Chapter 15 (II) Sharpen the knife and do not mistake the woodcutter

In militarized terms, it is: the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the soldiers and horses are strong.

In layman's terms: sharpen the knife and do not mistake the woodcutter.

Here's a simple example:

A and B both had to go up the mountain to chop wood, but their axes were a little dull, and A ignored them and went up the mountain with their axes.

Because his axe is not sharp, he cuts down relatively fine wood......

B was different, he took a whetstone and sharpened the axe with all his might.

Although he started slower than A, he was ready to get home, chopping wood very quickly.

When the sun went down, A came down with only a small bundle of firewood, but B came down with a large bundle of firewood......

It can be seen that if the preparation is done well, you can get twice the result with half the effort!

In the case of a very blunt knife, it seriously affects the speed and efficiency of chopping wood.

Although it takes some time to sharpen the knife before chopping wood, and does not cut the wood immediately, once the knife is sharpened quickly, the speed and efficiency of cutting wood will be greatly improved, and it will take less time to cut the same firewood than a blunt knife.

In-depth understanding:

In order to accomplish something, it is not necessary to start immediately, but first to carry out some planning, feasibility demonstration and step arrangement, make full preparations, and create favorable conditions, which will greatly improve work efficiency.

"What are the tools for grilling fish?" Grandpa recalled the section of the road he had just walked, and it seemed that there were tools for burning the fire being sold!

Ma Li analyzed and said: "Let's make it simpler first, just a stove and get some firewood to burn!"

After a period of patient reminiscence, Grandpa suddenly remembered, "I seemed to see a stove when I walked through the market just now!"

Ma Li was overjoyed, "Why don't you look at my little sister here, I'll buy a stove and try it?"

"I wonder if they will bully you children and buy you at a higher price?" Grandpa said with some worry.

What an unscrupulous businessman could have done such a thing!

Are there fewer children who are bullied by businessmen?

As long as they just flicker a few words, they often double the amount of things and sell them, and the children are still there stupidly buying happy.

Because in the minds of children, there is nothing expensive or expensive, as long as you like it!

What does it mean to be free from bullying?

It is specially designed to deceive children and the elderly, as for why children are put in front, because children are easier to deceive, and there are many thieves and thieves among the elderly, and it is inevitable that the boat will capsize in the gutter.

"It's okay, just exercise! It would be best if you could rent a stove!" Ma Li didn't worry about this, he was not a person who could be fooled by those unscrupulous merchants.

"It's okay, then you pay attention, Grandpa will give you the money for selling medicinal materials!" Grandpa took out 135 yuan for selling medicinal materials today, and Grandpa is still very economical on weekdays.

(The money is equal to 1,000 yuan, which is about 200 yuan now.) 135 Wen is about 27 yuan. The price fluctuates somewhat arbitrarily, in the past, the US dollar: RMB was 1:2)

This money is the result of Grandpa's hard work in the mountains for three or five days, and it is not an exaggeration to call it hard-earned money.

Since it is hard-earned money, it means that Grandpa gets up early every day and goes to the mountains to earn a little money through hard work, and it is a little difficult to barely maintain the livelihood of a family of three.

These are not only pitiful, but also dangerous and tiring......

"Little sister, don't go away here with grandpa, and when you go, my brother will buy a stove and come over to make grilled fish for you to eat!" Ma Li still told Ma Xiaomei before leaving.

"Okay, brother, go and get back quickly. Ma Xiaomei squinted her eyes and said happily.

Ma Li walked towards the place where he had just seen the stove being bought—

It didn't take long to find the place where the stove was being bought and yelling, "Sell the stove, sell the stove!"

Look at the good and cheap stove, it is very convenient to take it home to cook, especially if there are guests at home, it is more convenient to have a stove to cook!"

"Hey, uncle, how do you sell this stove?" Ma Li shouted as he walked over.

The man who was shouting to buy a stove heard the question of how to buy a stove before, and his heart was still happy, but when he saw that it was a half-grown boy, he thought it was a bear child who came to make trouble, "Go, go! ”

The most fearful thing about doing business is that the bear child will make trouble.

For example, a bear child will use flour as sand to play for most of the day, but will his hands be clean?

There is nothing unhygienic in the place where the stove is sold, and the countrymen are not so particular, but if the bear child is accidentally burned by the stove here, even if it is overwhelming, how will it be counted at that time?

Besides, are there any children who buy stoves?

Haven't seen it!

So the vendor who sold the stove hurriedly told Ma Li to get out.

"Ding ding!" Ma Li shook the copper coin in his pocket, "Uncle, what kind of sound do you hear?"

The uncle who was a little surprised narrowed his eyes, and suddenly changed his face and said, "Huh!

I didn't see it, you still have so much money on your little baby, and your adults are not worried!"

Ma Li pointed to the stall where Grandpa was not far away, "My family is in the market, let me come and buy a stove!"

"Oh!

You want to buy a stove, my stove here is not cheap!Are you sure you can settle it?" the stove seller nodded.

"Tell me how much your stove costs, and I'll buy it if it's suitable!" said Ma Li with a confident smile.

"Good!

Then I won't talk to you anymore, 100 yuan, if you have money, take it, if you don't have money, you can go!" "The uncle who sold the stove still wondered in his heart that the little baby opposite was not here to sell the stove, but someone asked him to make trouble, and this kind of thing happened in the past!

"Hey!

Uncle, you don't have to bargain in business, and 100 Wen is too expensive!" Ma Li said angrily.

The stove seller also said a little angrily, "Oh!

It's not that I don't let me bargain, you little baby is still too expensive! So why are you going to tell me how expensive my stove is?"

Ma Li pointed to the rough stove and said, "Your stove is just a stove to burn with your own clay, and there is almost no technical content, am I talking about it?"

"Even if you are a little baby, you have knowledge, but others don't know how to do my craft, so it's not too expensive to charge you 100 yuan!" said the stove seller with a smug face.

"Uncle, you're wrong, my skills in making stoves won't be worse than yours, if I make a stove one day, you will definitely think that the stove I make is much more exquisite than yours!"

"Hey!

You little baby, you will tremble when you praise you twice!100 yuan love to buy it!" The stove seller said impatiently, his tone a little heavy.