Banniang introduced: "Big brother, this is the Uncle Liu I said, last time our five brothers came out to play, thanks to this Uncle Liu." Then he turned to Old Man Liu and said, "Uncle, this is my brother." ”

The two parties saw each other, and Old Man Liu let the two brothers and sisters into the house, and seeing that Liu Erlang was not there, Banniang Qi said: "Second Brother Liu is not at home?" ”

mentioned Aiko, Old Man Liu showed his liking on his face: "Erlang is now working in the shop in the city, speaking of which, I have to thank Miss Eight, didn't you give Erlang a sketch of a chair last time?" Erlang found the wood to do, took it to the city to sell, who knew that he happened to meet the shopkeeper of the wood shop in the city, and took a fancy to Erlang's craftsmanship, and it was also Miss Eight You gave the sketch well, so Erlang was appreciated, and now he was invited to Le Deju to be a big guy, and there is an income of two dollars in January, which is all thanks to Miss Eight Your blessing. Erlang came back last time and said that when he was free, he would go to the house to pay respects to Miss Xie Ba. ”

When Banniang heard this, the chair was really fancy and liked, and she hurriedly said: "I don't dare to be an uncle, Xie, I'm just having fun for a while, and I'm just having fun drawing." ”

asked about Tie Dan and Dog Dan again, and Old Man Liu said that he went to school in a private school, so he asked Banniang brothers and sisters about their intentions.

Zeng Ziye said what he meant, and said with a smile: "Since Liu Erlang is not at home, it won't be troublesome." ”

was about to say goodbye, how could Uncle Liu let the brother and sister leave, thought about it, and hurriedly stopped: "It's not difficult to make a carriage, it's just a wheel, an old body, some trouble, it will take a few more days to do it, if Mr. Zeng is not in a hurry, I believe in the craftsmanship of the old body, it is better to leave it to the old body to do it, and it can be regarded as a thank you to Miss Fushangba, who has helped my family's Erlang." ”

When Old Man Liu said this, Zeng Ziye was not easy to refuse, so he said: "It's just that the old man is old after all, and I'm afraid of tiring the old man." ”

Uncle Liu said with a smile: "Sir, don't look at the old body, this body is good, Erlang is not at home, I usually help the people in the village to make some woodware, I am not tired, the craftsmanship of the old body is still counted in these four miles and eight towns, Mr. just rest assured." ”

asked Zeng Ziye again: "Does Mr. have ready-made wood at home?" ”

Zeng Ziye replied: "It's really not, but I don't know what kind of wood is used for this trunk, so I have to ask the old man." ”

Uncle Liu thought about it for a while, and then said: "My family is often doing carpentry work, but also accumulated some good old wood, this carriage, is also used all year round, but can not use too bad wood, just old home some oak wood, although it is not very precious, but this oak wood is extremely hard, not easy to corrode, used to make the trunk just right." If Mr. Zeng doesn't give up, he will use this oak wood, and he won't have to buy it again. ”

In Zeng Yunshan's previous life, oak is also called Mongolian oak, and ordinary people are generally called oak, with hard texture, heavy weight, high strength and dense structure. Moisture resistant and wear-resistant, and not easy to cement, the arts and sciences are extremely beautiful, later mainly used to make furniture and wood flooring, is one of the world's recognized furniture special ten high-quality materials, because of the long growth cycle, if used to make furniture, at least for hundreds of years, and the furniture made of oak wood, dignified and calm, elegant and simple, so although not as precious as Nanmu ebony and other wood species, but also very rare.

The most important thing is that the main production areas of oak wood are in the north and the United States and other places, Zeng Yunshan in his previous life, there was a small amount of growth in central China, but there was certainly no in Jiangxi, because of this, Uncle Liu's oak wood, it is not easy to collect.

Zeng Ziye didn't understand Mu Cai, but Banniang knew it very well, and said busily when she heard the words: "It's just a carriage, how can you use such a valuable old man, and besides, our family is not rich, so we don't need it so good, but the old man's words are right, it is very troublesome to buy wood and transport it again, so it is better for the old piece to help find some ordinary ones and help us do it." ”

Uncle Liu waved his hand: "Miss Eight's words are out of sight, although the oak wood is not common in our place, it is not valuable, and it doesn't take much to make a carriage, so just listen to me." ”

Banniang didn't know the price of Mucai in this era, and after thinking about it, she asked Zeng Ziye: "Big brother, how much does it cost to make a carriage?" ”

"Normal, about twenty."

Banniang thought about it for a while, the carriage needs to be used for many years, and oak wood is also rare, plus the old man's handmade money, so she asked Zeng Ziye to take forty consecutive Jiaozi and handed it to Uncle Liu: "Since the old man is sincere, we will take advantage of the old man." The forty yuan is also asked to be accepted by the old man. ”

Last time, the chair Erlang sold more than ten times, and there was an errand, Miss Zeng's eighth miss was also kind to her family, although Uncle Liu was a rural villager, but he was a person who knew how to repay his kindness, and he refused to accept it anyway, the two sides turned it over, Zeng Ziye said: "If the old man is unwilling to accept this money, how can we be embarrassed to ask the old man for help?" Please take it, uncle. It just so happens that my sixth sister will get married next year, and the furniture for the wedding has not yet been done, if the uncle's craftsmanship is really as good as Banniang said, when the dowry cabinet of my eighth sister is come, please also ask the uncle to help do it, and then the old man will give a discount and charge less labor fees. ”

When Uncle Liu heard this, if he shirked again, it seemed that he was unwilling to help others, so he accepted the handover, and thought that with this forty yuan, his two babies will also be able to settle next year, and if he is more frugal, even Erlang's future wedding money will be about the same, so he is very happy.

As he was talking, Uncle Liu's wife, Granny Liu, entered the courtyard gate, carrying a blue green vegetable with morning pearls in her hand, and when she saw the brother and sister, she asked with a smile: "Where did this guest come from?" ”

Uncle Liu said with a smile: "This is the eighth lady of the Zeng family who gave us Erlang furniture, this gentleman, is the brother of the eighth lady, old woman, you are good to come back, go to the butcher Zhang's house in the village to see if you can cut two catties of meat, I remember that there are still some bars at home?" Let's entertain Miss Eight and Mr. Eight today. ”

These days, the Liu family has been talking about the eighth lady of the Zeng family, and Mrs. Liu took a closer look, isn't she just a neat and neat official lady with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes? Originally, I saw a beautiful horse outside the courtyard, how expensive this horse is, although the old woman has not seen it, she also knows, the family who can ride a horse, she is not far away, and she is still thinking about what noble guests have come to the house, and now she knows that it is the benefactor of her own Erlang, how can she be unhappy.

stepped forward and took Banniang's hand, and thought about picking up the dishes in the morning, but there was a lot of mud on his hands, and he was busy and let go, and said with a smile: "Miss Peugeot, Miss don't mind, the old woman was happy for a while, and she was abrupt." ”

Mrs. Liu is slightly fat, with long eyebrows and kind eyes, and she is amiable when she looks at it, Banniang smiled: "Mother-in-law, don't call me any miss, just call me Banniang." ”

Because there was no hot water just now, Uncle Liu accompanied the two to talk, and he didn't have time to boil it, so he urged the old woman to boil some water, make tea for the two distinguished guests to drink, and said humbly: "The people in the village, there is no good tea, Mr. will drink it, and the tea is brought back from the city when Erlang came back before." ”

The Zeng family is not rich, and the tea they drank in the past is also average, only recently the situation at home has improved, Banniang went to the tea shop to buy some good tea, but it was also for Zeng Budo to drink, Zeng Ziye and Zeng Zigu, it was just the same as before, where would they be disgusted, and thanked with a smile.

Mrs. Liu boiled water, made tea, went to Butcher Zhang's house to cut two catties of pork belly, and kept the brother and sister for lunch. When the sun was gone, the brother and sister took their leave.

On the way, Zeng Ziye asked Banniang: "What's going on with that furniture?" ”

I knew that there was such a question, Banniang had already wanted to send a pretext, and said with a smile: "When I came back, I saw that Liu Jiaerlang was making cabinets, tables and chairs, I was fun for a while, so I drew a chair, I didn't think Liu Erlang thought it was good, I drew left and right to play, so I gave it to him, where did I know that he would play it out as it was, and sell it, this is a coincidence, and it was appreciated by others, in fact, it was not my chair that was painted well, it is estimated that the shopkeeper who was happy to live was the craftsmanship of Liu Erlang, and it was not about the pattern I painted." ”

As he spoke, the words changed: "But in this way, my sister thinks that she also has some talent in woodwork, didn't the eldest brother say that he still wants to ask Uncle Liu to help the sixth sister make a dowry?" Why don't I go home and draw some more, and my eldest brother will see if it can be done? If you think it's good, the sixth sister's dowry cabinet case or something, just do it according to what I draw? When I went to Linchuan in the past, I saw that the furniture furnished by the Wang family was very elegant and dignified, and I went back and drew a few pictures. ”