Chapter 44 The Lowest Cost Business
The construction period of a waterwheel is about ten days. If a waterwheel is custom-made by the village, it costs four taels of silver. He can get eight hundred coins by splitting the profit 20:80. If it is custom-made by someone from another village, he can get one tael and two cents of silver.
Working as a laborer outside only earns twenty cents a day, and the salary Song Mazi pays him now is already very high.
Song Jinsheng glanced in the direction of Song Yuntang, then nodded in agreement.
"Sure, I have no problem with that."
The next moment, Song Yuntang's voice sounded indifferently.
"Right now, the waterwheel is indeed an opportunity. Find a few more people to help. The wages of the others can be based on the market price. After this period of time, other carpenters will have learned how to do it. They may not be able to get so much business. Maybe some of their peers will push down the market price."
Song Mazi nodded and said, "Sister Yuntang is very smart. It's a pity that she doesn't go into business."
Song Yuntang smiled, "It's only a matter of time."
If you want to support your family and live a good life, you have to do business.
I don’t know when Dr. Li will be able to deliver what she wants.
Song Mazi took out six coins of silver from his purse and handed it to Song Yuntang. "This is the commission I promised to give you before. If you take on more work in the future, I will wait until the work is completed and the payment is fully settled before giving you the commission."
Song Yuntang nodded, "No problem, I'm not in a hurry."
Now he had six cents of silver, plus the four hundred and twenty-one coins he already had on hand, and he had finally collected another two ounces.
"Second brother, is my medicine box ready?" She looked at Song Jinsheng.
"It's almost done, I'll continue working for you." Song Jinsheng patted Song Mazi's shoulder, "Come on, Mazi brother, let's continue working."
Song Mazi nodded and left with Song Jinsheng.
Song Yuntang came to the door of the house with pillars and piles and raised his hand to knock on the door.
Inside the room, the two brothers turned their heads while drawing words in the air with their hands, "Sister, is there something wrong?"
Song Yuntang cleared his throat somewhat awkwardly.
"I need another piece of paper."
The two brothers didn't ask her what she was going to do. They opened the drawer silently and looked at the only three pieces of paper left. Zhuzi hesitated for a moment and gave them all to Song Yuntang.
"These are the last few. There are no more."
Song Yuntang hummed, "I'll go to town and buy some for you later."
After saying that, he took the paper and went back to his room.
Paper was precious and she wouldn't need so much all at once, so she wanted to put the remaining two sheets into the drawer.
Opening the drawer and looking at the half bag of preserved fruits remaining inside, Song Yuntang thought for a moment, put the paper in, and took the preserved fruits to the room of pillars and piles.
"Here you go."
She placed the preserved fruits on the brothers' desks, smiled at them friendly, and left the room.
The two brothers looked at each other, both with a hint of surprise in their eyes.
"She smiled at us just now? Am I seeing things?" Zhuzi asked.
Zhuanzi shook his head blankly.
"I saw that, too."
Zhuzi seemed to be thinking about something. "She actually smiled at us. Do you think she really accepted our family?"
"That should be it." Zhuanzi closed the book in his hand, "Brother, I'm not a good student, so you should study for the second half of the year."
Zhuzi raised his chin and said, "How can that be? I'm your brother, you have to listen to me."
Zhuanzi snorted, "Then I am still the younger brother. Mr. Xu said that respecting the elderly and loving the young is a virtue. Brother, you have to listen to me."
The pillar poked him in the head.
"What absurd thing to say? Just now you said that you were not good at studying, but now you can draw inferences from one example. I think you are very smart."
Zhuanzi covered his forehead and rolled his eyes.
"I'm just not good at studying, but I'm not stupid."
As if she heard the quarrel between the two brothers, Zhao Qiao'e stretched her neck and asked, "Zhu Zizhu Zi, what happened?"
"Mom, it's okay, we're just joking." Zhuzi said, glaring at Zhuanzi and lowering his voice, "Keep your voice down."
Zhuanzi pouted and said, "Don't just blame me, you have a loud voice yourself."
Zhuzi was choked by his words and held it in for a long time before he snorted and turned his head away, ignoring him.
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Song Yuntang spread the paper flat on the desk, picked up the charcoal pencil and began to list all the businesses he could think of on the paper, and thought about its feasibility based on the current situation at home.
Before, she was alone and couldn't do many things. Now that her family is free, she can ask them to help.
While eating, Song Yuntang looked at everyone present and said, "I have to go to town tomorrow. Is there anything you need at home? I can bring it back."
Zhao Qiao'e looked at her and asked, "Why are you going to town again for no reason?"
Song Yuntang said truthfully, "I see that my father and eldest brother have some free time, so I want to buy some soybeans and sprout them for them to sell in town. There are not many vegetables in the market this year, so they should be popular."
This was the lowest-cost and easiest-to-operate business she could think of.
Song Jinbao looked at her, "Is she reliable?"
Song Yuntang didn't want to say too much.
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be reliable."
Song Jinbao nodded, "Okay, you make the stuff, and then your elder brother and I will give it a try. If we can make some money, both Zhu and Zhui can continue their studies."
These days, it is really difficult to raise a promising child.
Song Jinsheng raised his head and said, "I can't leave tomorrow because of Brother Mazi. If you are free tomorrow, would you like to accompany Tang'er to the town?"
Song Jinyuan nodded, "Okay, I'll go with Tang'er tomorrow."
After dinner, the family washed up and went back to their rooms. There was no entertainment at night and no lights were turned on in the room. Song Yuntang looked at the moon outside the window and fell asleep soon.
Her room was not far from the kitchen. When she was half asleep, she suddenly heard the sound of the kitchen door being gently opened.
Then, the sound of water being pumped seemed particularly clear in the quiet night.
"Jinyuan, are you outside?" Zhao Qiao'e asked standing at the door.
Song Jinyuan, who was fetching water in the kitchen, was stunned.
"It's me, mother."
Zhao Qiao'e cleared her throat uncomfortably, "Okay, I thought there was a thief in the house, you should go to bed early, don't stay up too late, your health is important."
Ever since Song Jinyuan and Liu got married, in order not to embarrass Liu, she turned a blind eye to any noise at night.
Liu was diagnosed with pregnancy more than three months ago, and the nights were quiet for a long time.
Now the baby in Liu's belly is almost five months old, and her eldest son is twenty years old, strong and energetic. How can she keep enduring?
She had forgotten about this.
"I got it. Mom, you should go and have some rest." After Song Jinyuan finished speaking, he quickly returned to the room with the water.
Song Yuntang listened to the noises, but didn't think much about it because his mind was groggy. After the noises disappeared, he soon fell asleep again.
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