The stepsister of a peasant family in a book is spoiled by the big brothers

County market.

Qin Huiyin sold the last portion of barbecue, turned around and saw that Tang Luwu had also sold the last portion, and said, "It's time to close the stall."

Tang Yixiao quickly put away the stools and said, "We came a little late today. We sold out an hour and a half later than usual."

Mr. Tang San cleaned up the tables and put all the folding tables onto the ox cart, then moved the mobile stall cart.

"Didn't you hear what those stall owners next to you said? Many regular customers saw we weren't here, thought we weren't coming, and left."

"Luckily we made it. Although we were a little late, we made it in time and didn't let the remaining old customers leave. I just don't know what's going on with Mom and Dad. Can the two of them handle Aunt Wang and Tang Mingxiu?"

"Don't worry, mother won't suffer any loss."

Qin Huiyin comforted the worried Tang Luwu and packed up her things quickly. When she looked up, she accidentally saw someone walking past in front of her and put down the things in her hands.

"You guys clean up first, I'll go over there."

Tang Luwu was puzzled and looked in the direction she was looking and saw a familiar figure.

"Is that Song Ruize?"

Tang Yixiao heard Song Ruize's name, looked up, and said sourly: "Why does Second Sister always meddle in his affairs?"

Qin Huiyin did see Song Ruize.

She felt strange. Song Ruize should be on the dam now, so why did he appear here? So she followed him to see what was going on.

She looked at the sign which read 'Zhang's Blacksmith Shop'.

"Young man, you do need a lot of goods. Logically, I should give you a discount, but I'm a small business, so I really can't give you the price you asked for."

"Brother Ze, Boss Zhang is a real man. This price really can't be lowered any further. I think the higher-ups are just trying to make things difficult for us. Otherwise, why would they give us such a small amount?"

"It's not above, it's Chen Zhe."

"Yang Baotou didn't give you any trouble and even arranged the easiest tasks for us. We finally had a few days of peace, but this Chen Zhe is the same as Song Tiegen. He actually deliberately made things difficult for you. Let's go back and find Yang Baotou directly and make a big fuss about this. Let everyone know that Chen Zhe embezzled the money for buying tools."

"Boss, we bought this batch of goods to repair the dam. We will come to you for a long time in the future. Can you sell us a batch at the price I mentioned?"

“This price is really…”

"Look, I think these tools could use some work. If I draw you a better blueprint, could you sell it to us?"

"Oh? What tools are you talking about?" the boss became interested.

"Many tools can be modified with simple changes. They will be more useful and save a lot of effort. Give me a set of brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone, and I'll draw it for you."

Jiang Qibin looked at Song Ruize with admiration: "Brother Ze, you have this ability. I thought you couldn't read a single word."

Song Ruize recalled the process of secretly learning to read.

When Li Taohua was teaching Qin Huiyin how to read, he was in the yard. While chopping wood, he would secretly watch what they were doing over there, and he almost cut his hand several times. After Li Taohua and Qin Huiyin left, the papers in the yard were not collected, so he picked them up and read them again, reviewing the knowledge in his mind from memory, and using branches to gesture when he went hunting in the mountains.

Jiang Qibin looked at Song Ruize's crooked painting and burst out laughing.

Song Ruize turned around to look at him, and he immediately stopped laughing, looking as if he was shutting up, which was as ridiculous as it could be.

The boss was speechless.

With this level of painting, even if he really has good ideas, it is not obvious.

"Alright, alright, stop messing around..." the boss said impatiently. "I know you're working for the dam, but you can't let a civilian like me suffer, right? I have a family to support, too. I can't do a business that doesn't make money."

"Boss, who said you can't make money?" Qin Huiyin saw this and couldn't hide any longer, so she walked over. "If you give him this price, no other blacksmith shop in the county will be able to compete with you. You are the only blacksmith appointed by the court, wouldn't that bring honor to the Zhang family? Tell others later that you have done things for the court."

"Why are you here?" Song Ruize asked.

"Hello, sister." Jiang Qibin greeted politely.

"Hello." Qin Huiyin responded to Jiang Qibin first, then said to Song Ruize, "I'm doing business nearby. I just sold my goods and was about to pack up and go back. I saw you when you passed by just now, so I came to see what you were doing."

"Little girl, what you said sounds nice, but it's all just empty reputation." The boss didn't buy it.

"Who says it's just an empty reputation? If you write on your sign 'The Imperial Court's Exclusive Ironware Supplier for Dam Construction,' and everyone knows the court uses your ironware, how can you still lack business?"

"What does supplier mean?" the boss asked curiously.

"Suppliers are merchants who provide tools to the court. You're in charge of the ironware, so you're the ironware supplier. From now on, when others mention building a dam, they'll have to praise your tools for being so strong." Qin Huiyin fawned over him, and the boss's honest face was filled with a smile. "But we won't let you suffer any loss. Didn't my brother say he can help you modify these ironware to make them more useful? But if he does, my brother will get a commission!"

"Commission?" The boss was confused again. "What is that?"

"Commission means that after deducting the capital, you give a portion of the profits to those who have made contributions to this matter. My brother helped you modify the tools, so it's not too much to give him a share of the profits, right?"

"Wait a minute, little girl, a dividend is..."

"For every ten cents of your net profit, give him one cent. Your interests are intertwined. The more you earn, the more my brother will get, so he won't harm you." Qin Huiyin said, "He can also bring you more orders. This way, he can make money, and you can make money too. Isn't this a win-win situation?"

The boss was stunned when he heard this.

However, he was not stupid and still understood.

"However, the reform he mentioned..." The boss looked at Song Ruize's painting with disdain.

"It's okay, I'll help him draw it. My brother and I have a tacit understanding. I understand everything he says and will definitely draw it for you." Qin Huiyin picked up the paper, "But we need to find a quiet place. We don't want to be disturbed. There are people coming and going here. If someone sees our new drawings and the news leaks out, you won't make any money."

"If the blueprints you drew can really help me make better iron tools, I agree to everything you said just now."

"Words are not enough, we need to sign a contract." Qin Huiyin said, "Is that okay?"

"Sign." The boss agreed readily.

"Brother Jiang, please go find the 'Smiling Restaurant' over there and tell the old man and a brother and sister there that I have something to do and will be delayed for a while before leaving. Please ask them to find a place to rest." Qin Huiyin said.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Jiang Qibin agreed.