OBS Chapter 361 Bartering
Chapter 361 Bartering
As the person who is most capable of getting into the women's group in Tangjia Village among the nine clans, she has two difficult tasks today:
"We want big jars, old big jars, clay jars, whatever!"
As soon as they crossed the bridge and entered Tangjia Village in the east, Xiao Yang started shouting, and soon she was surrounded by the women and old ladies of Tangjia Village.
This one said, "We have a large vat that we don't use. It's half a person's height. If you want to use it, just take it away."
Some people also said: "We have a lot of old jars piled up at home, all of which are left over from making salted tofu in the early years. How about you guys take some? They will stop smelling after a while!"
Little Yang had a mission to accomplish, so she couldn't take advantage of him. She quickly said, "You have to pay me. My third uncle said that I will cause a lot of trouble for you guys in the future. How can I take advantage of you all the time?"
Of course, some people were not polite and pulled Xiao Yang to see how much the unused large jars and pots in their homes could be sold for.
Young Yang waved her hands quickly: "It's useless for me to go. Do you think I can move it by myself? We have to trouble the brothers and sisters to bring it to us. Just send it to the well under the pedestal so that we can clean it conveniently."
She is a talkative person and can be said to be quite comfortable among this group of women.
At this time, some people also saw clearly how she was dressed today. Although the clothes were made of silk, they were not new. But the bunch of crabapple flowers on her head looked very beautiful under the sunlight.
"Oh, Sister Yang, your hairpin is so beautiful. It must have cost a lot of money, right?"
Little Yang stroked the hairpin with one hand, and the smile on her face became even brighter: "This, my daughter made it for me."
"Sister Yang is so lucky. Your daughter is so skillful. It's really enviable."
"Yeah, yeah, otherwise you must have had a good life in the past. I can tell from the looks of it that this thing is not cheap."
Xiao Yang didn't want to tell others about her bad life in the past, so she ignored the first half of the sentence:
"Not expensive, not expensive. All the girls in our nine clans can make it. We are also doing this business now. This kind of thing costs fifty cents, and there are also five cents and ten cents.
When we deliver water jars and earthenware pots later, you can go over and take a look. You can exchange them for this or for some other things.”
This sentence made women excited. The unused water tanks and clay pots at home could be exchanged for hairpins. Which woman would not be tempted?
No one else tried to talk to little Yang anymore, and they all ran back to look for their sons or men to deliver water jars to the nine clans.
After returning, Xiao Yang asked Dabao and Erbao to bring a table, on which were placed various hairpins, rings, hairpin flowers, and newly made bracelets.
There were also many bamboo baskets next to the table, all filled with shoes. Each basket contained a different model of shoes, with wooden signs with "twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven" written on them.
Thinking that she would not be able to handle it all by herself in a while, she quickly called on several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law to come and help.
Soon after, the area around the well below the Nine Clans' base was filled with large water vats and jars.
In order to avoid confusion, several teams were arranged
Li Xiu'e was assigned to this place again. She pointed at a dozen pottery jars that were not very round and said, "Oh, where did you buy these jars? Why don't they look round?"
The man said, "I built the kiln myself and burned it."
"That's not much to sell for, two cents each. Do you want cash or something else?"
The man's wife asked quickly: "How much is that hairpin?"
Li Xiu'e said: "The prices are different. Which one do you want?"
The daughter-in-law came over to the table and looked at them eagerly, but finally asked for a red plum blossom hairpin with two molds and injected glue.
She also wanted shoe soles, and after hearing Li Xiu'e's explanation, she picked a pair for the man and her son. The cloth soles of their shoes were always rubbed off while they were working.
However, since I have never seen this kind of soles before, I will buy two pairs to try for now. If they are really as good as they are said, I won’t have to sew soles at home later.
As a result, the money in the earthen jar was not enough, and dozens of copper coins were added. But the daughter-in-law was still happy and put a ten-cent magnolia hairpin on her head.
I couldn't bear to wear the fifty-cent hairpin right away, but compared to the one I had just taken off, the ten-cent hairpin also won praise from many women.
On the other side, Xiao Yang pointed at a water jar with a bit of disdain and said, "Second Sister Bai, there's a chip on your jar. It's worthless. You can only exchange it for ten coins."
Bai Ersao is the second daughter-in-law of Mrs. Bai. She is white and plump. She said without any concern:
"Ten cents is fine, ten cents is fine. I'll get you this tank. This is a large tank that we discarded two years ago. If you want it, I'll ask my family to bring it to you. There are dozens of them."
When little Yang heard this, her eyes lit up. She knew that the Bai family used it to make soybean paste and soy sauce, so it was okay if there were some bumps on it. They just used it to store water in the workshop during the winter, so they didn't mind at all.
"Okay, as long as it doesn't leak, you can get it. It's okay if it has bumps on it, but it can't have cracks. You won't need that."
Mrs. Bai narrowed her eyes and smiled: "How could that be possible? Our family doesn't do that kind of thing. Don't worry, there are definitely no cracks."
Young Yang asked again, "What do you plan to exchange your ten cents for?"
"First, change to the cheapest pair of grass soles."
Young Yang: "Do you know the size? How about you take a piece of cloth or something and go back to check and see which size is suitable for you?"
"It's okay. I'll change the ones I wear first and then compare them with my own shoes. When I come back to bring other water tanks, I'll check the models."
Shen Mazi's wife was even more excited: "Aiya, Auntie, your water jar is not broken but it is small. You can exchange it for a pair of the cheapest shoe soles. At most, you can give me the cheapest hairpin. I really can't exchange it for two pairs of shoe soles."
The lady didn't want the hairpin, she just wanted to exchange it for the soles of her shoes, so she could only say, "How about I give you two more earthenware jars?"
When the pockmarked wife saw the clay pot, she saw that it was made by herself and could be exchanged for two cents at most. However, the family conditions of this lady were not very good, because they lived in one of the few mud-brick houses in Tangjia Village.
She also heard from Xiao Yang that the old lady was also a widow, but she only lived with two granddaughters and one grandson. Her son died and her wife ran away, so it was not easy for her.
"Okay, Auntie, you choose the model. When we go back, the soles of our shoes are strong. Even if the uppers are broken, we can take them apart and sew new ones and they can still be worn."
In one day's work, these shoe soles, hairpins, bracelets, and rings not only brought many large jars and earthenware pots to the nine clans, but also earned a lot of silver.
But they were really busy. Fortunately, the old ladies came to take over their work at noon, otherwise they would not have had time to eat.
At first, people in Tangjia Village exchanged water jars and earthenware jars for their belongings, and some even sold them.
Later on, many people came up with new ideas. They used their own soybeans, corn, dried mushrooms, summer radishes, cucumbers, winter melons, and pumpkins grown at home... there were so many of them. They really just exchanged whatever they had in excess at home.
Anyway, every household has plenty of these things in their vegetable gardens, and they can't even eat them all at home. Now they can be used to exchange for shoe soles, hairpins, etc., and everyone is happy about it.
There are even people who exchange soybeans for jelly and steamed cake. In fact, some time ago, some people would bring soybeans to exchange for jelly and steamed cake from time to time and take them home to add to their dishes.