The old man quickly agreed: "Look, with our Qiao'er here, are you still worried about not having a new house to live in?"
"Master, I will find a way to irrigate the fields. It won't be a big problem." Su Qiao had made windmills and other things with his own hands before together with people from the Ministry of Works. This was just a small matter.
As long as there are rivers and canals, there is no need to worry about lack of water to irrigate the fields.
Willow Village is famous for the willow trees planted on both sides of the river. It would be impossible without a river.
"Look, doesn't our granddaughter have a solution? Why worry? Can a living person give..."
Halfway through his words, the old man thought of his two granddaughters who were beside him and swallowed his words back.
"Ahem, just don't worry about it. I will definitely solve it."
"Grandma, come over here and help us take a look at how well the wrapping is done and how well the flowers are embroidered. Once we have these things finished, we will take them to town to sell."
Fearing that the two would start arguing, Su Qiao simply called the old lady over.
When the old lady heard that they were going to take it to town to sell for money, she hurried over.
"Did you take it to the embroidery shop?"
Su Qiao shook her head: "No, we sell them ourselves. The purses that Second Aunt and Er Ni embroidered before only earned five cents each, and a good embroidery only earned eight cents. It's not worth it."
The old lady picked up a pair of socks that Su Qiao had just sewn.
On the edge of the sock, Erni embroidered a few leaves and a small red flower bud using green and red threads.
It looks particularly bright and chic.
"What are you doing?" The old lady pondered over it over and over again, but couldn't figure it out.
"This is a sock, it's for your feet."
While introducing, Su Qiao handed her the unfinished product in his hand: "And these are slippers, specially for wearing at home."
She always felt that it was troublesome to get on and off the kang in slippers and put on shoes, so she thought of making a pair of slippers.
As soon as this idea came up, she immediately had a lot of ideas for making money.
It just so happened that she had a lot of scraps left over from making clothes last time, so she called Erni to try it together.
Erni happily handed over the half-embroidered crossbody bag on her hand: "Grandma, this is a bag, the same bag that Sister Qiaoer used to carry money and other things."
"Sister Qiaoer also said that there are many types of this kind of bag. Some are carried on the back, some are worn across the shoulder, some are carried in the hand, and some are hung on the waist. We plan to embroider various patterns on them and then sell them."
The old lady took the bag and looked at it carefully, and found that it was equivalent to a large purse.
It just has an extra wide strap, and the opening is not a rope, but looks like a buckle, yet not really a buckle.
"What is this? A button?" The old lady looked at the small green round thing curiously.
Erni smiled and said with some boasting, "Grandma, this is not a button, it's called a button, it's made of wood, and Sister Qiaoer took some grass and dyed it green."
As she spoke, she demonstrated it with a bit of pride: "Look, with this button, the bag's opening is tightened. It's much easier to button than with a knot, and also easier to unbutton. These are all figured out by Sister Qiao'er."
The old lady tried it several times herself and also felt that it was easier than making a knot: "This is quite novel."
Su Qiao looked at the two of them with a smile.
In fact, she made this button when she saw her second brother making a toothbrush, and then an idea flashed across her mind.
Now think about it, this wood can actually be used to make a lot of things, furniture, screens, plows, windmills, various molds, and can also be engraved.
Speaking of engraving, Su Qiao herself actually has a very good engraving skill. Back then, in her original world, the thing she did most often when she was alone in the mountains was to secretly learn and engrave words.