suspected wife

After the large-scale root carving ornament, the peacock, won the favor of the wealthy people in Qingchuan City, all the masters of Yayi Workshop became enthusiastic.

After hearing this peacock unfold its tail, the final price was raised to more than 3000 taels, and it was like a chicken blood.

All of them are gearing up, wishing they could make a more excellent ornament by themselves right away.

And the people Zhou Yanqing invited to buy wooden piles everywhere became more attentive after hearing the news.

The wooden piles were transported to Xiahe Village in Qingchuan City like a carload of water.They are all piles of precious wood such as mahogany, nanmu, huanghuali, and chicken wing wood.

After the villagers near Xiahe Village got the news that Xiahe Village had collected the wooden piles, they even sent people to check it out in person.After getting the exact news, he rushed home and dragged his family, and together with the seven aunts and eight aunts, went looking for wooden stakes everywhere.

It actually attracted other carpenter shops that followed suit later and had no wooden stakes to collect, and had to spend more cost to collect them in farther places.

And every winter, the farmland is idle.Although this place is not a severely cold place in the north, there will occasionally be one or two heavy snowfalls in winter.

Most of the peasant households here grow rice for one season.Although the fields will be replanted with rapeseed or other winter-resistant crops after the autumn harvest, most people are idle.

Usually at this time, there are many people who go out to the city to find odd jobs.The strong and laborers of the family usually go out, leaving some old and weak women and children at home.

Now that Yayi Workshop has received news of wooden piles, the price of a pile is not low.It's more cost-effective than doing odd jobs for a whole winter, and everyone can count it very well. Naturally, I look for wooden piles to dig everywhere.

And after the wooden piles in the woods of Xiahe Village were almost dug, interested people also began to look for them outside.

Qiao Mingjin was afraid that these people would be dazzled by the money, and instead of digging with wooden stakes, he would cut down some trees and do the business of killing chickens to get eggs.Very thoughtful.

After she received a new stake that had just been cut, she announced that she did not want a new stake.As long as the felling time is more than one year.

I also asked the folks in the next village who came to sell the goods, and learned that his family wanted to build a few wing houses in winter, and the wood felled in the mountains, and then dug the wooden piles along the way.

After Qiao Mingjin sent someone to the next village to find out the situation, he took down his wooden stake.However, if someone sent another wooden stake within a year, she would not accept it.

And since Yayi Workshop produced a large-scale ornament of a peacock spreading its tail.The dozen or so masters in the workshop also produced their own works one after another.

Big and small.There are high-quality goods and general finished products.The shapes are also different, giving full play to everyone's imagination.

Yue Dalei produced a work of "Lady Holding a Palace Lantern", He San got a flower stand, and He Xia got a crane spreading its wings.He Xiaochun made a statue of "Spring is always there".

The masters from the city also produced several exquisite works, such as "Golden Rooster Announcing the Dawn" and "Fish Leaping over the Dragon's Gate".Or an auspicious ornament, or an arhat.Or flying.

Qiao Mingjin and Zhou Yanqing praised these ornaments endlessly.

Among them, Master He released a song "Drinking Water and Thinking of the Source".

There are rockery, running water, pavilions, and children playing.The whole work is extremely lively and interesting, full of life breath.

"Drinking Water Thinking of the Source" was named by Zhou Yanqing.That guy seems to be better than Qiao Mingjin at picking these names that tend to cater to people's tastes nowadays.

On the day after the name was chosen, Zhou Yanqing asked someone to take it to the carpenter's shop.The day after it was put on the table, it was bought for 500 taels of silver by a big family who sent a servant to guard it.

I heard that the old man later held a special signing banquet, and invited countless old men in the city to watch his favorite works.

In this way, Zhou's shop became even hotter.

Among the carpenters sent by Zhou Yanqing, the only master who brought his apprentices was Master Wu Yongwu.There is also a large-scale decoration of Maitreya Buddha with a big belly.

The Maitreya Buddha smiled kindly, half covering his cassock.One hand is placed on the knee, the other hand is holding a Buddhist bead, and the foot is on the lotus throne, with a lazy expression.

After the whole work was carved, everyone in the workshop looked solemn.

I can't wait to kneel up and kowtow a few times.

In fact, some people did.

Madam Ma saw it, and immediately knelt down with his feet limp.He kowtowed a few times in awe and sincerity, and clasped his hands together and muttered to him.I don't know if Maitreya gave her a son.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. He also kowtowed a few times.

People in this era are in awe of the Buddha, and it's not something Qiao Mingjin can say.She watched from the side and didn't dare to say anything.

In the end, everyone in the workshop paid homage in turn, so she had no choice but to lead the three children to kowtow in front of Shan Ruliu.

The exquisite Maitreya Buddha ornament was not transported to the shop in the city as quickly as possible.

Because the village knew everything that day.

Everyone came in droves, even the village chief was alarmed.Those who brought their wives and grandchildren ran to watch the excitement, and finally knelt down and kowtowed a few times.

One after another, the villagers came to kowtow with their wives and children.

In the end, all the people in the village came to pay their respects. Even the Wu family, the Sun family and the Yu family bowed down and came to pay their respects, but the Maitreya Buddha ornaments could not be shipped out.

Because the patriarch approached Zhou Yanqing.

"What did you say, the patriarch wants to keep this ornament and put it in the Yue Family Ancestral Hall?"

Qiao Mingjin was very surprised to hear Zhou Yanqing's words.

People in the village always thought that this workshop belonged to Zhou's family, and Qiao Mingjin was just in charge of it, just helping Zhou's family collect wooden piles.Therefore, the patriarch usually only finds Zhou Yanqing when he has something to do.

Qiao Mingjin didn't care.She didn't lose a penny of the money, so why take all those troubles?

"Well. The village chief said that this Maitreya Buddha should be kept in the village and placed in the ancestral hall to worship and enjoy the incense of the villagers, so that he can protect the descendants of Xiahe Village." Zhou Yanqing said leisurely.

Qiao Mingjin was stunned.

It's just a wooden stake. Before it was dug out, it was just a rotten piece of wood exposed to the wind and sun on the mountain?When did this become a fairy in the sky who wants to enjoy the fireworks in the world?

Seeing Qiao Mingjin like that, Zhou Yanqing knew what she was thinking.

He smiled and said: "You don't have to be surprised, this thing has not been carved, it is indeed just an inconspicuous piece of wood. But in the temple where the incense is flourishing, the wood carving, clay sculpture, and jade carved Bodhisattva are not carved. Isn’t it nothing before Chengcheng? When it is carved out, it will naturally have aura. It’s no wonder the patriarch thinks that way.”

Qiao Mingjin looked left and right, but he couldn't tell that there was no spiritual energy in this wooden post, it was full of Buddha's energy.

But she is not easy to refute.

Asked: "Then you should?"

Zhou Yanqing looked at her and said, "Do you want me to agree or not?"

Qiao Mingjin glanced at him, thought for a while and said: "It was originally produced in our workshop, but now it has become in the village. Can't you put it in our workshop? It can also add some reputation to our workshop. "

Zhou Yanqing glanced at her and said: "If you want to stay, you can't put it in our workshop. You think, these days, let alone Xiahe Village, people in Shanghe Village got a letter saying that there was a wooden stake With the spiritual incarnation of the Buddha coming to the world, will there be fewer people coming to Wen Xun? At that time, he will be placed in the workshop, and people will come and go, disturbing the masters and delaying their work. Maybe there will be cigarettes curling up , This workshop has become a temple, who can bear it.”

This too.There are a lot of people these days.

Many people didn't just kneel and worship, but also brought joss sticks, and put them in the room after the worship, which made the whole workshop come and go, and the cigarette smoke made people feel uncomfortable. Love came to the workshop.

Zhou Yanqing paused and then said: "Besides, this thing was put up in the village as an offering, and the patriarch looked at it, thinking that this Buddha came from our workshop, and he will take better care of us in the village in the future. Come to sacrifice The more people worship, the reputation of our workshop will naturally go out. Are you still worried about things not selling well?"

"You think in the long run." Qiao Mingjin said with a smile.This profiteer, profiteer, was right.

After the two discussed it, they also discussed it with Master Wu Yong.After all, if something is made and not sold, he also loses a share of dividends.

Unexpectedly, Master Wu Yong agreed very readily.

He also cleaned his hands himself, and on the day the patriarch led several elders in the village to respectfully invite this Maitreya Buddha to the ancestral hall, he also followed him to hold it.

Seeing that Master Wu's works are so popular, the masters in the workshop are naturally more willing to work harder.You chase after me, the workshop is full of energy.

After the success of the first root carving created by Master Wu Yong, he took his apprentice to choose a piece of dried nanmu, and spent half a month non-stop creating a more exquisite and superb Maitreya Buddha. come out.

Because the one he made before was just practice for the first time, he didn't choose a good wood, but he gained full confidence after being sought after by the people of Xiahe Village after carving it out.

With experience, the second Maitreya is much better than the first one.

This time Zhou Yanqing has learned a lot, and I am afraid that something will come to grab her.Not only did Master Wu lead his apprentices to close the door and make it quietly, but once he got it, he immediately covered his head and transported the Buddha to the city.

It was exhibited in the shop the next day, and the Zhou family shop was once again a sensation.

After Zhou Yanqing put it on purposely for three days, a rich man in the city brought the old woman who was eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha over, and invited the Buddha back at a high price of 1000 taels.

When Zhou Yanqing got the money back, the whole workshop was a sensation.Although the large ornament with the peacock spreading its tail was even more expensive, it was not sold after all.

And since Master He's "Drinking Water Thinking of the Source" sold for 500 taels, this Maitreya Buddha was sold at a high price of 1000 taels!

The raw materials are nothing more than wooden stakes collected from one tael of silver.

Everyone is honored.On the same day, I set up wine in the workshop to celebrate... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: There will be three more benefits today.The time is morning, noon and night.Originally, the editor ordered that at least three chapters be updated daily within a week from the day before yesterday, but there were fewer events in the first two days, so four chapters were owed.New Year's Day will try to make up.Xi Yu originally wanted to have a good time on New Year's Day, but now he has to stay at home and code words, what a pity~~~~