farmhouse ditty

Chapter 197

Six guys moved out a large wooden cabinet, and together they lifted it to the gate of the garden store, onto a larger carriage, and then tied it up with hemp rope.

Shopkeeper Wang stood at the front cabinet, watched the guys put it up, took a slip, walked to the other side of the counter with a smile, and handed it to a middle-aged man who was drinking tea, "Master Zhao, this is yours." The list, please keep it."

The middle-aged man took a sip of tea and put it down, "Oh, what a master," he said with a smile, pointing at Shopkeeper Wang and himself, "Old Wang, I am a shopkeeper just like you. If you talk about the old man, you have to talk about the second child of the Yang family."

Shopkeeper Wang grinned, "Hey, Mr. Zhao, I'm just a guy who looks after the store and collects the bills. How can I compare with you..."

The middle-aged man raised his head, got up and said, "Hey, is the board installed?"

Shopkeeper Wang said that it was all installed, so he walked outside the shop with him. The middle-aged man looked at the big wooden cabinet on the car and asked a strange question.

He just said, "Hehe, Mr. Zhao, didn't I just let you look at the list in your hand, you have been here for half a month."

The middle-aged man listened, and glanced at the list in his hand. He was so rude, and said directly, "Hey, what's the matter, I didn't want so many goods just now, and I didn't say I would bring one. Wooden cabinet, why, you gave it away for nothing?!"

Shopkeeper Wang smiled, "Master Zhao, this really made you talk, you have brought a total of 190 taels of washboard to me in the past ten days, my master said before that, as long as it is Put it here, if you buy 200 taels of goods, our Yuanmu shop will build a big wooden cabinet for you, no money."

"Hey, I dare you to take a tael of silver from you... Hehe, Cheng Chengcheng, let's go, Old Wang, remember to thank your master for me."

The middle-aged man listened, looked at the boards piled high on the car, and a large wooden cabinet behind him, smiled happily, took out the silver and handed it to shopkeeper Wang.

Shopkeeper Wang sent the middle-aged man away, went back to the cabinet and looked at the account book with a smile, and murmured in his heart, hey, it’s better that his master thought of this way, enough for 200 taels, and build a big wooden cabinet.

Just like the man just now, he only wanted fifty taels of goods, but he secretly calculated and added thirty taels, and the man didn't make a sound while watching, so not only did their shop have more Goods, and dealt with all the old wooden cabinets in the warehouse.

Shopkeeper Wang hummed a little tune, put the money in the drawer, locked it, and wrote a sum on the ledger.

"Crack." Hearing the sound, shopkeeper Wang raised his head, and looked at several tightly packed large oil-paper bags on the cabinet, and a tired-looking waiter standing in front of him.

He put down his pen and said, "Hey, Shanzi, why did you come back so soon?"

Shanzi asked the shop assistant for water, and he drank a bowl before saying, "Don't talk about the shopkeeper, I made a trip for nothing this time."

Shopkeeper Wang was about to ask, but he saw something on the counter and said, "Hey, Shanzi, why did you bring the things back too?"

Shanzi wiped his mouth, pointed to the big and small bags on the cabinet and said a few words, but seeing that shopkeeper Wang didn't seem to understand, he took out a letter from his pocket and gave it to shopkeeper Wang to read it by himself. .

Shopkeeper Wang opened the envelope and looked at it, halfway through it, his expression changed suddenly, he put the letter away, called the clerk in front of the cabinet to keep an eye on the cash drawer, turned around and left.

He came to the backyard and hurried upstairs holding the envelope, "Master, master, it's not good..."

Shopkeeper Wang stopped talking halfway through, there were six or seven people in the upstairs room, and they all held account books and reported the miles to Erye Yang who was sitting in front of the desk.

The shopkeeper Wang was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that several accountants from Waizhuang came from other places with their account books this morning, and were about to reconcile the accounts with Second Master Yang.

Those accountants watched Shopkeeper Wang rushing in, maybe they had something to say, they looked at Second Master Yang, waiting for him to speak.

Second Master Yang frowned, glanced at Shopkeeper Wang, and closed the account book in his hand. The accountants also knew about it, got up and said something before going back to the inn.

After waiting for the people to leave, Second Master Yang said with a sullen face, "Old Wang, what's the matter this time!" He was dissatisfied with being interrupted during the account reconciliation, but looking at the way shopkeeper Wang looked, it should be If there is something urgent, otherwise he wouldn't have ran up here without thinking.

Shopkeeper Wang took a breather, walked in, and said, "Master, Manager Qing has retired and returned home."

"What?!" Second Master Yang frowned, reached out and took the envelope handed over by shopkeeper Wang, opened it and looked at it carefully.

Seeing that Second Master Yang was anxious, shopkeeper Wang had expected it long ago, because the manager Qing was sent by the palace to buy, and he was half a fellow villager with Second Master Yang. Every year, the palace needed wooden cabinets and small furniture. Everything was appointed by Manager Qing to enter from them.

In fact, these are also business transactions that are brought in by Yang Erye's up-and-down management, and the manager of Qing is in charge of this, so he will be a favor, but Yang Erye also knows how to measure it, and he will do it every time. Prepare some gifts and send them to Guanshi Qing's hometown. Every time Guanshi Qing comes down from the palace, he will go home. Once the family members talk about it, he knows it well, but why did he change people at this moment? Isn't Second Master Yang's previous relationship was wasted work?

Shopkeeper Wang thought about it and said, "Master, I asked Muzi to bring some gifts as usual and sent them to the hometown of Manager Qing in the neighboring village, but as soon as Muzi entered, he saw Manager Qing sitting there, and he told Muzi no. Clearly speaking, I sent a letter and returned all our gifts."

Second Master Yang finished reading the letter, sighed lightly, put the letter back into the envelope, threw it on the table and said nothing.

Shopkeeper Wang looked at Second Master Yang, knowing that he was also worried. He pursed his old lips and couldn't help complaining about Manager Qing.

"Old, master, earlier I heard that people from this palace were going to come to our town to buy boards, and I thought that there was a manager in charge, this business must be ours, and I thought we were going to take over this time. It's a big deal, but this time, Manager Qing is picking up the pick, what, what should we do?"

Second Master Yang waved his hand, "Forget it, forget it, Manager Qing is also getting old, and he can't bear to go back and forth every year, so I can't blame him."

Shopkeeper Wang saw that Second Master Yang was losing his temper, why was he so angry, "Master, then you want to do this, it will be the end of the day in two days."

Second Master Yang looked at shopkeeper Wang with a sullen face, "Old Wang, why are you so anxious, do you think we won't be able to break up that little Chu family workshop!"

Shopkeeper Wang looked at Second Master Yang getting angry, and hurriedly laughed and said, "Hey, master, I, I don't mean that, I'll just think about it, if this, this town is the only one that makes washboards Fang, don't you need to worry about the newcomer, what's the matter?"

Second Master Yang glanced at him, and just snorted, "Old Wang, do you think that there is still a wood workshop in this town that makes boards, and the new manager will not be picky? You don't know there is an old saying called Is it three fires for a new official to take office?"

Shopkeeper Wang smiled, "Master is right, the new manager has to make some fools."

Second Master Yang looked at the envelope on the table, "Furthermore, Manager Qing said in the letter that the quantity of boards required this time is too large, even if there is really nothing to choose from the boards from our wood workshop, but if Passing through the hands of the new steward, you have to make a puff of smoke if you don't burn it."

Shopkeeper Wang thought about it and said, "Hey, that's right, master, I heard that there are only a thousand or eight hundred maids and masters in this palace, plus six or seven people who serve by their side..."

"Hey, it's no wonder that the Clothes Bureau is recruiting workers every year. Even if the people in the palace change a pair of socks, it's not too busy. It's no wonder that the people in the palace have to come out and get some more. Banzi, there are only about a thousand or eight hundred women in the Clothes Bureau, and each of them washes clothes for a day, who can stand up to this..."

Second Master Yang heard shopkeeper Wang rambling on a lot, and he didn't pay attention to it, but he suddenly thought of something, he smiled and said, "Old Wang, you are right, Such a large amount, who dare not take it to heart."

Shopkeeper Wang paused, thought for a while and looked at Second Master Yang. He didn't say this just now, "Master, what do you mean by that?"

Second Master Yang just smiled and didn't continue, but got involved in another topic, "Old Wang, earlier, didn't I call you a buddy to keep an eye on that small workshop."

Shopkeeper Wang was stunned again, why did the master suddenly ask this, "Uh, that, master, there is a guy named Muzi in the Chu family workshop, who used to work here, let's call him, Most of them were recognized by him, so in the next few days, I didn't call the buddy over, and besides, our workshop is also very busy, and there is no room for manpower."

Erye Yang knew that shopkeeper Wang talked so much, just to excuse his mistakes, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, old Wang, I don't mean to blame you, you can call a buddy later, and finally Fortunately, you have a good relationship with that Muzi, you let him think about it and ask this Muzi."

Shopkeeper Wang said, "Master, what do you want to ask Muzi?"

Second Master Yang waved his hand at Shopkeeper Wang, asking him to come closer, and then whispered a few words.

The shopkeeper Wang waited for Second Master Yang to finish speaking, stood up and nodded in response, "Hey, I got it, master, but why do you want to ask this..."

Second Master Yang said, "You don't have to worry about this, anyway, you just let that guy speak out."

Shopkeeper Wang knew that Second Master Yang would not say anything, "Hey, I see, master, I'll send someone to go now."

Second Master Yang looked at Shopkeeper Wang, twitched his lips and smiled, "Old Wang, you have to remember, as long as you ask me about this, our big deal will be considered settled."

(End of this chapter)