In this way, Madam Song was very lucky to find a temporary job. With Grandma Cheng's good reputation in the nearby alleys for so many years, the neighbors were willing to trust her and leave the cleaning of their homes to Madam Song.
Grandma Cheng told them what had happened to Madam Song. Some kind-hearted families did not treat Madam Song harshly in terms of wages, nor did they find fault with her when she did things.
Moreover, Mrs. Song did her job efficiently. After she arrived, she would concentrate on her work, cleaning and scrubbing, and never talk too much.
They cleaned the house inside and out, making it spotless, and even polished the pots, pans, and furniture until they reflected a shine.
She is also very hardworking and able to endure hardships. She can visit two households a day, but this is only limited to those with small households. At the end of the day, her hands are all blistered and turned white, and the water freezes her hands even more when it's cold.
At the end of the day, she could earn about 200 yuan, and she was happy with it.
Because I had things to do and had no time to take care of Xuxu, I could only leave her at the Xiao family temporarily to play with Yuan Ge'er and sometimes learn to write with her brother.
She didn't let the children eat and drink for free at the Xiao family. She insisted on leaving some money for food every day, not much, about twenty cents.
Xiao’s mother said she didn’t want any more. How much can a three-year-old child eat?
But Madam Song insisted on giving it to the child, and Xiao's mother had no choice but to find ways to prepare some delicious food so as not to mistreat the child.
For three consecutive days, Madam Song went out early and came back late. Every day when she came back, she was so tired that she wanted to collapse on the bed. She had to prepare food for herself, boil water for Xuxu to wash, and then lie down again.
Jiang Sui and the others saw how hard she worked and felt sorry for her, but they would not interfere. In life, there are some hardships that one must endure.
The one who felt the most distressed was Xiao Qin. He wanted to help but didn't know how. He was not good at speaking and could only silently contribute from behind.
Every morning, after Mrs. Song went out, he would go to her house and fetch water from the well, filling her water tank, and then fill the water tank in Grandma Cheng's kitchen. After that, he would go to the dock to find work.
The weather was getting colder day by day. After working for five or six days, Mrs. Song's hands were almost frozen and got frostbite.
But in these few days, she earned more than one or two taels of silver.
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These days, Jiang Sui has also been busy. She plans to settle matters regarding the shop before the New Year, do some simple decoration, and prepare everything that needs to be prepared. She will be able to choose a date to open the shop directly after the New Year.
After some calculations, they found that they did not have many sweet potato vermicelli on hand, but they still had more than 100 kilograms of sweet potato starch. However, this was far from enough for their business. In other words, they needed to purchase a large amount of sweet potatoes to make sweet potato starch, vermicelli and rice paper.
The market environment is different. Jeju is a super large market. The demand after opening is definitely not comparable to that of Baima Town, so the supply must be sufficient.
Before going to the pawnshop, you have to prepare the rent first. The rent of a good shop is definitely not cheap, so you have to take out the gold ingots and exchange them for silver.
Xiao's mother entrusted this matter to Jiang Sui and Xiao Hechuan.
Early in the morning, Xiao Hechuan took Jiang Sui out. The two of them were going to a money shop to exchange the gold ingots for a silver note with a face value of fifty taels, and fifty taels of cash.
A money shop is equivalent to an ancient bank. You can deposit and withdraw money, and exchange your change for whole money. Long-term deposits will earn interest. As for the exchange rate, Jiang Sui, a time traveler from modern times, does not know yet.
In short, the principle is the same. The longer you save, the more interest you will get.
If they come to exchange silver today, the money house will charge a certain handling fee. Xiao Hechuan said that if ten taels of gold are exchanged for one hundred taels of silver, the money house will charge interest of one tael of silver.
This is easy to say. It is also their rule. The two of them just need to abide by the rules.
When they went out, they carried a ten-liang gold ingot with them. They dressed up specially, trying not to look like poor people, because in ancient times, money houses mostly looked at people based on their status. If you were dressed in rags and could casually take out a gold ingot, they could reasonably suspect that the money was not of a legitimate origin, and naturally they could refuse to help you change it. If the money came from an unknown source, they would not want to be responsible if something went wrong, because they didn't know whether you stole or robbed it, right?
Jiang Sui wore a few pearl flowers on her head and put some lip balm on her lips to make her complexion look white and rosy.
It's funny to say, when the aunt and sister-in-law went to the street to save money, they bought some rouge and lip balm to use together.
When she is dressed like this, she looks even more beautiful than flowers.
Xiao Hechuan was waiting for her outside the door. Jiang Sui dressed up and came out. She even lifted her skirt and turned around in front of him:
"My dear, do you think I am good-looking?"
Her expression was full of playfulness, and Xiao Hechuan's eyes lit up, and he felt his breathing stop for a moment. He felt like he was living a second life. To be honest, he had seen all kinds of women in Kyoto, all colorful and with their own characteristics, but none of them could bring him as much excitement as Jiang Sui's casual change, not even one-tenth as much as hers.
It turns out that Xiao Hechuan only likes Jiang Sui. His gentleness and intelligence are nothing compared to his sweetness and agility.
"It looks good!" he answered simply and concisely.
After getting a satisfactory answer, the two were finally able to go out.
Sure enough, after dressing up nicely and going to the money shop, the clerks there did not show the slightest suspicion about the gold ingots they took out. Instead, they carefully explained the rules to them: if ten taels of gold were exchanged for one hundred taels of silver, one tael of silver would be charged as a tax.
In the end, they got a silver note with a face value of fifty taels, four silver ingots of ten taels each, and nine taels of silver coins.
The two took the money back to report to Xiao's mother. Xiao's mother asked Jiang Sui to continue to keep the silver. Tomorrow she, Jiang Sui and Xiao Hechuan would go to the pawnshop to check out the shop with fifty taels of silver notes.
Except for Xiao's father and Xiao Lanlan, no one else in the family knows about the existence of the money. It will not be too late to tell them after everything is arranged.
Xiao Hechuan was well-read and knew a lot, so in order to prevent the people in the dental business from taking advantage of him, he was specially called to go to the scene to check.
Before Jiang Sui went there, she took a special look at West Street. There were still many vacant shops on the street with their doors closed. They should not have been rented out yet. She planned to choose one from these shops as they were close to her home and convenient for daily commuting.
After they went to the pawnshop, they looked for the same guy who had found a yard for them last time. They hadn't seen him for a while. He was no longer at the bottom of the food chain and had made a name for himself in the pawnshop. He knew how to behave and was good at speaking. Ever since he had done business with Jiang Sui, his luck had been on the rise. He had closed several deals since then and now no one in the pawnshop dared to even bother with him.
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