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Text Chapter 16 Officially Eradicating Poverty

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    In Yangpu Village, on a midwinter morning, the sun was rising from the horizon. The sunlight shone on the earth, making people feel soft and unable to dispel the coldness of the night.  The Xifeng River behind the small village is filled with smoke and shadows. The early morning sunlight is unable to penetrate the chaotic fog, making it difficult to see the river in the distance.  However, people can still clearly see a small boat docked at the ferry in the small village.  There were dozens of villagers around, most of them middle-aged women from Yangpu Village. In the outer circle, there were seven or eight young children standing on their feet and looking at it, looking anxious to get a closer look inside.  In the middle of the circle is a young man standing on the bow of the boat.  "I charge you two pieces of cloth in total. Do you want to pay in cash or exchange for cotton?" "How much does it cost in exchange for cash? What about cotton?" Standing in front of the young man was a pretty girl of fourteen or fifteen years old.  .  "The cash I received is 27 cents per piece of cloth. If I exchange it for cotton, one piece of cloth will be exchanged for one pound and eighty taels of cotton." "Then I can exchange one piece of cloth for cash and one piece of cloth for cotton, okay?" "Okay,  My business just opened today, I will weigh you two kilograms of cotton and pay you 20.7 cents for the cloth, okay?¡± After the girl agreed, the young man pretended to be a master of weighing the cotton, but it took him a while to watch.  Judging from the results of weighing just two kilograms of cotton, he is actually a complete business kid.  After the transaction was completed, the girl smiled and said: "Brother, you are the only one who has many tricks. You are a member of your own family, but you insist on pretending at this ferry, making the villagers laugh." Yang Shaowen didn't take it seriously: "Yuhua,  You are now the first customer of my Yang Jihua gauze shop. Of course I will leave such a significant honor to my sister. Uncles and aunts, don¡¯t you think so?¡± The villagers in Yangpu Village laughed.  The peasant women in the village also began to take out their homespun cloth and start business with Yang Shaowen, and the atmosphere at the small village ferry suddenly became very heated.  The aunts and uncles in the village are very enthusiastic.  "This is Shao Wen's first time doing business, and everyone is cheering for him!" "That's right, it's only a few cents lower than the cloth shop in town. Don't hide it, just sell it to Shao Wen.  "Whether it was done on their own initiative or coerced by people around them, almost every household in Yangpu Village who had cloth in their home patronized Yang Shaowen's business throughout the morning.  Yang Shaowen appreciates the kindness of the folks, but he knows that these are just a warm-up, and the real test will come later.  He took the boat and sailed towards Fengming Village in Maze Township, where he would truly open his business.  As soon as the boat arrived at Fengming Village, Yang Shaowen suddenly felt a little timid. After all, he was facing strange people in a strange place, and he couldn't keep his yells out of his mouth.  After all, this was my first time doing serious business, so I was still a bit thin-skinned.  He rubbed his cheeks that were numbed by the river wind with both hands, took a deep breath, and secretly encouraged himself.  "Ah!" He yelled, expelling the timidity in his heart.  This sudden shout also startled the villagers of Fengming Village, especially the village women who were doing laundry at the pier. They were obviously very frightened.  "There is something wrong with this young man. What do ghosts call in broad daylight? It scares me." Yang Shaowen ignored their complaints and started shouting: "Collect homespun cloth, replace cotton with cloth."  No one is too few, no one is too many, let¡¯s collect homespun cloth! " "Oh, it turns out they are collecting cloth. This is quite new!" " Hey, foreigner, bring the boat over.  , let¡¯s ask you!¡± ¡°When someone comes to collect information, these women naturally welcome it.  But after asking about the price of the cloth collection, most of the people immediately backed down.  "How come it's 2 cents and 7 cents a horse? It's sold in town for 30 cents a horse." "That's right, why should we lose these 3 cents? Anyway, we are going to Lamma Town to buy new year's goods before the end of the year. I  Wouldn't it be better to sell it to Lamma Town?" Yang Shaowen explained somewhat: "Aunts, I'm here to buy it, so you have to let me make some money." "Three points is too much.  I sold it for just one or two cents, and it saved me a trip to town." A middle-aged woman who others called Mrs. Tian replied: "I think the price is reasonable, but my family has only been selling cloth for a few days.  , now there are only a few kilograms of soil yarn. Young man, do you want to collect it here?" Yang Shaowen recognized that she was the peasant woman who took the boat with him that day.  The peasant woman also recognized Yang Shaowen, and then she came forward to say a few kind words.  Yang Shaowen smiled at her with some gratitude: "Yes, I will also accept the native yarn." The native yarn is a semi-finished product and cannot be sold to cloth shops in the city. Since there is no cash available, it can only be sold to villagers who weave cloth.  .  Most of the villagers buy cotton, but few buy cotton.The yarn is used for weaving. Therefore, many floral gauze shops in towns are not very willing to collect native yarn.  Yang Shaowen's business had just started, but he was not qualified to be picky.  "Sister-in-law Tian, ??do you want money or flowers?" "Give me flowers! I just sold the cloth a few days ago, and the money is enough for home expenses for the time being." In the end, although many village women came to inquire, but  Yang Shaowen only made one business with Sister Tian in Fengming Village.  Before leaving, Mrs. Tian comforted him with a few words: "Young man, don't be discouraged. Everything is difficult at the beginning. People in the village still like someone who can come to collect the cloth. It's just that many people see you for the first time and don't feel at ease with you." "Sister Xie Tian  Encouragement, I understand. Speaking of which, it was Sister Tian who gave me the advice to do this business!¡± Sister Tian didn¡¯t expect that the young man would do it right after he said a few words on the boat that day.  Young people really dare to think, act and are ambitious.  Farewell to Fengming Village, Yang Shaowen sailed the boat to the next village.  The places he chose were mainly villages in Huihua, Yanzheng, Shengxi, Xiaoren, Anshang, Zhengcheng, Shengdong, Daning and other townships. There were no flower gauze shops within a dozen miles, and the location was relatively remote.  Because it was far away, in order to save time, he did not go home and spent the evenings on the boat.  He put down the curtains and slept in the awning boat. Although the cold wind blew in from time to time, inspired by his entrepreneurial enthusiasm, he did not take this pain to heart.  For several days, he visited dozens of villages.  Some villages can generate two or three businesses, while others can¡¯t harvest anything.  He was not too discouraged, but carefully summarized the situation of the past few days.  First of all, people don't trust him very much. Some people want to exchange cotton, but they are afraid that the quality of his flowers will be defective, so they dare not do this business easily. Secondly, the price is 3 cents lower, and many people are still reluctant to part with it. The main reason is that they don't have it.  Settle the account.  I don¡¯t know that they have shortened the flow cycle of funds at home and saved the time and energy of going to the towns and villages. These are all money.  These problems can gradually get better over time.  In addition, because the New Year is approaching, many families have accumulated a lot of homespun cloth and are counting on selling it to celebrate the New Year.  This is a good thing, as more Bud means more business opportunities.  But because of this, more cash is needed, and less cotton is needed.  This also requires him to increase the liquidity in his hands as much as possible and reduce cotton inventory.  In the next few days, Yang Shaowen took advantage of the convenience of having a boat and began to bring some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and low-value new year goods to the villagers.  These are free.  And because he bought a lot at one time, it was equivalent to a group purchase, and the prices of these daily necessities were cheaper than when the villagers bought them themselves.  Gradually, Yang Shaowen¡¯s reputation among villagers in several towns and villages improved.  The business of his Yang Jihua gauze shop suddenly increased.  It¡¯s the end of the new year, and Yang Shaowen¡¯s Yang Jihua gauze shop will also be temporarily closed, preparing to go home for the New Year.  After taking stock of the results of more than a month, Yang Shaowen felt comfortable.  "Shao Ming, Shao Kuan. Come over here and help me pick up the New Year's goods!" Before anyone arrived home, a loud shout had already arrived.  "Ah, eldest brother is back!" Yang Shaowen has been away for more than a month and has never come back. His younger brothers and sisters all miss him.  Yang Yuhua looked at the eldest brother at the door with a rosy face and knew that he must have made money.  "Brother, how did the business go? How much did you earn?" Yang Shaowen smiled mysteriously and held out three fingers.  Yang Yuhua was delighted: "Three silver coins? It's only been a month, so much?" "Look at your prospects, is your elder brother such a useless person?" Yang Shaowen said with some satisfaction: "It's thirty  Yuan. To be precise, it¡¯s thirty-one yuan and sixty-nine cents. Our family can officially be declared out of poverty!¡± The four younger brothers and sisters exclaimed with disbelief on their faces.
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