Erhua spent half a month to complete the mahogany bed ordered by the lady.

The structure of the bed was inspired by Western furniture, making it look much lighter and simpler. The headboard is carved with block patterns and lines based on the drawings of the lady.

In order to make the carvings look better, different degrees of convexity and concavity are used, making it look light and dark, trendy and fashionable.

Tang Sannan praised Erhua's craftsmanship: "Erhua, I was right about you. Only with skills and brains can you make carved rosewood."

Erhua carried the mahogany bed to the outside of the female teacher's house. She walked around the bed that had not been assembled yet twice, frowning. Erhua's heart was in his throat.

Hearing her "hiss", Erhua nervously broke out in a cold sweat on his back.

She reached out and touched the headboard, then looked at it carefully again and again, her brows relaxed, and she praised, "Mr. Liang, you have great craftsmanship. This bed perfectly meets my requirements. I never thought you could actually make it from my casual drawing!"

Erhua felt embarrassed by the praise, and touched his head and thought: This casual drawing of yours made me study it for several days!

With this production experience, Erhua went to the shop of Boss Lu's friend several times, carefully studied the foreign furniture and popular patterns, and drew down his ideas. After seeing them, several bosses ordered several pieces of mahogany furniture and prepared to put them in their own shops.

Boss Lu has not fully recovered yet, but he can't sit still and insists on staying in the store. With Mr. Huang in the store, Mrs. Lu lets him do what he wants.

After this serious illness, Boss Lu lost a lot of weight. His originally round face now had a chin, and his complexion no longer had the strange bright red color as before.

Of course, he appreciated Mrs. Lu's kindness even more and stopped having those messy thoughts.

The three of them discussed it and decided that the new mahogany furniture should be able to open up the market. In addition, the store had done good business in the early stage and made a lot of money, so they decided to find a place to open another store.

"Master Huang, you can't hide back in the countryside this time. Look at my health. I need your help to open the new store. I'll give this store back to you."

Mr. Huang picked up the tea bowl, blew away the floating tea leaves, took a sip, and said, "Well, to be honest, I really feel very bored staying in the countryside."

"Really? People like us can't stay idle even when we're old. Now that the policies are good, we should come out!"

Mr. Huang smiled and nodded. He looked up and looked around the store. In fact, basically nothing had changed, but he always felt that the store was much more lively than when he was in the store.

Maybe it’s really the mentality of the shop owner!

"Hey, the store feels different since you guys came."

"Well, there's nothing different. Everything is the same as it was when you were there. If there's anything different, it's Erhua's mahogany furniture. You know what? Mahogany furniture is just a bit higher quality."

Boss Lu patted Erhua on the shoulder and said, "You always say I gave you a chance. To be honest, it's hard to say who gives whom a chance. If you hadn't taken the initiative to come to me, the business of this store might not be so good now."

The three of them were talking about something cheerful, and Erhua no longer hid his feelings. He said, "Brother, back then I was always daydreaming about getting rich. Do you know what the villagers called me?"

Boss Lu smiled and shook his head.

"Second-rate guy! Everyone calls me a second-rate guy!" Erhua thought of those things and felt they were so far away.

"But now that I think about it, they were right. Hanging around all day hoping to get rich is nothing but a scoundrel. Now I understand. There's nothing wrong with wanting to get rich; that's an ideal. But achieving it down to earth is the right path."

"Hahaha!"

Boss Lu and Master Huang laughed heartily. Master Huang said, "Erhua, you are indeed capable. You have grasped the truth of life at such a young age.

Today, I'm going to speak my mind. Old Lu, to be honest, ever since my child was lost, I've been feeling incredibly depressed.

The landlady blames me, and I blame myself too. I wish I could just die.

You see, after working hard for half my life, I have nothing left. I opened this shop just for the hope that maybe the child will find him on his own? I know, this is just daydreaming.

I was in a bad mood all day long. I knew what the customers said behind my back, saying that I didn't look like I was here to do business, but rather like I was asking them to pay a debt.

I feel so miserable!"

As he spoke, tears welled up in his old, cloudy eyes. He laughed at himself and wiped away the tears with the back of his hand.

"Master Huang, I understand your feelings. Even if the child is lost, there is no hope of finding him. Who knows, he might come back one day. You should just be diligent and happy to take care of this shop. The child has to wait, and life has to go on.

God knows how long we can survive!"

The three of them laughed again, picked up the tea bowls, clinked them together, and drank it down in big gulps.

In the next few days, Mr. Huang took Erhua all over the city, one to sell mahogany furniture to various furniture stores, and the other to find a new store.

Mr. Huang also has a share in the new store, and he will definitely work hard at it.

The two of them got up early in the morning and went to the breakfast shop to buy fried dough sticks and soy milk. Winter was about to come, and a bowl of rich and mellow soy milk paired with crispy fried dough sticks in the morning was so refreshing.

After eating, the two of them walked along the moat. After crossing a bridge, there was an open space. Retired workers did morning exercises here when they had nothing to do. Some people also played musical instruments and sang here. It was so lively!

The food in his stomach had not been digested yet, so Mr. Huang found a clean stone to sit on. It was still early and there was no need to rush, so Erhua sat next to him.

You have to pay to listen to stories, but Erhua, an outsider, thinks that everyone here plays very well and since you don't have to pay, it's a good deal.

Country people are too busy to do these things, so he found it very novel.

Among this group of old men and women, there was a young man who was playing the flute and shaking his head, looking very intoxicated.

The young man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was tall and strong. Although he had a buzz cut, his hair grew thickly, like a tightly tied steel brush.

Among the group of old guys came a young and energetic one. The sound of his flute was sonorous and powerful, with full of energy. He could play several songs in one breath, which drew people's applause.

Even the city girls passing by couldn't help but stop and take a look. If they made eye contact with the boy, they would blush and quickly walk away.

Mr. Huang stood up and walked up to the young man, took out two cents from his trouser pocket and threw it in front of him. Erhua then noticed that there was an army green hat placed upside down in front of him.

The young man blew the flute and nodded to Mr. Huang to express his gratitude.

Erhua looked up at the city sky, which was clean! He looked at the city roads, which were spacious! He looked at the city rivers, which were neat!

City people are quite leisurely. They exercise after dinner, listen to some music when they are tired, and enjoy themselves!

It would be nice to be a city dweller!