Liu An Hua Ming You Yi Village

Chapter 85

"A pair of couplets is six pennies. If you buy two, we only charge eleven pennies." This is the so-called preferential policy. They have already calculated the cost, including the red paper, ink and labor, etc. It costs about four pennies to make a pair of couplets, and they earn two pennies.Buying two pictures earns three pennies. Although you earn one penny less, you earn one penny more than buying one.

"It's too expensive, can it be cheaper?" Someone asked.

"This price is already very fair. Look at the words and the paper. They are all first-class. You can't buy such cheap and affordable couplets anywhere!" Du Yu smiled and said to him. said.

"You little girl, you have a pretty sharp mouth. Well, you can show me two pictures, with a good meaning!"

"Okay, I guarantee you will be satisfied!" Du Yu was also unambiguous, "We are all farming families. What we like most is the harvest of the grain and the wealth of money. How about I get these two pictures for you!"

"Haha, these two are good, I want these two!"

Du Yu wished he could raise the victory gesture when he received the proper eleven coins. Erlang also reacted, hurriedly greeted the guests, and his speech became more and more agile.After a while, several copies were sold!

It's Chinese New Year, who doesn't buy couplets?In the past, I begged someone to write couplets for me, and I had to bring things and say something nice. Now there are people who sell couplets, so I might as well buy them here.

So Du Yu's business here is very good, and Da Lang started to write and sell it, because some customers didn't have the couplets they wanted here, so they had to write them now. In this way, there were still several onlookers , Seeing that Dalang can write beautiful handwriting at such an age, I am really amazed.

Someone inquired, this looks like a child who is studying, why are they still selling couplets?
Someone made up their minds, it must be from a poor family, in order to study and support the family, they had to come out to sell couplets.

In this way, more people will come to buy couplets.Although the weather was cold, Du Yu and the others were too busy to sweat.

"I said little scholar, if you set up a stall here, you have to pay homage to the pier, right?" A group of people who looked like gangsters came, and Du Dalang made a bow to these people, and handed over the prepared copper coins. I have set up a stall here, and I have already inquired with the people around me. There are people who collect protection fees here, which is the so-called stall fee. Looking at these people, they look like gangsters, but they are actually "captures" outside the staff of Panshan Town.
Quick', there is no salary, but order is maintained. They mainly rely on this protection fee to live.

If you don't give it, they will definitely smash your stall and make you lose more than you gain.

"It seems that you understand the rules, then you continue, and I wish you a prosperous business in the future!" This group of people went to other places to collect protection fees.

Erlang grumbled: "The money I earned just now is all at their expense!" What a loss!

Du Yu hurriedly said: "Second brother, speak in a low voice. When the time comes, they will hear us and smash our stall, so we won't just lose that little money. Let's cheer up, and we will earn our own money later on." Already!"

"Yu'er is right, Erlang, be careful what comes out of your mouth." Such people are indispensable in any place, and it is better in Panshui Town. There is Liu Butou over there, and they will definitely not be bullied, but they are. Panshan Town, who didn't want to be under that kind of protection, had to adapt to the rules since he chose this place.

The middle-aged man selling dry goods next to him said: "Yeah, a few days ago, there was a newcomer who didn't pay the booth fee, so he was smashed and injured. What do you say? , How worthless? Pay it, pay it, who told us that we are not from this town? We have to pay for it if we occupy other people’s land to do business. "

Hearing this, Du Erlang was a little frightened. Du Yu comforted him and said, "It's okay, didn't we pay it? They won't trouble us."

Next, there were still many people who came to buy couplets. At noon, they bought three biscuits with money and ate them. In the afternoon, the couplets and red paper they brought were used up, and there were still people who wanted to buy them, but they were out of stock.Can only be disappointed.

Some people also suggested to them that they could sell some New Year pictures together, so that more people would buy them.Because everyone has to go to the store to buy New Year pictures. If they are available here, wouldn’t that save time and energy?
It's a good idea. When they decide to come back next time, it's like this, they can make money, why should they be so lofty?It is good that a New Year picture can earn a penny.

Du Dalang put the heavy money bag in his hands. In fact, Du Erlang really wanted to hold it in his hand, but he was afraid that he would lose it.

The three brothers and sisters closed the stall, got on the donkey cart and went home.

Mrs. Hu has been watching at the door, until she saw the three brothers and sisters, she was relieved, and asked in repeated voices: "Is anyone bothering you? Is it cold? Go back and bake your hands!"

"Mom, you should ask how our business is doing? Hehe, we are selling very well today. Many people exaggerate my eldest brother, saying that he can write such beautiful characters at such a young age, and he must have a bright future in the future!" Du Yu said with a smile.

Which mother doesn't like to hear others praise their children?The Hu family was no exception, with smiles on their faces, and other people gathered around and asked them about the situation of the three brothers and sisters in Panshan Town.

Looking at the copper coins poured on the table, Du Youquan said in surprise: "My mother, so much money!"

Du Youde said with a smile: "If you can write a good handwriting, you can earn so much."

"Fourth brother, don't entertain me, I'm not that kind of material." It's not that my father didn't teach me to read and write, but I couldn't write well, which made my father angry. I won’t write about it, I really don’t have that kind of talent, if you want him to farm, it’s not too bad!
Old man Du was the last to know, so he was sullen for a while, and then Du Youzhong came to him alone, and after talking for a long time, he finally let go of his anger.

Hearing that the sons were all around talking about money, he said: "What's wrong with learning, I just learned the smell of copper in my stomach. Dalang and the others didn't go out to make money. Life is full of things, and going out is For a long time to know."

Today, the eldest son told himself that he wanted to let the children know more about life, so that it would be easier to be flexible in the future, so Mr. Du was not angry.

Du Youquan and the others don't care about Mr. Du, anyway, looking at the money is comfortable!
"Let Da Lang and the others count and see how much money they earned today!"

Counting money is something that everyone likes to do. With everyone's help, I finally counted the money. The total is 310 pennies. After excluding the cost, I actually made a profit of [-] pennies!

"My darling, I can earn one hundred taels of silver a day. If I go every day, it will be a month. Let me do the math. Ten days is a tael of silver, and 30 days is three taels of silver. make money!"

"You mean every day, how can there be a market every day?" Du Youde poured cold water on Du Youquan.

Du Youquan smiled and said, "Isn't that what I said, anyway, this couplet is quite profitable."

"You can't make money as a living," said Mr. Du, "Da Lang and the others do it occasionally, how can it be regarded as a daily business?"

Anyway, Mr. Du doesn't allow it.Mrs. Qi spoke here, "The three of them earned this money, and I won't take it here anymore. Keep it for yourselves, and use it as pocket money."

The grandchildren can make money, Qi is naturally happy, and now life is better, she doesn't have to receive everything, usually the daughters-in-law make their own money from sewing, she let them keep it Yes, so Du Yu and the others also have this little money on hand.

Just do it well, they have decided to sell the New Year pictures with them next time, they will earn more money and it will be convenient for everyone.

This New Year picture is to go to the grocery store in the town, buy a lot of it, and use the wholesale price directly, anyway, they don’t sell it in Panshui Town, so I inquired about the places where there are fairs in a few nearby towns or villages, so I drove the donkey cart In the past, they set up stalls and worked like this for more than ten days, and they actually earned almost two taels of silver!
To celebrate, the three brothers and sisters bought meat and bones with the money they earned for everyone to have a good meal.

Although Mrs. Qi said that if you earn two dollars, you don't know how high the sky is, but the corners of your mouth are still curled up. This is her grandson's money to honor her. Can you be unhappy?

Although she doesn't eat it alone, isn't she the housekeeper now? It's like the grandchildren are making up for everyone for her sake.

Mrs. Chen joked to Du Yu and the others: "Bring Aunt Wu with you next year, and Aunt Fifth will also make money. I'll help you guys."

"My fifth aunt won't look down on our money next year. Maybe my fifth uncle will start making furniture for others. At that time, there will be a lot of money to be made."

Du Youquan's father-in-law is a carpenter. After marrying Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen also begged her father to take Du Youquan with her. Mrs. Qi also agreed to this matter. Anyway, the old couple will not be here in the future, so they can't let the eldest Take them with you for a lifetime, and it's good to have a craft yourself.

What's more, this is agreed by Lao Wu's father-in-law himself. When Lao Wu really leaves his teacher, the Qi family will not want all the money he earns. The young couple will keep some and hand over the other. Qi will treat his son and daughter-in-law equally .

As for the third child, in the future he and his wife will have the craft of grinding tofu, and there will be no disadvantages. The fourth child does not know how to make a living. Yes, and this kind of farming is the business of big guys. Making furniture and grinding tofu like this can only be extra income. During the slack season, you can do it.

The third and third couple have long wanted to continue grinding tofu. After all, only in this way can they save money for their private house. Mrs. Qi also thought, let them continue next year, and they can't just focus on the present and ignore the future.It is also possible for them to make some money during their slack!

Chen naturally likes her husband to be a teacher as soon as possible. Her father is making furniture for others. The days are getting better and better. Of course, she will not say anything stupid about separating the family. The uncle is a scholar, and he is backed by a big tree. It's good to enjoy the cool, and there are no other troubles, so that you can make more money during the slack season.

(End of this chapter)