The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 84 Soap Mold
After the two parties completed the red contract, Mr. Yang left with the money in his pocket.

"This old man Yang is also a poor man. His son got addicted to gambling and lost all the money in the family, isn't that right? He even sold the cattle, and I don't know if he can pay off the gambling debt." Liu Yazi saw the old man Yang After leaving, there was also a burst of lamentation.

"So, children and grandchildren should not be spoiled too much, and they should be taught to be good!" Father Gu also sighed afterwards, completely forgetting how he spoiled his youngest son.

"Brother, since you bought the cow, do you still want to buy a frame?" After expressing his emotions, Liu Yazi asked again when he saw that Mr. Gu was leaving with the cow.

When Gu Chengyu heard it, it turned out that there was a one-stop service.However, he felt that it would be convenient to buy a frame. He had bought all the cattle, and it was too late to fight now. In addition, there was only one carpenter in Shangling Village, Lin Wu, so he didn't want to ask him to build a frame.

"Father, let's buy a frame by the way? It's not convenient to go back and play."

"That's good, then I don't know if Brother Liu has a familiar carpenter to introduce?" Old Gu knew that Liu Yazi was asking this question, and he must know the carpenter who made the frame.

"You're asking the right person. My brother-in-law is a carpenter. It's in the shop in front, not far from here. If it's convenient, I'll take you there to have a look. Don't worry, we'll guarantee the benefits." Liu Yazi paid attention The little baby next to Papa Gu looked about four or five years old, but she had a calm temper and could make up her mind.However, the most striking thing is the good looks.

"That's good! Let's go and see, how much is your brother-in-law's frame?"

"There are three kinds, one is the cheapest, it costs [-] wen, this one is inferior to the wood, but it is very strong, it will not be a problem to use for a few years; the other kind of wood is better, it costs [-] wen, and this kind of wood will last for a long time Some; there is another one with a carriage, and the carriage can be disassembled, which is more expensive, and it costs one or two or five dollars!"

Seeing Liu Yazi's detailed and proficient introduction of the frame, Gu Chengyu expected that he might definitely be able to win business.

All the way to a wood shop at the end of the south street, this shop is not too big, and the location is a bit remote.

"Dashan, I brought someone here for you!" Liu Yazi shouted standing outside the shop.

"Here we come, brother-in-law." A man much younger than Liu Yazi walked out of the shop. This man was tall and burly, with a simple and honest appearance.

"Brother-in-law, this customer wants to buy a bicycle frame? Come to the shop and have a look."

Gu Chengyu stepped over some messy wood on the ground and walked to the place where the frame was placed.Dashan and Liu Yazi’s description are basically the same, and he paid more attention to the frame with the carriage. The carriage is also very convenient to disassemble. If you want to do farm work, you can remove the upper box, and the lower frame does not move. planks will do.As a dual-purpose frame, it is indeed convenient and practical.

"Father, just buy this! This way you don't have to worry about getting wet when it rains."

"Your young master has a good eye. Although this kind of frame is more expensive, it is the most practical." Da Shan looked at this delicate boy, and really felt like the young master of a rich family.

Gu Chengyu raised his head and glanced at the mountain. It seems that this mountain is simple and honest on the surface, and he is not honest!
"Young Master? They are all peasants, don't call me that, you don't have to make people laugh." It was the first time that Old Gu heard someone call his son the Young Master, so he flustered awkwardly.

"Since everyone says this is good, let's buy it! It's your price, can't it be cheaper?" Mr. Gu thought that since he spent a lot of money today, he might as well buy it all at once.

"Isn't this a good-looking child of yours? You were brought by my brother-in-law, and it was already cheaper by one or two five yuan. Let's do this! I'll give you fifty cents off. You can go to this area and ask, who doesn't like it?" Do you know that the wooden utensils in my Dashan shop are the most authentic?" Dashan looked simple and honest, but his mouth was quite eloquent.

Gu Chengyu thought of the soap he was going to make, but there was no mold yet, so he didn't know how the big mountain carvings were. After walking around, he didn't see any carvings in the shop. Most of them were car frames, tables and chairs, and there were only simple lines drawn on them. Lines, without any engraving.

"Uncle Dashan, can you do sculpture? I want to make some molds."

"Yes! Don't look at the lack of carvings in my shop. In fact, although my carvings are not exquisite, they are still eye-catching. Just wait, I will show you." After a while, Dashan came out from the inside , holding a small wooden figure in his hand.Gu Chengyu took it over and took a look, the little man was quite exquisitely made, with extremely thin silk-carved hair.

"Do you have a pen and paper? I'll draw the molds I want to make. At least five of them must be made first. How much do you think it will cost?"

Gu Chengyu was sitting on the bullock cart driven by Old Gu, and was heading towards Shangling Village. Originally, he wanted to buy some soap making materials when he came out this trip, but his father had no money, so he had to give up.

He customized five soap molds, all square, oval, and round, with patterns on the sides. Without exception, each mold was engraved with the word Gu and an emblem, which is He drew it casually, using the shape of roses. As far as he knows, there were no roses in this dynasty, only similar roses.The engraving requirements for each mold are not low, so one is priced at [-] renminbi, and five will be given [-] renminbi.Before leaving, Mr. Gu also paid five hundred Wen as a deposit, and agreed to pick it up in five days.

"Father! How can you drive an ox cart?" Gu Chengyu asked curiously.

"That's what I learned many years ago." Old man Gu was driving the ox cart, full of emotion in his heart.There are only two families with cattle in the village, and if his family bought an ox cart today, there must be someone in the village who wants to vomit acid water.

"Xiaobao, can the soap you mentioned really earn money?" Father Gu was driving the bullock cart and asked Gu Chengyu who was sitting in the carriage. Can't make it out.

"Father, even if you don't believe me, you should also believe in the person in the dream? That person bathes with soap all day long! It smells so good. Let's try a cheap one first, the one with flowers, and we'll do it later." Try." Gu Chengyu rolled his eyes, and his father asked him several times on the way.

"Isn't Dad afraid that this thing will be difficult to make? If it is really made, will someone buy it?" Gu Lao expressed his doubts.

"Father! Do you think the bath beans that mother uses for bathing are expensive?"

"Of course it's expensive! It's three hundred Wen! It's just a little bit!" Old Gu's heart throbbed when he thought of the bath beans that Mrs. Lu used at home.

"That soap is much cleaner than bath beans! Dad! Don't worry! I guarantee you won't lose money."

It was already early noon when the bullock cart drove into Shangling Village, and the Gu family had already had their lunch.Parking the ox cart in front of Gu's house, Old Gu hugged Gu Chengyu and got out of the cart.

"But Xiaobao is back?" Mrs. Lu, who was doing needlework in the main room, heard the sound of an ox cart parked outside the courtyard gate, hurriedly put down her tent, and shouted to the outside of the courtyard through the window.

"Mom, it's me and dad who came back." The courtyard door of Gu's family was half open, and Gu Chengyu pushed the courtyard door open, ready to let the ox cart in.

The daughter-in-law of the Zhang family next door heard the sound of the ox cart, went to the courtyard gate, and looked out from the open courtyard gate.I found an ox cart in front of Gu's house, and this ox cart still has a carriage!Then the youngest son of the Gu family got off the bullock cart.

(End of this chapter)