Chapter 55 Listen to your wife, it's right
Jiang Mixia scratched his head and thought for a while, then dug out the money box and showed the money inside to Song Jingyun, "One mooncake costs about six or seven coins, let's take the expensive ones, seven coins each, this string is one hundred coins, you can buy fourteen or fifteen, there are more than ten strings of money here, you can buy one hundred and seventy or eighty mooncakes."
"We have saved more than 20 taels of silver. We can buy more than 3,000 mooncakes. Even if you eat one a day, you can eat them for ten years!"
"I'm telling you this because our family is financially sound and we've been making money. We can afford whatever food we want to eat. Basically, we have enough. There's no need to work day and night like this. It's not worth it if you tire yourself out."
"Come again..."
"Besides, there are many ways to make money. Although weaving baskets can make money, it is also the most basic and the most tiring. If we really want to make more money and buy more delicious food, we have to think of other ways to make more money in a more relaxed way, instead of wasting our limited energy on basic things."
Jiang Mixia reached out and patted Song Jingyun on the shoulder. "Now you don't know much about this place, and you don't know many ways to make money. You can listen to my arrangements first, and wait until you find a better way and channel, and then try to do your own thing."
"In short, you can't work day and night like this. If you burn out your body, you won't be able to eat delicious food. Instead, you'll have to take unpalatable medicine and avoid certain foods. It's very troublesome and may even affect your lifespan. If you live a short life, you won't have time to eat more delicious food. It's not worth it."
"Do you understand what I'm saying?"
The young son-in-law heard this, thought for a while, and nodded, "I understand."
Then he looked up at Jiang Mixia and said solemnly, "Listen to your wife."
Jiang Mixia said too much and too long. He could understand some of it, seemed to understand some of it, and seemed not to understand some of it. But there was one sentence that was very clear and he felt it was absolutely correct.
You must listen to your wife, that's right! Jiang Mixia, "..."
Well, after talking for so long and analyzing so much, in the end I only remember this sentence.
So the son-in-law who has a photographic memory has only a seven-second memory when it comes to listening to advice?
But it’s good to remember this sentence. At least I won’t be so stubborn and work day and night these days.
"Okay, it's not appropriate to go back to sleep at this time, let's clean up quickly, sweep the yard, and help parents make breakfast later."
Seeing Jiang Mixia's words, Song Jingyun no longer insisted on weaving baskets. He tidied up the bamboo pieces and strips, and then took a big broom with Jiang Mixia to sweep the yard.
Today is August 15th, and the meal is quite sumptuous, starting with breakfast.
Meat-filled Thousand Layer Meat Pie, red date rice porridge, fermented soybeans, pepper beans, and garlic mashed eggplant.
Lunch was fragrant rice and delicious braised lamb made from lamb legs.
At dinner time, at Jiang Mixia's suggestion, they had a barbecue in the yard.
Use the bamboo you have available, cut some bamboo sticks, and string some lamb leg meat, pork belly meat, eggplant, potato, and green vegetables wrapped in bean curd skin...
Put it on a small charcoal stove and roast it, brush it with some noodle sauce, sprinkle some cumin and chili powder...
Each one is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and extremely delicious.
Song Jingyun squinted his eyes happily.
Just listen to my wife, it won't be wrong. ——The double-layer bamboo baskets were filled with water for two full days without any leakage.
Jiang Mixia was very satisfied and started to weave such bamboo baskets together with Jiang Youcheng and Song Jingyun.
To ensure quality, each braid is subjected to a waterproof test to ensure quality.
Jiang Youcheng was amazed while working, "In the past, people said that it was a waste of time to carry water in a bamboo basket. Now, the bamboo baskets we made are full of water. I guess they will be very rare if we take them out."
"This wooden barrel is thick and heavy, and it is often difficult to carry. If you make it into a watertight bamboo basket, it is lighter than a wooden barrel or basin when you want to hold water or something."
"But this thing is very hard to make, so we can't ask for a low price. I'm afraid it won't be easy to sell in town."
The puppet that Jiang Chunshi showed last time is an example.
The things look novel and beautiful, but even if I like them, I can’t buy them because my wallet is not full.
Some people would rather work harder and suffer more fatigue than spend extra money to buy these things.
"So we have to go to the county town to sell them." Jiang Mixia responded with a smile, "The households in the county town have small lands and are busy working to make money. They prefer to use light and practical things, especially in various shops. Buying some of these things may save some wages for the shop assistants, which is more cost-effective."
"That's right." Jiang Youcheng nodded.
"It just so happens that I also need to go to Shopkeeper Zheng to hand over the drawings and clay dolls. Why don't we just charter a car to take these things to the county town and try to sell them." Jiang Mixia said.
"Okay, I'll talk to your third uncle about using the car this afternoon."
As he spoke, Jiang Youcheng weaved the bamboo basket faster.
After they had woven about ten watertight bamboo baskets and Jiang Mixia's clay dolls had been basically dried out in the sun, the three of them took Jiang San's ox cart to the county town.
First we went to Qiu Ji.
Zheng happened to be in the shop.
When I saw the patterns drawn by Jiang Mixia and the clay dolls she made, my eyes lit up.
A whole set of little tiger styles, some lying, some sitting, some squinting and dozing, some smiling, some roaring angrily...
They have different shapes, but each one is playful and cute, making people love them.
Zheng looked at this, touched that, and felt that she liked them all very much.
I originally thought that the pattern drawn by Jiang Mixia was similar to the puppet she bought from Jiang Chunshi last time, but I didn't expect that the pattern and clay doll this time would be so amazing.
I think it's because Jiang Chunshi's skills are limited, he can only make a rough appearance, but not the expression in the picture, and the clay doll made by Jiang Mixia this time really presents all of this.
She really found a treasure!
Zheng did not try to hide the deep joy and amazement on her face. She just nodded and praised, "The pattern and the item are both good. This is a set of ten. The tiger has a good meaning, too. I'll charge two taels and five cents of silver for each pattern."
In this case, these ten patterns would be worth twenty-five taels of silver.
It was worth it for her hard work over the past month.
Jiang Mixia felt quite satisfied and said, "Just do as Manager Zheng said."
When Zheng saw that Jiang Mixia agreed, she took them to the accounting office to settle the money.
After receiving the money, Jiang Mixia and Jiang Youcheng asked if they could visit Jiang Chunshi.
On August 15th, Jiang Chunshi went home and visited Jiang Youcheng's house for a while. He said that everything was fine at Qiu's, the food and accommodation were good, and the master was approachable and willing to teach.
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