Li Changfeng took the bowl, and saw Xu Qing smacking his mouth with a bit of contentment, and felt happy in his heart, Xu Qing didn't eat much these days, and today he has eaten so much, "Wait, I'll add some salt and give it to you. Pour a bowl."
Xu Qing nodded and waited for Li Changfeng to bring another bowl over. After he finished drinking, he was full.
After eating, Xu Qing did not want to move the pestle there. After Li Changfeng had finished eating, Xu Qing followed Li Changfeng to the courtyard. The ebony last time was not used up, and Li Changfeng was making some wooden dolls with the remaining ebony.
When Brother Xie got married, Xu Qing and Li Changfeng gave them a wooden doll. They liked it very much. They put it on the cabinet in the room, and they could smell it when they went to bed at night.
While making wooden dolls, Li Changfeng said to Xu Qing, "Before the autumn harvest, I plan to use the money from selling the wooden dolls to build our house, so that you and your children can live more comfortably." Everything is fine in summer, but sometimes there is too much rain, and the house leaks in some places!
Xu Qing had wanted to rebuild his home for a long time, and now the family has a total of forty-five taels of silver, which is considered a relatively wealthy person among the peasant family.
"You want to sell wooden dolls now?" Xu Qing had the idea of selling wooden dolls, but he had never thought about how to sell them, where to sell them, at what price, and what kind of words to make others able to sell them. Accept to buy this thing.
Li Changfeng quickly finished a pair of small dolls. During this time, he has already made dolls at his fingertips, "I will use the pile of pine dolls to practice my hands first, see the market, and then use this pile of dolls. Scented dolls are sold to respectable people in town."
Xu Qing made Li Changfeng's work, although it looks like the color of wood, but the expression is a simple and honest newcomer's doll and the slightly dark black doll made of ebony, which is very atmospheric at first glance. Some knowledgeable people, with some money in their hands, must be able to buy new dolls made of ebony.
"You did this, old man?"
Xu Qing looked at a wooden doll in the shape of an old man with a walking stick that was about to be completed in Li Changfeng's hands, and felt that Li Changfeng's hands were hanging open!
"There are a lot of people getting married these days. I have made enough new dolls. I want to make some dolls of old people and children, so that even if it is not the peak season for marriage, I can still have income." Li Changfeng said while talking. The old man's doll was ready, Xu Qing brought it over, the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt, "This really looks like Uncle Lin!"
Li Changfeng twisted his stiff neck, "I just want to try to make wooden dolls according to the people in my memory. It seems that it is possible."
Xu Qing looked at the palm-sized "Uncle Lin" and thought of a modern photo, this is simply an ancient version of the photo! !
"Young man, uncle, I'm optimistic about you! I'll make one for us when we have time. When we get old, we can show it off to our children and grandchildren, when we are young."
Li Changfeng put Pinewood's newcomer doll and Ebony's newcomer doll separately, "That's for sure! Let's sell these first, get the reputation out, the effect is good, and then bring out the ability to see people as dolls. Don't be afraid of others stealing this craft."
Xu Qing stood up and stretched, and nodded straight when he heard this, "Anyway, you are fast, but the wood of ebony is too small, the price must be raised, you can go to the mountain to see if there are other suitable wood. Come and do it." When he first entered the mountain, he found a lot of nanmu, which is also a good wood.
In the end, the two negotiated. First, make a pair of ebony rookie dolls, 8 pairs of ebony dolls, 6 taels of old people, and 4 taels of children. There are a total of 8 pairs of rookie dolls, two dolls for old people, and six dolls for children. If All sold for one hundred taels!
Pinewood's newcomer dolls come in pairs, one for the elderly, one for sixty-six, and one for the child. It could have been forty-four, but Xu Qing felt that it was not positive, so he changed it to forty-six.
"I'll go to the town tomorrow to sell. I'll go to the mountains this afternoon. Don't go there. Just stay at home." Li Changfeng thought about Xu Qing's eccentric temperament, and wanted to make him stay honest. At home, I am afraid it will be difficult, so I reluctantly added: "If you really feel that there is nothing to do, go to Xie Ah to chat."
Xu Qing also answered honestly, he was also pregnant for the first time, and he didn't know many things, so he had to be careful, "Okay, then I'll tell you a kind of wood, you look carefully, if there is any, then Bring it back directly, you don't have to look for anything else."
What Xu Qing told Li Changfeng was nanmu. The wood of nanmu is hard, durable, and has excellent corrosion resistance. It will be easily damaged by insects, and Nanmu is an excellent choice.
Originally, Xu Qing thought that Li Changfeng could find Nanmu. After all, it was very difficult to get others to understand it at once. As a result, Li Changfeng again Surprise yourself.
There are generally three types of nanmu: golden nanmu, fragrant nanmu, and water nanmu. Golden nanmu is the best kind of nanmu, as long as the golden nanmu is obvious, it can be determined as golden nanmu. Under the light, you can see the golden thread flickering, bright and exquisite, and it used to be the special wood for the royal family. It can be seen that it is noble. The second is Xiangnan. The wood of Xiangnan is slightly purple, and the fragrance is very strong and persistent, so it is named Xiangnan. Its texture is beautiful, and the material is not as delicate as golden silk, but it is also a very good material.
The third type is water nan, and it is the worst kind of wood in nanmu. It is similar to salicylic and is suitable for small furniture such as stools. The two nanmu that Li Changfeng retrieved this time is Jinsinan. , One is Xiang Nan, but Shui Nan has not been found.
"Have you entered the back mountain?!" The chances of this thing being found in the periphery are pitifully small!
"No, it was not far from where we met the pair of "pheasants" Yehe" last time," Li Changfeng put the two nanmu trees on the courtyard wall and turned around and said to Xu Qing.
Xu Qing almost twitched the corners of his mouth after hearing this, what a pheasant! It can't be said to be a wild mandarin duck, it sounds better, but when he thinks of the look that Luo Jiao looked at Li Changfeng, Xu Qing also thinks that this "pheasant" sounds good too!
"A lot?"
Li Changfeng made a big gesture with his hand, "Too, that piece is all like this, I just feel that the two are a little unclear, no, I just pulled one back and let you see, I'll go back and cut it. "
Xu Qing suppressed the joy in his heart, tried his best to restrain himself, and told himself that the pregnant husband was not easily excited, "Don't be careless and cut it!"
So Li Changfeng ran several times in a row, and happened to meet Wei's second child on the way. He even took it a few times. This wood is almost occupying the yard, causing Xiaobao to jump up and down, where he plays. They've all been occupied!
The next day, Li Changfeng carried a basket of wooden dolls to sell on the street early, and Xie Ge'er's clothes that Xu Qing wore from the pharmacy had been washed and dried, and were returned by the way.
Xu Qing followed Xie Amo to learn how to make clothes at home, "This child, if you say it's late, he will come out soon! Say it quickly, he will have to wait another ten months! No, take advantage of your flexibility now. When you’re young, you have to learn how to make clothes, and from now on, children, you don’t have to buy clothes for men!” Xie Amo was planning to hand Xu Qing to the church.
Xu Qing flicked his finger that was pierced by the needle again, and nodded painfully, "Learn, you have to learn if you don't!" Seeing Xie A's like that, as soon as he saw himself shaking, he looked straight at him, making Xu Qingshen panic.
Seeing Xu Qing clumsily holding the needle, Xie Ame sighed, "Don't say Xie Ame, I demand so much from you, this farmer's man, the child's clothes and shoes are not the boss himself. Do it? And when they put on the clothes you made, let alone how they feel, it's just you, it's also full of satisfaction, isn't it!"
Xu Qing stared at Xie Amo as he dexterously shuttled through the cloth, "Are all the clothes on Uncle Xie made by you?"
Xie Amo bit off the end of the thread and spit it out, with a proud look on his face, "Isn't it! I may not have any other skills, but if it is compared to making clothes and shoes, in this village, I am the first, and no one dares to do so. Call it number two!"
Xu Qing burst out laughing, "You are the second, no one dares to be the first!" Xie Amo waved his hand indifferently, "Isn't it all the same! Anyway, what I mean I just want to tell you that learning how to make clothes has only advantages and no disadvantages!"
"I know, don't worry, I will learn honestly!"
Hearing Xu Qing's strong reassurance, Xie Amo was also very relieved, so as long as he had nothing to do, Xie Amo would come to Xu Qing on time to "class!"
Xie Ame had lunch at Xu Qing's house at noon. After staying for a while, seeing that Xu Qing was a little sleepy, he took the initiative to say goodbye. Xu Qing was really sleepy, maybe because the weather was too hot, maybe because of pregnancy The drowsiness brought by this, Xu Qing fell asleep just after getting on the bed.
Li Changfeng carried a bag of rice, a pair of pig bones, and some small snacks on his back, wiped the sweat on his face from the scorching sun, and walked home quickly. Xu Qing was at home alone, and he was worried.
"Daughter-in-law, I'm back!"
Li Changfeng opened the courtyard door, and what greeted him was Xiaobao's excited wailing sound, but Xu Qing was nowhere to be seen. He looked at the scorching sun and thought that Xu Qing should be taking a nap, so he put the rice away lightly. After washing the bones, put them in the pot on the side, add fire, slowly boil, pour another bucket of cold water, and take a refreshing cold shower before walking into the room.
Sure enough, Xu Qing was taking a nap, Li Changfeng sat on the edge of the bed, bent down and kissed Xu Qing's face, and after watching it quietly for a while, he quietly left and closed the door.
Xu Qing slept for an afternoon and a half, but it wasn't like before. After sleeping for too long, his head felt dizzy, but instead he felt that he was full of strength. After thinking about his body that had not completely gotten rid of his hot feet, Xu Qing blinked, He entered a space that he hadn't seen for a long time.