If you can make some tea coasters, plate mats, and even snack plates and small baskets with flower petals out of fine grass, you will definitely be loved by customers. At that time, it may become a major feature of the orchard, and the people in the village will also have many ways to spend money every day.

Steward Zhang's eyes also brightened the more he listened, and his admiration for his own hostess Cheng Dù simply reached the highest point. Sometimes he really can't figure out whether the heroine is the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, how can he make money by coming up with an idea casually.

Sister-in-law Liu and Meihua were wandering around while pretending to work, and they were itchy to hear it, and they couldn't wait to run home immediately to find a homeless person with good skills to learn from the scriptures.

Dong Rong originally also considered the problem of entanglement of the displaced people returning to their hometowns in the spring next year, if it was really a bit too eye-catching for each person to give out some silver, and there was no need for her to say it at that time, everyone could guess that she had made a windfall. Then her fat meat will have to face many beasts that are eyeing each other.

Now, with the help of straw weaving, this problem can be solved lightly.

"Uncle Zhang, you find a few old people with good skills to compile some samples and bring them to me, cups, plates, baskets, saucers, and even grasshoppers and other gadgets, or elegant, funny, or novel, as long as there are characteristics, accept them. Then let's discuss again, if there is value in selling outside, we will pay money to buy it from everyone in the future, and let everyone earn a return to their hometown. ”

Steward Zhang hurriedly nodded and replied with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll go back to the village to do this in a while, I think everyone will be overjoyed when they hear about it." ”

The sixth sister-in-law also wanted to speak, but she didn't want the two handymen to kneel down, and she began to kowtow to Dong Rong and others. There were more than a dozen knocks, and at the end, they jumped up in the shocked eyes of everyone, and shouted loudly, "Don't bother with Steward Zhang, let's go back to the village to report the good news to everyone!" ”

After that, the two of them didn't wear two grass boots, and they plunged into the wind and snow and disappeared.

Sister-in-law Liu rushed to the door and shouted, "You two are in a hurry, why did you run away before you sent the owner up the mountain?" ”

Dong Rong was also funny, and after thinking about it, she pulled Mrs. Yu and smiled, "Auntie, it looks like I'm going to borrow your room to sit in for a while." ”

Mrs. Yu hurriedly waved her hand, half annoyed and half disgusted, "What did the owner say?" This is the owner's house, not to mention sitting for a while, even if you live here. ”

Sister-in-law Liu also laughed, picked up the table to boil water, and brought hot tea after a while. Dong Rong didn't want to raise her younger brother to be ignorant of the world, so she whispered to Dong Ping, "Listen more and talk less, if you are impatient, go back to the mountain to rest first." ”

Dong Ping thought about it and sent Xizi back to burn the kang and stove first, and then sat next to his brother-in-law, refilled tea for him from time to time, and talked about some interesting things about the academy.

Not to mention how relieved Dong Rong was to see her younger brother so much, let's just say that the two handymen who ran back to the village were almost rolled snow slag, and their eyebrows and sideburns were frosty. Shen Laohan and a few other old men and old ladies were well fed and clothed, and they were sitting in the broken yard while talking while roasting the fire, and they were all very grateful to the owner, thinking about taking care of everyone not to cause trouble to the owner, and working hard when they could do their work.

As soon as the two men ran in, they were so shocked that several old people thought something was wrong and asked, "What's the matter, but the orchard has been robbed?" ”

The two handymen shook their heads desperately, and finally gasped for breath, and then shouted, "The owner wants... I want to take a few small straw objects, saying that I will spend money to buy them, so that everyone can make money and go home in the spring. ”

This is really a bit upside down, but the old men were red-eyed when they heard it, grabbed the two men and asked one after another, "Does the owner really say that?" Really give silver? ”

The two men nodded desperately and said happily, "Give, give, the owner wants to be elegant, to be novel, and then set the salary!" ”

Shen Laohan's hands were shaking excitedly, and after thinking about it, he instructed everyone, "Give me a yard to find something, and then send it to the owner together, this is a big matter for all the villagers, and it can't be delayed." ”

"Yes, let's go!" Everyone ran to the courtyard where they lived, and soon the whole village was lively again. When the homeless people entered the village, almost all of them were empty-handed, and although the owners of the families were kind enough to help, there were still many shortcomings in their daily uses. So almost everyone came back from outside the village and cut flexible weeds or slender wicker strips and weaved them into various large and small objects.

At this time, I heard that the proprietor was looking for a few things to see, maybe this is the way for everyone to make money, the women immediately contributed sewing baskets, laundry baskets, children contributed all kinds of small insect playthings, and the men took baskets, and for a time the chickens flew and the dogs jumped, and everyone mobilized.

The people in the village are a little smart, and when they hear about this, their minds are also lively. After all, it is impossible for the displaced people to stay in the village all the time, and once they return to their hometown, this financial route will not fall into the hands of the villagers. Therefore, when all kinds of baskets and objects were sent to the orchard, not only Shen Laohan and a few companions, but also the old people in the village followed three or four.

Dong Rong was mentally prepared but she didn't expect so many people to come at once, but business is business, even if she originally wanted the homeless people to make some entanglement, she couldn't risk losing money. There were many objects in the Yujiatang house, except for the main family and a few old people, the rest of the people were crowded in the east and west rooms, staring at Dong Rong with their eyes uneasy.

Dong Rong looked at all the objects carefully, and finally sat back in her seat and took a sip of tea, then looked at a few old men and said, "Old man, to be honest, these straw weaves are good, strong and fine. But... It's a lot short of what I asked. ”

When Shen Laohan and the others heard this, their faces were immediately covered with a dark color, and some of the homeless people who had great hopes even almost cried.

In the end, the old man had a lot of experience, Shen Laohan barely stabilized his mind, and asked respectfully, "Is the owner saying that these things can't be sold?" Wouldn't it be better if everyone made it up more carefully? ”

Dong Rong frowned and explained, "Everyone may have heard a few words, after the beginning of spring, our orchard will open its doors to welcome some literati and scholars to enjoy the flowers and drink." Naturally, these straw objects were intended to be sold to them. But these things made up by everyone are strong enough for the daily needs of the peasants, but they cannot make the literati and elegant guests love or praise and be interesting at first sight. ”

Shen Laohan seemed to understand a little, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Then the owner means to change some objects?" As long as you can play with it, don't be sturdy. ”

Dong Rong nodded and said with a smile, "That's not the case, it would be better if it could be durable and elegant." For example, the straw mat for the tea set can be woven into a lotus shape, with a teapot in the middle and a tea bowl on the leaf petals. For example, the bookcases carried by the scholars when they leave the house, the beautiful baskets that the women carry when they go to the river to wash clothes or buy groceries, and even the small wardrobes and chairs in the house, even the tables and chairs in the pavilion can be wrapped in a straw coat..."

Dong Rong described the straw weaving she had seen in her previous life while reminiscing, and everyone was stunned when she heard it. They really never thought that straw weaving could be so varied, if they really did it according to the owner's wishes, maybe this craft can be passed on to the family.

"Anyway, let's go back and think about it more, and I'll draw some drawings for everyone to see. Ten days later, we will get together again to discuss, if the things are really to my heart, the money will definitely not be disadvantaged to everyone. Dong Rong clapped her hands and finished explaining this matter, and then ignored everyone and took her younger brother and Xianggong to say goodbye to the old lady and went up the mountain.

Shen Laohan then hurried back to the village with a group of homeless people who were waiting for him to make an idea, and many people couldn't sleep that night. On the second day, Dong Rong sent the simple picture to Xizi to the village. Then, the men who were not on duty on patrol went to the outside of the village with borrowed sickles, and finally carried back large bundles of weeds and wicker, and Shen Laohan took a few people who were recognized as skillful and began to ponder.

It was so busy, and seven or eight days passed in a flash. Dong Ping went back to the academy early to study, Dong Rong had nothing to do while continuing to hand in the stupid pillar arithmetic and bookkeeping, while drawing sketches to expand the new courtyard, and occasionally the young couple also did some blushing and heartbeat exercises at night, and the days were extraordinarily comfortable and quiet.

After lunch on this day, Yu Guisheng went up the mountain to report that Shen Laohan had come over with the finished product. Dong Rong simply picked it up, locked the door and went down the mountain with the stupid pillar.

Yu's house was still crowded with people, and even Old Man Cao was invited by several old men. Dong Rong and his wife hurriedly saluted, but Old Man Cao was afraid that his daughter-in-law would hinder his face and delay the business, so he vaguely instructed, "Sister Rong doesn't have to pay attention to me, there is nothing to do at home, just come and see the excitement on a whim." ”

Dong Rong naturally knew what her father-in-law meant, and refilled the hot tea for him with her own hands, and then sat down and looked at Shen Laohan and the others, Shen Laohan hurriedly held a few small objects with his own hands and asked the owner to inspect them.

Dong Rong picked up a tea set mat and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but secretly admire in her heart, the wisdom of the working people is really infinite. She just said a few words casually that day, even the pattern was very simple, but she didn't expect the sample handed over by Father Shen to be unexpectedly exquisite. The tea mat was made according to the pattern she had drawn, with six lotus petals, but the grass stalks had been dyed in advance, and the crimson color from the center of the flower to the tip of the petals became lighter and lighter, and it could almost be seen from a distance.

She couldn't help but praise, "This mat is really well done, and the mind is ingenious." ”

Shen Laohan, who was still a little apprehensive, immediately relieved when he heard this, and quickly picked up a bookbox made of thin wicker and said with a smile, "The owner looks at this bookbox again, there are three layers, you can put books, clothes, etc., and it is light and not tiring to carry." ”

Dong Rong took it and looked at Ying Dao, "It's really good, I'll leave this one first, and I'll send it to Brother Ping tomorrow." He doesn't have to carry wooden boxes every time he comes back. It is... This box doesn't protect against rain, right? It's better to find someone to put a layer of oiled paper inside. ”

Shen Laohan thought about it and said, "This is easy, let's take it back and change it, and send it to the owner tomorrow to keep the comfort used by the second son." ”

(I remember that my grandfather had a very good craft, so he used weeds to weave grasshoppers, which was really vivid, but unfortunately the old man died early, and I remembered when I wrote this paragraph today.) Wishing all my friends' loved ones good health, hugs, and cheers! ）