The peasant girl is not strong

Chapter 69 Passing on Daughter's Carving Skills

Da Ya is not very old, but she already has a mature mentality. Maybe she is the elder sister of so many dolls, or she may grow up in this family's experience, and the poor's children will be in charge early.

Acer is carrying water faster than usual today. He feels that today he has a new challenge. Yesterday, he could carve four wooden bodhisattvas in one day. Today's workload is too much. He must speed up and spend more time in engraved.

During the process of fetching water, he met people from the village, many of whom he saw lively yesterday. This morning, he decided to go to his house to see Acer's craftsmanship after finishing his work in the morning.

"Acer, you're fetching water, hurry up and finish the carving, because I'm going to your house to see your craftsmanship."

Acer could only nod his head, and he walked much faster. For most of these questions, he would politely say, "Well, welcome to my house."

Acer knows that these people come to his house, not really to see his craftsmanship, more people come to watch a good show.

So how?He's not really bragging, if he is a "good dog", you can find out if he takes it out and yo!

He is not afraid of being laughed at by others. If he doesn't know how to carve at all, he has the confidence to let others see his craftsmanship, and he may not be as good as those real master carvers.

So what?The price he sells is not high, and it is not that the things sold in the outer counties or big cities are expensive.

Acer has already set a price for carving a wooden statue in his mind. The cost of paint is about two cents a day, plus his handwork is ten cents a day. In addition, the wages for painting the portrait of the girl are also included. He calculated that the cheapest is eight cents. Money, add up to a total of 20 cents.

When Acer was having breakfast, Lai asked him the price of the wooden statue and the price it sold.

He said the price in his mind, and when Lai heard his son say that the wooden Bodhisattva sells for 20 cents a piece, his eyes narrowed with laughter.

"Okay, let's set this price. In the future, they can buy one, or 20 for ten. They can only sell at this price, and they can only be higher than lower."

Ye Shuzhen originally wanted to tell her elder brother to let him carve a wooden Bodhisattva and put it in the room. After hearing the price that her elder brother said, she opened her mouth and dared not speak.

I feel that the price is so expensive, and I put things for 20 cents in my room. I really want my mother to sell her a wooden portrait for 20 cents a piece.

Ye Shuzhi did a shrewd calculation. Yesterday, the eldest brother was able to carve four wooden Bodhisattvas, one for 20 cents, four for 80 cents, which is several taels of silver in a month.

After a year, she will definitely be able to make a fortune. Ye Shuzhi felt that she got engaged too early, and she married so quickly.

After the family is rich and married, it is possible to find a better husband than now, and the dowry will be much larger.

What's more anxious is that the wedding date is getting closer and closer, and I am even more envious of Ye Shuzhen, a silly girl who has not yet engaged.

Ye Shuzhi was unwilling to marry a shop owner like this. She used to think that she had an advantage, but now she regrets it a little bit. Why did she get married?

She didn't dare to say the words that she wanted to withdraw from the relatives. No matter how good a woman was, quitting the relatives automatically was the same as being dismissed from the relatives. People would gossip.

Acer's father listened to his son's price and thought that he could sell it at such an expensive price?

If he can really sell it, his son will not have to follow him as a furniture carpenter in the future. He specializes in carving wood portraits, which will make more money than a furniture carpenter.

He was a little more shrewd, and he did a mental calculation on how much his son earned in a day, which was more than what the father and son would earn in a day working together before.

Daddy Acer has another idea. He can't sculpt like his son, but he can help him, such as sanding and painting wood portraits. He is completely capable of such work.

If there is not enough time for the dowry of the second daughter, he would rather leave the work to others, and it is worthwhile to give them some wages.

With him helping his son fight, the son will carve several more wooden Bodhisattvas a day, which is a better account.

With this idea, he told his son the idea, and Acer told his father that he wanted his daughter to learn it when he had time.

Daddy Acer was silent. Their carpentry craftsmanship was passed down from generation to generation. It was passed down from male to female. Carpentry work was dirty and tiring, and some women couldn't do it.

As the son said, carving can be learned by women. It is not such a heavy job as furniture. The son has not passed the lineage at this age. This is a problem for their family.

Daddy Acer finally agreed with his son to let his girls learn to carve.

Ye Shuzhi and Ye Shuzhen heard the conversation between their father and eldest brother. The three sisters failed to learn their father's carpentry skills, but only learned lock-picking skills.

Usually, I only learn needle and thread from Lai's, and female red is a sewing and repairing process that every woman must learn to make shoes and clothes.

When the eldest brother said to let his girls learn the craft of carving, the two of them were a little moved, and said to the eldest brother that he also asked to learn carving.

Ye Shuzhen and Ye Shuzhi wanted to learn to carve, not for craftsmanship, but because they heard the price of selling a wooden Bodhisattva just now.

After learning this craft, carving out a wooden Bodhisattva in one day is higher than the price they sell for a month of needlework.

At this moment, what they think of in their hearts is the silver of the white flowers. How can they be afraid of learning craftsmanship and work hard and lazy.

Acer did not reject the second sister, the third sister's mind, they want to learn to let them learn, maybe they are three days of fishing, two days of netting.

There is no perseverance in learning craftsmanship, no determination to not be afraid of hard work, and it is not possible to learn to carve in a day or two.

Acer asked them to do the homework well, and then learn to carve, but they can't use the wood he has already painted, and use the waste wood for furniture at home.

Ye Shuzhi and Ye Shuzhen listened to the eldest brother's words, and quickly ate breakfast happily, went to wash the clothes quickly, and wanted to do the housework quickly and learn the craft from the eldest brother.

When Acer talked to Daya and the other three girls, Daya and her two younger sisters nodded, saying that they had done the work in the fields outside, and they would study at home at noon and at home at night.

Siwa and Wuwa were directly ignored by their family. The two of them were the most idle people in the family. The youngest Wuwa had not woken up when her sisters had breakfast and went to work in the field.

Da Ya was worried that Wuwa was ill, so she touched Wuwa's forehead with her hand and felt that her body temperature was normal, so she ordered Siwa to wait for Wumei to wake up and feed her breakfast.

Siwa obediently took up the responsibility of taking care of her younger sister.

When Ye Shiqi woke up, she found that only the fourth sister was by her side, and she got up from the bed and sat up.

"Five sisters, are you awake? I'll take you to the kennel."

Ye Shiqi nodded to the fourth sister.

The fourth baby later took up the promise to the eldest sister and fed the fifth sister breakfast.

Ye Shiqi shook her head at the fourth sister and asked her to give her the bowl and chopsticks to eat by herself.

"Five sisters, can you use chopsticks? Hold the bowl firmly and don't drop it. If you break the bowl, grandma will scold you."

Siwa looked in disbelief, put the bowl and chopsticks on the table, and sat down with Wumei in her arms.

　Happy New Year, I wish everyone good health and good luck in the Year of the Tiger.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)