Although several bamboo carvings are not in the final stage, their general shapes are already in place.
He's father's beautiful Qiu Zhang Fei, He Xiaochun's colorful girl, He San's Antarctic fairy, Yue Dalei's bun-haired child, and He Xia's boatman. Each of them reveals the beauty of natural forms.
Zhou Yanqing took it in his hand and looked at it carefully. He didn't expect that this inconspicuous discarded bamboo carving could be turned into such a beautiful thing. Even shopkeeper Yu, who didn't talk much, held it in his hand and praised it repeatedly.
"Ms. Qiao, are you going to make bamboo carvings?"
Zhou Yanqing looked at the woman in front of him and became more and more curious.
How does she have such a brain? A country girl doesn't talk about taking care of her husband and raising her children at home, taking care of the housework, and working in the fields, but she actually thinks about these strange things.
I must have gotten a lot of money from selling abacus before, but I didn't see anything added to this house, not even a chair. Not to mention the bricks and stones in the courtyard, the tea is something that their servants are not willing to drink.
.
But it's also strange, it's been so long since he came in, why is she the only one serving as the host? There are several men, but except for the brother Yun who led them here, who is her cousin, the others seem to be just her
Hired to do work.
Where has the man of the house gone?
Zhou Yanqing looked at the little girl sitting quietly on a wooden stake in the yard with her aunt, and was confused.
Is this child a fatherless child?
Yu Ding looked at Zhou Yanqing and wondered where he was, so he had to ask: "Is Madam Qiao making this thing for sale now?"
Qiao Mingjin said: "It's just for them to practice. If there are a lot of bamboo roots like this, they can also create something. But this is a small thing after all. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is not worth a lot of money. I want
Making big things.”
Zhou Yanqing suddenly became interested. His eyes were burning, and with the enthusiasm of a businessman, he asked: "What big thing does Madam Qiao want to do?"
Qiao Mingjin looked at him, her mind spinning rapidly.
In fact, she hasn't fully thought about this yet.
It only takes a few days to dig a tree stump, and it takes another ten days and a half to wait for drying. Then preliminary processing, rough carving, fine carving, splicing, coloring... and so on are completed, and it is estimated that a wooden stump will be
It only takes one or two months to complete the finished product.
Furthermore, after she wants more and more wooden stakes, she must have a place to put them. It is not practical to put them in the forest to dry. There is a lot of moisture in the forest in the morning and evening, and the drying time is too long. And if it drops one
After a rain, the drying process done before was all in vain.
Such large wooden piles could not be piled up even in her backyard, and there was still room for the craftsmen to create. At least the surrounding areas of the wooden piles had to be left vacant.
And just a few of them probably won’t be able to produce a few finished products by the end of the year.
Although she had to work slowly and carefully, and some collections needed to be carefully carved, she was not the kind of person who had the money to spend.
At least for now, she has to create a creative space for them and prepare a larger place or warehouse to hold these wooden piles.
Finding someone to cooperate with her is a must. Not only in terms of money, but also in terms of material resources. And she is most in need of people who are good carpenters and woodcarvers.
After thinking about it in his mind, Qiao Mingjin said: "It's really difficult for me to do this on my own. It's not feasible. I'm also planning to find someone to do this in partnership. But I haven't figured out all the regulations yet."
Zhou Yanqing immediately became excited.
Although he didn't know exactly what this woman was going to do, he knew that what she was going to do would be very profitable just by looking at the abacus and this thing called a pulley that she took out.
He immediately asked: "What are you going to do? And how do you plan to cooperate?"
Qiao Mingjin glanced at him and found that shopkeeper Yu Ji was also looking at her with interest, so she said: "We will discuss this matter later. Let's talk about this pulley. If you are not sincere, neither will I."
I need to cooperate with you. Last time I sold abacus, I also met many big players in the city. I believe there are many people who are interested."
Zhou Yanqing gave her a strange look and said, "Leave our Zhou family aside. How can anyone be so easy to talk to?"
Qiao Mingjin smiled and said, "I don't see Mr. Saturday being easy to talk to at all."
The shopkeeper of Yuji then said: "Although I don't know what Mrs. Qiao wants to do, I think it must be similar to these bamboo carvings. I am not helping him because I know him. If you find someone to cooperate, the current Zhou Mansion in Qingchuan County
His strength should not be underestimated, and other people are not bad either, but I dare say that Saturday Master is indeed the best collaborator."
When Zhou Yanqing heard this, he immediately became very excited.
"It's rare that you said a fair word for me." He turned around and wanted to pat Yu Ding's shoulder, but Yu Ding glared at him and put his hand down.
Qiao Mingjin looked at the relationship between the two people and was really curious.
They seem to be familiar with each other, but they also seem to be separated by some distance. It is said that the Zhou family is rich and powerful, and this Yu Ji is just a blacksmith's shop. Not to mention trying to curry favor, he is not so polite as to be treated so politely by Saturday Master.
She couldn't figure it out and didn't ask.
Zhou Yanqing walked a little away from Yu Ding, and then said to Qiao Mingjin: "To be honest with you, Madam Qiao, I am bound to get this pulley. You probably know that there are people in our Zhou Mansion in Kyoto. Others may only think of simplicity.
Some people want to do some business to make some money, but our Zhou family has a lot to worry about. Sometimes, we will never let go of those who can achieve both fame and fortune. And sometimes, it is a thankless job, just making wedding clothes for others.
We also have to do things.”
"You pulley, since Yu Ji gave you two thousand taels, I'm still willing to pay you a bonus every year. Our Zhou Mansion will just give you three thousand taels, and there won't be any bonuses. It's troublesome for you to read the account book every year.
I guess you don't want to bother with it. It's three thousand taels, and it's just like abacus beads. If someone studies this thing carefully, how about saying it came from my Zhou family?"
Qiao Mingjin never thought that after making something, she could still retain the right to name it. His status was more than a few streets higher than hers.
And she didn't really want to be public. She just wanted to make some money without having to worry too much about food, clothing, housing and transportation.
After thinking for a while, he nodded and said: "It's just that shopkeeper Yu just asked for this thing. Then..."
Zhou Yanqing then said with a smile: "Don't worry, we must leave our production in Qingchuan and several nearby cities to them. We have a carpenter's shop in our house, but we don't have a blacksmith's shop. I don't know what's going on here.
I'll talk to Shopkeeper Yu."
Yu Ding also nodded towards Qiao Mingjin.
He said he wanted to buy this before because he couldn't bear the low price Zhou Yanqing offered. In terms of craftsmanship, he couldn't look down on Zhou Mansion, but in terms of operation, he was just a blacksmith.
Earning a small amount of money safely is more important than anything else. He has experienced strong winds and waves.
Qiao Mingjin thought for a while, then looked at the dumbfounded Yun Jin next to him, as well as several other people who wanted to point their heads to the ground, and nodded in agreement.
The two parties signed an agreement, indicating that the pulley will return to the Zhou family from today on.
That week Yanqing took out a brochure bag and gave Qiao Mingjin a few silver notes, exactly three thousand taels.
Qiao Mingjin glanced at this man. He clearly had a plan to bring so much money when he went out. At least in his mind, three thousand taels was still a price he could accept.
What a profiteer.
At first, he cut it in half. He didn't know how many banknotes he still had in the bag. Maybe that was his bottom line, and the price was really low.
After both parties signed the agreement and paid off the money, everyone was happy.
That Zhou Yanqing was still thinking about something she had done, something bigger than bamboo carving, so he asked anxiously.
Qiao Mingjin stood up and asked them to go out.
Zhou Yanqing and Yu Ding followed behind with puzzled faces.
Where is this going? What exactly is it doing?
Seeing Yun Jin and Qiao Mingjin leading them into the mountain in front of them, I became even more curious.
The coachman and boy followed the young master with a nervous look on his face, and even tugged on his sleeve to remind him.
Are you going to go into the mountains to steal the young master's money? There are many people in this country, and they are very uncivilized. If they all rush to rob them, how can the three of them be defeated!
That look made Qiao Mingjin, who occasionally looked back, secretly happy.
This is because he is afraid that she will steal both wealth and sex.
By the way, Zhou Yanqing is really a good-looking man this week. He is a clothes rack, and he is wearing a well-fitting sapphire blue silk dress, cloud boots, gold hoops and jade belt, which makes him look even more handsome.
The further you go into the mountains, the more people there become.
Many unmarried ladies from the family also came out to dig tree stumps to help the family. When they met such an outstanding Zhou Yanqing, they all blushed and their hearts beat fast. Where in the countryside have you seen such a person?
Many people also stopped working to say hello to Qiao Mingjin and asked if that was the boss who collected the wooden piles.
Qiao Mingjin looked at Zhou Yanqing carefully and then nodded vaguely. When those people saw that there was such a wealthy person behind the operation, they became even more confident and were not afraid that Qiao Mingjin would not have the money to pay them.
They all came forward to chat with Zhou Yanqing.
It was nothing more than telling them how hard they had dug, and asking him to consider the hard work, not to give it away even if he didn't give more money, or to just accept it as firewood.
When Zhou Yanqing saw Qiao Mingjin looking quite uncomfortable, she secretly laughed in her heart, thinking that she must be trying to pull the skin of a tiger out of him.
However, this seems pretty good.
My heart suddenly felt beautiful.
It seemed that he was already a partner, and he greeted the villagers very cordially. He also said that as long as it was good, he would definitely accept it, and even if it didn't meet the conditions in the end, he wouldn't treat everyone badly.
After hearing this, the villagers became more confident. Without saying a word, they all took their hoes and went to work again. Only some children followed behind.
Zhou Yanqing also made a rough guess and answered in a sophisticated way, which gave Qiao Mingjin the illusion that she was doing this for him. It seemed that the two of them had already reached a cooperation. (To be continued. If you like this
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