Being rejected by a scholar? She is so rich, what is she afraid of?

Chapter 184: New Year Gifts, New Year

The Yun family is also preparing New Year gifts, which will be given to both the Nan Palace and the Mu Palace.

"Xi girl, what do you think we should prepare?"

Yun Xi smiled and said, "Mom, our soaps, cakes, vegetables, and fruits are all rare items. They will definitely like them if you give them more."

She turned around and asked Yunqi, "Brother, have we finished making the paper?"

Yunqi said, "I was just about to tell you about this. The paper is ready. I brought some back from the workshop. Wait a moment, I'll get it for you to see."

Soon, Yunqi came back with a stack of cut paper.

Yun Xi looked at the snow-white paper, stroked the smooth surface and hardness of the paper, found a brush, and tried to write a few words.

The ink did not float on the smooth surface, but dried quickly.

This paper looks the same as the white paper in previous lives, but in fact it has a much stronger ability to absorb ink, making it suitable for use in ancient times when it was mostly used with brushes.

Yun Xi was very surprised, "Brother, this is the paper I want."

In fact, they had already made papers of different materials in the past two months, but Yunxi was never satisfied. The workshop was also constantly experimenting and improving.

"Brother, prepare ten pieces of paper each, and package them nicely when the time comes. We will give them to Tianchen and the Mu family."

Xi was relieved when she saw the paper. "Now I can finally give you a good New Year gift."

The four treasures of the study, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, are all elegant items.

Although soaps and cakes were not cheap, Xi always felt that they were not valuable items and would be too shabby to use as New Year gifts.

With these papers, I suddenly feel classy.

When Ying Tianchen and the Mu family received their respective New Year gifts and saw the snow-white paper, they were all shocked.

"There is such a white and high-quality paper."

Several young men in the Mu family each took a piece of white paper and rubbed it carefully, unable to let it go.

Ying Tianchen rode his horse directly to Yunjia Village and wanted to go into the papermaking workshop to check out the situation.

When he turned around and found Yunxi, he was very excited.

"Xi'er, this paper is really great. Before you said you wanted to open a papermaking workshop, I thought that there were already aristocratic families doing this business in the capital, and I was afraid it would be difficult to do it. Now it seems that I thought too much. You won't have any trouble selling this paper. And I heard from my eldest brother that the cost is not very high, it is even lower than the price of ordinary paper on the market now."

"That's right, so I think the price of this paper doesn't need to be too high. It should be about the same as the price of ordinary paper."

After thinking for a while, she added, "The defective products in our workshop can be sold as ordinary paper. The price should be set lower, which can be regarded as some welfare for those poor scholars."

Ying Tianchen took her hand and praised, "The princess is kind-hearted."

Yun Xi glared at him and said, "You can praise me, but don't yell."

Ying Tianchen said seriously, "I'm not yelling nonsense, you are my princess."

Yun Xi was too lazy to argue with him. This guy was completely different from when they first met.

At that time, I would become shy and my ears would turn red, and I couldn't even look her in the face.

Since we got engaged, every time we meet we hold hands and hug each other, without any hesitation.

Everyone celebrated this year happily.

Yun Xi arranged for her servants to buy a lot of lanterns and flower lanterns to hang on the corridors in the village, and even in the greenhouses in the fields.

Other households also hung big red lanterns.

The whole village looked very beautiful with lights and colors, full of joy.

On the 28th and 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Yunqi asked the two workshops to settle wages for everyone and also distributed New Year gifts.

The New Year gift is a portion of cake and two pounds of pork for each person.

Everyone was so happy that they had smiles on their faces and laughed non-stop.

In winter, the villagers followed the Yun family to build greenhouses, and every household earned a lot of money.

For those who worked in the workshop, the average worker would get 600 to 700 coins a month. For those who did a good job or were in charge, the monthly salary would be over 1 tael.

Not only did everyone pay off the money they owed to Yunxi's family, but they also had some money left over.

On New Year's Eve, every household in Yunjia Village ate white rice and meat, and the sound of firecrackers was heard one after another.

"The days are getting better and better. It was a good decision for us to follow the Yun family to this place."

Everyone couldn't help but sigh while eating the New Year's Eve dinner.

Yunxi's house was the most lively. Ying Tianchen also came to the Yun family to celebrate the New Year today.

Nan Wangfu was the only master there, so it was indeed a bit lonely. Yun Xi asked him to come to her house to celebrate the New Year together to make it more lively.

Ying Tianchen didn't care about that and agreed.

After having a lively New Year's Eve dinner, accepting the New Year's money given by the elders and setting off fireworks for a while, Yun Xi led everyone to play Landlord.

The cards were made by her, so they were not as good as the real ones, but they were disposable and still okay to play with.

Everyone had a great time, young and old alike.