Chapter 219: Firecracker Skills Leaked
The next morning, while Lu Qiniang was playing with an axe, she did not forget to urge Xiao Yan to write the contract.
After hearing this, Erya said, "Dad, just write it down. Anyone who breaks the contract will go to jail for life! Scare them!"
"You're the best you can be." Lu Qiniang scolded with a smile, "But it makes sense. Xiao Yan, you should write more seriously."
No one can compete with her for this year's money, she must earn it.
She wanted to marry Daya off in a grand ceremony to let the Cui family see that she, as a mother, had not wronged her child!
"Yeah." Xiao Yan said.
After dinner, except for Daya who stayed at home to embroider the dowry, everyone else went to the warehouse.
The warehouse is still as busy as before.
But Lu Qiniang discovered that one person was missing.
"Where's the skinny monkey?" she asked. "A few days ago, he asked me for frostbite cream, and I brought it to him. Where is he?"
Big Bear looked around but didn't see Skinny Monkey, so he shouted, "Skinny Monkey, Skinny Monkey, has anyone seen Skinny Monkey?"
Everyone said they hadn't seen him.
"Stutter," Xiong Dadao said, "Don't you and Shouhou sleep together? Where did he go when you woke up this morning?"
"No, no, I didn't see him... No, he's gone."
Jie Ba said that he had not seen Shou Hou since he got up in the morning.
He was even thinking about the meat left outside - yes, he didn't listen to the advice and still saved the meat, but this time he was smart. He put the meat on the roof, then turned a broken bowl upside down and put stones on it, so he was not afraid of it being taken away by cats and birds. So he got up before dawn to check on his meat, and the skinny monkey was not with him at that time.
Jieba thought that the skinny monkey had moved to another place, but he didn't expect that the monkey was gone.
"Where can we go?" Lu Qiniang was really anxious. "He's unfamiliar with the capital. Don't let him get lost. No, everyone, put down your work and go look for him."
Especially since this place is next to the water and it hasn't frozen yet, if you accidentally slip into the water and no one pays attention, you're done for.
"The skinny monkey went out yesterday." someone said.
"Yes, he didn't even eat dinner." Someone else said, "I was wondering why he didn't serve me a portion if he didn't want to eat. I'll eat it."
"Could it be..." Lu Qiniang looked at Xiao Yan, but she couldn't say it directly, for fear of misunderstanding the skinny monkey, so she just said, "Could it be what we worried about last night?"
Could it be that the skinny monkey went out to work on his own?
But he has no money.
Could it be that someone came and poached him?
"I think I know what's going on." Lei Longzi said, "A few days ago, someone asked me to work for him and offered me ten taels of silver a month. If I wasn't satisfied, we could talk about it. I thought he was a liar, so I ignored him. Could it be that they're after Skinny Monkey again?"
Skinny Monkey and Deaf Lei are very close.
Moreover, Skinny Monkey is very smart. He learns things quickly and is smarter than others.
"Yesterday, Skinny Monkey came to ask me about making firecrackers, and I wasn't prepared." Lei Longzi looked at Lu Qiniang with regret, panicking, "Qi Niang, did I delay your business?"
Yun Ting rolled up his sleeves and cursed, "Don't let me know whoever dares to steal my girl. Otherwise, I will skin him alive!"
He also wanted to use firecrackers to show off in front of his former friends!
Finally, it was stolen?
That's not the only case. The value of a new type of firecracker, the Lianzhuopa, has plummeted.
Erya cursed, "You ungrateful thing! You forgot who brought him down the mountain! Mother, go to Shuntian Prefecture and report him to the authorities. Have him arrested!"
"Stop making trouble." Lu Qiniang said in a deep voice, "If you arrest him, what will happen to these people? Forget it, he didn't sign a contract to sell himself to us. Just leave..."
Thinking about facing low-price competition in the future, Lu Qiniang was really troubled.
But it is no use to refuse to accept the reality.
Xiao Yan then asked the guilt-ridden Lei Longzi, "Tell me, who has approached you before?"
"I don't know him either." Lei Longzi said, "He seemed very proud, saying who he was, that he was someone of the Ninth Master."
"Cheng Jiuwan?" Lu Qiniang looked at Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan stroked the ring on his finger, thinking.
This possibility is very high.
The firecracker business is very profitable, and at the dock, nothing can escape Cheng Jiuwan's eyes.
Cheng Jiuwan felt that he had already surrendered, so he naturally would not be polite when it came to snatching business.
In fact, Cheng Jiuwan probably wasn't targeting him.
——He equally plundered all the profitable businesses on the docks and wanted a piece of the pie.
Xiong cursed, "If he's really that skinny monkey, I won't let him off! He's a traitor!"
"Okay, we're not bandits, so let him go." Lu Qiniang said, "Everyone, get busy. Others have to make it, and they have to prepare and become proficient. Let's make more while we're still the only ones, so we can sell more and make more money."
Yun Ting also said: "Then I have to find someone to brag to!"
It would be boring if these barrages of gunfire were everywhere on the streets and they were not exclusive to them.
"You're just bragging, you only know how to brag. Come and help with the work!" Erya glared at him, "Every penny you can earn is a penny you can earn. Come and help."
The skinny monkey incident cast a shadow on everyone's mood.
Lu Qiniang felt that perhaps Daya's dowry might not be so smooth.
What others were thinking was, if Lu Qiniang couldn't make money, then they would lose such a good job, how would they go home for the New Year?
He stuttered and muttered, "Alright, alright, I'm smart. I saved up some meat first..."
I don’t know if I will be able to eat meat in the future!
Xiong Da also felt aggrieved, but he had no choice but to curse Lei the deaf.
"Look at you, since this is your family's ancestral craft, why are you telling us what to do? Don't you want to be on guard? Just separate the people and let each do a little bit!"
The most regrettable thing in the world is not knowing it earlier, and there is no medicine to regret it.
Lei Longzi stammered, "This thing called a rapid-fire cannon is very simple. You can learn it just by looking at it. You can't hide it even if you want to..."
"You're not just bragging, your family has been relying on this for more than a dozen generations? That's it?" Xiong Da cursed, "Why don't you starve to death, you bastard!"
He felt very guilty because Lu Qiniang fed everyone so well and treated them sincerely, but in the end, she didn't make much money and others followed her example.
Others are reluctant to feed their workers such good food, so the money saved is profit.
If Lu Qinniang doesn't save money on this, she won't be able to compete with others in the future.
Xiong Da and Lu Qin Niang said, "Sister, don't make so many delicious dishes in the future. Just eat until you are half full! That's much better than what we have at home."
Before Lu Qiniang could answer, Lei Longzi said aggrievedly, "My ancestors were once wealthy, but they made fireworks for wealthy families, not by making rapid-fire fireworks."
"What did you say?" Yun Ting was originally very depressed, but when he heard this, his eyes instantly lit up and he excitedly grabbed Lei Longzi's collar, "You can also make fireworks? Are they good-looking?"
"It's good, it looks good, but it's expensive, too expensive..." Lei the Deaf seemed to have been infected by his stuttering.
Yun Ting let go of him and pointed at his face proudly, "Look, isn't this face of mine full of wealth? Come on, give me the best-looking and most expensive ones! I want to make a fortune!"
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