Old man Gu is fifty-five years old this year, the medical conditions in feudal society are not as good as modern ones, and fifty years old is already a lot of age, don't look at Old Man Gu's temples are white, but the most important thing for this perennial farmer is strength.

dragged Gu Chuanfu up, and the old man Gu criticized: "Your fifth brother knows how to work to subsidize the family, you are the one who will be a father-in-law immediately, and the dowry for marriage will cost silver, why don't you know to make some money for your son?" How many baskets can these wickers make? You've made it all up today, and your family is now short of money! ”

Between the words, Gu Chuanfu had already decided how much work he had to do.

"Daddy! This is too much" Gu Chuanfu's ass continued to lie on the kang with a heavy butt, seeing that Old Man Gu had a tiger face, Gu Chuanfu's face also collapsed, no longer the smiling appearance, Gu Yunyao's words in the courtyard just now, he also heard it clearly, his father obviously came to the big house for the third child, but now he keeps saying that he is not his own.

Gu Chuanfu immediately muttered to Old Man Gu reluctantly: "Dad, what you said is not right, there is no money in the family, isn't it all because of the third child?" If you can't get into Xiucai at the age of thirty, he's not that life! Do you still have to go to the county to attend classes? Dad, I've been there for three years, how many times have I been? Why are you going to go this year? ”

As soon as he heard Gu Chuanfu say that Gu Chuanshou was not, the old man Gu also knew that the sons in the family had opinions on Gu Chuanshou's repeated failures, especially in the past two years, Gu Chuanhai, who was the most profitable, went to the border again, the drought the year before last, the harvest in the field was not half of that of previous years, and the life of the family was not as good as before, in the past year, he couldn't even eat rice and white noodles, and sometimes even the wild vegetables that Gu Yunyao dug back to feed the pigs had to pick them again, looking for which ones people could eat.

But Old Man Gu still criticized Gu Chuanfu: "Is that the reason for lazy sleep in your house?" Hurry up and weave all these wickers! Your third brother is much more bitter than you! He knows that he only learns at the age of fifteen, and he can't learn at the age of seven, and he must not be able to get into the fame earlier than others. Out of the show, our family is a family with a head and a face in Hekou Village and even Sihe Town! ”

As soon as Old Man Gu spoke, Gu Chuanfu reluctantly started to make willow weaving, and halfway through it, he pulled Erlang, who was sleeping in the hut, over to do it with him.

Da Lang is okay, but Erlang is also reluctant to work, and he also caught Goro, who was rolling and playing with the children in the village outside, and the four fathers and sons, Da Lang honestly made willow weaving.

None of the other three are down-to-earth, Gu Chuanfu is in a bad mood, either reprimanding Yizui Erlang for making a basket with sparse mesh, or scolding Yizui Wulang for not knowing how to learn to do it, and not knowing how to make money to help the family subsidize the family.

Jiro lowered his head, and Goro snorted his nose, his left ear went in and out of his right ear, and he didn't say a word to his heart.

In the fourth room, Gu Yunyao fetched water, the wells of this feudal society were all dug at the entrance of the village, and the people who left the country turned their backs to the village when they left, so there is the saying that they left their hometowns, only rich families will dig wells at home, Gu Chuanhai just passed the two years to the old man Gu, and the money went to the old man Gu, the old man Gu gritted his teeth and dug a well in the front yard.

Gu Chuanhai's feet and neck can't be frozen all the time, and they are drying at the moment.

The original owner also learned willow weaving in his early years, with his memory, and then look at Gu Chuanhai's technique, Gu Yunyao also did it in a good way, Gu Chuanhai's willow weaving was sturdy and skillful, and after looking at it, Gu Yunyao couldn't help but ask: "Dad, how much can this willow basket be sold for?" ”

"The sturdy ones can be sold for five cents, and there are villages around Sihe Town, and this thing can't be sold at a high price in our place, and the grocery stores in the town charge five cents for five cents, and sell them for six or seven cents, but some of the big shops are sold to the county town after they are collected, and they can be sold for ten cents in the city."

Gu Yunyao nodded, the transportation was inconvenient in ancient times, and the same thing could be sold at a different price if it was transported a little farther, although the vast majority of people in the city did not take farming as their business, the willow weaving such as this basket and dustpan was the same as a daily utensil, and the per capita income in the city was much higher than that in the village, so it was naturally bought at a higher price.

Gu Yunyao looked at Gu Chuanhai's big hand, and suddenly thought of an idea, in modern times, the industry is developed, and willow weaving exists more in the form of handicrafts in the market of modern society.

Gu Yunyao hurriedly said to Gu Chuanhai: "Dad, will you weave patterns on the basket?" ”

Gu Chuanhai smiled: "Of course it will, but what's the use of those flashy tricks?" ”

Useful, of course useful, Gu Yunyao's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly went to the outhouse to shovel a shovel of furnace ashes, spread them on the ground, and drew them on the ashes with a palm-long willow branch.

"Dad, if you go shopping, this same object, one is good-looking, the other is average, which one do you buy?" Gu Yunyao asked, and Gu Chuanhai came as soon as he opened his mouth. "Then you must buy something beautiful! Forehead...... If only it were the same money. ”

"Isn't this enough, Dad, the grocery store in the town collects a basket for five cents, and then buys it to the county seat and becomes ten cents, the profit is big and the competition is also big, if our willow weaving is a little tricky, those grocery stores are transported to the city, and the sale must be popular, then we sell it quickly, and the price difference in the middle is so big, a basket, maybe we can sell one or two more cents."

When Gu Chuanhai heard this, his eyes lit up, he had worked as a restaurant account and knew some business know-how, but this is not the reason! "My daughter is so smart, and this hand is also skillful!" If a basket with a little tricks can be sold for an extra penny, this is also a lot of wealth, and watching the girl paint on the ground, not to mention, the strange image of this basket painting, the details are well drawn.

The general shape has not changed, but the waist of a basket is divided into three sections, the upper and lower sides are ordinary, but the middle section is twill, which has not changed much, but it is much more delicate than the ordinary basket.

Gu Yunyao raised her eyebrows, she was a top student of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in her previous life, and she must have painted beautifully!

Gu Chuanhai kept staring, Gu Yunyao thought about the appearance of the handicraft baskets in modern society, and drew carefully, for fear that Gu Chuanhai would not understand, "Dad, can you do this?" "Willow weaving is not carving, rattan is entangled, Gu Yunyao doesn't dare to change these appearances recklessly, if you can't do it after the change, isn't it in vain?

Gu Chuanhai figured it out for a moment and nodded: "It's easy to do this, wait, Dad will make one for you, and this one in your hand can be directly changed to this." ”

With the basket that had just been made in his hand, Gu Chuanhai made one for most of the hour, and it was not difficult, and it was much better than Gu Yunyao imagined, strong and beautiful.