Peasant woman's day

Chapter 19

Fu Rong agreed, then got up, went to the water tanker to scoop up water and washed her feet, then changed into her own shoes, told Old Man Gu and Old Lady Gu, and followed Aunt Huang.

Along the way, she was wondering who it was, but she still had no clue.She had just walked into Huang's house when a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind her: "Sister Furong!"

Fu Rong suddenly turned around, with surprise in her eyes: "Sister Hong Mian, why are you here?"

"Let's talk first, I'll make some tea." Aunt Huang said before going out.Fu Rong hurriedly stopped her: "Aunt Huang, I'll take Sister Hongmian there, so I don't need to trouble you. Where are Xiaotao and the others, I'll take them there too."

Aunt Huang knew that they had something private to say, and they couldn't keep it, so she had no choice but to say, "Well, I'll fry some fish here, and I'll bring it to you later. I'll call Yuanyuan and the others right now." .”

Furong hugged Tianheng, took Yuanyuan by the hand, and took Hongmian back to Gu's house.Let the three children play by themselves, and Furong is busy boiling water.Hong Mian followed her into the kitchen, glanced around, and said, "Why are there so many children. Back then, you avoided even the young master, and now you're here to be the head of the children."

Furong skillfully lifted the lid of the pot, scooped several ladles of water into it, and said with a smile, "Then young master, how can we touch it. What is now what we can touch, what is what we can't touch now. "

"You are quite transparent. At the beginning, I said that you are a good fortune. You saved the young master, but you asked to leave the house." Hong Mian watched her skillfully washing the dishes, and sighed softly, "Now It seems that it is still not good to touch."

Furong's knife paused, and then continued to chop: "Sister Hongmian is not such a temper, don't bother me and tell me if there is anything." After cutting the meat, she washed her hands and took it out. Some snacks, lured Hong Mian to sit in his room.

Hong Mian looked at the surrounding decorations, and found that they were passable, probably Furong's dowry.Hong Mian took a sip of tea and said, "I found your house and came here when I found out that you were married. Now it seems that your complexion is much ruddy. How does he treat you?"

Fu Rong was taking a bite of the peach blossom cake, when she heard Hong Mian's words, she choked.What about her?As long as it doesn't piss her off.Furong swallowed the pastry with difficulty, took a sip of water to make her breathe smoothly, her mind had already turned around, she knew that Hong Mian was a good hand at observing words and expressions, she lowered her head, showing her little daughter's obsequiousness, and gently played with the corner of her clothes: It's not like that."

Seeing Fu Rong like this, Hong Mian knew that she was shy, and while she felt relieved, there was also a flash of regret: How could she harden her mind and force her to leave Fan's mansion.But Hong Mian is not that talkative person, she just laughed and said: "I came here today to invite my sister to make a fortune together."

Fu Rong was stunned for a moment: "Could it be that sister has left the house too?"

Hong Mian nodded with a smile, and said, "I've thought about it a long time ago. It's just that a certain little girl threw the mess to me, which really made me tired for a few months, but I still want to send money to her."

Furong was shocked.I am selling on a live contract, but the red cotton is selling on a dead contract. I am afraid that the difficulty in this is much greater than myself.However, seeing Hong Mian looking for her with such confidence, Fu Rong turned her heart back: "Where is the silver, I didn't see it."

"You! I'm not going around in circles anymore, do you want to start a cloth business?" Hong Mian nodded her forehead and straightened her expression.

This is the right pillow for drowsiness. I was just thinking about raising silkworms.Fu Rong suppressed the excitement in her heart, and asked earnestly, "What kind of business?"

Hong Mian replied: "That's right. There is a relative in my family who happens to be in Kaibuzhuang. His family used to weave their own cloth and make batik, so they had a shop to sell. It's just that his family doesn't have enough space now. There is not enough manpower, so I want to give up the weaving business and focus on the business in the future."

Furong understood, and thought about it for a while.People at this time did not have the concept of an assembly line, and most cloth houses were self-sufficient. From collecting cotton to finally selling cloth, they basically did everything by themselves.From this point of view, the boss of this shop is very active.

"I've also asked, and the seed-removed cotton is about forty to fifty yuan a catty, and a piece of white cloth is about 150 to [-] yuan. Apart from wages and the like, we still make money." Hong Seeing that Furong was thinking, Mian told Furong the price difference.

This profit is not too much, and it is not too thin.If the quantity is large, it is still very impressive.However, Fu Rong opened her mouth after deliberation: "This business is good, but I don't know, how many pieces of cloth can your relative's cloth shop eat in a day?"

Hong Mian smiled, and Fu Rong's mind was really lively.No matter how big the profit is, it's useless if you can't sell it.Hong Mian thought about it and said: "This cloth shop doesn't eat much. The town's population is small, but people always listen to the wind and rain. As long as the business goes out, there will be more than one cloth shop. "

But Furong's mind turned away again: to monopolize the business, either monopolize the market, or monopolize the raw materials, or the exclusive secret recipe.Obviously, these three characteristics of weaving are not available.Fu Rong suddenly had a thought: "What if it's not just sold to Buzhuang?"

Hong Mian's eyes narrowed: "Who else can I sell it to besides Buzhuang?"

Fu Rong smiled slightly: "Since weaving is not only cotton, linen is more practical. I don't know, is there anyone in this town who specializes in weddings and weddings?"

Hong Mian's eyes lit up immediately: "My sister is so thoughtful, this is not considered stealing my relative's business. I'll go and ask." After saying that, Hong Mian got up to leave.

Fu Rong hurriedly stopped her: "What is sister up to? Anyway, the cotton is still early, so I won't miss this meal. You sit down first, and today I will let you try my sister's handicrafts."

Hong Mian thought about it, so she sat down.Furong originally wanted to mention the silkworm raising business with Hongmian, but after thinking about it, she couldn't chew too much, so she might as well talk about it later.

A few days later, Hongmian came again.Seeing her smiling face, Fu Rong knew there was something to be said for this matter.Sure enough, there are several businesses in this town that specialize in weddings and weddings.Hong Mian also communicated with her relatives, and her relatives only made one request, that Hong Mian's cloth should be sold to his cloth shop at a lower price than the market price.Furong heard that the [-]% profit was suppressed, and she thought about it in her heart, and it would be a lot of money, so she agreed.

After the two discussed it, they were sitting and drinking tea when the second sister-in-law Gu's voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "Oh, third brother and sister, your guest is our guest, why are you sitting in the room all the time? Mother told me to call you Go and sit down."

Seeing Second Sister Gu's eyes fixed on Hong Mian's body, Fu Rong felt amused in her heart, probably because Second Sister Gu was instigated by her.Hong Mian didn't seem to notice it, and stood up: "That's right, there is Lao Er Sister-in-law."

Fu Rong walked back into the house, took off the veil wrapped around her head, wiped off her sweat, and was about to change her clothes when there was a burst of giggles from the next room.Gu Qingchen and Yuanyuan, what are they doing in the next room?Fu Rong was curious and walked over.

Yuanyuan was sitting on a brand new wooden horse, holding the wooden handle on the head of the wooden horse with both hands, her eyes were smiling like crescent moons.Gu Qingchen squatted beside him, rocked the wooden horse for him, and touched his head with the other hand: "Is it fun?"

"It's fun! Daddy, you are amazing!" Yuanyuan replied loudly, with a cheerful tone.

With a doting look on his face, Gu Qingchen pretended to be mysterious and said, "Yuanyuan, this wooden horse can still fly."

Yuanyuan immediately opened her eyes wide, and looked at Gu Qingchen eagerly, full of expectation: "How to fly?"

Gu Qingchen opened his hands: "Yuanyuan can fly by opening her hands like this." At the end, he deliberately nodded his head, emphasizing his tone.

Yuanyuan didn't doubt that he was there, and immediately opened her small arms.Gu Qingchen supported his waist with one hand, and shook him vigorously with the other.The wooden horse shook violently, and Yuanyuan's laughter came out: "I'm flying!"

Busy negotiating with the cotton farmers for the past few days, Fu Rong's mouth was almost worn out, and blisters appeared on the soles of her feet.Fu Rong lowered the curtain slowly, turned around, and sighed softly: Gu Qingchen is indeed more careful than herself.

After dinner, just as Fu Rong came out after washing the dishes, she was stopped by Mrs. Gu who had just left the room.Furong was puzzled, and immediately followed Mrs. Gu into the house calmly, but she was thinking in her heart, is it because of the Hongmian matter?
"Third daughter-in-law, sit down." Mrs. Gu pointed to a stool, "I have something to tell you."

Fu Rong sat on one side of the bench, waiting for Mrs. Gu to speak.

Mrs. Gu took a sip of tea and said, "I came to you today for nothing else. It's like this. Zhang Wang from the head of the village told your elder brother about a family that belongs to your village. I Thinking about it, nothing happened these few days, why don't you go back to your mother's house, and help to ask the daughter of that family what's going on."

Fu Rong was a little surprised, but she said flattered on the face: "Thank you, mother."

Mrs. Gu just smiled slightly: "There's no need to thank me for this. I also have my own selfishness in it. I don't feel at ease in my heart. If I make a special trip, it will attract people's attention. You It's not easy for the eldest brother to be alone for so many years. If there is no one who knows the hot and the cold, this family will not be like a family." When Mrs. Gu said this, her eyes lingered on Fu Rong for a long time.

(End of this chapter)