Chapter 146: Child Labor
In the evening, Yun Duoduo took Liang Yiyi home and took her to Cui's house to live, Cui's house is now big and empty. With some old clothes given by Sister Zhang and Sister Tan, she is not cold anymore, she sleeps with a thick quilt cover at night, and she can eat with the Cui family, eating white rice, she can be full, and the little girl likes Yun Duoduo from the bottom of her heart.
Cui's house is not far from the shop now, Liang Yiyi remembered the way, and went to the back kitchen of the shop to help the next day.
With her help, Sister Zhang and Sister Tan have an extra pair of hands, and their speed is faster. Because he agreed to the Persian merchant to buy a hundred catties, Yun Duoduo also went over at noon to help fry it, and that's it, it was still very difficult to supply the usual business and even-out the 100 catties over there.
It was not enough for Yue Chang'an to come over to help.
Cui Pingsheng is very busy these days, he intends to leave for Beijing this winter, these days and classmates and teachers have a lot of communication, and is responsible for some things in the Taishou Mansion, now the Taishou does not have much ability to do things, but there are always some messy things to Jiangzhou City to do, the previous New Year Yun Duoduo changed customs, simplified the "Spring Festival couplets" of Jiangzhou City, is a great thing, Taishou thought about singing praises of his own merits, let some readers write poems for him, and Cui Pingsheng wanted to write a big endowment for this simplification, was going to be sent to the imperial court, saying that it would be promoted in the world, and he was fine, but Cui Pingsheng and several famous scholars were very busy......
He couldn't help much.
In the evening, Liang Qi and his two sons sent another two hundred catties of sweet potato fries, and Yun Duoduo was shocked: "Why are you in such a hurry?" ”
Liang Qidao: "Spring ploughing is coming soon, I'm afraid that there will be no kung fu, so I sent it over first, and take a look at the girl by the way." ”
Yun Duoduo knew that he had put his daughter here yesterday, and he would have to come over today to take a look.
went to the back kitchen and asked Liang Yiyi to come over and see him.
Liang Qi saw that her daughter was well, and she was still warm and full, so she was relieved. Yun Duoduo thought that there were still not enough people at home, so he asked Liang Qi if he could leave his two sons behind to help, and now this manpower is indeed insufficient.
Liang Qi honestly said that his son can't stay, because it's going to be spring ploughing, and now he has to go back to prepare, but the women in the village are not particularly busy at this time, so he suggested that Yun Duoduo can try to find a woman in the village...... After all, the teenage girl can't help much in farming, but she can help Yun Duoduo fry fruits.
Yun Duoduo also felt that it was feasible when he heard it, so he asked Liang Qi to go back and help ask, if it is possible, he can come over tomorrow, the salary is easy to say, and he can take care of food and housing.
What she didn't expect was that at noon on the second day, Liang Qi gave Gu Lai all the remaining dried sweet potato fries, and he actually brought more than a dozen girls over!
"This is ......" Yun Duoduo looked at Liang Qi in horror, "Why did you bring so many people......"
Liang Qi scratched the back of his head: "These are all girls in the village, they are all honest, they are all thirteen years old, and they can work!" It's just that I have little strength, and I can't carry the burden and can't plant it, so the girl asked me to inquire about people, and I brought them all...... The girl picks it. ”
Yun Duoduo was taken aback, and looked at Yue Chang'an, who was standing beside him, and wondered: "This ...... How to pick? ”
In her previous life, she had seen the legendary house fight, and there was a person who said that she would pick a maid, and she said that she should pick an honest one. The problem is that she looks at the children in front of her very honestly...... And she is not picking a maid, but a child laborer......
Yue Changan asked in a low voice, "How many people do we want?" ”
Yun Duoduo said: "It's about three or four, it's been very busy these days, after the Persians have blown up the 100 catties, let's leave two long-term hands in the store, and after two months of Huaxin, Sister Zhang and Sister Tan will be busy!" ”
Yue Changan looked at the girl in front of him with some embarrassment.
He counted it, and there were eleven girls......
Seeing that Yun Duoduo was embarrassed, Liang Qi hurriedly said: "Don't be embarrassed, girl, just look at the picks that fit your eyes, they are all having a difficult life at home, and it is difficult to raise more children, so the girl can keep them for a few days, just take care of the meal." Last year, they didn't starve to death in the village. ”
Yun Duoduo listened to what he said, this ancient people had a hard time, in Jiangzhou City, Yun Duoduo only felt that everyone was living a difficult life and poor quality of life, but in fact, in the village, everyone's life was even more difficult......
How can the life of the people be boiled day by day?
She sighed: "I need someone to stay here for seven days to help with things, you all stay, seven days, there is something to do, there is food to eat, there is a place to sleep, and when you go home, you will be given ten catties of rice per person." ”
As soon as Liang Qi heard this, he urged the girls: "Thank you girl for ......."
As soon as Liang Qi left, Yun Duoduo was worried, and glanced at Yue Chang'an: "What now?" ”
Yue Chang'an said: "What should I do?" Hurry back and blow things up! One day counts as one day. ”
There were originally two big pots in the back kitchen, but there were only three people, Sister Zhang, Sister Tan and Liang Yiyi, who only used one pot, and now there are suddenly so many people, and the kitchen can't be squeezed! Then he boiled another pot and dried it together.
Yun Duoduo saw that there were too many people and couldn't squeeze in, so he immediately made a decision and asked Sister Zhang to take five girls home and use two pots from her house......
Fortunately, it was not difficult to fry the fruit, and the little girls learned it quickly.
In the evening, Yun Duoduo brought all the girls home, and Granny Cui was shocked to see so many girls she brought back: "Where are you staying this night!"
The little girls hurriedly said, "We can sleep together at night, and the same is true at home." ”
Yun Duoduo said: "How can this be done, the weather is so cold." ”
So I borrowed some quilts from the neighbor's house, and let the girls live in three rooms, and everyone will have some.
In this way, it took four days, and everyone made the things that the Persian merchants wanted, and before the appointed day arrived, the shopkeeper Zhu notified them to come and pick up the goods. The letter has also arrived, the riverside has become more and more lively, and the family's business has increased, but according to the current situation, it is true that there are not so many people. When the time of the seventh day came, Yun Duoduo thought about sending these girls back, and he felt uncomfortable.
After all, although these children are child laborers in the city, they will continue to starve when they return to their hometown, survive this winter, and then wait until summer and autumn come, and life will be better, and then winter again.
She walked around the shop that day, and the shopkeeper Zhu told her that business was very good these days, and she could buy some dried sweet potatoes appropriately.
Yun Duoduo asked him how many dried sweet potato fries were left at home, and the shopkeeper Zhu calculated and said that there were still 400 catties.
Yun Duoduo said: "Huaxin has two months, let's buy another 1,000 catties, which is about enough." ”
Shopkeeper Zhu hurriedly waved his hand: "It's not enough." ”
"Not enough?" Yun Duoduo was shocked: "How do you say this!" ”
Shopkeeper Zhu suggested: "In this season of flowers, there are many merchant ships coming and going, so it is better to make more and then sell them to the merchants to take away......
Yun Duoduo looked at the shopkeeper Zhu in surprise: "You mean, sell a large amount of wholesale to those merchants and let them transport it to other places to sell?" ”
Shopkeeper Zhu nodded: "Yes......"
Yun Duoduo said in a low voice: "But...... What if it doesn't sell? ”
Shopkeeper Zhu said: "The owner will buy dry raw materials first, and I'll talk about the rest." ”
Yun Duoduo looked at him in surprise: "You are a little sure." ”
Shopkeeper Zhu said: "Ninety." This year, there are a lot of merchant ships, and the officials have come to us to buy something and go back to taste it, and I talked to them a bit, and many people have this meaning, as long as we can guarantee something, we can sell it. ”
Yun Duoduo thought about selling it to merchants as snacks, but he didn't expect that in this section, these merchants could take it with merchant ships and sell it to many places.
"You've probably calculated, how much do you need?" Yun Duoduo asked in a low voice.
Shopkeeper Zhu said: "This is a new thing, if you can let them all take some away, at least they can sell 5,000 catties, this is still ...... A more conservative estimate. ”
"Five thousand pounds!" Yun Duoduo was shocked, he looked at Shopkeeper Zhu in disbelief, "This ...... Impossible. ”
Shopkeeper Zhu said: "Let's look at it first, you look at the cargo ships of those rice merchants, they can transport some to the next state capital casually, and it is not a problem to bring seven or eight hundred catties." ”
Yun Duoduo thought for a while: "I believe you this time."
When she went back, she told Cui Pingsheng about it, Cui Pingsheng was also taken aback by this, he didn't know how to do business, he only let Yun Duoduo toss some things in the shop, but he didn't expect her to move thousands of catties of business.
"I've calculated, if this business is successful, we can earn two thousand taels of silver in these two months." There are many clouds.
"How is this possible!" Yue Chang'an's head is clouded.
Yun Duoduo said: "I originally thought that the entire Jiangzhou City could buy more than 1,000 catties a year, about more than 200 taels of silver is considered good, thanks to the shopkeeper Zhu, he thought about selling this thing to those past traders and letting them take it to other places to sell, so that if you calculate it, it is naturally much faster, and those who do rice and grain business see that our business is so good, and they are already inquiring." ”
Cui Pingsheng heard that she calculated this account, and also felt good, Jiangzhou area does not sell rice, but like takeaway tea, here is a hilly landform, there are many mountains, so there are a lot of sweet potatoes, but sweet potatoes are easy to spoil, it is not easy to transport out, and the passing merchant ships don't want to buy sweet potatoes here at all and sell them.
"That's how it goes...... That's a good thing. Cui Pingsheng said, "The imperial court should be promoted, a lot, you go quickly, I will repair the book and go to the capital." ”
"What are you doing in the capital?" Yun Duoduo was shocked.
Cui Pingsheng said: "To the eldest brother of the sixth uncle's family, let him tell the prime minister this method!" ”
Yun Duoduo: "......"
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