章節 14: Western Furniture
編輯: Exodus Tales
The next day, Su Mian passed a book that she had borrowed from the library to Su Jiang Hai, "Dad, I have a plan to earn some money. I want to discuss it with you."
Su Jiang Hai took the book and thought that his daughter was maturing and forming her own decisions. He wanted to hear her ideas.
Su Mian opened the book and Su Jiang Hai realized it was about furniture. The pictures of the furniture were different from the ones he usually made.
"Dad, this is Western furniture. Do you think you could make them?"
"Western furniture? White ones?"
Su Mian nodded her head. She knew that the houses in the northwestern village used large wooden chests fitted with a pedestal underneath. In order to make them appear festive, the chest would be colored red or orange.
There were also some fashionable ones made into large heavy cabinets, mostly painted orange.
"Dad, for generations, the village used wooden chests. Changing their ideas would require some time and a lot of people don't have much money."
"But everyone marries only once in their lifetime. I think that we could make special marriage furniture. As long as they are reasonably priced, fashionable, and practical, who wouldn't be willing to buy from us?"
"The twelfth lunar month will soon arrive. There will be many marriages and young people are more likely to accept new things. We might be able to market white western furniture. We should first make some for common use and observe the market situation. We will make more of those that sell well."
Su Mian turned to another page, "This cabinet is made with sliding doors and saves space. It can also hold a lot of items and is much more practical. And for this cupboard, the one that we use is shorter with only one shelf, but this one has three shelves. You can also place wine and wine glasses on top."
Su Jiang Hai carefully and thoughtfully flipped through the pages. His mind was like a firework exploding inside, opening up a new world.
His daughter's plan wasn't bad. There were already a lot of carpenters in their village, but their designs were old and traditional. Normally, the lifetime of the furniture did not last long and was made by the people of the village. Only a few people married and built houses throughout the year. Moreover, those that helped were only given food, not a salary.
If they made it according to the book, they could sell the furniture in the county where there were more customers. They might even be able to truly earn some money.
Su Jiang Hai was a man of his word. In the afternoon, he brought Su Jin Long to their own family woodland to find wood that had already been dried.
Su Mian's village was located close to a mountain. The wood allocated to every family would never run out all throughout the four seasons.
There were three basement rooms in the Su Family courtyard. When the stoves were fired up, the house would become warm. In these few days, Su Jiang Hai and Su Jin Long were repeatedly tossing wood inside.
In this era, there were no electric drills or saws. Carpenters would use handmade nails. Moreover, there were all that carvings that had to be done on the furniture.
Su Jin Long was at the age of curiosity. He followed closely behind Su Jiang Hai and even helped out.
Su Jin Long was of carpenter material. He could use two-man saws in a straight line, and understand many other things without explanation.
Su Jiang Hai now even wanted his son to be a carpenter. Hearing this, Su Jin Long immediately jumped and turned his back, "I am someone who wants to join the Interstellar Army!"
Su Jiang Hai laughed hearing this.
He Qin brought out two bowls of hot water and couldn't help but be happy hearing their conversation between father and son.
These few days, Su Jiang Hai and Su Jin Long were doing carpentry at home. Su Mian's medicinal plants had also grown a lot during this period.
Su Mian would go remove the weeds, catch bugs, and water the plants when she had time. With her efforts, the medicinal plant had already grown to one foot tall. The more the leaves grew bigger, Su Mian would feel that it looked familiar, feeling as if she had seen it before.
This continued until one morning, she entered the tower space again and almost fainted. She wished she could just tear down the worn-out medicinal tower.
The medicinal plant that she planted had grown into a tomato plant. One string had three to five small lantern-like fruits.
What kind of lousy task is this? This is clearly playing around with me.
Su Mian was furious, then a row of words appeared in front of her.
Congratulations on finishing a planting mission. You are rewarded with 1 kindness point, two portions of seeds each of
Ha, the mission rewards are so generous. This time I have truly been given medicinal ingredient seeds and I have even earned kindness points.
Su Mian's depression had been swept aside as she happily accepted the second request.
Su Mian's efforts were not wasted working on the medicinal field. Her current physical points had now reached 26.
She even noticed that she could see ants from 20 meters away. She could hear what people were saying from 100 meters away. These changes made Su Mian happy, making up from the trauma she received from the tomatoes.
When Su Mian planted the various seeds, her physical points increased by 1 again.
Taking advantage of the mayor opening a town fair, she brought the tomatoes out of the tower space. There were two large baskets. If someone were to ask, she could just tell them that she bought it from the fair and no one would be suspicious.
He Qin sent half a basket of tomatoes to the Liu Family. She also sent another half-basket to Su Mian's second uncle. After all, when Su Mian said that she planned to take the university exams, her second uncle did not hesitate to give his support and nod his head.
In these few days, Su Mian had been eating stir-fried tomato and scrambled eggs for her meals. Even Su Jin Long, who loves eating, was green in the face. "Sis, what kind of disease did you cure for people to treat you like this?"
Su Mian, "....."
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