I opened a restaurant in ancient times

After a while, Zhao Heng was fascinated by Jiang's father's carpentry work, and he didn't even know that Jiang Yuan came to bring him water.

When the wrist was turned, the carving knife carved on the wood with one stroke, and the sawdust fell down one after another. The small piece of wood in Jiang's father's hand gradually took shape. It was a vivid little tiger with a very cute tiger head and tiger brain.

Putting down the things in his hand, Dad Jiang found out that there was Zhao Heng in his yard, and he quickly got up to greet him.

Seeing Father Jiang finished the work in hand, Zhao Heng stood up and took two steps forward, saying, "Uncle Jiang, I have something to ask for your help today."

Father Jiang wiped his hands with a cloth towel, and while beckoning Zhao Heng to sit down, he said, "Why bother you?"

"I want to make a cart, and I want to sell things in the town someday."

"Really, that's a good thing!"

Zhao Heng smiled: "Aren't you here to ask you to make one for me?"

"How can this work? I haven't done such a big job for three or four years."

Zhao Heng stretched out his hand and gestured. It was a small car with the length of a person's arms.

"As long as it's this big, Jiang Yuan said that you did a good job before, and the ranking number in ten miles and eight townships is also prestigious."

Father Jiang had never heard such words from Jiang Yuan's mouth, so he was at a loss for a while.

Looking at Zhao Heng's smiling face in front of him, and remembering Jiang Yuan's words, he gritted his teeth and took over the job. The craftsmanship may not be as good as before in these years.

"Okay, okay! I'll take over this job!" Dad Jiang was a little excited, not only because of his only son, but also because after so many years, he was finally useful again, able to earn money to support the family, and no longer hold back his son !

His eyes were a little red. Because he was in front of outsiders, Father Jiang hid his excitement again and asked, "What kind of cart is it?"

Zhao Heng described it to Father Jiang. The cart should be boxy, about the height of Zhao Heng's waist. On the right side of the cart, there is an armrest that can be pushed by hand. Material use.

Fearing that his description was not clear enough, Zhao Heng squatted on the ground and drew a simple figure on the sand with a branch he picked up at random. The wooden boards inside the cart can be folded if they are divided into small pieces.

Hearing his request, Father Jiang froze for a moment, and exclaimed, "How did you come up with such an idea? How can such a cart be folded?"

Zhao Heng nodded: "Yes, this way, when the cart is not in use, it can be folded and put aside, so as not to take up any spare space in the house. But you still need to study the specific parts here."

Zhao Heng only has a general understanding of this aspect, and doesn't know each part in great detail. This kind of thing can only be left to Father Jiang, who is a carpenter.

"Sure, I'll let Jiang Yuan call you when I'm ready in a few days." Father Jiang nodded with a smile, and said, "If you are in a hurry, there is a cart many years ago in the backyard of my house. It's been left unused."

Zhao Heng said: "Thank you very much. I just plan to go to the Beishi in the town to sell some food these few days. Let's try to make some less. I don't need a car. I will bring you and my aunt to try the food when I'm ready."

Talking about trying, in fact Zhao Heng already has enough confidence. Although he has only been here for two days, he saw the food stalls in District C of Beishi, and he felt that his craftsmanship could conquer them.

Since he declined, Father Jiang didn't take it seriously, smiled heartily, and said, "Okay! Then I'll just wait for your fresh food!"

"I brought some silver today. I don't know how to pay the deposit?" When he went out, he specially brought silver.

Although I already know this family, I still don’t know them very well, so it’s not easy to share the love of living in the same village. As the saying goes: Brothers always settle accounts, let alone just being in the same village.No matter what the other party says, what should be given must be given.

In his previous life, he had seen too much about Shengmi En fighting Michou, and he was even more unwilling to let this kind of thing happen again.

"You don't need your deposit. A few days ago, my brother Yuan didn't return the medicine money to you. The money for the custom-made trolley is worth the money for the herbal medicine."

The money to order a small cart is much more expensive than a few packs of herbal medicines. Father Jiang also thought about it when he said this.

Although Zhao Heng said that his family brother Yuan was injured, he didn't run away anyway, and he paid for the medicine.

"How can this work, what should be given must be given."

Zhao Heng refused to do this. Although he spent hundreds of dollars to buy the medicine, he accidentally started the matter, so he should be responsible for it.

"No, no, it's because of me that I hurt you."

Jiang Yuan was injured, and it was right to buy medicine for him. How dare I take advantage of it. "

Father Jiang sighed, then smiled: "Okay then, don't worry, I will take care of this matter for you."

Seeing that Father Jiang understood, Zhao Heng had a smile on his face: "Of course I believe it. How much is the deposit?"

Father Jiang said: "Two hundred Wen is enough. Some wood in the house may not be suitable, so I have to buy some. This money is just enough."

While talking, Zhao Heng took out his purse from his arms, took out the silver and was about to hand it to Father Jiang, when Aunt Jiang and Jiang Yuan came out of the house.

Aunt Jiang saw that Zhao Heng was talking to Apa Jiang in the yard, so she didn't say much, turned around and went back to the house, poured two more bowls of sugar water, and handed them to the two of them.

Zhao Heng took it, thanked Aunt Jiang, and they sat down on the stool again.

After taking a sip of sweet sugar water to relieve the summer heat, Zhao Heng continued: "Then I will give 400 Wen, of which [-] Wen will be counted as material costs, and the remaining [-] Wen will be a deposit, is it okay?"

Father Jiang waved his hand and said, "No, no, these four hundred coins are too much, and custom-made carts don't need so many, adding some four hundred coins is enough to buy a new one!"

Aunt Jiang smiled: "It's such a big deal. If you want me to tell you, the boy from the Zhao family can just give 250 Wen as a deposit."

Two hundred cash is regarded as the material fee, and fifty cash is regarded as the deposit, neither too much nor too little, which happens to be the most appropriate.

Both Zhao Heng and Apa Jiang agreed, so Zhao Heng took out half a tael of silver from his purse and handed it to Apa Jiang.

Half a tael of silver is equivalent to five hundred Wen copper coins. In Zhilan Town, two Wen can buy a steamed bun, four Wen can buy a vegetarian bun, and five Wen can buy a meat bun.

Therefore, half a tael of silver in Zhilan Town can only be used for about half a month if you only buy food and use it urgently, which is not considered rich.

Aunt Jiang took it, and then gave it to Aunt Jiang, saying, "Go to the house and get some change for the Zhao family boy."

Aunt Jiang responded, got up and went back to the house to give Zhao Heng some change.After a while, Aunt Jiang came out of the room, holding a bunch of copper coins in her hand, making a clattering noise.

After paying the money, the matter of custom-made small carts is considered to be settled.

Before leaving, Father Jiang also told Zhao Heng: "The made-to-order items will be ready in three to five days, and I will call you when the time comes."

After Zhao Heng agreed, he was ready to turn around and go home.

Before he took two steps, Jiang Yuan's voice came over: "Zhao Heng!"

Jiang Yuan ran out of the backyard panting, holding a few small cloth bags in his hands, and stood in front of Zhao Heng.

"What's the matter?" Not only Zhao Heng was a little puzzled, but Jiang's father and Jiang's mother were also very strange.

"Didn't you say you want to open up wasteland and farm, have you forgotten? I said I would give you seeds." Jiang Yuan was a little unhappy, can you forget this?What a great thing the land is!

Zhao Heng explained with a smile: "I was so happy that I ordered a trolley today, so I accidentally forgot it!"

"Here, seeds." Jiang Yuan didn't argue with him any more, and handed Zhao Heng two cloth bags.

Jiang Yuan pointed to a cloth bag and said, "This one is cucumber, and the other one is tomato. These seeds are easy to feed and don't pick fields, so they should be suitable for land reclamation."

Zhao Heng took it, opened the cloth bag and looked at it, it was full of big and plump seeds, and the chance of sprouting should be very high.

Xiang Jiangyuan said: "Thank you, when this seed bears fruit, I will make some delicious food for you to taste."

Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "I won't send you any more. After a few days, daddy has finished his work, and I'll call you again."

He heard Father's speech, and he felt sorry for Father's age, so he couldn't bear to tell him to make another trip.

Father Jiang and Mother Jiang have been married for many years, and they only have a child, Jiang Yuan, in middle age. Although he is a brother, he has never suffered any grievances since he was a child.

Jiang Yuan is also a sensible child. After growing up and supporting the family, he didn't let his parents get tired.

Zhao Heng nodded to Jiang Yuan, said goodbye to the two elders and went home.

After Zhao Heng left, Father Jiang said to Jiang Yuan, "Yuan'er, when did you think of giving seeds to others?"

Jiang Yuan smiled and said: "I met Zhao Heng when I went to the town today, and asked me where I can sell seeds. I wanted to say it, but when I remembered he said he wanted to do carpentry at Dad's place, I said give it away. Him a little."

Father Jiang laughed when he heard that it was the reason, and without asking any further questions, the family went back to the house hand in hand.

……

The sky was getting late, and the outline of the mountain was inlaid with a layer of golden sunlight.

When Zhao Heng returned home, he lit a fire and cooked while there was still light in the sky.

When going to sleep at night, he suddenly felt a musty smell from the quilt covering his body. This smell made him upset and unable to sleep, and he lay tossing and turning in bed.

After a while, he got up and took out the only clothes in the original bundle, put the quilt aside, covered himself with two layers of coats, and fell asleep.