After talking with the villagers about the method Ji Jiu had written for them, the village headman allowed families to join together to do it. If you want to do it together And then having him help sell it is no problem. He will divide the money equally among each family. But if any family doesn't want to form a group and wants to do it themselves, they can sell it themselves. However, this work was not thought up by him anyway.
The villagers felt that if they gathered together, they would be more comfortable without carrying carts than if they carried their goods to sell in the city. Even though the sales themselves will get the money directly to you. But having it sold to an adult would probably be better. However, they don't cost much. Animal fat was easy to find at the Oil Bottle Factory. They could send village representatives to buy it for use. The price is probably cheaper than buying them separately.
The village headman listened to their thoughts and smiled happily. Seeing the people in the village unite like this, he was relieved. The cost of transporting carts to sell them did not cost him anything. Just two round trips is enough. Before making a house for Ji Jiu He and his wife earned quite a bit of money. By helping the villagers, you are helping yourself as well. The more prosperous the village became, the more results he had for the city lord to support the village.
After the villagers agreed that they would form a single group, the village headman suggested whether or not it would be a good idea to open a soap shop in the town. It's not that locals don't want to open their own shops. But they didn't have enough money. The stores in the city didn't know if the rent or purchase would be forfeited. So they just looked sadly at each other.
The village chief saw them like this but sighed and said:
"What if I let Ji Jiu buy the shop and let the people in the village take care of it? Will you guys intend to take care of the shop for Ji Jiu or not? As for the matter of rent, talk to her again. I think Ji Jiu wouldn't be mean to you guys."
"Are the adults telling the truth? I'm afraid that Miss Ji Jiu's mother won't approve. She just built a big house. Where will she get the money to buy a shop or rent it?" A middle-aged man who had previously accepted a job building a house for Ji Jiu protested.
"Phew! Don't you look down on Ji Jiuqiao. You only see her like this, but she knows how to think and how to make money better than you. The size of this soap She still doesn't plan on keeping it for herself, but wants you all to have money and gold. How did you get me to tell you this? And you think that just about the shops in the city, she can't buy them for the benefit of our village?"
The villagers listened to the elders and thought that what they said was true. If it were them who knew such a good way, they wouldn't tell anyone. They would be a rich family as a family. But Ji Jiu was very different from them. She really did everything for the people in this village. After understanding the village headman's words and accepting his words, they asked the village headman to talk to Ji Jiu instead. No matter how she wanted them to take care of the shop, Or how much rent will they pay? They would do as she wanted.
The village headman was once again satisfied with their idea. It was not a waste of Ji Jiu's energy to do good things for the villagers. No villagers would dare to take advantage of their mother Nu Ji Jiu anymore. Since the village did not have the four troublesome families. He felt that the village was becoming more livable.
After agreeing on a time to climb the mountain tomorrow. The group of villagers dispersed and went back. The village headman and his wife walked to Ji Jiu's house to talk about the shop before going to pick flowers tomorrow. They will also be able to give answers to the villagers.
Ji Jiu was quite surprised when Elder Uncle and Aunt He came to see him again. She invited them to sit in the living room first, then hurriedly went to bring them the tea and snacks that Aunt Qiao had prepared for her in the morning. Tomorrow she would already be going up the mountain with them.
"It's about your soap, Ji Jiu. I've talked with all the villagers. They'll form one group and help each other, and I'll be the one to help them carry them into the city and sell them. Because they don't have wagons to transport things. But the problem is that I don't have a store where I can directly sell them. So I want to ask you if you want to open a store in the city. Then let the villagers take care of the shop for you. You can tell me what your share is. The villagers did not have enough money to buy a central store. I miss you so much. What do you say, Ji Jiu?" The old man spoke in one go until the end. He was afraid that he would forget something so he hurriedly said this.
"Oh, if you want me to buy a shop for the village, that's fine. I don't have any problems. It's a shame that the villagers thought about this. If in the future our village has other products You can sell them at this shop right away. In the future our village will be able to live a little better."
"Are you telling the truth, Ji Jiu?" the husband and wife asked almost at the same time.
"Ha ha, really. Why must I deceive you? I really have quite a bit of money. And I don't like any kind of chaos, you know. If we get the villagers to take care of us and divide the money equally, our village will be more prosperous in the future as well. As for what kind of rent? I don't think about the villagers, Uncle. Auntie, I just ask that they take good care of this shop. After all, this shop is already in my name. I'm not at any disadvantage to them at all. It's even better that I don't have to hire someone to take care of the shop for me." Ji Jiu answered them with her usual small smile.
"Wow, I'm very grateful to you, Ji Jiu. Before buying the shop, I'll come take you to look at it together. Let's go pick flowers tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, is it a good idea to go look at the shop?"
"Yes, Uncle. I don't have anything to do at this time either. Oh, Uncle and Auntie, it would be a good idea for Uncle and Auntie to prepare a lot of supplies. I have a feeling that this winter won't be like every year. I'm afraid it will be even colder and longer than before due to the recent drought." Ji Jiu immediately warned the two people she respected.
"Is it true or not?
Just like that, the day after tomorrow when I went to look at the shop. I'll prepare some allowances to buy some more supplies. I, like you, also feel bad. My feelings tell me that this year everything is different from before. Since the previous drought incident, it happened once before. This time, if we prepare well We probably won't have too much trouble."