farmhouse ditty

Chapter 179

"Old Wang, it's true that they are a small workshop now, but if we really ignore it, this small workshop will become a big workshop."

Shopkeeper Wang looked at Erye Yang's way of talking, it didn't look like he was joking, uh, but this master rarely joked, and the master would talk about this small wooden workshop today, presumably he was already thinking about it.

He thought about it for a while, and said after thinking about it, "Master, I don't think it will be enough. If this small workshop wants to grow bigger and catch up with us, it will take five or six years. The Chu family workshop was opened by two countrymen, what can their young couple do."
Second Master Yang smiled, looked at shopkeeper Wang and said, "What can you do? Lao Wang, today, I will tell you what they can do. You know that the leftover wooden boards in our yard are all Where did you go?"

"My lord, those waste woods are big or small, they can't make any furniture. We used to throw them away, or let the guys take them home and set up a stove. They are useless at all... Oh, but lord, recently There is a group of people who collect these waste wood in our area, and we have sold these wood for a lot of money."

"Well, it was sold for a lot of money, but Lao Wang, have you asked that group of people why they collected all these wood?"

"Of course I asked, master, they sent it to the brick kiln outside the town."

Second Master Yang sneered, "It's returning the brick kiln, old Wang, you are so confused, those people who came to collect the boards earlier are the guys from the Chu family workshop!"

"What... No way, master, that's not what those guys said."

"Old Wang, you have been living in the shop for the past two years, and you are almost stupid. The young couple from Xiayang Village, under the guise of collecting waste wood, bought back our unused boards and picked them up. It’s easy to use, and you can exchange waste materials for money, do you think people will explain this to you?”

Shopkeeper Wang thought for a while and said, "Hey, shopkeeper, what do they want our wood for?"

"Old Wang, let's not talk about what they did. You didn't talk about it earlier. This washboard can't make much money. It's not as fast as our big wooden cabinet. Then you know, our car is worthless. Timber, how much does the family charge?"

Shopkeeper Wang followed his words, "Master, I don't know that. These are all paid from the cabinet. I reckon it's only a few pennies."

Second Master Yang shook his head, and stretched out two fingers, "Old Wang, as far as I remember in the account book, they collected two taels of silver for a cartload of materials."

Shopkeeper Wang laughed when he heard this, "That's right, master, the two taels of silver are worth it."

Second Master Yang smiled and said, "You think it's good, I think it's good at first, since a cart of waste wood can be sold for two taels of silver."

Shopkeeper Wang narrowed his eyes with a smile, and said "That's that, that's that", but he was muttering in his heart, so he said, what can the young couple from the countryside who came to Yang Village do? , since it took two taels to buy it, I'm really confused.

Second Master Yang knew exactly what he was thinking, and he then said, "Old Wang, do you know that the young couple from Xiayang Village brought this cart of waste wood back to the workshop and made it into a washboard?" The deal is out!"

Shopkeeper Wang was taken aback when he heard this, and suddenly remembered something. Earlier he asked the guys to follow up and came back and said that the Chu family workshop they pulled in carts of wooden boards. No wonder those guys stared at it for so long. , I have never seen this workshop pull a whole piece of wood board, it turned out that it was pulled from them.

After thinking about it, he suddenly raised his head and said to Second Master Yang, "Oh, my lord, they can make about a hundred washboards with a load of wood, and this one costs six dan. The washboard for the car is made, and the young couple in the country can earn six or seventy taels of silver!"

Second Master Yang gave him a look of 'you just know', and then he groaned twice, "How about old Wang, that's it, you still say that the young couple from Xiayang Village, they have nothing to do!"

Shopkeeper Wang paused, and twitched the corners of his mouth, "Old, master, what you said is true, old man, I'm nestled in the shop, I'm almost going to be stupid..."

Second Master Yang saw that shopkeeper Wang was timid, suddenly snorted coldly, and patted the table angrily, but he was not targeting shopkeeper Wang, but just thinking of this, he was a little annoyed.

"Master, master, what's wrong with you?"

"Old Wang, do you still remember that time ago, you brought a washboard for me to look at?"

"Oh...Master, isn't that the day you just came back?"

"Well, the other day I saw that the washboard was made of cedar, which is the best wood. Hmph, I didn't understand the smell at that time, and I thought stupidly, since the young couple Dare to use such fine wood to make washboards."

Second Master Yang waved his hand as he spoke, "It's because of this problem that I can't make up my mind. I thought that if we also use those good woods to make boards, then we can make a little money by ourselves."

Shopkeeper Wang listened and nodded, oh, no wonder after that day, although the master said he was going to mess with the washboard, he still hasn't called for the guys to get up. It turns out that there is still this problem.

Second Master Yang secretly rejoiced, if he hadn't seen Che Laoguai pulling a cart of waste wood out a few days ago, he would have been the same as Lao Wang until now, thinking that the board was really pulled and burned.

I remember that at that time he stopped by Che Laoguai and heard that he was going to take the wood to Qianjie to give to others, so he kept his mind on this and asked Che Laoguai to hand over the waste wood to that person Afterwards, they quietly followed behind to see if they really took the wood to the brick kiln outside the town.

Shopkeeper Wang glanced at Erye Yang's face, and said with a quick smile, "That's right, that's what the shopkeeper said..."

Second Master Yang got angry, thought about it, and said, "Old Wang, we haven't received any big orders in the past two days, and the guys in the workshop are just messing with the washboard. Although this is not exquisite craftsmanship, you have to do it." Check in often to see if they're doing a bad job."

"Master, don't worry, I've been watching. Today they have built about [-] boards."

Shopkeeper Wang grinned. Fortunately, when he came this morning, he went to the workshop. If what he said didn't match what the master said, he would have to wait for training.

Second Master Yang nodded and said to shopkeeper Wang, "Old Wang, two days ago I sent three men to squat in the racecourse, and you will ask someone to send some money to the three of them later. Let them live in the horse house."

As he spoke, he looked out the window and smiled, "It's been raining in our town for the past two days, and I guess it will stop tomorrow, and those who come to Banbanzi will also come, you let those three guys, Seeing those who came to the board, I stepped forward to get close, and tried to bring them to our shop."

Shopkeeper Wang smiled, nodded hurriedly and was about to go outside, "Hey, I know the shopkeeper."

"Also, old Wang, wait a minute." Second Master Yang called Shopkeeper Wang to stop, and he wanted to see to himself, there are about [-] guys in his workshop, all of them are good at carpentry, it's only been two days In the same period of time, about [-] boards were made, but if those shippers really place an order, it is estimated that it is still not enough.

He pondered and settled on one thing, and said to Shopkeeper Wang, "Old Wang, you will go to the workshop later and find a few people to bring over the wood from the big warehouse, and make all of them into boards."

Shopkeeper Wang paused, and hurriedly said, "My lord, the wood in the warehouse is under pressure. What are you going to do?"

Second Master Yang smiled lowly, and didn't answer Shopkeeper Wang's words, but just talked to him.

"Old Wang, wait for the merchants from that small workshop to come over tomorrow, so you can bring them to our workshop and let them see the boards we made. Isn't that small workshop clamoring to buy two and get one free? Let’s give them away too, I’ll give them as much as they want, and if I want them all to enter the boards here, that’s called, grab the grass and beat the rabbits, fish and shrimps together, and none of them can escape!”

Shopkeeper Wang heard what Second Master Yang said, and immediately understood. He smiled, "Master, I will write it down, old man. I will go to the workshop in a while and let the guys do the work more delicately."

Second Master Yang smiled and said, "It's just a woman who made the washing board. She wants something fine. But it's good if you go and look at it. I went to the workshop to take a look the other day. Two guys took a nap secretly. , told me to give you a lesson, you have to pay more attention to this matter..."

He echoed, "Yes, yes, master, I must keep an eye on those little bastards and make them work less and work more. We can't let them just take money and not work, ruining your business..."

Shopkeeper Wang was talking, when he saw Second Master Yang on the opposite side with a serious face, he just realized that he had interrupted Second Master Yang just now, and he immediately shut up, "Old, master..."

Second Master Yang stared at him, and said sternly, "Old Wang, what do you mean ruining my business? Can my business be ruined with just one or two boards!"

Shopkeeper Wang knew that he had said the wrong thing, "Hey, sir, please calm down, old man, I am confused, my tongue is tied..."

Second Master Yang pursed his lips, and let out a sigh, "Forget it, I just asked you to keep an eye on it, to tell you to keep an eye on those guys and tell them not to take a nap beside the wood pile."

Shopkeeper Wang asked without fear of death, "Oh, why?"

Second Master Yang stared, "Have you forgotten, how did that Che Laoguai hurt his body!"

"Hey, that's that, sir, you are really kind." The shopkeeper Wang paused, and laughed apologetically, but Second Master Yang didn't seem to appreciate it. He cleared his throat after thinking about it, and said, " Cough, hey, master, I don’t know if this car is old, can you sell the board of that car to the Chu family’s workshop?”

Second Master Yang sneered, looked at him and said, "Old Wang, it's not that Che Laoguai can do it, it's that those young couple in the country won't accept the broken boards of our two cars at all."

Shopkeeper Wang was a little puzzled when he heard this, but before he could ask, he heard noises outside the yard, as if the old cart had come back.

Second Master Yang waved his hand with a smile, "Old Wang, if you don't believe me, just go and have a look. When you're done, let Che Laoguai and the others come up. I have something to say."

Shopkeeper Wang had a puzzled look on his face, he answered and went out. The rain outside was getting lighter and lighter. Second Master Yang leaned closer to the window and looked at Chu's workshop in the middle of the street.

His eyes turned cold, "A small wooden workshop, how dare you come to my place to join hands, I will let you break the owner, and you won't be able to make a board..."

(End of this chapter)