Joseph's family now earns at least 30 silver coins a month. Pedro's store now sells not only essential oils and blushes, but also fragrant soaps and balms. If the production volume continues to expand, Maria and Selena really cannot cope.
Furthermore, the flowers that José went to collect in the mountains were not enough, so José and María discussed hiring Lucia and Helena to help Selena and María at home, and hired male employees from Dalle village to collect flowers.
Something good like this, working in the village and not having to worry about the distance to the workplace, is something that villagers naturally want. Now is the slow season and there are not many things to do at home. You can earn four copper coins a day by going to Selena's house to help. Not to mention men, an easy job like picking flowers in the mountains can earn seven copper coins a day. When the people in the village found out, they all rushed to do it.
There are many flowers on the Flower Mountain. Taking advantage of the fact that now is the flower season, José takes people to the mountain to collect flowers every day. Those that are not used are dried and cured, sealed and stored in the store to use them in the winter. Flower Mountain After de Flores finished picking, he took people to pick flowers from several other nearby mountains. Until the two rooms dedicated to storing flowers at home are full, there is no need to worry about running out of flowers this winter.
Selena and María relaxed much more with the help of Lucía and Helena, who did the basic physical work and various jobs. Maria is responsible for the main production, Selena only needs to adjust the proportion of raw materials. Nowadays, all products produced in batches are medium to low-end products, and chain production is not so complicated, the most important thing is to grasp the proportion of raw materials.
All fragrant flower soaks are made by Selena. A drop of spring liquid will be dropped into each large tank of water, which will be absorbed by the petals and then dried and stored. It is not necessary to soak in the magic liquid when used in winter, and the fragrance of the flowers will remain reserved.
Selena's family was very motivated as their monthly income continued to increase. At the end of the year, Joseph's family had almost 50 gold coins saved. With the money in hand, Joseph and Mary had some ideas.
During the winter, when there are no flowers to pick, José often helps greet customers at Pedro's store. He discovered that his products were selling very well, especially soaps, balms and essential oils, and because of their high quality and low price many people bought them. Even mid to high priced blush can sell about ten boxes a month.
Then the idea that had been suppressed due to lack of money arose again; the contract with Pedro was less than a year away.
There was one thing that made Joseph anxious. He was eager to buy a store in the city right away. Even Maria, who was reluctant to let go of the new house in which she had just lived for a year, also vaguely had this idea.
Ultimately, all of this is because her daughter Selena is too attractive and beautiful. This year she will be fourteen years old, because her family's conditions are better and they eat well. She has grown a lot this year and has developed curves. Many people in the village asked if Selena had a fiancé.
Selena is beautiful and intelligent, José feels that he has met many people in Pedro's store, but none is prettier than his daughter.
Furthermore, his family has made money in the last two years and is already one of the richest families in town. It seems to him that no one in the town is worthy of her daughter. Now they may use the excuse that their children are still young and in no hurry, but by next year, others may beg them to get engaged first and wait until they are 18 before getting married.
What makes José even more angry is that at the end of the year, there are many young people hanging around the door of the house every day and it is impossible for him to stay at home every day.
Even Lucía, pretending to be uninterested, asked the question about the criteria for choosing Selena's fiancé that day, although she then covertly changed the subject, María was also surprised and secretly thought that she was slow.
Alberto, Lucía's son, is 18 years old today and has not talked about marriage. At first he thought it was because of the financial limitations of his family. After Lucía mentioned it, María discovered the problem. It turned out that Alberto liked his daughter.
This Lucía is the closest neighbor to her house, if she refuses inappropriately it is very likely that they will feel that her family looks down on theirs because they have money, this is really annoying.
Although Antonio looks quite good, and although he is a few years older than Selena, he is very honest, and at a glance you can tell that he is a man who treats his wife well. If his daughter looks average, and Antonio can wait two more years, which is considered a good marriage, his house is close enough and he will be able to see his daughter frequently after they get married.
But Selena is too beautiful, Antonio's family is too common and has no power or wealth, so he cannot protect his daughter.
That day an old blind witch came to town, María had never believed in this before, but that day she got upset by Lucía's words, so she took some money and asked her to guess Selena's future, the witch made it clear to her. that her daughter's fate was peculiar, her parents would have died young and she would have been left alone and widowed, and she also ended up dying young.
But now her destiny has deviated from the original path: not only will her family live longer, but she will also have her own career and she will have all the glory and wealth in the future. Marriage is also predestined: when the time comes, the destined person will marry her when she is 18 years old.
Finally, after Maria asked again and again, the blind witch said: Your daughter's future husband is an extraordinary person, so don't think about all the messy things now.
Mary thought that although she and Joseph were in good health now, she had almost died of illness before. After her daughter made essential oils, her family gradually became richer. Therefore, she began to believe in the blind witch's words. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that what the blind witch was saying made sense. According to what the blind witch said, Antonio is definitely not the destined one, Maria, who was still doubting, breathed a sigh of relief, so she just listened to the witch and let nature take its course.
María could only help Lucía look for wife candidates for Antonio, which was an indirect rejection. That night there was a fight at Antonio's house for a long time during dinner time, the next day she found out that Antonio had been hit by Lucia.
Maria originally wanted to visit, but she felt that going at that time would certainly give Antonio hope, she didn't know what to do, so she sighed again and again.
She blames herself for not having the ability. If she is rich and powerful and she settles in the city as soon as possible, there wouldn't be so many things!
Maria began counting her savings every day, thinking that she should quickly save money to buy a store in the city. She had long heard that the ladies from rich and aristocratic families in the city were very beautiful. If Selena went to town, she wouldn't be so prominent.