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Chapter 212 Dual Purpose Board

Listening to Fuguan He's words, Chu Ge always took good things to Yuanmuhang, but he didn't get any good from his own side. Thinking about it, Chu Ge took two steps forward and followed Fufu He's direction. Pipe's hand, pointing to the groove on the washboard.

"Deputy Manager He, the board in my house is worth the money."

Xiu Niang stood behind Chu Ge, leaning against the door, staring at Chu Ge in front of her with wide eyes. Clothes board, since Chu Ge dared to ask He Fuguan for a couple of dollars.

It turned out that last night, she and Chu Ge chatted with Qiangzi in the wooden workshop for an hour, and she learned from Qiangzi that the quotation from the garden wood shop to Deputy Manager He was [-] yuan for a washboard. In terms of price, both of them still made some money.

But in order to get the order, Xiu Niang thought about it and told Chu Ge that their quotation should be lower than that of the garden wood company. Anyway, the materials used by everyone are similar, and it costs less to hang up. As long as the quantity is large, the deal is still a bargain.

So she discussed with Chu Ge that in the morning, if Deputy Manager He asked about the price, she would underestimate half of the price, and get the deal down first, but since Chu Ge...

Hearing what Chu Ge said, Fuguan He was stunned for a moment, looked at Guanshi Huang, then at Chu Ge, and finally burst out laughing.

He turned around, touched Guanshi Huang, pointed at Chu Ge and said, "Oh, Guanshi Huang, don't you think it's ridiculous? I think this country boy is thinking about fooling us..."

Guanshi Huang frowned in disgust, and didn't respond, "Deputy Guan He, don't..."

Deputy Guan He didn't seem to hear what Guanshi Huang said, and kept laughing and saying, "Hey, you country boy, with your board, the difference between the top and bottom is so big, it's obviously because of your laziness. what..."

Xiuniang was in a daze at the back and didn't pay attention to what was going on ahead, but Fuguan He's bewitching laughter brought her back to her senses. She listened to Fuguan He's nagging, My heart is also full of fire.

"That's it, Deputy Manager!"

Xiu Niang opened her mouth, but she didn't call out. She looked at Chugo, and then at Guanshi Huang in front of him.

The manager Huang couldn't help roaring, and he looked at Deputy Manager He impatiently, he was really tired of this man, he only talked halfway about what was going on, and he just rushed to babble endlessly.

Deputy Guan He paused, looked at Guan Shi Huang with a look of bewilderment, and said falteringly, "What, what's wrong?"

Guanshi Huang pursed his lips tightly and stared at Deputy Guan He. From the very beginning, he had been leaning towards the Yuanmu Company, and he might have received a lot of benefits from that company behind his back. Having said that, I still dare to ask what happened at this point.

He was angry, and wanted to talk about Deputy Manager He, but there were outsiders around at the moment, and he didn't want people to watch the excitement, so he took a breather and said to Deputy Manager He, "I said Deputy Manager He , you let the little shopkeeper tell himself, this board is made in his wood workshop, he knows better than any of us what is good and what is bad."

Deputy Guan He looked at Deputy Guan He and said this, and he didn't know if he could hear the disgust in Guanshi Huang's words, but he still smiled and said to him, "Hey, Guanshi Huang, why are we bothering?" Go take care of the country boy, look at the washboard in this garden store, the workmanship is good, nothing to say, I remember, before this, the empress and young master in the palace, the wooden cabinets were made of materials The boxes are all from them..."

Manager Huang was also annoyed, he slapped the table with one hand, and said in a calm voice, "Idiot He, you are the manager here, or I am the manager, so what I say won't work!"

Fuguan He reckoned that he was the kind of person who wouldn't look back until he bumped into the south wall. He had to watch Guanshi Huang get angry before he sank down. He hurriedly curry favor with Guanshi Huang, then looked at Chu Ge viciously Said, "You! What's good about your board, tell me quickly!"

Xiu Niang stared at Deputy Manager He, thinking that being a servant in the palace, she really thought of herself as a capable person, she would be stuck with him, otherwise she would not be so useless like him Mile.

Chu Ge naturally didn't know what Xiu Niang was thinking behind him, anyway, he didn't react much, he just listened to what Fuguan He said, and came to the table.

Seeing that, Second Master Yang also leaned forward. Although he had scolded Chu Ge behind his back just now, saying that he dared to ask for a tael of silver just because of his washboard, was that just a dream come true? , he looked at Chu Ge who didn't look flustered at all, and wondered if there was something really special about the washboard of the little shopkeeper, so he followed after thinking about it, wanting to find out.

Chu Ge looked at the two boards on the table, and instead of talking about the above, he asked, "Guard Huang, do you think there is any difference between the two boards?"

Manager Huang paused, wondering why Chu Ge asked this. Isn’t the difference between the two boards obvious? Let’s not talk about the different materials used by this garden wood shop and his Chu’s wood shop, just say this style Above, the boards of this garden wood shop are smooth and flat on both sides, with a large space in the middle, and about thirty grooves are chiseled out one by one with a knife. It seems that the carpentry work is good, and each groove is smooth. Very, well-behaved, one can tell from the first glance that the workers are careful.

But the washboard in the small shopkeeper's own wood shop, although the material is quite good, is generally the same style as the one in the garden wood shop, but the carpentry alone is a bit careless and clumsy. It is also to chisel grooves in the middle to leave some space.

But this little shopkeeper has chiselled forty or fifty grooves in a random manner in the middle of the board, some thick and some thin, it's not very good at all.

The more Manager Huang looked at it, the more he couldn't feel the goodness of this board, and he wondered if he hated Deputy Manager He so much earlier that he didn't even notice the washboard from Yuanmuhang that he recommended. up.

Seeing Guanshi Huang's embarrassed expression, as if he had something to say but didn't want to say it, Deputy Guan He and Erye Yang glanced at each other, and they were both secretly laughing.

Deputy Guan He chuckled, pointed to the groove on the board, and said to Chu Ge, "Boy, you look at the young man, why are your eyes not working well? You can't see such a big difference... ..."

As he said, seeing that Manager Huang didn't make a sound to stop him, he felt even more frightened, "Boy, look at the washboard in the wood store in someone's home, the grooves are neatly chiseled, and look at the board in your house." , big and small, wide and narrow, this nonsense manual work can only be done by you country people!"

Hearing Fu Guan He's yelling, Chu Ge said, "Guan Huang, this board in my house was made for the Clothes Bureau in the palace, to put it bluntly."

Second Master Yang sneered, "I'm talking about the shopkeeper, the things that are needed in the palace are not just messed up casually, and you can't make it if you don't make it, why are you so stubborn and don't admit defeat?"

Chu Ge looked at Second Master Yang, just said "yes", and then said to Guanshi Huang, "Guanshi Huang, I want to ask, does the laundry bureau wash clothes in the palace, do they wash more fine cloth, or do they wash clothes?" A lot of coarse cloth.”

Guanshi Huang said with a frown, obviously thinking that Chu Ge asked too much, he said carefully, lest Chu Ge didn't know the difference between the palace and the village.

"Of course it's because there are too many people washing fine cloth. There are many courtyards in this palace, all of which are terrifyingly large... There are many empresses living in each palace courtyard. The clothes they wear are very delicate. ..."

He Fuguan listened and interjected a few words, "Let's not talk about empresses, even the palace daughters they serve personally, the clothes are very delicate, and those empresses who are favored..."

"So, the clothes of those empresses can't stand being rubbed with washing sticks at all, so those laundry women have to wash them slowly with their hands, and it won't work if you use too much force... Sigh, it's getting farther and farther away , Little shopkeeper, what on earth do you want to say?"

Guanshi Huang and Fuguan He chatted together, but as they talked, he remembered what he was doing today, and hurriedly called Chu Ge to continue.

Chu Ge was very serious when he heard Guanshi Huang talk about the affairs in the palace, but when Guanshi Huang spoke up, he came back to his senses and said it after thinking about it. He wanted Guanshi Huang to take a look at his rubbing clothes board, and let him put his hand on it and feel it.

"Guan Huang, look at my board. Although I want Deputy Guan He to say that the slots are big, small, wide and narrow, they are completely different, but do you know that my board is dual-purpose."

He Fuguan and Yang Erye listened for a while, and looked at Chu Ge strangely, thinking that this kid might be out of his mind, what use is this washboard for besides washing clothes.

Manager Huang was also puzzled and curious. He looked at Chu Ge and said, "Little shopkeeper, please continue."

Chu Ge responded, and talked to Guanshi Huang, Deputy Guan He and Erye Yang as well, but this time, while talking, he held his washboard and gestured like washing clothes.

He said, the board in his own wood workshop was made by two fellows together, one used a big knife to carve wide grooves, the other used a small knife to carve narrow grooves, the two sides occupied about the same space.

But if one side of the wide slot is put down, it is for washing coarse cloth or winter clothes. , that's for washing fine clothes and inner clothes, that's for those favored ladies, just smear some soap on it, put it on this narrow trough and scrub it.

After Chu Ge finished speaking, he looked at Guanshi Huang and Deputy Guan He with a smile, "That's why, Guanshi Huang, I just said that the board in my wooden workshop is specially made for the clothing bureau in the palace."

(End of this chapter)