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Chapter 170 There Are More Unexpected Things
Shopkeeper Wang went upstairs with a thud, holding a board in his hand. When he entered the study, he saw Second Master Yang sitting and drinking tea, so he held the board up with both hands.

"Master, this is the old-fashioned daughter-in-law in our courtyard. She came from the Chu family's wooden workshop a few days ago. Take a look."

Second Master Yang took a sip of his tea, responded, and asked shopkeeper Wang to put the things on the table, "How does this thing work?"

Shopkeeper Wang said while drawing a circle in front of him, then patted his stomach, and gestured with his hands together.

"My lord, this thing is for washing clothes. You have to put this board in a wooden basin... push it in front of your body... and then just put the dirty clothes on it and scrub it."

Second Master Yang thought about it, picked up the wooden board on the table and looked at it. In fact, there was nothing unusual about this board, except that more than a dozen grooves were chiseled, and the four corners were cut off and polished. This way you won't panic if you get stuck in front of you.

"Old Wang, how much did you pay for each of these boards?"

Shopkeeper Wang paused suddenly, "Well, sir, I didn't ask about that...

Second Master Yang looked over with a sullen face, "I didn't ask, didn't I explain it clearly just now, and asked you to ask about the purpose and price of this washboard!"

Shopkeeper Wang didn't dare to say anything, so he could only haha, "Master, I just wanted to show you this board quickly, and I forgot about it when I was in a hurry, but I really want to hear from someone before that." Having said that, this board costs one, two or six dollars if you buy two and build one, and it is estimated that you can sell it for eight dollars if you disassemble it."

Second Master Yang looked at it for a while, sneered and threw the board on the table, "Old Wang, you are wrong, this washboard can't be worth a lot of money, it's because the newly opened wooden workshop is playing tricks, They yelled at the beginning that buying two and building one was just a gimmick, and I reckoned that this board was only worth five or six pennies, and they yelled like this, and they made one or two pennies more than splitting the deal."

Shopkeeper Wang boasted with a smile, "Oh, it's not the second master, it's amazing to see it at a casual glance..."

Second Master Yang waved his hand, "Okay, don't talk about coaxing the children anymore, Lao Wang, you can take this board to the workshop later, let Master Zhao have a good look, calculate the cost, and then come back and tell me."

Shopkeeper Wang said, "Master, are you planning to make boards?"

Second Master Yang looked at him, "Why, do you have any ideas?"

When shopkeeper Wang heard this, he guessed that he knew what Yang Erye was thinking, and he said, "Master, if you want to follow me, this washboard is useless, isn't it just to put a board on it and make a dozen tricks?" Well, speaking of it, it’s not the same as that washing stick, we are making furniture for a big house, a big wooden wardrobe is worth dozens of miles, if we make this, it’s not too cheap.”

Second Master Yang stared at Shopkeeper Wang this time, and he said coldly, "Price drop? What price drop? The money we could have earned, let others earn it, and there will be some leftovers after it's over. Let's If you go fishing again, this is called a price drop, you know it’s not Laowang!"

Shopkeeper Wang watched Erye Yang's voice getting deeper and deeper, as if he was going to get angry, he immediately agreed, and he accepted it when he was good, and hurriedly went downstairs with the board.

Second Master Yang just looked at it and calmed down. He got up and poured himself a cup of tea, thinking in his heart, when will he have to go around the back street, so that he can meet the Chu family workshop for a while...

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Mrs. Liu entered the town with a bamboo basket and a hitchhiker from the same village. She saw that she had reached the intersection of Qianjie Street, and she yelled to stop, "Hey, Lao Huang, just leave me alone." It's done, I'll wait for someone, thank you."

Lao Huang, who pulls the cart, and Ji Lao Liu get along well, he said with a smile, in the afternoon he will wait for her at the entrance of the town, and he will bring his little grandson to the village for two days, and then the three of them will go together again.

Mrs. Liu responded with a smile. She watched Lao Huang go away, thinking that she would buy some cakes in the town and bring them to the grandson of Lao Huang's family, so that she would not feel that it was useless. car.

She stood on the edge of the wall, gave way to passing vehicles, and then looked around, "Hey, I don't know if that kid Guixi has told Chu Geer to come to town at noon today Take her by mouth."

She ran into Guixi on the village road a few days ago, and this kid came home after yelling at the board again. She chatted with Guixi and knew that this kid would go to town the next day. Later, she thought about asking Guixi to tell Xiuniang that she would come to see her today and ask her to pick her up at the entrance of the town at noon.

Although Mrs. Liu came to the town a few times, she still didn't go shopping, and she didn't even know where the back street was, so she asked Xiu Niang to pick her up.

After that, she was thinking that Xiu Niang had moved to the town for a month, and it was strange for her to think about her, so she might as well take advantage of her free time to visit her and Chu Ge, and she still had something to do with Xiu Niang. say miles.

"Good sixth sister-in-law?"

"Hey."

Liu Shi was thinking about it, when she heard someone calling her, she subconsciously responded, but when she looked over, it turned out to be a young man she didn't know calling her.

The young man saw Mrs. Liu turn around and smiled, "Good Sixth Sister-in-law, are you a good Sixth Sister-in-law?"

Mrs. Liu looked at him and nodded, "Ah, you are..."

The young man said, "Oh, sister-in-law, I found you. I asked four or five sister-in-laws just now. Let's go."

As he said, he was about to carry the basket for Mrs. Liu, but Mrs. Liu turned around and said angrily, "Hey, young man, who are you? Let me go with you. I don't know you, and you are still thinking about grabbing the basket." What's wrong with me."

She was chattering loudly, and many people on the street looked at her, and the young man hurriedly chattered, "Oh, I'm sorry, my sixth sister-in-law, I didn't say it just now, it was our shopkeeper who asked me to pick it up here. your."

Mrs. Liu frowned, how could she recognize the shopkeeper, "Your shopkeeper? Who is it? I don't know."

Seeing that Mrs. Liu was about to leave, the young man stretched out his hand to stop her, and smiled, "Oh sister-in-law, you really made our lady boss talk like this. If you don't respond with a word, just turn around and leave."

Mrs. Liu didn't understand anymore. Listening to what the young man said, it seemed like someone really knew her, "Who are you, your lady boss?"

The young man said, "Oh, our proprietress, our proprietress is the daughter-in-law of our shopkeeper."

Gritting her teeth angrily, Liu pointed at the young man and was about to scold. The young man thought she was asking him to carry the basket, so he took the basket hanging from Liu's hand with a smile.

The young man walked forward while talking, but Mrs. Liu didn't react at first, but hurriedly chased after the young man and chattered.

"Well Sixth Sister-in-Law, let's go quickly, the shop is busy—"

"Hey, you young man, why are you taking my things—"

"The shopkeeper and the proprietress couldn't come out, so they called me to pick you up—"

"You boy, give me back the basket, or I'll call someone—"

"Let's pass now, the shopkeeper and the proprietress are waiting for you in the Chu family's workshop."

Liu stepped forward and finally caught the young man's arm. She was about to yell at him, but she stopped when he heard the young man mention Chu's workshop.

"I'm really angry. If you don't return the basket to me, you little bastard, I will... what, you just said, Chu's workshop?"

The young man was carrying the basket, looked at her and said, "That's right, isn't it the Chu family's workshop?"

Mrs. Liu squinted her eyes. Guixi had told her before that the shop that Xiuniang opened seemed to be called Chu's Workshop, "Young man, your shopkeeper is called Chu Ge'er?"

The young man smiled, "Sister-in-law, I only know that our shopkeeper's surname is Chu, how dare you ask for his name."

After thinking about it, Liu asked the young man's address again, and the address was correct, so she called the young man to take her there...

Waiting for her to come to Chu's workshop, looking at the front door of the boss, there are many people coming and going in and out of the shop. There are a few guys standing at the counter of this shop, as if they are talking to those people. What are you talking about, and you are still gesturing with a small book in your hand.

The young man greeted the people on the cabinet, and then led the somewhat stupefied Mrs. Liu into the backyard, but the backyard was no busier than the front, and there were about a dozen guys inside, all of them holding a board They were busy digging and digging, and there was an old man in the middle, biting the cigarette holder, watching each of them, giving guidance from time to time.

Mrs. Liu could see clearly that the old man was Master Li who lived at the end of Xiayang Village.

"Sister-in-law Six, you're here." Chu Ge was sitting in the yard, making boards with those fellows, and he just put the one up when he put it up, and looked at Mrs. Liu.

Seeing Chu Ge now, Mrs. Liu always has the feeling that she has found the right person, "Oh, brother, I found you."

Chu Ge said something to old man Li, let him watch the guys work, and take Liu Shi to the house to sit for a while.

Mrs. Liu said hello to Old Man Li, and went to the west room with Chu Ge, and was relieved to wait for her to enter the room.

Then she couldn't hold back her smile and said, "Oh, Chu Geer, you can do it, you have only been in town for a few days, and you have done such a big thing, the boss of the shop, the clerk is much older, Business is also booming."

Chu Ge smiled, poured a glass for Mrs. Liu, and said, "Sister-in-law Liu, my business can only be regarded as making a living, and it can't be called fire. You haven't seen the business of the garden wood company, that's called fire. Seeing that there are chariots and horses from a big family going there, placing an order for furniture."

Mrs. Liu smiled, "Hey, your business is different. Can you talk about it? I didn't expect... Oh, there are so many things I didn't think about. You and Xiu Niang talked about it a month ago. I was thinking about moving to the town, and I was muttering just before that, I wonder if you have finished the shop, and I was thinking of coming over to take a look, but I didn't expect that you kid has made the business big."

Chu Ge smiled, and said dumbly, "I didn't expect that either."

Half a month ago, when Xiu Niang just said that she was going to recruit workers, Chu Ge was thinking the same as Liu Shi, and he didn't expect this business to be big...

(End of this chapter)