Chapter 16 Silly Girl
Jiang Mixia explained, "This weight has its advantages. Farmers who carry this are doing rough work and they carry heavy things. The bamboo basket my father weaves uses thick bamboo pieces as the base, which is durable. But the disadvantage is that it is a little heavy. However, farmers are strong and don't feel it is heavy."
When weaving a bamboo basket, Jiang Mixia saw Jiang Youcheng struggling to bend the bracket into an arc, so she curiously asked him why he didn't shave it a little thinner so that it would be easier to weave. The reasons Jiang Youcheng gave were what she had just said.
"That's true." The man turned the bamboo basket over and saw that the base of the bamboo basket was indeed very strong and durable. He just nodded and said, "There is some truth in what you said."
"Can you make a lighter bamboo basket? One that's smaller than this one, so it doesn't have to hold too heavy things. The easiest to carry is the best."
Jiang Mixia looked at Jiang Youcheng.
She knew very little about technical matters.
Jiang Youcheng nodded, "Yes, the bamboo strips are thinner and narrower, and they are woven into a single layer. As long as you don't carry heavy things, they are strong and durable."
"Well." Jiang Mixia continued, "I just don't know how much you can take?"
The father and daughter are quite interesting, one is honest and the other is smart.
The man smiled with a hint of amusement. He knocked on the bamboo basket again and said, "I'll take these two first. Just do as you said and weave thinner and narrower bamboo strips into the same shape. Just make it a lot smaller than this bamboo basket and it should be fine."
As he spoke, the man gestured to give an approximate size, "Fifty."
Fifty? I brought fifteen things today, and I sold them for three hundred dollars. It's fifty, which is a big deal.
After working all year round, the harvest from the fields and the money from weaving wicker baskets could only earn him four or five taels of silver a year, which was barely enough for the family to eat and drink throughout the year and to save a little bit of money.
This deal is equivalent to two or three months' harvest! Jiang Youcheng was so excited that he wanted to rub his hands.
Jiang Mixia smiled and said, "You really want quite a lot, but this thing is also custom-made, so it's best for us to make a pattern first. If you nod and think it's okay, then we can make it. Otherwise, if you are not satisfied with the final product, it will not be suitable for both sides."
"Let's make one first and show it to you tomorrow. If you agree, we'll set a price and agree on a delivery date. You'll pay a deposit and we'll sign a simple document, and the deal will be done. What do you think?"
Without rushing or panic, but in an orderly manner, he arranged a business deal properly and made the key points clear.
"Not bad." The man looked at the young Jiang Mixia and nodded approvingly, "Just do as you say."
"My name is Zhou Xing. I help my master manage a small tea garden in the west. I just took over and was short of things, so I came to the town to take a look and buy some useful tools."
Zhou Xing said, "Wait until tomorrow, you can make one and send it to our tea garden. I will take a look. If it is good, we can settle the deal. You can go west and find Shaoji Tea Garden when you reach the hillside. Everyone in the area knows this tea garden, so it is not difficult to find."
There are several hillsides to the west of the town.
Jiang Mixia has never been there, but she has heard that there are several tea gardens, orchards, and flower fields there. They are all properties of wealthy families, and the things inside are mainly provided by these powerful people and cannot be seen outside.
"I'll listen to Manager Zhou and send it tomorrow." Jiang Mixia agreed with a smile, and then said, "Then let Manager Zhou give these two bamboo baskets at a lower price, give them forty cents."
Silly girl.
When Jiang Youcheng heard what Jiang Mixia said, he suddenly became anxious.
We are going to do such a big business, why don't we give these two bamboo baskets away for free? If Manager Zhou gets angry because of not giving these two bamboo baskets, and stops doing business, wouldn't that be a big loss...
Jiang Youcheng tried desperately to wink at Jiang Mixia.
Jiang Mixia's face was full of helplessness, but there was no way to explain at this time, so she just pretended not to see it.
"Brother, stop making eye contact. Your eyes are about to pop out." Zhou Xing laughed, took out the purse, counted out forty coins and gave them to Jiang Mixia, stacked the two bamboo baskets together, and carried the one at the bottom.
Then, he reached out and patted Jiang Youcheng on the shoulder, "Your daughter is much smarter than you. In the future, listen to your daughter more. It will be good for you."
Watching Zhou Xing walk away, Jiang Youcheng scratched the back of his head again and again, then looked at Jiang Mixia with a confused look on his face, "What do you mean by that?"
"What I mean is, it looks like a big deal, but we haven't got the money in our hands yet. The money we can see may not necessarily fall into our pockets. If we give it away now and the other party lies, the bamboo basket will be wasted." Jiang Mixia said.
"What if this business is real?" Jiang Youcheng asked again.
"It's true. It's okay. If the price is good tomorrow and we think we can make a lot of money, we can give a little extra. Even if it's just a separate benefit, it's fine as long as the deal is settled."
Jiang Mixia said, "In general, don't release the eagle until you see the rabbit. One thing is one thing, but you must not start to bring the soup bowl when you see the cake in front of you. If you do that, you won't have the cake to eat, and you won't have the soup bowl either."
Jiang Youcheng thought for a while and nodded heavily, "That's right."
Then he chuckled, "My daughter is the one who sees things clearly and thinks things through. My father is so confused at his age."
"How can you have a daughter without a father?" Jiang Mixia pulled Jiang Youcheng's arm, "Dad, let's go cut some meat."
"Let's go." Jiang Youcheng carried his bamboo basket, tidied up the hemp rope, and led Jiang Mixia and Song Jingyun to the butcher shop.
This time I ordered three pounds of pork belly, planning to stew it at noon and eat the rest later.
After buying the meat, Jiang Mixia suggested buying a piece of tofu.
The young son-in-law works hard at home at night, and he also wants to reward himself for eating braised pork and fried tofu.
Having made enough money from the sales today, Jiang Youcheng was very generous and listened to Jiang Mixia and Song Jingyun in everything.
At noon, the family enjoyed a good meal again.
It’s better to work after a full meal, so in the afternoon the whole family started thinking about weaving small bamboo baskets.
The bamboo strips should be thinner and narrower, and the weight of the bamboo strips used as the base should also be considered.
Jiang Youcheng was thinking about this matter, and at the same time he was constantly trying to figure out what thickness the bamboo strips should be so that they would be suitable for weaving and durable to use.
Jiang Mixia took a wooden stick and wrote and drew on the ground.
Song Jingyun tilted his head and looked, "What is this?"
"Pattern." Jiang Mixia called Jiang Youcheng over, "Dad, look at the pattern I drew, which one is suitable?"
Jiang Youcheng came over and took a look.
There are two shapes. One is a normal basket, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with a big mouth and a small bottom. The other one has a big mouth and a small bottom, but the neck in the middle is small and the belly is slightly protruding.
"This one looks like a vase, I'm afraid it's not suitable for use." Jiang Youcheng said, "This big thing is stuck in my neck."
There is only one update today~
It is inconvenient to update on my phone. I will post the reward thank you list tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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