Chapter 41: The Three Brothers of the Lin Family
Ling'er ran out of the woods in a hurry, and suddenly remembered a question, she immediately turned back again, and met a few groups of people who went up the mountain to cut down trees on the way, it was really strange, if you didn't come early or late, why did you have to wait until the mountain was about to be closed? That's just right, or I wouldn't have been able to cut down the tree a few days ago!
Ling'er returned to Fang Cai's place, panting and said, "Big... Uncle, you... Are you busy? ”
When several people saw Ling'er go and returned, they stopped what they were doing, and said with a beard: "Little girl, what are you doing when you come back?" ”
"Hehe, uncle, I've been bothering you for so long, and I don't know your name yet!"
The bearded man laughed: "My name is Lin Shuxiong, everyone calls me Big Bear, and I opened a carpenter shop in Banlin Town, two miles north of the mountain!" Girl, if you want to make furniture and buy woodware at home, just come to me, I will give you a discounted price! ”
Ling'er nodded with a smile: "Thank you, Uncle Da Xiong, our family really plans to make furniture recently!" What does Uncle Bear do? ”
The scholar-like young man looked at Ling'er: "Hey, little girl, what do you want?" As long as you can think of it, our brothers can make it for you! But...... Can you afford lumber and wages? ”
Ling'er was uncomfortable when she saw that the scholar looked down on people with a ruffian, and slanted his eyes at the beard and said, "Uncle Xiong, how much does it cost to buy a set of furniture?" If you have your own wood, what if you come to your home and make it? ”
"This ......, our carpenter shop is generally customized according to the requirements of customers, there are very few spots in the shop, only samples, those can be sold, but the price has to be determined according to the quality of the material."
"Well~~~ For example, a square dining table and four tall wooden stools are used...... How much does it cost to buy ordinary wood that can be found in the woods? How much does it cost? Provide your own wood and ask a carpenter to come to your home to do it? ”
Da Xiong stopped, crossed his hands around his chest and estimated for a moment, "If it is a sample made of ordinary broken wood, it will cost more than 200 wen for a set, and at least 300 wen for custom-made; If you have timber at home and ask us to do it, the salary for lunch will be calculated as 30 yuan a day. ”
"That's... How many days does it take to make a set of tables? ”
"It depends on the quality of the wood you provide, if the wood is good, thick and straight, and can be used for sawing and polishing, it may be made by two people in a day. However, the timber of ordinary farmers is not good, and it often has to be pieced together, which is very laborious, and it may take two people two days to make it! ”
Ling'er estimated it in her heart, saying that it was the most cost-effective to buy, more than 200 yuan was enough, but people made it clear that the samples were generally made up of waste materials left over from people making large pieces of furniture, and there were many problems after a long time. Of course, it is good to make it ordered, but the price will be one or two hundred Wen more expensive, which is enough to buy two.
Of course, the most cost-effective is to provide your own wood, please come to the home to customize, when the whole material is made into big furniture, the remaining scraps can also be made into small stools, small wooden basins or something, you can see it with your own eyes, and you can rest assured that it is not?
"Little girl, do you really want to make furniture in your house? What are you going to do? Tell me about it! The young man was interested in Ling'er's serious appearance.
Ling'er stuck out her tongue at him and grimaced: "I won't tell you, bad uncle!" ”
The bearded man and another man laughed, the white-faced young man was stunned for a moment, and took a few steps forward with an axe and deliberately: "Oh, you little girl, you dare to say bad things about the master!" I didn't see my master, I looked dignified, Si Swenwen, obviously a literati, where is it broken, ah? Today, if you don't give the master an explanation, carefully the master will cut you down as a tree! ”
The young man swung an axe to scare Ling'er, Ling'er instinctively took two steps back, frowned and glared at him, thinking: How old are you, and you still bully children, it's really not like words!
The bearded man smiled and said, "Third brother, don't scare the little girl into crying, be careful that you can't coax you!" Girl, aren't you going to dig herbs for your father? Let's go, it's not too early! ”
Ling'er walked around the young man, ran to the bearded man and said, "Uncle Big Bear, do you carpenter shops collect wood?" What is the price of ordinary wood? ”
"Wood? Do you have lumber for sale? ”
"Yes, my father used to go into the mountains to cut down trees when he had time, saying that he would save them for furniture later. But the family is either busy or has no money, and has been dragging it out and not doing it, and has accumulated a lot of money over the years, and it is estimated that there is still furniture left after making it.
Now my father is sick, my mother's health is not good, the family is the time to use money, two days ago I listened to my father and mother to discuss to move the wood out and sell it, I don't know if Uncle Bear will accept it in the store? ”
"Oh, I see! Of course we have to collect the wood, but it's just ......"
"Just what? Uncle Big Bear? ”
The young man coughed twice and said: "Little girl, our three brothers are all engaged in open-faced business, and they never cheat people, my eldest brother sees that you are too young to talk about business, so let me tell you!"
As long as the wood used in our shop is locally, our brothers and sisters themselves come into the mountains to cut it, it is thick, big and straight, and the year is enough, and it is definitely the best in its kind.
Unless the mountain is closed for the past season, and the business in the shop runs out of timber, the wood will be collected from the local woodcutter villagers. Others only accept timber that cannot be found locally, or go directly to a wood yard specializing in timber business to buy it. ”
Ling'er was a little disappointed when she heard this, she originally saw that this beard was easy to talk to, and thought that it was not so easy to find a good partner. She frowned and thought for a moment, "That... Other carpenter's shops or carpentry shops? Will they collect timber? ”
"Hey! Little girl, let me tell you like this, not only our Banlin Town, even our entire Cangping County, and even several surrounding state capitals, whether it is a carpenter shop or a carpentry shop, as long as it is not newly opened, the wood is directly from the timber yard!
The timber yard is dry and wet, coarse and fine, expensive and cheap, all kinds of things, as long as you take the goods for a long time, the price is not expensive, you can take it at any time, and people also help to take care of it and help deliver it!
Little girl, if you really want to sell timber for money, why don't you go to the timber yard? Timber is sold there and timber is harvested, and the trees cut by the woodcutter under the mountain are sent there, and it is two miles northwest of the mountain, go and see! ”
Ling'er stood for a moment, bowed to the brothers, and said, "Thank you, uncle, for your advice, I'll go and have a look!" ”
Ling'er was a little lost and carried the back basket down the mountain, her beard was a little unbearable, and shouted: "Wait, little girl! ”
Ling'er turned around: "What's wrong?" Uncle Big Bear? ”
"That's... Girl, there are many black-hearted businessmen in Kiba, they see you as a raw face, young and don't know how to do it, most of them will bully you! In this way, there are a total of four big wood farms in Banlin Town, you go directly to the northernmost honest wood farm outside the town, where the east guys are honest people, do business clearly, and will not cheat people!
In addition, if someone asks you whether you want to buy or sell timber or timber-related questions on the way, you don't have to pay attention, they are all childcare, and you will definitely be fooled when talking to them! Remember, girl! ”
Ling'er was a little surprised when she heard this, and after a while, she smiled respectfully and bowed and thanked her before running away. The young man looked at the direction in which Ling'er disappeared, and said with a little regret: "Big brother, you are showing kindness again, you really have a bandit portrait for nothing!" ”
"Hehe, third brother, your temper should be down with the eldest brother, so as not to fool the girls and daughters-in-law!" Another man, who hadn't spoken, joked.
"Oh, second brother, you finally spoke, we made a bet in the morning! If you lose, you'll have to help me stay in the store for three days. Big brother, you testify, you can't let the second brother cheat! ”