Chapter 9: Hit it off
In the afternoon, taking advantage of the good sun, Zhong Tingyue took bamboo strips and began to teach Tang Yulian.
Tang Yulian went from being unfazed at the beginning to being full of surprise at the end, and the unhappiness in her heart also turned into surprise and admiration.
She is a little slow to learn, she doesn't do this kind of work, and she is afraid that Zhong Tingyue will be angry.
But Zhong Tingyue was very patient.
Tang Yulian successfully made a small one, with a face full of surprise: "Mother, I think it's a bit too much for Aunt Li, our family worked hard to make one, and Aunt Li will ...... it directly Pumped so much. ”
Zhong Tingyue collided with her thoughts, but she didn't have connections here, and Aunt Li's business still couldn't stop, but they could also go to the street to sell these baskets.
Zhong Tingyue nodded, and said with a smile: "I also have this idea, let's go sell the basket ourselves, if Aunt Li can still bring business to our family, we will also follow." ”
Who doesn't like having a lot of money? What's more, only when there are many happy events, the basket business may be a little better.
Aunt Li's side brought in basically a happy event at home.
The two hit it off, and Wen Jinxiu nodded silently beside her.
The next morning, the family went to the town with various baskets, large and small.
It happened that there were still a lot of people at the rally, and the three children were very happy, chattering endlessly, and the family was in a very happy mood along the way.
"You three follow your mother, don't get lost." Zhong Tingyue shouted, carrying large and small baskets, and shouted Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian.
They need to go to the store, but they are not familiar with the place, so they have to let their daughter-in-law lead the way.
Shen Changmian and Shen Erhai grabbed their children: "Mother, you go and get busy first, and we will take the three of them around to take a look." ”
The three children all have copper plates in their hands, and it is estimated that they can't put it down, so it's better to stare at it than let them spend it.
Shen Dashan also nodded hurriedly: "I'll go too." ”
With that, he turned around and left.
Zhong Tingyue still trusted Shen Changmian more, nodded, and took Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian to the market.
Shen Dashan touched the money string in his pocket, hehe, hehe, hehe, looked at Shen Erhai and Shen Changmian walking in front, deliberately slowed down, turned around and ran towards the gambling house.
"Big brother, what are you doing!" Shen Erhai found it first, and hurriedly followed to catch Shen Dashan.
"Go and play, leave me alone!" Shen Dashan only had the gambling house in his eyes, and he shook Shen Erhai away.
Shen Changmian stepped forward to stop: "Big brother, you can't go again!" Where do you get the money? ”
Shen Dashan snorted coldly, with an arrogant face: "My daughter-in-law's money is my money, what do you care about so much!" Roll on! ”
He quickened his steps, leaving them behind in an instant.
Shen Erhai and Shen Changmian glanced at each other, both of them with helplessness and resentment on their faces.
Here Zhong Tingyue found a few shops that bought and sold bamboo weaving, she compared them, and took her two daughters-in-law into a bamboo weaving shop that was more luxurious than other shops.
The people who came in and out of the store were obviously dressed more gorgeously than others, Zhong Tingyue made up her mind and stepped in.
A man in a navy blue robe stood in front of the counter, his bony fingers pushing an abacus, and his ears moved when he heard the movement.
Raised his eyes slightly, revealing a pair of dark pupils that looked like they were filled with stars.
His gaze fell on Zhong Tingyue, his eyebrows raised slightly, and his hand that was counting accounts stopped.
The man's voice was clear and handsome, and he greeted him from behind the counter: "Three distinguished guests, what are you doing?" ”
When Zhong Tingyue heard this magnetic voice, her heart skipped a beat, and her eyes suddenly met him, and her heart tightened.
He's so good-looking.
Along the way, Zhong Tingyue has been quietly looking around, and at this time, she was even more surprised by this man's appearance.
Even Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian couldn't help but stare at him a few more times.
Zhong Tingyue was amazed in her heart, and lined up the baskets on the counter: "Shopkeeper, excuse me, we're here to talk about business." ”
The man chuckled lightly and stretched out his hand to squeeze the abacus in his hand: "Three of you, please sit down, come here, make tea." ”
He sat down opposite Zhong Tingyue, Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian didn't move, they only dared to stand there, but Zhong Tingyue persuaded a few words, and they relaxed a little.
Zhong Tingyue got straight to the point, asked the man to look at the basket they had woven first, and then said after he looked carefully: "We provide baskets according to the day, what do you think?" ”
"What do you call it?" Ling Xiaohan pushed the teacup in front of her: "The contemptible person's surname is Ling, and the girl can call me the shopkeeper Ling." ”
"Bell." Zhong Tingyue paused: "The bell is like a bell." ”
"Miss Zhong."
Zhong Tingyue didn't care about the suffix and began to discuss the follow-up price in detail.
The other party is indeed a discerning person, and in the end, each basket was sold at a price of thirty yuan more than Zhong Tingyue's price.
Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian didn't speak from beginning to end, and after walking out, Zhong Tingyue weighed the silver in his hand, and the two of them came back to their senses.
They made a total of sixteen different baskets, and the shopkeeper made a deposit of one or two silver!
It's heavy.
made a couple of silver all of a sudden, Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian didn't dare to imagine it!
And that's just a deposit!
Zhong Tingyue coughed lightly: "It's about to be winter, buy something for the house, let's go." ”
Ling Xiaohan held an abacus in his hand, standing at the door, holding a delicate small basket in his hand, in this poor and remote place, there was such a skill comparable to those artists in the palace.
The corners of Ling Xiaohan's mouth curled, "Obviously she is already a wife, but she is biased to call the girl...... Don't shy away from it, Zhong ......"
Zhong Tingyue didn't know at all, she took Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian and walked forward.
The three of them passed by the entrance of the gambling house, where a group of people was surrounded.
Zhong Tingyue likes to be lively, so she subconsciously leaned in and took a look.
It's okay not to look at it, but I was taken aback when I saw it.
Shen Dashan had a blue nose and swollen face, knelt on the ground, and several big men with sticks in their hands scolded him.
He kept begging for mercy, and one of them grabbed him by the collar and spat: "What are you gambling with no money!" ”
Shen Dashan was about to say something, when he saw Wen Jinxiu out of the corner of his eye, he hurriedly shouted: "Mother! Daughter-in-law! You're here, give me the money! That's my mother and my daughter-in-law, they have money, they have money! I'm going to ask for money! ”
The big man glanced at Zhong Tingyue and let go of Shen Dashan's collar: "Are you his mother?" Your son owes us five taels of silver, how can he pay it back? If we don't, we'll have to chop off one of his fingers! ”
Zhong Tingyue raised her eyebrows, five taels of silver with one finger, then she must choose to chop it off!
It's just that she didn't expect that she had beaten Shen Dashan so many times, and he was still disobedient!
Wen Jinxiu trembled with anger: "Where did you get the money to gamble!?" ”
As he spoke, he found that the copper plates in his arms were gone: "Shen Dashan!" You want to be shameless! ”
Only then did Zhong Tingyue learn that Shen Dashan had stolen all the copper plates from the previous two days!
She was not angry, stepped forward, and slapped Shen Dashan in the face: "You scum!" How can you have the face to ask for money! Stealing it from your own family, isn't it? Why don't you die! ”
Everyone else was confused by Zhong Tingyue's appearance.
Before he could speak, he heard Zhong Tingyue shouting angrily: "Chop it off!" Chop off his fingers! The old lady doesn't have this son! ”
Wen Jinxiu was taken aback, looked at the knife in someone's hand, and was a little soft-hearted: "Mother...... Dashan he ......"
Before he finished speaking, he was glared at by Zhong Tingyue: "No intercession!" ”
Wen Jinxiu swallowed her saliva and didn't dare to answer.
Those big men sneered, thinking that Zhong Tingyue's acting made them soft-hearted: "Then we will listen to you, chop it!" ”
As he spoke, he held down Shen Dashan and raised his knife, the cold light flashed.