Rebirth of the farmer's daughter-in-law

Chapter 45
"I promise I won't pay! All the men, women and children in this town go to the town. The streets and alleys are full of people. If one out of ten people buys it, they will sell a lot. Every family has children, and they spend fifteen at a time in a year." If you don’t want to eat or drink, the adults will follow the children. Buy some small lanterns and candied melons, keep them and sell them quickly.” He thought he was very thoughtful and the deal was feasible, so he naturally tried his best to persuade Meng Da.

Meng Da listened and thought for a while, then asked: "You can think of this, especially people who have been doing business all year round. You only count how many people will buy, why don't you count how many people are selling? There are many sellers. The number of people will not increase, the price will be lowered, even if you don’t lose money, you won’t make much money. At that time, the money distributed to you will be pitifully small, and you may have to work hard in vain.”

He really hadn't thought about it, Meng Da's words were like a basin of cold water pouring down on him, making his head sluggish immediately.

"Where did the beaming look go?" Meng laughed and scolded, "But this small business can be done. As long as the cost is less and the style is more novel, there is no need to worry about making money."

Hearing this, his eyes lit up, and then he sighed again, "How much can we buy? Amitabha is not more expensive than those big merchants. How dare we expect less cost? And there are only a few types of lanterns tossed over and over. There are only a few styles every year. It’s almost the same. It’s better not to say what Brother Meng said, it seems that this business can’t be done.”

"Go to the town to buy some materials for making lanterns, and then buy some brown sugar and white sugar back." Meng Da took out two taels of silver and ordered.

He was startled, and then understood Meng Da's intention.But these two old men are clumsy, what kind of novelty lanterns can they make?He was afraid that buying materials would be a waste of money, so he might as well buy some ready-made goods, at least the cost would not be lost in his hands.

"Go as soon as you are told, I will be the only one who loses money." Meng Da already had an idea in his mind.

During the Chinese New Year, Siya saw that the neighbors on the left and right had hung red lanterns on the doorsteps, so she clamored for one.Meng Duo made a frame with straw, pasted it with white paper, and pasted paper-cuts of the Chinese zodiac on it.Si Ya was very happy when she saw it, and said that she had only one lantern in her house!
Seeing that the lantern was more delicate than those sold in the town, Meng Da was even more amazed at Meng Duo's dexterity.

When Xiao Qiang went to the town in a hurry, he told Meng Duo about his plan, "Qiangzi wants to make a living, and I want to help him, but this will require you to work hard."

"I'm not afraid of hard work, but I'm afraid that the things I make will not look good, and the materials will be wasted instead." Meng Duo didn't know what to do. It's okay to make some small objects to amuse the children. Can anyone buy them in the town?

"You just do it, I trust your craft."

Xiao Qiang came back only in the afternoon, carrying a bag of materials on his back, and also explained the latest style of lanterns.

Children like all kinds of small animals the most. Meng Duo wanted to make lanterns in the shape of small animals and add them with candied melons in the shape of small animals.

She first made a set of twelve zodiac signs with straw, and revised it several times. Xiao Qiang exclaimed that it was beautiful when he saw it, and said that there were also lanterns in the shape of small animals for sale in the town, but they were all similar in shape. At first glance, she made these It doesn't look like much, but it looks more and more like it.The cuteness of the little rabbit, the naivety of the little pig, the mischievousness of the little monkey... She can always capture the different characteristics of the little animals, making people feel lifelike.

Meng Duo asked Meng Da and Xiao Qiang to make twelve molds out of wood, and they made them according to the frame she made. Although they were not ten percent like hers, they still looked eighth.

Sanchun and Siya also worked as hard as they could. After eight or nine days of hard work, they made a lot of small, exquisite and beautiful lanterns.On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Meng Duo started to make sugar melons, and the whole family set off for the town early in the morning on the fifteenth day.

Meng Dahua hired a small donkey cart. On the one hand, the lanterns were difficult to carry, and on the other hand, he also thought that Sanchun and Siya were still children and could not walk.

Every year on the fifteenth and fifteenth day of the first lunar month, people from eight villages go to the town to watch lanterns and go shopping.

It was the first time for Sanchun and Siya to go to the town, and they were all happy from ear to ear along the way.When they arrived in the town, the two children calmed down, their eyes kept looking around.

Meng Da didn't have time to pay attention to the two of them, and only told them not to run around.There are many people and chaos in the town. If you are abducted by bad guys, you may never see your family again.Si Ya couldn't help but clenched Sanchun's hand tightly when she heard this, and nodded with her small mouth tightly pressed.

Xiao Qiang parked the donkey cart in an open space, built a shelf, and hung samples of lanterns on it, and the candied melons were inserted on the pillars made of straw.

He had already inquired in advance that today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and you can set up stalls on the street at will, first come first, and then pay some taxes.

Although this location is not the best, it is spacious and close to the busiest market, and the most important tax is much worse than a good location.

There are not many people on the street right now, but many small businesses are setting up stalls.Not far from their stall is a seller of Lantern Festival. There is also a big pot and a set of broken tables and chairs next to them. You can buy them home or eat them here.

Originally, Meng Duo wanted to make some Lantern Festivals for Sanchun and Siya, but he has been busy making lanterns these days and didn't make time.Seeing Siya's greedy cat, Meng laughed and said, "When we sell the lanterns and make money, we will buy you and Sanchun the Lantern Festival to eat. Be obedient and don't run around, help take care of the things on the donkey cart. "

After hearing this, Siya was very happy, and she and Sanchun stood by the donkey cart.After a while, the sky darkened, and the merchants lit up all the lanterns they brought, and there were still many lanterns hanging on the trees by the roadside, all of which were bought with the money of the town hall.Everywhere was brightly lit.

Seeing that there are more and more people on the street, they usually drag their families out for a stroll.On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the snow lights up, and Tiangong is just in time for the occasion, and the snowflakes are floating freely, which is a bit of a sentimental feeling without hindering the shopping.

Soon someone noticed Mengda's stall. The children clamored to buy it. The adults looked at the lanterns and they looked very chic. They bought one without mentioning the price. They even bought a Tangguaer of the same zodiac sign.

The child held a lantern in one hand and a sugar melon in the other, and followed the adults away with a smile on his face.

Xiao Qiang was even more happy when he looked at the copper plate in his hand, "Brother Meng, we're opening! Good luck! We sell two of them, and it looks like we're going to make a lot of money tonight. I just took a look around and counted our lanterns. Strange, there is also this Tangguaer, which is the only one for Scorpion Baba!"

"It was meant to be eaten, but you said it was a reincarnation of five grains. Be careful not to buy it if people hear it." Meng Da glared at him and cursed.

Xiao Qiang laughed, and turned around to see several people yelling vigorously as they passed by.

Rareness is the most precious thing, although Xiao Qiang's words are rough but the truth is not. In less than an hour, the lanterns and candied melons they brought were almost sold out.

(End of this chapter)