Chapter 748 Crisis
Xiao Yuer also misses her parents, and when she thinks of her parents, she still cries at night, and needs to be coaxed by her grandmother before going to sleep.
But during the day he has no time to think about his parents.
There are people playing with him every day in the mansion, and he doesn't stay at home every day. He was often picked up by his grandfather to live in the British government, and occasionally to live in Grandpa Huo’s house. Sometimes his uncle would take him to the Zhuangzi to see his great-grandfather and play in the Zhuangzi there for a few days.
Sometimes, the aunt in the palace would pick him up to live in the palace. Xiao Yuer is very busy.
Only before going to bed at night, I have time to ask my grandmother, "Where is Dad, where is Mom? When will they come back to see Xiao Yuer?" After asking, she began to cry.
I feel like my parents don't want him anymore.
When I think about it during the day, I run to the gate and sit on the threshold waiting for my parents.
As long as the carriage sounds, run over to have a look. Seeing that it wasn't her parents, her mouth became puckered, and the eye sockets seemed to have been soaked in autumn water, which made people feel unbearable and frantically tried to comfort her.
Listening to the grandmother reading the letter from his parents, and asking Xiao Yuer to write a reply to them, Xiao Yuer hated himself for not being able to write, and cried anxiously.
"Xiao Yuer wants to write a letter to his parents, doesn't he? Grandfather taught us Xiao Yuer how to write?" Li Shimian really liked this little great-grandson very much. People are distressed.
"Okay!" Xiao Yuer responded loudly.
He needs to learn to write, and then communicate with his parents!
Huo Nian saw that Xiao Yuer had already started to learn to read, and his bones were so good, it would be a pity not to practice martial arts. After discussing with Zhang Fuyi, he also began to be Xiao Yuer's martial arts enlightenment master.
So, Xiao Yuer, who was a little over three years old, was coaxed by adults, thinking that learning literature and martial arts was just to meet his parents early. How did he know that he was arranged by unscrupulous adults at such a young age, and started summer training? Three volts, the days of winter practice and three nines.
In Huo Xi, who was far away in the southwestern border, various workshops began to get on the right track day by day. More and more military family members who waited and heard about her came to ask her for work.
Because there were a lot of people who wanted it everywhere, Huo Xi picked and accepted them all.
For women like Granny Zhi, who have to take care of the family and cannot leave home to work outside, but usually have a little leisure time after planting the land, Huo Xi also made full use of this part of the labor.
"Madam Shizi, can you borrow our loom?" Grandma Zhi and the others were a little surprised. A loom costs twenty or thirty taels.
"There are not only looms, but also spinning cars. If someone can weave, you can rent a loom, and if you can't weave, you can rent a spinning car. At that time, cotton, hemp, and cocoons will be spun according to your daily schedule. I will send you the status of the thread. When you finish spinning the thread, just keep it at home, and someone in charge will come to collect it.”
This is great!
If you have a loom or a spinning machine at home, you can do some work in your spare time, and you can make more money for your family. Not to mention they can't afford a loom, they can't even afford a spinning wheel.
"The rental price..."
"The rental price is based on two-tenths of your monthly finished products. For example, if you weave ten bolts of cloth, you will charge two bolts as the rent. The same is true for spinning yarn."
"How much can I earn in that month?"
"Our wife has done the math. You are different from the weavers outside who are dedicated to weaving. The weavers weave one and a half a day. You should be able to make half a weave in your spare time. If you weave five or six weaves in a month, you should be able to weave." Madam said that if you can’t weave five looms in a month, you will take back the looms from next month. Calculated as five looms in a month, you will have at least four or five dollars in your hands.”
Four or five dollars? If there are so many, can there be six, seven, or eight hundred words?
Grandma Zhi didn't wait for other people to react, she hurried forward to grab the steward, and said loudly: "I, I, I want to rent a loom!"
The steward nodded, and looked at Granny Zhi again, "The loom is a bit big, we need to set aside a room for it, can your family fit it? Why don't you rent a spinning wheel first, it's much smaller. It can be put anywhere."
"That's fine, then I will register for you first, and I will visit your home in a while, and if I can fit it, I will arrange for someone to deliver the loom to you."
"Good!" Grandma Zhi rubbed her hands excitedly.
Although Xiduo has not been working for a full month, but based on the more and more copper coins she takes home every day, at least one and a half of her monthly wages. She is getting more and more familiar with the job now, and will get back more in the future.
Then she takes time out every month to do some work and make up some allowances, so that the life of the family can be improved.
Turn around and secretly wipe away tears behind someone's back. This is all the kindness of Mrs. Shizi.
Gathered up his emotions, turned around and saw that the person in charge had been surrounded by everyone. She also hurriedly squeezed over, fearing that she would lose her share in a while.
"Boss, the cotton, hemp husks, and silkworm cocoons collected in the warehouse are too big to fit."
The shopkeeper of the cloth shop looked sad. He emptied the two big warehouses, and all the cloth in the shop was cleared out. He didn't know what the owner was doing with so much cotton and hemp.
Ho, so many! Huo Xi was also taken aback. How much cotton and hemp husks have been accumulated in Kunming city, and have they all been sent to her?
"Don't worry, the custom-made loom spinning car may be rented out soon, and your place will be emptied soon."
"Then shall we continue to accept it?"
"Take it. The sign continues to hang."
"Good employer."
Yunnan is located in the border area and is used to self-sufficiency. Almost all local women know how to weave and spin. There are also homespun and coarse cloths for sale everywhere on the street.
In recent years, with the prosperity of the tea-horse trade, the demand for cloth from surrounding tribes and small countries has increased, and merchants from all over the Central Plains have also shipped a large amount of cloth of various colors. Finer spinning and looms were also introduced to Yunnan.
The cloth was transported all the way from the Central Plains, and the cost of the journey increased the price of the cloth. If a weaving workshop can be opened in Yunnan, the price of cloth will be much lower. It will also sell better.
Within a few days, the loom and spinning cart that Huo Xigang asked craftsmen to make was rented out. The collected cotton cocoons and other items were also emptied out of the warehouse and sent to the leased military households.
Just when Huo Xi thought everything was going well, unexpectedly, the shopkeeper of the cloth shop came to her in a hurry, saying that the cloth shop hadn't received cotton cocoons for several days in a row.
"What's going on? Why can't I receive it?"
"I don't know why, suddenly there are a lot of cotton cocoons on the street. The purchase price is higher than what we gave!"
The shopkeeper was furious.
For several days in a row, the shop received very little goods. He hurriedly ran out to have a look. Unexpectedly, it seemed that night before, people were imitating them all over the street, and put up signs to put away their goods.
The price is higher than them.
Huo Xi learned about it and sighed. He never thought that it would not be easy to start a career. Seeing that it was profitable, everyone followed suit.
"Okay, let me find out more, don't mention the price, I will make a decision after learning more."
The shopkeeper left immediately.
Before Huo Xi went out to find out, the shopkeepers of several other shops also came up, "My boss, dried fruits, fungi, and flowers can't be received for several days! Someone received the goods at a much higher price than us!"
"What? You can't collect dried fruits, fungi and flowers?"
(end of this chapter)