Chapter 44 Writing Brush
After listening to Shuiqing's idea, Fan Jin's first reaction was that it was feasible.
He praised: "Shuiqing, you are so quick to react! Why didn't I think of it?"
Shuiqing wanted to be modest, but he was still happy to be praised.
"It just so happens that the sale of Polygonum multiflorum will be stopped tomorrow. I'll go to the bookstore to ask." Fan Jin said immediately.
Shuiqing agreed: "Since the quality is good, the price should not be too low."
"Then how many should I bring? There will always be a bookstore that can negotiate. I think I can buy a batch first."
Shuiqing now urgently wants to cash out some of the money in the mall.
The weather is getting colder. It rarely snows in Shanshui Village in winter, but what if it snows this year?
Besides, even if it doesn't snow, the temperature can reach zero degrees. If you expect the thatched house to be hot in summer and cold in winter, you will suffer a lot.
"Bring fifty large, medium and small brushes each?" The wholesale price of 150 brushes is only 135 yuan, which is so cheap that it seems to be given away for free.
Shuiqing also doubted whether this can really make money?
Then he rejected the idea fiercely, it must be profitable.
Fan Jin replied: "Okay, I will say it is my wife's craftsmanship. If we can reach a long-term supply, we can deliver goods every seven days, one hundred large, medium and small brushes, how about it?"
Shui Qing quickly calculated that if the average price of each brush is 130 wen, then 300 brushes are 39 taels!
She looked at Fan Jin excitedly, only to see the latter smiled knowingly and said softly: "39 taels in seven days, maybe we can build a brick and tile courtyard next month."
After all, there are 156 taels of silver a month.
Suddenly, there is money to build a house, and it is especially sufficient. Shui Qing is so excited.
"Okay, you go tomorrow. By the way, the ox cart is rented, right? Tomorrow, when you have the money, you can buy a cow and bring it back."
"Buy a cow?" Fan Jin thought he heard it wrong. Wasn't he talking about selling brushes to build a house? Why did he talk about buying a cow?
"Yes, you see, we have to carry rice back every day, hundreds of kilograms at a time, how can we do it without an ox cart?
It is troublesome and expensive to rent an ox cart every day, so it is better to buy an ox.
It will be convenient to go out in the future. Let's not talk about anything else. I will go to Niutou Town to attend the market the day after tomorrow, just in time to visit my parents and brother. Who will carry the things I bring?
It's okay for the three older children, but if the younger Fan He and Fan Hu can't walk, who will carry them?" Shui Qing made a detailed analysis.
Living in the countryside, especially in places where people rely on their legs to walk and carry things, it is really good to have an ox cart.
If there is a flood or drought in the future, it is convenient to transport people and carry things.
Fan Jin didn't need to be persuaded at all, and agreed directly: "Okay, I'll go and see tomorrow. I estimate that an ox will cost twelve or thirteen taels of silver, and a cart will cost about one tael of silver."
Tomorrow's 150 brushes must be negotiated at a good price.
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Shanshui Village was noisy early in the morning.
"Old village chief, Baldy Zhang is not doing his job! You have to take care of it!"
"He insisted on making trouble yesterday, and people didn't want to accept his things. Now, he can't exchange them, and he wants us to be unable to exchange them!"
The old village chief frowned and listened carefully to the villagers' complaints.
Li Changlin understood and concluded: "It means that Baldy Zhang didn't take the chicken rice fruit home after picking it, and threw it directly into the lake or pond?"
The villagers nodded quickly, "Yes, there are only a few people in his family, and there are too many to pick. It's heavy for him to take it back, and it takes time to go back and forth;
My youngest son saw it, and he just picked and threw it!"
"He wants us all to have no chance to exchange."
"He is usually lazy, but now he is diligent in doing things that hurt others and benefit himself!"
Li Changlin looked at his grandfather, how to deal with such a thing?
"Where is Baldy Zhang?" The old village chief raised his eyes and asked.
"He's here. My boss and his men have detained him outside the yard."
"Bring him in."
Tubdy Zhang was held down by several big men. He staggered in and yelled, "What's the matter? You can pick them, but I can't?"
"Hey, I can't exchange them for rice, and I can't pick rice cakes? They are born and raised, not planted by you. Why can't I pick them?"
A woman was not convinced and said, "Tell me, are you picking them? You are wasting food!"
Tubdy Zhang stiffened his neck and refused to admit his mistake: "It's not yours. I can pick them however I want. You have no right to control me!"
Anyway, he couldn't exchange them for rice, so they couldn't exchange them either.
The old village chief looked straight at Tuzi Zhang and didn't speak for a long time.
Tubdy Zhang felt scared when he was stared at, but he was still tough. He waited for the old village chief to negotiate with him.
Anyway, he picked things from the wild. What could they do to him?
"Aren't you worried that people in the village will come to your house to ask for food when they have nothing to eat?"
"What are you afraid of? Are there people in the village who are poorer than my family? They come to my house to ask for food, ha, if they can find it, they will be awesome!" He is barefoot anyway, so he is not afraid of those who wear shoes.
Let's see what they can do to him!
"Then when you have no food to eat during the lean season, aren't you afraid that no one will lend you food?"
Zhang Baldy was stunned.
He borrowed food for several months a year, borrowing a little from the east and a little from the west, and returning it after the harvest.
Thinking of the promises of Fan Damu and Fan Qian, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "I can't care so much! If you don't let me live well, then no one else can live well!"
Zhang Baldy's shameless and rogue words completely angered everyone.
A series of curses broke out in the crowd.
Zhang Baldy looked like a rogue who was confident that he could do nothing to him.
The old village chief stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet. After the crowd calmed down, he stared at Zhang Baldy and said sharply: "You are lazy and vicious by nature. You are running rampant in the village and ignore other people's money. Now the whole village agrees to expel you from the village." ;
If you reform abroad, you will still be allowed to be escorted back to the village by your relatives. If you do not reform, you will not be allowed to return to the village for burial after your death;
How about this punishment? "
Being driven out of the village is a very big deal!
With no land, no land, and no skills, all they could do was starve to death.
After death, you may not be able to return to the village for burial, and you will not be able to return to your roots. This is more terrifying than being kicked out of the village!
The crowd inside and outside the courtyard was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Zhang Baldy's eyes widened and he looked at the old village chief in disbelief, and then at the people around him.
Immediately, he burst into tears and wailed: "Old village chief, I know I was wrong! You can't drive me out of the village."
Outside the yard, the bald mother-in-law and her children rushed in, knelt down in front of the old village chief, and begged with tears and runny noses: "Old village chief, the head of the family can't leave. Without us, we orphans and widows can't live anymore." "
"Daddy, I don't want daddy to leave."
The old village chief lowered his eyebrows and said calmly: "Don't beg me, beg other people in the village. If everyone agrees not to drive him away, they will naturally not drive him out of the village."
Zhang Tuzi came to his senses and quickly knelt down and begged everyone one by one, promising never to do anything harmful again.
The villagers had seen Zhang Baldy's arrogance and wanted to kill him, but now they saw him crying with tears and runny nose. They were disgusted and couldn't harden their hearts any longer.
"Old village chief, why don't you give Baldy Zhang a chance first? If he is still lazy and greedy later on, we will expel him from the village!"
"Look at his performance later."
Zhang Tuzi only felt that the gains outweighed the losses. He had been tired all night, offended most people, and was almost expelled from the village. The last benefit was lost.
It was all instigated by Fan Damu and Fan Qian, and he wanted to settle accounts with them.
Damn it, what the hell, it tricked Zhang Baldy, and he couldn't make it easy for them!