Chapter 152

The good time is always short. At dusk, the one-day tour of Shuixie Xiangjiang, a famous scenic spot, is over.

Several people wake up and put down the ladle one after another.

In order to prevent the ship from sinking, several people have been bailing out water all day, which can be said to be very physical exercise!

Several people drooped their heads and dragged their aching limbs back to the village.

On the way, I met aunt Luo and Luo Yongzhi.

Aunt Luo said with a smile, "how are you doing? Look, I'm tired. I've been playing all day

I've been bailing all day!

"How big is the beach?" Asked Luo Yongzhi.

Xiao Wei took off his shoes and fell down on the top of them, pouring out a piece of mud: "big, especially big!"

As soon as their eyes brightened, Cuiyun asked, "where's the boat?"

Bi'er rubbed the sleeve that was cut by the wood chips thrown away from the boat, and said with a smile: "beautiful, especially beautiful!"

"There are little girls, aren't there?" Luo Yongzhi asked.

"Ha A GUI raised his head and laughed. He patted Luo Yongzhi on the shoulder and said in bewitchment, "the world is gorgeous."

"Xiaowei said that she was handsome, what is handsome..." Cuiyun is also in charge.

Seven niangs smile: "handsome."

Cui Yun nodded as if to pound garlic: "yes, that's it! Is he a very handsome young man

Seven niangs smile to smile: "that can't?"? You'll never forget it at a glance, and you'll remember his face in your dreams at midnight. " And his hump.

The Luo family is envious. They should have gone if they knew it was so good! It's decided that when Luo Yongnian comes back for the Mid Autumn Festival, the whole family will go there together!

In August, the weather gradually cools down.

Qiao Wei has nothing to do. She looks over the account book of the workshop. Qi Niang is good at everything, but she can't read much. Ah GUI records the account. It's clear at a glance how much goods everyone produces and how much goods are damaged every day.

At first, the workshop recruited only 30 people. Later, due to the need to catch up with the goods, two more people were added, a total of 32 people. Each person had a base salary of 900 Wen and a commission of one Wen for every three preserved eggs. Although this seems to be a little small, in fact, the processing process of preserved eggs is complicated. Each person is only responsible for one post, including wrapping, washing and waxing It's going to cost a copper.

The fastest is the big strong daughter-in-law. Looking at the soft and weak, she thinks she will be a gentle girl. But she can do things faster than a man. She is responsible for waxing and repackaging. She can do three or four hundred a day, and her speed is still improving.

Three or four hundred Wen a day, and one or two silver in three days. This is something a strong daughter-in-law would never have thought of before.

In addition, her father also makes baskets for the workshop, which is in great demand and a good income.

Now her father's basket can't be made. She took two apprentices from the village to do it together. Life at home is much better than before.

Of course, not everyone is as capable as she is. Some are born slow and some don't work hard. Qiao Wei has drawn a circle on the names of the people with the lowest output and the highest damage rate.

She runs a workshop, not a charity. If she can't do it well, she resigns and recruits again. She doesn't believe it. In such a big village, which two people are left to do things?

"Little Joe, are you there?"

Outside the villa, the voice of the village head suddenly rang out.

Qiaowei closed the account book, got up to open the door of the villa and said, "why do you have time to come to me?"

The village head said with a hearty smile, "you can't do anything without going to the three treasures hall." Then he put a basket of duck eggs on the table and said, "here you are."

Qiao Wei looked at the orderly arrangement of duck eggs, a total of 20, laughed and asked: "what do you send me duck eggs for? How little duck eggs do I get every day? You really want to send me some eggs, some bird eggs. "

The village head said, "if you want to eat bird eggs, I'll get some for you some other day."

Qiao Wei chuckled: "I'm kidding you."

She wants eggs for business, but she can't even plug her teeth.

The village head pushed the basket in front of Qiao Wei: "it's not for you to eat. It's for you to see. Are you satisfied with these eggs?"

Qiao Wei acutely caught the mystery of his words: "someone wants to supply me?"

Instead of answering her, the village head said, "do you remember the dumb man in the West Village?"

Qiao Wei was mentioned by an old scholar. She was 40 or 50 years old. Her wife died two years ago. She had only a married daughter under her knees. She had no son. In the countryside, she was an ex family. She didn't often walk around the village, so she didn't see him at a Sheng's children's banquet. She had seen him in the first two jobs, but he was too old for Qiao Wei to recruit him.

"He keeps ducks?" Qiao Wei asked.

The village head said, "I've raised dozens of them. Originally, I wanted to sell them in the town. I heard that you are in duck egg business, so I wanted to ask you if you are still in short supply. He was too embarrassed to ask, so he came to me."

This person is also pitiful. After middle age, his wife died and his daughter got married again. After doing farm work, he didn't even have a hot meal to eat when he came home.Qiao Wei sighed and said with a smile: "I'm short. As long as the duck itself is OK, just let him send it."

The village head was very happy and said, "he doesn't raise much now. He can give you 20 or 30 every day, but he said that if you want to, he can raise more."

She was worried about the shortage of goods. She was looking for eggs everywhere, so she was blind: "please tell the village head how many ducks he produces every day, I can afford them all. If anyone else wants to supply me, I'm welcome. "

"Really?" The village head's eyes brightened.

Qiaowei said with a smile: "how can I deceive you about such a thing? To be honest with the village head, my daily output now is this number. If the consumption is included, I need more. I have broken my leg when I buy goods everywhere. If I can buy them from the village, it will be much easier. "

Looking at her gesture, the village head couldn't recover for a long time. This girl, quietly, has done so much business. With this brain, how could she have almost starved to death at the beginning?

The village head couldn't figure out how Qiao Wei was enlightened, so he simply didn't think about it. Anyway, it's not the time to think about these things at the moment: "otherwise, I'll take you to the mute's house. How much do you need? Tell him by yourself? I'm afraid I said he didn't believe it. "

Qiao Wei a smile: "good."

They set out and went to the dumb man's house in the West Village.

Dumb has a name. It's called sledgehammer. Because he can't speak, he was called dumb. He didn't care. The people in the village were called Shunkou. Even the village head joined the ranks.

But in front of the sledgehammer, the village head was still embarrassed to shout.

"Sledgehammer, are you at home?" The village head leads Qiao Wei into a somewhat messy courtyard. Farm tools are lying in disorder. A few chickens and ducks are looking for food in the weeds. A pair of trousers are hanging on the clothesline, and a large wooden basin is under the rope. They are soaking the clothes with water.

Sledgehammer was cooking in the kitchen. When he heard the sound, he stepped out and saw Qiao Wei beside the village head. He was slightly stunned.

The village head said with a smile, "I've called Xiao Qiao here. You can talk about duck eggs by yourself."

Sledgehammer couldn't speak, so he made a gesture with his hand.

This, this is different from the sign language that Qiaowei knows.

Qiao Wei looked at the head of the village for no reason. The head of the village said, "he said the house is in a mess. I don't want you to go in and sit down. You wait. He moves a chair."

Hammer moved out two big chairs, let the village head and Qiao Wei sit, himself is sitting on a small bench.

Qiao Wei said: "well, uncle hammer, I want more goods. How much do you think you can supply? I mean everyday."

The sledgehammer made a gesture.

The village head said, "he said that now he has 28 female ducks. Ducks lay eggs every two days. He can provide you with 14 ducks every day, but if you need to, he can raise hundreds. The more you want, the more he raises."

Three or two gestures contain so much information! The village head is a good translator.

Qiaowei said with a smile: "well, you first give me a fifty to a hundred a day?"

The sledgehammer made a gesture.

"Give him four months and he'll raise the ducklings," the village head said

Qiao Wei nodded: "no problem."

What she wants to do is long-term business, not overnight.

The village head praised Da Chui and said, "Da Chui is very good at raising poultry. No matter what, you can feed them here. One year, the market of chicken was very good. Everyone in our village raised dozens of chickens. As a result, there was chicken fever later. Everyone's chickens died, so Da Chui's family was OK."

Sledgehammer is not very impressive. I didn't expect that he had such ability. It was really 365 lines, and he was the number one. Think of what, Qiao Wei Mou Guang moves, ask a way: "big hammer uncle, you can raise a bird?"

The sledgehammer hit the right back with his left back.

"He said Eagles can be raised," the village head translated

Uncle sledgehammer was so humorous. Qiao Wei was amused: "the eagle doesn't have to. I'm afraid it will take away my little white. Uncle sledgehammer raised quail?"

Hammer into the house, carrying a cage out, inside the two fat quail, hammer to the village head than a gesture.

The village head said with a smile, "he said that the quails will take you back to eat."

This is the quail raised at home. This dumb uncle is really good at raising quails. He is worried that he can't find a suitable quail dealer.

Although Mr. Rong's words are good, he can't raise poultry by himself, but raising poultry is a technical work, which is not as easy as Mr. Rong thought. If there is a slight mistake, as the village head said, a plague will destroy the whole chicken, and then there will be no loss.

Qiao Wei pointed to the quail and said, "Uncle hammer, I also need quail eggs. Can you supply them?"

The sledgehammer gave a thumbs up.

This Qiaowei understood.

What did big hammer compare with the village head? The smile on the village head's face was deeper: "big hammer said that quail does not take more than 50 days from hatching to laying. If you give him two and a half months, he can supply for you."

Qiao Wei felt that she had really picked up a treasure. The quail eggs on the market are rare and expensive, so she can't buy any more. Uncle hammer is so good that she can supply them to her in October.The village head said, "how much do you want, big hammer asked."

Qiao Wei said bluntly, "I want as much as I have, but don't raise too much at once, uncle hammer. I still have to go step by step. I can't run business here. No matter how much other people supply me, I will still think of the villagers."

To be honest, the village head is also afraid of sledgehammer. When he gets excited, he will raise poultry recklessly. If he gets sick or something, he will lose his life. Xiao Qiao is right. He has to try to raise a batch step by step. If the cooperation is stable, he will gradually increase the supply.

The village head looked at sledgehammer and said, "sledgehammer, do you hear me? Don't worry, step by step. If a man strides too far, he will pull the egg drop! "

"Poof --" Qiao Wei couldn't help laughing.

The business with Uncle sledgehammer was settled in this way. Qiao Wei's receiving price was lower than the retail price on the market, but the quality of the goods was high on time. The price would rise in one month, and it would basically exceed the wholesale price in three months.

After that, the village head took Qiaowei to other families and told them that if they had duck eggs, they could sell them to Qiaowei.

Although there are few families separated from each other, they can get together, and there are hundreds of them every month. Besides, they deliver goods to the door, so Qiao Wei doesn't have to collect them by herself.

The receiving price is the same as that of Uncle hammer. Some of them are too cheap. They sell two Wen each in the town. She sells one Wen here. It's unreasonable.

When Qiao Wei heard this, she just laughed it off. She really dares to compare her retail price with her wholesale price. How can we not say that her wholesale price will be equal to the retail price in the market in three months, and it will completely exceed it in half a year?

If you don't sell it, you don't sell it. She's not bad at that.

Qiao Wei went back to the mountain. Unexpectedly and reasonably, she saw Cui Gonggong waiting at the door. She welcomed him with a smile: "manager Cui, what brings you here? Isn't delivery tomorrow? "

Manager Cui waved his hand: "don't mention it. There's something wrong with the goods in front of us. I'm afraid. Is your goods OK?"

Qiao Wei asked knowingly, "I'm fine here. Which batch of goods has gone wrong, manager Cui?"

Manager Cui sighed: "the Xu family of the Qiao family has been mentioned to you."

"Ah, she." Qiao Wei's face is suddenly enlightened.

Manager Cui said happily: "fortunately, the miscellaneous family listened to you and signed a breach of contract agreement with her. Otherwise, she would not be able to deliver the goods. It's the miscellaneous family who carries the pot!"

Qiao Wei asked anxiously, "are you all right over there?"

"It's not a big problem to pay some money." At the beginning, the cooperation with others was pre-sale. He received the payment for goods and promised that if the goods could not be delivered on time, he would pay double compensation according to the selling price. When he signed the agreement with Xu, he was more thoughtful. He wrote three times compensation, Xu paid three times compensation to him, and he paid double compensation to others. In fact, he made money, but his reputation was greatly reduced.

Qiao Wei invited manager Cui into the room and gave him a cup of Longjing: "you Haven't you paid for it yet? "

Cui general pipeline: "there are still three days." Although I know that I have to pay for it, I just want to spend more money in my hand for a few days. "You're a good Longjing, this year's new tea?"

Qiao Wei nodded a smile: "yes."

Manager Cui is a member of the house of internal affairs. He knows where the good things go. However, this year, the output of Longjing is small, and there is no market to sell them. They all go to the palace. The emperor likes Longjing, and the house of internal affairs dares not neglect them. They are all sent to the emperor.

The emperor left ten jin for himself, and gave ten jin to the prince and his concubine. The rest went into the prime minister's pocket.

This lady's Longjing, if not appreciated by the Emperor himself, is given by the other three. Who would it be? crown prince? Princess? the prime minister?

The prince and his concubine had a meeting with Qiao at the banquet of the prince's birthday. Qiao saved the choking prince. Would it be from the prince?

Or Who watched the whole treatment process?

It can't be the prime minister. The prime minister didn't come that day.

There are countless guesses in manager Cui's mind. The most important skill for them is to sort out the deep relationship between people. Otherwise, even the disposal of a sweeping eunuch may affect the huge network behind him.

"There are not many Longjing this year." Manager Cui smiles.

Qiao Wei knew what he was thinking, but she deliberately hid it and said, "it's very few."

I'm not going to tell him.

Manager Cui is an understanding person, and he won't ask now. No matter who is behind her, it's not a small manager of the house who can afford to send Longjing: "you just seem to have something to say to the miscellaneous family?"

Qiaowei gave manager Cui manshanglongjing: "I happen to have a lot of extra goods here. I don't know if Mr. Cui wants them or not."

Manager Cui's eyes moved: "how many do you have?"

"Twenty thousand."

Isn't that the quantity you need?

Manager Cui looked at Qiao Wei in a dazed way. For a long time, he seemed to understand something: "Mrs. Qiao, would you..."

Have you been waiting here long?

He remembers that he asked her to supply the goods at the beginning, and she said she couldn't do so much.Qiao Wei sighed: "I didn't plan to do so much, but something happened in our village. You should know about the tax increase this year?"

Manager Cui knows about this. Many families who can't afford to pay taxes have sold their sons to the palace as eunuchs.

Qiao Wei then said: "most of our villages can't afford to pay taxes. The government collects corvee. We don't want to go. I can't bear it, so I help them pay taxes. In return, they come to my workshop to work. Dozens of people, I have been forced to do so many things, and I am worried about how to sell them. "

To say that, manager Cui understood: "I see. I thought..."

Qiao Wei "bitter" smile: "think I am deliberately calculated Mrs. Qiao? Where can I be so good at it? " I skipped why I did it.

Manager Cui is taken by Qiao Wei. He forgets to ask if Qiao Wei and Xu Shi have any problems. He only feels that Qiao Wei has a good reason. Xu's formula is his own, and people are his own. Even if Qiao wants to intervene, he can't get involved.

Back to God, manager Cui said with a smile: "I like to deal with kind people most. I want all your goods from you for your kindness to the villagers."

……

After manager Cui left, Qiao Wei sat in the room and counted the bank notes. Because she solved manager Cui's urgent need, manager Cui's price was much higher than usual, one hundred Wen, and the total amount was two thousand Liang. The money was just a fraction of what Xu compensated manager Cui, and manager Cui didn't feel any pain.

Qiaowei is not too little. After all, it's a windfall, and manager Cui decided to give Qiaowei all her business in the next year after she tasted the sweetness. In one year, she doesn't believe that she can earn less than 10000 Liang.

Qiaowei hummed a little song and folded the banknotes one by one. The lock was not secure. She stooped and found a new lock from the cupboard. As soon as she sat up, she felt that there was a dark shadow in front of her eyes.

She quickly seized the small black claw, which was in disorder. The fingertips of the black claw held a silver note: "it's itchy again, isn't it?"

Pearl put out her tongue.

The little monkey is good at everything, but he's a bit of a pushover.

Qiaowei took the silver ticket back and put it in the box: "what else?"

Pearl shrugged, no more!

Qiao Wei catches her other paw hidden behind her back and looks at the silver note squeezed by her: "what's this?"

Pearl looked up at the sky.

Qiaowei hates to make things messy. She can't even stand the corner of the page. Qiaowei glares at the little monkey: "dare to rub my things again and throw you on the beam!"

There is a little white snake on the beam.

Pearl drew out her handkerchief, which she had rolled up with her tail, and began to cry.

Qiao Wei pointed her eyes and said, "the handkerchief is mine, too!"

Pearl runs away!

Qiaowei grabbed her tail and lifted it up: "open your mouth!"

Pearl covered her mouth.

Jovi slaps her on the butt!

"Zhi -"

a little Yuanbao fell out of her mouth

……

Even if you don't give up, life is so helpless.

Pearl left the room with one hand on her heart, and with grief she came to the door and met a man.

The man was startled by the sudden little monkey. He just wanted to say that it was not a thief who ate shrimp balls? The thief grabbed his clothes, wiped his "tears", blew his "nose" and coughed. Like a terminally ill patient, he stumbled past boss Rong.

What a poor little monkey, boss Rong's heart is breaking.

Boss Rong sucks his nose, rubs his wet eyes, arranges his face and enters Qiao Wei's room.

Outside the gate, pearl weighed the jade pendant in her hand and went down the mountain happily!

……

Qiao Wei made a cup of tea for boss Rong: "did you make an appointment? Either they won't come, or come with us? "

"Who?" Let the boss look around.

Qiao Wei said, "manager Cui has just been here."

Mr. Rong frowned: "he's coming to urge the goods again? What's the matter with that guy? I'll urge you to come to your house after work. Isn't it not the delivery time? "

Qiao Wei said with a smile: "it's not easy to do business in the palace. If something goes wrong, he will be responsible. By the way, what can I do for you?"

"Have you finished with your private affairs?" Asked the boss.

Qiaowei thought: "almost."

Mr. Rong said excitedly: "I saw a Chuang Tzu a few days ago. It's very big, the environment is good, and the price is not expensive. It's outside the capital. It's close to the capital and the town. It's very suitable to build a factory. Do you want to have a look?"

Qiao Wei and bi'er tell her to pick up the children from the private school, eat in the small courtyard at noon and in the evening, and then take boss Rong's carriage to the big Chuang Tzu near the capital.

The manor is bigger than the one described by Mr. Rong. It covers more than ten mu, which is more than enough for processing and breeding.Mr. Rong pointed to a deserted field and said, "the villa Master said that she wanted to farm, but her family didn't lack money and had no time to deal with it, so she let the villa idle."

Qiao Wei can see that the soil is still very fertile, that is, surrounded by a few mountains, slightly desolate: "since there is no shortage of silver, why sell it?"

"It's like there's something wrong with the business and we need capital turnover," Mr. Rong said

While talking, several people came to the main courtyard of the manor.

However, to Qiao Wei's great surprise, it was not other people sitting in the hall, but the Xu family who had not seen her for a long time.

Only a few days later, Xu's whole body was thin, haggard, dark, puffy, with fine lines at the corners of his eyes. No matter how thick the makeup powder was, it couldn't cover him.

Xu Shi seems to have seen Qiao Wei, and is so surprised that he stands up.

Qiao Wei said with a smile: "it's the second aunt's Chuang Tzu."

Let boss squint: "two aunts?"

"Yes." Qiao Wei introduced with a smile, "the second uncle is my father's half brother, and this Mrs. Qiao is my good second aunt."

Let boss a face at a loss: "how can you have so rich two aunts?"

Qiao Wei said jokingly, "yes, how could a poor country widow like me have such a rich second aunt?"

Boss Rong hears the smell of gunpowder, and Xiao Qiao is so poor that he sets up a stall outside. If the other party is really her second aunt, but doesn't care about her, then the relationship between them You can imagine.

Xu settled down, looked at boss Rong and said, "boss Rong, you came here today to fix Chuang Tzu, right?"

Just about to say yes, boss Rong took a look at Qiao Wei on his side and said, "I'm taking our big boss over here. Whether I buy your Chuang Tzu or not depends on what we mean by our big boss."

It can be said that it's a long face for Qiao Wei.

Xu's pupil is a shrink: "she is your big boss?"

"Yes," said Mr. Rong! I ran errands for her! I can't say whether you want to buy it or not. I have to be in charge and nod my head! "

So you call yourself the boss?!

Xu tugged on the handkerchief.

Qiao Wei leisurely said: "second aunt, you have not lived in this broken village for many years. When you open your mouth, it's 1800 Liang. Do you think others are fools?"

Xu's cold voice way: "I this Chuang Tzu how old, don't you see?"

Qiao Wei said with a faint smile: "Da is also an abandoned village. It costs several hundred taels of silver to find someone to clean up, hoe, turn over the land, and build a new house. Your land has not been planted for many years, and the soil quality is poor. In the first few years, there may not be any harvest. There are also mountains around, which occupy the positions of water, fire, and earth in the five elements No, I have to dig out the mountain first if I want the Chuang Tzu to operate again. Tell me how much trouble I have to take! "

Xu didn't know Feng Shui, but she was very eloquent and didn't know what to say: "my mother gave me a dowry to Chuang Tzu. I don't want to sell it. It's just that I can't take care of it. "

Is there really no money?

Qiao Wei smiles to see to her: "that two aunts seek another person, allow shopkeeper, let's go."

Boss Rong keeps up with Qiao Wei.

Xu was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat that he called out to them: "one thousand five! Five hundred taels for you! "

Without looking back, Qiao Wei said, "five hundred taels, one more copper is not necessary."

Xu was so angry that he wanted to smoke her: "you are robbing while the fire is burning!"

Qiao Wei looks back and smiles: "it's better than you fall into the well."

Let the boss hold his heart, well, it's so strong!

The business didn't come to an agreement in the end. Xu was not willing to sell such a big Chuang Tzu cheaply. She didn't believe that she couldn't find a suitable buyer!

"Is Chuang Tzu really bad at Feng Shui?" On the carriage, the boss asked with a lingering fear that business people are most afraid of Feng Shui.

Qiao Wei shakes her head and smiles: "where do I know Feng Shui?"

Let the boss tongue, deceive people, even he almost believe!

……

Xu failed to sell Chuang Tzu and went back to the capital with a black face. He finally failed to buy the house on Qingyang Road. He didn't have enough money to compensate manager Cui. He just managed to make up the compensation after he arrived at several shops in his name.

But in this way, she had no money at all.

The only one left is Chuang Tzu.

The carriage stopped in front of the house rented by Er Fang. The coachman put the stool on the ground. Xu got out of the carriage. The coachman suddenly said, "madam, slave I have something to report. "

"What's the matter?" Xu asked impatiently.

The coachman said in a low voice: "the slave's mother is ill. The slave has to go back to his hometown to take care of her. I'm afraid he can't continue to serve his wife."

This kind of excuse can be heard every day when Xu moves into the rented house.

Xu looked at him coldly: "shameless thing! How did you kneel down and ask me to give you a job? Now that I'm down, I want to run out one by one! "

The coachman did not dare to reply.

Xu was furious: "go away! Get the hell out of here! Let Mrs. Bennet see you again, and Mrs. Bennet will expose you! "The coachman took out the already packed baggage from under the carriage seat, saluted and ran away.

The empty yard, walking, running, leaving only mother Lin and Dan Ju.

Mother Lin is cooking in the kitchen, and Dan Ju is washing the sheets in the yard that Qiao Zhongqing has soiled.

"Madame." Dan Ju saluted.

"Where's the master?" Xu asked wearily.

Dan Ju said: "the emperor went to the temple to worship his ancestors. As an accompanying doctor, the master can't come back for half a month."

Half a month later, ah, Xu laughed sarcastically.

Xu went to the kitchen.

Mother Lin put the cooked sweet potato porridge into a bowl, and then took a big spoon to scoop out the soup in the purple clay pot: "the young master's body needs tonic, our ginseng is finished, and there is no chicken."

Xu's heart was blocked: "I know."