After graduation, I went home to keep bees

Since Jiang Baichuan could find someone to cook for him here, Jiang Xiaoman simply spared two and a half days. Besides Chestnut Valley, he also wanted to visit Shangtang Village, and if possible, he also wanted to pay a visit. That Boss Tang just didn't know if he had time to receive him, a poor student, now that he had a big business.

No matter what, Jiang Xiaoman wanted to go to Shangtang Village, he wanted to see how other people did it.

After lunch, Jiang Xiaoman carried a basket on his back and went to the village shop to buy some cakes and brown sugar. He set off from the village and walked for more than an hour to Jiangwan Village.

This is really a dead horse looking at the mountain. Jiangwan Village stands on the mountain and looks not far away. It was very easy to recognize, Jiang Xiaoman asked Mrs. Chen for the location of her home in advance, and asked her to help lead the way, and found Cuiping's grandma's home.

Unexpectedly, the condition of Cuiping Grandma’s house looks good. It is a two and a half-story building with tiles on the outside!

After asking, I found out that Grandma Cuiping had three daughters, and the small building was built with the help of her three sons-in-law.

Who would have thought?Those who gave birth to several sons back then are now so downcast that they live in an old house surrounded by drafts, and they don't want to raise any sons. On the contrary, Grandma Cuiping, who gave birth to three daughters, enjoys the blessings of daughters and son-in-laws when she grows old.

Grandma Cuiping’s three daughters gave her 500 yuan for living expenses every month. The old couple did not have a hard time, but the older generation was like this, especially many elderly people in rural areas. Save more for your children. Grandma Cuiping was a skillful embroiderer when she was young. Now that she is older, with this skill, she can save some money every year to send red envelopes to her grandchildren for the New Year.

Hearing that Jiang Xiaoman said that she wanted to order her floral shoes, Grandma Cuiping nodded, then shook her head again.This business is really safe, but hand embroidery is a time-consuming and meticulous work, and she is worried that those customers Jiang Xiaoman mentioned will not be able to wait that long.

"Don't worry about this, I will pick up those who are not in a hurry to get the goods. They are willing to wait and pay a deposit first. Even if they can't wait, I will still pay you for the shoes at the original price. Those who buy shoes are not afraid, so what are you afraid of when you sell shoes?"

Jiang Xiaoman has calculated this account. In the Hanfu circle, generally this kind of customization according to size requires a deposit. In fact, the deposit can basically protect the capital, and the rest of the payment is profit.

Taking a step back, even if the client breaks the contract and refuses, at most he will not make money to protect his capital, and the deposit can be given to Cuiping Grandma, and he can sell the shoes that the client does not want.

After all the calculations, this is a business that is sure to make money without losing money.

Not only Grandma Cuiping, but he also plans to find a few more aunts and sisters-in-law in the village who can make this kind of old-fashioned cloth embroidered shoes to do it together.

"Really? Then can I do it? I can also embroider with bamboo frame. I embroider all the pillowcases and pillowcases in my house." Mrs. Chen said pleasantly.

"Of course, Mrs. Chen, can you ask me how many people in the village can make this kind of old-fashioned embroidered shoes? Or they can make embroidered shoes according to the pattern I provided. I plan to open a shop online to sell this kind of shoes." Shoes. Now many city girls who like Hanfu are looking for this kind of embroidered shoes, and they will definitely be sold!"

"That's great! Anyway, we usually have nothing to do at home, and we can't find work in the village. It's good to make a pair of embroidered shoes and earn more than a dozen yuan." Sister-in-law Chen is quick-talking, and she just said so. Can't help pouring out bitter water with Jiang Xiaoman.

It is really difficult for women like them who stay in the mountains to take care of the elderly and children to earn some money!The elderly and children in the family cannot live without someone to take care of them, so even if they know that they can earn one or two hundred dollars a day by picking projects in Chestnut Valley, because they have to take care of the family every night, they can only secretly envy them, and there is no way to leave the whole family behind to make money .

After all, the recruiter said that during the ten or so days of concentrated picking, the pickers would live and eat in the chestnut ditch. How could they leave their children alone for half a month?

As for the work at the door of the house, there is basically no work. The little potatoes and sweet potatoes grown every year are only enough for the family to eat. All the expenses are dependent on men to earn money outside.

"My man makes furniture for others in the factory. He can earn more than 4000 yuan a month. If he eats and drinks for himself, and saves a little more, he will give me 1000 yuan a month for my family of four to eat and drink. I also need to save some money to keep. Reading to children, hey! If only we could have a big mushroom grower here like Chinligou!"

"Not to mention more than 100 yuan a day, I am willing to earn dozens of yuan." Speaking of the chestnut ditch, Mrs. Chen's tone was full of envy.

Jiang Xiaoman was also silent.

He wanted to say that we might be able to find work right outside our house in the future, but now he still dare not give such a guarantee. Everything will be decided after he goes to Shangtang Village and meets that Boss Tang. down.

However, let's not talk about the distance, there is a business that can earn some pocket money right now, and I can take everyone to try it.

After making an appointment with Grandma Cuiping, I have already sent a private message to him to order the quantity and size of the printed cloth shoes. Jiang Xiaoman entrusted Mrs. Chen to help him find out in the village to see how many people know this craft and how long it takes for a pair of shoes to last. Do it well, so that he can calculate the approximate final selling price based on the working hours.

However, this proposal was rejected by Mrs. Chen.

"I'm afraid it's too expensive and people won't want to buy it. How about it, you wait for me to ask first. In my opinion, if it's not like this, you can decide how much you can charge for a pair of shoes, and if you want to do more, you can work harder. , If you can’t afford it, make a pair in three or five days, the money will be for nothing, and watch the children do their homework at night, and just do it by the way.”

Mrs. Chen was afraid that Jiang Xiaoman's talks with others would collapse, and this business would be ruined. In fact, when winter came a few years ago, she also imitated others to make cotton shoes and sold them at a stall in the town. A pair of shoes cost 15 yuan. It's not bad to earn three or five yuan after removing the cost.

This business only lasts for the first two months of the year at most. Many people who go out to work have no time to do it by themselves, so they will buy ready-made ones on the street, and no one will buy them after the New Year.But for Jiang Xiaoman's side, according to what he said, as long as the quality is good and the price is cheap, and it can be done all year round, then it is a safe business.

"Okay! Sister-in-law Chen, please help me to ask. The spring and autumn single cloth shoes are 30 yuan a pair. I will look at them in autumn and winter. Anyway, they must be higher than the single shoes. In addition, help me find some handy craftsmen. Yes, there are people here who want to bring their own patterns to order, this one is a bit more expensive, I will pay for a pair of shoes according to the complexity of the pattern, a simple pair of 80 yuan, let’s talk about the complicated ones, what do you think?"

"What else can I do? This will definitely work! I'm the first to sign up! If you don't believe me, come back and give me a pattern to try. I won't brag to you. When I was young, I could even embroider phoenixes!" Mrs. Chen complacent.

"Really? Then do you have any ready-made ones at home? Can you take me to have a look?" Jiang Xiaoman didn't expect to have such unexpected gains, and felt a little itchy for a while.

"Success, let's go! Go to my house now, and I'll show you the pillowcase uppers I embroidered when I was a girl." Mrs. Chen's personality is very refreshing, and she is about to take Jiang Xiaoman home to see samples.

It just so happens that Grandma Cuiping has almost talked with her here. She is getting old, and Jiang Xiaoman is afraid that she will not be able to accept new styles. After thinking about it, let her make basic models in the future, and find more innovative styles. A young daughter-in-law like Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen’s house is also a small two-and-a-half-story building built along the river. The layout of the houses here is similar. Because the river is too humid, there are attics on the top floors, which are specially used to store food and prevent it from getting damp.However, Mrs. Chen’s family’s condition is not as good as that of Cuiping’s grandma. The whole building is only made of red brick cement to build a frame, and the outside is not decorated with white cement and ceramic tiles. The red bricks exposed outside, and some brick cracks They're all starting to grow vases.

Entering the house, there is an old dining table in the middle, and a stove next to it is also built with red bricks. It seems that there is no money to install window glass. The windows on the first floor are covered with plastic bags, because the ventilation is not enough. Well, there was a musty smell in the room and it was very dark.

Jiang Xiaoman sat awkwardly on the small bench by the dining table. In fact, their family was also poor, but because his father had learned carpentry when he was young, the furniture in the house was made by himself, which was strong and durable.Looking at Mrs. Chen's house again, the only dining table had a broken leg, and a stick of a different color was used to nail it to the bottom, and a piece of red brick was placed under it, and the stools around the dining table were not. A stool of the same shape, with a backrest and a square shape, looks shabby and pitiful.

Of course he wouldn't laugh at Aunt Chen just because of this. In fact, in Langshan, there are quite a few families living in the mountains who can't even live in the two-and-a-half-story brick buildings.His own house is just a two-story earthen house, the kind of mud-brick house made of yellow mud decades ago. How do you say that? Don't speak loudly, otherwise a layer of dust will be shaken off, and the food at home will be evenly sprinkled for you.

Mrs. Chen poured him a cup of tea first, then went to her bedroom on the second floor, and quickly took out an old-fashioned furoshiki, and uncovered the furoshiki, which turned out to be layers of embroidered bedding and shoes. It can be seen that the owner of the embroidery has preserved them very carefully, and even the raw edges of the edges are clearly visible.

Looking at the embroidery on it, it is also similar to the technique used by Cuiping's grandma. Jiang Xiaoman knows that this is the most common bamboo stretch soil embroidery here.

Jiang Xiaoman was picked up by his father rushing to the market. Jiang Youliang was poor all his life and never married a wife. It stands to reason that there would be no such things as embroidery in their family, but who told him that he was praised by the witch himself? What about the "blessed" children?

Ever since Jiang Youliang walked out of the witch's house with Jiang Xiaoman in his arms, this prophecy spread quickly throughout the country.

The mountain people in that era were very superstitious, mainly because they were poor and afraid. When they heard that God had blessed them with a "blessed" child, the villagers living nearby all wanted to make a good relationship.

What kind of gift is suitable for a baby in swaddling?

In addition to the old hens, eggs, and dried noodles, the most common gifts are small clothes and quilts made by the family. This is the custom in Langshan. The quilts and clothes for children must be embroidered with five Poison and other patterns, Jiang Xiaoman's clothes, shoes and socks have come from this way since he was a child, so don't be too familiar with this local embroidery technique!

"Okay! That's great! This is so pretty!" Jiang Xiaoman's eyes were reddened, thinking of the little clothes made for him by the aunts and grandmothers in his camphor wood box. At this moment, he thought, Even for those clothes that are not lacking in four seasons from childhood to adulthood, he has to fight for it!

What Boss Tang can do, he may not be unable to do it!Even if you can't learn [-]% of it, it is good to earn some pocket money for the villagers to buy meat and noodles.

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感谢在2021-11-1310:30:18~2021-11-1412:50:48期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 30 bottles of Qihua Yushu; 1 bottle of such a big pile;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!