Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 34

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"Forget it. Let's not take money from the Ge family if they want to ride an ox cart in the future." Ke Shuisheng is also a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and the Ge family is his daughter's future husband's family. Even if Ge Yunzhang didn't buy the cow today , he can't collect other people's car money.

"Father, let's go, it's getting late." Ke Hanxue didn't want to hear Ke Shuisheng mention Ge Yunzhang again, so she urged her.

Ke Shuisheng looked at the sky: "That's right, it's getting late, you finish the steamed buns first, and then we'll go buy a cart."

"Father, I can't eat anymore." Now that she has a cow, Ke Hanxue only wants to make money quickly.

There is a street vendor selling scooter on the street, and there are only three scooter in front of the stall.

One is a single wheel, not suitable.

The other one has two wheels, but the scooter is too small to seat five or six people, and Ke Hanxue is not satisfied.

The last one also has two wheels, which is about the same size as Dasha's, but Ke Hanxue is still not satisfied.

The bigger the car, the more people it takes, and the more money it makes. But looking at her own cow, Ke Hanxue was not sure if the cow could pull so many people.

After thinking about it, Ke Hanxue decided to buy this big scooter first.

"Father, do you think this one is okay?" Ke Hanxue asked, pointing at the big cart.

Ke Shuisheng looked at it and nodded: "Well, it's okay, boss, how do you sell this big cart?"

"Brother, do you want to buy a scooter?" The boss stepped forward with a smile: "This big scooter sells for two hundred yuan, brother, don't look at this clumsy scooter, it is not as fine as those carpenters who specialize in carpentry, but this From cutting down trees to customizing wheels to making a cart, I have exhausted my thoughts!

"Boss, you can make a cart even if you are not a carpenter, you are really amazing!" Ke Hanxue praised sincerely.

Although this scooter is rough as the boss said, it is sturdy. The key to this scooter is its practicality, not its aesthetics.

"Hehe, those who are good or not are all forced to make a living." The boss smiled innocently.

Ke Shuisheng nodded sympathetically: "Everyone is the same, many things are forced out."

Ke Hanxue smiled secretly, and his father was lamenting that he and his mother forced him to pull the bullock cart again.

Ke Hanxue was worried that this confused old man would be full of sympathy and would not bargain with the boss, so he hurriedly asked: "Boss, to be honest, we have taken a fancy to the scooter you made, but the price is a bit expensive, if it can be less We just bought it."

"Little girl, this price is not expensive. Although there are trees on the mountain, it doesn't cost money, but do you see if these two wheels are bigger than those of the carts made by carpenters? Just customizing these two wheels is a lot of money." It cost me one hundred coins, and I just earn your one hundred coins."

Ke Hanxue saw that the wheels of the scooter seemed to be bigger than the wheels of Dasha's scooter, but: "Boss, I know you can't ask for this price too much, but we don't have much money on us. If all of them are used to buy a scooter, our family may be starving.

The boss is quite honest. Hearing what Ke Hanxue said, he thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll charge you 180 Wen. This is already the lowest price, and it can't be less! I can only pay you [-] Wen for a month at most. Make three or four scooters, you can’t watch me go hungry, can you?”

"Father, can I buy it for 180 Wen?" After negotiating a good price, Ke Hanxue handed the decision back to his father.

"Okay, let's buy it, boss, thank you." Ke Shuisheng said and took out his wallet to pay.

"Brother, I see you are pulling a cow. Are you planning to use a bullock cart to pull people?" The boss looked at the buffalo behind Ke Shuisheng and asked curiously.

"I think so!" Ke Shuisheng scratched his head and said with some embarrassment.

"Brother, there's nothing shameful about pulling an ox cart. We don't want to steal it or grab it. It's all for the family and for our livelihood. I'm not the same!" Seeing Ke Shuisheng's expression, the boss guessed that he might be afraid of others. It was a joke, so he spoke out to enlighten him.

Needless to say, the words of the boss seem to be more useful than the persuasion of his family members. Ke Shuisheng was stunned for a moment after hearing the boss's words, and then he smiled as if he had suddenly realized: "No, it's all for family!"

"Brother, I have some wild boar leather straps here, which are very strong. Let me help you put the cow and the cart on." The boss saw that Ke Shuisheng was not easy, so he took out pig leather straps from a bag to help Ke Shuisheng. Shuisheng hitched up the car.

"Boss, how much is this pig's skin?" Ke Shuisheng asked for the money bag.

The boss pressed Ke Shuisheng's hand to take out the money, and said with a smile: "No need to pay, my son hunted this wild boar skin in the mountains. I have a lot of it in my house, and it's not for sale. You need to give it to you."

"Then...then thank you boss." Ke Shuisheng said and hitched up the cart with the boss.

Ke Hanxue also thanked the boss, and stood aside to watch the two set up the ox cart.

"Okay, let's see if it's firm or not?" After setting it up, the boss patted the cow's back and asked Ke Shuisheng to try it.

Ke Shuisheng tried to pull the strap, and said with a smile, "It's quite strong!"

The boss also laughed happily, and said, "Brother, it's getting late, hurry up and go home."

Ke Shuisheng, father and daughter thanked the boss again, and then drove the bullock cart to the spinning room.

"Father, the 180 Wen is really worth the money, and it also comes with a belt." Ke Hanxue said happily.

With this bullock cart, Ke Hanxue finally saw a little light of the future.

"No, we met a nobleman today, thanks to Mr. Ge and the owner of the scooter." Ke Shuisheng patted the cow's buttocks with his hand, and replied happily.

Seeing his father's actions, Ke Hanxue realized that there was still a whip for driving cattle!

"Father, give me a few pennies, and I'll go and buy you a whip."

After what his daughter said, Ke Shuisheng realized that he had forgotten about it.

After a while, Ke Hanxue came back with a pile of rags that he bought from the cloth shop for a penny.

"Xue'er, didn't you say you were going to buy a whip? How did you get back a bunch of rags?" Ke Shuisheng looked puzzled.

"Father, I asked several stores, but none of them sell whips for driving ox carts. You drive the cart first, and the whips will be available later." Ke Hanxue will sit on the cart with rags in his arms.

Ke Hanxue picked out a few longer strips of cloth, knotted and lengthened the strips, and then weaved them together.

The bullock cart stopped at the door of the spinning room, and the whip in Ke Hanxue's hand just finished weaving.

"Father, what do you think of this whip?" Ke Hanxue handed the braided whip to Ke Shuisheng ostentatiously.

Ke Shuisheng's eyes lit up, and he took it: "Xue'er, where did you learn this skill?"

(End of this chapter)