mtl008 Chapter 212 Customized Furniture
Chapter 212 Customized Furniture
Chen Yuzhen said, "Yes, Huang's sister Guifen and her daughter-in-law have good craftsmanship and are reliable. I have discussed it with Qingyue and asked them to help."
Speaking of Sister Guifen and her daughter-in-law, Li Benfu had some impression of them, but not much.
The village was built not long ago. Due to natural disasters and war, most of the villagers came from the county or other places and were not familiar with each other.
In addition, there are differences between men and women. Men rarely interact with women in the village. If they do interact with each other, it is definitely the women who have the most contact. For example, when they go to the river to wash clothes or pick vegetables in the vegetable garden, if they pass by on the village road and see someone who looks familiar, they will chat with them for a few words.
If my wife thinks it's good, then it must be good in all aspects. Li Benfu nodded and said, "Then let's go to the Huang family together to talk about this matter later."
"If it's possible, I've thought about it. If I calculate based on fifty cents for a set of clothes, even if you're a quick worker, it'll take you three or four days to make a set, right?
We will clean the duck down when we return to the mountain, wash and dry it, which will take about three days." Xia Qingyue said.
"The price is a little high, but we have to hurry up and make the winter clothes. It's time-consuming and eye-intensive, but it's worth it," Chen Yuzhen said pertinently.
After dinner, Han Zhibai and the three boys from the Li family went to wash the dishes and clean up, while Li Benfu and his wife went to the Huang family to discuss something.
Xia Qingyue had nothing to do, so she went to Fang's house to watch Fang Xiaoyu sew wedding clothes, and she watched without blinking.
"Xiao Yu, how come the needle in your hand is so obedient, sticking wherever you tell it to stick, and sticking it neatly."
"I learned it from my mother when I was a child. Maybe my hands became more skilled because I did it so many times. Actually, my embroidery is not that good. There are many people who can embroider better and it looks just like the real thing." Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile while embroidering.
"Even so, I still think you are awesome!" Xia Qingyue looked at Fang Xiaoyu with admiration.
The original owner learned needlework from Zhu Er Niang since she was a child. Maybe she had no talent for it. No matter how hard she learned, the sewing was always the same.
Including herself.
"Hey, Xiaoyu, do you know where the carpenter in our village lives?"
"There are four carpenters in our village." Fang Xiaoyu paused, twisting the needle between her fingers, "Uncle Benfu and Carpenter Zhao and Carpenter Yao, whom we hired, made furniture. Qingyue, why are you asking this?"
"The house is almost finished, I want to buy some furniture for my uncle and his family."
"I heard from Brother Youmao that the furniture for the three families in our family has been ordered."
Xia Qingyue was stunned. "What have you decided?"
After hearing this, Xia Qingyue understood what was going on. After staying for a while, she left and returned to Li's house. On the way, she met Han Zhibai who came to look for her.
When the two met, they both showed surprised and happy smiles on their faces.
"I have found out where the carpenter lives. Let's go and order the furniture."
They first went to Carpenter Zhao's house in the east of the village.
There were piles of pale yellow and milky white sawdust in the spacious yard, with dust flying everywhere. Three men were busy with their own things, some were hammering, and some were planing wood.
Carpenter Zhao is the father of this family. He does carpentry with his two sons.
Upon learning that the two wanted to make furniture, Carpenter Zhao raised his hand and stroked his graying beard and said, "To be honest, I still have two families' furniture that I haven't finished making yet. It will take at least ten days after I finish making theirs before I can make yours."
The two families he was talking about were the Li and Fang families.
As they were chatting, Carpenter Zhao's wife brought a kettle of boiled water and poured it for them enthusiastically.
"That's fine. You guys finish the ones you have on hand first, and then you can make us. We want to order some slightly larger wardrobes, kitchen cabinets, wooden racks, shoe racks, and wooden boxes. We want four of each."
Xia Qingyue had found out from Fang Xiaoyu that most of the furniture made for the Li family were small and medium-sized pieces. They didn't make many because they had a large family. In the future, when the three young men including Li Weikang were going to get married, there would be more people in the family, so she thought of making some slightly larger furniture for them.
"Shoe rack?" Carpenter Zhao glanced at her. It was the first time he heard someone talk about making furniture for placing shoes. Currently in the village, there were very few people like Li Fang's family who were willing to spend money on making furniture. This girl was even more generous.
She nodded and said, "Yes, it would be much more convenient to make a shoe rack."
Otherwise, if you put a pair of shoes here and there, it will affect the appearance and make the house look messy.
She and Han Zhibai both thought so: within the limited scope of their own abilities, it is worthwhile to spend some money to make themselves live more comfortably.
Money should be spent where it is needed. If the shoe rack is well built and properly stored, it can be used for several years. If it breaks, it can be used as firewood. It is totally worth it.
After paying the deposit at Zhao's house, Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai went to Carpenter Yao's house and also had four pieces of furniture made here.
The two carpenters worked separately, which made things faster.
Walking on the village road, Han Zhibai smiled and said, "If we can do it quickly, the furniture will be ready in half a month or so. Most of it will be given to my uncle and his family, and a small part will be used to decorate our little home down the mountain!"
If he has enough time, he will also make furniture. Later, when he has free time, he will see what everyone needs and make more at that time.
“We will stay at the foot of the mountain for two days during our wedding. We should be able to come down twice more before the New Year. By then, the town should be almost completed and we can go for a walk.
Then we went down the mountain after the New Year. We lived in the mountains most of the time.
I heard from my aunt that Uncle Dawei and Brother Youmao and their family actually also allocated a piece of land, right behind our house, but they are busy building a house for us first, and will have time to build it next year. Then we will see if they still need furniture, and if they do, we will buy new ones.”
"it is good!"
When I walked back to the vicinity of Li's house, I happened to meet Li Benfu and his wife who were walking back. They said that they had reached an agreement to ask Huang Guifen and her daughter-in-law to make duck down clothes.
Xia Qingyue said happily: "That's great, let's go back and find the duck down today, and then go down the mountain in a few days."
Several people chatted as they walked back to Li's house. It was getting late, so Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai took Xiao Hei with them, said goodbye to them, and went up the mountain to return home.
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On the mountain road, Xia Qingyue looked at the bleak scenery on the mountain and said, "It's a little late today. I was thinking that I could stop by the tiankeng on the way back to harvest some crops over there."
"Come back tomorrow, the two of us can finish it quickly."
After collecting, they have to be carried back and dried in the sun, then put away.
She was full of fighting spirit and looked at him with a smile, "Let's make dinner early tonight, go to bed early, and work hard tomorrow!"
"Okay, I'll make dumplings tonight. What kind of filling do you want? Fish or chicken?"
"Fish meat, I haven't tried it yet. You can make fish and chive stuffing!"
There was a golden crow in the sky, and in the deep mountains with green peaks, Xiao Hei was held hand in hand, and the two little ones followed closely. The two held hands, and their shadows were cast on the ground behind them, and the long black shadows snuggled together tightly.
The cheerful laughter became fainter as they walked away, until it disappeared.