farmhouse ditty

Chapter 182
After hearing what Chu Ge said, Xiu Niang couldn't believe it, she looked at Chu Ge thoughtfully and asked, "Chu Ge, what you said just now is that Lao Zhao, Lao Meng and the others have all gone to Yuanmuhang."

Chu Ge nodded helplessly, "Yes."

"Could it be that this garden wood shop also makes boards?"

"...Well, it should be."

"Then, how do you know that Lao Meng and the others went to Yuanmuhang?"

"The shopkeeper Li came to us yesterday and asked for about [-] boards. When Wang Er and the others sent them over, they happened to see the guys from the Yuanmu shop pull a cart over for Boss Meng."

Xiu Niang frowned, and looked outside the yard, Wang Er and Mu Zi were putting a jar of pickled vegetable dumpling into the stove.

She shook her head and said, "But, but last time Muzi told us that the Yuanmu shop made furniture. Maybe the shopkeeper Meng had ordered a batch of furniture from the Yuanmu shop, and this time he came over to catch up. It’s good to take it back.”

Chu Ge smiled, "It would be nice if it was like this, but yesterday Wang Er and the others pulled the board over and watched with their own eyes the guys from the Yuanmu shop unload the board and put it on Boss Meng's car."

After hearing this, Xiu Niang stopped talking, she frowned, stood up and walked a few steps, as if she was thinking about something.

She walked back and forth in front of Chu Ge a few times, Chu Ge didn't bother her, but poured a bowl of water for her, he knew that Xiu Niang was thinking about this.

After a while, Xiu Niang clapped her hands suddenly, and said "Tsk", "Hey, I see, we asked that garden tree shop to set up a..."

Chu Ge looked at her, "Yuan Mu Xing? Put us together?
Xiu Niang nodded, responded, and walked over to sit next to Chu Ge and talked.

"The last time that Che Laoguai came to our door looking for trouble, I thought it was the shopkeeper of the Yuanmu Co., Ltd. who asked him to come, but at that time I thought, the shopkeeper of the Yuanmu Co., Ltd. might be looking at our business. Okay, I was in a panic, so I called Che Laoguai to make us feel uncomfortable, but I didn't expect them to come to trip us up!"

Chu Ge thought about it for a while, and said, "Xiuniang, they see that we are good at business, and they also learn how to make boards like us. Although business is like a colleague and we meet each other like enemies, we can't rely on this. , that they tripped us up."

Xiu Niang pursed her lips, and said, "That's what I said, but Chu Ge, do you think about it, those wood shops that buy and sell wood for us said today that we should pay the money first and then buy the goods. If they don’t talk about it sooner or later, why do you have to wait for Che Laoguai to make a fuss at our door before talking about it? Don’t you realize that there’s something tricky about these two things?”

Chu Ge listened, glanced at Xiu Niang, thought about going to the door, and called for Wang Er to come over.

"Hey, I know the shopkeeper, so I'm here." Wang Er, who was checking the wheels of the carriage, shouted, Gang Muzi said that the wheels of the carriage were a little wobbly, and asked him to take a look.

Xiu Niang walked over and asked, "Chu Ge, why did you ask Wang Er to come here?"

Chu Ge said, "Xiu Niang, I want Wang Er to go to those wooden shops and ask the two guys in private, to inquire about it. Why are their shopkeepers targeting us?"

Xiu Niang said disapprovingly, "Hey, it's obvious that they want to do business with us, why do we bother to ask?"

Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang and smiled, "Even if we can't do anything, at least we know why that old car tripped us up."

Xiu Niang listened for a while, and felt that what Chu Ge said was reasonable, so she should do something, she thought so, and when she saw Wang Er coming, she told Chu Ge to go out.

This time, the aunt and aunt of Wang Er's family came from the front cabinet with Qiao'er, "Sister Xiu, we put your baggage on the second floor stairs, you don't have to go to the cabinet for a while, just go upstairs."

Xiu Niang responded, "Oh, I see, thank you all."

He Qiaoer from Wang Er's family smiled, "Sister Xiu Niang, see what you said, what can I thank you for?"

Seeing that it was getting late, Xiu Niang said, "Hey, there's nothing else going on right now, so you can get off work and go home first."

Qiaoer thought about going to work with Muzi, so she said, "No, no need, Miss Xiu, I'll wait...I'll leave later."

The aunt and aunt of Wang Er's family knew that Qiaoer lived with Muzi's mother, and Muzi's mother was watching over the family affairs. Of course, Qiaoer could stay in the shop for a while, but she couldn't. There is a lot of work left, such as laundry and sweeping the floor, washing pots and dishes, if she goes back early now, can she hurry up and do less work at home?

She said she was going to leave, but Xiu Niang held her back, she looked at Xiu Niang, "Sister Xiu Niang?"

Xiu Niang looked at her and smiled, "Sister Wang, you're going back later, so bring me something by the way."

Wang Er's family smiled and nodded, "Chengli, sister Xiuniang, what do you want me to bring?"

Xiu Niang took a few steps forward, took out a piece of silver or two, "Sister, you'll be here soon after you go out..." She leaned closer to Aunt Wang's family, whispering something.

The mother-in-law and aunt of Wang Er's family were stunned, and looked at the money in their hands, "Xiu, Miss Xiu, what do you want that thing for?"

Xiu Niang stretched out her hand and patted her elbow, "Don't worry about me, girl, you just need to get things here, no matter how much it costs, you just need to get them."

The mother-in-law and aunt of Wang Er's family gave her a dull look, nodded, took out a handkerchief, wrapped the money and went out.

Xiu Niang watched the second Wang's family go out, and glanced at the courtyard. She saw twenty or so clerks idly nestling in the corner of the courtyard to enjoy the cool air, while Old Man Li was lying on the recliner he made himself, smoking a gun.

"Oh." Xiu Niang couldn't help sighing, she was used to seeing the busy look in the workshop, so she felt quite uncomfortable when she was idle.

Xiu Niang pursed her lips, and called some helpers to move out the twenty or so pieces of wood from the south room. Those were wet wood from the rain leak in the previous room. On some days, it is better to spread it in the yard to dry it first, so as not to get wet.

Wang Er listened to Chu Ge's order, came out from the main room, passed by Xiu Niang, greeted her, walked to Muzi, talked to him a few words, called San'er and went out together.

Xiuniang thought that Wang Er was going to ask Muzi to go with her. The relationship between the two brothers is good, but after thinking about it, Muzi is too honest to do anything. If he went with Wang Er, it would probably be I can't tell people what to say.

She stood in the yard, watching the guys spread the planks on the ground, then went to the well and fetched a half-bucket of water. She just remembered that she came back from the outside and hadn't washed her hands yet.

Chu Ge and a guy from the front cabinet came over, chatted with Xiu Niang and left, "Xiu Niang, there is something going on at the front cabinet, I'll go over there, you can watch in the workshop."

Xiu Niang tilted the wooden bucket, and slowly poured some water out to wash her hands. She listened to what Chu Ge said, and glanced at the guy who didn't know when he came in, and responded. Actually, there is nothing in the workshop in the backyard. thing.

"Sister, Xiu, Miss Xiu, this pot is cracked!" Qiaoer shouted from the stove.

Xiu Niang grinned, she just said... "Here we come!"

She flicked her hands and went to the stove, Qiao'er saw Xiu Niang coming, she tilted the pot, and pointed to the seam at the bottom of the pot for her to watch.

Xiu Niang glanced at it, this was a clay pot for pickled vegetable dumpling, she yelled for Muzi to bring in the empty pot from the yard, it was brought to them by Mrs. Liu earlier.

Muzi brought the jar in, and he and Qiaoer put the pickled vegetable dumpling into the jar so that Xiuniang didn't have to touch her hands.

Xiu Niang smelled the aroma of the pickles, thoughtfully squatted down in front of the two of them, and helped to hold the cracked pot so that the soup inside would not flow out.

She asked, "Hey, Muzi, you said earlier, who is the owner of the Yuanmu shop? I'm not asking about the shopkeeper Shawang."

Muzi said, "Oh, sister-in-law Xiuniang, are you talking about Erye Yang?"

Xiu Niang asked, "Second Master Yang? You used to call him that, so what's his real name?"

Muzi rolled up his sleeves, grabbed three vegetable dumplings and put them in the new earthenware pot, "I don't know about that, but I just heard from shopkeeper Wang that this second master Yang came from our house. moved out."

Xiu Niang nodded, "Oh, that's self-made. Then, did Second Master Yang do this wood business from the beginning?"

Muzi thought about it and said, "It doesn't seem to be the case. The shopkeeper Wang drank too much and told us guys a lot. He used to follow Second Master Yang from his home, and Second Master Yang made a lot of business in the beginning. , and finally set up a woodworking workshop in our town, and it is considered to be standing."

"Second Master Yang is only in his forties, and he became the shopkeeper in the eighteenth or nineteenth century. In the past ten years, the business has become more and more prosperous. Apart from this old shop in the town, he is still in those big towns. There are more than a dozen branch offices in succession, and those businessmen even gave Yang Erye a nickname, Jin Abacus."

After listening to this, Xiu Niang thought about it for a while, so to speak, this second master Yang started from scratch, and came to this wood shop halfway, so she said that this second master Yang is not as proficient as old man Li. It's useless, the reason why he can make the business big is because he is very good at management.

She twitched the corners of her mouth in thought, so it seems that she can still win the round!
"Oh mother, Chu Geer, this is your workshop."

When Xiu Niang heard the unexpected voice, her hands trembled, the clay pot fell to the ground and rolled to the door without holding on, and the soup in the pot even splashed on her skirt and white embroidered shoes.

"Hey, Miss Xiu, your shoes..."

"Daughter-in-law, the soup has spilled out, help up the pot quickly."

Muzi and Qiao'er were busy cleaning up, but Xiuniang didn't move. She frowned, stood up and looked into the courtyard, only to see Chugo walking in with a bamboo basket, followed by eight people, to be exact , should be seven and a half people, four adults, three children, and a baby boy.

Well, now in the Chu family's workshop, everyone from the Chu family is present...

(End of this chapter)