Chi An said nothing and continued watching the old woman weave a bamboo tray. "How many do you need to make?"
"Fifteen this time, five more than before. Since I'm preparing bamboo shoots anyway, I'll weave a few extra." As she spoke, the old woman finished one. She looked at the finished tray in satisfaction, set it aside, and started on the next.
"Than before?" Catching those words, Chi An frowned. "Did someone order these?"
"Yes. Business owners come to me for these woven things. They don't want to make them themselves, so they buy from us. Quite a few households in the village take on this work."
"That's pretty good, then." Gu Zijin crouched down, looked at the bamboo piled on the ground, and squeezed it a couple of times.
"How much do you sell each one for?" Chi An continued.
The old woman answered patiently without slowing her hands. "Three yuan. When I've got nothing to do, I sit here and weave them at my own pace. Fifteen doesn't take long."
"Three yuan?!" Lin Yuxuan exclaimed in shock.
Chi Shuran and Ren Anwen also raised their heads in surprise, staring incredulously at the freshly woven tray.
[Holy shit! Three yuan for this?! Who's that heartless?!]
[Are you kidding me?! Are they taking advantage of Granny because she's old and easy to bully?! Three yuan for something she worked so hard to weave?! They cost me dozens of yuan each!]
[Which scumbag business is this?! Their hearts are even blacker than my resentment!!!]
[Granny, let's stop selling to them. Can the director add a shopping cart to the stream?! List Granny's stuff there! I'll buy it!]
"Hey! That's a great suggestion!!! Get someone on it!" The director, who had been watching the live comments, slapped his thigh and immediately