Chapter 156 First Batch of Delivery
"A-choo!"
Qin Yao got up early in the morning and opened the window to ventilate the room, but she was caught off guard and sneezed loudly.
As soon as October began, the temperature dropped sharply. A drizzle fell in the past two days. The sky was gloomy, and the house was dim and seemed even colder.
Qin Yao thought she was blown by the cold wind in the morning, and did not remember the saying - sneezing means someone is thinking of you.
She opened the window gap a little smaller, turned around, opened the closet, and put on the new jacket that her eldest and second sisters-in-law had helped her make. A thin layer of fluffy and soft cotton covered her upper body, and the coldness dissipated instantly.
Qin Yao walked out of the room and went to the backyard to do morning exercises. After a while, Dalang came over.
Erlang is indeed still young, and his willpower is weak, so it is difficult for him to persist in things he is not interested in. Qin Yao does not make things difficult for him and lets him sleep in during the winter.
If you have enough rest, you can study hard.
Dalang was different. He already found pleasure in practicing martial arts. He did not need Qin Yao's urging. He never missed his morning exercises unless it was raining or windy.
The mother and son looked at each other and then practiced their own exercises. Qin Yao mainly did strength exercises to maintain her body's flexibility.
Dalang focused more on the basics. He practiced a set of military boxing early in the morning and then squatted into a horse stance.
This stretch can last for half an hour.
If he has free time, he can also memorize the book, or just relax and think about nothing. The nine-year-old child already looks mature because he is too sensible, and now he has become even more stable.
Qin Yao finished her exercise first, washed up, and then lit a fire to cook the stomach-nourishing millet porridge for breakfast. She then took out the new charcoal that she had asked someone to buy from the town, burned a stove and placed it in the main room, then closed the door to warm up the cold room.
This was the first charcoal burner of early winter. If Qin Yao hadn't sneezed in the morning, she would have wanted to burn more charcoal in a few days.
But she couldn't stand the cold this morning, let alone the children. Anyway, the family had enough money for charcoal, so they might as well light the fire early and enjoy it sooner.
Sure enough, the three who got up later came out of bed with their red faces covered by the cold, and noticing the heat in the main room, they immediately pushed the door and rushed in, first exclaiming in surprise, and then sat around the charcoal stove, warming their hands and feet, feeling very comfortable.
After the family of five had breakfast, Qin Yao specifically reminded them before leaving: "Remember not to close the windows tightly. Come out and get some fresh air from time to time to avoid poisoning."
The four siblings had already known about carbon poisoning after Qin Yao's popular science, and they all responded in unison: "Yes!"
So, Qin Yao took the account book and the bag of silver and walked towards the village entrance.
Today, October 15th, is the date agreed with Bai Shan to deliver the first batch of goods.
It is also the day when wages are paid.
Last night, Qin Yao and Carpenter Liu had already checked the goods to be delivered today in advance. After making sure that everything was in order, they went home.
The next batch of goods has been completed by 80 percent, and the remaining half a month is more than enough time to complete the delivery on time.
Therefore, Qin Yao got up this morning calmly, just like usual.
However, the workers in the manufacturing plant were quite nervous because this was the first time they had to complete their production tasks and deliver the goods.
Whether the guests are satisfied is very important to them. After all, who doesn't want to be rewarded for their efforts?
In the middle of the morning, Bai Shan came with his fleet of five cars.
Except for the annual grain payment time, the small mountain village rarely saw so many horse-drawn carriages at once, and it was rare for it to be so lively.
Especially after the conscription order came, most of the men in the village left, and the depressed atmosphere finally improved today.
The idle aunts, young wives and children in the village gathered around, looking at this and touching that out of curiosity.
They are all made of stone and wood, so there is no need to worry about them being damaged, so just let them do what they want.
The cold winter seems to be gradually warming up in this noise.
Qin Yao personally delivered thirty sets of ultra-small water mills onto the carriage. After checking them one by one, Bai Shan nodded with satisfaction. He left two smart young guys to learn how to install and repair them, and then drove the goods south first.
Before leaving, Bai Shan paid the second installment of sixty taels, and there was still a balance of twenty taels left, which would be paid in full when he picked up the goods next time.
Seeing the huge sum of money being received by Qin Yao, the workers in the factory all smiled happily.
Qin Yao turned around and met a pair of expectant eyes. She smiled and said, "I'll go settle the bill and give you the monthly salary this afternoon!"
Everyone laughed and responded in unison: "Okay!"
Qin Yao watched the workers return to their respective jobs. She and Carpenter Liu personally took the two young men left behind by Bai Shan and taught them how to install the equipment, how to prevent problems from occurring, and how to repair them if problems occurred.
Qin Yao had already prepared for these things, and she and Carpenter Liu made a hand-drawn after-sales book when they had free time.
For big customers like Bai Shan, we can give one set as a gift.
The after-sales book has pictures and words. In addition to the installation steps, common and uncommon problems are also written.
Qin Yao first took the two boys to her own water mill to observe for half a day before giving them the after-sales hand-drawn book so that they could learn by looking at the pictures.
If you have any questions, come and find her or Carpenter Liu.
By the way, their home is in another town in Kaiyang County, which is far away from Liujia Village and inconvenient to travel, so they have to live in Liujia Village for the next half month.
The rooms in Carpenter Liu's house were full and there was no room for them, so Qin Yao had to take the two back to her own home.
When I opened the small room next to the main room that had been locked for a month, a smell of dust that had been uninhabited for a long time hit me in the face.
Qin Yao took two steps back, raised her hand to fan herself, and waited for a while before going in.
The window opened, and light came into the dim little bedroom. It was a small room with a bed, a set of tables and chairs, and a wardrobe made of two wooden boxes. It was simple and tidy.
"Come in." Qin Yao waved to the two guys outside and asked them to come in and take a look at the new dormitory.
The two guys were about eighteen or nineteen years old, tall and thin. There was a small bed about one meter and three meters wide in the room, so they could squeeze into it without any problem.
The two of them took a look around and were very satisfied. They said to Qin Yao with gratitude that any work like fetching water or chopping wood at home could be done by them.
Qin Yao was not polite and immediately called Dalang and Erlang over and asked them to lead the two older brothers to chop firewood.
The weather is getting colder day by day, and there is no firewood in winter, so the more firewood the better, and it is never too much.
The firewood shed in the yard is already two-thirds full. If we fill it up with a few more days of firewood, it will be enough to burn until next spring.
With the addition of the two older brothers, the firewood shed was filled up ahead of time. Erlang and Dalang were secretly happy because they finally had time to pick chestnuts.
If they had arrived a little later, the chestnuts on the mountain would have been picked up by the children in the village.
On the low slope at the east end of the village, there is a chestnut forest. No one knows who planted it originally, but later no one took care of it, and it grew wildly. It became the favorite place for children in the village to visit in early winter.