farmhouse ditty

Chapter 186
"The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper!" A clerk stood at the entrance of the yard and shouted, holding a few slips in his hand. Seeing that no one came out, he yelled again thoughtfully.

After a bag of cigarettes, an old man in his 60s and [-]s came out and glared at the guy with a sullen face, "Brat, what the hell are you calling? I heard you when you yelled!"

The guy pursed his lips and muttered in his heart, how did I know you heard it, but you didn't make a sound.

Shopkeeper Wang took a few quick steps while leaning on the wall, glanced at the backyard, and waved his hand for the guy to follow. When they reached the shop, he turned around and talked to the guy.

"You have no eyesight, my master is still in the workshop, you are shouting so nonsense, aren't you asking for scolding!"

The guy responded, and said in a low voice, if you want to scold, scold you, the shopkeeper, first.

Shopkeeper Wang let out a satisfied "Yeah" and looked at the guy, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

The guy said, "Oh, shopkeeper, the wood we ordered in the north mountain has arrived, should it be unloaded in our workshop, or taken to the rice noodle warehouse?"

Shopkeeper Wang frowned and asked, "Well, how many cars have arrived?"

The guy thought for a while, "Including the two carts I received at the wooden stores in our town this morning...a total of...six carts."

Shopkeeper Wang nodded, pondered for a while and said, "Well, you take the two carts from the town to the rice noodle warehouse, and unload the rest of the wood to our workshop."

Hearing that, the guy was discouraged, frowned and said, "Boss, since we have already ordered the wood on the northern mountain, why do we need to collect wood in the town? Why bother? "

"This, it's my master... Well, you boy, you can do whatever your boss tells you to do. There's a lot of nonsense. If you don't want to, just work in the workshop for me, and I'll call someone else to go!"

Shopkeeper Wang was about to say just now that the planks collected from the town were to break the timber of the Chu family's wooden workshop and prevent them from starting work.

The guy was stunned, and begged for mercy with a smile on his face. Now the workshop is working day and night, so he doesn't want to suffer.

Shopkeeper Wang snorted and said, "Okay, hurry up and pull the wood over. Remember, you have to go through the back door."

The guy should look at it, and just about to go out, he suddenly remembered what he was holding in his hand, and he said again, "Hey, shopkeeper, there is one more thing, that is, Master Zhang and Master Shen came to place a few orders ..."

Shopkeeper Wang waved his hand impatiently, "Didn't the master say earlier that we won't take orders in these two months, why don't you have a long memory!"

The guy said, "Boss, I also told them this, but the guys from the two families said that the lady in their house is going out of the cabinet, and they are in a hurry to ask for a few cabinets, so let's drive them out in a few days. It's easy to talk about wages and so on, so I..."

Shopkeeper Wang listened, thought for a while and asked the guy to hand over the list to him, and then went back to the workshop in the backyard.

Second Master Yang is in the workshop at the moment, calling the buddy to hurry up, and he will drive out a batch of washboards in the afternoon, or else he won't be able to take care of the business.

He took a board and looked at it, saw shopkeeper Wang coming, and asked, "Old Wang, is the wood we want here?"

"Oh, master, the wood we asked for outside has arrived, I asked the guys to unload it in our workshop, and I let them put the materials collected in the town into the rice noodle warehouse... Hey, master, how do you know It’s the wooden boards that were pulled over, my old man hasn’t said anything yet?”

Second Master Yang handed the board to a buddy beside him, and smiled, "Old Wang, I ordered the wood from the northern mountain. When I asked them to deliver it, they had to deliver it. This is still useful. Shall I ask?"

Shopkeeper Wang nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and exclaimed, "Hey, the master is still amazing, he can calculate everything very accurately..."

Second Master Yang interrupted Shopkeeper Wang's flattery, "Okay, old Wang, what are you holding?"

Shopkeeper Wang was stunned for a moment, and said that the two big houses were going to place an order, especially the sentence that it was easy to talk about wages and so on.

Second Master Yang was not only happy, but also frowned, "Old Wang, what I say now is not easy, right? Didn't I tell you that our workshop hasn't taken orders for two months!"

Shopkeeper Wang said with a smile, "The shopkeeper, Mr. Shen is our regular customer. I was thinking, we have been making boards day and night, and the small warehouse in the backyard is full. We can handle ten or twenty batches of goods, but in the rest of the day, we should take a few orders..."

Second Master Yang glared at him, and the shopkeeper Wang stopped talking, and he said sternly, "If I say no, I won't pick up. If those two families are really in a hurry, let them send the list to us." Go to the shop in Waizhuang, don't get in my way here!"

He said this loudly, and several fellows who were working nearby all looked over.

Second Master Yang watched and cleared his throat, put the list into the hands of shopkeeper Wang, and walked out of the workshop.

Shopkeeper Wang responded and had no choice but to follow behind. When he arrived in the yard, Second Master Yang probably thought that what he had just said to Shopkeeper Wang had gone too far, so he turned around and talked to him.

"Old Wang, you have to know that we can't stop the workshop at this moment. The Chu family's workshop can hardly last for two days. I estimate that by the end of this month, next month at the latest , they have to close the door and leave, and then we will buy their shop to make boards, this old shop will still make furniture."

Shopkeeper Wang only smiled when he heard this, "Master is still thoughtful. I'm talking too much, old man. I'll send a guy to send the list to Waizhuang."

Second Master Yang waved his hand, "No need, you just ask a clerk to send the list to them, just do what I said, and then leave a clerk on the cabinet, and let me make boards in the workshop for the rest. "

Shopkeeper Wang said with some reluctance, "Shopkeeper, if we say that, they may find another place. These few orders may earn a lot of money."

"I said, Old Wang, what's the matter with you, is one and twenty taels a lot of money?"

Second Master Yang looked at shopkeeper Wang, and suddenly sneered, "Old Wang, let me tell you, the real big business will come in a few days. At that time, it's time for us to make big money..."

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Xiu Niang looked at Shen with her hands on her hips, and looked at herself with her old mouth pursed. Seeing that she seemed a little annoyed, she asked with a puzzled look, "Grandma, what's the matter?"

Shen Shi was just watching in the main room with the eldest family. She didn't want to pay attention to it at first, but she really couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so she came out.

She pointed at Xiu Niang and said, "Second brother, do you burn a lot of money!"

Xiu Niang paused and frowned, "Grandma, what do you mean?"

Shen stared at Xiu Niang, "Why don't you ask me what I mean, I said, you think that Chu Ge's money was picked up on the street, and you can spoil it!"

Xiu Niang sighed, the more she talked about this Shen family, the more she got lost, she didn't even know why this Shen family got angry.

She stood up and patted the hem of the skirt, "Grandma, if you have nothing serious to do, I'll go first, I still have a lot of things on the closet."

"You, don't go, I haven't finished talking yet," Shen walked around to the other side of Xiuniang, standing on the stone steps, which made her look taller, "What, what do you mean it's not serious, I asked You, what did you let that little woman do just now!"

Xiu Niang looked at her, "Mother-in-law, are you talking about the sister of the Wang family? I asked her to buy meat. We eat rolled noodles at noon, so we need to get some marinade."

Shen narrowed her eyes, "Yes, that little woman, you asked her to buy meat, but do you know how much money you just gave her?"

Xiu Niang shook her head, she was just looking at the washboard, she didn't pay attention, and gave her as much as she grabbed from her bosom, probably no more than two taels.

Shen said angrily, "Second brother, you asked me to tell you what's good about you, you didn't even look at it, you just gave her two taels of silver, you said, what kind of food would cost so much money!"

After hearing this, Xiu Niang smiled helplessly, "Hey, mother-in-law, I thought it was something, this girl from the Wang family is not an outsider, she is the aunt of a guy in my workshop, and she cooks a big pot of rice with me in the stove. of……"

Shen snorted, and crossed her hands on her chest, "What's wrong with Mrs. Cooking Rice, she will be back in a while, she must have said that you only gave me a tael of silver, and all of them will be bought into meat..."

Xiu Niang pursed her lips and didn't want to pay attention to Shen Shi, "Mother-in-law, if you don't believe me, just wait. After the sister of the Wang family comes back from buying vegetables, she will give me the money. If you want, you can help me keep it first. It's over." Give it to me again."

Shen pursed her old lips, "I don't, your little woman will definitely not give it to me... Oh no, that little woman must have said that there is no money left, you think these casual workers are fuel-efficient lamps What!"

As soon as she said this, all the shop assistants looked over dissatisfied. This Shen Shi still didn't restrain himself, and continued to chatter endlessly.

Xiu Niang looked around, and couldn't help but give Shen a look, why did this person say that in front of the guys in the yard? Can people feel relieved after hearing this? How can Chu Ge face them in the future? Who else will listen carefully to what you say.

With a sullen face, she spoke a little louder, "Mother-in-law, you are wrong to say that, don't forget, your two sons used to be part-time workers for other people, so if you care about your heart, the sister of the Wang family will definitely give me the money !"

Shen's eyes widened, thinking that Xiu Niang was yelling at her, so she called the staff in the yard to look over, pointing at Xiu Niang and talking.

"Hey, you, you... Hey, look at it, everyone. Is this how a daughter-in-law talks to her mother-in-law? She still dares to yell at me. Take a look, let's judge!"

The guys in the yard glanced at it, but without speaking, they all turned their heads to look elsewhere.

"Grandmother, I didn't yell at you. I'm telling the truth. If you can't stay idle, I'll call a guy to take you to the stall. If not, let them set up the carriage and take you and your father-in-law back to Xiayang Village." " After saying this, Xiu Niang left.

Shen Shi didn't say anything after hearing this, she just muttered angrily, she was also afraid that Xiu Niang would really ask someone to send her back.

But when she saw that Xiu Niang stood firm because of her words, she murmured again stiffly, "If you don't listen to my old woman, you will suffer a loss early, and look like everyone else, you are just a brain, but less..."

Xiu Niang was about to leave, but when she heard Shen's words, she paused and looked at the washboard beside her feet, "Grandma, what did you just say?"

"I said, your head looks like everyone else's, but it's just a lack of tendons—ah!"

(End of this chapter)