Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 108 Daily Business

When Song Sanniang finished her shower and returned to her room, she found that the gifts given by Miss He and the others had not been opened yet, but Si Niang and the other two were already asleep. She was afraid that opening the gifts would wake them up, so she went to bed first.

The next day, the aunt and her family came to the store early to start work. Song Sanniang got up when she heard the noise. Si Niang and her two friends went to bed early and got up earlier than Song Sanniang. They were happily eating buns in their rooms.

"Sister, you're up, go wash your face quickly." Si Niang was standing in front of the gift, the meaning was self-evident.

Song Sanniang found it funny. "Didn't you go back to your room early yesterday? Why didn't you take it down?"

Si Niang replied seriously, "This was given to my sister by someone else. We can't open it carelessly. It's impolite."

Song Sanniang rubbed her head and thought that this child was really sensible. "Then I'll come back after I wash my face and show you how to open it."

She washed up quickly and returned to her room. The four women had already finished their breakfast and looked at her eagerly when they saw her come in.

The gifts on the table were big and small. They gave each of them a gift.

Song Sanniang opened Miss He's gift first. Miss He gave her a set of four treasures of the study and several copybooks of calligraphy, with a note in neat and beautiful handwriting on it.

"No matter how busy you are, you must write to me more often. Practice the calligraphy I prepared for you. Your handwriting is really ugly, haha." Song Sanniang didn't know whether to laugh or cry after reading it.

Then she opened the gift from Mr. He San, which turned out to be a box of silver ingots. Song Sanniang counted them and found that there were exactly two hundred taels. There was a piece of paper with flying dragons and phoenixes in the box.

"I respectfully request the position of shareholder with a capital twice that of Sister Jun. If it is inconvenient, the money will be recorded in the account as consumption fund for the Jin family." The last signature is Zhao Yuan, which should be his name.

"Wow, so much money." Seeing that the four treasures of the study had no reaction from Si Niang and the other two, they all exclaimed in unison when they saw these white silver ingots.

Si Niang couldn't help but pick up a silver ingot and hold it in front of her to examine it carefully. Wu Niang also followed her and took an ingot to play with. Song San Niang followed the two of them and continued to open other gifts.

Jin Zhengan sent several cookbooks, which included recipes for four seasons, how to make exquisite pastries, tonic soups, and recipes for beauty and skin care. It was obvious that he put a lot of effort into it.

Jin Zhaoyi sent four cans of tea, all of which were famous teas, including Dongting Biluochun, West Lake Longjing, Fujian Tieguanyin, and Anhui Huangshan Maojian.

Maybe the two sisters had discussed it beforehand. Jin Zhaoyi gave tea and Jin Zhaotong gave a set of tea sets.

The things Jin Zhengren gave were probably picked out from his own toys, including a complete set of zodiac tumblers, wooden spinning tops, and nine linked rings.

Although it is an ordinary toy, the wood is oily and smooth, and has a faint fragrance. It is incomparable to the ordinary wood bought on the street.

There was also a note inside: "I am a naughty boy who doesn't understand the ways of the world. Please forgive me."

She finally finished opening all the gifts. Although the other party didn't think of giving a return gift, if she didn't give a return gift, how could she improve her relationship with the Jin family? So she kept the return gift in mind.

Although Si Niang and Wu Niang were curious about the gifts, they did not think of asking Song San Niang for anything after they saw her unpack them.

Song Sanniang gave them the gifts from Young Master Zhengren, because they were originally children's toys.

After packing up the gifts, she was ready to get busy. However, when she thought of Mr. He San, she felt a little distressed. He definitely couldn't be the shareholder.

Since she has already hired Miss He, she naturally cannot find another person to share the profit. Yes, this is the reality. She is a businessman.

I haven't figured out any solution for now, so I can only put it aside. When the time comes, I'll just do as he said and top up the money into the store, and then when the Jin family comes to eat, I'll just deduct the money from the deposit.

Everyone in the store was busy preparing ingredients all morning, and the store opened for business around 11 o'clock. Not long after opening, customers started to come in one after another.

Some people also came with the flyers that had been distributed before, explaining that the flyers were useful and were valid for three days after the new store opened.

Although it was also very busy today, it was a little better than yesterday. Everyone found their own positions and cooperated better. The personnel allocation in each area was also adjusted.

In the morning, Song Sanniang asked everyone who wanted to write a letter home, and asked them to come to her when they were free. So everyone took turns to write to her.

The eldest aunt and the second aunt came together. The eldest aunt smiled and said, "Sanniang, please say hello to the two old people for me, and tell them that my brother-in-law, my sister-in-law, and the two children are all fine, and ask them not to worry about them.

Tell your uncle to be careful when he goes out to collect grain, and don't eat unclean food like before. Also tell Zecheng that we will bring him to the capital when we have the chance."

Song Sanniang nodded, and then asked Fang, "Second aunt, what about you? What do you want to say?"

The second aunt said loudly, "What I want to say is almost the same as what your eldest aunt said. Say hello to your grandparents and tell them that everything is fine.

Then tell Xiyatou that I will buy her a new set of clothes when I get my salary next month, and ask her to listen to her grandparents and her father at home, and ask your second uncle to eat on time and not drink when traveling outside. "

"Okay, aunt, aunt, I know what you mean. I will read it to you when I finish writing it. You can go and do your work first."

"Okay, let's get busy first." So the two of them continued to work, and Song Sanniang buried her head in writing a letter.

When others write letters, they can write dozens of words on a piece of letter paper, but one of her words is equivalent to several words of others. She was distressed while writing, her handwriting was really ugly. It seems that she really needs to spend more time at night to practice her handwriting.

Next, everyone told Song Sanniang what they wanted to say to their families. Song Sanniang wrote down everything one by one. After she finished writing, she waited for the ink to dry, and then checked each envelope.

After making sure there were no mistakes or omissions in the meaning, he signed everyone's names and read it again to everyone. When he felt there were no problems, he sealed it and asked Qin Haodong to mail it.

Busy days always go by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Sweetie has been open for a week.

The store is crowded with customers every day, including many returning customers and some customers who come here just because they heard about the store.

On this day, someone from the dock delivered something to the store. It was the bamboo bowls that the clan leader and his friends had sent, and inside it was something that Niu Lao Da and his wife had made.

There are thousands of them in total, and this is just the first batch. The clan leader said in the letter that the second batch will be delivered in two days.

So she put some in the store and asked the dock workers to transport the rest to the dormitory. In addition to the freight, Song Sanniang gave the driver an extra ten-cent tip.

The freight was not very expensive, only seventy cents. Fifty cents was the cost of transporting the goods from the county town to the provincial capital, and it also included help in loading and unloading the goods. It was twenty cents to deliver the goods from the dock to the store.

"Brother, I want to ask, how do you calculate the freight?" Song Sanniang asked the wharf driver who delivered the goods after giving the tip.

The driver was about 17 or 18 years old, tanned and shiny, with a set of uneven white teeth.

"Girl, we have two types of shipping: charter and cabin. Charter means renting the entire ship. It depends on the size of the ship, the distance you want to travel, and whether you want to sail downstream or upstream.

A small boat within 60 miles costs 200 wen, a large boat costs 500 wen, and even larger boats are even more expensive.

The charge for chartering depends on how much cargo you have and how much space it takes up in the cabin. It also depends on the distance, whether it is downstream or upstream.

Another thing to consider when booking a cabin is whether your cargo is general cargo, grain or fine cargo. General cargo, like your bamboo bowls, are not likely to break. One flat is 50 wen. If it is less than one flat, it will be charged as one flat.

For example, shipping grain is risky. If the river floods and the grain is soaked in water, we will lose money, so the price will be higher. In addition, grain absorbs a lot of water, and the price of grain within a voyage of 60 miles is 80 cents per square meter.

Fine goods are valuable items such as silk, porcelain, and tea. We need special people to guard them, so the fee is higher. Generally, within a voyage of 60 miles, it is 100 wen per square meter. "

Song Sanniang got a general understanding of the situation, thanked the young man, and asked Qin Haodong to take him to the dormitory.