Chapter 385: A Piece of Peace
Meilong Town is still a leisurely and peaceful scene - this is the benefit of the mountain town, although the overall level is not as good as those big cities, and the degree of commercial prosperity is not comparable with Yangzhou, Suzhou, etc., but the victory is in the simplicity of the people, and the pressure of life is not great, which is why the Liu family is rich enough to rank one of the five wealthy businessmen in Qingyun City, but they usually live in Meilong Town, instead of staying in Qingyun City, although the Liu family has more than one shop and family property in Qingyun City.
There is a large courtyard in the southwest of Meilong Town, the so-called relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, relying on the water to draft, and most of the yards here, the guardrail of the yard is made of the most common poplar nailed into the fence, but the difference with other yards is that these fences are built very neatly, and the nails nailed on it are also very beautiful, not only the angle of nailing into the wood is almost the same, even the depth of the nail into the wood is almost exactly the same, if it is ten or eight, it is just like this, The problem is that the situation of more than 100 wooden stakes in the whole yard is like this, so it can be seen that the craftsmanship of the craftsmen who do this work is not ordinarily good. The nails on the stakes have not yet rusted, and the stubble of some of the wooden strips on the fence is still new, and insiders can tell at a glance that the fence has not been completed for more than half a month.
The fence is not a fence, its function is to sign the restriction rather than the barrier, through the gap between the fences you can clearly see the situation in the yard - neatly arranged in piles of all kinds of wood, there are logs that have just been cut down from the mountain, there are rough square logs, there are also boards that can be made into furniture after drying in the shade for a long time, a few shirtless and strong men carry the wood to the workbench and process it into various specifications of thickness and size, although the ground has been sprinkled with water beforehand, but the sawdust is flying, The smell of wood fills the air.
An ox cart stopped next to the shed, and several small workers carefully moved a huge screen to the car, which was gorgeous and exquisite, carved with four patterns of flowers, birds, fish and insects. Each one comes alive as if it were real.
"Be careful, be careful, Tiezhu, quickly take a coarse cloth and put that corner on, if you bump and scratch it, I will deduct your wine money for this month!" A black-faced man ran around the ox cart and commanded back and forth, constantly reminding a few small workers to be careful.
"Fifth uncle, as for it, isn't it just a screen." The young man named Tiezhu said. But he still picked up a rag from the car and stuffed it into the gap between the screen and the car plate.
"You know! This is the screen customized by Boss Zhao of Qingyun City Juyoulou Tea House, the wood of Huanghuali, the single material is five taels of silver, this trip is done, that is the business of ten taels of silver, if you mess it up, see how I clean you up! The black-faced man scolded.
The black-faced man is Lin Lao Wu, this is the Lin family's workshop, after Qiu Ju got married. As soon as I have a family and a sense of responsibility, I don't eat, drink and have fun as I used to do, but I focus on working to make money. Second, Qiu Ju is literate and literate, shrewd, and first-class in dealing with people, which is not much better than the housekeeper who often runs outside business in Liu's house. As a result, the business of the Lin family's workshop became more and more prosperous, and the Liu family helped to help. Introducing customers, the business actually did in Qingyun City, it has not been as good as before, there is no way to make a fortune, and now it is also a medium-sized family in Meilong Town, not long ago the Lin family workshop was expanded, and four or five helpers were recruited, and the family was full of ambition and wanted to make a fortune.
Under the instructions of Lin Lao Wu, several helpers put the screen on the car, and carefully tied it with hemp rope so that it could not be shaken a little, and finally covered it with a tarpaulin, and the preparations before departure were basically completed.
"Wife, I'm leaving, do you have anything you want to buy?" Picked up the horsewhip from the car and checked it, thinking that there was no problem, Lin Lao Wu shouted to the small house next to the shed - now he is also a small boss, and he usually does not need to go out in person for delivery, but this time the goods delivered are not only more expensive, and there can be no accidents on the road, and this is the first business with Juyoulou Tea House, if this time it is done well to satisfy the other party, the two sides can establish a long-term cooperative relationship, and there is money to be made in the future with the scale of Juyoulou, so this time he has to deliver the goods in person.
Hearing the shout, Qiu Ju came out of the hut, still holding an account book in her hand, compared with two years ago, her complexion was much better, although she was wearing ordinary clothes, her words and demeanor revealed the demeanor of a boss lady.
"There are not many one-inch and two-inch nails in the library, buy ten catties of each, and buy two barrels of red paint and yellow paint each, and there are three two-foot hand saws, the list is here, and the same is crossed out after buying, don't forget." took out a slip and handed it to Lin Lao Wu, Qiu Ju carefully advised.
"I can't forget it." Lin Lao Wu smiled honestly - except for carpentry work, he doesn't like to use his brain very much, since marrying Qiu Ju, Qiu Ju takes care of everything outside the house, he is even more happy to spend that god, anyway, his wife tells him to do whatever he wants, although it is inevitable that he will be ridiculed by acquaintances and said that he is afraid of his wife, but who marries such a beautiful and virtuous and smart and capable daughter-in-law who does not cherish it? I'm afraid, I'm afraid, those guys don't have a chance to be afraid!
"And say, did you buy twenty brown brushes last time?" Qiu Ju asked.
"Uh, hehe, why don't you open which pot to mention." was exposed in person, Lin Lao Wu scratched his head, and said with a wry smile helplessly - he is literate, but he doesn't know much, and he wants to be happy and grinning when he does things, and he has a good face, and he is afraid that he will be laughed at when he buys things, and he is unwilling to take out the list in front of others, so he missed buying one thing last time, but fortunately, the old brown brush has not reached the point where it can't be used, and he has not delayed his work, but he was also caught by Qiu Ju because of this, and I don't know how many times he has been beaten with this matter.
"Hmph, you know I'm sorry." Qiu Ju glanced at Lin Lao Wu and said.
"Hehe, I know, this time I asked the seller to help me see it, there must be no mistake. By the way, don't just say what you need to buy in the workshop, do you want to buy something yourself? For example, rouge gouache, cloth satin, rings and earrings and other things? Lin Lao Wu didn't care about his wife's hatred, but his heart was full of sweetness, and he didn't care about the helpers next to him, so he approached Qiu Ju's ear and asked.
"You, I'm content with this heart, your taste is still forgotten, it's not that I bought it myself when I go back to Qingyun City next time." Pushing Lin Lao Wu's close head aside, Qiu Ju said angrily, this scene suddenly aroused a burst of envy and jealousy in the eyes of the surrounding group of bachelors. (To be continued......)