Chapter 18 Small Business

"Aniang~Aniang~"

Jiang Wan started shouting before she even entered the room.

"What's wrong? You look so happy."

Yin Huaixi was drying some herbs and was very curious when she saw her daughter's excited look.

"Mother, I just heard Aunt Cuifang talk about something at her house."

Jiang Wan repeated to her what Mao Cuifang had just said to her. No one knows a daughter better than her mother, and Yin Huaixi immediately understood what her daughter was trying to do.

"You got your scissors back. Do you want to sell sea urchins?"

"Yeah! Mom, you just ate it, too. This purple sea urchin roe is delicious. It's so hot outside, eating some cool and smooth sea urchin roe is both nutritious and refreshing. I want to try it."

Jiang Wan looked at her mother and then at her cousin, her eyes full of hope.

Yin Ning immediately expressed his support for his cousin.

"Cousin, let me help you carry the bucket!"

Yin Huaixi sighed. After all, her daughter had an adult mentality and she had to shoulder all the responsibilities of the household.

"You can go if you want. We can go after your aunt comes back."

Everyone in the family has left, and my sister-in-law will be worried if she can't find me when she comes back.

"Well, let's boil two cans of water and soak some mint leaves before my aunt comes back. We can sell herbal tea together."

It's a no-cost business, you can make money from every bowl you sell.

The two little girls rushed into the kitchen as if they were excited.

At this moment, two people suddenly came to the door. Yin Huaixi took a look and vaguely remembered something.

This is the Zhou family.

"Sister Huaixi, are you busy?"

Lin Wanrong came in with a smile and greeted everyone. Behind her was her husband Zhou Qian, who was holding a basket woven from palm leaves, which contained several bamboo bowls and five small bamboo spoons. The workmanship was a bit rough, but it was obvious that they had done their best.

"Brother Zhou, Sister Lin, what are you doing?"

"We're here to bring you this."

Lin Wanrong felt a little embarrassed. Their family had moved into someone else's big house, but the thank-you gift was just this little.

"I just moved in and was busy for a while. I came to see you now. There are many things in the house that can still be used, but we have seen the stone house, and there is not a single bowl. This is made by my grandfather himself, you can use it for now."

Zhou Laozi was born in a peasant family. His father and grandfather were carpenters and bamboo weaving craftsmen, so he learned some skills. However, he passed the imperial examination and became an official, so his skills were put aside.

Life is so unpredictable. After going around in circles, the old man has finally picked up his craft again.

Yin Huaixi was very surprised holding the basket, as her family was in need of these little ones.

"Sister Lin, these are what our family urgently needs, so I won't be polite with you. Please thank Uncle Zhou for me. I will visit him again after we are settled."

"Don't worry, don't worry. We just arrived in the village. Take your time. If you need any baskets or baskets at home, don't go looking for someone to buy them. My grandfather can make them himself."

"Okay, I will definitely not be polite to you."

As the two talked, their relationship became closer. Yin Huaixi sent Lin Wanrong and her husband out, and when she turned around, she saw her daughter kissing the bamboo bowl twice.

"Mother, this bowl comes at the perfect time. It's exactly what we need to sell cooling tea."

"What do you need?"

Yin Huaishan walked into the house carrying a small bundle of bamboo strips and a half-finished backpack.

"Uncle! Look at this bowl, isn't it what we need?"

"Eh? This bowl... I met your Uncle Zhou when I came back just now. Was it sent by their family?"

Jiang Wan nodded, her eyes falling on the half backpack in her uncle's arms.

"Uncle, you're going out to learn a skill from someone? Is he willing to teach you?"

"Why not? The village chief is a nice guy. He helped me make this backpack. He even promised to teach me how to weave a winnowing basket to make a hat."

When Jiang Wan heard that it was the old village chief who taught her, she was no longer surprised.

Although the old village chief usually has a stern face, he is actually a very good person. He is dedicated to the good of the village and has never thought about showing off his official status, nor has he ever made things difficult for their family or the Zhou family.

The Cai family’s case doesn’t count; they brought it upon themselves.

"Uncle, you are amazing. You can study and find food, and now you can also make a backpack."

Yin Huaishan's old face turned red, and he reluctantly held the backpack and sat on the doorstep to continue weaving his backpack.

Yin Ning watched from the side and couldn't help but smile secretly.

Dad has always been serious and solemn, but here, he is like a silly boy. He has become more flesh and blood and lively.

She likes this kind of father.

"My cousin, the water is ready~"

"Come on, let's scald these bamboo bowls first."

When selling imported items, try to keep the utensils as clean as possible if conditions permit.

Yin Ning remembered that this was the sterilization her aunt had mentioned. Although she couldn't see where the bacteria were, what her cousin and aunt said made sense, and it was right to listen to them.

The two sisters boiled a bowl and a can of water to keep it cool. Yin Huaishan heard that they were going to the main road to sell things, and after thinking about it, he decided to go with them.

"I'll help you deliver the goods first. After you sell them, I'll find a tree nearby and sit under it to weave my backpack."

He was worried because all the people who went out were women.

Yin Huaixi did not refuse. It would indeed make her feel more at ease to have her elder brother along with her.

"What if my sister-in-law comes back and can't find anyone?"

Yin Huaishan looked at his sister strangely, then turned around, took out a piece of charcoal from the stove and wrote two sentences on the door.

Yin Huaixi: “…”

I almost forgot that my elder brother and his wife are intellectuals.

This made it easier, and the four of them packed up their things. Jiang Wan and Yin Ning carried the backpack and bamboo strips, Yin Huaixi carried the sea urchin bucket, and they also carried the basket and bamboo bowl that Zhou Jia had just sent over.

Because sea urchin processing requires a lot of flushing, Yin Ning also brought an empty bucket.

The Lianjiagou ditch is not far from the main road, so it is quite convenient to fetch water there.

After making sure everything was ready, several people walked out of the village with their things in their arms. They didn't meet many people along the way. At this time, the men with boats had all gone out to sea, and the women were at home taking care of the children, doing housework, growing vegetables, and raising chickens and ducks. We didn't get to know each other well, so we didn't even need to say hello when we met.

Soon the four of them arrived at the main road that Mao Cuifang mentioned.

There were traces of horse-drawn carriages on the road, but no one could tell whether anyone would come in the afternoon, let alone whether they would buy their own things.

Jiang Wan took a look, put down the things and asked her mother and cousin to help find some long and thick wooden sticks in the nearby woods.

The food was placed on the ground like this, and when a carriage passed by, there was dust everywhere. How could people be willing to pay for it? So she prepared to find some sticks to build a simple table.

The table legs are the easiest to make, and the table top is not difficult either. You can put the sticks side by side and use dry grass or vines to cross and fix them, and then you can directly put them on the table legs.

Just put a clay pot and a few bamboo bowls, it's definitely bearable.

Wait, she's also selling sea urchins, what should she put the sea urchin in? You can't just feed it directly into people's mouths, you have to find something to put it in.

Jiang Wan looked around.

Wow, Grandpa Tree, your leaves are so beautiful.

Grab a handful of leaves to save the day~