The whole family travels through time and space, and the three of them struggle together
Chapter 19: The wipers are also on sale
Zhou Dajiang pulled Zhou Dahe aside and said, "I guess everyone will come back tomorrow and ask me about the price of the mop. Now everyone is in a hurry to grab a spot, and I didn't think about it for a while. It will be easier to ask when you come back tomorrow.
Tomorrow, go to the blacksmith shop and make a few more iron strips. It would be best if you could cut them directly to the size shown on the blueprint and bring them back. Cut thirty first, and then have Master Qu help you hammer one hundred and fifty nails into them. This time, just use small nails, not long ones. I'll pay you first."
Zhou Dahe took the money and put it in his arms, saying "OK".
The next day, before dawn, Zhou Dajiang's door opened. He distributed the cold noodles and seasonings that everyone had ordered, and instructed everyone, "The cold noodles have a short shelf life and can only be sold today. The seasoning and garlic water can also only be used today. They will go bad tomorrow, so don't leave them overnight."
After distributing everything, Zhou Dajiang went back to take a nap before getting up.
Yesterday was the first day and everyone was not prepared, so they tossed and turned for most of the night, especially those who were making steamed cold noodles, who are still catching up on sleep.
Zhou Dajiang was fine as he went to bed relatively early, so he decided to make breakfast himself.
In the past, in modern times, when Chen Xiuying was unhappy, he would get up and make breakfast, so it was not difficult to do.
Zhou Sisi heard some noise outside and got up to help. The father and daughter prepared some porridge and baked a few "lazy man's pancakes," scallion and egg pancakes, with garlic-mashed eggplant and salt-mixed cucumber as side dishes.
After they finished cooking, everyone else was still asleep, so they had to serve their portion out and keep the rest in the pot to keep warm.
After breakfast, Zhou Dajiang prepared to go to Carpenter Tian’s house to order handles, and Zhou Sisi also wanted to join in the fun.
On the way, Zhou Sisi complained to her father: "You and Mom are both busy with your own things. When will you get me the paper and pen I need?"
Zhou Dajiang then remembered that he had forgotten to buy paper and pen for his daughter, and the little princess was angry.
He quickly promised, "Tomorrow, tomorrow I will go to town specifically for you and make sure to bring these two things home."
Zhou Sisi: "Take me with you tomorrow, I want to go too!"
"Okay, it's up to you."
After getting her father's assurance, Zhou Sisi finally became happy. Starting tomorrow, she could also busy herself with her own small business.
The two went to Carpenter Tian's house and ordered the handle. This time the order was expedited because he estimated that someone would come to him to buy it that evening.
Tian Youcai said it was no problem, the handle was easy to make, the quantity was small, and he could make it if he worked a little faster.
Then, Zhou Dajiang ordered a desk and chair for his daughter's room. If a child wanted to draw, she couldn't just lie on the kang, right? Nor could she draw on the dining table. A single sheet of paper was fine, but she was going to publish a book, and the paper had to be clean.
However, there is no rush for the desk. Tian Youcai said that we can wait a while and he will make the handle first and send it over when the desk is finished.
Zhou Dajiang's family had just moved and needed a lot of furniture. He provided good service first, hoping to receive more orders later. "Help others in their time of need, and provide what they need"—this business wisdom passed down by our ancestors is always right.
After they finished ordering, they came out of Carpenter Tian's house. It was still early. Zhou Sisi said that she suddenly wanted to eat fish. Zhou Dajiang was a spoiled child. Since the child wanted to eat fish, he had to satisfy her. Even if there were no conditions, he would create them.
So the two of them went to the river to see if they could catch a fish to take home.
The river was wide and apparently not shallow, so catching fish with bare hands was impossible. The two men didn't have a net, so they were just staring at each other in amazement when a teenager, about fourteen or fifteen years old, came over. He saw Zhou Dajiang and greeted him, "Second Uncle."
Only then did Zhou Dajiang see clearly that it was the little grandson of Uncle Quan in the village, named Quan Dali.
Zhou Dajiang didn't know him well, so he said, "Dali is here to fish too?"
Quan Dali smiled shyly: "I put down the basket in advance, I don't know if there are any fish."
As he said this, he bent down and pulled out a rope from under a rock. At the end of the rope was tied to a fish basket. When he pulled it up, he saw that there were really fish, several of them, and they were quite big.
Zhou Dajiang looked at the fish with envy and asked, "Are you catching fish for yourself or to sell? Can you give me two?"
Quan Dali scratched his head and said naively, "My sister wanted to eat fish, so my stepmother asked me to catch it. If I bring back less, I'll get scolded. I can only give you one. I'll give you the biggest one. Is that okay with you?"
Zhou Dajiang: "Okay, that's great. Since you have the fish, I don't have to catch any more. Your sister wants to eat fish too." Then he took out twenty cents from his pocket and stuffed it into Quan Dali's pocket.
Quan Dali's face flushed red as he refused, "Second Uncle, I don't want your money. Just think of it as me missing a fish. Your fish was caught by yourself. Just don't tell others that I missed it later."
Zhou Dajiang knew Quan Dali's dilemma as soon as he heard it. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, okay, your uncle will accept this fish. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to your uncle's house. Remember?"
"Okay, thank you, second uncle." After saying that, he ran away with the fish.
The two men returned home carrying the fish, and everyone got up. Chen Xiuying saw Zhou Dajiang holding the fish and asked him where he got it. Zhou Dajiang then told her about his meeting Quan Dali.
Zhang, who was standing nearby, chimed in, "Every family has its own problems. Dali was also a poor child. His mother died when he was two. The wife his father married later treated him well at first, but after she gave birth to her own child, he became a weed."
Chen Xiuying was a soft-hearted person and could not bear to hear such things. "In the future, we should help him as much as we can."
After the hustle and bustle of last night, everyone planned to put the batter into the well to cool it down in advance today. So, after Chen Xiuying and Zhang had breakfast, they started to make the cold noodles.
In order to make it easier for him to keep statistics in the future, Zhou Dajiang drew a separate table according to the quantity of goods everyone purchased yesterday, and also made an internal account for the family, so that he could see at a glance how much was made and how much was sold every day.
There is no other way. He is the only one in the family who can read, so he has to manage the accounts. He also has to find time to teach the mother and the child to read. It is really a sweet trouble.
After lunch, the people who went out to sell cold noodles in the morning came back one after another.
Zhou Dajiang really guessed it right. After everyone came back and paid for the goods, the first thing they asked him was if they could buy the wiper. If the wiper was not expensive, they would also like to buy one.
In modern times, kitchen gadgets are all priced affordably, with the main goal being small profits but quick turnover.
Zhou Dajiang also wanted to adopt this strategy, so when he calculated the costs, he didn't include the production costs of the stamping machine. He only calculated the processing fees based on the labor time. After adding the cost of the metal parts, he asked for 120 wen per piece. Everyone thought it was a good idea. He could make back his money in two days of selling the cold noodles. It was really not expensive! You have to remember that a dish in a restaurant costs 50 or 60 wen, and some even more expensive ones cost one or two taels of silver! And this little thing can be used for several years. On average, it doesn't cost much. So everyone ordered one, paid a deposit, and arranged to pick it up the next morning.
At the same time, the group of people who came back earlier increased the order quantity of cold noodles, but not too much. Each person only ordered ten or twenty pieces, and after they were sold, they could earn twenty to forty cents.
As I said, how much money can you make in a day working, and you have to work a whole day? This business only requires you to walk a few more steps and talk a little more every day, and you can earn eighty, ninety, or even a hundred coins. What are you waiting for if you don't hurry up and make money?
When the last person left for the day, Zhou Dajiang counted the order quantities. The number of cold noodles increased by more than 200 sheets compared to yesterday, now reaching 700 sheets, and 18 wipes were also sold.
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