When it got dark, Yun Jin came back from Qingchuan City.
Although it was still drizzling, the wheels were muddy, and half of the carriage was covered in mud, the joy on Yun Jin's face could not be concealed.
Also coming was Yao Ping.
Qiao Mingjin hadn't seen him for a while. Naturally, she was happy to see him.
After inviting people into the house, Yao Ping drank two cups of hot tea and couldn't wait to talk about the wood flower ornaments he had been selling in the past two days.
I can't say it's very good, and it doesn't attract as many people as the original clothes hanger, but it's better because it's novel and lightweight, and it also attracts the attention of many ladies.
This thing is a cheap thing, and it is made of discarded things. Ordinary people will not spend that kind of money to buy something made of impractical wooden flowers.
That is to say, if you have some spare money in your hand, you can buy something nice and fresh. If you have seen a lot of fresh flowers, you can buy a dried bouquet made of wooden flowers and display it for a few days to see something new.
Because of the rain, there were not many people at Yaoji Grocery Store. Naturally, there were fewer people wandering around the city, and not a single person was seen on the street for a long time.
Yao Ping asked his two sisters-in-law, his mother, and his younger sister to hold umbrellas and carry the salesman's boxes one by one, ringing bells and walking through the streets to sell.
The young ladies were not allowed to go out because of the rain and had been depressed for a long time. Naturally, they welcomed the arrival of their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to sell goods.
I didn’t feel bad about the two small coins. In addition, there were many little girls and women in our big households. I had nowhere to spend the monthly salary in my hands. When I saw someone coming to sell it, I naturally picked it up happily.
Comparisons are coming again in the house. Someone else bought a novel gadget. But you didn't buy it, and you seem to be embarrassed.
Things naturally sell out quickly. It was almost empty in just one visit.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were so happy that they wished they could go to every house in the city without even eating...
Qiao Mingjin was naturally happy after hearing this.
It's just a toy to entertain children, just reusing waste. It has no capital and only a few wages. I didn't expect it to become popular with KitKat.
Qiao Mingjin hosted Yao Ping for a dinner at home, and Yao Ping stayed in the workshop that day.
That night, he informed Xia, He and others about the feedback received from his mother-in-law. They discussed it in the workshop all night.
Qiao Mingjin also held her daughter and listened for a while. Finally, Wan'er fell into sleep in her arms, and then she took her daughter and Mingqi back.
Early the next morning, it rained less. Yao Ping got up early and hurriedly said goodbye.
Nowadays, there is no trace of patchwork or patchwork on what the boy is wearing. The materials are new and beautiful. It can be seen that Yao Ji's business is not bad.
Qiao Mingjin felt quite relieved.
Yunjin recruited several workers that day. Together with the female relatives of each of their families, the work started again.
Yesterday, Yun Jin entered the city. In addition to going to Yao Ji, she also found Zhou Yanqing. Now this workshop belongs to her and Zhou Yanqing's families. If she has any ideas, she will naturally inform him.
After getting Zhou Yanqing's approval, Zhou Yanqing also asked someone to take Yunjin and Zhou's carpenter's shop to collect a cartload of wooden flowers for him to bring back.
The women in the workshop no longer have to wait patiently for the masters to dig out the one or two wooden stakes.
In the past, the masters would just treat the wood flowers scattered on the ground like rubbish, and even dislike them. Now they are precious. They are very careful when they are planing, for fear of destroying them and making them useless.
Before it could even be dug down, the workers' children were waiting with sacks. The masters were also dumbfounded.
Although they only hired the workers' wives to do part-time work, the women they hired were very motivated.
Everyone wants to perform well and let their masters see that they move quickly and do beautiful work. Although they cannot be hired as permanent workers, they are satisfied when they can be thought of when there is work.
Ask them to do part-time work. However, they are paid on a piece-by-piece basis. Whoever does more and does it well will get more money. Everyone wants to work hard and perform well.
No one wants to have trouble with money.
The women's work is both quick and good. These days, except for the work in the fields, the women do not leave the house without leaving home. Those who marry closer have a natal family to move around, but those who marry farther away may
You will never be able to leave the village where you married. If you are from a poor family, you don’t have enough money to go to town.
Qiao Mingjin looked at the door of the workshop. From time to time, there were people in twos and threes wandering around, waiting to see if there was any work to do. She couldn't help but feel sour in her heart.
If you marry a good man, you will naturally have a man who cares about you, and you will inevitably have a bowl of hot rice to eat. If you marry a man who does not care about your mother-in-law, and is ignorant, you will not only be beaten and scolded by men, but also rubbed by your mother-in-law at home, your children will not care about her.
Those who are sensible and have no money in their hands can really just live one day at a time, and there is no hope for that day.
With Qiao Mingjin's workshop, everyone seemed to see a glimmer of light.
I thought I could get some work to supplement my family income, and secretly save some copper coins, so I didn't have to rely on other people's opinions for everything.
Every time Qiao Mingjin went back to the workshop, her eldest daughter-in-law and little girl would ask her about the work. Her heart was heavy. She spent two days in a row thinking about something.
There were some people she really wanted to help. But the workshop didn't really have that much work for them to do. She was embarrassed to ask, so she didn't even dare to leave the door.
In the blink of an eye, after the load of wood flowers that Yun Jin brought was used up, the workers' women's families had to end their happy and short days of working as part-time workers and go home.
Since she was paid by piece-keeping, she couldn't delay her work. Qiao Mingjin was being chased for days asking if she had any work to do. She thought about it for several days but couldn't think of any profitable work. She didn't dare to look at their disappointed faces.
It was a sunny day. Qiao Mingjin had breakfast and went to the workshop as usual to inspect. He saw Mr. Xia and Mr. He moving out various beddings and clothes and spreading them out to dry.
There were more than a dozen bamboo poles hanging all over the backyard. Some of the quilts were stuffed with cotton and were so heavy after sleeping all winter that they couldn't be hung on the bamboo poles. The bamboo poles couldn't bear it.
The mother and daughter then moved all the chairs in the workshop and spread quilts and clothes on them. They even moved out an elegant couch for washing hair that was reserved for making samples in the workshop.
The shampooing chair was made of wood and was very heavy. It was difficult for the mother and daughter to lift it. Qiao Mingjin even stepped forward to lend a hand.
"This thing is good, but it's too heavy. It would be better if it were made smaller or made lighter with something else."
Mr. Xia straightened up, panted, and complained.
He took a few breaths and then said: "This thing must be made of good wood, ordinary wood or bamboo. Where can it be stored for a year or two?"
Qiao Mingjin listened on the side and looked at the shampooing chair with a smile. The chair was not entirely made of wood. There was also a pottery basin on the front for washing hair. There was also a table on the left side, which could be used for washing hair.
Tea, water and other items are not only used for washing hair, but also for wealthy families who can send girls to help loosen the muscles and bones. Therefore, the chair surface is made very wide, which increases the weight a lot.
The Zhou family's carpentry shop in the city also sells items made of ordinary wood, as well as customized ones, but none are as exquisite as this one. Nor are they as heavy as this one.
Xia went into the room and hugged the quilt. He laid his big thorn on the chair and squinted his eyes: "Hey, it's comfortable. I've been exhausted this morning. I washed a lot of clothes and quilts, and now I have to wash them again."
We have to bask in the sun here and there, and it has been raining for days, and the quilts and bedding in the house have become damp."
Qiao Mingjin smiled after hearing this.
Then I heard Mr. He say: "If this chair were lighter, I would like to move it under the eaves every day and lie on it and spread out in the sun."
Qiao Mingjin's mind suddenly flashed, and something flashed across her mind.
He then heard Mrs. He say: "Ms. Jin, do you have any good ideas for making money? I've been chased and asked every day these days, and I'm almost bored to death. You also know that the work in the fields has been finished. In addition to picking up
Watering the garden, weeding and catching insects, there really wasn't much work to be done in the fields. The families with more labor were invited to go to the cities and towns to work. Those women had to stay at home to take care of the elderly and children, so they couldn't leave.
I'm so idle, and I want to earn a few more coins. You have a lot of ideas. If you have any ideas, don't do it too much in a day. Even if you only have ten or eight cents, they will be very satisfied."
Qiao Mingjin looked at her, then at the chair under her, and suddenly an idea came to her mind.
"There really is one."
"Really?" He sat up like a carp.
"I just got inspiration from your words."
After hearing this, Mrs. He hurriedly pulled Qiao Mingjin to sit down with her. Even Mrs. Xia, who was holding the quilt, put her things aside and sat down to listen together.
Both mother and daughter are kind-hearted. They are living a good life, and they don’t want to see others living in misery. Since they came to Xiahe Village, they have gotten along well with the women in Xiahe Village, and have long been involved with the women of various families.
I'm familiar with it. I always want to help.
This time when I heard Qiao Mingjin say that she had a job to do, she was naturally very happy and couldn't wait to grab her and ask her.
Qiao Mingjin came up with the idea after hearing Mr. He's complaint just now that the chair was too heavy.
She was thinking of making some light recliners.
The weather is getting hotter, and no one wants to stay in the room. They always want to go to a cool place to enjoy the coolness. The elderly at home who have difficulty with their legs and feet will naturally be happy if there is a chair that can sit and lie down.
The workshop had also made some recliners before, and Qiao Mingjin also produced some drawings for Zhou Ji's carpenter shop to make. They were also popular among people in the city and sold well.
It’s just that those chairs made of good wood are not cheap, and ordinary people are not willing to spend that money to buy one.
If it is cheap, lightweight and practical, will more people buy it?
We don't sell it to rich families, we only sell it to ordinary people. We just use ordinary rattan that no one pays attention to in the mountains.
On the mountain in Xiahe Village, the wooden piles in the forest were almost hollowed out, and even the several thick layers of old mud on the ground were shoveled clean.
My parents' house was close, and they couldn't get any fat at home, so they shoveled an oxcart and an oxcart to transport it to my parents' house. Now the forest is so clean that even the pheasants and rabbits are gone.
There seems to be nothing left to worry about.
But the cane in the forest that no one wants is now on Qiao Mingjin's mind again. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.
