farmhouse ditty

Chapter 175

Early this morning, seeing that it was cooler, Xiu Niang opened the shop ahead of time. After waiting for a while, those guys came to the backyard one after another, ready to go to work.

But when they had just put the wood upside down and were about to make the boards upside down, the day suddenly became cloudy.

At first, the guys in the backyard didn’t take it seriously, thinking that it would be the same as yesterday, just two drops of rain and it would be over. Originally, the sun was very bright these days, and people were bored, so they thought that it would be relieved by some rain. It's hot, but I didn't expect it, it's just a dog biting the urine bubble, and it's just a joy.

However, before they could even say a few words, the rain suddenly fell.

Fortunately, before the ground was covered with raindrops, Chu Ge called everyone to move quickly and move the wood into the house, or the rain would rain heavily, and the wood in the yard would be soaked. It's okay to get wet, just let it dry under the sun, but won't this delay things.

Xiu Niang was watching in the shop, the rain was falling for a while, and then it was heavy, and she had no intention of stopping at all. She thought that there would not be many boards in the backyard today, so she could only rely on the front cabinet to buy and sell a few. .

After discussing with Chu Ge, she asked the guys to rest in the backyard room and wait for the rain to stop in an hour or two. It counts as much as the boards can be made. Anyway, in this rainy day, those merchants will I won't come to bulk goods in the rain.

Seeing that there was nothing else going on in the workshop, Xiu Niang thought that she would take advantage of this free time to do some calculations to see how much she had earned in the past two months.

She came to the counter and asked the guys to give her the account book, and then told them to keep an eye on the shop, took the account book and an abacus and went up to the second floor.

When she walked up the stairs, she glanced at the abacus in her hand and smiled unconsciously. Hey, she is really a businessman now, and she can even knock on the abacus. Counting beads, just to hear the noise.

Xiu Niang took out a key and opened the door on the second floor, but it was overcast and dark at the moment, so she fumbled and lit an oil lamp, put it on the wooden table by the window, and pulled a chair beside her to sit. down.

She put the abacus in front of herself, opened the account book, and took out a small charcoal pencil from the drawer on the table, so that she could write it down while counting...

"Battaba...battaba..."

The raindrops outside have become big at some point, and the sound of falling on the roof is not small.

Listening to the sound of the rain, Xiu Niang pursed her lips and smiled. She checked the account just now, thinking of the method she talked to Chu Ge earlier, to give double wages to the guys in the shop. , Let them work overtime, this trick seems to be very effective.

Now the guys in the workshop have made more boards, and the shipments on the cabinets have also increased. In just a few days, the money on the account has doubled. If this is the case, a stone in her heart can finally fall to the ground. up.

Thinking about those merchants who came to the shop earlier, everyone asked for a lot of washboards, because these merchants came from other places, so every time they came back to the town, they would get as many washboards as possible, or It is a good deal to bring some other groceries, so that you can make up a full car, and take the travel expenses back to buy and sell.

But in the past, those guys in her workshop made only so many boards each time, and they didn’t move after finishing the work at hand. So the boards produced in the workshop were not enough for sale at all. She could only let Chu Ge and Those merchants said, give each person some first, and let them go back to buy and sell first.

But just like this, some merchants are still dissatisfied. They want a large quantity, and seeing that her workshop can't produce, they don't want to do business with her. Having said that, I'm going to find a big workshop, so I need more boards once in a while.

Hey, but fortunately this problem has been solved, the guys in the workshop are paid double wages, work longer hours, and only stop work at night when the lights are on, so they don't have any more complaints sound day.

However, although the guys in the workshop are good, they are a bit slippery. They get double wages, but they are much more lazy when they work. Every time they pull wood over, those guys still work like that, and they don’t It is said that the hands and feet are faster and quicker, and more boards are made.

Xiuniang reckoned that they thought so, anyway, if they worked more or less, they would get double wages if they worked hard in a day, so why did they work so hard.

Chu Ge knows this matter best. Although he is the shopkeeper, he stays with the guys all day long, making boards together in the backyard under the sun. Admire Chugo's.

It was also because of this that Chu Ge saw the careful thinking of these guys, but he didn't say anything, he just yelled to let those guys work for one day and stop for one day, and the wages of those guys would also rise and stop for one day. .

It was almost like letting Chu Ge pick up some food, and they knew in their hearts that only when the boss's business was successful, they could get double wages every day, so they put up their temper and worked hard.

"Knock knock knock..."

"Sister Xiu, Miss Xiu, are you there?"

"Hey, here we come, wait."

Xiuniang heard someone calling her from downstairs, it seemed to be the aunt of Wang Er's family, she answered first, put the ledger in the drawer, got up and went out.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Wang Er's mother-in-law and aunt standing on the stairs, so she asked, "Sister Wang, what's the matter?"

The mother-in-law of Wang Er's family said, "Sister Xiu, the shopkeeper is outside the shop and is calling for you to come over."

Xiu Niang was taken aback, went to the shop?Why did Chugo ask her to go to the shop?
She answered thoughtfully, closed the door on the second floor, and went downstairs with Wang Er's mother-in-law and aunt. She asked casually, "Sister Wang, why did my Chu Ge call me over?"

The mother-in-law of Wang Er's family held an oil-paper umbrella and said, "I don't know, Miss Xiu, just looking outside our shop, it seems that someone has brought wooden boards over."

Xiu Niang listened for a while, "What, it's raining heavily, what kind of wood are they sending? Did they find something to cover our materials?" Running to the front door?
The mother-in-law and aunt of Wang Er's family shook their heads, "I don't know about that. I just came from the backyard just now, and I haven't seen clearly yet. The shopkeeper asked me to call you."

"Hey, sister Xiuniang, what you said is true, those people should have delivered the materials yesterday, they clearly know that it will rain every day this month..."

Xiu Niang looked at her and smiled, didn't think too much, just said casually, "Sister, can't you blame others for this? Didn't you say that it rains every day this month, what's wrong with today's gift, and yesterday's day?" What's the matter, isn't it the same?"

The mother-in-law and aunt of Wang Er's family talked about going down the stairs with Xiu Niang, and was about to go out, but after hearing what Xiu Niang said, she pursed her lips and said it out of anger.

"Sister Xiu, you don't know, you and the shopkeeper have only been in the town for a few days, we are very strange, although this month is the rainy season, but in our town, when it rains, the next day will be cloudy, and the next day will be cloudy." Yes, those who deliver materials to us are all from the town, don’t they know? Let’s talk about it, it was cloudy yesterday, cool and not stuffy, why didn’t they deliver it? Give it away today!"

After listening to her words, Xiu Niang walked a few steps, her feet suddenly stopped, and she said dully, "That's right, what are they doing, they have to send it here today."

At this time, the rain outside was a little lighter, and the two of them walked to the door of the shop, and the aunt of Wang Er's family put up an oil-paper umbrella to cover herself and Xiu Niang and walked forward.

But she took two steps forward and found Xiu Niang standing on the stone steps at the door, and immediately came back and hit the umbrella on Xiu Niang's head, "Hey, Miss Xiu Niang, what's wrong with you?"

A few drops of rain hit the corners of Xiuniang's eyes. She came back to her senses and looked at Wang Er's mother-in-law and aunt, "No, it's nothing..."

Xiu Niang looked ahead. On the back street, Chu Ge was holding an umbrella and standing at the door with two men. She said that she asked Wang Er's mother-in-law to go inside to avoid the rain, and she took the umbrella by herself. The umbrella is gone.

"Hey, I said the little shopkeeper, it's the wooden board you want, and I just sent it here. Didn't we send it to you a few times before, why are you so grumpy now? Why don't you just let the guys in your shop move in and you're done!"

A middle-aged man in a coir raincoat wiped the rain from his face, and shouted loudly at Chu Ge with his hips akimbo.

Chu Ge held an umbrella by himself, and asked the two guys to stand in the shop first. It wouldn't look good if there were so many people at the door of the shop right now, wouldn't it?

The two guys looked at each other, and obediently stood aside to hide from the rain, thinking that the shopkeeper had already stepped forward, and there was really nothing wrong with them, but instead of entering the shop, they stood under the eaves, Staying closer to Chugo, the two of them were thinking that if the middle-aged man finds fault, they can help Chugo.

Chu Gena talked nicely to the middle-aged man, "Brother, you have come to deliver a few times before, I know all about it, but it's raining today, and you still pulled the wooden board over, and you didn't find anything on it. Cover, these are not all wet, what's the use if I ask for them."

After Xiu Niang came out, she first looked at the mule cart of the middle-aged man. There were many wooden planks piled up on it, long and short, big and small, whatever. There's no matting on the boards or anything, and the wooden boards are all soaked.

She glanced at it, then turned her head and looked back. It turned out that behind the middle-aged man was a mule cart, and there was also a man standing in front of the cart. , and didn't bother to take care of the wooden boards at the back of the car, Xiu Niang reckoned that the boards of the car were also soaked through like this car.

At this moment, many shopkeepers on the street came out to look at the sound, and some of them stood at the door with umbrellas. They seemed to be watching jokes on a rainy day.

Xiu Niang wanted to ask what was going on, but after hearing what the middle-aged man said, she knew that he was here to find fault...

(End of this chapter)