Chapter 5 Flower Basket (2)
"Basket weaving?" Everyone was puzzled.
"That's right, it's a basket of flowers." Zhihua is definitely there.
"But what's the use of this indigo? We don't usually need it at all, but if we take it to the market and sell it, will anyone buy it? A-Niang was puzzled.
"Of course no one will buy it."
"Aren't we working in vain?" Zhiqin Dao.
"How can you work in vain? If something can't be sold, it's not that it doesn't have a market, but that you haven't positioned it. Zhihua's eyes shone with wisdom.
"As you said, we don't usually use this basket, and no one will buy it at the market. So why don't we make it available to people and buy it? Zhihua asked rhetorically.
"What do we mean, what are we going to create, oh, the market?" Daddy arrived.
"That's right, it's about creating a market." Zhihua praised, oops, Dad is really smart, it's a pity not to study.
"What? Create a market? "Grandpa didn't believe it.
"Grandma, what day is the fifteenth day of next month?"
"The fifteenth of the next month, the fifteenth of the next month, well! The fifteenth day of the next month is the annual temple fair of Pudu Temple. Grandma was excited.
"That's right, it's a temple fair." Zhihua snapped his fingers and gave affirmation.
"I saw people selling food, gadgets, incense and candles at temple fairs in the past, but I have never seen anyone selling flower baskets." A-Niang looked at Zhihua suspiciously, she really didn't understand.
"Ah Niang doesn't know this, this temple fair can be regarded as a major event in Xinzhou Mansion. Nine times out of ten, the ladies of large families will come here to burn incense. When they come to this temple fair, in addition to bringing some food and alms, they will also bring some incense and candles to the temple to worship the Buddha. If you think about it, if one of the people in a group of people carrying incense and candles is carrying a basket full of peaches, wouldn't it be even more pious? Would the Buddha be happy when he saw it, and would it be easier to achieve what he hoped for? Zhihua explained the matter clearly in one breath, and quickly picked up the bowl and drank a bowl of rice soup.
"yes. That's not the way it is. Grandpa slapped his thigh, and his face suddenly realized.
"That's true." After thinking about it, Daddy decided that this was feasible.
"It's good, but the problem is that we can't be a peach." Zhiqin points out the key points.
When everyone heard this, they all turned their heads to look at Zhihua.
"I'll do this peach. I also weave several shapes of baskets. Zhihua looked like she was in her chest, and she tried her best to straighten her waist, as if what she said would be more convincing.
"No, you and I will make this flower basket. You don't have to do it. It's just that this fairy peach will be done by you alone, and you will have to keep an eye on it when the time comes. Grandpa added.
"So Grandpa agrees with me?" Zhihua was pleasantly surprised.
"So what's not to agree with? My granddaughter came up with such a great idea. What is there to disagree with when he is a grandfather. Grandma glanced at Grandpa proudly, her face was full of it, look, look, this is my good granddaughter's immediate sense.
Grandpa looked at the old woman and sighed helplessly, "Hey! It seems that I trained the girl just now to let the old woman remember me. ”
Zhihua looked at Grandpa and Grandma, and felt funny.
In fact. Grandpa Fang, they are not very old. In ancient times, people got married early and had no contraception. Basically, after a year or two of marriage, you will have children. Grandpa Fang is only 56 years old this year, and Grandma is the same year as him. Father Fang is 33 years old this year, A-Niang is 32 years old, the eldest brother Zhiqi is 15 years old, the second sister Zhiqin is 12 years old, and Zhihua is 10 years old. The younger brother Zhishu is only 5 years old.
Grandpa Fang was a dart master when he was young, and he was away from home all year round. The work at home and outside the house is handled by Grandma Fang alone. In fact, they also had children before Daddy Fang. At that time, it was the busy farming season, and the dozens of acres of land in the family were all planted by Grandma Fang. There were no elders at home to remind her, and when Grandma Fang fainted and bleeds in the field, Grandma Fang knew that she was pregnant. When Grandpa Fang returned home, his wife was lying on the kang with a pale face. He felt a pain in his heart, a seven-foot man, and he didn't feel tears spilling over his chest.
But the family needed him to earn money, so Grandpa Fang had to apply to the dart bureau to let him take a short dart. It was raised like this for a few years. Only then did Daddy Fang come in. But Grandma Fang was injured in the end, and when she gave birth to Fang's father, she had a little difficult childbirth, and almost lost two lives. Grandpa Fang was frightened and never wanted children again. Grandpa Fang has always felt that he is ashamed of Grandma, so as long as it does not touch the principle, he will generally follow Grandma. This also made Grandma's temper cheerful and arrogant by him.