The next day, just after dawn, the Shen family members started to get busy.
Because I have to deliver four hundred bamboo fans to Manager Pang in the county in three days, it will take some time to deliver them.
First, you need a lot of bamboo.
Yesterday, Shen Fugui prepared a large amount of bamboo strips at home, but it was only enough to weave less than a hundred pieces.
Chen Xinli silently calculated the amount, and after a moment's pause, she raised her little face and said:
"Dad, let's hire someone to help cut bamboo today!"
Shen Jinshan and Shen Fuyou next to them were getting ready to do a big job, when they suddenly heard Shen Xinli say that they needed to hire more people.
"Ali, we can do this little job by ourselves, no need to hire anyone!"
Shen Fuyou was the first to speak anxiously.
"Yes, Ali, Second Aunt can also go and help cut bamboo."
Only Shen Jinshan looked at his sister as if he had something to say, and waited quietly.
"Uncle and Aunt, we can only sell bamboo fans for one to two months. By then, there will be a lot of imitations on the market. Even if people don't know how to dye, they will imitate us, and we will have a hard time making money."
Chen Xinli said in a deep voice.
Seeing that they seemed to be thinking about her words, she continued, "Let's make more now. We can go to Lin County to sell bamboo fans later. Let's make money before others react."
Everyone was silent for a moment.
Shen Fugui was the first to speak: "Ali is right."
He already understood what his daughter meant.
"The weaving of this bamboo fan is actually very simple, and anyone with some craftsmanship can do it.
The bamboo fan in our family is mainly due to Ali's ingenuity. It is superior in shape and coloring, but precisely because these two features are in plain sight, it is easier for others to imitate.
Maybe after the bamboo fans sold in the past three days are circulated in the market, some merchants will start thinking about it."
"Then our family won't be able to make any money."
Wu Yuehua looked a little nervous.
"Not necessarily. Dyeing alone takes a long time. Ali taught us a lot of different dyes, and color matching is a science.
In short, we should act before others react."
Shen Fugui made a direct summary.
Chen Xinli couldn't help but let out a cry of admiration.
She understood this knowledge based on her memories from her previous life, but her father was just a peasant who couldn't read a single word, yet he could react so quickly!
No wonder she can learn bamboo weaving just by thinking on her own. She is really a hands-on expert.
After discussion, the wage for hiring someone to cut bamboo was set at thirty cents a day.
Shen Fugui specially went to the home of Zhao Lizheng and invited the three Zhao brothers to come. He also returned the fifty cents that he had borrowed from the Lizheng family!
At noon, when the three brothers Zhao Dashan, Zhao Dahai and Zhao Dajiang were carrying bundles of bamboo and piling them in front of the Shen family's door.
Qianniu Village was in an uproar.
"Have you heard? The Shen family is looking for someone to work for them, and they're paying them thirty cents a day!"
"Has the Shen family really become rich this time? Was his girl trying to trick us yesterday? This Shen Quezi family is really cunning!"
"Don't keep calling him Shen the Lame Guy. He makes his money based on his own abilities. If you can make up something, go ahead and do it yourself. Why are you saying such sarcastic things here?"
…
A group of people stared at each other.
But everyone realized something rare.
That is, ever since the little girl from the Shen family fell on her head, the Shen family seemed to have changed their luck, and their lives were getting better and better.
In just two days, the Shen family became the center of public opinion in Qianniu Village.
Of course, most farmers are more concerned about their wheat fields.
If it doesn't rain soon, the wheat will die!
An old man with a dark complexion and a sad look on his face was kneeling in his own wheat field, making gestures to pray for rain.
Obviously, his family's food and clothing is what he cares about most.
As for how much others earn, what does it have to do with you?
But there are still many curious people hanging around in front of the Shen family's door.
Shen Fugui's home.
Shen Jinlin was playing at the door.
Shen Fuyou was chopping bamboo in the yard. He had helped his elder brother weave bamboo baskets and bamboo crates in his spare time before, but his skills were not as good as his elder brother's. Now he was in charge of this job.
Shen Fugui had already moved the knitting work into the house.
Shen Jinshan assisted on the side, helping to shape the fan, then Wu Yuehua was responsible for sewing the edging, and then Shen Jinshan installed the fan handle and tassels.
Second Aunt was in charge of processing the dyes in the kitchen. Fortunately, the kitchen left by Grandpa Shen was spacious enough, and now it was filled with pots and pans.
Inside were some strips of cloth and cotton thread that were being dyed.
After the sun rose high and Shen Jinlin confirmed that there was indeed no one outside the house, Shen Yushan began to dry the dyed cloth strips and bamboo strips on the bamboo poles in the yard.
Colorful strips of cloth and cotton threads hung on several rows of bamboo poles fluttered in the wind, gradually changing their appearance under the sunlight.
Soon, the bamboo strips, cloth strips and cotton threads were dry. Chen Xinli instructed her third brother Shen Yulin to pack up the things and bring them into the house, and then repainted the bamboo strips that had not been successfully colored.
After a busy morning, Shen Fugui had already woven seventy-eight bamboo fans, and A Niang had finished sewing the edges and making the tassels, bringing the total number of successfully made bamboo fans to fifty-three.
After all the cotton threads and cloth strips were dyed, Chen Xinli and Second Aunt started to make lunch together.
She asked her second aunt to simply wash the pork belly bought yesterday and cut it into thin slices, while she cleaned the mushrooms, peppercorns and Evodia rutaecarpa.
When I woke up today, Chen Xinli had already ridden Ah Hua around the forest where the chickens were raised and collected a large basket of eggs.
When collecting eggs, I saw that there were quite a few oyster mushrooms under the bushes in the forest, so I immediately picked a large basket. I also saw pepper trees and Evodia rutaecarpa trees, which made me even more pleasantly surprised.
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