The carriage slowly stopped not far from the wood shop.
It’s not that we don’t want to stop at the door, but there are a lot of people in the wood shop at the moment, and it’s easy for the carriage to hurt people if it gets too close.
The three of them had no choice but to get off the carriage and walk in through the back door of the wood shop.
Seeing Li hurriedly delivering tea to the shop in front, Xiao Lingling felt a little curious.
"Auntie, what's going on up ahead? Why are there so many people?"
"Hey, aren't we delivering the goods today? Mrs. Zhang is very satisfied with our products.
So, at noon, he brought some people to introduce guests to our house.
As a result, word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and everyone knew that our products were good.
From noon till now, there has been a constant stream of people in the store in front.
Business is almost as good as it was on the first day of opening.”
Mrs. Li was really happy. Although the profits from the store did not belong to her family, as long as business was good, everyone would make money, which was a good thing.
Little Bell was a little surprised. "Is that so? That's great. Are my second brother and the others helping out in the front yard too?"
"Yes, we're almost out of tea. Sir Wu, please take a break first. I'll go boil some water."
Wu Bokai waved his hand indifferently, "Don't worry about me, sister-in-law. You guys go ahead and do your work. I'll just find a place to rest for a while."
Li nodded, quickly fetched some water and went to the kitchen to boil some water.
Xiao Lingdang and Wu Tongtong were curious, so they went to the store in front hand in hand.
Once I entered, I realized that what Li said was absolutely true. Every corner of the store was filled with people.
Lin Hao, Lin Ran and Song Qianzhong carried kettles and moved back and forth among the crowd, serving tea to everyone.
Although I was tired, the smile on my face was genuine.
In front of the counter, many people were placing orders. Lin Yue and Lin Feng, who were helping to record the orders, were grinning from ear to ear.
Seeing this, Xiao Lingdang and the other two hurried to help. After a while, the people in the store slowly dispersed.
In fact, most of these people are here to watch the fun.
After all, furniture is a big item, and any one of them is not cheap, so ordinary people may not be willing to buy it.
But as long as you place an order, there are generally no small orders, at least you start with a small set.
So after calculating, I made quite a lot of money today.
However, Lin Ran and Song Qianzhong were really exhausted. They collapsed on the chairs beside them and couldn't even sit up straight.
Lin Feng simply calculated the orders and couldn't help but frowned.
“Dad, even though there are many orders today, we don’t have enough wood.
It seems that we have to hurry up and go to the mountains to find some wood."
Lin Changshu already knew what was going on, "Yeah, then, we won't be coming to the store for the next few days. Let's deal with the wood issue first.
Boss, please be careful these days. If anyone else places an order, you should give yourself some extra time."
"Okay, don't worry, Dad, I know what's going on.
But going up the mountain to cut wood is not an easy job. Why don’t you let Shuxu go back with you?
This child is very hardworking and does all kinds of work. He does more than my wife and I.
It just so happened that he and Qiaomei hadn't had a good reunion for a long time, so he asked him to go back and help out and take a few days off. "
Everyone turned around and found that Chen Shuxu had taken a rag to wipe the samples at some point.
Lin Changshu nodded, "Okay, this kid is a good one. I thought, if you are too busy, you can find two people in the village to help.
The child is not very old, so it would be better for him to stay at home and learn something with Lin Hao and the others.
From now on, I will go out with Xiaowen to study, and become a book boy or a servant, how about that? "
Speaking of this, Wu Bokai has a lot to say.
"That's a good idea. Nowadays, to study in the county, you don't need a servant. Xiaowen can do it himself."
But if you go further up, to the provincial capital or even to Qingshan Academy, it would be more convenient to have a servant to take care of you.
Moreover, whether he goes to Beijing to take the imperial examination or becomes an official in the court one day, it is always good to have a confidant.
I didn’t have the conditions back then, otherwise I would have more helpers now.”
Seeing that Wu Bokai said so, everyone naturally had no objection.
No matter what, it's much more promising than being a clerk in a store.
Because they were still thinking about Qiao's affairs, Lin Changshu and the others did not wait until the evening and prepared to go back early in the afternoon.
After hearing the news, Chen Shuxu didn't think much about it. As long as he was not idle, he would do anything.
Qiaomei was extremely happy. At least she could see her brother every day from now on, which was definitely better than now.
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Before we reached the village entrance, Little Bell poked her head out of the window.
Sure enough, Qiao came to wait for someone again.
She was standing alone at the entrance of the village in tattered clothes. When she saw the carriage coming, she seemed a little excited.
Before the carriage got closer, she came up first, muttering something.
"My son is back, my son is back!"
When Wu Bokai heard the sound, he quickly asked the driver to stop.
Xiao Lingling was the first to walk out of the carriage. Qiao was standing beside the carriage. When she saw that it was a little girl coming out, she was stunned for a moment.
Wu Bokai leaned out and asked, "Is this the Grandma Qiao you were talking about?"
Little Bell nodded with red eyes, "Yes, this is Grandma Qiao. As long as she can move, she will come to the village entrance to wait."
When Mrs. Qiao saw that it was not her son, she was a little distraught, but she did not make a fuss. She just stood back under the big tree and continued to wait.
Wu Bokai looked at her white hair and felt a pang of sorrow and guilt in his heart.
He took out a small wooden box from the carriage and walked over to Mrs. Qiao. "Auntie Qiao, your son, Zheng Rong, has a letter for you!"
Qiao looked a little dazed, but when she heard the name Zheng Rong, she immediately turned to look at Wu Bokai.
His eyes were filled with shock and disbelief. "Who are you talking about?"
Wu Bokai suppressed the sob in his throat and sighed, "Aunt Qiao, you heard it right, it's your son, Zheng Rong, who wrote to you.
You can trust me, I am the magistrate of Huaxiang County, and I will not lie."
Qiao took a deep breath, staggered twice, and seemed to have no strength left. He collapsed to the ground with a thud.
"My son, has there been a letter?"
Seeing that she was so excited that she could hardly breathe, Xiao Lingling quickly stepped forward to hold her arm and pinched her palm twice.
"Grandma Qiao, take a deep breath, take a deep breath. It's true. Uncle Zheng is still alive and has sent you his salary."
Qiao finally caught her breath and raised her head before letting out a heart-wrenching cry.
"Son, I knew you were still alive! But why didn't you write to me for so long? I almost couldn't hold on any longer—"
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