farmhouse ditty

Chapter 162
Xiuniang originally thought that when she came to the town, she would simply tidy up the inside and outside of the shop, and open the shop within four or five days.

Anyway, old man Li is good at carpentry, and his hands and feet can't produce defective products. He can make about [-] washboards in three or four days, and he can do business as soon as the shop opens.

At that time, the wood that Chu Ge found for old man Li was the scraps left over from making furniture in other shops, and some of them were sawed into pieces.

However, Xiu Niang and Chu Ge had just arrived in the town, and they had only been idle for a day, and troubles came, and they had to work day and night again.

Not to mention that the yard needs to be tidied up and the house needs to be cleaned, these Xiuniangs can come here alone, not to mention refilling the pots and bowls, you can go directly to the shops in the town to buy, and then talk to those guys Tell me where you live, they will send it to you later, but...

"Oh, brother, sister-in-law, you have given me a correct sentence, the dogs are still waiting for me to go back."

A dark and thin young man stood in the yard, watching Xiu Niang and Chu Ge chattering.

The troublesome thing that Xiuniang was talking about just now is this Guixi, who came to ask for a washboard again.

Originally, Guixi didn't know that the two of them moved to the town, but he returned to Xiayang Village a few days ago, and came to them in a hurry after resting for a day, but she and Chu Ge had already left the village at that time. Drive to the town.

When Guixi went there, he saw that the courtyard door of their house was locked, so he ran to ask Mrs. Liu. Mrs. Liu knew that he bought and sold washboards for Xiuniang, and then told him that Xiuniang bought them in the town. There is a paving workshop, which is in the middle of the back street, so he came here looking for it today.

Xiuniang was a little strange, this Guixi only took dozens of them away ten days ago, why now he came to ask for a washboard again, even if he put it on the stove and burned it, it would take some time.

When Guixi heard what Xiuniang said, she just laughed. Quan thought that Xiuniang was so busy that she was dizzy, tired and confused before she said such a thing. This is rich money, who cares what's going on? .

But Guixi thought so in his heart, and he still said it, in fact, the boards he wanted this time were all from a few big families. It was the first time he and those brothers went out to the town, and they ran to those big families He went to the back of the house, yelling at the washboard at the top of his voice.

At that time, Guixi thought like this, this big house has a large population, masters, wives, young masters, aunts and young ladies, maids and old maids, there are about ten people living in this courtyard, and the clothes of these people are specially hired. Some women came to wash, and he just wanted to buy and sell the washboard to these women.

They watched Guixi washing clothes on the washboard, washing them effortlessly and quickly, and three out of five bought and sold them for money, and the price they gave was not low. Of course, Guixi was wrong about the last sentence. Xiu Niang is telling the truth.

But this time later, Guixi and Gouzi went to the township to yell again. There were a few big family managers, they found Guixi, and they asked for ten miles. Guixi was also strange at the time. Very soon, I just asked by the way, it is not difficult to use the washboard to wash clothes, but those big households of them hire people to do the laundry, and they just let the laundresses do the work, why do they have to spend this money?

The manager of the big household said that there are special laundry women in their house, and they have specially marked out a yard with a large pool in it, which is for those women to do their laundry.

However, if there were a dozen or so women squatting in that yard, they would stop chattering and gossiping. They all have big arms and thick waists. If they picked up the washing stick and swung their arms to pat the clothes The movement was also strange and scary.

Every time those women wash their clothes, they make a noise in several yards, and it's okay to disturb some maids and old women, but if it disturbs the master and wife, then he should be the manager.

Therefore, it is because of this that the managers of those big households have to put in some washboards so that those women can wash in peace.

Xiu Niang also thought it made sense, and then she didn't have anything to say, but she was thinking about another problem. This time, Guixi needed the board in a hurry, and she would come to pull the cart within five days.

The old man Li said at the time that he couldn't make it out, and after only a few days of work, he was asked to make a hundred or so boards. Is this simply trying to exhaust the old man to death?

Guixi told old man Li, but he rejected several orders from big households.

Xiuniang thought to herself, if this old man Li hadn't been busy day and night, he might be able to come out in four or five days, but she dared not say whether the workmanship was good or bad. , which is also a headache.

This Guixi looked at Chu Ge and Xiu Niang very embarrassed, he thought about it and said, he can come out for a few more days.

After hearing this, Chu Ge also told old man Li that if he could help him, in fact, he could help him with it, but Chu Ge didn't want to make it too clear in front of Guixi.

Old man Li looked at Chu Ge, nodded thoughtfully, and then Xiu Niang agreed to Gui Xi, asking him to pull the washing board in eight days.

So just like that, Chu Ge and old man Li have been nesting in the backyard making boards, they are so busy with their work, and to put it bluntly, these two people are not even willing to go to a hut.

But these days, Chu Ge helped Old Man Li make washboards, and Xiu Niang was not idle either. While she was busy cleaning the house, she went out to buy vegetables and chop meat on the street, and came back to cook for Chu Ge and Old Man Li.

During this period, Chu Ge and she were basically busy in their own way, and they didn't talk much. This Xiuniang thought about it when she was alone. Through Guixi's incident, she must have a bottom line in her heart.

After they dealt with Guixi's order, she had to discuss it with old man Li, asking him to make more washboards and put them in the shop, and hire more people if he couldn't keep up.

Anyway, she can't let those people who come to her shop to buy washboards not be able to buy anything, anyway, she has to take care of this shop, although she still doesn't know what the reaction will be when buying and selling washboards in the town But if she really opened the shop, she still needs to have some stock, at least to be able to deal with some emergencies.

No matter what, she couldn't keep pressing Guixi to beat the washboard for her, otherwise she would have to give up a lot of money.

Although she and Guixi agreed earlier that they gave money with one hand and pulled the board with the other, it was a local transaction, where Guixi sold the washboard and at what price, it had nothing to do with her.

Guixi and Gouzi are a group of more than a dozen people, and they travel a lot, so of course there are more washboards for buying and selling, but every time he asks for a large amount, the price she gives is also low, just at this price In fact, she can't make much money.

Therefore, this paving workshop in the town is too important to her...

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Tonight, old man Li and Chu Ge finally made the washboard that Guixi asked for. After careful calculation, it was two days earlier than the deadline given by Guixi.

Old man Li looked happy, so he asked Xiu Niang to get some appetizers, he wanted to have a drink with Chu Ge today.

Xiu Niang smiled and agreed, thinking that the old man Li was exhausted these days, after all, he is so old, let Chu Ge and old man Li eat and drink well tonight, everyone should rest earlier.

Anyway, she will be in the town, and she has business in everything. After chatting with Chu Ge, she went out and bought some shochu and meat dishes and came back.

Xiu Niang finished eating by herself, and seeing that old man Li and Chu Ge were still drinking, she left early.

Earlier, she had already cleaned the room she had been talking about for a long time, and now she was taking the bedding out of the West Room and moving it upstairs. Earlier, she had discussed with Chu Ge to let Old Man Li live in the backyard. In the house, let them live on the floor above the shop.

Originally, the owner of this shop only regarded the second floor as a place to store sundries. When she and Chu Ge came over at the first time, she immediately set her sights on this small second floor, because the second floor has a very high ceiling. , and there are two windows that can be ventilated, and the place is also spacious. Compared with those houses in the backyard, this place is more like a room.

But a few days ago, she and Chu Ge had just moved up from Xiayang Village, and there was no room for people to live on the second floor, so she and Chu Ge had to deal with each other in the West Room in the backyard for a few days until she finished tidying up the second floor. It was just moved up.

Xiu Niang hugged the quilt and walked to the bed, and spread the quilt on top. This wooden bed was built by old man Li the day before yesterday. Anyway, there are a lot of wood in the yard, and there are many wooden boards. Everything is ready-made what.

Chu Ge came up the stairs this time, "Xiu Niang?"

"Ah!" Xiu Niang was startled when she heard this, she turned her head and looked at him with some complaints, wouldn't this idiot speak out sooner!

Chu Ge stared at Xiu Niang for a moment, then walked up and said dumbly, "Xiu Niang, did I, did I scare you?"

Xiu Niang pursed her lips, gave him a look and continued to make the bed, "It's no wonder if you're not scared, I just watched you drinking with Uncle Li, but in a blink of an eye you came behind me, you said, what should I change?" If it is you, you will be shocked!"

Chu Ge thought for a while, but said honestly, "I don't know."

Xiuniang glanced at him again, and couldn't help but smile. She really didn't know if this stupid guy was really stupid, or if he was just pretending to be a fool for her.

"Forget it, why are you here? Didn't you drink with Uncle Li just now?"

Chu Ge watched and handed the quilt to Xiu Niang, "Uncle Li became drunk after drinking half of the pot, I sent him back to the room to rest."

Xiu Niang responded, she smelled the faint scent of wine on Chu Ge's body, and thought that this idiot had almost finished drinking, she looked at his slightly red cheeks, and shook her head with a smile.

She asked Chu Ge to lie on the bed to rest, and she went to the yard to fetch some hot water for him to wash his feet and let him have a good sleep.

Tomorrow is the time to really get busy...

(End of this chapter)