Beloved Concubine

Chapter 43

When Chunhong heard that she wanted to hire someone, she immediately thought of her own wages.

But she didn't say anything, just listened quietly.

Fang Yu said: "It's time for us to get married! You didn't see the eyes of the neighbors, you thought we eloped."

Ever since Chen Xiao allowed him to hug, Fang Yu's intimacy has continued.Wipe her face for a while, and rub her hands for a while.Chen Xiao didn't like to beat his legs and rub his shoulders, otherwise he would have massaged it.

"I won't get married just because of other people's eyes."

Chen Xiao could also feel the strange eyes of others.But getting married is one's own business, what to do with the neighbors.

"It's not good! I think it's justified."

Chen Xiao looked at him with contempt.

"What do you want to do right?"

Fang Yu opened his mouth to say something.After thinking about it, he swallowed again.

Little Shitou was talking about business, and the two were flirting again.He said:
"Sister, if you hire a man, you can live with me; if you hire a woman, you can live with Chunhong."

Isn't this a very simple thing?It's not about one room per person.Oh yes!Brother Fang wanted to take this opportunity to marry and live with Sister Chen.He understands.

Chen Xiaodao: "Then you ask Cao Yong and Erlong if they want to do long-term work?"

"They definitely want to come." In fact, the two of them had already told Xiao Shitou.

It was only busy on market days before, not usually busy.But now, Xiaoshi feels that he is very busy every day, and he hardly has much time to spare.

Chen Xiao thought for a while, and said to Chunhong:

"Change rooms with Xiao Shitou, and the three of them will live in your room. Three people in the warehouse can't sleep."

"Okay." Chunhong obediently agreed.

Then he asked: "Then how do you pay the wages of the two of them...?" She meant [-]% of the profit.

Chen Xiaodao: "The two of them pay three taels of silver per month. The [-]% of the profit will be deducted, and the rest will be yours. But remember, don't tell anyone about '[-]%'." After all, Chunhong and Xiaoshitou are "veterans" staff".

Chunhong secretly calculated, if next month is the same as this month, the 12 taels of silver will be divided into three taels, which is acceptable.In addition, she also understood Sister Chen's advice not to tell anyone, lest others be jealous.

"okay, got it."

In fact, Chunhong also felt that she was too tired from being busy from morning to night every day, and it would be nice if someone could share it.

……

In a blink of an eye, it is the tenth day of the sixth month, singing the Ha Festival.It also happened to be market day.

Xiao Shitou described the grand occasion of the "Singing Ha Festival" before.The main content of the Singing Ha Festival is competition singing.At that time, people from tens of miles around will come to the county seat, and some even come from other counties.

In the beginning, everyone sings independently, wherever you want.At that time, the county government will sell the "Red Arrow" and distribute it to various merchants for sale.The Red Arrow is fifty cents a piece, and whoever you think sings well can give him the Red Arrow.At that time, whoever gets the most red arrows will be "Brother Ha" and "Sister Ha".

"Everyone sings separately, how do you know who has the most red arrows?" Chen Xiao asked.

"If you get more than [-] red arrows, you can go to the ring. Bet [-] at a time in the ring. If you win, you will get [-] red arrows from the opponent. If you lose, you will be gone. In the end, Ha Ge Ha Mei will be decided in the ring. .” Xiao Shitou explained.

"How do you decide whether to win or lose in the arena?" Chen Xiao asked.

"It's still the audience giving red arrows. Whoever gets the most red arrows wins."

"Then if you lose, but get a hundred red arrows from the audience, wouldn't you still be able to continue the competition?"

"The red arrow thrown by the ring is counted as the ring. It is not the contestant's."

"Speaking of which, the Red Arrow can be bought with money!" Just like Hyundai spends money to buy votes.

"That's the reason. It's her ability to have someone willing to spend money for her."

"What's the use of getting the honorary titles of 'Brother Ha' and 'Sister Ha' in the end?"

"There are rewards and fame."

"What's the reward?"

"Last year the reward was 60 taels of silver, but this year I don't know how much."

Chen Xiao did the math, 60 taels of silver could buy [-] red arrows.But with only [-] red arrows, there is no guarantee of final victory.

Because the Yamen sold [-] "red arrows".Chunji Snack Restaurant was allocated one hundred sticks, five taels of silver, and they paid in advance.The snack bar had to find a way to sell the one hundred red arrows, otherwise they would have to bear five liang of silver.

Sing Ha Festival, market day.

The number of people on the street today was several times that of a normal market day, so they asked four more people to help.Not counting Chen Xiao and Fang Yu, there are eight people working in the shop.

Before dawn in the early morning, they had already set up tables and chairs outside the door, occupying the stall space in front of the shop.

Now every market day, they no longer let others set up a stall at the door, because the business is so good on this day that there is no room for seating in the store, and the tables and chairs are placed outside the door.

As the sun rose, people came to eat in the store one after another.But no one cares about the "Red Arrow".

Nanmen Street is the busiest place to go to the market, but those who come to "bige" are usually in East Street, West Street, and Xin Street, where the flow of people is not too crowded.

North Street is where the county government is located, and generally no one goes to the county government to compare songs.

As for the final "final" arena, it was set up in the center of Shizijie.

Chen Xiao saw that it was almost noon, and the business in the store was very good, but only a dozen of Red Arrows were sold.

"What should I do, why don't I sell it at Bige's place?"

Little Stone put away the table and said:

"Don't worry! The people in the distance have not arrived yet. It will be lively after noon."

At this time, the flow of people on Nanmen Street was like sticking chopsticks.After all, they are in business, so there is no reason to abandon the business to watch the excitement. ——Even if Chen Xiao stood here, it was actually useless.There are eight young people with quick hands and feet in the store, and their efficiency is very good.

"Chunhong, Chunhong!"

Wu Baozhu, who hadn't seen her for a long time, brought a group of girls dressed in costumes of ethnic minorities to the snack bar.

Her face was full of spring, and she held a few red arrows in her hand.

"We want seven bowls of rice noodles!"

Her expression is very happy.

The matter of the Ruan family has been going on for so long, Chunhong doesn't resent Wu Baozhu as much as before, but she doesn't like it either.

She scalded the rice noodles step by step and handed over seven bowls.

The group of girls also knew Chunhong, and they all greeted her and chatted with her.

Chen Xiao saw the red arrow in Wu Baozhu's hand and asked:
"Are you here to compare songs?"

"yes"

A few girls were happy and a little shy, chattering.

These are all little sisters from Chunhong's village.The one sitting here is almost the prettiest girl in the village.

In fact, Chunhong also knows something about the "Singing Ha Festival".Last year, she, Baozhu and the little sisters came to the county to compete in singing.

Last year, she was only 13 years old, she was young, and she couldn't sing, so she mainly came here to give the sisters a place.

Some villages in An County belong to ethnic minorities, and some villages do not belong to ethnic minorities.Chunhong’s village is a minority. The sisters put on festive costumes and came to the county seat. They found a place to form a circle, and the sisters who could sing began to sing.It will attract many people in a short while.

Some people will give them red arrows when they see that they dress beautifully and sing well.They didn't want to take the red arrows to fight in the ring, but to sell the red arrows.

Last year, the little sisters who could sing sang for a day, and got a total of more than 40 red arrows, and finally sold them for more than one tael of silver, and then distributed the money according to the size of each person's contribution.

This is their most profitable day of the year.

And reselling red arrows is generally lower than 35 Wen, such as [-] Wen and [-] Wen, so that they can be sold quickly.

　This article just borrows the name of "Chang Ha", and has nothing to do with the real "Chang Ha Festival".Readers who have this custom festival please do not take it seriously.

　　Supplementary information: "Singing Ha Festival" is a traditional festival of the Jing nationality. The dates vary from place to place. There are the tenth day of the sixth lunar month, the tenth day of the eighth month, and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. and so on. "Changha" means to sing.

　　
　
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