I went ashore by weaving straw shoes and became a master craftsman

Chapter 38 Wang Ge's Dismay

Huan Zhen couldn't figure it out, why could Ren Suzhi associate so much with the murderer's attempt to bite his tongue to commit suicide?The more this Lichen denied, the more he kowtowed and feared, the more he confirmed that Ren Suzhi was right.

Huan Zhen asked directly if he couldn't figure it out.

Ren Suzhi first ordered the release of the remaining ministers and told them to return to their respective positions and continue working.At this moment, there are still two pavilion soldiers in front, named Dan Ying and Cheng Shuang.

Ren Suzhi explained to Huan Zhen and the three together: "In the beginning, the murderer was cheated out, and the first reaction of the other party was to run away. What did that mean? It meant that the murderer wanted to live. After he was caught, he kept calling Hu Fu to die, which proved that he wanted to die." Let me wait until we find out that Hu Fu has committed evil deeds and deserves to die. Then when the county government tries him, he may not be sentenced to death, so the murderer still wants to live! Then why did he mention that the murder weapon was a bowstring? Want to kill yourself? Unless the bowstring is special, as long as you find the bowstring, you can pull out something else. The murderer knows that he will not be able to withstand torture, and he is afraid of revealing the hiding place of the bowstring, so he might as well kill himself!"

What an insightful Ren Suzhi!Huan Zhen took a deep look at the other party, and when Ren Suzhi looked over, Huan Zhen had already looked away, just like Cheng Shuang and Dan Ying, nodding his head a few times in admonishment.

Cheng Shuang wondered: "But before Xiangzheng comes, we can't use severe torture on this person."

Shan Ying said with a sullen face: "Leave it to me, there are plenty of solutions!"

Ren Suzhi: "No, this is a homicide case, and the murderer will definitely be brought to the county government for trial. If we rob this guy, he will probably bite him back as a trick of torture." He thought for a while and assigned their respective responsibilities: "Cheng Shuang Take Huan Zhen to the hut where the deceased was strangled, and then inspect carefully to see if there are any corners that were missed before. Dan Ying and I went to the hut where the murderer lived to search again. If you draw it, you have to find the bowstring!"

Huan Zhen followed Cheng Shuang, suddenly remembered something, and told the other party, Cheng Shuang went first, and Huan Zhen greeted Tie Feng and the two: "Tell Wang's sister and brother, before noon the next day, this rolling bamboo round cage , I want as much as I can make, don’t get confused, don’t add sesame oil.”

Tie Feng answered "Yes", and asked first, "How much is the price?" Then he said, "According to the market price, two renminbi is only a little more. Small farmers, if you give too much, it may cause trouble."

Tie Lei: "This item is not easy to transport, and it is afraid of pressure, and it takes up space. Why don't you rent a bullock cart from the farmers?"

"No need." Huan Zhen said: "This place is involved in a murder case, Xiangzheng will definitely come, and then let him take it away. In addition, I have a ruler letter to send to the clan uncle. You can find out if Miss Wang has passed the artisan exam. I'm sorry, so I can tell my master about it."

"Yes, my subordinates will go now."

When Tiefeng was heading north towards the village, the shopkeeper had just parked the mule cart in front of the gate of Wanghu Courtyard.A group of children were laughing and laughing around the colorful shelves. Wang Weng heard the sound and went out, leading the shopkeeper to lead the car into the yard.

People in the country don't pay much attention to it, and they don't cover the courtyard door at all in broad daylight. Children, big and small, who don't want to leave, crowd at the courtyard door to look at the carts.Wang Weng smiled and didn't push him away. He asked A Peng and Hu Tou to help Wang Ge move things, and handed Aai to Da Lang to take care of him. Then he asked the shopkeeper to sit on the table, poured a bowl of water, and greeted him: "The road is being built. , the road is not as easy as usual, right?"

"After coming to the Linshui Pavilion, I used some donkey carts to pull things, but it's okay. I haven't seen you for a while, and the old man has become more energetic, and so has your eldest man. How old is the little lady? She is very clever at first glance."

"Three years old." Wang Weng knew that people were being polite, so it was useful to hear it.Wang Ai heard that the salesman was praising her, turned her head shyly, and lay on her uncle's shoulder.

After a few pleasantries, Wang Weng found out that the shopkeeper's surname was Feng and he lived in a township.

Wang Ge showed the shopkeeper a hexagonal bamboo fan and two bamboo hairpins. Ah! It's so rare!"

This praise made the whole family very happy.

The most difficult and skillful part of weaving hexagonal bamboo fans is the hemming.To keep each side straight, the twists and turns must be equally spaced.There is another point that the shopkeeper didn't find out, that is, two "herringbone" patterns are overlapped on the edge-locking strips, which is far more durable than only one pattern.

Looking at the bamboo hairpin again, the salesman only said: "This thing is easy to sell, but the price... how about two dollars? I can only sell it for three dollars at most. The bamboo fan is very good, but the better it is, the easier it is to crush." Goods, twenty dollars, how about it?"

Wang Ge looked at his eldest father, this kind of matter has to be decided by the elders.

To be honest, Wang Weng was very pleased with the price at first glance, but seeing his granddaughter smiling, the old man knew that the price was lower. "The hairpin is simple, and two coins will do. The bamboo fan should be higher. My granddaughter has been weaving it for several days from morning to night."

"Don't tell me, old man, what I earn is actually hard money. This kind of bamboo fan may not be sold in the village, so I have to go to the county. From Jiashe Village to the county, I have to lose two legs to go back and forth. money."

At this time, Wang Yun and Wang Peng had already carried all six rolling lamps, one of which had a Ge cover sewn on and a hemp candle was placed.

With his back to Merchant Feng, Wang Ge lit the hemp candle with a torch, then lifted the rolling lamp into the air with both hands, spun it a few times, and explained to the other party: "This is called a rolling lamp. No matter how you roll it, the candle plate is stable."

Shopkeeper: "This thing is really strange, but the shape..."

"I sew this layer of kudzu cover because I am afraid that it will be windy when I show it to Uncle. If Uncle thinks this thing is acceptable, I will only weave the outer bamboo cage. Buyers have different preferences, so I sew silk and sew it myself Ge is good. If you are afraid of getting the Waibo and Waige dirty, you can add a bamboo cage around the Waibo and Waige."

"Wang Jiangtong is indeed a first-class craftsman! But although this item is rare, it is really easy to imitate, so it is easy to sell."

"Yes." Rolling Deng's weakness was too obvious, and Wang Ge was helpless.

"I suggest that you don't need to use green strips for the bamboo strips, but ordinary yellow strips. How about this, these six... are called rolling lamps, right? I will give you nine coins for these six, and I want twenty more, yellow strips How about one money each? If there are too many, I can’t pull the car.”

At this moment, it would be a lie to say that Wang Ge is not discouraged.The prices of bamboo hairpins and rolling lamps were as low as they could be, and the bamboo fan was also five dollars less than she expected.Thinking about it now, the experience of selling zodiac boxes at the county station and kaosai products at Qinghezhuang gave her the illusion and made her greedy.

Duting Post Station is the avenue for officials and merchants to pass by. Maybe it was a coincidence at that time, and I met a traveler who liked rare things and didn't care about money.

As for Qinghezhuang's acquisition of the products of the artisan boy competition, is it really because of the craftsmanship of the artisan boy?No, absolutely not!It must be some kind of cooperation between Qinghezhuang and the government, and even they only want to get a good fortune, and don't care how much the craftsman's products are worth.

"Little lady, but Wang Jiangtong?" Tie Feng raised his voice, interrupting the conversation between the Wang family and the shopkeeper.

In fact, he just came here.

Tie Feng took last night's rolling lantern and turned into the East-West Road in the village. He heard the village boys talking about "King Craftsman Boy" and "First Class Craftsman Boy". When it comes to craftsmen, it's still the first class!

"Tsk, the master craftsman you found is unreliable. It's too ostentatious to come out all at once. Fortunately, the county magistrate Huan didn't know." Knowing what had happened, he squeezed in without making a sound, and when he heard the salesman lower the price of the rolling lamp to one penny, he called out, "Young lady, is Wang Jiangtong?"

　Grabbing whip: sound lüè chī.Refers to torture.

　　Chidot: A commonly used name for ancient letters, the standard is a letter about one foot long.

　　
　
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