The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 22 - Making Money is So Hard (2)_1

As for how much, we’ll discuss that later!”

The shopkeeper was bored at the time and became interested upon hearing her bold claim, “Good!

I want to see how you alone could husk three hundred catties of corn kernels in an afternoon!

But let’s get it straight, if you can’t do it, you get nothing!” Anyway, if she couldn’t do it, he’d just have one more person working for free.

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Pei Qin smiled and followed him into the back courtyard, where she saw several people seated around a pile, each with a basket or bamboo basket, husking corn.

Everyone was responsible for their own work, with a scale by the wall to weigh their output and earn their pay.

She turned to the shopkeeper and requested a sack and a stick.

There were plenty of sacks in the mill, and they found her a stick, as well as an empty large winnowing tray.

Pei Qin stripped off the corn husks and filled most of the sack with them, kicked it onto the ground, and started pounding with the stick.

All the workers who were husking corn stared at Pei Qin, their faces full of surprise.

The shopkeeper too was surprised and his eyes widened.

He soon became excited and after that, incredibly frustrated.

How had he never thought of such a method!?

Pei Qin didn’t like to dawdle when working; keeping it simple was best!

And if it couldn’t be simple, she’d solve it by force!

What’s the big deal!?

In less than fifteen minutes, up to sixty to seventy percent of the kernels had fallen from the cobs she had poured out.

The rest only needed a light rub to come clean.

Less than half an hour had passed, and several dozen catties of corn kernels had been produced.

The assistant’s expression grew awkward, and with a troubled look, he turned to the shopkeeper, his eyes asking a question.

Pei Qin raised her eyebrows at the shopkeeper, “Are we sticking to the bet?

If we are, I’ll teach you another trick!”

The shopkeeper, now in possession of such a good method, felt tempted to renege.

But hearing that she had another technique, his eyes flickered.

Pei Qin dusted off her hands, “Doing business is all about integrity, right, Shopkeeper?” She could see the old guy contemplating a trick.

The shopkeeper chuckled, “Of course!

Young lady!

What’s your name?

And where is your family from?”

Pei Qin chuckled back at him, “If we’re agreeing, then we can continue talking.”

“Agreed!

Agreed!” The shopkeeper laughed and beckoned to her, “Young lady!

What’s this other method you spoke of?

Show me first, and then we can decide how much to pay you!”

Pei Qin turned and walked away, “Isn’t there another mill in town?

On North Street or South Street!” She really thought she was a three-year-old kid without a brain!

“Hey, hey!

Young lady!

Young lady!” The shopkeeper wasn’t serious, just calling out a few times, and as he saw Pei Qin walking away, he turned back and told the others to start using sacks to pound the corn.

This method was really too easy!

It saved so much time and would also save a lot in labor costs!

The other technique she mentioned was probably just a bluff to get money.

After walking a while and not being followed, Pei Qin’s face gradually darkened, and she couldn’t help but curse, “Damn swindlers!”

She grabbed someone on the road and asked, “Where’s the other mill?”

That passerby, seeing her dark and unfriendly face, thought she was looking for an enemy and pointed in a direction before hurrying away.

Pei Qin rushed over to inquire, and it turned out to be a fake lead.

Finally, she found the correct way after asking a child.

When she found the other mill, it was closed.

Pei Qin knocked on the door, and an elderly woman with a walking stick came out, “Our mill is closed, we’re not doing business anymore.

If you want to buy flour or something, go to the other one!”

Pei Qin’s face immediately turned as black as the bottom of a pot.