In the first few days of the new year, the Hai family had a peaceful life.

Haixi Ya and Ma's husband and wife, as well as Hai Chang'an's family of three, all go out shopping and watching plays from time to time, and occasionally go to visit relatives and friends, and they live a leisurely life.

The reef still goes out every day, and it's hard to say where to go. He has a lot of things to do and a lot of new friends. Haitang can only judge that when he led the horse out, half of it may have gone to the Zhou family's three-room village to find Jin Jiashu, and the remaining half may have gone out of the city with new friends to run horses; When he doesn't lead the horse out, it is the Zhenguo Mansion, the Zhou family's third room and Huang Zhutou's family, or any new friend's family, it is possible. He slowly formed his own network in Chang'an City, and the time at home became less and less.

Even the three elders, Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian, also have time to go out to visit friends from time to time. Comparatively speaking, Lu Bai went out less often and stayed at home longer. He seemed to be more and more fond of being alone in the house. As long as there is a kang, a tea stove, a book, a pen, a paper and ink, he can spend the whole day happily.

Compared with the family, Begonia has a very leisurely New Year. She didn't disturb her grandfather and grandmother's two-person world, nor did she participate in the parent-child time of the second uncle's family of three, and she couldn't go out with her brother, so she had to have fun by herself.

Sometimes she would go to the front yard to talk to Lu Bainian, but most of the time, she nestled on the kang in her room and pondered a drawing.

She had heard her brother Haijiao mention that Jin Jiashu should move to Chang'an City, but when she was unable to move, she had an idea to get Jin Jiashu a wheelchair.

This wheelchair doesn't have to be folded and lightweight, it just needs to be able to sit for a long time and be pushed around, and it doesn't even have to be for people in wheelchairs to push the wheels by themselves, anyway, Jin Jiashu can always find someone to push him.

Thinking about it this way, the design of this wheelchair is a lot simpler, the key is to use strong wood, workmanship must also be good, to ensure that the wheelchair is made stable enough, durable, and has a certain shock-absorbing function, will not easily upset people.

The timber is left to the craftsman to solve. As for the craftsmen, Begonia also inquired.

Jin Jiashu had asked the errand boys to help him find a good carpenter to build a carriage. The errand boys are looking for people who are quite reliable, not only with exquisite craftsmanship, but also with fast workmanship, and the fees are not ridiculously high. Haijiao was commissioned by Jin Jiashu, and he went to the carpenter's workshop to see that the carriage was almost finished, and it was only necessary to put on two coats of varnish at the end, and then do some adjustment and polishing work. By the Lantern Festival at the latest, the carriage will be delivered.

Calculating the time, it took only about 20 days from the time the carpenter received the order to the completion of the car, but the quality of the carriage manufactured was very good. According to the reef, the car, although small and without any fancy decorations, was very stable, and it felt smooth when walking, without bumps or squeaks. The interior of the carriage is also designed with folding tables, chairs and storage cabinets, which are large enough to seat three people, and if necessary, fold the tables and chairs and squeeze them to sleep two people.

This design is very similar to the carriage that the Hai family took on the way back to Chang'an from Suzhou. The reef is all too familiar with such carriages. Judging from his personal experience, the carriage customized by Jin Jiashu should be able to make people sleep quite comfortably, and it may be stronger than his own carriage.

A carpenter who can make a carriage of this level is fast and the fee is reasonable, does Begonia still need to hesitate? Naturally, he immediately asked his brother Haijiao to inquire about the time for him, knowing that the carpenter was free after the Lantern Festival and before February 2.

The carpenter can make a carriage in twenty days, and half a month should be enough for a wheelchair, right?

Begonia immersed himself in research for several days, during which he reworked several times, and finally drew a drawing, and marked all the details clearly, especially the size of each part, there must be no mistakes, otherwise even if the wheelchair is successfully assembled, it will not take long to have problems.

Her carpentry skills are very average, only a little experience in making small tables and stools for the family's food stall when she was a child in her previous life, and then a little skill accumulated when she made wooden knives for herself in this life. But that doesn't mean she doesn't know how to design woodwork.

During her time in the palace, she guarded the library and read a lot of books on construction craftsmanship. Later, she was transferred to the Shanggong Bureau to work as a weaver, tinkering with various textile tools, and also tried to improve the loom. At that time, she did not dismantle and modify the large and small, new and old embroidery bed looms in the warehouse of Shanggong Bureau. Even if she used to be just a carpentry rookie, she has learned a lot of knowledge about mechanism manufacturing. As long as the materials are sufficient, now let her assemble a jacquard loom directly, she can do it, let alone just draw a drawing of a wheelchair?

To make sure the drawing worked, she also collected scraps of wood from all over the house and made a small model of a wheelchair herself. Although the model is only the size of an adult man's palm, it is very rough and stumbles when pushed on the kang table, and the two wheels can easily fly out, but it is also like that, and if you replace it with a reliable carpenter and better materials, you should be able to make a usable wheelchair, right?

Haitang pondered again and again, and then gave it to his brother Haijiao with his salary: "Brother go back and give this to the carpenter, and ask him if he can make it?" ”

Hai Jiao looked at the drawings in surprise: "My good girl, when did you learn such skills?" Even the carpenter's work can be done?! ”

Haitang had already thought about how to explain this problem: "Uncle Cousin and Grandpa Lu have books on craftsmanship, I accidentally flipped through them and learned a little fur. Don't dare to say anything else, it's no problem to draw a drawing according to a cat and a tiger. ”

Hai Jiao sighed: "I didn't expect a few elders to have such books there. It's a pity that my cousin, Grandpa Cao, and Grandpa Lu always told me not to be greedy, just concentrate on learning the art of war and geography with them, and ignore other side ways. ”

Begonia coughed a little weakly: "So...... This kind of trivial matter, my brother doesn't have to let a few old people know, lest they be too careful......"

The reef was just a little sister peeking at the elders' collection of books, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll keep it secret for you." If someone asks, I'll say it's a drawing drawn by someone outside. He put the drawings away and promised to find a carpenter tomorrow.

Haitang was very satisfied, and asked about the reef again: "Where have you been in the past few days?" Grandma has been out for a few days, and she is also a little annoyed, thinking that it is too cold, so it is better to stay at home and chat warmly. She didn't leave you alone, saying that you run out all day long, and you don't know what you're busy with. ”

"It's just a joke with the little young masters of a few generals." Haijiao said, "Everyone is idle during the Chinese New Year, and they don't have to study hard to practice martial arts, so they naturally have to hurry up and have fun." I can hang out with them, expand my contacts, and get a lot of news! ”

Speaking of this, Haijiao remembered something, and hurriedly lowered his voice and told his sister: "Little sister, you don't know, the commander of Zhao Du in Shanxi has replied to Zhuang Tongzhi!" ”

Haitang blinked: "Is that the one whose hometown is in Pingyang Mansion?" Got back so quickly? Zhuang Tongzhi only wrote to him after a young age, right? "It's been less than half a month!

Haijiao smiled: "The messenger walked fast, and the letter was delivered on Chinese New Year's Eve." Zhao Du's commander happened to be at home, and he also avoided many twists and turns. After reading the letter, he was said to be shocked, wrote a reply on the same day, and sent another confidant to send it to Zhuang Tongzhi on a fast horse. The messenger sent by Zhuang Tongzhi is still on the way. The soldiers of the Zhao family are elite horsemen in the army, and their riding skills are not comparable to ordinary officials. ”

In such a hurry? What is written in that letter?

(End of chapter)