SFS Chapter 234: Picking up bargains at the post station
Chapter 234: Picking up bargains at the post station
After Shen Zhiqiu showed his documents and seals to the innkeeper, he stood aside, waiting for his elder brother Shen Zhichun to come forward and communicate with the innkeeper.
Apart from the fact that he couldn't help but keep looking back at Shen Zhiqiu, he had to rely on his brother to give him the courage, and he could almost explain it to others.
As usual, eight large bunk beds were opened, but dry food was no longer needed. They could set up a pot and steam food outside, and they did not need to use the firewood from the post station.
The people in Shenjia Village are very good at living, and the young men picked up a lot of firewood along the way.
Shen Zhiqiu raised his chin and said, "Signal my younger brother Shen Zhidong, learn from me, you can come to the next place."
Shen Zhidong chuckled: "Don't worry, if big brother can do it, I can definitely do it too, is this a problem?"
Shen Zhiqiu raised the corners of his mouth. To some extent, it was no wonder that he could give birth to a child like Shen Yuanbao. It was true that a tiger son will be born with a dog father!
Besides, there are many useful people in the whole Shenjia Village. Now Ma Zi and Fugui have been brought out.
He is not afraid of trouble and dares to speak up.
However, most of them still dared not speak, and were even more reluctant to interact with the officials guarding the gate.
He fully understood this, but did not agree with it.
In his opinion, at least you should be able to communicate normally.
Don't be tongue-tied and unable to utter a complete sentence when talking to people. This is not only a waste of time, but can also delay important things at critical moments.
You can't just sit in a corner when you are asked to express your opinions during a meeting.
For example, Shen Guaizi and a few other guys from Shenjia Village. To be honest, if it weren't for his ancient memories, he would have forgotten them.
Just her daughter! No, her daughter might be able to remember it because of her photographic memory, but his wife certainly couldn't.
As for his son, he is still young after all, and now we know that he is exceptionally smart, but we can't tell anything else.
This is getting off topic again, so he has to cure them of this problem along the way. Don't be with people like him who can talk nonsense, laugh, beat their children and scold their wives.
As a result, when he met a stranger, he would stare at the ground without moving his eyes, not daring to raise his head, as if you could stare a hole through it.
He has always believed that if we have the ability, we should use it, and men should be open and generous.
After everything was settled, Shen Youyou took his father and uncle Wang Fuxi to the shopkeeper and said,
Do you have any broken tables, broken stools, broken wooden boards, broken cabinets? In short, anything is fine. We will buy some and pay for it.
Shopkeeper: Yes, yes, what do you buy those for?
Shen Youyou said that she was running out of money to stay in an inn, so she was thinking of finding some wood to see if she could modify it and make some tables, chairs and benches to sell.
The shopkeeper scratched his abacus and said, "Waiter, take them there."
But I sneered in my heart, thinking, which ordinary family doesn’t have a table, chairs and benches?
Those families who need to buy houses don't even think highly of these crappy things you made. You are really stupid because you are fleeing from famine.
Shen Youyou actually just wanted to get a bargain, the broken tables, chairs, benches, etc. in the inn, to see if there were any good quality wood, such as huanghuali or mahogany.
Especially the older the furniture is, the more charm it has.
The waiter didn't lead them to any warehouse, but to the woodroom. When they opened the door, they smelled a dusty smell. However, most of the things in the woodroom were wooden boards and broken tables and chairs.
There are all kinds of them, some are missing some parts, some are broken in two, if it weren't for the uneven cut,
Shen Youyou was beginning to wonder if this was some martial arts hero who passed by the post station and had a conflict with others and then cut him in half with a sword.
These broken pieces of furniture are probably piled here to see if they can be used in the future, to repair other things, or maybe they can be burned directly if there is a shortage of firewood in winter.
If they were brought to modern times, they would definitely be antiques. Unfortunately, they were born at the wrong time and can only gather dust here.
"Go in and find it yourself. I'll wait for you outside. I'll take it out and calculate the price later."
The waiter had a look of disgust on his face and his tone was not very polite.
To be honest, it is much worse than the inns I encountered before.
Shen Zhiqiu nodded and indicated that it was okay.
In fact, this was exactly what Shen Youyou wanted. If the waiter didn't follow them, it would be more convenient if they really found wood that could be used to make hairpins.
But if you ask, didn't we cut down a lot of boxwood? Why do we still need to find wood?
This is because the wet boxwood has not been dried and is not suitable for carving immediately. Otherwise, the wood will bend, crack, and other deformations before the carving is completed, and it cannot be exposed directly to the sun.
It should be dried naturally in a cool and ventilated place, so it cannot be used for the time being.
However, most people in their village have already processed the wood outside the inn. The leaves and rhizomes are used as medicinal materials, and the branches and trunks are cut into sections and bundled, and then used after they are naturally dried.
Shen Zhiqiu, Shen Youyou, and Wang Fuxi were responsible for looking for wood.
The old wood in the post station, although worn out, can still be used to carve hairpins as long as it is not rotten.
The only thing you need to consider is to at least look for woods like peach wood or jujube wood.
You can't just take a piece of wood and carve it.
After all, in ancient civilian homes, the woods most commonly used to make furniture were elm, pine, walnut, and other relatively easy-to-obtain and affordable woods.
Shen Youyou thought of looking for the innkeeper, mainly because she thought that the inn was state-owned and would be better at receiving officials and dignitaries.
For example, the cheaper red wood - rosewood, rosewood,
As for ebony, golden nanmu, and rosewood, she didn't dare to think about them.
Because just before she came out, she heard from her father that in this dynasty, ebony was only used by high-ranking officials and nobles.
Only the royal family can use golden nanmu and red sandalwood because purple and yellow both represent the supreme imperial power.
And according to her father, the red sandalwood of this dynasty is more expensive than golden nanmu.
She doesn’t know if she will have the chance to see it in this lifetime, alas!
Don't say she is useless and has no confidence in being a superior person. To be honest, the three of them are just like ordinary people. They just want to make some money and live a stable life.
They did not aspire to hold a high position in the court or to make their father a high-ranking official. They just wanted to live a stable life of their own.
They would be happy to do something to help others if they can, but they really don't want to get involved in the messy affairs of power struggles among ministers or princes seizing power.
Because it is lonely at the top, they still prefer to be ordinary people and live their simple but warm life.
Shen Youyou's thoughts began to wander again and she quickly came back to her senses.
Myself, my father, and my uncle checked the woods.
In fact, she and her father had some research, and her uncle was a carpenter. Even though they didn't have many opportunities to make good wood, when they were at home,
I also went to the county town to make dowry boxes and dowry furniture for the county magistrate's family.
Although he was just helping the master chef at that time, at least he had seen it.
"Yoyo, this looks like wenge, right?"
When Shen Youyou heard his father's deliberately low voice, he hurried over. To be honest, the surface of this table may have turned black due to long-term use, and it is a little unclear.