Happy pastoral event: a wonderful wife

Chapter 59
Shen Yunjin hurriedly asked, "Ling'er, how many styles of small bamboo baskets can you weave out of bamboo strips?"

Zhou Ling'er clapped her fingers and counted, "Maybe there are five or six kinds, Yunjin, do you like the bamboo baskets I made very much? If so, I can make all the styles I know and give them to you .”

Hearing what she said, Shen Yunjin was very happy, "Ling'er, you have a good handicraft, why not use it to make some money, you can weave some small bamboo baskets and sell them in the town. I have never done this in the town. I have seen someone selling such exquisite and unique bamboo baskets, if you sell the ones you made, they will definitely sell well."

A hint of surprise appeared on Zhou Linger's face. She opened her eyes wide and asked, "Really, do you think I can sell this kind of small thing and still make money?"

Her family's only source of income is the vegetables in the vegetable field, which can't be sold for much a year, and can barely fill her stomach. So now she suddenly heard that she can make money in another way, naturally Surprised and happy.

Shen Yunjin nodded, "Although I haven't sold this kind of thing before, it's no problem for me to earn some pocket money by selling small bamboo baskets. Anyway, there is no cost for this. You can make a few first. Time to bring them to town and see how it goes."

Zhou Ling'er immediately agreed, and she was still very interested.

"Yunjin, you're right. Weaving this kind of bamboo baskets doesn't cost anything except for a little time, so it's okay for us to try." Zhou Ling'er was very happy when she thought of making money to subsidize her family. .

Shen Yunjin was happy to see her, and she was also happy. Being able to help her friend come up with an idea to make money was a very fulfilling thing for her.

Zhou Ling'er took a small copper basin from the window sill, took out a few wet bamboo strips from it, and handed it to Shen Yunjin, "Yunjin, take these, and now I will teach you how to weave this kind of bamboo basket. Weaving bamboo baskets just looks complicated, but in fact, it will be very simple once you master the essentials. You are so smart and you will be able to learn it. I think if bamboo baskets can really sell for money, I can’t do it alone, we can do it together. Then sell them together."

Holding the bamboo strips, Shen Yunjin was slightly surprised, "Ling'er, this is your craft, you don't have to teach me, and if we weave bamboo baskets together, once we weave too many baskets, we may not be able to sell them all, so what should we do? If it will affect your money, forget it.”

She thought that she could earn some money by selling pastries every day, and she didn't want to get involved in Zhou Linger's small business, so as not to drag Zhou Linger down.

However, Zhou Linger didn't think so, she smiled and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you also teach me how to make pumpkin cakes and signature cakes? You can share your precious craftsmanship with me , what am I doing here?"

Because she likes to eat pumpkin cakes and signature cakes, Shen Yunjin taught her how to make them before. Because the two of them are friends who trust each other, Shen Yunjin did her best when teaching her without any reservations.

Zhou Ling'er said again, "Don't worry, there is no problem for the two of us to weave bamboo baskets together, because it takes a lot of time to weave a bamboo basket, and the free time in a day is at most enough to weave three or four. Well, if the bamboo baskets can really be sold, how can you buy three or four a day, so if you do it with me, not only will it not affect me, but it will help me, we are good friends, let's work together There's nothing wrong with cooperating."

Shen Yunjin thought for a while, and she felt that what Linger said was also reasonable, so she agreed to weave bamboo baskets with Zhou Linger, and then sold them in the town together.

What Zhou Ling'er said was indeed correct. As long as you master the key skills in weaving bamboo baskets, it is really not difficult at all. In less than half a day's vacation, Shen Yunjin has already learned how to weave three bamboo baskets, and even more so. What's rare is that the small baskets she weaves look similar to those made by Zhou Ling'er, and they are very delicate.

In the next two days, Shen Yunjin learned three other styles of weaving from Zhou Linger. After learning, the two of them began to prepare to sell the bamboo baskets in the town.

Another day later, Shen Yunjin and Zhou Ling'er made a total of twenty small bamboo baskets in six styles, and they decided to take these twenty to the town for a try.

In the morning, Shen Yunjin brought the cakes she had made as usual, and Zhou Linger took a big bamboo basket containing these twenty small bamboo baskets, and they went to the entrance of the village, got on an ox cart, and went to the town.

After arriving, Shen Yunjin put up the signboard at the place where she always set up a stall, and put the pastries in front of her, while Zhou Linger put out these bamboo baskets in an empty space next to her.

After getting ready, Zhou Ling'er muttered, "Yunjin, we've been busy weaving baskets, but we haven't thought about how much we should sell this one for. What do you think is the right price?"

Shen Yunjin pondered for a while, and said, "I think, the two smaller ones are worth six renminbi each, and the latter two square bamboo baskets are more complicated to weave, one ten renminbi is more suitable, and the other two Just one eight characters, what do you think?"

Zhou Ling'er squatted on the ground, nodded, and said, "I think it's okay. Everyone just makes fun of this kind of thing. If it's expensive, no one will buy it. But if it's cheaper, it's not worth our hard work. That's all. The price is right, so it should be possible.”

She calculated that she can make about four a day, and if the sales are good, thirty or forty Wen can be recorded in the account a day. The money is not just pocket money, it can cover the daily food and clothing expenses of her and her mother. , has exceeded her expectations.

Now, the key is whether anyone will buy it.

At the beginning, no one came to ask about the small bamboo baskets they sold. Most of the passers-by just glanced at them and passed by, with no intention of buying them at all.

Zhou Ling'er watched with eager eyes that half of Shen Yunjin's cakes were soon sold out, and there were many repeat customers, but the bamboo basket in front of her was still uninterested, she was anxious, she didn't want to work so hard for nothing a few days.

Shen Yunjin became even more anxious when she saw it. After all, it was her idea. If she finally found out that it was not a good idea, wouldn't Zhou Linger be happy for nothing.

She couldn't help but yelled twice, and asked the customers who came to buy her dim sum to look at the bamboo baskets next to her. After a lot of talking, someone finally noticed these unique and small bamboo baskets.

Several people took a look at the small bamboo baskets, and three of them finally took out a few pennies and bought a small bamboo basket to go back.

This counts as opening.

(End of this chapter)