C12 Doing business
Chang Guixiang stayed at Xiang Tao's place until midnight before she returned. In order to find Xiang Tao, she had to send all of her children back to their home. As soon as Chang Guixiang left, he started to calculate how many willow weaving crafts he could take a day. The entire village had more than a hundred women.
This is not a busy time. Every woman makes ten a day, a thousand a day, and then she makes half the money. If she does that, he'll be a real millionaire in less than half a month.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. The next day, early in the morning, Xiang Tao woke up and went straight to Director of Women's home.
Hu Dashan's nickname was Hu You, and his mouth was even more broken than the old Chick in the village. This fellow died too early and didn't have any children. He had always been a bachelor.
However, there were people in his village, otherwise they wouldn't be able to fish up a Director of Women. This guy is really lustful, otherwise he wouldn't do this job. He was the only one in Director of Women who was a 10 li 8 village man.
But Hu Dashan did not care what others said, he was willing to do this job. There was no better job than finding ways to work with those old Chick s. Even if it was the position of village chief, he wouldn't be willing to do it.
Hu Dashan stayed at the western end of the village. He bought two bags of red camellia herb from a shop and went straight to Hu Dashan's home. red camellia herb were definitely good cigarettes in this era, they were worth six yuan each.
Old Zhang's store had not sold a single pack of cigarettes ever since they had entered, so Xiang Tao's purchase of two packets of cigarettes made Old Zhang extremely happy.
"Uncle Shan, I'm home."
As soon as Hu Dashan saw him at the door, he smiled and greeted him. Hu Dashan was sweeping the courtyard, and threw his broom to the side when he saw Xiang Tao walking in, telling him to sit down.
"Taozi, you have something to say, right? We are not outsiders either, so just tell us."
After sending Xiang Tao a cigarette, Hu Dashan also lit it up and blew out a mouthful of smoke, then spoke to Xiang Tao straightforwardly. Hu Dashan was forty-six years old, and he was a little nearsighted. His addiction was also very strong, the two fingers he used to smoke his cigarettes on were charred yellow.
"Uncle, I really do have something to talk to you about. Can you help me organize all the women in the village to make wicker handicrafts? I'm responsible for collecting them."
He handed the book over to Hu Dashan, who took it and read it with squinted eyes. Then, he returned the book to Xiang Tao and smoked without saying a word.
"What's wrong, Uncle? Is this going to be difficult?"
The weather was too hot, Xiang Tao was not willing to go one by one. Furthermore, he was young and didn't have much credibility. The old Chick in the village might not be able to trust him. Hu Dashan was different, although he was just a Director of Women, but in the eyes of the women in the village, he was a trustworthy person.
As long as he showed his face, this matter would become half done. Furthermore, he had to inform the village about his business. After he finished dealing with Hu Dashan's side, he still had to make a trip to Village Head's Home.
"The difficulty is not that high, but we'll need to use the village loudspeaker to broadcast it. As you know, the radio is usually locked and the key is in the village accountant's hand. I'm at odds with him, so this matter …"
Before Hu Dashan even finished speaking, Xiang Tao had already shoved two bags of red camellia herb into his hands. Hu Dashan's eyes immediately lit up when he saw that it was a good smoke. If there were only two hobbies out of all of them, it would be smoke and a woman.
These two were his lifeblood, but once he saw the good Yan Hu Dashan, he was unable to say anything more.
"Taozi, what are you doing? Do you take Uncle as an outsider? "
On normal days, Xiang Tao would give him some when he was hunting, but he had a good impression of Xiang Tao, so he felt embarrassed to take Xiang Tao's two packs of cigarettes.
Although he said that, Hu Dashan's eyes were still on the smoke. Xiang Tao also knew him, he was too lazy to fall, but seeing the benefits, he would definitely help him do something.
"Uncle, look at what you're saying. Aren't I giving you filial respect?" Besides, you helped me out quite a bit. If this thing succeeds, I'll buy you a cigarette every day. "
Hearing that there were still benefits from the follow-up, Hu Dashan laughed heartily. He patted Xiang Tao's shoulders and said: "You brat, you're really amazing. I didn't expect you to start a business at such a young age. Don't worry, this matter is Uncle's responsibility, so I will definitely take care of it for you. "
After obtaining a definite answer, Xiang Tao started to chat about other things. This Hu Dashan was truly a chatterbox, to the point of talking about such useless things, Xiang Tao only listened for a short while before running out of his house.
After going back home to get two wild rabbits that he had beaten before, Xiang Tao once again walked towards the Village Head's Home. Firstly, he had to inform the village chief about this matter, and secondly, see if he could get some support from the village.
He didn't have many bullets on him, only about two thousand dollars. If the old Chick in the village could produce a thousand willow weaving handicrafts a day, then his money would only last two days.
When he arrived at the entrance of the Village Head's Home, Xiang Tao saw the Er Yadanzi washing clothes by the well. Mao Ying was wearing a white shirt with half of his sleeves unbuttoned.
As she was washing the clothes, the nipple inside the clothes was faintly discernible, causing Xiang Tao to be unable to help but be greatly angered. When he thought about what he had done to Mao Ying that night on the mountain, Xiang Tao immediately reacted, scaring him to the point where he hurriedly lowered his cat's waist.
Mao Ying was currently on vacation, so he could stay at home for a while. Xiang Tao chuckled as he walked over to Mao Ying and asked her: "Washing clothes?"
Hearing Xiang Tao's voice, Mao Ying raised his head and thought of the valiant look he had when he saved her that night. His attitude was a lot better now that he was no longer speaking like before.
"Taozi, why are you here? You want to see me? "
"Hehe, I came to look for the village chief. Are you home?"
Xiang Tao did not dare say that she was here. If he let the village chief hear this, he would think that he was beating up her daughter.
The village chief pointed at Mao Ying and asked him to find a target in the city, and the old couple arranged for them to be in the city as well. Originally, Mao Ying still had a brother, but that fellow didn't learn anything and wandered around the county without returning home. The village chief and his wife knew that they couldn't count on him, so they placed all their hopes on him.
"Why are you looking for my dad when he's not around?"
Xiang Tao did not expect the Village Chief to not be home, but it did not matter. It was the same if he told his family members, when the time came, they would just tell him, but he did not know if he could get any sponsorship or not.
"Yo, Taozi is here. Quickly come in and sit, let Aunt pour you a cup of tea."
Bai Xiuping came out of the house, and saw that Xiang Tao was waving to him passionately with the two rabbits in his hands, as if he was calling his own Young Master.