The winter melon in Mrs. Lu's field was stolen, and the second daughter-in-law Wang Dongmei also went to the village with her to scold, Wang Dongmei was scolded by Mrs. Lu under the pretext that she was busy with housework.

Mrs. Lu came to look for Xiaoyi again, and Lu Xiaoyi looked very positive, "Grandmother, it just so happened that the pumpkin in my vegetable field was lost, so I went to the village with you to shout and shout." ”

Mrs. Lu's face turned red, she hated Lu Xiaoyi, and left her to go to the village alone to scold.

Yulan sneered, "You kid, dare to mention this stubble in front of her, don't you look at the ashes of the bottom of the pot with her black face?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi snorted: "Others stole her winter melon, she knows it's uncomfortable, why don't you want to think about what she did." ”

"I see, what you say is also in vain, the effect will not be great, there are many people in the village who steal melons and vegetables, and they are all addicts."

Lu Xiaoyi approached with a smile, "Mother, you don't have this addiction too, right?" After speaking, she hurriedly dodged, and Yulan really hit her with the sole of the shoe in her hand, "It's itchy, isn't it?" Look how I loosen you up! ”

Lu Xiaoyi laughed and ran around the yard, Yulan stopped and said excitedly: "Xiaoyi, your legs ...... Don't be lame! ”

Oops, Lu Xiaoyi ran so complacently that he forgot about this stubble, "It's not good, it's lame!" ”

"Take two steps, take two steps to show my mother, am I dazzled?"

Lu Xiaoyi limped and took two steps, Yulan's face was full of disappointment, sighed, and stopped talking.

Lu Xiaoyi comforted: "Mother, didn't you notice that I am much better than before?" Maybe it'll be fine for a few years. After speaking, he walked to Yulan again, and the lame was not as exaggerated as before.

Yulan seemed to see hope, and asked Xiao Yi to walk around the yard a few more times, the light in her eyes became brighter and brighter, and she clasped her hands together and bowed in the air with the soles of her shoes, "Bodhisattva manifestation, Bodhisattva manifestation, it's really much better than before, it seems that drinking bone broth still has an effect, wait for your father to come back at night, you go to show him, let him be happy and happy." ”

Lu Xiaoyi nodded, put his arm around Yulan's waist and asked, "Mother, how is your father doing?" ”

"Just rely on carrying passengers at most six or seven cents a day, and it is better to meet the day of hauling. Hey, five or six cars are rushing, and your father can't help it. Yulan sighed, "Horses are expensive and can't afford them, and cattle are not cheap, so I discussed with your father, let's use a donkey cart, and I will see it until the end of the year." ”

Lu Xiaoyi remembered the Chen Sijia mentioned by Yulan, and asked, "Mother, what is the relationship between the Chen Sijia and Zhang Gaoming, good animals can be lent out to pull the cart." ”

Yulan definitely couldn't tell Lu Xiaoyi that the little widow of the Chen family was Zhang Gaoming's concubine, and said in a prevaricating tone: "How can we know about the affairs of the two of them, your girl's family doesn't inquire about this." ”

"Oh." Lu Xiaoyi responded, but in her heart she was thinking about her father's passenger carrying.

The current situation is that horses are too expensive to buy, and the advantage of horse-drawn carriages is gone; Ignoring the old ox cart of Old Man Gu's house, the others are all donkey carts, and there is no comparison in terms of hardware, so you can only start from the software aspect. Let's talk about the price first, one penny, it's not practical to fight a price war; Speaking of service awareness, his father treats people and things well; So where to start?

Lu Xiaoyi recalled the two car experiences, and summed it up in three words: uncomfortable. That's right! Lu Xiaoyi's head flashed with inspiration, which can improve comfort, and it is always okay to use soft cushions to absorb shocks.

She remembered that there was a kind of wild mat grass growing on both sides of Qixi, which she had seen in her grandmother's countryside in her previous life, the blades of which were thin, long and tough, and she loved to squat next to a bush of wild mat grass when she was a child and braid it with twisted braids.

Lu Xiaoyi excitedly picked up the sickle grass basket and rushed out of the yard, Yulan shouted at her in the back, she shouldn't either, when she came back, she cut a basket full of green and yellow soft mat grass, Lu Xiaoyi took out a few and tried the softness, hardness and toughness, and it felt good.

There are soft mats, but who will weave mats?

Lu Xiaoyi thought of her grandfather Lu Shouzeng, who often weaved baskets at home, and the corners of the courtyard were stacked with old highs, and his hands were not idle.

So, Lu Xiaoyi went to the West Courtyard with a soft mat grass.

Lu Shouzeng glanced at it, thinking that his granddaughter was looking for him to weave a coat, and said gently: "You cut the soft mat grass late, and the yellowed straw coat is not used, wait until next summer, grandfather will come back from cutting the best soft mat grass, dry it a little, and weave a small coat for you, but it is best to find a palm tree, and now the palm coat is fashionable in the city." ”

"Grandfather, do you know how to weave straw mats? Want the thick kind? Lu Xiaoyi gestured with both hands.

"Yes, that thing, it's as simple as a 'one'." Lu Shouzeng smiled, "Say, do you want to be round or square?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi jumped happily when he heard his grandfather say it so easily, "Great, grandfather, can you make ten for me?" After speaking, Lu Xiaoyi poured out the soft mat grass in the basket and ran out with a roar, "I'll cut some more." ”

Lu Shouzeng called out to her, "Don't cut those withered yellow ones, they are too brittle and easy to break, you go along the Qixi River to find them, and the soft mats and grass near the water are slower." ”

Lu Xiaoyi rushed out with the basket, Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng were behind him, Liu Bao also came to help, and even the little fat man Shen Qiang also came, one day, Lu Xiaoyi's courtyard corner was piled up with soft mats and grass higher than her, Yulan asked the reason, but supported her, and helped her tie the soft mat grass into small bundles and put it in the firewood room.

The first soft straw mat came out, Lu Xiaoyi exclaimed, only to see that the slender soft grass was twisted into a strand of rope, and then intricately intertwined into a regular pattern, coiled around and woven into a round mat, there was no extra grass, let alone a grass stalk, the overall delicate and well-behaved, the color was natural and generous, Lu Xiaoyi held the straw mat and couldn't put it down, and praised his grandfather's good craftsmanship again and again.

Lu Shou Zengle laughed.

Lu Xiaoyi asked: "Grandfather, this straw mat can be taken to the city and sold!" ”

Lu Shouzeng hahaha: "Everyone can make up things, who wants to pay for it!" Lu Shouzeng is too humble, in fact, this kind of craftsmanship of basket weaving basket weaving straw mat is not known to everyone, and it is still necessary to learn skills from the master to make a satisfactory finished product, otherwise it can only be said that it can be used, but it has no appearance.

Lu Xiaoyi looked at this small round mat over and over again, he could really catch up with the artwork, and said with confidence: "Grandfather's craftsmanship is so good, someone must buy it, if you make some small baskets with lids, fruit baskets, vegetable baskets or something, more people will buy them." Lu Xiaoyi pointed to the regular longitudinal lines on the mat and said: "It would be better if it could be dyed, this line is dyed red, this is dyed yellow, this basket is dyed, and the straw mat made of the weave is better." ”

"It's not a rare thing in the first place, and it's not worth using dyes."

Lu Xiaoyi thought about it and felt that what his grandfather said was very reasonable, for this kind of thing that is more practical than ornamental, and the cost is low and cheap, once the high-priced dyes are invested, the cost will go up, and the selling price will increase, so whether it can be sold is another matter.

Lu Xiaoyi took the straw mat home, and when Lu Zhong came back in the evening, he excitedly gave it to him to try, and asked Yulan Xiaoding Xiaogeng to try it out, and the response was good.

The next day, Lu Zhong took the straw mat to catch the car, and it felt good to sit for a day, and when Lu Shouzeng weaved out the remaining straw mats, Lu Xiaoyi's donkey cart was all equipped with soft seats.

The result is obvious, for the same price, they are willing to take a cushioned donkey cart, and Lu Zhong brings back more copper coins every day, and Yulan praised Lu Xiaoyi's good brain.

Lu Zhong also bought wine and meat to send to Lu Shouzeng, and Lu Shouzeng was even more proud, and immediately adjusted his focus and put all his enthusiasm for basket weaving into the straw mat.

Lu Xiaoyi spends his days in the West Courtyard, learning to weave straw mats, but he didn't expect that he couldn't embroider with clumsy hands, and he knitted handicrafts, but he showed a bit of aura. Lu Shouzeng is very happy about his granddaughter's talent in weaving, and he is very patient in teaching, but he tries to try any new style proposed by his granddaughter.

With senior technician Lu Shouzeng, plus apprentice Lu Xiaoyi and odd handymen Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng, the Lu family grass weaving workshop is in operation. Lu Xiaoyi chose and chosen, and determined six styles of square straw mats and round straw mats, round baskets and oval baskets, as well as the amphora basket and dumpling-shaped basket in his previous life.

Not long after the Lu family's soft-seated donkey cart went on the market, other donkey carts also followed suit and paved with soft straw mats, which was something Lu Xiaoyi had thought of earlier, so when Lu Zhong told them, Lu Xiaoyi was very calm, and Yulan complained for a long time with a dark face.

The next day, Lu Xiaoyi used the excuse of bringing food to his father and went to the official crossing to see what was going on, and sure enough, several donkey carts were equipped with all the same straw mats. Maybe Lu Xiaoyi has recently cut the soft mat grass around him, and the mats on the donkey cart of Zhang Gaoming and Feng Xishun in the same village are made of straw, and the grass blades are messy and the handiwork is very poor, and the donkey cart looks messy and unclean, similar to a dog kennel.

Lu Xiaoyi looked at his donkey cart again, and the difference came out, the straw mat was exquisitely crafted, the paving was neat and smooth, and it made people feel comfortable.

Although it is an ordinary donkey cart, although the guests are all villagers, everyone has a love for beauty and cleanliness, Lu Xiaoyi is relieved, more and more confident in her father's passenger business, and more and more sure of her grandfather's craftsmanship.

At this time, a family of five from a neighboring village, dressed neatly and neatly, carrying two baskets of eggs, thought to go to the city to visit relatives and friends.

Zhang Gaoming's sharp eyes and legs were fast, and he stepped forward and grabbed the man and brought him to his donkey cart, "Ah, isn't this Second Brother Li?" It's been a long time since I've seen it so rich, come and come, my car was replaced with a soft straw mat yesterday, and I can't forget it when I sit on it softly and comfortably. ”

The man surnamed Li asked his daughter-in-law's opinion with his eyes, and the woman looked around and pointed to Lu Zhong's driveway: "Take this car, look clean." So, a family of five got into Lu Zhong's car.

Lu Zhong told Xiao Yi to hurry home, and he didn't wait any longer, he could still pick up some people along the way, shouted loudly and sat down, and drove towards the city with a whip.

Lu Xiaoyi walked back slowly, only to hear Zhang Gaoming's scolding from behind: "Grass rotten virtue!" A few straw mats are amazing? It's not all the same! ”

Lu Xiaoyi stopped, she knew that Zhang Gaoming was scolding her father, and a ball of anger suddenly rose in her heart, and she wanted to go up and quarrel with him, but thinking that she was just a teenage girl, she was scolded by such a ruffian and said ugly things, and it was not good to spread out, so she gritted her teeth and endured it, and then stepped forward. ”

Zhang Gaoming's words came again, "Look at that Li Er, at first glance, he is afraid of his daughter-in-law, and he can't pay attention to it when he takes a car, he is really a soft egg." Bah! ”

Another driver laughed, Zhang Gaoming scolded a few more unpleasant words, and then changed the topic, "Someone chartered my car yesterday and asked me to help pull the goods out of the customs and go to his grandmother's customs!" If you give so much money, you want to ask the uncle to go out of the customs, get out! ”

only listened to the other person: "If it is a little daughter-in-law, you will definitely not take money for nothing." After saying that, he laughed ill-intentionedly.

Zhang Gaoming didn't care, and coaxed, "If it's really a little daughter-in-law, I won't charge her for sending her home, just keep me for one night!" Ha ha! "The laughter is a little lewd.

As for the latter words, Lu Xiaoyi was not interested in listening to them at all, she felt disgusted and walked quickly to the village.