Chapter 16: The Money-Making Plan
At around eight o'clock in the morning, Qin Lu found Uncle Lin who lived in the courtyard next door. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Xiao Langjun, what do you want?
Uncle Lin looked at the things parked in the yard and wondered, "Isn't there already one at home, how can you ......?"
"That's not going to work! it's too small, I want a bigger one!"
Qin Lu interrupted Uncle Lin's words and handed him a piece of paper full of strange lines, "The specific style is similar to the one on this picture, the key is to add these things that I specially marked, as well as the ceiling, the price or something, as long as it doesn't exceed ten taels, you can accept it!"
"This ......"
Uncle Lin's eyebrows furrowed even more, and he said with a little embarrassment: "If I push the cart, I can make it myself, but it's just ...... Xiao Langjun, what you painted...... Ahem, I don't understand......"
"It turns out that my brother picked up charcoal in the morning to draw this...... Haha, really...... It's so ugly~"
Qin Baozhen and Little Snake Charm also leaned over to look, and their smiling mouths couldn't close: "What kind of mess are you painting, why is there a window on the roof of the car, hahahaha......"
This damn girl!
Qin Lu's nose was almost crooked by her, it was obviously just an opening, when did it become a window!
In fact, this can't be all blamed on Qin Baozhen, whether it is in the past life or now, the two Qin Lu don't seem to have any talent for painting, even if they have worked hard to make annotations on the side, such drawings in Uncle Lin's hand are still as bad as ghost paintings. Not to mention a few of them, even Qin Lu himself had a hard time looking at it.
Dead girl, I'll clean you up later!
Throwing Qin Baozhen a vicious look, Qin Lu continued to discuss the issue of the cart with Uncle Lin.
"So be it...... If you look at the size and style I said, how long do you think it will take to complete it?"
"If I'm alone, it's almost five days!" Uncle Lin thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "But there is no such wood at home, and it takes time to select materials." Count it out...... A week or so at the latest!"
"Seven days?"
Qin Lu was a little disappointed, "No, it's too long, the imperial examination competition is still four days away, I want to get the cart before that time!"
"Then there is no way, I can only find a few more helpers, otherwise I will definitely not be able to do it with my own strength...... Uncle Lin made a suggestion: "Speaking of which, I know a few carpenters, why don't I invite them over, Xiao Langjun will pay a little silver for labor fees, what do you think?"
In Qin Lu's initial plan, the cart was originally the bulk of the expenses, but after hearing this, he didn't think much about it, and directly agreed, "You can see that it will be done, don't save me money, the more exquisite the cart is, the better, especially the things on it, it must be made more stable!"
Although Uncle Lin didn't quite understand his young master's plan, he still took the drawings and nodded, "No problem, I'll go!"
After solving the problem of the cart, the second preparation of Qin Lu's money-making plan was in the blacksmith shop.
It cost five dollars, which is five hundred wen. Qin Lu ordered a thick iron plate from the owner of the blacksmith shop. 40X60 CM FORMAT. It looks bulky, but if you observe it carefully, it is not difficult to find that this size is exactly the same as the "window" drawn by Qin Lu on the drawing.
Qin Baozhen noticed this, but like the little snake charm next to her, who only knew how to eat steamed buns, she couldn't guess her brother's specific plans. So much so that when he saw him constantly throwing silver out, Qin Baozhen felt distressed as if he had been scratched by a cat's claws.
"Sister Qingqing, what do you think brother wants to do? It's buying iron and making carts......
"I don't know, ahhh~"
The little snake charm tried hard to stuff another bun into her mouth, and said vaguely: "Probably, um...... What are you going to do to make it delicious...... What are you pinching me for?"
"Strangle you!"
Qin Baozhen angrily snatched the bun from the little snake charm's hand, "I'm so angry, people are so worried, you don't know how to comfort me!"
"But what does it have to do with my buns, woo~" The little snake looked at the snatched food pitifully, and muttered: "And why are you so worried, your brother is not stupid, there won't be any problems......"
Qingqing's words didn't have much of a comforting effect on Qin Baozhen, who was still melancholy like something. Whenever Qin Lu took out money, she couldn't help but take a small sip of cold air, and the quality of Scrooge was not hidden at all.
Under the threat of such a terrible gaze, Qin Lu finally couldn't bear it, and after finally buying some materials, he hurriedly returned home.
When she went out in the morning, Qin Lu made three plans for herself. First, it was a cart made by Uncle Lin, which cost ten taels of silver. Second, it was an iron plate made by a blacksmith shop, which cost five coins of silver. There are still five yuan, Qin Lu bought some saltpeter, as well as oranges, hawthorn and other fruits, counting yesterday's consumption, the forty-five taels of silver that he snatched from Qin Baozhen was suddenly reduced by one-third.
For this result, Qin Lu is quite satisfied. The remaining thirty taels as working capital were already much better than he expected. As long as there are no surprises in the plan, the money should last until the end of the imperial examination.
"You eat the fruit first, I'll come when I go......" Throwing the fruit on the table, Qin Lu carried the saltpeter and walked to the front yard, walked two steps, and then turned around and said: "What, don't eat too much, I still have some leftover, do you hear?"
The two little girls nodded obediently, but before Qin Lu could go far, the two of them slipped to the door and stretched out their heads to peek out.
"Strange, why did you go there again...... Is my brother addicted to cooking?"
Qin Baozhen's head was full of question marks, because she found that Qin Lu was carrying a pile of stones and actually went into the kitchen again.
The little snake charm's eyes also lit up, and she said with a smile: "Look, I'll just say that he is making good food!"
"Who's going to cook with a rock?"
Qin Baozhen knocked on the head of the little snake charm, and the thief grinned: "Go! Let's see what my brother is doing! Sneaky, it's too suspicious!"
"I don't want it!"
Qingqing rejected Qin Baozhen's proposal without thinking about it, "I still want to eat fruit!
After saying that, the little snake charm trotted back to her seat, and actually peeled the orange and ate it.
Tsk!
Before he could start his move, Qin Baozhen lost his only companion. Looking at the direction of the kitchen, and then looking at Qingqing, who was soured into a bun face by oranges, Qin Bao decisively abandoned her and slipped to the kitchen on tiptoe.
"It's weird, you can't really cook with stones, do you?"
Qin Baozhen muttered in her heart.