding the amount sold in the store. After all, it only takes half an hour to collect a basket of grass in the field, and you can exchange it for a piece of toilet paper in Yuanying Village, which can be used by a family for a long time, so the nearby villagers are also very accepting.

Many people brought several baskets of green grass to exchange for the tofu and blood tofu on the farm, and then exchanged them for a piece of toilet paper to take home for use.

Later, when the corn husks in his own home were used up, Hualei went to other corn-growing families and exchanged them for a lot of corn husks and corn cobs using the feces of chickens, ducks and geese.

Because they didn't know that corn husks could be used to make paper and corn cobs could be used to grow mushrooms, the other party readily exchanged chicken, duck and goose manure with Hualei. After all, they would be planting corn next year and the fields on their farm were in great need of fertilizer.

In this way, the flower buds were traded and replaced, and in the end it didn't cost much, and I started making toilet paper with corn husks.

Because of the low price, Hua Qianbian's toilet paper business gradually became better. Later, when the quantity increased, Hua Lei made a batch and sent it to Mobei for sale. In this way, corn husks that were useless to others also started to make money for Hua Lei.

After all, this toilet paper is much more convenient to use than bamboo strips, and it is cheaper, so it is economical.

After Gui Jijiu found out, he once again marveled at Hualei's cleverness, and was also glad that the paper Hualei made was completely different from his own. Otherwise, he didn't know when he would be beaten to death on the beach.

Looking at his grandson Gui Jing'an who just got married in October, Gui Jijiu sighed. Some people are destined to be passers-by in life. You can't force them to stay with you. No matter how much reluctance and unwillingness you have in your heart, it will be useless. Since you can't become a family, then being friends or partners is also good.

However, Gui Jijiu looked at his granddaughter-in-law, Wen, the youngest granddaughter of the Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Rites. Although the family background was well matched with his own, the girl was above average in appearance and talent, and had perfect manners and etiquette. She would visit her mother-in-law every morning and evening to show her filial piety.

But Gui Jijiu always felt that this granddaughter-in-law lacked a little bit of life and agility, and the interaction between her and his grandson Gui Jingan also lacked a little bit of harmony. Alas, Gui Jijiu sighed deeply. I don't know if it was for himself or for his grandson Gui Jingan.

Emperor Shengwu spent fifty thousand taels of silver notes to buy budding corn, but he would definitely not do business at a loss.

At the same time, he also ordered that all the corn received this year should be kept for seeds and not be used for other purposes, and that the scale of planting should be expanded next year. His intention was to popularize corn planting.

In order to popularize corn planting, Emperor Shengwu spoke a few words in the court as usual. In addition to planting corn in official fields, he also encouraged officials to buy corn seeds and plant corn. Listen to the sound of the gong and listen to the words. So many officials paid out of their own pockets to buy these corn seeds.

In this way, Emperor Shengwu doubled the amount of corn seeds he received this year and sold them. Of course, the officials who enthusiastically purchased corn seeds were also personally recognized by Emperor Shengwu in the year-end evaluation a few months later and were rated as excellent.

If Hualei knew the twists and turns involved, she would definitely praise them, saying that the king and his subjects really understood each other and got what they needed.

Because Emperor Shengwu said that the scale of corn planting would be expanded next year, Hualei's guidance task next year has been visibly increased.

Even if Hualei doesn't need to do it herself, the errands she has to run will probably increase exponentially. Of course, her monthly salary won't increase. However, as a low-level employee, Hualei has no chance to resist.

Fortunately, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture was also very helpful. Although Hua Lei's monthly salary did not increase, he personally wrote a letter of commendation and recommendation and sent it to the Ministry of Revenue. Hua Lei, who had just completed a one-year official probation period, officially passed the probation period because of this letter of recommendation.

Although it is an official position granted by the emperor himself, it still requires one to demonstrate one's own abilities to show whether one has the real power or it is just a good-looking title.

This is also the biggest difference between your future career advancement and your future career advancement, or whether you can only stay where you are. Therefore, this commendation letter is also a recognition of Hualei's strength.

In the year-end evaluation, Hua Lei, like other colleagues who worked hard for Yumi, received an excellent rating.

Hua Lei was very happy to have passed the official probation period, but she was not very enthusiastic about the year-end excellent rating. This was very similar to the behavior of the leader who was the best at making big promises in the travel company in Hua Lei's previous life.

Because an employee did an outstanding job, the leader personally praised the employee and gave the employee a certificate, but there was no other bonus or anything like that.

Hualei was overjoyed on the surface, but inwardly she didn't care much. Unexpectedly, the ending had a little twist. Half a month later, Emperor Shengwu rewarded Hualei with a mountain of more than 1,000 mu, located about ten miles northeast of the North City.

Now Hualei is happy, hahaha, a mountain of more than a thousand acres, that would be worth a lot of silver. Didn’t they say it on the Internet in the previous life, green mountains and clear waters are our gold and silver mountains.

Now I have a mountain of gold. Hualei was extremely happy. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart. After all, Emperor Shengwu was the emperor. He was really generous.

However, she seemed to be happy too early, and the ending had a little twist. When she personally went to the Jinshan given by Emperor Shengwu to see it, she could not say she was disappointed, but very disappointed, extremely disappointed, and greatly disappointed.

What green mountains and clear waters? They are just a few barren mountains. They can't even be sold. There are 20 to 30 barren mountains of different sizes around them, covering tens of thousands of acres. No wonder Emperor Shengwu was so generous and gave away more than a thousand acres, but in the end, they were worthless.

But what can Hualei do? Regardless of whether this barren mountain is worth a penny, he still has to go to the Ministry of Rites to kowtow and thank the emperor, and then bring back the deed to the barren mountain.

The barren mountains awarded by Emperor Shengwu are actually four continuous mountains in the shape of a Chinese character "器". The mountains are not high, the highest one is only about 1,200 to 1,300 meters, and the other three are lower, with gentle slopes, so it may be more appropriate to call them hills.