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Chapter 204: Abandoning Oneself?

"Chuge, tell me what you said just now..."

Chu Ge watched Xiu Niang's big watery eyes, and looked at himself very seriously. He thought for a while, and then faltered.

"What you said just now... Uh, in the morning, I received two orders in the morning..."

"It's not this, let's go on later, the next few sentences..."

"In the future... Well, as I said, the wood that the second brother brought us is not bad..."

"It's not this... Hey, it's almost the same. Think about it later..."

"...Well, did I say that the two shopkeepers have to travel a long way, they need to hurry, so they have to be quick..."

Xiu Niang interrupted Chu Ge and waved her hand, "Hey, no, no, it's not this."

Chu Ge thought for a while, then said dumbly, "Which sentence is that, I can't remember clearly."

Xiu Niang pursed her lips, thought about it, and said, "That's, it's you who said, what happened to the materials in our yard, that's why you accepted these two orders."

Chu Ge thought about it for a while, and said, "Oh, I mean, the wood in our yard is all good, neither soft nor hard, just enough to cut the knife, if it is too hard and too crisp, it will not take a lot of work and time. Well, I just accepted the two lists this morning because I thought our yard was full of such materials..."

Xiu Niang clapped her hands, and said with a smile, "Yes, that's it. You said 'our yard is full of materials like this', so it's easier to cut."

Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang and smiled too, so he remembered, or he had to guess when, but why did Xiu Niang ask this?

Xiu Niang listened to Chu Ge's questioning, she got up with a smile, grabbed two wooden boards from the two piles of wood, said, "You will know when the time comes," and then dragged Chu Ge to find Li. old man.

Although the guys in the shop now know how to make washboards, there is no need for old man Li to stare at them one by one, but when he has nothing to do, he will still go around the backyard to see which guy is doing something unethical, or be lazy and cut a few grooves or something.

Xiu Niang put the wooden boards in the main room, and asked Chu Ge to call old man Li over, and she wanted him to build a model.

Chu Ge said, "Why don't you just let me make it, this board is not difficult at all."

Xiu Niang smiled and said, "Hey, let Uncle Li come, he is the master, he is handy, and carpentry is the best of ours."

Chu Ge listened, thought about it, and listened to what Xiu Niang said, and went to the courtyard to call Old Man Li. In fact, he was following Xiu Niang's meaning, not to say how fancy the board for the people in the palace should be. It can be made by anyone, but old man Li is idle in the yard at the moment, so she asked old man Li to build it.

What she said to Chu Ge just now was to prevent old man Li from opening his mouth to ask, and Chu Ge told the truth when he was so stupefied, then the old boy would blow his beard and stare in anger.

No, old man Li was talking to a fellow, and Chu Ge went over to call him, and he asked casually, and after hearing what Chu Ge said, he came towards the main room with a smile on his face.

Xiu Niang looked at it and smiled, went to the drawer of the last wooden cabinet in the room, took out a charcoal pencil, then returned to the table, waiting for Chu Ge and old man Li to come in.

Old man Li stepped into the house, looked at Xiu Niang, and grinned triumphantly, "Hey, girl Xiu, what's the matter, what do you want my old man to make for you?"

Xiu Niang paused, exchanged glances with Chu Ge, and smiled, "Uncle Li, sit down first, let's sit down and talk."

Old man Li pursed his old lips and walked across to Xiu Niang, sat down and talked to Chu Ge beside him, "Or else you have a good life, you married a clever wife, you have good eyesight, you know My old carpenter is the best, so let me handle everything."

Xiu Niang twitched the corners of her mouth, she was so clever that she asked old man Li to make the board, she smiled, "Uncle Li, it's like this, in just two days, the people from the palace will come to the town... ...Hey, actually this is nothing new, the notice was posted earlier, so that those of us who do business can't occupy the street these days..."

Old man Li curled his lips and said, "Hey, it was posted for the hawkers who set up stalls outside. It has nothing to do with us who are in the shop business. Those officials want us to clean up the town so that those Those who come from the palace should be more comfortable, hey, my mother is in trouble!"

Xiu Niang smiled, "Uncle Li, we don't care about that, I discussed it with Chu Ge just now, and I want you to make two boards."

Old man Li listened, curled his lips, "What, just make two boards, this, this, you called Chu Ge, can't you do it, and let my old man do the tricks."

Xiu Niang said, "Hey, Uncle Li, these two boards are not ordinary today. This is a model for the people in the palace. Of course, I have to ask you to get it all the time."

Old man Li frowned, "What is a model for the people in the palace?"

Xiu Niang and Chu Ge glanced at each other, and said, "Uncle Li, you don't know, when people from the palace come to our town, no matter what they buy, they have to ask the store to take it and let them see it first." At first glance, only if they look good, they will stay, and then they will ask for large quantities."

She said with a smile, "Uncle Li, you also know that our town is not the only one with a business board, isn't there a garden wood shop at the entrance of the alley? They compare."

Old man Li listened to what Xiuniang said, and it made sense. He nodded and looked at the two pieces of wood on the table.

"Well, what you girl said is right, the garden wood company will definitely do it well... Hey, I said girl, you just said that you want to make a good model for the people in the palace to see, but You, do you just take this kind of material?"

Xiu Niang looked at the lumber on the table, "Yes, Uncle Li, Second Brother Liu sent us a dozen carts of lumber a while ago, so we'll just use this."

Old man Li clicked his tongue and waved his hand, "Hey, what do you know, girl, this, this wood looks okay, but it's just okay, what's the matter with you, what's the matter with you, you have to get a fir log to make the board, That's a good thing."

Xiu Niang waved her hand, "There's no need for Uncle Li, we can do it with this wood, anyway, there are still several cars at home that are not used up."

Old man Li frowned, he wasn't worried about not having enough wood, "Hey, what my old man said is, you have to get a..." He was talking, and suddenly saw Xiu Niang's expression of "no need to say anymore" and he Knowing what to say at this time, this girl won't listen anymore, he nodded, "Sure, you are the boss, and your Uncle Li listens to you, why don't you just make a washboard, what's the matter?" When it comes to the list, it's none of his business.

Seeing that old man Li was about to go out with the board, Xiu Niang called him again, "Uncle Li, wait a moment."

Old man Li asked, "What's the matter, what else is there?"

Xiu Niang said, "Uncle Li, are you going to build it like the boards in our shop?"

Old man Li pursed his old lips, and said with some dissatisfaction, "If we don't do it like this, maybe we still have to carve some flowers. My old man is not that patient, girl."

Xiu Niang smiled and waved her hands, "Don't worry, Uncle Li, those who carve flowers and birds, we don't want to make such fancy things."

Old man Li looked at Chu Ge suspiciously, then at Xiu Niang, "Xiu girl, what are you thinking?"

Without saying anything, Xiu Niang took the wooden board from old man Li, drew a line in the middle with a charcoal pen, and divided the board into two, "Uncle Li, for the upper part, let's follow the washboard in the shop."

Old man Li didn't see any problem yet, so he just responded. Chu Ge looked at him and thought about it, "Xiu Niang, the bottom half just doesn't do anything, is it just so empty?"

Xiu Niang looked up at Chu Ge, and started to draw again on the lower part of the drawing with a charcoal pencil.

"Who said that, I'm not done yet... There's an empty space under here, Uncle Li, you chiseled it like this."

Old man Li listened to Xiu Niang's agreement, and looked with Chu Ge together, but when he looked at him, he paused again, and looked at Xiu Niang in surprise, "What, this, this, this...Xiu girl, you Do you really want me to do this?"

Xiu Niang put the remaining half of the charcoal pencil aside, "That's right, the upper part and the lower part are chiseled separately."

Chu Ge looked at the old man Li who didn't know what to say, and thought about it, "Xiu Niang, if the bottom half of the board is made like this, then, how can I put those clothes on it for washing, because they can't be used at all. .”

Old man Li nodded and agreed with what Chu Ge said. He pointed to the part drawn by Xiu Niang and said, "Hey, yes, girl, if you do it like this, then, what does this have to do with not digging grooves?" The difference, just leave it alone.”

"Xiu Niang, are you upset and can't think of a way out, so you just want to mess with a board..."

"Girl, we have to make better boards like this. You just said not to use fir wood. If you don't need it, you don't need it. But if you want the old man, I will make the boards like this. What do you want to do..."

"Xiu Niang, there is nothing good about the list in this palace. If you don't want to do it, forget it. Don't think about it..."

"Hey, girl, don't listen to Chu Ge, a stupid boy, you still listen to me, go find a piece of fir..."

Xiuniang stared at them with wide eyes, but she didn't expect the reaction of these two people to be so strong. The reason why she asked old man Li to make a washboard according to her own requirements, of course, had her own reasons .

However, it’s fine for old man Li to say a few words, but she heard what Chu Ge said, and he seemed to think that she wanted the list in the palace, but he couldn’t think of a good way to compare it with Yuanmuxing , and finally gave up on himself.

Originally, Xiu Niang was still thinking about making a fool of herself, thinking that she would tell Chu Ge and old man Li why she wanted to build such a board on the day she got the order, but at this moment, the old and the young, I have been persuading her not to do this, but she can't justify it, so she can only tell them the truth.

"Chu Ge, Uncle Li, you two stop talking, if I don't do this, we won't be able to get the list in the palace."

(End of this chapter)