It was a rare opportunity for Lin to come to the county town, and Song Yuehua happened to be free, so she wanted to take her for a stroll around the county town.
As soon as she returned to You's house, Zhou Xiaohu came over and asked her, "Is Xu Ji still in the chess hall?"
"No," Song Yuehua said, "Didn't he go to deliver dumplings to his mother?"
Zhou Xiaohu was a little puzzled. "Normally, it doesn't take him this long to go back home."
At this moment, Pan Le ran over, crying, "Sister Song, please go and save my mother. There are so many people outside who want to beat her up."
"What's going on!"
Song Yuehua stood up quickly. When Zhou Xiaohu and Lin heard this, they also rushed towards Hou Wu's house with her.
After entering the main gate of Hou Wu's house, two small doors were opened.
When Song Yuehua came over, both the main door and the small door were open. Before she entered, she heard cursing voices from inside.
When I went inside, I saw several women surrounding Liang Yanniang and cursing her.
Xu Ji stood in front of Liang Yanniang.
"What are you doing?" Song Yuehua asked.
Xu Ji called out, "Sister Song."
Among the women, the one standing in the front was Xu Ji's mother, Li Niang.
After seeing Song Yuehua, Li Niang hurriedly said, "Miss Song, we didn't do anything bad."
"Who are you?" the woman behind shouted.
Li Niang patted her and said, "Miss Song is a good person, please speak properly."
Song Yuehua, "..."
Liang Yanniang was still sitting on the ground, so Lin went over and pulled her up. "Although the weather isn't cold now, it's not appropriate to sit on the ground. Get up quickly."
Zhou Xiaohu dragged over a few benches, and the group sat down and calmly discussed the cause of the incident.
Li Niang and the three women behind her were all responsible for washing clothes for the people in the county.
The price is 1 cent per piece, and if it is very dirty it costs 2 cents. The price is not high, and there are many old customers.
I don't earn much, but it's enough to provide some food for my family.
But who would have thought that after Liang Yanniang came, she washed two pieces of clothes for one penny, making it difficult for other people to do business.
That's why everyone came to look for her.
It sounds like it's indeed Liang Yanniang's problem.
Song Yuehua asked, "If you sell at half price, won't your wages be counted? Can you make back the money you spent on buying the soapberries?"
"Yes, I can earn a little bit..." Liang Yanniang said unconfidently.
Song Yuehua sighed and asked, "Can't you get any work?"
Liang Yanniang nodded.
After hearing this, Li Niang said angrily, "You can't even afford to eat, and yet you want to destroy other people's jobs! How can there be a black-hearted woman like you!"
Liang Yanniang raised her head and said loudly, "I am from another place. If I don't make it cheaper, how can others give me work? Even if I lower the price, there won't be much work I can get. I have a daughter to support at home. What can I do?"
"Who doesn't have children? Who doesn't have parents and children?"
One of the women was also angry, "Are you trying to drag everyone down with you by doing this?"
Zhou Xiaohu pulled Xu Ji over and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"
"I'm afraid my mother and some aunts will start fighting, so I'm here to stop them." Xu Ji said nervously.
Lin pulled Xu Ji away and said, "This is an adult matter, children should not get involved."
Song Yuehua comforted them and said, "Don't quarrel yet, think about how to solve the problem."
Li Niang's tone towards Song Yuehua was much more gentle, "Miss Song, as long as she raises the price, the matter will be resolved."
"Then I won't be able to get any work." Liang Yanniang said.
They are all low-level jobs, and you have to work hard to get by. How can you make a living like this?
"The price should be restored. Lowering the price is the worst way to compete. It hurts others and yourself," Song Yuehua said to Liang Yanniang, "Aunt Liang, you should think of other ways instead of just engaging in a price war."
Liang Yanniang said helplessly, "Then what can I do..."
Song Yuehua was a little confused, "I remember when you first came, didn't Pan An say that there were a lot of people looking for you to do laundry?"
"There were quite a lot of people at the beginning," Liang Yanniang said, "but then some people said I was from another place, and the customers were worried and would rather have the locals wash my clothes."
Song Yuehua looked at the women opposite her.
Li Niang said quickly, "I don't say such rotten words."
Several women nearby also said, "We don't accept work in this area."
"It's not them..." Liang Yanniang said.
When Liang Yanniang first came, she washed clothes for the people living nearby, and the prices were more expensive than those of Li Niang and the others.
Before this, there was a family here who specialized in washing clothes for others.
But since Yanniang came, the amount of laundry done became less and less, so that family exposed Yanniang's background and threw dirty water on her.
Yan Niang had no choice but to collect clothes from poor families to wash.
Some people saw that Yan Niang looked weak and frail, so they bargained with her, which led to the current situation.
Song Yuehua asked Li Niang and the others, "Why don't you come here to collect clothes as well?"
This time, before Li Niang could say anything, the woman next to her said, "You really don't know anything, our business relies on regular customers. You should work where you live. How can you just go to someone else's place and steal work?"
I see.
Song Yuehua said, "Niang Yan, since you have such a good place to live, you should collect clothes from the surrounding area for washing. Don't think about lowering the price to attract business. This approach will not last long."
"But..." Liang Yanniang said helplessly, "They are unwilling to give me a job as a foreigner..."
Song Yuehua sighed and asked, "Pan An also gets a monthly stipend from Zhang Rushan, and you also have a regular job at Hou Wu's house. Can you really not even afford food now?"
Liang Yanniang shook her head.
The mother and daughter are here, and Hou Wu sends them monthly rations, so filling their stomachs is not a problem.
But now she is thinking about more than just filling her stomach. She also wants to save some money to buy clothes for Xiao An and Xiao Le, and save some money for emergencies.
Song Yuehua said, "In that case, what you can do is to wash clothes carefully. If you can collect one piece a day, wash one piece. If you can collect two pieces, wash two pieces. If you do a good job, customers will come to you on their own initiative."
Liang Yanniang naturally had to listen to Song Yuehua's words.
When leaving Hou Wu's house, Li Niang was still there explaining to Song Yuehua.
"Miss Song, I'm really not here to cause trouble. I just have no other choice. My job has been taken away from me, so I came to your house to ask for an explanation."
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "Aunt, you don't have to explain, I understand."
Xu Ji also apologized to Zhou Xiaohu from behind, "When I got home, I heard that my mother had gone to fight with the aunts. After asking around, I found out that it was Pan An's mother. I didn't have time to tell you, so I could only ask Pan Le to go over and tell you the news."
"It's okay," Zhou Xiaohu said, "As long as he's okay, that's all."
After they returned, they had to rush to prepare dinner and had no time to stroll around.
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