Chapter 102 Mom, I raise you by picking up garbage 4

Changjin City does not have a prominent geographical location, but it has one very good resource.

That is trees.

So the timber market is very lively.

As soon as Yao Rong stepped inside, the heat waves and noisy voices rushed towards her.

She stood at the door for a while before she adapted to the stuffiness and walked inside.

Because she only had to buy things in the timber market today, she had plenty of time, so Yao Rong walked around slowly.

Everything is sold here.

Furniture, wood carvings, wooden products, and even raw wood materials.

But after looking around, Yao Rong also saw some problems.

Whether it is furniture, wood carvings, or wooden products, the styles are relatively old and not competitive in the market. In other words, it is difficult to sell the things here to other places. Basically, only local citizens will come here to buy furniture.

It seems that the situation is similar to what she thought before: Changjin City has abundant wood resources, but it has no way to transform this resource into its core competitiveness.

To put it bluntly, it lacks a pillar industry related to wood.

Yao Rong turned and walked towards a wood store in the northwest corner.

While strolling around, she had almost memorized the layout here. The wood store called "Muyi" is not big and the location is a bit remote, but the variety of tools is the most complete.

At this time, the "Muyi" wood store.

The young boss Zhao Zong was waving a palm-leaf fan boredly. When a customer came, he stood up to greet him. If there was no customer, he would continue to be paralyzed.

He was called the little boss because, firstly, he was not very old, just turned 20, and secondly, this shop was opened by his father. Some time ago, his father accidentally twisted his waist while moving goods, and he was sent to look after the shop since he had nothing to do.

Zhao Zong felt a little sleepy after sitting there. Usually, there were no customers at this time. He stretched his waist and was about to close his eyes for a nap when Yao Rong walked in: "Boss, I want to buy some tools."

"Oh, the tools are all there. Take a look and take what you want. If you can't find it, just tell me." Zhao Zong said casually.

He thought this customer just wanted to buy some household tools, but seeing what she picked, it was clear that they were all tools needed by professional carpenters.

Zhao Zong was worried that she wouldn't know how to choose, so he stood up and walked closer to take a look, and said "Huh".

Good guy, he was wrong.

"You're an expert," he praised.

Yao Rong smiled and said, "I just want to save some money."

The tools she picked didn't overlap much in function, and the price of each item wasn't the highest, but the cost-effectiveness was absolutely amazing.

"Are you buying them for carpentry?"

"Yes."

"Yes?"

"I want to try making some wooden toys myself."

That's right, the industry Yao Rong chose to focus on was the toy industry.

The domestic toy industry is just starting out, and most of them are plastic toys. Yao Rong started with wooden toys because she has the skills, and...

isn't Changjin City lacking a pillar industry based on wood? As long as she takes the first step and writes a complete and appropriate project plan, it will be easy for her to get a loan from the bank to start a business.

Zhao Zong was puzzled: "You bought so many tools, do you want to do a lot?"

"Isn't it to do some small business?"

Zhao Zong immediately became excited: "Sister, besides tools, you must also buy wood, take a look at my wood, it's cheap and affordable."

He began to talk about his own wood.

Yao Rong listened and looked around his store. Suddenly, she pointed to a snakeskin bag full of things piled in the corner: "Is it filled with wood?"

Zhao Zong asked with concern: "Those are defective or damaged wood, and there are some scraps."

Yao Rong immediately said: "I want to buy this bag."

What if there are defects or damages.

As long as it can be used.

Well, it's mainly because they are cheap.

Zhao Zong was stunned for a moment, and then he caught a glimpse of Yao Rong's clothes, and then he understood: "No problem. These are supposed to be sold at a low price. I'll give you a lower price. If you want to buy something next time, remember to come to my store more often."

He lowered his head to count the money, and quickly told Yao Rong a number.

Yao Rong calculated and knew that Zhao Zong had indeed given a great discount, and smiled: "Thank you, when my business grows in the future, I will definitely give priority to purchasing goods from you."

Zhao Zong said happily: "That's great. If you come to buy wood next time, bring the toys you made by the way, and if the price is right, I will buy them for my nephew."

In this sentence, Zhao Zong still left room for maneuver.

He would only buy if it was suitable, and of course forget it if it was not suitable.

Yao Rong smiled, stuffed the tools into her cloth bag, and walked over to carry the bag of defective wood.

Seeing how thin she was, Zhao Zong was worried that she couldn't carry it, so he stood by and prepared to lend a hand, but found that Yao Rong carried it easily.

Alas.

It seems that this elder sister is used to doing hard labor.

"Walk slowly, sister."

Yao Rong waved to Zhao Zong with some energy and walked out.

***

Jiang Fanyue only took two hours to finish the homework assigned by the teacher.

In the past, if she had free time, she would definitely hold a newspaper or read a Chinese or history book, but the night before, she had decided not to spend her free time on reading anymore, so after sitting on the small bench for a while, Jiang Fanyue stood up, changed her new clothes into old clothes, took a snakeskin bag, and went out to pick up garbage.

As she picked up the garbage, she saw Yao Rong coming back.

Yao Rong saw the thin figure dragging the snakeskin bag from a distance.

Jiang Fanyue carried the snakeskin bag in one hand and the pliers in the other hand, with her head lowered all the time, looking around, catching traces of waste products.

Finally, she saw a can, and Jiang Fanyue excitedly ran over, picked it up with the pliers, and threw it into the bag.

Just as she was about to continue, she saw Yao Rong walking up to her with a bicycle: "Yueyue, let's go home."

"Mom, you're back!" Jiang Fanyue looked at the bag of wood tied to the back seat of the bicycle and trotted to catch up with Yao Rong.

Yao Rong took the scraps from her hand and asked: "Do you want to sit on the bicycle and I'll push you?"

"No."

"Are you tired?"

"No." She was used to it.

"I bought a pound of pork, so we can have a big meal tonight."

"Okay."

As the two of them crossed the path in the field and were about to return home, Yao Rong said, "Yueyue, we won't collect waste anymore."

Jiang Fanyue was stunned and asked, "Why?"

Yao Rong pushed open the door, parked the bike, and untied the bag of wood: "I can't make much money collecting waste. I feel much better recently, so I want to change to another job. What do you think?"

Jiang Fanyue nodded without objection.

"You don't have to pick up waste anymore." Yao Rong scooped water to help her wash her hands.

Jiang Fanyue's eyes widened slightly, and her reaction was much bigger than before: "I think picking up waste is good."

As long as she insisted on picking up waste every day, the family could earn a little more income. A little bit adds up to a lot, and the family can have a meat meal and a few eggs every week.

But if she doesn't go to pick up waste, she can only spend the family's money all the time and can't help her mother at all.

"I also need your help in my new job."

Jiang Fanyue asked Yao Rong what her new job was.

Yao Rong sat down directly, poured out a small part of the wood, picked out a few pieces of wood of suitable size, and took out tools from the cloth bag: "You go to cook first, and you will know when dinner is ready."

There are many wooden toys.

For example, building blocks.

For example, puzzle toys. That is, tangram, Huarongdao and other toys handed down from ancient times.

For example, puzzle toys. For example, Luban locks belong to this category.

Of course, there are also various forms of ornaments.

Yao Rong plans to make a tangram for Jiang Fanyue now.

This is not difficult to do. After selecting the right thickness of wood, Yao Rong started cutting with a saw.

Her hands were very steady, so steady that she hardly needed to draw lines, and could cut into smooth straight lines based on her feel. It only took about ten minutes to cut all seven boards.

After completing the step that took the most time, the subsequent sanding would be easier.

Because this was a gift for Jiang Fanyue, Yao Rong lowered her head and patiently polished each board with polishing leather to make each surface smooth enough.

Jiang Fanyue suppressed her curiosity and finally finished cooking dinner. She put the dishes on the plate and almost forgot to put out the fire, and ran out in a hurry.

Yao Rong had just finished sanding the last board.

She motioned Jiang Fanyue to open his palms, and placed all seven boards on Jiang Fanyue's palms: "Time is short, so I can only make you a tangram first. I'll make you a Luban lock tomorrow. If I find suitable materials the day after tomorrow, I'll make you a new bamboo dragonfly. The day after tomorrow..."

Before she finished speaking, looking at Jiang Fanyue's red eyes and nose, Yao Rong's smile turned into helplessness: "Don't you like it?"

Jiang Fanyue shook her head vigorously and said incoherently: "No, I like it very much, I like it very much, I like it too much."

Yao Rong rubbed her hair: "If you like it, just smile."

Jiang Fanyue raised her face, bent the corners of her lips towards Yao Rong, and showed a shy smile.

After dinner, Jiang Fanyue played with tangrams all night, until Yao Rong urged her to go to bed, she reluctantly stopped: "Mom, when did you learn carpentry?"

"There used to be technical training classes in the town. I signed up for the weaving class, and your uncle signed up for the carpentry class. Later, he often did carpentry at home, and saw that I was interested, so he taught me. I am very talented in this area, but unfortunately your grandfather said that girls should not do these hard labors, so I didn't continue to persist."

The above words, except for the sentence "very talented", are all true.

The truth is mixed with some lies, even if the villagers know that she has changed her career, they will not find it difficult to accept.

"Then why did you suddenly decide to do carpentry again?"

"Yesterday, when I saw your bamboo helicopter, I realized that in all these years, I had only bought you this one toy. I want to make many, many toys for you, to make our lives better, to make you happier than other children in the world, and to make them envy you one day. Moreover, the times are becoming more and more open, let alone the carpentry industry, any industry cannot do without the presence of women."

Jiang Fanyue seemed to understand what she said, but what her mother said was right, so she wrote it down.

Yao Rong turned off the kerosene lamp.

Jiang Fanyue lay in bed for a long time, still not sleepy.

She listened carefully to Yao Rong's breathing, and when she was sure that Yao Rong was asleep, she quietly moved to Yao Rong's side and kissed Yao Rong's cheek.

"Good night, Mom."