klisemfg Chapter 205 Bamboo Products Business
Chapter 205 Bamboo Products Business
"Xia, your little brother Xiaoyao is the child of a wealthy family in Anzhou. He came here to enjoy the mountains and rivers. When he's done playing, he can just leave. He's free to come and go.
We are trying our best to get out of this poor mountain valley. Some people are born in Rome, while others are born to be cattle and horses..."
Teacher Haixia stared at Ji Xiaobei with his clear big eyes, puzzled.
He understood the first half of the sentence, but he was confused as to how the second half was related to mules, horses, and cows.
He said he didn’t understand!
However, Ji Xiaobei did not give him time to think. She pulled him into the wooden house and drew the bamboo products she wanted.
Teacher Haixia draws meticulously.
Ji Xiaobei: The painting looks very realistic. This kid must have learned a lot from others!
He is a scheming child.
Who knows, maybe I can really pass the autumn examination!
There was approval in her eyes when she looked at Haixia, and she left with the drawings in satisfaction.
As soon as I arrived at the front yard, my grandfather came in with a cane and a happy face.
"Grandpa? It's hot, why are you here again?" Ji Xiaobei asked.
"Bei, I've got something good for you!" Ji Dasheng took out a coarse cloth bag from his pocket and handed it to Ji Xiaobei.
Ji Xiaobei was surprised: What is that? He lifted up layer after layer, and after removing a full meter of white cloth, he finally revealed a red corner.
The bamboo jewelry box is bright red and has auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes painted on it.
It is so exquisite and perfect, even those exhibited in museums are not as detailed as this.
"I made this for your grandmother. I asked a blind scholar in the village to draw the dragon and phoenix pattern. She was reluctant to use it when she was young, and she didn't use it when she died. The main reason was that she didn't have any jewelry, just a hairpin. I let her take it..."
My grandfather's voice was choked with sobs and his eyes were red with sadness.
Ji Xiaobei: No, can a blind scholar still paint?
Now is not the time to wonder if a blind man can paint...
She quickly collected her thoughts.
This thing is too commemorative. My grandfather would never sell it no matter how much money he offers. Even if he sells it, I wouldn't dare to buy it myself.
"Grandpa, this box is so beautiful, please put it away!"
Ji Xiaobei reluctantly put it on the white cloth and prepared to wrap him up.
"Bei, will you accept this?"
Grandpa wiped his tears and asked.
Ji Xiaobei: Are you really selling it?
"This is the memory I left for you in my lifetime. It cannot be measured by money. Please keep it well!"
"Bei, last night, I dreamed about your grandma. She said that it was okay to sell them. So this morning I made her ten paper jewelry boxes and burned them for her. She couldn't even use them all!"
Grandpa blinked and looked at Ji Xiaobei expectantly.
Ji Xiaobei: Now that you say that, I dare not accept it. What if my grandmother breaks down my door in the middle of the night in my next life?
Ji Xiaobei suddenly had an idea and said, "Sir, please make a few more for me based on this pattern. I'll take a look at the pattern and then give you the price!"
The grandfather looked embarrassed: "Bei, I can't draw this dragon and phoenix picture. The blind scholar has been dead for fifty years. I can't bring him back even if I dig his grave..."
Ji Xiaobei: "Master, you don't need to draw, just edit it!"
"Okay, okay, I'll ask Niwa and the others to fix the bamboo skins."
Before my grandfather could finish his words, he had already walked to the entrance of the ancestral hall and disappeared.
Ji Xiaobei deeply suspected that his usual trembling was just fake.
On the first day, the bamboo product team received ten finished products. After Ji Xiaobei inspected the goods one by one in the evening, he returned five of them.
He gave the copper coins to Shugen's wife and asked her to distribute them.
"Bei, are you really going to give this money to them?" Shugen's wife felt like she was dreaming.
Ji Xiaobei smiled and nodded.
"You three can't work for nothing. Don't we have a shed in the courtyard of our ancestral hall? You can collect the goods in the shed. The working hours are fixed every day, one and a half hours in the morning and one and a half hours in the afternoon. It won't delay your cooking or working in the fields.
Now we are just starting out, 15 coins per person per day!"
What? Give money, and give so much money!
All three of them were stunned, they had never thought of asking for money, they just wanted to help out, they would do it at home and show it to others.
Ji Sannian waved his hands hurriedly and said, "No need to pay, it's just a small thing..."
Ji Ernai hurriedly held her back and said, "Bei has good intentions, how can he let us work for free? If we don't take the money, Bei will feel bad."
Shugen's wife looked at the two of them performing a duet, at a loss as to what to do.
"Yes, we are doing business and we must make money. I don't want you to not make money."
Ji Xiaobei said with a giggle.
"Yes, that's right. Then we will start making money tomorrow?"
All the wrinkles on Ji Ernai's face were stretched out by her smile.
Damn, I finally made some money.
“No, start making money today!”
Ji Xiaobei took out a handful of copper coins and placed them on the stone table.
The three heads came together and divided the money.
Ji Xiaobei handed over the five qualified bamboo utensils to Shugen’s wife, and he would collect them according to this standard in the future.
I also gave her the sketch of the Strait, and she could keep everything on it.
Ji Xiaobei asked Haixia to draw small everyday gadgets.
Bamboo windmill, bamboo coaster, bamboo pen holder, bamboo jacquard basket, bamboo lantern, bamboo storage basket, etc.
In the past, goods on both sides were transported by refrigerators, but now there are many new features, including large cold storages, which can transport anything you want.
In the evening, Ji Xiaobei opened the refrigerator door and found some more things in the cold storage.
Bottles, nipples, milk powder, and dolls.
Zheng Guo thoughtfully prepared two colors...
Ji Xiaobei: …
Ji Xiaobei picked up his pen and wrote a letter to Zheng Guo.
She said these bamboo products were her new business, and asked Zheng Guo to put them online to see if they could sell well.
In addition, she wrote guiltily: There is no need to prepare too many things for children; selling them may easily arouse suspicion.
Ji Xiaobei also wrote proudly, "Spend the money as you please, don't save it."
Ji Xiaobei took out a box, opened it and counted the silver bills, silver ingots and the box of gold that someone had given him, and a big smile appeared on his face.
After putting his things away, he lay down in the new quilt that Mrs. Lin had just made for him and fell asleep comfortably.
Zheng Guo came back from get off work, went into the house to wash his hands, and then opened the kitchen cold storage door.
I saw the bamboo products at first glance and played with them one by one.
I took a few pictures and posted them in my WeChat group.
After coming out of the shower, Xiao Cai had already organized everyone in the WeChat group to start the ordering chain.
They are all old customers with a very high level of trust. They ordered 50 pen holders, 20 bamboo jacquard baskets, and 30 bamboo storage baskets.
She hasn't even sent out a price yet.
Xiaobei didn’t mention what the cost price was?
Zheng Guo grew up in the countryside. There were endless bamboos on the mountains to cut down, and all the products used at home were bamboo products. They were also super cheap when bought at the market, and most importantly, every housewife knew how to weave bamboo.
When she was a child, these things only cost a few cents each.
People in the group kept asking about the price.
Xiao Cai had called her more than ten times, and the child was so anxious that she took a taxi and rushed to Zheng Guo's house.