Chapter 123 The Butterfly Effect
Before going home to harvest wheat, Gu Dahan took Qin Qingyou to the Lu family to deliver some cakes.
When they came back, they brought Tong Huaqiong two tools she had always dreamed of.
That tool is a gear whisk.
It is said that Lu Chaoyang asked the shopkeepers of his own shops in various places to mobilize local skilled craftsmen, and finally a craftsman from Shengjing dismantled the electric whisk that Maner brought with him and improved it into a hand-cranked gear whisk.
It has to be said that expanding the business territory has many benefits. At least the network of contacts you can make is something that some businesses in Yanguan Town cannot match.
Therefore, Tong Huaqiong secretly made up her mind that she could not be satisfied with the small Yanguan Town, nor with the pastry shop. She must explore new business opportunities and open her own business across the country like the Lu family.
Tong Huaqiong tried to beat egg whites with a hand-cranked gear whisk. Although it was not as fast as an electric whisk, it was faster and much more labor-saving than beating with chopsticks. Moreover, the beaten egg whites were as dense and stable as those with an electric whisk.
Tong Huaqiong is very satisfied with the performance of the hand-cranked gear whisk.
It is true that there are great inventors in every era.
"How is Mr. Lu?" Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Dahan.
She thought of Lu Zhaozhao's illness.
The last time they met, she guessed that Lu Zhaoyang was suffering from gluten intolerance and that he would be fine as long as he stopped eating flour and wheat products.
She didn't know whether her inference was correct or not.
"Mr. Lu is sending a message to thank my mother. He said that he hasn't been sick since he stopped eating food made from wheat and flour. This time when I saw Mr. Lu, he looked much better than before, and he didn't even breathe hard when he spoke." Gu Dahan said.
Tong Huaqiong breathed a sigh of relief when she learned that Lu Zhaoyang's health had improved.
Lu Zhaoyang's fate should have changed from then on.
If he were alive, as the most outstanding student in Wanliu Academy, he would definitely shine in the imperial examinations and might even get the top six.
In the future, many students graduating from Wanliu Academy in the court will no longer be led by Gu Jingzhe, but will follow Lu Zhaoyang.
In addition, Lu Zhaoyang is a man of extraordinary talent, so it is only a matter of time before he gets married and becomes a prime minister.
If Lu Zhaoyang's fate changes, Lu Zhaozhao's fate will also change accordingly.
With a brother who was the number one scholar in the imperial examination, Lu Zhaozhao would probably be the target of marriage proposals from many high-ranking families in Shengjing, and she might even become a princess or a general's wife.
But no matter who Lu Zhaozhao is with, Tong Huaqiong feels that it is better than being with Gu Jingzhe.
Since Lu Zhaozhao had suffered enough from love and the Gu family in her previous life, she deserves compensation in this life.
When Tong Huaqiong was transformed into Tong Dajiao, it was like a butterfly flapping its wings, changing the life trajectory of the Lu brothers and sisters.
She felt that she was atonement for Tong Dajiao's past life.
Since she has redeemed Tong Da Jiao's sins, it is not excessive for her to act like an old lady and let a few bad bamboos obey her and live according to her wishes.
"Well, boss, the wheat is about to ripen, so I'd like to take a few days off to harvest it. You know, I only have my parents at home, and I'm afraid they can't handle it." After Qin Qingyou completed the task of delivering the cakes, hesitantly asked for leave.
Originally, his parents said that he and Qiao Yun had finally found a stable job with Tong Huaqiong, so they should not take leave easily, and the couple should just focus on harvesting wheat.
But Qin Qingyou was a filial son and could not bear to see his parents suffer. In addition, his family had a lot of land and he was worried about rain, so after thinking it over, he decided to ask for leave for Tong Huaqiong.
Qin Qingyou's request for leave touched Tong Huaqiong's heart, and she has been a little worried these days.
Wheat harvest time is a big event. In this place without machinery, harvesting is entirely done by hand.
After the wheat is harvested, it needs to be threshed, threshed with stone rollers, dried, and stored. But that's not all. After the wheat is stored, corn and beans need to be planted.
The wheat harvest season is not over until the next season's crops are planted.
Moreover, everyone in every household has to join in the fight. If it rains or hail, all the food for this season will be gone.
Therefore, even the most demanding shops would allow their country workers to return home during the wheat harvest season to help with the harvest.
Peach desserts are no exception.
Almost every family working in the shop needs to harvest wheat.
Not to mention other people, Tong Huaqiong's family has several acres of wheat fields, and Gu Dahan alone probably wouldn't be able to finish the work even if he worked himself to death.
It is reasonable to give everyone a holiday to harvest wheat.
The country guys in other shops in the town all have wheat harvest holiday.
Peach blossom desserts cannot be left alone.
But Taohua Dessert had just opened for business, so it needed to continue to establish itself in the market. She was afraid that Sushiyuan would take advantage of the wheat harvest season to destroy the business that Taohua Dessert had worked so hard to build.
Tong Huaqiong thought for a moment and said to Qin Qingyou, "Wheat harvest must be very important during this period. I am also thinking about this matter. Call everyone else. I have something to say."
Qin Qingyou knew that Tong Huaqiong was going to hold a meeting, so he called all the shop employees together.
Tong Huaqiong has only one principle: when the wheat harvest season comes, she will not delay those who have wheat from harvesting it, but she also has to take care of the business in the shop.
This requires rational arrangement of staff in the shop.
Qin Qingyou said that he and his parents could complete the harvesting of his family's wheat, and he asked his two uncles and cousin to help with threshing, while Qiao Yun stayed in the store.
Liu Shan said that Hu Shi did not need the wheat at home, so he could stay at Taohua Dessert and continue baking desserts.
Ma Huateng's family had no land, so there was no need to worry about harvesting wheat. Gu Xiaocao's family had little land, and her parents had told her long ago that not only did they not need Gu Xiaocao to harvest wheat so that she could sell cakes at Taohua Dessert with peace of mind, they also planned to help Gu Dahan thresh the wheat after harvesting their own two acres of land.
It just so happened that Hong Xiaoxi also resigned from Sushiyuan and officially joined Taohua Dessert. As the youngest son in the family, he discussed with his brother, sister-in-law, parents and decided not to go home to participate in the harvest.
As for Tong Huaqiong and a few bad bamboos, Tong Huaqiong planned to stay to bake cakes and control the overall situation, Gu Taohua stayed to be responsible for customer service, and Gu Jingzhe was quick to react so he was asked to stay in the store to be responsible for emergencies, while Gu Dahan and his wife and Gu Dashu and his wife went home to harvest wheat.
Tong Huaqiong recorded everyone's situation and found that the staffing was more optimistic than she had thought. In fact, the core staff in the shop did not have to go home to rush to harvest.
In addition, during the wheat harvest season, the passenger flow is definitely much less than usual, and these core personnel can fully cope with it.
Liu Yue'e didn't want to go back to harvest the wheat, but she didn't dare disobey her mother-in-law's orders.
The Gu family didn't have many fields, and if the second son and his wife were as capable as the eldest son and his wife, they could finish the harvest quickly. Tong Huaqiong told Gu Dashu and his wife that they had finished harvesting their own wheat fields, and asked them to go to the Liu family to help harvest, as the Liu family had more wheat.
With the help of Gu Dashu and his wife, Liu Shan can feel more relaxed. Everyone works together and can come to work earlier after finishing the work.
Starting from tomorrow, today’s personnel arrangements will be implemented until the wheat harvest is over.
Just when Tong Huaqiong had assigned work tasks to the remaining employees in the shop, Gu Baishuang came to the door.
Of course, Gu Baishuang came to see her younger brother Gu Dahan to discuss something.
Tong Huaqiong didn't care too much about it. It was just a matter of burying their parents together. Tong Huaqiong had already made her attitude clear. Let them do whatever they want. Whoever wants Lao Gu's old cucumber can take it. She would not touch it at all.
She didn't even attend the ceremony. Wouldn't it be better for her to make money in town?