Days of farming with bamboo horses

"Zipei, wake up." Zhou Chengyu was sitting by the bed, holding a piece of clothing in his hand, and gently waking up the person who hadn't woken up.

Su Zipei squirmed the quilt, turned over and faced him, with sleepy eyes, and said in a low and soft voice: "Chengyu." Rubbing his eyes, he got up consciously.

The little thing is very easy, every time you call him, no matter how sleepy you are, you will get up, and the look of not waking up is also attractive.Zhou Chengyu smiled slightly, hugged the naked man into his arms, and dressed him familiarly, regardless of whether he could hear him or not: "After breakfast, I will go to town with you and buy everything I want Yes, you haven't been there yet."

"Huh?" Su Zipei uttered a questioning nasal voice, his head was not fully awake, he raised his hand when asked to raise his hand, raised his foot when he raised his foot, and after several times, he finally put on his clothes. "Do you want to buy paper to draw on?" Su Zipei blinked her eyes, looking forward to it.

"Of course." Zhou Chengyu rubbed his head with a smile, "This can satisfy my family's hobby, and it can also draw blueprints and make woodcarvings. You must do something that kills two birds with one stone!"

Su Zipei smiled so much that she showed a pear hole, her almond eyes were round and round: "I'm going to wash my face!"

The town here is quite big, called Hehua Town, surrounded by many villages like Zhoujia Village, everyone comes here to do business.Zhou Chengyu saw the big stone monument standing in the town, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "It's such a casual name, I don't care about it at all."

"Huh?" Su Zipei looked at the words on it, and grinned, "Lotus are pretty too."

"A lot of people, unfortunately, don't have aura. It's so thin that it's better to be at home." Mu Ling complained. He almost used up his aura last time. Surprisingly, he recovered very quickly this time, and his aura became weaker. Even more intense, he was in a better mood, secretly happy that he was with the right master, and completely forgot the previous saying that he would change masters.

"If you have aura, you don't know how to light a fire and cook." Zhou Chengyu said leisurely, leading Su Zipei to the market.

Mu Ling: "..." How obsessed is Master with asking me to light a fire and cook?

The market here started very early, and there are various stalls on both sides, all of which are common crops, plus there are salesmen who yell hard, and there are many brothers bargaining at the stalls, everyone's dress is similar to that of Zhou Chengyu and the others. It's the same, with a basket on the back, or a cloth bag hanging diagonally.

The market was just a small place near the entrance of the town, which was convenient for some villagers to earn a little money. Zhou Chengyu dragged Su Zipei through the crowd. Their goal was the antique shop in the town or some larger shops where he could sell woodcarvings on consignment.

But the first thing to do was to save some money in the bank. Zhou Chengyu and the others lived in the village, and they were self-sufficient. Except for buying some bones and pork for Su Zipei’s body during that time, and buying some candy, the rest basically cost nothing.

Moreover, one tael here is equal to a consistent coin, and a consistent coin is a thousand copper coins. A copper coin seems to be about the same as a modern one dollar. Anyway, Zhou Chengyu thinks it is quite durable. Master Zhou, who has never worried about money, said that this family is very satisfied. .

So Zhou Chengyu is going to take out the 400 taels obtained from the division and save it, leaving 100 taels and Zipei’s 50 taels at the time. The money he earned that day will do. If there is no accident, he should be able to continue to make money and achieve a virtuous circle. Oh, it's pouring.

However, when Zhou Chengyu was standing in front of the counter and was about to save money, from the corner of his eye he saw the little thing standing at the door curiously looking around, in line with the modern saying that eggs should not be put in one basket, and even if Zipei was beside him, it would not be too late. Want a little more protection.

Without hesitation, he took out the 50 taels from the subsidy, added his own 400 taels, and pushed them in front of the people in the bank, asking, "Can I save it in the name of two people?"

The man who saved the money nodded, not surprised when he saw it, and started to count: "Yes, but I need the household registration certificates of two people. Have you brought them?"

It was such a coincidence that Zhou Chengyu happened to bring the little things with him, probably because he was poisoned by modern TV. He saw that those people had to check their identities when they entered the city. I took them all.Because Zhou Chengyu didn't have a separate family in the past, he didn't have that much money, so it was his first time to come to the bank, so he was well prepared.

Zhou Chengyu took out their household registration certificates and handed them to him: "One deposits 350 taels, the other deposits 100 taels, thank you."

Zhou Chengyu has already figured it out. From now on, he has to save more money with Zipei every month, and strive to become a life where he had no worries about food and clothing in his previous life as soon as possible, although he is not poor now.

The procedures for depositing money were quickly completed. Zhou Chengyu was holding two "passbooks". Seeing the names on them, he felt a little excited. It's good. At least he doesn't have to worry about food and clothing. From now on, it's about improving the quality of life. Take good care of the little ones.

Seeing him coming out, Su Zipei consciously rubbed to the side, with a pear hanging on his lips: "Chengyu, are you ready?" He just saw many people coming and going at the door, and there were many people like him Brother, there is a pregnancy mole between the eyebrows, and they all walk together intimately with men. It turns out that the folk customs here are quite open.

"Yeah." Zhou Chengyu showed him the "passbook", and when he saw the little thing opened his mouth in surprise, he said with a smile, "In the future, Zipei will also save more money here, one is not to keep all of it with me, and the other is that Zipei will save money." Pei also needs an extra layer of protection, of course, this is just for safety."

"Okay." Su Zipei smiled slightly, no matter what he did, he would support this person.

Zhou Chengyu put the things away, and there were more than 120 taels of silver left in his hand. He felt that he was still a little rich man, so he took the little thing: "Come on, let's go to the shop over there to have a look, maybe they have goods similar to wood carvings, We can consign it."

Zhou Chengyu knew that the grade of the store would determine its price, so he directly chose the largest department store in the town, walked around in it, and found that there were almost no such wood carvings made by him, even if there were wooden handicrafts, they were very rough. , It's not as good as your own.

Zhou Chengyu is still very confident in his craftsmanship, even the picky thing like Mu Ling, how could it be worse?

"..." Although Mu Ling felt that this sounded wrong, he still responded, "Master, the things here have no aura, the wood is not good, and the carving is not good."

"Isn't that just what I want?" Zhou Chengyu laughed secretly.

"Do you two need something?" The store owner asked with a smile. To be able to manage such a large store, he must not be a person with shallow eyesight, and he will not judge people by their appearance. , everything is for convenience.

Zhou Chengyu smiled: "Boss, I'm here to sell things, can you see if you can sleep well?" As he spoke, he took out a few beautifully crafted wood carvings from the basket, and wrapped them carefully in cloth.

He opened them one by one, revealing beautifully carved wood carvings.There are lifelike monkeys, koi carp jumping out of the water, birthday stars with benign eyebrows, cute lucky boys, galloping horses, and crowing roosters...

Every time Zhou Chengyu opened one, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up. He had seen many good things, but he had never seen such realistic carvings.He held up the steed with its hooves raised, and his attitude became more enthusiastic: "Little brother, are you carving these?"

Zhou Chengyu sold himself without humility: "This is the one I bought in elementary school. It's just a single one, and the size is relatively small. I also have two or three at home. If you need a larger one, you can buy it." Made to order, of course, if you have drawings, I can also take orders. The ten here use different wood."

The store owner seemed to love the horse very much. After looking at it again and again, he heard that he used different woods, and looked carefully again. His eyes lit up: "One is ordinary wood, and the other is fragrant nanmu."

Zhou Chengyu nodded with a smile.

"My surname is Shui, and I'm the boss of Ruyixuan. What do you call my little brother?" In just a few seconds, Boss Shui has made a decision. This is a business opportunity.

Zhou Chengyu introduced himself before explaining the purpose of his visit: "Boss Shui, I originally carved these woodcarvings for fun, but now my father has passed away, and I have married my husband again. I want to support my family, so I plan to sell them. What do you think of the price?"

Boss Shui nodded, looked away from the ten wood carvings, he was also a shrewd person, and quickly offered a price: "How about one or two of ordinary wood, and one or two and a half of fragrant nanmu?"

Zhou Chengyu pondered for a while, the price seems a bit low, Chengxuan only has one or two half of the simple styles, he said in distress: "Boss, I have to think again, your price——"

Boss Shui looked at the wood carvings and decided to take a gamble: "The price can be negotiated, but these wood carvings can only be sold in our Ruyixuan, you can't sell them to other stores."

"I can only guarantee that there is only one town in Hehua Town. It's hard to say about other towns. If it doesn't work, I'll take it to another place." Zhou Chengyu pretended to leave, and Su Zipei helped him awkwardly After wrapping the wood carving, he grinned, the little thing really fit the occasion.

"Wait, I didn't say no, just be safe and don't be impatient." Boss Shui smiled, blocking Su Zipei's hand that wanted to take it away, "Well, there is only one family in Hehua Town, add half a tael of each kind, no more Any more and you will lose money.”

There are one and two halves of ordinary wood carvings, and two and two halves of fragrant nanmu. Zhou Chengyu felt that the price was quite satisfactory, and nodded: "Yes, because carving takes time, I can only deliver the goods twice a month. Of course, the quality is only high. It's low, and the shape is similar. If you need to do it separately, you need to prepare drawings and indicate the size, boss, is this okay?"

Such a small ornament that is not much bigger than a slap, Zhou Chengyu was able to do it well at the beginning, sometimes he could finish one in a day on a whim, not to mention that he is at home all day now, except for doing this, he just goes to the ground, the time is really too much Yes, and there is also a wood spirit blessing, all right.