These days, many people in the village are making embroidery, and selling it in the town really makes a lot of money.
There were people who made embroidery in the village before, but when they were sold in shops in the town, the price was often lowered, so that the income was relatively low. Comers are welcome, but different prices will still be given depending on the quality of the embroidery.
The people in the village followed Lu Lin to make money, and their comments on the Chen brothers and Lu Lin went up a lot. In the yard, several embroiderers gathered together to do embroidery.
"Two days ago, the head of my family took my embroidery to Huaxia Commercial Firm. Guess what he saw." The woman asked proudly.
"What did you see!"
The woman said with some pride: "He saw the fans sold in the store, the fans were all made of cloth, and the patterns on the fans were embroidered by me. The embroidery we made should be made into fans. gone."
"I've also heard that the embroidery we made seems to be made into round fans. It used to cost two hundred yuan a piece, but the price seems to have come down recently, but it's still very expensive."
"Two hundred cash! With this money, it's better to buy dozens of big palm-leaf fans." Although palm-leaf fans are cheap, many poor families are reluctant to buy them. I will change it.
"We think it's expensive, but the wives don't think so. I heard that when this fan was first released, many people bought it by the dozen or so."
"Let's hurry up and make more embroidery. When the weather gets colder, I'm afraid this fan won't be able to sell. At that time, there will be no money to make."
"Grandma Shen is still the most discerning. She made friends with Lu Lin early on. Now that she is in the town, she should be able to earn a lot of money in a month." A woman said sourly.
"I heard that Zhang Xiuhe wanted the job of Grandma Shen, but Lu Lin didn't agree."
"Zhang Xiuhe is also true. They have already used Grandma Shen, so how can they be replaced casually." In fact, many women in the village are very envious of Grandma Shen's work, but envy is envy, and everyone is also envious. I won't grab it casually.
"Zhang Xiuhe is Lizheng's sister after all."
"What's wrong with Lizheng's younger sister, Lizheng can't be unreasonable!"
Lizheng still has some prestige in the hearts of the villagers. A woman smiled and changed the subject, "When my man went there, he saw Chen Xiaocai working as the shopkeeper in the shop. This kid is promising now. ! The business of a few taels of silver, the complexion does not change, it looks very sophisticated."
"Chen Xiaocai is becoming more and more capable. If you ask me to say that studying and becoming an official is nothing, how can this official be so easy! It's better to be honest, learn a skill, and earn more money, that will be beneficial. !"
In the evening, Lu An returned home from the town, "Have you received the money?" Lin Xiuer asked.
Lu An nodded, "I've received this month's salary, and I've been deducted two hundred cash for lost wages."
Lin Xiu'er said sullenly: "How could this happen?"
Lu An said in a muffled voice, "The boss just married a new wife, and that woman wants her younger brother to replace my job, so she's picking on me." Lu An's job is to manage more than forty migrant workers , I don’t know how many people are jealous.
Lin Xiu'er said with some worry: "Then you won't lose this job."
Lu An shook his head, and said proudly: "Probably not. I've been working for a long time, and the people below listen to me very much. Even if the boss wants to change someone, he should weigh it carefully."
Lin Xiuer was relieved when Lu An said no.
If Lu An loses his job, the old lady will definitely be angry.
"You can be regarded as an old man. This boss can't be nepotistic when he employs people. I think it shouldn't matter." Lin Xiuer smiled and didn't know whether she was convincing Lu An or herself.
"By the way, is Chen Xiaomi really pregnant?" Lin Xiuer asked.
Lu An nodded and said, "It should be, it's been a few months."
Lin Xiuer was a little puzzled and said: "He is inconvenient, why does the boss of Huaxia Commercial Bank still use him?" Lin Xiuer felt that the boss of Huaxia Commercial Bank was too strange, Chen Xiaomi had a body, and Chen Maimai was a fool. , He actually didn't fire people.
Shuang'er's status is relatively low. When the boss in the town recruits workers, he is generally more inclined to use men. If Shuang'er is pregnant, her work will definitely be affected, and the boss will definitely not want to use it.
Lu An shook his head and said, "The big boss of Huaxia Commercial Bank doesn't show up very often, and seems to leave everything to Chen Xiaomi. I heard that Chen Xiaomi accidentally saved the life of the big boss, so the big boss treated him Very trustworthy."
Huaxia Commercial Bank is such a big firm, yet the other party can trust Chen Xiaocai to be the shopkeeper, and he is not afraid that Chen Xiaocai will make a mistake.
"Shen Chi and Chen Xiaocai walked very close."
Lin Xiu'er curled her lips, and said, "Shen Chi is a disrespectful kid! The Shen family is not a good family for such a little boy who trots out to show his face. There are only two grandparents and grandchildren left in the family. Granny Shen must be anxious about Shen Chi's marriage." Well, so, deliberately let him cling to Chen Xiaocai."
"Chen Xiaocai is not a good guy, but Lu Lin and Chen Xiaomi should have earned a lot of money. If someone marry someone over there, they should be able to get a good dowry gift. On the condition of Shen Chi , it would be nice to find Chen Xiaocai."
Lu An squinted his eyes. It seemed that Chen Xiaocai had become one of the potential son-in-laws in the village. If it wasn't for Chen Xiaocai's younger age, someone might have come to propose a kiss. In the past, the girls in the countryside always dismissed Chen Xiaocai when they mentioned it, but now when they mentioned it, they all talked about Chen Xiaocai's ability.
In the final analysis, the selection of husbands in the village still depends on money. Chen Xiaomi and Lu Lin add up to more than forty taels a year. With the relationship between the Chen family brothers, it is impossible for Chen Xiaomi to be short of Chen Xiaocai's food.
Chen Xiaocai was making calculations. In the past two days, there were too many people, so he made a wrong calculation. When he checked the number at night, he found that there was a loss of 400 Wen.
Chen Xiaocai almost died of sudden loss of so much money, but Lu Lin comforted him, saying that in business, there are always gains and losses, and he just needs to be more careful next time.
The store earns a lot every day, and Lu Lin is really not short of the four hundred coins.
"Boy Chen, how about settling accounts?"
Chen Xiaocai was doing calculations on the table, a chubby woman, leading a girl, stood in front of the counter.
Chen Xiaocai recognized that woman as a well-known shrew in the village. The little girl behind the woman had scolded her brother before, saying that his brother was destined to be like his father, a scourge to die in the mountains, of course. , This girl is not the only one who said that, his old lady publicized it in the village, and the others followed suit and the little girl hid behind his wife, which was completely different from Chen Xiaocai's impression.
Before, when Chen Xiaocai saw that girl, she felt that although she was young, she was a shrew at such a young age. Some are not used to it.
"Auntie, is there anything you want to buy?"
The fat woman smiled and said: "The things in your shop are too expensive. Xiaocai, working in a shop like this, you should have a lot of wages. Your daily income in this shop is not low."
Chen Xiaocai said calmly: "The income is the boss's. We are all paid with dead wages. There is not much money."
The fat woman smiled and said: "Then the boss is not here, how much you will be paid is not up to your brother to decide."
Chen Xiaocai forced a smile and said, "Of course you can't mess around with this kind of thing."
More and more people came to ask him about his salary recently, and Chen Xiaocai has long been used to it.
The woman chatted with Xiaocai for a long time, asked many questions, and finally left, making Chen Xiaocai a little bored.
The scorching summer always makes people lose their appetite. Lu Lin cooked a big pot of mung bean porridge, put it in the well water to cool down, and took it out to share, which always made people very satisfied.
In the evening, Chen Xiaocai closed the store and had a bowl of mung bean porridge with Mai Mai and others.
Lu Lin stood at the door of the hall, stared at Chen Xiaocai for a while, then left without saying anything.
Chen Maimai looked at Chen Xiaocai strangely, and said, "Second Brother, Brother Lu has been staring at you just now, as if he wanted to sell you."
Chen Xiaocai glanced at his younger brother, and said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Chen Xiaocai didn't think that Lu Lin would sell him out, but Chen Xiaocai felt that Lu Lin's eyes were strange, and maybe he was playing some wrong idea, maybe he was sending him to Linzhen like before.
Chen Maitake glanced at Shen Chi, and said, "Brother Shen, did you think Brother Lin was acting weird just now?"
Shen Chi nodded, and said: "It's a bit weird."
Seeing that Shen Chi agreed with him, Chen Mai grinned happily.
Lu Lin walked into the room and saw Chen Xiaomi concentrating on making fans. There was already a thick stack of fans beside him, and two fans were not handled properly and were thrown aside.
Lu Lin said with some distress: "There are still a lot of fans in stock, you don't need to work so hard."
Chen Xiaomi shook his head and said, "No way! In a few days, aren't you going to deliver a batch of goods to Liu Zhen?"
Lu Lin stroked his chin and said, "Maybe, the business in Liuzhen is not good."
Chen Xiaomi glared at Lu Lin, and said, "Crow's mouth, the business in Liu Town is much better than here."
Lu Lin nodded and said, "I met Aunt Zheng from the village today."
Chen Xiaomi glanced at Lu Lin and said, "It's the one from Zhang He's family?" That's her. "
"That shrew!" Chen Xiaomi wrinkled his nose full of disgust, "His kid likes to bully Xiaocai."
Lu Lin was a little surprised: "Is that so? She told me today that the side dishes are not too small, and it's time to settle down."
Chen Xiaomi glanced at Lu Lin and said, "You mean, she wants to tell Xiaocai that fat girl in her family?"
Lu Lin nodded and said, "That's right."
Chen Xiaomi rolled her eyes and said, "That little fat girl in her family has never been used to Xiaocai, and she even quarreled before."
"Has there been a conflict?" Lu Lin asked.
"Before that girl lost a handkerchief, Xiaocai picked it up, and Xiaocai took it back to her. The fat girl hated Xiaocai for dirtying her handkerchief, so she insisted that Xiaocai pay her for a new one."
Lu Lin: "..."
"You can't always look at people with old eyes, you don't know, we Xiaocai are very popular now, and the current conditions of their house should be good in the eyes of the villagers. There is a small tile-roofed house with three rooms in the countryside. , he and Chen Xiaomi both have decent jobs, and Chen Xiaocai works as a small shopkeeper in the store, and he can plan to settle accounts, so he should be considered capable."