Due to his urgency, Song Dashan was going to find Uncle Zhang the same afternoon to get the board for the donkey cart, but was stopped by Li Mo.
The donkey carts that pull people now are a donkey behind which pulls a bare cart. People sit on the cart without any shelter outside. Not only is it exposed to wind and rain, but it is also possible to fall off the cart. Li Mo said: This kind of donkey cart is one hundred dissatisfaction, so if their family makes a donkey cart, she plans to make one that is close to the style of a horse-drawn cart, with shelter on all sides, a covered shed on the top, and seats on both sides, so you don’t need to sit directly in the cart board.
With this kind of donkey cart, people can neither get wind nor rain when they enter it.
Although the cost of making such a donkey cart is a bit higher, but the appearance looks grand, and people can sit comfortably. In the long run, people will definitely choose to ride such a donkey cart instead of an open-top cart. When the time comes, the business will be good. Some costs will be earned quickly.
Li Mo told Song Dashan about the appearance of the donkey cart, and Song Dashan's eyes lit up after hearing it, obviously very interested, and discussed the specific details with Li Mo, and finally, the two discussed the appearance of the carriage, Song Dashan immediately ran to Uncle Zhang's house to take a taxi.
Before dawn the next day, Li Mo and Song Dashan got up early and went to the village entrance to wait for Xia Laozhu's donkey cart.
Originally, I could only get one seat, but Aunt Zhao came forward to make an appointment, and then asked Song Dashan to do it under the pretext of having something to do, so I got another seat, just like Xia Laozhu still complained, Li Mo was so angry that he thought to himself, After their donkey cart is ready, let him taste the taste of competition to see if his service attitude will improve.
After Li Mo and the two got off the donkey cart, they went straight to the market where animals were sold in the town.
Many people are already waiting there with the animals to be sold, and when they see someone coming, they will ask if they want to see their animals.
Li Mo took a closer look, and found that there were the most cattle sellers, but not many donkey sellers. After walking around, she saw three donkey sellers, and she had to choose one of the three donkeys.
Li Mo didn't know anything about looking at donkeys, but Song Dashan did. He took a closer look at the three donkeys, opened their teeth, and asked some basic information about the sellers. Among a four-year-old donkey.
This donkey is in the prime of life of a donkey, and it can not only pull people directly, but also can be used for many years after buying it back. However, the price of this donkey is a little higher than the price of the other two, asking for seven taels of silver.
After thinking about it, Li Mo decided to buy the donkey, so she negotiated the price with the seller.
The seller is also an ordinary villager. It seems that the donkey cannot be sold because of an emergency at home. Hearing that Li Mo wants to lower the price, it is very embarrassing, but he does not want to miss Li Mo as the buyer. After all, he has been selling here for several days. , there were very few people who came to ask the price, and none of them were willing to buy in the end. Li Mo was the first person who really wanted to buy.
Li Mo also saw the entanglement of the seller, after thinking about it, she directly said that she would buy it in half and half, so that neither side would be at a disadvantage.
The seller thought about it for a while, finally gritted his teeth, nodded and decided to sell.
Li Mo gave six and a half taels of silver to the seller, and then went to the small official in charge of the market to testify, wrote the document, both parties signed their fingerprints, and another person handed over ten coins to the market, and the transaction was considered successful. .
Song Dashan led his own donkey, laughed happily, and said to Li Mo: "Li Mo, this will be our donkey from now on."
Li Mo smiled and nodded, "Well, it's our donkey, and our family will have another buddy in the future."
When the two left the town, Song Dashan asked Li Mo to sit on the back of the donkey, "Let's ride the donkey when we go back."
Li Mo rode up directly, and then patted the position behind, "You come up too."
Song Dashan looked at the donkey's back, hesitated, and finally rolled onto the donkey's back, his tall body immediately embraced Li Mo's petite figure in his arms.
Many people would take a few extra glances at the two of them. Song Dashan was a bit embarrassed to be looked at, but Li Mo didn't care about it at all. Instead, he rested his back in Song Dashan's arms and passed by. Return to the village under the watchful eyes of people.
When the two entered the village, Song Dashan turned the donkey's back first and let Li Mo sit on it. He led the donkey and walked home slowly.
When people from the same village saw Song Dashan leading a donkey, they all asked curiously. After all, a donkey is a rarity in the countryside. So everyone who saw it stopped to ask questions, and even some children saw it, and they all gathered around and looked around the donkey curiously.
Gradually, more and more people from the village came to see the donkey Song Dashan bought.
Li Mo didn't mind being watched by the villagers at all, but was very happy. She was worried that she would not have the opportunity to tell the villagers that her family was going to use a donkey cart to pull people. Now that everyone is here, I just took this opportunity to tell everyone In the future, I will take her family's car when I go to town.
Li Mo also got down from the donkey's back, smiled slightly at the people's chattering questions, and said: "This is a donkey that my family just bought. This donkey is used as a donkey cart when we buy it. From now on, our family will drive a donkey cart in the mountains." Pull people, whoever goes to the town, go directly to the entrance of the village and wait, and set off at a fixed hour every day."
As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar, and everyone was shocked. For so many years, Xia Laozhu’s family in his village had a donkey cart to pull people, and there had never been a second one, and everyone was used to going there. In the town, I went to Xia Laozhu's house first to talk about it, but now I was told that Song Dashan's house would also have a donkey cart to pull people. Doesn't this mean that in the future, besides looking for Xia Laozhu, there are other options.
Immediately, some people became happy. You know, there are many people in the village who are quite dissatisfied with Xia Laozhu. Not only is there only one person in the family, but the attitude is not good. They always look at people with their nostrils, as if others are asking It is true that if you want to go to the town, you have to ask him to take it with you. If you offend him, you will have no car and can only walk. It will kill you, so everyone Although he was dissatisfied with Xia Laozhu in his heart, he still had to swallow his anger.
Now, there are other cars that can take you to the town, so you don't have to look at Xia Laozhu's face, and you don't have to beg him in the future. How can this not make people happy.
At this time, someone asked the most critical fare question, "Dashan, how much is your donkey cart?"
Song Dashan had discussed it with Li Mo a long time ago, and immediately replied: "It is also three pennies per person. If there are children, if the children sit on the lap of the adults, each child will be paid one penny."
When everyone heard the price, they all nodded, it was no more expensive than Mr. Xia Zhu's family, and the price of the child was even cheaper.
At this time, someone asked again: "Dashan, when will your donkey cart start pulling people? Can we catch up when we go to town tomorrow?"
I asked Uncle Zhang to start making the carriage yesterday afternoon. Uncle Zhang and his son did it at the same time. They promised to finish it this afternoon, and then fix the car to the back of the donkey.
Song Dashan nodded to everyone, "Yes, we will officially start pulling people tomorrow morning, and the car will leave on time at Mao, so everyone go early and sit on a first-come, first-served basis. If there are no seats, please forgive the rest."
Everyone understood that some of those who planned to go to the town tomorrow already thought that they would not need to go to Xia Lao Zhu's house to book a car later, but would take Song Dashan's car directly.
Under the watchful eyes of the villagers, Li Mo and Song Dashan pulled the donkey back to their yard, tied it to the stake they had laid yesterday, and then brought some fodder for it to eat.
The two went to pick up Xiaobao first, and then went directly to the kitchen to make lunch. After lunch, it was estimated that it was almost done, and Song Dashan went to Uncle Zhang's house to pick up the car.
When Song Dashan came back again, he was pushing a cart with two wheels on each side. The carriage was closed, and only a hole was left in the front for the people in the cart to talk to the people pulling the cart.
Uncle Zhang's workmanship was really good, the car was made just like what Li Mo had in mind, and he was very satisfied.
Song Dashan pushed the cart into the yard, and then fixed the cart behind the donkey. After working for about an hour, he finally finished the donkey cart.
Song Dashan wiped off his sweat, smiled and said to Li Mo and Xiaobao who were watching, "Okay, let's see how it goes."
Li Mo was also very happy, and ran to the back compartment, first put Xiao Bao into the car, then stepped into the donkey cart herself, and sat down on the seats on both sides of the car, Xiao Bao also followed Li Mo's example On the other side of the car seat.
Through the hole left in front, Li Mo clearly saw Song Dashan's face, smiled and gave him a thumbs up, "Excellent!"
Song Dashan scratched his head with a smile, very happy.
Li Mo suggested at this time: "Brother Dashan, do you want to try driving first?"
Song Dashan's eyes lit up and he nodded, "Okay, let's go out and try."
Ever since, Song Dashan drove the donkey cart out of the yard, and drove Li Mo and Xiaobao directly in the village to drive the cart.
This time it attracted the attention of the villagers, and everyone ran up to watch it, very surprised.
The main reason is that everyone has only seen such carriages in horse-drawn carriages. Donkey carts have never seen such a beautiful one. It is no worse than a horse-drawn carriage.
"Dashan, is this your donkey cart?"
"Dashan, your donkey cart is more elegant than a horse cart."
"Dashan, can you really sit down tomorrow?"
"Dashan, there are still seats in your donkey cart."
Everyone chattered around the donkey cart, but in the end the donkey cart couldn't run away. Seeing that everyone was so surprised, Li Mo thought about it and invited some people who wanted to sit on it to experience the feeling of the donkey cart in advance. .
As soon as Li Mo finished speaking, many people quickly got into the donkey cart, sat down on their seats, and looked around in amazement.
There are also many children clamoring for a donkey cart.
Li Mo waited until the donkey cart was full and could not pull any more, and then said to the rest of the people: "The donkey cart is full, and there are no more people on board. Everyone sit again next time. We have to drive the cart. Let everyone make room."
The others gave way to the donkey cart, and then Song Dashan drove the donkey cart around the village road and ran for a quarter of an hour before Song Dashan stopped and let the people in the cart get off. Reluctant to leave, do not want to come down.
"Dashan, this car of yours is really comfortable to sit in. It's not like the backache when I went to the town before."
"It's comfortable, and you can lean on it, so you don't have to worry about falling."
"Yes, yes, this car is very safe, and it is not afraid of falling at all."
Listening to everyone's praise, the smile on Song Dashan's face never stopped.
Li Mo saw that it was getting late, so she said to the people around her: "Tomorrow, Dashan will start pulling people. If you want to go to the town, go to the entrance of the village and wait as early as possible."
Those who were going to the town around nodded their heads one after another.
The next day, when it was still daylight, Song Dashan got up, and Li Mo also got up.
Today was Song Dashan's first time pulling a cart, and she planned to go along to see if there was anything that could be done to help, or to see if something unexpected happened so that she could make improvements.
Li Mo planned to take Xiaobao with her, so she picked him up from the bed and washed him up, and the family of three drove to the entrance of the village to wait for someone.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, there were already villagers waiting there. When they saw Song Dashan arriving, they immediately went up to greet them, quickly got into the carriage, and when they saw Xiaobao and Li Mo, they all nodded in greeting.
The donkey cart waited in place for a while, and the villagers who went to the town came one after another, and they all got into the carriage of Li Mo’s house. Before Mao’s time, the seats in the carriage were full, and there was no way to wait any longer. Song Dashan moved forward Off to town.
When they arrived in the town, everyone arrived earlier than usual, and everyone was very happy. After giving the money to Song Dashan, they made an appointment to go back and went to the market.
After everyone left, Song Dashan put the money into the purse specially made for him by Li Mo.
Li Mo went to the nearby place selling buns and steamed buns to buy some. After the family of three finished eating, they sat in the car and waited for the villagers to go back to the village.
When it was almost noon, the people who went to the market came back one after another. Song Dashan took the people back to the village again, put them down at the entrance of the village, and then drove the car back home.
When he got home, the first thing Song Dashan did was to hand over the money bag to Li Mo. Li Mo took it with a smile, opened the money bag, poured out the copper coins inside, and counted it, a total of forty-two coins.
Today, he earned forty-two coins a day, Song Dashan couldn't stop laughing with joy, Li Mo couldn't help laughing too, this family will definitely get better and better in the future.
The author has something to say: In the last chapter, there was a cutie talking about why the heroine didn’t sell her looks so that she could make more money. Here I want to explain: the ancients were also very powerful. He knows everything about hairstyles and incense, and he also knows how to remove makeup. If he doesn't know how to remove makeup, how can he still see the face of his daughter. Many things are not unique to the heroine, and in some respects the ancients are not even worse than the heroine.
The only advantage of the heroine is makeup skills, and it is impossible to teach others this makeup technique one by one, even if it is taught, it is difficult to learn. This is a way to make money that the heroine cannot take away.