After Jia Deafzi's gesticulating negotiation, he received two sets of bedding and saluted. Then, Zhou Sen signed and pledged his name on an account book, and Jia Deafzi and the warehouse manager also signed their names.
After loading the bedding onto a cart, Deaf Jia took him to find several other warehouse keepers and received some toiletries, a change of clothes, etc. After finishing, he dragged a cart of things back to the horse gallery.
While collecting daily necessities here, Zhou Sen got a general understanding of the Shen family's business.
The Shen family has a very extensive business, including dishes, pottery, quilts, clothes, needlework, shoes, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and some irons, sickles, farm tools, candles, and everything else. Basically, everything closely related to a normal family is here.
From Zhou Sen's perspective, the projects operated by the Shen family were all cheap products with low added value. They seemed to have a large business scale, but in fact the profits were extremely meager, and they relied entirely on quantity to win.
After returning to Manang, Deaf Jia ignored Zhou Sen. Zhou Sen made the bed alone and put on a brand new set of cotton-padded clothes, trousers and cotton shoes.
Looking at the clean sheets, warm bedding, and feeling the softness of the clothes, Zhou Sen felt as if he was in another world.
Now, I have settled down. At least, I don’t have to worry about freezing to death in the snow. After settling down, I will first figure out the situation, then practice, regain my strength as soon as possible, and then find a way back to the five star regions.
After being in a daze for a while, Zhou Sen walked out and wandered around the east courtyard, nodding and bowing, and becoming familiar with some people.
Observing carefully, Zhou Sen found that from time to time some farmers would carry grain and firewood to the Shenjiadong compound. After asking, he found out that these farmers rented land from the Shen family. In autumn and winter, they would carry grain or firewood.
The supplies my family needs are used to pay the rent. When I go home, I will take some horse manure with me. Of course, horse manure needs to be exchanged for food. In Niejiaqiao, fertilizer is a valuable thing.
This Shen Jiadong compound is like a huge machine that is constantly running, and everyone is a cog in this machine.
No wonder so many warehouses are needed.
Zhou Sen shook his head. According to his standards, this is the most primitive and backward business model, and the returns are extremely slow. The biggest benefit is "stable". Although the profits of doing these businesses are meager, the risks are also minimal.
He wandered around until noon, when Deaf Jia invited him to eat.
The food is good. In addition to large pots of pickles and seasonal vegetables, everyone can get a large bowl of fragrant mutton soup, with chopped green onions floating in the broth and a few plump pieces of mutton.
When dividing the mutton soup, Zhou Sen found that there was obviously more mutton in his bowl than those of the workers.
You serve the rice yourself, so you can eat as much as you want.
Judging from the envious looks of some farmers and the superior looks of workers in the East courtyard while eating, it is obvious that working in the Shen family is very honorable.
During the meal, some part-time workers would chat with Zhou Sen. In their view, Zhou Sen was a person of status, because managing the horse gallery is much easier than the heavy lifting work. The most important thing is that management
The manor house is a job for long-term workers.
During the meal, a group of porters drove a group of short-legged donkeys to the east courtyard. The porters were all given a bowl of soup without much mutton. There was no rice. They were given a few cold steamed buns from the next day and watched them drink the hot ones.
He looked like he was swallowing the steamed buns with huge mouthfuls of mutton soup, which seemed to satisfy the porter who was sleeping in the street. It was very good to drink the hot soup.
After the meal, some people just took a short rest and got back into the busy work. They began to assist the porters in unloading and registering the goods. It looked disorganized, but in fact they all performed their duties, meticulous, orderly, and busy.
chaos.
At the same time, while the porters were unloading the goods, Zhou Sen discovered that the workers had led the short-legged donkeys inside the stable to a granary, and Deaf Jia had driven the unloaded short-legged donkey into the stable to tie them up and feed them.
Zhou Sen only found out after asking around when he was helping.
The Shen family not only sells some messy daily necessities on a large scale, but mainly deals in food.
The so-called grain management means that every time you go out, the grain will be transported. When you come back, the grain will be turned into goods. In this way, the porters and short-legged donkeys do not have to make an empty trip, which improves efficiency and reduces costs.
In Niejiaqiao, the Shen family owns more than tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland, trees and barren hills, and has more than a thousand tenant households. In addition to the grain rent paid by the tenants, the Shen family's stores outside purchase grain all year round, and then concentrate it in the east.
Compound, it can be seen that the daily throughput of this East Compound is extremely amazing.
It was busy until the evening, when everyone dispersed, the East Courtyard was closed, and we had a quiet meal. After the meal, everyone was very tired after a hard day's work. After washing up, they returned to their rooms to sleep. In the entire East Courtyard, except for a few
An unchained native dog wandered around, the huge courtyard became quiet, and faint snoring could be heard.
Zhou Sen went to bed early. This was the first time in nearly a year that Zhou Sen slept without any stress.
As soon as it dawned, the Shenjiadong compound began to boil with noise, and various noisy sounds filled every corner, reminding Zhou Sen that this was a busy commercial transit station.
Zhou Sen, who got up early, followed Deaf Jia to help.
Deaf Jia’s job seems simple, but is actually very tedious. In addition to cleaning the stables and feeding feed, he also needs to record a lot of data, such as when to hand over the donkeys, which donkeys have abnormal feces, and which donkeys are in good spirits.
All donkeys must be registered. There are strict standards for the amount and type of feed that short-legged donkeys eat every day, and they cannot do whatever they want.
Judging from the registration book, a veterinarian will come to the house every three days for physical examination and disinfection of the horse stables.
In the next few days, Zhou Sen has completely mastered his work process. Because Deaf Jia is a bit repulsive to Zhou Sen and works alone, Zhou Sen has a lot of free time and helps others when he has nothing to do.
The place where Zhou Sen helps the most is in the kitchen.
There are only a few chefs in the kitchen, but the workload is extremely unstable, because usually there are only thirty to fifty people at meal time, but when the delivery porters catch up with the meal, they have to add food and rice immediately.
, because they are also workers of the Shen family.
In just a few days, Zhou Sen became close to the people in the kitchen.
There are five people in the kitchen, two cooks who prepare large pots of rice, two women and a handyman who cooks fire, cooks materials and carries water.
These five people are all long-time workers of Shen Jiadong Courtyard. Two of the chefs and two women are couples themselves. They are called Chef Peng and Chef Sun. The two women are Peng's sister-in-law and Sun's wife. The handyman is called Chef Peng and Chef Sun.
He is a taciturn and powerful bachelor named Lu, nicknamed "Lu Ax". He spends most of his time holding an ax and chopping wood on the wooden pier outside the kitchen, or squatting by the whetstone.
Grinding that heavy iron axe. Seeing the Lu axe, Zhou Sen immediately thought of Lu Zhishen, a man of great influence in the ancient times.
Zhou Sen discovered that almost everyone in Shenjiadong Courtyard had nicknames, such as Zhu Tongzi, Jia Deazi, Chef Peng, Chef Sun, Lu Axe, etc. They were all easy to remember and highly personal.
At present, Zhou Sen has not received a nickname. In the eyes of outsiders, Zhou Sen is a young man who doesn't talk much, has a good appearance, and is very strong. There are often rural women who pay rent in the surrounding area who want to introduce Zhou Sen's daughter-in-law. Occasionally, they will
Some girls took the initiative to chat with Zhou Sen. Unfortunately, in the eyes of the girls, Zhou Sen was too dull and couldn't hold back a word for a long time. The girls were bored and gradually ignored him.
Zhou Sen is now focused on returning to the five star regions, so where can he think about flirting with women...
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The following days were uneventful, and my daily life was very regular. I had dinner and got off work at around six o'clock in the evening, went to bed at eight o'clock, and got up at five o'clock in the morning. It seemed that I had nothing to do, but I was busy all day long, without a moment of leisure.
"Axe, you don't have any family?" Zhou Sen helped Lu Axe stack the wood. Lu Axe sat on a small wooden pier to rest and smoke, as if he was thinking about his thoughts.
"Yes." Lu said with a loud sound of his ax head.
"Where?" Zhou Sen likes to chat with Lu Axe, because he doesn't know how to ask, he only answers.
"Niejiaqiao."
"Are you a local?" Zhou Sen was stunned.
"Um."
"Why don't you go home?"
"There's a fire."
"Xiao Zhou, don't ask him. Even if you ask for a whole day, you won't be able to find out anything. His house was lit with candles and was burned down. He is the only one left in the house. He is now saving money to build a house and marry a wife.
"It's a pity that everyone thinks he is poor and too boring, and the girl's family doesn't like him, but... there is a girl who is pretty good to him, but her parents don't agree..." Sister-in-law Sun, who came to carry firewood, let out a long sigh.
.
"oh."
"Boom!"
There was a flash of cold light, an iron ax was nailed heavily on the wooden pier, and the earth seemed to shake.
"Axe, please say nice things to my parents. My precious daughter naturally wants to find a good family. You are not only poor, but you don't talk. What kind of person do you think you are? There's no point in chopping flies with your sulking."
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"Cut flies?!"
Zhou Sen's pupils shrank suddenly, and he saw a fly being split into two pieces on the wooden pier where the firewood was being cracked.
"Xiao Zhou, when the ax was too tight, he chased and chopped flies. We laughed at him for a long time. Later, he actually chopped him. At first, everyone was shocked. Now, we are all used to it."
Seeing the incredible expression on Zhou Sen's face, Sister-in-law Sun was not surprised and walked away laughing while carrying the firewood.
"How did you do it?" Zhou Sen was shocked beyond measure.
"I want to chop it down." Lu Axe stared at the corpse of the fly that was split into two pieces on the wooden pier with his bull's-eye eyes, and said in a dull voice.
"Can you cut it if you want?" Zhou Sen was stunned.
"Yeah." Lu Axe nodded heavily.
"Teach me how to chop flies!" Zhou Sen looked at Lu Axe nervously.
"Um."
What Zhou Sen didn't expect was that Lu Ax agreed without hesitation. In fact, for Lu Ax, chopping flies was just to vent his dissatisfaction and had no other meaning. Naturally, he didn't know that for Zhou Sen,
But it is an important transformation on the road to spiritual cultivation.
Lu Ax seems to be happy to teach Zhou Sen his "unique skills".
There are several tips for killing flies.
quick!
allow!
ruthless!
Fastness means speed, and the speed must be several times faster than the moment when the fly takes off. Accuracy means eyesight, which means pinpointing the position of the fly. Cruelty is the key. Once you pinpoint the position, you must chop it down without hesitation and with all your strength.
One blow, never hesitate, the opportunity is fleeting.
It is easy for Lu to chop flies with an axe. He is sitting on a small wooden bench with a heavy ax in his hand. As long as a fly lands on the wooden pier, the ax in his hand flashes, and the fly is immediately split into two pieces. It seems that he is doing it with ease and effortlessly, without any hesitation.
Don't be sloppy.
There is no difficulty in being fast. The speed at which the ax cuts down far exceeds the speed at which a fly flies up. What is difficult for Zhou Sen is accuracy, because a fly is just a small black dot and will appear at any uncertain position.
Or it suddenly flies away and it is very difficult to lock it.
Zhou Sen discovered that when Lu was chopping flies with his axe, his eyes would suddenly freeze. There is no doubt that this is a locking process.
Finally, Zhou Sen summed up a lesson: use your heart.
"I want to chop" has the same effect as "carefully". As long as you use your heart, it is not difficult at all to chop flies with an axe, because Zhou Sen does not lack "quickness" and "ruthlessness". He only needs to be "accurate"
.
In just fifteen days, Zhou Sen mastered the essentials of chopping flies. It is not too difficult for Zhou Sen to learn one thing, not to mention that he has Lu Ax as his master. In fact, it only took Zhou Sen three days to master it.
Got it, he just doesn't want to expose himself as too good.
In the past fifteen days, Zhou Sen helped Lu Ax chop wood in his free time. In fact, the difference between chopping wood and chopping flies is not very big. If you can control chopping wood to a comfortable level, chopping flies will not be far away.
, among them, as long as you master certain skills and become familiar with the flight trajectory and habits of flies.
Of course, it will take a long time to practice to reach the point where Lu's ax can be wielded freely. At present, Zhou Sen can only chop flies when he is calm and focused, and the wrist control in his hand cannot be controlled freely.
.And Lu's ax can be used to chop as he pleases. The heavy iron ax feels light and spiritual in his hand.
Lu Ax was extremely surprised by Zhou Sen's learning speed, because he had been chopping flies for five years and spent another three years practicing chopping flies, but Zhou Sen did it in just half a month.
In fact, Lu Ax didn't understand the gap between him and Zhou Sen. He was groping in the "darkness" at first, using brute force to chop flies, and it took him three years to turn brute force into skill. But Zhou Sen,
In addition to the guidance of Lu Axe, he chopped "with heart" from the beginning, so he got twice the result with half the effort.
Of course, there is another important reason. Zhou Sen himself is a genius scientist with strong computing power. In fact, chopping flies has a lot to do with computing. The orientation, angle, and speed are all similar.
wonderful.
Time passed by unconsciously, and more than a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Sen finished helping Jia Deafzi clean up and was concentrating on chopping wood to practice his strength. Suddenly, there was a sound of quarreling in the yard.
