Chapter 188: Set off firecrackers on the beams of the house and eat cakes
Mrs. Wu saw that Liu Pan'er was unwilling to let go, and she also knew that Liu Pan'er was a person who said that if it didn't work, it wouldn't work.
In this case, she could only settle for the next best thing, rent a house and open a shop.
What she values most is the good reputation of Jixiang Town. By opening a shop there, she might be able to show her face in front of the county magistrate and expand her business.
"Sister Liu, let's make an agreement. When the time comes, you will build a house and rent me a shop, and I will spread the Wu family's grain there." Mrs. Wu said with a smile.
Liu Pan'er nodded, pursed her lips and smiled, "Mrs. Wu, I wish you could spread the Wu family's grain over here. After all, the rice in our Jixiang Village has been bought by the county magistrate, and all the rice and flour we eat now have to come.
Buying in Baisha Town. It’s too far to go back and forth. If you buy too much, you’ll easily get insects if you keep it at home. If you buy too little, it’s not worth the trip. If there was a Wu’s Grain Shop in Jixiang Town, we would have been saved from traveling so far.
Came to Baisha Town to buy food."
Mrs. Wu likes to talk to Liu Pan'er, which makes people feel comfortable, "Then it's settled, what is building a shop?"
Liu Pan'er chuckled, "I have already ordered bricks and tiles from several kilns, and they will be delivered soon. By then, the locals have finished harvesting rice, so I can hire more people to build shops. It's winter anyway.
Before that, Mrs. Wu’s grain store can be opened.”
When she heard this, Mrs. Wu's eyes lit up. It would save her worries and troubles to get along with cheerful people, "Then I wish the Liu family sisters will build their shop soon and Jixiang Village in Jixiang Town will prosper."
Liu Pan'er thanked her with a rather humble tone, "It's all thanks to everyone's support!"
The guys have already moved two hundred kilograms of rice and two hundred kilograms of flour to the bullock cart.
Mrs. Wu quickly dialed the abacus, Liu Pan'er paid, and then said goodbye and left.
After walking out of the Wu family grain store, Li Dabao raised his head and looked at his mother, "Mom, can we open a grain store ourselves?"
Liu Pan'er pursed her lips and smiled, "Do you think it's so easy to open a grain shop? The Wu family grain shop collects rice after the autumn harvest, then stores it, uses the rice pounding mill at home to pound out the rice, and then sells the rice and rice bran.
Earning the price difference, excluding various costs such as manual storage, is profit. In this process, the Wu family needs to hire hundreds of people to produce enough rice and flour to sell. We need to build a shop.
I still have to work in the fields and manage the shop, so there is no way I can open a grain workshop."
Li Dabao scratched his head, "We can also hire people to do it? The Wu's Grain Store can make money, and so can we."
Liu Pan'er was not anxious or annoyed, and patiently explained to Li Dabao, "We are from outside. Although I am the mayor, I don't know the local area very well, nor do I know the local people. Because the foundation is too short, we can't make reliable hires."
For those who are willing to do it, if someone does something bad and tampers with the grain workshop, it may involve life and death lawsuits. In short, although the income from opening a grain store is steady and steady, the yield is low and it is troublesome. People in our family cannot do it.
."
Li Dabao suddenly realized that he understood that it was because he made less money and had more worries, so his mother was unhappy, "Mom, then you must have a way to make more money?"
Liu Pan'er nodded, quite proudly, "Of course, so don't rush. Remember, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. I bought the foundations of half a street of shops. When all the shops are built, I will have twenty-four
Even if we can’t use up our shop, I can rent it out.”
Li Dabao frowned when he heard his mother's words, "But mother, you have used all our money to buy the foundation of the shop. Where did you get the money to build the shop? If we don't make money, we won't have the money to build it."
Shop. How can we rent a shop to others?"
Liu Pan'er pursed her lips and smiled, "It doesn't matter if you don't have money, we can borrow money from the bank?"
"No!" Li Dabao objected firmly, "Have you forgotten that when you were in your hometown, Mr. Li Qi in the village borrowed money from a bank because he was ill, but the interest was compounded and he couldn't pay back the money. In the end, his leg was broken.
.Mom, even though you are the mayor, you can’t borrow money from the bank.”
Liu Pan'er was stunned. There was indeed such a thing in her hometown, but it was not a bank, it was a loan shark with high interest rates. According to her plan and progress, borrowing money from a regular bank could solve the financial pressure.
"Actually, regular money banks are not as high-interest as you think. Li Qiye borrowed money at usury before, so he compounded the interest and couldn't afford to pay it back." Liu Pan'er explained patiently, hoping to convince Li Qiye
Dabao.
Li Dabao's mind was shaking like a rattle. No matter what, he would not agree to borrow money from the bank. He did not want his mother to be beaten, and he did not want his family to be ruined.
"Mom, I don't agree. If you want to borrow money from the bank, I'll... I'll hold your legs and won't let you go out." Li Dabao wanted to jump into the river, but he thought that he could swim and jumped into the river.
It's also swimming, you can't drown, you can't scare your mother.
Seeing that Li Dabao treated borrowing money from the bank as if he was encountering a savage beast, Liu Pan'er felt quite distressed and a little helpless. She shook her head and laughed, "Okay, if I don't borrow money from the bank, I will find a way to make money."
Recently, space has been changing and there are many more things in it.
When you have free time, go into the space and look for opportunities to make money.
Back in the village, Mrs. Liu and her people had already made wedding cakes, and were waiting for Liu Pan'er to come back, so they could set off firecrackers at the auspicious time.
Liu Pan'er went to the town today and bought a lot of firecrackers for beam loading today.
Firecrackers were hung on the beams by craftsmen, and then lit, crackling, producing crackling sounds and smoke, in order to scare away evil spirits and ensure that the owner of the house would be safe.
People in the village, adults and children, came to join in the fun.
The wedding cake made by Mrs. Liu was about the size of two palms, with red beans soaked in sugar inside. It was sweet, fragrant and doughy. It was paired with the dough cake that was soft on the outside. The skin was crispy and the taste was particularly good.
Mrs. Liu gave wedding cakes to everyone who came to congratulate them.
Not only the people in the village congratulated him, but also the more than thirty craftsmen who worked for him.
Everyone held the wedding cake and ate it while looking enviously at Liu Pan'er's third courtyard.
The house is spacious, the courtyard wall is high, and the yard is wide.
Some people dream of such a house, but many people will never have such a house in their lifetime.
Seeing the envy in everyone's eyes, Liu Pan'er encouraged, "Don't be discouraged. Our village has a good harvest this year. Next year we will grow tomatoes and peppers and we can sell them at a good price."
Everyone who was a little discouraged at first cheered up again after hearing Liu Pan'er's words.
Chapter completed!