Along the way, in addition to blaming himself, Zhou Langzhong praised Yang Qingyue, just like the broken-mouthed Tang Seng: "It's all my fault, I took you to the barracks recklessly, how do I know what a lustful overseer will come, and, in my eyes, you are clearly still a child, fortunately, Yang is ready to protect you." In the past, everyone said that he had black hands, black eyes, and black hearts, and that he was a master who would be more than a fool, but it seems that the rumors are not credible......"

Under Zhou Langzhong's repeated verbal bombardment, Xiangling was about to fall asleep in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, the donkey cart stopped abruptly, and Zhou Langzhong called out: "Xiangling, it's here."

Xiangling opened her sleepy eyes and got out of the donkey cart.

When I raised my eyes, I saw a simple bluestone house that couldn't be simpler, and I couldn't tell that the owner was a skilled craftsman.

Entering the house, there was a pile of sawdust on the ground, and an old man in his fifties was working with his head.

It wasn't until Zhou Langzhong and Xiangling came to the front that they raised their heads in fright.

Seeing that it was Zhou Langzhong, he immediately smiled and said, "Zhou Langzhong, what kind of wind blew you here?"

Zhou Langzhong pointed to Xiangling and said, "My daughter-in-law is a child, and I have recently moved and want to make some furniture."

Carpenter Guo looked at the work in his hand and said with a sad face: "My work has been scheduled for next month."

Zhou Langzhong played a stinky scoundrel and said: "Your carpenter's work is the same as treating people, it depends on who is in a hurry." Anyway, this kid is in a hurry, you can do it. ”

Carpenter Guo was amused, and said to Xiangling in a deep voice: "What are you doing?" You name it and listen to it, if it is difficult to carve beams and paintings, it will have to be slow. ”

Xiangling immediately took out a few pieces of cloth from her arms and explained: "They are all ordinary furniture for peasant families, mainly practical, and not a single flower is carved."

Xiangling pointed to the picture on the cloth piece and introduced them one by one: "These are three sets of cabinets, each set is half packed into a kang cabinet, the middle is equipped with a quilt, and a locked drawer is installed below to hold valuables, and sundries are placed on it." Half of it is installed on the ground until it reaches the roof of the shed, half of it is made into partitions and folds clothes, and half of it is made into hangers, and the clothes racks should be made like this......"

"This is the dinner table, it can be folded ......"

"It's a tub. You can half-sit in it or lie in it......"

In addition, Xiangling remembered the inconvenience of the villagers to draw well water, and asked Guo Carpenter to help make a reel for drawing water, plus a semi-leaky bucket with a leather at the bottom, so that the villagers would not have to work so hard to fetch water in the future.

Xiangling said that his mouth was dry, and after some explanation, he was surprised by what Guo Carpenter said, but he didn't expect a small village girl to think of the structure of these practical furniture, which was completely different from the styles he had created in the past......

Xiangling saw Carpenter Guo's pensive face, and couldn't help but ask, "Can't you do it?"

Carpenter Guo felt that his career was deeply threatened, and glanced at Xiangling with disgust: "How can I not do it?" I'm thinking about how to make the wood look good! ”

Xiangling said with a happy face: "How much silver do you need?"

Carpenter Guo muttered: "I don't need money for this job, only one request, and these furniture styles will belong to me in the future."

Xiangling has no reason to disagree, because even if she disagrees, Carpenter Guo can still make takeaways, and there is no patent protection in this era.

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Coming out of Carpenter Guo's house, Zhou Langzhong and Xiangling were temporarily separated, and he was going to the medicine market to see if he could buy the medicinal materials that he lacked last time.

Xiangling bought a few catties of pork belly and two catties of sugar, and wanted to make braised pork to eat at night.

The moldy soybeans at home will be fine in two days, and they need liquor to make bean paste, so they bought a jar of liquor and put it in the back basket.

Walking towards the city gate, I passed by a cloth village, and turned in by the way, wanting to see if the new cotton in the south had arrived.

Unexpectedly, this time I actually met an old acquaintance, Miss Su Xiaomansu.

Su Xiaoman was looking at the pile of colored cloth in the center of the ground, and said to the dyer unhappily: "You are now the master of the Su family cloth village, why are you even soaked in dyeing, and you have wasted such a batch of silk and red sandalwood, is there any way to remedy it now?"

Cheng Dye said with a depressed face: "It's all my fault that I was called away by Li Tong, there was such a mistake, the owner should not deduct it from my salary, I have no complaints."

Su Xiaoman sighed, shook his head and said: "You are an old craftsman of the Su family, you have been conscientious and have not made mistakes, this time you will not be fined wages, but you have to remember that Li Tong was originally your apprentice, but now he is not, he has climbed the high branch and become a dyer in Xiangjia Cloth Village, you have to watch out for him everywhere in the future."

The dyer went down with a depressed face.

Su Xiaoman raised his head and saw Xiangling.

was stunned at first, and then took Xiangling's hand in surprise and said, "Why did you come, how did you find Sujiabuzhuang?"

Xiangling said truthfully: "I went to the city to do business, and I turned into this cloth village by the way, to see if the new cotton in the south has arrived, but I didn't expect it to be your house."

Xiangling really didn't deliberately look for Sujia Buzhuang, she didn't know how to read, she only saw a piece of cloth inside and came in.

Su Xiaoman smiled with his eyebrows: "You and I should have fate." The new cotton has not yet arrived, but my family has newly bought furs and sheep felt, but Xiangjia Buzhuang does not have them. Would you like to take a look? ”

In order to grab business with the Xiang family, Su Xiaoman's brother Su Mu went to the eastern border market thousands of miles away, and bought a lot of things that Xiangjia Buzhuang did not have, but most of them were fur goods, which were quite expensive and did not sell well.

The young man brought up the wool felt, Su Xiaoman just had a sales attitude, but he didn't expect Xiangling to fall in love with it at a glance.

Although the quilt made of wool felt is a little thin, it is just right to make a quilt spread on the kang, which is much smoother than the quilt made of cotton.

Xiangling thought about it, there are four houses now, one for Jiang and Lianlian, one for herself, and one for Chu Xia. The fourth room is not occupied for the time being, so it is good to put only a kang mat.

Xiangling told the young man the size of the three rooms, and when he saw that the young man wrote them down one by one, he asked, "These are three sizes, how much do you calculate in total?" ”

The young man looked embarrassed, this sheep felt had just come back from the young master, and he hadn't had time to ask the price yet.

Su Xiaoman shouted to the back room with a dissatisfied face: "Brother, I know that you are eavesdropping in the back room, and it hasn't opened since you came back, and finally someone wants to buy it, what kind of owner shelf do you want?" Come out and sell your own goods. ”

The curtain of the back room was lifted, and an eighteen or nineteen-year-old young man came out awkwardly, and explained: "There are many female guests in the front room, and it is not convenient for me to come out."

Su Xiaoman smiled and explained to Xiangling: "This is my brother Su Mu."

Su Xiaoman introduced to Su Mu again: "This is Xiangling, my best, best, and best friend." You can't make a lot of money. ”

The young man told Su Mu the measured size, and Su Mu said to Xiangling after a while: "Girl, the size you want is not small, the width is not enough, you need to splice it, according to the most economical price, you have to pay one or two or three dollars of silver, do you think this price is okay?"

Su Mu's humble attitude made Xiangling feel like he was selling goods, but he became a buyer instead, tentatively asking himself if he was selling expensive.

If you use cotton to make the core of the kang quilt, and use three loads of cotton in the sky, it will cost two or three hundred yuan, which costs one or two or three dollars, no wonder it has not been sold until now, it is a little more expensive, but Xiangling is in the middle of it.

"Brother, you take out your hard work and the cost of the carriage and horses, and calculate the price!" Su Xiaoman said coquettishly to his brother.

Su Mu couldn't twist his sister, and finally talked about one or two dollars of silver, and it is estimated that the carriage and horse expenses, wages, etc. have been reduced.

Xiangling couldn't put it down and touched the soft wool felt, thinking that Chu Xia would stay on the kang for more than two months, she must be panicked, and comforted herself on the grounds that she had just saved money for furniture, and decided to buy the wool felt to make the core of the kang quilt.

Xiangling asked the young man to take out a lot of cotton cloth, and chose baby pink, gray-blue and brown cotton cloth, and made the kang quilt cover and curtains.

The Su family was given an extra salary and asked them to help send it away.

Su Xiaoman sold all the cloth at the purchase price that Xiangling bought from the family cloth village, and the wages were all free, and all together only cost nearly two taels of silver.

Looking at the dark and light red silk on the ground, Xiangling asked curiously, "What are you going to do with this silk fabric?"

Su Xiaoman said with a sad face: "What else can I do?" Dye it black or dark blue to cover it up! ”

The current fabrics are all solid colors, and there is no color on the top at all, which is embroidered later.

Xiangling thought of the colorful colors of modern flowers, and said to Su Xiaoman: "Actually, I think this kind of dyeing is quite beautiful, who stipulates that the girl's dress must be a solid color." This kind of color is like a sunset, and if you make it ink and rainbow, it will be called a vivid. ”

Su Xiaoman's eyes suddenly became bright, and he felt that his brain was too dead, and he was a lot more alive by Xiangling, and said to Su Mu happily: "Brother, you go and get the dyer back, let's study it right away......

Su Mu turned around to leave, but Su Xiaoman called back again and advised: "Brother, you should beat your mother and second aunt first, and study the style of the sample clothes first......"

Seeing that the Su family was busy, Xiangling said goodbye and left.