Xiao Qiao enters the farm gate

Lin Zheng came back from the county that day, and the purchase of the mountain was indeed settled. It was 500 taels, which was much cheaper than expected.

After asking, I found out that it was not the result of bargaining, but that the price offered by the Yamen was not high.After thinking about it, it is estimated that the mountains here cannot be sold. Finally, some people want to buy them. The Yamen is afraid that they will not buy them again if the price is high.Furthermore, although the Bamboo Forest Mountain has a large area, there are no good wood or medicinal materials other than bamboo, so it can't be sold at a price.

Qiao Mo was very happy about this, and after taking the title deed, he finally let go of one thing on his mind.

Once the mountain is bought, there is no further delay.

Qiao Molinzheng and the two went to Lizheng, and asked Lizheng to come forward and inform the whole village that he wanted to teach the villagers how to weave bamboo.In addition, the specific arrangements for this matter were also discussed with Li Zheng and finally determined.

Li Zheng was very concerned about this matter, and after an agreement, the whole village was gathered at the grain drying field at the head of the village.

The villagers have heard about this matter for a long time, but they don't know it in detail, and now they get together to discuss it.

"Everyone be quiet! Be quiet!"

Li was standing on the big mill next to the grain drying field, shouted and the scene fell silent.Li Zheng looked left and right. On the left was the patriarch and elder of the Lin family, and on the right was the patriarch and elder of the Li family. This happened every time there was a major event in the village.

"I brought the big guys here to talk about Lin Zheng's family. First of all, Lin Zheng's family is going to open a small bamboo weaving workshop. For the time being, there are only five people, so you don't have to come to ask , I have my own plans. Don’t complain about those who are not selected, and I have not forgotten the people in our village. Brother Qiao is kind and willing to teach you how to weave a few commonly used utensils. Five for free. As for the bamboo mountain in the mountain, it is already Lin Zheng’s family, so you are not allowed to chop bamboo in private, if you catch it, you will not only lose face, but you will also have to pay the full amount of compensation, but you have to think about it.”

Originally, Qiao Mo proposed that the village rent a shop, not only to sell these bamboo wares, but also to sell any local products in the village.After thinking about it, Li Zheng shook his head, not saying it was a bad idea, but because he was afraid that it would cause trouble easily, and it would be better to let each family handle it by themselves.

The villagers were naturally happy about Bai De's good deed, but at the same time they were shocked by another matter - did Lin Zheng's family buy the mountain?How much money would that cost?Lin Zheng's family has just built a magnificent new house, and now they are buying a mountain. Where did they get so much money?

At this time, Grandma Li said in the crowd: "If you want to talk about this money, how can Lin Zheng and his wife get it? Uncle after all. Brother Qiao suffered a lot in the early years, who would have thought that there would be another uncle who came here ? His uncle is from a wealthy family, and he loves his nephew very much, and he is willing to spend money on Brother Qiao. It was his uncle who gave them 100 taels of silver for the house earlier."

"Hey, could it be that the money for buying the mountain was also given by my uncle? So generous! How much is his uncle's family?" Some villagers smacked their lips repeatedly, and it was hard to imagine such a generous relative.

Although they are all countrymen, they don't have much experience, and they don't know how much money a mountain has, but they can roughly estimate that they will.Let alone a few hundred taels, an uncle whom I haven't seen for many years, can I give it to my nephew without blinking an eye?

Grandma Li was just waiting for this, and said with a sneer, "Where is it? Uncle Qiao Geer bought the mountain, but the things on the mountain are for them to use, and they are also entrusted to take care of them by the way."

This statement was discussed by Qiao Mo and Lin Zheng, and she entrusted Grandma Li to spread it.

After all, if their family can come up with so much money at once, not to mention the jealousy of the villagers, they may attract thieves from outside.Although it would be eye-catching to say so, there is no better way, you can't give up eating because of choking, just guard the little money and do nothing.

The family hasn't cut bamboo yet, so I have to wait two days for teaching.

Qiao Mo and Lin Zheng first went to the county seat to find a blacksmith shop, first told the blacksmith about the briquette machine they were going to make, and asked the other party to make it according to the requirements.Although it is something I have never heard of, it is actually not difficult to make. It may only need to be carefully adjusted several times after installation, so the blacksmith accepted the job and the deposit, and asked to pick it up in three days.Besides, Qiao Mo also ordered a frying pan.

Next is the purchase of materials for making pastries and candies, most of which are various fruits and nuts.Qiao Mo bought a large amount, thinking that there is such a large cellar at home, it is easy to store, and it is convenient to use after buying home.

While waiting for the tools, Lin Zheng found someone to go into the mountain once, made two trips to pull a few carts of bamboo back, and piled them up in the west courtyard.The rebuilding of the old cellar has also started. This project is not a big one, so two more people were hired to dig it very quickly.

Qiao Mo went to find the selected weavers, who were all young brothers.Li Xue, Brother Qiu, Brother Bai, and two strangers, who were introduced and recommended by Li Xue, are all of the same age and have been married for only a year or two.

Qiao Mo doesn't plan to sell bamboo weaves to make money, but only supplies the needs of his own shop, and the consumption is not large at the beginning, so the wages are paid on a piece-by-piece basis.As for the amount of money, it is calculated according to the difficulty of the utensils.

At the beginning, it must be that you don’t make much money. After all, you have to start with learning. In addition, although the packaging utensils are exquisite and beautiful, the workmanship is not complicated, but learning the basic skills is of great use.The reason why Qiao Mo specially hired these five as regular employees to teach some techniques individually is to make exquisite decorative works of art in the future.He believes that when those things are displayed in his shop, some people can't help wanting them, and only then can they really make money from bamboo weaving.

Lin was splitting bamboo strips in the west courtyard, while Qiao Mo went to teach at the grain drying field.

Qiao Mo had agreed early in the morning that he would teach for one month, half a day every day.Now the crops in the field are basically harvested, and the autumn harvest is still one month away, so I just finished my studies.He only teaches some simple household utensils, mainly weaving. As long as you learn how to weave, you can think about other things soon.

The people who come to learn this are mainly young brothers and grandmas in their [-]s and [-]s, and there are also a few old men.

The first thing to do when learning bamboo weaving is to learn how to split bamboo strips.They are all country people, and even the younger brothers often do work, and they have a little bit of strength in their hands. Besides, as long as they learn this job, they can let the men in the family do it in the future.What Qiao Mo taught them was mainly common and uncomplicated things such as large and small bamboo baskets, baskets, bamboo rakes, dustpans, sieves, steamers, and summer mats.Don't look at the things that are common, but they are practical. I have learned not only to save money for my own use, but also to sell them in the town, which can help my family more or less.

Some people have a basic knowledge of straw weaving, but also have a talent for dexterity, so overall they learn quickly.

At the same time, Qiao Mo did not delay the five regular staff he had recruited. Of course, there are still some things that must be said before teaching the skills.I can't see it at the moment, but in the future when my own shop opens, if the guarantee is not complete, someone will try to recruit people. Without some guarantee, he really can't rest assured to teach selflessly.

Five people came early in the morning, instead of entering through the gate of the courtyard, they walked directly through the gate of the west courtyard.

This was also something Qiao Mo had considered. After all, he was doing everything in the west courtyard, and there was a separate door there, so he just walked there.From Qiao Mo's point of view, that is the place to go to work, and the courtyard is home, so it's best to be quiet and undisturbed.

A lot of bamboo was brought back this time, and Lin Zheng prepared the bamboo strips according to the needs of the shop.In addition, there is a part that needs to be dyed, which is already being processed.Qiao Mo and Lin Zheng discussed that dyeing with plants is the most convenient and simple, and they can be dyed in four colors: red, peach pink, green, and blue.

"Brother Qiao, what are we going to do?" Li Xue and the other four looked at the bamboo strips eagerly.

"Don't worry, sit down first, I have something to say." Qiao Mo looked at a few people and said, "I specially invite the five of you to work, and naturally I want to teach something different from other people, so I have to say something. Explain clearly, so as not to hurt the peace in the future. What I have to do here is what I will use in the shop in the future. Some are simple, and some are very technical, so I have to keep it secret. What you learn here cannot be passed on, relatives Friends can't teach casually, let alone sell them for money. Another thing, what I need is long-term employment, and you have to sign a ten-year contract with me. Unless there are force majeure factors, you can't resign at will."

Probably because they never thought of hearing such words, several people were a little dazed.

However, Qiao Mo felt that he was very kind. You must know that in modern times, when companies cultivate talents, they usually start signing contracts for ten years.Bamboo weaving looks inconspicuous at first glance, but his place is different from the village. First, there are product packaging, and then there are artworks that gradually become more difficult. If they change jobs or quit after they are successfully trained, he is not at a big loss.

First said ugly words, and then said to Tianzao: "Don't be nervous, you all know the settlement of wages here, as long as you work hard and endure hardships, it is not difficult to make money. What's more, I only said to sign for ten years, after ten years you will I don’t want to do it here, and I don’t want to stop it if I want to earn money from the skills I have learned.”

The eyes of a few people lit up. The reason why they didn't make a sound before was indeed nervous. After all, signing a paperwork contract or something, I always feel like selling myself, how can I not be afraid.At this moment, they are tempted to hear the benefits of ten years later. They all know that they will learn good things, and ten years later they will be their own. Not only can they make money, but they can also pass it on to their families. It is very tempting.

"I'm willing to sign." Li Xue was the first to express his opinion, thinking that Brother Qiao would never harm him.

Immediately afterwards, Brother Qiu and the other three also nodded.

Qiao Mo said with a smile: "In this way, signing the document is a big deal after all. You go back and discuss it with your family. If you agree, I will invite Li Zheng to be a witness. How about it?"

After all, they are illiterate, and there are few people in the village who can read, so it is inevitable that there will be troubles caused by paperwork in the future. It is better to invite Li Zheng to do it in one go.

Several people had no objections, so Qiao Mo didn't say much, let them weave a small basket to practice their hands first.

The small bamboo pots in the shop are mainly used to hold sugar cubes. The style is not complicated, but it is fine.The bamboo strips are very finely chopped, and the time is not enough and the time is too large. They just scraped them roughly, and they have to grind them carefully by themselves, and then practice weaving fine small objects.When the paperwork is signed tomorrow, I will formally teach pot weaving. At that time, the color of the bamboo has been dyed, and it can be used after drying.

That afternoon, with the consent of the family, several people invited Li Zheng to sign the paperwork.

Qiao Mo didn't delay any longer, and explained in detail the jars he was about to make.

The first thing to do is the candy jar, which is divided into three sizes, which can hold one catty, three catties, and five catties of sugar respectively. The style of the jar adopts the apple jar that has been tested before. The latter is off-white, and the decorative colors are red, peach pink, green, and blue.And Qiao Mo plans to sell five kinds of candies, sour plum candies, fruit jelly candies, hard candies, milk candies, plus mint candies. In addition, hard candies will be made into big lollipops, which do not require bamboo woven packaging jars.

After two days of teaching, Li Xue has already learned a few, and the rest is practice.

Qiao Mo didn't have to stay here all the time. He watched them do it for a while in the morning, then went back to make candy, taught the villagers in the afternoon, and taught Lin Zheng how to read in the evening.

After the cellar was completed, the yard became much quieter. Except for picking some ripe melons in the melon field every few days, I was busy the rest of the time.The West Courtyard was full of young men, Lin Zheng wanted to avoid suspicion, and would not go there if he had nothing to do.He had already found those three people, and the three people were very happy about going to the shop to help, and they agreed immediately.

That day, Lin Zheng went to the county to pick up the honeycomb briquettes machine and frying pan that he ordered earlier, but when he came back, he followed several cars, especially the lead carriage, which seemed to be rich.

It turned out that Lin Zheng met Fang Jinnian when he was leaving the city.

Fang Jinnian agreed to buy coal for Qiao Mo, and after several twists and turns, it finally arrived.Thinking that he has been busy expanding his business recently, Qiao Mo Qiaomo didn't go to congratulate him when he moved to a new house, so he just took this opportunity to go over and get some watermelons from their house to eat.

As soon as they entered the village, they attracted onlookers and discussions from the villagers, not because of the carriage, but because of the three coal carts following behind.The three cars were all covered with cloth, the villagers couldn't see what they were wearing, but it didn't prevent them from spreading their imaginations, guessing everything, one thing was very consistent, they were all envious of Lin Zheng's family.These carts were obviously given to their family.

When Fang Jinnian got off the carriage and looked at the courtyard in front of him against the green hills, he raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise.

If such a house is not so good in the city, it is special in this country.At least right now, he was thinking of staying here for two days, to have a good rest and enjoy the pastoral life.

"What smell?" Fang Jinnian was feeling emotional when he suddenly smelled a sweet fragrance wafting from the yard.

"Ah Mo is making fructose." Lin Zheng went to open the gate of the West Court just now, and the coal carts entered from there and unloaded directly in the West Court.When he came back, Fang Jinnian was still standing at the gate, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

fructose?

Fang Jinnian suddenly realized that he must be preparing for the shop.

When he entered the gate, he followed the scent to the door of the kitchen, and at a glance, he saw Qiao Mo busy inside, and the room was filled with all kinds of sweet scents.A clean muslin cloth was spread on the table, and small, colorful and cute candies were neatly placed on it. Just looking at it made people like it.

"Is this fructose?" Fang Jinnian was naturally attracted.

Hearing someone talking suddenly, Qiao Mo was taken aback, only then did he realize that Lin Zheng had returned and brought Fang Jinnian with him.