In the afternoon, while the sun was shining, Zhong Tingyue took bamboo strips and started teaching Tang Yulian.
Tang Yulian went from being calm at the beginning to being shocked at the end, and her unhappiness turned into surprise and admiration.
She was a little slow to learn, she didn't do this kind of work very much, and she was afraid that Zhong Tingyue would be angry.
But Zhong Tingyue is very patient.
Tang Yulian successfully made a small one, with a face filled with surprise: "Mom, I think I gave Aunt Li a little too much. Our family worked so hard to make one, but Aunt Li just... took away so much."
Zhong Tingyue collided with her idea, but she had no connections here. Aunt Li's business still couldn't stop, but they could also go to the street to sell these baskets.
Zhong Tingyue nodded and said with a smile: "I also have this idea. Let's sell the baskets ourselves. If Aunt Li can still bring business to our family, we will also take over."
Who would object to having too much money? What's more, only when there are many happy events, the basket business may be better.
Most of the people Aunt Li brought here were those who had happy events at home.
The two hit it off immediately, and Wen Jinxiu nodded silently beside him.
The next morning, the family went to the town together with various baskets, large and small.
There were quite a few people at the gathering, and the three children were very happy and chattering away. The whole family was in a happy mood along the way.
"You three, follow your mothers and don't get lost." Zhong Tingyue shouted, carrying large and small baskets, calling out to Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian.
They needed to go to the store, but they were not familiar with it, so they had to let their two daughters-in-law lead the way.
Shen Changmian and Shen Erhai grabbed their children and said, "Mom, you go and do your work first, while we take the three little ones to look around."
The three children all have copper coins in their hands, and they probably can't put them away. Instead of letting them spend them randomly, it's better to keep an eye on them.
Shen Dashan also nodded quickly: "I'll go too."
With that said, he turned around and left.
Zhong Tingyue still trusted Shen Changmian, nodded, and walked to the market with Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian.
Shen Dashan touched the string of money in his pocket and let out a laugh. Looking at Shen Erhai and Shen Changmian walking in front, he deliberately slowed down his pace, turned around and ran towards the gambling house.
"Brother, what are you doing!" Shen Erhai discovered it first and quickly followed up to catch Shen Dashan.
"Go, go, go and have fun, leave me alone!" Shen Dashan only had eyes for gambling houses and threw Shen Erhai away.
Shen Changmian stepped forward to stop him: "Brother, you can't go anymore! Where did you get the money?"
Shen Dashan snorted coldly, with a look of arrogance on his face: "My wife's money is my money, why do you care so much! Go away!"
His steps quickened, leaving them behind in an instant.
Shen Erhai and Shen Changmian looked at each other, with helplessness and resentment on their faces.
Here Zhong Tingyue found several bamboo weaving shops. She compared them and took her two daughters-in-law into a bamboo weaving shop that was more luxurious than other shops.
The people coming in and out of the store were obviously more gorgeously dressed than others. Zhong Tingyue made up her mind and stepped in.
A man in a navy blue robe stood in front of the counter, his knuckled fingers pushing the abacus. When he heard the movement, his ears twitched.
He raised his eyes slightly, revealing his beautiful dark pupils that seemed to be filled with stars.
His eyes fell on Zhong Tingyue, his eyebrows were raised slightly, and his hand that was calculating the accounts stopped.
The man had a clear voice and a handsome appearance. He came forward from behind the counter to greet some of them: "Three distinguished guests, what are you doing for me?"
When Zhong Tingyue heard this magnetic voice, her heart skipped a beat, her eyes suddenly met his, and her heart tightened even more.
He's so good looking.
Along the way, Zhong Tingyue had been looking around calmly, and now she was even more shocked by this man's appearance.
Even Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian couldn't help but stare at him a few more times.
Zhong Tingyue suppressed her surprise and lined up the baskets on the counter: "Shopkeeper, excuse me, we are here to discuss business."
The man chuckled lightly, stretched out his hand to hold the abacus in his hand: "You three, please sit down, someone will make tea."
He sat down opposite Zhong Tingyue. Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian did not move and dared to stand there. It was only after Zhong Tingyue persuaded them with a few words that they relaxed a little.
Zhong Tingyue got straight to the point and asked the man to look at the baskets they had woven first. After he looked at them carefully, he said, "We provide baskets according to the day. What do you think?"
"What do you call me?" Ling Xiaohan pushed the tea cup in front of her: "My surname is Ling. You can just call me Shopkeeper Ling."
"Bell." Zhong Tingyue paused: "A bell that sounds like a loud bell."
"Miss Zhong."
Zhong Tingyue didn't care about the suffix and began to discuss the subsequent price in detail.
The other party was indeed a discerning person, and in the end each basket was sold at a price that was thirty cents more than Zhong Tingyue's price.
Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian remained silent from beginning to end. After walking out, Zhong Tingyue weighed the money in his hands, and then they both came back to their senses.
They made a total of sixteen different baskets, and the shopkeeper ordered each one and gave a deposit of one tael of silver!
This is heavy.
Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian couldn't even imagine how much money they made in one fell swoop!
This is just a deposit!
Zhong Tingyue coughed lightly: "Winter is coming soon. Let's buy some things for the house and let's go."
Ling Xiaohan stood at the door holding an abacus in his hand, holding a delicate little basket in his hand. In this remote place, there was someone with such skill that could be compared to the artistic ladies in the palace.
The corners of Ling Xiaohan's lips raised, "Obviously I am a woman, but I still prefer to call her girl...not shy about it, Zhong..."
Zhong Tingyue had no idea that she was walking forward with Wen Jinxiu and Tang Yulian.
The three of them passed the entrance of the gambling house, where a group of people were surrounding them.
Zhong Tingyue liked the excitement and subconsciously went up to take a look.
It's okay not to look at it, but I was shocked when I looked at it.
Shen Dashan, with a bruised nose and swollen face, was kneeling on the ground. Several tough men held sticks in their hands and cursed at him.
He kept begging for mercy, and one of them grabbed his collar and spat: "Why bet if you don't have money!"
Shen Dashan was about to say something when he saw Wen Jinxiu from the corner of his eye and shouted quickly: "Mom! Wife! You are finally here. Give me money quickly! Those are my mother and my wife. They are rich. , they have money! I’m going to ask for the money!”
The big man glanced at Zhong Tingyue and loosened Shen Dashan's collar: "Are you his mother? Your son owes us five taels of silver, how can he pay it back? If he doesn't pay it back, we will chop him off. finger!"
Zhong Tingyue raised her eyebrows. If she had five taels of silver on one finger, she would definitely choose to chop it off!
But she didn't expect that even after beating Shen Dashan so many times, he still wouldn't obey!
Wen Jinxiu was so angry that she was shaking all over: "Where did you get the money and you still go gambling!?"
As he said that, he realized that all the coins in his arms were gone: "Shen Dashan! Are you shameless!"
Only then did Zhong Tingyue learn that Shen Dashan had stolen all the copper coins from the previous two days!
She was so angry that she stepped forward and slapped Shen Dashan on the face: "You scum! How can you have the nerve to ask for money! You stole it from your own family, right! Why don't you die!"
Everyone else was confused by Zhong Tingyue's appearance.
Before he could speak, Zhong Tingyue shouted angrily: "Chop it off! Chop off his fingers! I don't have this son!"
Wen Jinxiu was startled. She looked at the knife in her hand and felt a little soft-hearted: "Mother... Dashan..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhong Tingyue glared at her: "No pleas allowed!"
Wen Jinxiu swallowed and did not dare to answer.
Those tough men sneered, thinking that Zhong Tingyue was acting to make them soft-hearted: "Then we will listen to you and chop it up!"
As he said that, he held Shen Dashan down and raised the knife with a cold light.
