Chapter 12 Five Taels of Silver

"Uncle Plane.

Su Qingying stood up when she saw him asking questions.

The sons of Uncle Su's family all learned his carpentry work, and his grandchildren also followed him in this business. Uncle Su's sons are particularly interestingly named for carpenter's tools such as axes, planers, saws, and drills, while his grandsons all have tables, stools, and cabinets.

It's also fresh.

Su Qingying smiled at Su Musha.

"Qingying wants to make a chest of drawers?" Su Muzhi asked again with a smile.

Su Qingying smiled and nodded: "I want to make two chests of drawers, but I want them to be different."

"oh?"

The hematoxylin plane was very interesting.

I glanced at several finished and semi-finished chests of drawers in the yard. They were all of common styles on the market, regular, simple and elegant. Most ordinary people's homes have cabinets like this. The price is nothing more than the quality of the wood, the carving or not, and the fineness of the work.

"What do Qingying think? You don't like any of this?"

Su Qingying smiled and shook her head.

I walked to a chest of drawers that had not been painted yet, opened and closed a drawer, closed and opened again, it was a perfect fit, the pull and close were smooth and without any obstruction, and there were no burrs at all after polishing. It was obvious that the job was done well. Very detailed. Although it is a small family workshop in the countryside, it is already very good at this kind of work.

Su Mucheng also stepped forward to take a look, and saw Su Qingying pulling and closing, but he couldn't figure out her intentions, so he followed her and watched her movements.

"Hey, don't pull too hard, or you might drop it!" Su Muqing saw that Su Qingying's movements were a bit big, so he hurriedly stepped forward and spread his hands to protect her.

"Yeah, that's easy to pull off."

"You can't open the drawers of this cabinet too hard. Look, you have to pull them out slowly, and you can't pull them all out." Su Muqian pushed the cabinet in and closed it, then pulled it out gently and demonstrated again.

Su Qingying stood aside and watched with a smile.

"What do Qingying want to do? Didn't you like any of these? This one is not done yet. It will look better after the flowers are carved and painted. You pick a design, and then my uncle will carve a lotus flower for you. It will look good. The meaning is still there good."

Su Mucheng thought that Su Qingying disliked the unsightly chests of drawers.

Su Qingying didn't say anything. She just pulled the twins who were following her and asked them to pull it. She also put heavy objects in the drawer and asked them to pull it.

Su Muchang looked at it unclearly.

This action attracted both Su Dahai and Uncle Su.

"Qingying wants to choose a chest of drawers to add to her dowry?" Uncle Su came over and touched the two twins.

"No, I want to add two to put at home for my parents and twins."

Su Qingying shook her head, and before Su Dahai could speak, she said to Uncle Su: "Uncle, I want to do something different from this." Then she told them her thoughts.

Today’s chests of drawers don’t have rails.

If the slide rails are not installed, the drawer will fall out easily if the entire drawer is pulled out. If you pull out the upper drawer, it may fall and hit your feet. Today's wood is all solid wood, dead and heavy.

The feeling of being hit on the foot is not ordinary sour.

When she wanted to buy it and put it at home, Su Qingying didn't trust the twins to open the drawer. Thinking about the drawers equipped with tracks in later generations, I have some different ideas.

Uncle Su and Su Mucheng were thoughtful after listening.

Following Su Qingying's gesture, the father and son pulled out the entire drawer and looked at the side panels on both sides. After studying it for a long time, their eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Come on, girl Qingying, tell me about it!" Uncle Su greeted Su Qingying.

Su Qingying came closer and started talking to him...

There are many types of drawer rails. Except that the rails with steel balls are not easy to make, it is still easy to add an iron piece or stick a piece of wood to cut a groove.

"This track... can be used as more than just a drawer..." Su Mucheng is the most spiritual and understanding among Uncle Su's children and grandchildren. He is better than his master, and he immediately thought of many possibilities.

"Yes, tracks can be added to doors, windows, tables, stools, bed cabinets, etc. as long as necessary." Su Qingying said.

Uncle Su was squatting and studying the cabinet while listening to Su Qingying and Su Mucheng's speech. He nodded repeatedly and his eyes were astonishingly bright.

No matter how good a craftsman is, it is easy for him to get stuck in his fixed thinking. As long as others give him a little nudge, he can immediately clear up the clouds and see the sun.

"Girl Qingying, your idea is very good, this is it..." Uncle Su raised his thumb at Su Qingying and glanced at Su's father again.

Father Su straightened his back proudly.

Just like a child who got a new toy, the father, son and grandson of the Su family got Su Qingying's idea and immediately asked Su Qingying for advice.

This conversation led to lunch time.

"Let's have lunch at home!" Aunt Su and her wives took the twins and helped Su Qingying and her daughter.

"No, no, I'll go back now."

Father Su looked up at the sun and couldn't help but feel anxious. The morning passed by so quickly, and he didn't even have time to go to the ground.

Seeing that he couldn't keep her, Uncle Su said: "Don't worry, Qingying girl, I will take your uncles and brothers to help you with the work. I will make sure to get you out before you get married. The work must be done carefully."

Su Qingying just said that she would keep these things at home, but Su's father disagreed, so Su Qingying said nothing more. Let’s just wait until we get married. The Lu family should not be short of these things.

"Young girl Qingying is really not good at carving? The red paint looks nice and festive..." Su Muzhi persuaded again and glanced at Su Dahai.

Su Dahai smiled bitterly and shook his head. The child has a big idea, what can he do? Just listen to the child, it's her thing.

"No, I like the original wood color, just a layer of varnish on it, no need to carve the flowers, it's easy to hide dust." Su Qingying refused.

Su Mu had to give up the planing and looked at Grandpa Su.

Grandpa Su said to Su Qingying: "Qingying girl, your track is unprecedented, and the ancestors have never had this idea. You told me this, and I feel ashamed. How about this, I will give you eight taels of silver, which is considered that I bought your idea..."

"No, no, how can I ask for money! This is just the girl's own random thought..." Su Dahai waved his hands when he heard it.

Grandpa Su rolled his eyes at Su's father and interrupted him.

Said to Su Qingying: "Qingying girl, what do you think?"

Su Qingying glanced at Su Dahai and saw that he looked anxious, afraid that Su Qingying would ask for too much, so she smiled in her heart. This honest father, how much money can hard labor be worth? Ideas and creativity are still the most valuable.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Grandpa, just give five taels. I will take two taels as a dowry, and three taels for my parents to save for the twins. If my father wants to make something else in the future, just give some discounts. I just hope that Grandpa won't tell others that my grandma is not an easy person to get along with."

Su's father and mother are both honest people. When encountering problems, they hope that Grandpa Su's family can help him speak up in the future. A man and a grandson from Grandpa Su's family.

The father and son of the Su family looked at each other and declined. Seeing Su Qingying's firm attitude, they had to repeatedly assure: "Don't worry, Qingying girl, our family is tight-lipped and will not tell anyone. If your parents fight again in the future, we will only charge you for the wood."

Then they asked Aunt Su to get the silver.

Su Dahai was stunned. He came to make a dowry box for his daughter, why didn't he take the money and took the silver back?

Until the silver was stuffed into Aunt Su's arms, he still felt it was very hot and didn't know what to do.

The Su family laughed.

Grandpa Su smiled and said to Su Qingying: "Your father is an honest man who has never fought or robbed in his life. It seems a bit disadvantageous at the moment, but the blessing is in the future."

After persuading Su Dahai, Father Su took the silver nervously. His hand was still covering his chest, as if it didn't feel real without touching it.

After saying goodbye to Grandpa Su's family, Su Qingying took the twins and followed Su's father home.

Before they reached the door of their house, they could faintly hear the sound of an argument coming from the yard.