Chapter 12 Soap Molds

The two sides completed the red deed, and Mr. Yang left with the silver.

"This old man Yang is also a poor man, his son was addicted to gambling and lost all the money in the family, isn't it? Even the cattle have been sold, and I don't know if I can pay off the gambling debts. Liu Yazi also lamented when he saw that Old Man Yang was gone.

"Therefore, children and grandchildren should not be spoiled too much, but they must be taught to be good people!" Father Gu then sighed, completely forgetting how he spoiled his youngest son.

"Brother, since you bought the cow, you still have to buy the frame?" After sighing, Liu Yazi saw that Father Gu was leading the cow to leave, so he hurriedly asked again.

When Gu Chengyu heard this, it turned out that there was still a one-stop service. However, he felt that it was convenient to buy a frame, the cattle were bought, and it was too late to fight, plus Lin Wu, a carpenter in Shangling Village, he didn't want to ask him to play the frame.

"Dad, let's buy a frame, shall we? It's not convenient to go back and fight. ”

"It's okay, then I don't know if Brother Liu has a familiar carpenter?" Daddy Gu knew that Liu Yazi asked this, and he must know the carpenter who took the frame.

"You can ask the right person, my brother-in-law is a carpenter, in the shop in front, not far from here, if it is convenient, I will take you over to see." You can rest assured that the price is guaranteed. Liu Yazi noticed the little baby next to Gu's father, who looked about four or five years old, but his temperament was calm and he could still make ideas. However, the most striking thing is the good looks.

"That's good! Let's go and see, how much is your brother-in-law's frame? ”

"There are three kinds, one is the cheapest, it costs 600 yuan, this is the wood is poor, but it is very strong, and it is not a problem to use it for a few years; A kind of wood is better, it is 800 wen, and this one is used for a longer time; There is also a kind of carriage, the carriage can also be disassembled, this is expensive, it costs one or two or five dollars of silver! ”

Gu Chengyu saw Liu Yazi's detailed and skillful introduction of the frame, and expected that he might definitely be able to get business.

All the way to a carpentry shop at the end of South Street, this shop is not big, and the location is also a little remote.

"Dashan, I've brought someone for you!" Liu Yazi shouted while standing outside the store.

"Here we are, brother-in-law." Out of the shop came a man much smaller than Liu Yazi, this man was tall and burly, and he was honest-looking.

"Brother-in-law, is this guest going to buy a frame? Come and take a look at the shop. ”

Gu Chengyu stepped over some messy wood on the ground and walked to the place where the frame was placed. Dashan is basically the same as Liu Yazi's description, focusing on observing a few frames with carriages, and it is also very convenient to disassemble the carriages, if you are doing farm work, you can remove the upper box, and the lower frame is not moving, and a big wooden board is put on the shelf. As a dual-purpose frame, it is indeed convenient and practical.

"Dad, just buy this! This way, you don't have to worry about getting wet when it rains. ”

"Or your little master has a vision, although this kind of frame is more expensive, it is the most practical." Dashan looked at this delicate child, and really felt like a young master from a big family.

Gu Chengyu glanced up at the mountain, it seems that this mountain is honest on the surface, and people are not honest!

"What young master? They are all peasant children, don't shout like that, you don't have to make people laugh. "It's the first time that Daddy Gu has heard someone call his son the young master, and he is awkwardly panicked.

"Since they all say it's good, let's buy it! Is it your price, can't it be cheaper? Daddy Gu thought that anyway, there was a lot of money spent today, so it was better to buy it all at once.

"Isn't this your child good-looking? You were brought by my brother-in-law, and the silver was already cheap. So be it! Give you a cheap fifty Wen, you go up to this piece and ask, who doesn't know that the wood in my mountain shop is the most real? Dashan looks honest, but his mouth is quite eloquent.

Gu Chengyu thought of the soap he was going to make, but there was no mold yet, I don't know how the mountain was carved, and after turning around, he didn't see any carvings in the shop, most of them were frames, tables and chairs, and there were only simple lines drawn on them, and no carvings were made.

"Uncle Dashan, do you know how to do carving? I want to make a few molds. ”

"Yes! Don't look at the carving in my shop, in fact, although my carving is not exquisite, it can still be eye-catching, you wait, I'll show it to you. In a few moments, the mountain came out of the room, still holding a little wooden figure in his hand. Gu Chengyu took it and took a look, this little man was quite exquisite, and his hair was extremely fine.

"Do you have pen and paper? I'm going to draw the molds I'm going to make, at least five of them first, how much do you think it costs? ”

Gu Chengyu was sitting on the ox cart driven by Gu's father, and was rushing to Shangling Village, originally he wanted to buy some materials to make soap when he came out this time, but his father had no money, so he had to give up.

He ordered five soap molds, all of which were square, oval, and round, with patterns on the sides, without exception, each mold was engraved with the word Gu, and there was also an emblem, which he painted casually, using the shape of roses, as far as he knew, there were no roses in this dynasty, only similar moon seasons. The requirements for each mold engraving are not low, so one is priced at 500 Wen, and five will be given two taels and five dollars of silver. Before leaving, Father Gu also paid 500 wen as a fixed payment, and said that he would go over and get it in five days.

"Daddy! Why do you know how to drive ox carts? Gu Chengyu asked curiously.

"I learned that many years ago." Father Gu drove the ox cart and felt a lot of emotion in his heart. There are only two families with cattle in the village, and now that his family has bought an ox cart, there must be someone in the village who wants to vomit sour water.

"Xiaobao, the soap you said can really make money?" Father Gu drove the ox cart and asked Gu Chengyu, who was sitting in the carriage, that this mold would cost two or five dollars of silver, and he didn't know if this thing could be made.

"Dad, if you don't believe me, you have to believe the person in your dreams, right? That man bathes with soap all day! It's fragrant. Let's try a cheap one first, the one with flowers, and try it later. Gu Chengyu rolled his eyes, his father had asked several times on the way.

"Isn't Dad afraid that this thing will be difficult to do? If it is done, will anyone buy it? Father Gu was very skeptical.

"Daddy! Do you think the bath beans used by my mother for bathing are expensive? ”

"Of course it's expensive! Three hundred wen! Just a little bit! Daddy Gu thought of the bath beans used by the Lu family at home, and his heart sobbed.

"That soap is much cleaner than a bath bean! Father! Rest assured! I can't afford to lose. ”

It was already early noon when the ox cart drove into Shangling Village, and the Gu family had already had lunch. Parking the ox cart in front of Gu's house, Father Gu got out of the car with Gu Chengyu in his arms.

"But Xiaobao is back?" Lu, who was doing needlework in the main house, heard the sound of an ox cart stopping outside the courtyard gate, hurriedly put down the bandage, shouted through the window, and shouted outside the courtyard.

"Mother, it's me and my dad who are back." The courtyard gate of the Gu family was half open, and Gu Chengyu pushed the courtyard door a little opener, ready to let the ox cart in.

The daughter-in-law of the Zhang family next door heard the sound of the ox cart, walked to the courtyard gate, and looked out from the open courtyard gate. I found that there was an ox cart in front of Gu's house, and this ox cart still had a carriage! Then the youngest son of the Gu family actually got off the ox cart.