Walking into a cesspit, the best evil widow wants to stand up

In March, which is the beginning of February in the lunar calendar, everyone started to get busy in the fields, turning the rice fields, and raising seedlings in preparation for spring sowing.

In mid-February, Mrs. Wu gave birth to a daughter without any trouble. At this time, the eldest son Xiaohai was already more than three years old. When he saw his sister being born, he clamored to hold her.

The maid Guihong had no choice but to hold the child and let him pretend to hold him for a while before he gave up.

Now Sanchun has a son and a daughter, and is full of energy. The cosmetics workshop business is booming. Now he not only manages the cosmetics workshop but also the soap workshop.

He Yao is the accountant here, but it's only a part-time job. Shen Ping said that as long as he takes care of the accounts, he can arrange the rest of his time on his own.

He doesn't have to sit in the workshop every day. Now he is preparing for the imperial examination. Since He Yao married Widow Wu, he has been living a happy life.

Widow Wu is now three months pregnant, but she still insists on going to work. He Yao's mother, Liu, has also begun to slowly accept the three of them and is no longer as repulsive as she was at the beginning.

After all, Mrs. Wu can earn wages now, and she is also quite good to her. She also hands over her wages every month. The key is that as long as she doesn't go too far, she won't argue with her.

In addition, she was pregnant with He Yao's baby, so Old Liu accepted it. After all, this daughter-in-law would live with her son for the rest of his life, so it was fine as long as he liked her.

He Yao treated Widow Wu's two sons as his own. Widow Wu's two children really liked their stepfather and called him "Dad" all the time.

Now Widow Wu has also worked hard and is doing a great job as a manager in the workshop. She uses both kindness and strictness to keep her subordinates obedient and always completes production ahead of schedule.

Shen Ping asked Widow Wu to pick out two of her workers to specialize in producing springs, working day and night shifts respectively. These springs are produced by machines, are shaped in one go, and are highly efficient.

However, this spring consumes a lot of energy, so two people have to take turns to operate it day and night.

Let's do some calculations. A 1.5-meter mattress requires 768 springs, while a 1.8-meter one requires 864 springs, and these are just the regular models.

And if you want it to be harder, you can add more springs, or even double springs.

Since Carpenter Li made the sample last time, he received very good feedback from the market and is now starting to increase production.

When Widow Wu saw the spring mattress, she thought it was really good and wanted to order a few for herself. But when she asked about the price, she was shocked.

This 1.5-inch mattress costs five taels of silver, and the 1.8-inch one costs eight taels. This is not a mattress, it's silver!

Shen Ping said that she could give her an employee price, but the 1.5 yuan ticket would cost at least 4 silver coins.

Widow Wu thought about it and decided to give up. After He Yao found out, he found Shen Ping and asked if Shen Ping could give him an employee price on top of the four taels of silver.

See if the price can be reduced to three taels of silver. If possible, he will order a 1.5-inch one, after all, that is what his wife likes.

And now she is pregnant, so it is more comfortable for her to sleep on this kind of mattress.

Seeing how diligent they both were and that Xiang Yao really loved his wife, Shen Ping decided to make an exception and give them one for three taels of silver.

When she got the finished mattress, Widow Wu was surprised and happy. She didn't expect that He Yao would arrange it for her because she liked it. The key point was that she didn't know about it yet.

When old Mrs. Liu found out about this, she scolded He Yao for being a spendthrift and warned him to be careful not to spoil his wife, but He Yao turned a deaf ear to her.

However, this story was also spread all over Kaoshan Village, and many people asked whether the spring mattress of Widow Wu was good to sleep on and whether it was comfortable.

Widow Wu looked mysterious and said that it was very comfortable to sleep on this mattress. She also slept much better and her body didn't hurt anymore, unlike the pain from the wooden bed.

Many villagers who had some money on hand began to ask about the price, but when they learned that this mattress cost five taels of silver, they were scared and backed off.

Many well-off people from all over the country also came to ask about it, which greatly increased sales.

Shen Ping also made a few mattresses and sent them back to her parents' home. She gave one to her mother and the others to her eldest brother and others as samples.

Let him promote and sell it together with furniture. Sure enough, this method achieved twice the result with half the effort, and many new and old customers began to customize mattresses.

Carpenter Li's workshop is now extremely busy. The production of furniture has become stable now, but the mattresses have started to sell well and are in short supply.

Moreover, making mattresses is rather complicated, and they are not yet very skilled, so they have to work overtime.

In addition, the mattress samples and spring machines that Shen Ping sent to Beijing have also arrived, and Shen Ping also sent technical guidance.

From spring production to mattress processing, everything was handed over to the management personnel recruited by Manager Li, who then conducted unified training.

The finished mattresses were placed together with furniture samples, and soon attracted the attention of many wealthy people, who began to know about mattresses.

Many people tried to sit on it and found that the mattress was surprisingly elastic and soft to sleep on, so they began to rush to ask for the price.

Shopkeeper Li also spread the word that the price of a mattress in the capital was ten taels of silver for a 1.5-meter mattress and 1.8 taels of silver for a 15-meter mattress.

The high price did not scare these people away. In fact, many people wanted to buy this sample. However, Shopkeeper Li did not agree.

He said that if you want mattresses and furniture like this, you have to make an advance reservation and pay a deposit of 5 taels. Many people began to place orders.

In just half a month, we received hundreds of orders for these mattresses, which were also accompanied by beds and some other furniture.

Manager Li received over a thousand taels of silver in deposit alone, and began to recruit more workers and devote all his efforts to production.

At the same time, the mattresses began to become famous in Heyang County, and Carpenter Li's workshop began to expand, with the number of sewing machines increasing from two at the beginning to ten.

The number of workers has increased from ten at the beginning to 30 now, and the piece-rate model has been started, with more work and more pay.

Gradually, this mattress began to sell farther and farther. Some people smelled business opportunities and began to come to discuss cooperation with Carpenter Li.

Carpenter Li didn't dare to do so, so he went to talk to Shen Ping. Shen Ping knew that if they wanted to expand the business and sell it to all parts of the country, they really had to set up more distribution points.

Moreover, they could collect a deposit to play a restraining role. After listening to Shen Ping's words, Carpenter Li acted decisively and signed distribution points and designated supplies with several people.

In just two months, this mattress has captured the southern market and established its position in the southern furniture market.

The northern market is the domain of Shopkeeper Li, who is equally impressive, and the profits there are high. Of course, Shen Ping is the biggest beneficiary here.