The biography of Gu Qi, a poor girl

After packing up the tableware, Gu Qi took out the pen and paper as usual to practice calligraphy in the yard.

With Fengqing's reminder before, Gu Qi has been practicing strokes honestly for the past two days.Filling the pages one by one with one point, one side, one stroke and one point, I finally got the initial results.

Fengqing watched for a while, took the pen in Gu Qi's hand, and wrote the word 'yong' on the paper.

Said: "Today I will practice this word first."

Gu Qi saw that the word 'yong' just covered all the basic strokes, and it was indeed the most practical word for beginners, so he nodded obediently: "Okay."

Just after writing, Feng Qing stretched out a hand and lightly supported Gu Qi's shoulder.

Seeing Gu Qi raised his head in confusion, Feng Qing smiled slightly and said, "When writing, you need to be upright. In addition, you should hold the pen a bit heavier. The brush is not a dagger, so you don't need to spend so much effort."

Gu Qi shook his head helplessly: "I can't change it for a while."

"Then take it slow." Feng Qing stepped forward and reached out to hold Gu Qi's right hand holding the pen: "I'll teach you."

"you..."

"Don't worry." Feng Qing held a small smile at the corner of his mouth.

He pointed to the body distance of five or six inches of air strikes between himself and Gu Qi before, except for his hands, and said:

"Just teach you to write."

Gu Qi raised his eyebrows, since you clearly said that you don't have to be responsible, then I'm welcome.

"Then let's start"

Someone to help correct me is indeed much more useful than Gu Qi's blind practice.

Soon a 'Yong' appeared on the paper.Although it is not as vigorous and elegant as the flowing clouds and flowing water that Fengqing wrote at the beginning, it is still decent and decent.

Gu Qi was deeply relieved, and felt that the day when he was free from illiteracy was just around the corner.

"How do you feel?" Feng Qing asked.

"It's really different from me." Gu Qi thought about it seriously and nodded: "Then you can write it with me again, so that I can feel it."

"Okay." Feng Qing raised a gentle arc, holding Gu Qi's slightly loosened hand and closed it again.

After another word fell on the paper, Feng Qing asked, "How about this time?"

"It seems to understand a little." Gu Qi nodded, then waved to Fengqing: "You release first, I will do it myself."

"..." Feng Qing.

So, throw it away?

......

On the afternoon of the second day, the carpenter's family delivered the counters in batches as promised. The solid wood cabinets are heavy and large, with more than 60 cabinets. It took a full afternoon to move them back and forth.

Gu Qi had already asked the craftsmen to use ink fountain lines to divide the general area around the business city.Therefore, it does not require much effort when placing the counter, as long as the size of the elastic line is stuck according to the position of the elastic line, it can form a small classified area one by one.

These small areas are combined to form a large area. This part becomes the main self-operated area of ​​Gu's business market, occupying the best position in the northeast, allowing all the guests who come in from the east gate and the north gate to see the first place. All eyes fell on this position.

After dealing with these, Gu Qi then arranged for the rest of the cabinets to be placed in the position selected by Zhou Li.

Of course, this area is also divided into two parts.Some of the smaller ones belong to Zhou's Buxing and Rouge Fang, and the other, larger and better, are dedicated to porcelain, tea bricks and shredded tobacco.

Between the two small areas, a walkway wide enough for guests to pass is reserved for distinction.After all, Zhou Li also mentioned that the business of Zhou's family is different from his current private property, and naturally it is not suitable to put them together.

In the era of no industrial revolution, no Internet and no monitoring system, the distribution of personnel sites has become the key to the key.

The unified cashier and settlement model used by conventional supermarkets cannot be used in Gu's business market.

Fortunately, the current labor costs are not high. Hiring more people and operating in a semi-optional counter mode can also solve this problem.

After arranging all the cabinets, Feng Qing settled the remaining money and asked Gu Qi: "Are the counters in other areas going to be customized?"

"No hurry." Gu Qi shook his head: "Since it's a trial operation, it doesn't matter what it looks like. In the past few days, let's put the goods we have put in to see the results and make other plans."

"Then Zhou's goods?"

"After a while, Zhou Li will naturally send someone over." Gu Qi thought for a while and said, "I still hope that the salespersons in Gu's self-operated area are mainly women. It is better to be a woman who can speak well.

Two days ago, I asked Mrs. Qin to help me keep an eye on a few people in the village, and I don't know if there is any news. "

"Although Xiaoqi Village is rich, life is not easy for everyone. The busy farming season is over now, and the wages you give are reasonable. There must be many people who are willing to come back." Feng Qing said.

"I'm not afraid that no one will come, but I'm worried that not many women are willing to come." The folk customs in Jiangling County are still open, and women can be seen everywhere in the streets of Hesong Town to make a living, but in the end This is still a patriarchal society, and there are only a small number of people who can truly disregard the sneering words of those around them and are willing to show their faces.

After all, there is still a big difference between being a salesperson with a sales and service nature and being a part-time cook for the host family.

Even if Gu Qi paid the same salary, and being a salesperson was far easier and more decent than working in the kitchen to marinate the sauce, most women would still choose to be a hard and tiring help cook, just because other people wouldn't gossip about it. .

In fact, it is a ridiculous reason, but the reality is just like this.Not to mention the modern feudal society, even in the modern civilized society of Gu Qi's previous life, there were still many women, and they all eventually succumbed to a fearful word.

These cannot be changed by one person alone. Gu Qi shook his head and made sure not to think too much, just said: "Let's see, if it doesn't work, we can recruit more male workers. It's just that they need to be younger. After the call Take some time to do intensive training."

"Actually, there are other ways." Feng Qing said.

"any solution?"

"There are still a lot of silver taels on the account, why don't you go to the town to find a girl to buy some suitable girls, you can't spend much money when you are young, and you have a sales contract, you are taught from a young age, and you can do things well. some."

"Buy someone?" Gu Qi suddenly felt uncomfortable.But it was accepted after a while.

Yuzhou Prefecture was hit by a severe drought. On the way to escape the famine, Gu Qi had actually met too many people who sold their wives and children for one ration.Especially for those underage girls, the most difficult place is half a bucket of corn, and a basket of sweet potatoes can be exchanged for two.

Obviously a living person, after signing a death deed, he is sold casually like a beast, and in the end no one cares whether he is alive or dead.

"Then go to town tomorrow to see." Gu Qi thought about it and agreed with Feng Qing's method.

Today's world is not something that can be easily changed by simply saying "no business, no harm".

The official law only said that good people could not be forced to be slaves, but they did not prohibit voluntary slavery.However, the phrase 'from the father at home, from the husband as a monk' makes the word 'voluntary' extraordinarily ironic.

That being the case, it's better to come here to work upright and earn money, than to be bought into a filthy and dirty place.When they are old and have enough money, they want to retire, and then they pay back their deeds of prostitution.