In her previous life, she had seen her uncle and others digging wooden piles.
After a tree is sawed off, a piece of wood will be left on the ground, about one or two feet long. The shorter one may be even shorter. It may only be a palm's length from the ground.
You can see what's on the ground, but you don't know what's buried in the soil.
Of course, experienced people will also be able to judge how deep the soil is buried and the condition of the root system underground based on what kind of tree it is.
Sometimes the root system is complicated, and it takes several people to dig out the roots of the stake for more than half a month.
The root system is complex and dense, and it is heavy and large. In order to avoid damaging the roots, transportation is still a problem.
In the previous life, there were cranes, and thick ropes were used to lift and place heavy trucks on them, and they could be transported anywhere. It only took a few days to transport the goods from the far south to the far north.
But what is here now?
Of course, the mountains are close to home. After taking out the wooden stakes, she can also put them on the spot, wait for them to dry, do the rough deforking and hair removal, wait for rough processing, and then transport them home for fine processing.
But who is going to do the work of digging piles?
Do you rely on the four of He's father, Yue Dalei, Yun Jin and her, Qiao Mingjin?
This is obviously not practical.
Not to mention that it takes time, effort and energy to carve a finished product, but do you also have to work hard to dig it out yourself?
The seven of them should have more important things to do.
Qiao Mingjin buried her head in thought for a while, and combined the opinions of several people present, she said to Sister Xiu: "Sister Xiu, just help me with the work and do some chores. I'll pay you one or two silver a month. You don't have to dig it yourself.
, I don’t want to pay the people who dig the wooden piles by the day. If they were paid by the day, and they would get the same money whether they dig fast or slowly, there would be some people who fish in troubled times. It is better to be paid by the piece, and those who are diligent
Of course, the more money people will get, the more money they will get.”
"Let Xiaochun and Brother Yue wander around the mountains tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, you can go to the village and tell the villagers that I will collect the wooden piles here. Depending on the size and shape of the wooden piles, I will pay them varying amounts of money to dig out the roots.
If they are complete, I will pay more money. If they are dug out that I don’t need, I will also accept their piles at the price of firewood.”
"I may not be able to pile too much at home. After they dig it out, let them put it next to the pit. I will take people to do a simple treatment and then transport it back home. Then I will tell them that the pit they dug needs to be
You are responsible for filling it in, otherwise heavy rains or soil erosion may affect the entire village in the future. After they dig it out, ask them to notify you. You can help with a preliminary look first. If you think it is good, they
They also backfilled the holes and asked me to go over and take a look at them. After I looked at them, I would calculate the money for them."
After hearing this, Sister Xiu repeatedly said yes.
According to Qiao Mingjin, after digging out this wooden pile, the money will definitely be no less than the money earned from selling firewood.
Then a wooden pile, after being split, is big enough to carry more than an oxcart. Even selling firewood can earn dozens of pennies.
What's more, the money is not calculated based on selling firewood.
If the people in the village knew about it, they would all be mobilized. Those who were idle at home would definitely dig the wooden piles, so there would be no need for them to dig hard.
In this way, Qiao Mingjin can be regarded as helping the villagers and adding some income to them. I believe that in the future, the villagers will be able to look after the mother and daughter...
That night, after everyone reached an agreement, they all went to sleep with their expectations and beautiful visions.
Yun Jin took Qiao Mingjin and talked some more, and then fell asleep in Mingheng and Mingjue's room...
The next day, Qiao Mingjin thought about it, fearing that He Xiaochun and others would not know which wooden stakes to choose, so she stayed at home.
She only told Father He to stop by Green Willow Villa when he went to the city. He asked Mingjue to help her go to a book store and buy some pens, inks, paper, inkstones and other things to bring back.
Yunjin also wanted to visit nearby Luochuan and other places, so he had to return to Yunjiacun to explain.
Qiao Mingjin took out another two hundred taels of silver. The one hundred taels was given to him as the cost of his outing, and the other hundred taels of silver was asked to be handed over to Qiao's father and Qiao's mother to pay for hiring people to open up wasteland for farming.
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He also told him that he could tell acquaintances in Yunjia Village that she would collect the wooden piles here. He asked these people to search around Yunjia Village to see if there was any suitable wood.
It’s always good to have extra supplies.
In the early stage, even if they encounter good wood, they will still find some waste wood when they first start practicing. They don’t know how much raw material will be wasted to make a finished product.
After Yun Jin and Father He left the house, Yue Dalei came to the door.
Qiao Mingjin tidied up, had breakfast, and led everyone into the mountains.
Ming Qi and Wan'er also insisted on following.
The family's ox cart was driven to the city by He's father. Yue Dalei and others carried her chicken coop on their shoulders and helped her carry the chickens to the mountains to raise them.
After letting the chicken out of the cage, a few people started wandering around the mountain.
Qiao Mingjin told a few people about the advantages and disadvantages of carving softwood and hardwood, and some of the stakes they wanted to choose.
Not all wooden stakes are suitable.
First of all, of course, you must choose healthy wooden stakes.
If it is rotten, infested with insects, moldy, or incomplete, it must be discarded.
There are also some types of wood that are extremely susceptible to insect infestation, so don’t use them. Such wood is not easy to preserve after being carved, and has little collection value.
There are many kinds of wood in this mountain. Although there are not many precious woods, there are many suitable woods.
Although some precious woods such as nanmu, rosewood, mahogany, etc. that are used to make coffee tables and tea sets are not available, they can still be found in some places in the south.
These timbers may be hard to find, but the wooden piles left after being sawed are still easy to find. After all, not many people have thought of using them.
In addition to wooden piles and roots buried in the ground that can be made into root carving crafts, some wood sections with natural shapes can also be carved into excellent handicrafts.
Even the waste wood that was thrown on the ground after being cut down, or the waste roots that were thrown away by the road, may be a pearl covered with dust. Maybe it is just a piece of dead wood that can be made into a pearl after processing.
into a valuable collection.
The key is to have eyes for discovery.
At the beginning, Yue Dalei, He Xiaochun and others just followed Qiao Mingjin and wandered around in the woods. They were a little confused and couldn't find their direction at all.
Later, Qiao Mingjin slowly inspired them to develop their rich imaginations.
She held Wan'er's hand and randomly picked up some pieces of wood, dead branches or dead leaves on the ground, and asked Wan'er, what does this look like? What does that look like?
Children always have the richest imagination.
Xiao Wan'er immediately started playing with her mother.
"Mom, does this look like a lotus?"
Qiao Mingjin looked at a thin dead branch held in her daughter's hand. There was a tumor on it, like a lotus bud, and she smiled and said, "Well, it really looks like it."
ps: Dear friends, I wrote this chapter in the middle of the night, at two o'clock in the morning, and put it in the timer to be updated at eight o'clock. Dear friends, for the sake of Xiyu staying up all night, give Zhang Fenhong some encouragement. This is
It's not too late to update. Oh, I went to bed. I hope I won't be late for work tomorrow, otherwise my money will be deducted. Oh, I bought cakes.
