The next morning, Ling'er got up and said hello to her father and mother first, don't open the shop for the time being today, and wait until the collected food is processed, and then she went out from the back door of the yard, ready to go to the abandoned yard.

When she turned to the street in front of the shop, she found that there was already a long queue of dozens of people at the door, each with a load of grain, and looked at the door of Zhang's shop while resting and chatting!

Ling'er was startled, there were so many more, but there was no cash at home, but there was a silver ticket of fifty taels on him, which was the deposit given by Liang Daming last time. But the grain harvested yesterday has not been taken off, if you don't exchange the grain for money, you will not make a steady profit but a stable loss, not to mention that the vacated wing room in the backyard is also accounted for most of it, and there is no place to put it if you collect too much!

Ling'er frowned and worried, and suddenly heard Aunt Wan laugh and say, "Oh, isn't this Ling'er?" Look, the big guys are waiting for your shop to open! ”

The men who were waiting looked at each other when they heard the words, and some of them shouted loudly: "Little owner, we have been here for more than half an hour, why haven't we opened the door yet?" ”

"yes, yes, it's going to be hot later, open the door!"

Ling'er twitched the corners of her mouth in embarrassment, she really didn't know how to tell this group of people? Aunt Wan smiled and said: "Ling'er, you are really a lucky star, look, as soon as your shop opened yesterday, the business was so good, even with our shop!" I sold more buns yesterday than I did when I was in the market! Hehe, if only it could be so good every day! ”

Ling'er laughed dryly: "Aunt Wan, even if there is no shop for us, your family's business will get better and better!" ”

"Hehe, look, this little mouth is cute! Ling'er, open the door quickly, the big guys are waiting! ”

The men also echoed one after another, Ling'er hid his face and supported his forehead, blaming himself for talking too much yesterday, and everyone picked up the grain, and then let the family go back, and his family was afraid that he would be infamous.

She hesitated again and again, and said to everyone: "Uncles, uncles, and big brothers, thank you for trusting the small shop so much, and coming to wait in line so early, but our shop is small, and we collected too much grain yesterday, and the warehouse is full, plus the cash prepared is not enough, and the dozen or so loads of grain collected at the end last night are just bookkeeping, and they haven't paid yet!" So ......"

"Wouldn't it? Little owner, I came here after walking more than ten miles with a torch and a burden, you won't take it, right? A man asked nervously without waiting for her to finish.

"Yes, yes, little owner, you said it well yesterday, you have to collect it ten days before the opening, we saw that there were many people yesterday and didn't come, it's good to be in a hurry early today, do you want to collect it, such a long way, do you have to pick it back? It's too unkind to do that! ”

"That's it, if you don't accept it, it's time to be busy with farming, and how much work will it take us to delay!"

For a while, the men queuing up in front of the door were talking, and Ling'er stood awkwardly for a while, and said loudly: "Uncles and uncles, be quiet, please listen to me!" It's not that we don't take it, it's just ......"

"Little owner, if you want to collect it, open the door quickly, we have to rush home to work!" Obviously, everyone's patience is not enough, and they can't wait for her to finish speaking.

Ling'er sighed, borrowed a chair from the bun shop, climbed up with a gong, knocked a few times and shouted: "Everyone, please listen to me, our shop is not untrustworthy, we do have to harvest grain for the first ten days!" It's just that the current warehouse is too small and the cash is poor, so the grain collected today can only be recorded, and the grain payment can only be settled after the grain in the warehouse is transferred to the big owner!

If you don't mind, we'll open the door and weigh it right away; If you don't think it's worth it, we're willing to give five cents to each of the uncles who come to wait today and don't sell their food, just the money for today's breakfast and the hard-earned money for carrying the burden! ”

After Ling'er finished shouting, everyone immediately buzzed and discussed, and a man who was close shouted: "Hey, little owner, if we sell you the grain, when will we get the money?" You've got to give me a letter! ”

Ling'er thought about it, this specific time really can't be said nonsense, and they must wait for Liang Daming and them to settle the account and transport the grain away. Now there are still five days left before the cash appointment, and I will go to the abandoned courtyard to leave a letter for them later, and urge them, but I don't know if it will work? Also, if they don't come in five days, they'll die!

Thinking of all kinds of possibilities, Ling'er was still hanging in her heart, but with so many people watching, she must not be stage frightened, or she will die now!

So she stubbornly said: "We will send people to the county seat today, and ask the big boss to find a car to transport it, once the grain is transported away and the account is settled, we will naturally settle the account for the big guys."

It's just that we don't dare to boast about this specific time, and the big owner has to decide. If you are not at ease, please think about it more, and wait for the grain in the warehouse to settle the account and have cash before picking it up and selling it! ”

Ling'er waited for a while, and when most of them had made a decision, he struck the gong twice and shouted: "If you want to continue to sell grain, please line up at the door of my shop, and if you don't want to sell grain, please go to another queue next to it, and wait for our buddy to arrive later, and as soon as the door opens, we will weigh everyone or give breakfast money!"

There is one more thing, please do the uncles a favor, if you meet people who pick millet to sell in our shop on the road, please tell me, the millet harvested in recent days is only recorded in the account without cash, and you have to wait for the big owner to settle the bill before you can send the money, thank you! ”

The crowd began to move slowly and diverted, and in general, those who wanted to continue selling and those who did not want to sell accounted for half, and those who insisted on continuing to sell grain were villagers who had heard the news from afar, except for the familiar faces of yesterday.

Ling'er had a plan in her heart, and decided that no matter whether these people sold grain or not, they would give them five wen for breakfast, and the cost of one or two hundred wen at most could buy a bunch of loyal old customers, so why not?

After the people outside lined up, Ling'er returned to the courtyard from the back door and told her father and mother about the situation outside, but her father had no objection, but her mother was worried: "Ling'er, is the big boss you said true?" Don't talk nonsense, delay the big guy! It's really not good, let's tell you the truth, the shop is temporarily closed! ”

"Mother, I'm not talking nonsense, the reason why I opened the shop into a rice grain shop is because an uncle asked me to help him harvest the grain, and promised to give us a salary of 50 yuan for each load of grain.

The old lady took the silver ticket and looked at it carefully, rubbed her eyes and looked at it a few times, and after confirming that the silver ticket was not fake and the denomination was as much as fifty taels, she was surprised: "Ling'er, this... Is this really a fixed amount of money from others? They... Did they say how much grain they wanted? ”

"Yes! Mother, do you think I'm going to steal and rob it? The uncle said that they urgently needed a large amount of grain, even if it was thousands of loads, they could eat it, but there was only one point, they had to buy it from the villagers, and they were not allowed to go to the rice grain shop to transfer goods! That's why I dare to boast to my uncles who sell grain! ”

"Oh! I see! …… Hey, Ling'er, what does that man do? Why didn't he go to the rice store to buy it? Do you have to pay a lot of money to buy around? How much does that cost?"

"Oh, mother, people naturally have a reason to do this, let's just help collect food. In this way, we can help the villagers do something, so that the villagers can save some time and get some benefits, and secondly, we can also get some benefits, right?

Mother, think about it, a load of fifty wen, a thousand taels of silver is fifty taels of silver! In addition to the wages and other expenses of hiring people, you can make a net profit of forty taels in less than a month, such a good deal, people want to do it and have no chance! ”

The old lady thought for a while, and seemed to think that it was indeed a good deal, but she didn't forget to instruct: "Ling'er, you have to tell the people to tell them to come to transport the food early, and we can also settle the bill for the villagers as soon as possible, so that they don't believe in us so much!" ”

"I know, I know, mother, you can rest assured! Oh, by the way, the weather has been hot recently, if you are free, prepare more tea for the uncles who help and wait, it is not easy for everyone, and all the money earned is hard money, so let's try to help if we can! ”

"Hey, okay!" The mother deserves to be loud, and it is a great pleasure for her to find something to do!

Ling'er saw that it was still early, so she ran to the abandoned yard on the edge of the town, put the bamboo tube that had been prepared a long time ago in the agreed position, and then hurried back.

Yue'er waited for the time to arrive, and Ling'er paid them their wages last night, and also said that only two people were enough today, so only Wang Jiarong and Xiaohuzi came today, plus Yue'er was one to join in the fun.

When they saw the long waiting line at the door, they were all a little surprised, and hurriedly parked the ox cart and came over, Yue'er said, "Ling'er, didn't you say that you don't have any money today, so you will collect less?" With so many people, it's not easy to collect less! ”

"Don't say it, Sister Yue'er, come, help send money to the people next to you, five cents per person, oh, by the way, only those who pick the grain will be given, don't get confused!"

"Huh? If you confiscate the grain, you still have to send money! ”

"I'll explain it to you later, go and go! Uncle Rong, the shop will open later, please be responsible for measuring, Xiaohuzi, you are responsible for bagging and reporting, and I am responsible for recording and settling accounts, okay, start work! ”

The group began to work from the beginning of the hour, and it took more than an hour to collect the millet of the people waiting in line, and those who did not want to sell got the money or carried the grain home, or simply found a shade and sold bulk goods while enjoying the shade.

Maybe it was Ling'er's words in the morning that played a role, and the people who came to sell the millet gradually decreased, and after noon, basically no one came again, and everyone just had a good rest and recuperation, and by the way, they reconciled and discussed tomorrow's affairs.

After lunch, Ling'er saw that it was too hot outside, and there were basically no pedestrians, so she simply closed the shop door and let everyone take a lunch break, while she found an opportunity to sneak out by herself, planning to go to the abandoned courtyard to see if there was a reply. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )