Chapter 2459: Chicken Feathers for Sugar

"Chen Dacheng led his nephew to apply for the recruitment, and defended Taizhou after training. In Taizhou, Chen Dacheng led the army to defeat the Japanese pirates. Rising up with arms in arms, defending the homeland and country with arms, annihilating the enemies outside the sea and borders. Loyalty and bravery will shine through in the annals of history; awe-inspiring spirit will always exist in the world."

"Later, the 'Yiwu soldiers' led by Chen Dacheng defended the safety of the Ming Dynasty and became an invincible iron army. More than 50 of our family members surnamed Chen became military officers at the general level.

"These soldiers from Yiwu, because they have traveled far and wide, have a wide range of connections, and have good information, are more courageous than ordinary people. After retiring and returning to their hometowns, some of them have stepped into the ranks of walking around villages and alleys with hand-cranked rattles and beating sugar for chicken feathers."

According to what Chen Jinshui said, the history of the Chen family’s chicken feathers for sugar was much earlier than the Qianlong period, and this is also inseparable from the environment in Yiwu. Yiwu is surrounded by mountains, and farming alone cannot support many people. Therefore, it has become their tradition to go to villages and villages to do business. Think of Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants who are in similar situations. Many of the major business gangs in China are forced out.

The ginger candies in the shopkeeper’s dan are made by the villagers themselves, and there are also some small things like needles, thread, hairpins and buttons, which are also bought from nearby. They are not idle, and they use their slack time to do this and stock up for them.

A pair of candy baskets is a mobile small general store, very popular among villagers in mountainous areas, especially women and children, because it is not easy for them to buy something. Either let the villagers bring it back, or wait for the salesman to come to the door, so there is a living space for Chen Jinshui and the others.

But this bowl of rice is a hard meal. There is not much business in the city and the countryside, so I can only go to the village and carry the salesman for thousands of kilometers. This crime is not good, and ordinary people can't do it. After learning some experience, after Shen Long repeatedly asked himself to carry the burden, Chen Jinshui gave him the burden and taught him the skills of carrying the burden at the same time.

"The load must be lifted steadily, supporting the center of gravity, holding the basket with both hands one behind the other, and the rope should be shorter, so that if you pick too many things, you won't hit the ground."

In "Legend of the New White Snake", Qi Baoshan has a saying: There are three sufferings in the world, and he is talking about the hardest jobs in the world.

Punting has to be exposed to wind, sun, and rain all year round, and there is a risk of capsizing and death at any time when passing through wind and waves, and it is very exhausting. There are no neighbors to talk to on board, so it is lonely and lonely.

Forging iron requires enduring the heat day and night by the furnace, and living is like entering purgatory. Swinging a sledgehammer for a lifetime is labor-intensive, not to mention dirty and tiring, and years of smoke and fire can't bear the eyes.

To grind tofu, you have to get up early and be late, sleep between three and five, work as a donkey, and get a small living. To make tofu, you have to soak the beans, grind the tofu, and burn the pulp every day. Been busy for a long time.

These three occupations are all about hard work and earning a small amount of money, but the hard work of punting a boat, grinding iron and grinding tofu is nothing compared to the sugar gang. If it is dangerous, the sugar gang walks on small paths, and if you don’t pay attention, you will be killed. The danger of falling off a cliff, sickness and no one to take care of you alone, and not all good people in the countryside, it is not uncommon to encounter murder for money, it can be said to be more dangerous than punting.

Blacksmithing is hard work, but there is always a time to rest. You can sleep in your own home when you rest at night. The Knocking Gang carries the burden and travels thousands of miles. It is far more bitter and tiring than blacksmithing.

Grinding tofu has little time to rest, so you have to get up early and go to bed late. The same is true for knocking sugar to help you on your way. In order to get to the next village as soon as possible, you often have to walk at night.

Not to mention the money earned, how much money can you earn if you exchange needles and threads for chicken feathers, and then sell them as feather dusters? It's just a little better than planing food in the soil.

The uncle and nephew got off the train at Zhibu Station in Zhuji and sold their burdens along the way. They had to find an unoccupied house in the village to sleep at night. They spent the night in the attic with a pair of Chen Jinshui worried that Shen Long was afraid of the unpainted coffin, but Shen Long didn't care.

Let alone an empty coffin, so what if there are zongzi sleeping inside? If he dares to jump out, I can strike him with lightning. As long as he is not a super big rice dumpling at the level of a general, he will always come as a gift.

As soon as it was daybreak, they got up and continued to walk through the streets. The two of them hawked by shaking the rattle, "Chicken feathers for sugar, chicken, duck and goose feathers ~ broken copper and rotten iron ~ for sugar!"

When they arrived at the next village, the father and son rested their candy bears outside a courtyard by the village. They saw a big fat pig running around in the yard. The old lady in the house was jumping up and down anxiously. Chen Jinshui and Shen Long hurried up to help. Catch it and send it back to the pigsty.

The old lady thanked her again and again, and Chen Jinshui took the opportunity to instill in Chen Jianghe the principles of life and business, "We knock sugar guys out to make a living all year round, and we will inevitably encounter various difficulties; It is fleshy, if you want to have friends to help you when you encounter difficulties; when you can help others in normal times, you can't be lazy, you have to be a kind and righteous person, and do business with "righteousness" First of all, this is the rationale of us Yiwu people. Usually, it looks like nothing, but the business is accumulated little by little.

"We have a rule of 'out of six out of four', what does it mean, that is, when you earn money, you have to use 60% of it to reward those friends who have helped you, that is, giving out more than entering, everyone To make money in business, you have to think about yourself in the middle of the night, and think about others in the second half of the night. I would rather make nine out of one, than just think about making money by myself."

This is an ancient business ethics, and it is also the reason why the Yiwu Datang Gang can continue to this day. Relying on cheating can certainly gain a temporary profit, but the reputation is ruined. Next time you come to this village, no one will talk to you again Doing business, even this kind of trust will spread to all Yiwu businessmen, as long as they hear the Yiwu accent, no one will take care of them.

So they attach great importance to their reputation. Once there are unruly people in the knocking sugar gang, Yiwu people are more anxious than outsiders, and those who do such things will not be able to hold their heads high in the village.

Because of helping others, the old lady not only invited them to sit and drink hot water, exchanged a lot of things, but also invited her relatives to come and pick them out. Chen Jinshui's good deeds were rewarded.

When they arrived at the next village, Shen Long said, "Uncle, why don't you try me this time!"

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