Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 135 Water Carrier

"Boss Yang, I don't have any special skills. A lot of my ideas are just what I heard from others. They are not my own ideas, and I am even worse at doing business."

"Who doesn't want to live a good life in the capital? If I had the ability, I would have gone there long ago."

"It's good to be like this now, peaceful and stable. I can't handle all those troubles every day. Boss Yang should understand this."

"Yes, I understand that very well. There is nothing wrong with living a stable life and having enough food and drink."

Ji Wenhe agreed.

"Okay, I won't mention this anymore. Do you have any other opinions? Tell me more."

"Boss Yang, have someone customize a card, about the size of your palm, with numbers, the store name, and your name written on the back."

"This card can only be used in your store. If you buy something in the store with this card, you can get a 20% or 10% discount."

"Next time, raise the price of the dolls a little bit. Each doll has a different price, so they won't notice anything."

"You need to show this card to buy something, and then just do what I told you before."

Yang Yun was silent for a while: "Wait, wait, tell me in detail."

Ji Wenhe nodded.

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"So, Boss Yang, do you understand?"

"I see. I know what to do."

The more she looked at the person in front of her, the more she liked him. How did she get this treasure? She had to hold it tightly in her hands and not let anyone take it away.

"By the way, Boss Yang, I have something else I want to discuss with you. It's okay if you don't agree. Just tell me directly. I won't be angry."

"Okay, tell me what you think."

"I want to deposit the puppets I made in the shop and sell them."

Many people come and go in Jinxiufang every day. They can't afford the big dolls, but she makes small ones. There will always be people who will buy them, so they don't have to go from door to door selling them.

Yang Yun thought for a moment and said, "But there is no extra space in my shop. In order to free up space on the right side, I took back a lot of embroidery."

"There is limited space on the left side. I can't take the embroidery back. I still rely on it to make a living."

She didn't mean to refuse her, it's just that there was really no extra space in the shop.

"You don't need to clear a shelf for me, just leave a small space for it, or put it at the door. I will make a hanging rack myself and hang the doll on it."

When we get back, I'll ask Shen Rongshan to make one for us, but we'll have to borrow tools from the carpenter's house.

"Of course, I won't take up your space for nothing, every..."

Yang Yun interrupted her and waved her hand with a smile: "No money, I will give you every penny after the sale. If you have any good ideas in the future, please tell me more."

"As for the scraps of cloth in the shop, I won't charge you for them anymore. Just take them."

Ji Wenhe understood what she meant and stopped refusing: "Okay, thank you, Boss Yang. I'll come again at the end of the month."

"to make."

The two came to the front shop. Shen Suya stood not far from the door, looking at the street.

"Xiaoya, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

"It's okay, sister-in-law. I'm not in a hurry. By the way, did you buy the twine?"

"I thought about it and decided not to buy it. Bracelets are not selling well right now and I haven't used up all the ones at home yet, so I'll use them for the rest of the time."

Ji Wenhe carried the basket and greeted Yang Yun. The two stood at the door of Jinxiufang and waited for a while. Then Lan Qiuhua came over.

"Oh, I'm so tired. I ran all the way here. I was afraid you would have to wait for a long time."

"Aunt Lan, please take a rest first. Brother Chen will be here for a while."

"Mom, when will Dad and Big Brother come home?"

She panted and replied, "When the rice is planted, it's hard to find work in town. Your father and your eldest brother are not in the same place."

They lived together, but she didn't see anyone, so she just asked them.

"I gave the items to someone I knew and lived with, and gave them to them in the evening."

Ji Wenhe looked at her suspiciously: "Aunt Lan, what's wrong? You're frowning all the time. Did something happen to you?"

"Let's go to the meat market and talk as we go."

Lan Qiuhua walked beside her.

"An Guo and Shen Liang both became water carriers. Not only is the pay low, but it is also the most tiring job."

"Water carrier?" There is such a profession.

"Aunt Lan, I've never been to town before, so I didn't know there was a job as a water carrier. Don't they have wells at home?"

"Some families have wells, some don't. Wells are hard to dig. I heard that some families dug dozens of meters deep but still couldn't find water."

Ji Wenhe asked, "Where did An Guo and the others go to fetch water? Outside the city?"

"Yes." Lan Qiuhua nodded. "I didn't ask where to get water, but I heard it was far away, and I had to carry it from morning to night, and the owner didn't even give me food."

After picking from one house, we will go to another one. If the host has many water tanks, it will take two days to finish picking.

"Then why don't you go to a house with a well to fetch water? Pay a little money. It's better than going outside the city to fetch water, and it's more convenient."

Groundwater is cleaner than river water.

Shen Suya walked behind her and took over the conversation: "If you go to their house to fetch water every day, they will be annoyed. They spent their own money to dig the well, and they will not let you go to their house to fetch water for free every day."

"If the two families get along well, the price they ask for will be low. If they don't get along well, the price they ask for will be high. If you calculate carefully, it's more cost-effective to hire a water carrier."

Ji Wenhe nodded in understanding: "I thought every household in this town had a well."

Although the job of a water carrier is hard, it provides a job for those who cannot find work.

Lan Qiuhua said helplessly: "No, some teahouses and businesses don't have wells either, so they have to have water carriers fetch water from outside the city."

"Not to mention the hard work, that bucket can hold nearly 100 kilograms of water. If the owner has a wheelbarrow, it will be fine, so as to save some effort. But if there is no wheelbarrow, it will be exhausting."

After saying that, he shook his head slightly.

"There's nothing I can do. I can't find a good job and I can't stay at home. I'll just be tired, but it hurts to see it."

Shen Suya stepped forward and took Ji Wenhe's arm: "It's better to pour out the night fragrance. I have a cart to push it, but the smell is a bit unpleasant."

She said: "The wages of night incense sellers are lower, but anyone who has some ability and can endure hardship would not want to be a night incense seller."

"Yeah, I heard from my father that Dao Ye Xiang can only feed himself, maybe he can't even feed himself."

"Besides, only older people would go to sell night incense. A good young man wouldn't do this. If he's not married and tells other girls about it, he'll be despised."

Not to mention others, even she despises it.

"Anyway, I don't want to be a night-sweeper in the future. Not only can I not make any money, but I will also stink."

"I heard people say that after a long time, the smell will stay on your body and you can smell the stench from a long distance away."

Lan Qiuhua glanced at her and said, "It's not that I look down on her. If a good young man goes into this line of work, he must have a problem with his head or his body."

"You'd better not fall in love with such a person. Your father and I will not agree."