Chapter 395: Is he so easily bribed?
"60 cents each?"
"Girl, this is too expensive, isn't it? Pork only costs a little over ten cents!" The uncle stared at the warm wine with his mouth wide open in astonishment. Even Sun Mingzhu couldn't believe it.
How can anyone buy it if it is so expensive?
Wen Jiu smiled and said, "Uncle, please take a closer look at my work. Each small lantern takes at least half an hour to make. This big one has 10 small lanterns, which is very time-consuming. The pair you picked is painted with koi, which means abundance and perfection every year. It is festive and fashionable to hang it outside. You don't need to put candles on the lanterns, so there is no danger. I'm selling it to you for 50 cents, which is just enough for the labor."
"Uncle, you don't look like you're short of money. We only celebrate the New Year once a year. Spending a few cents for good luck is definitely not a big deal for you."
The uncle was fooled by Wenjiu's flattering words and quickly paid for a pair.
Soon other people came to ask, and the six pairs of lanterns were sold out in less than half an hour.
Sun Mingzhu looked at the three dollars in her hand and felt like she was dreaming.
Is it so easy to make money?
Wen Jiu patted Sun Mingzhu's shoulder, raised his eyebrows and smiled cheerfully, "How is it?"
“Does it feel good to make money?”
Sun Mingzhu nodded heavily, "Okay."
Ever since she started making clothes for Wenjiu to earn money, she has held her head high when she returns to her parents' home. If her relatives say bad things about her again, her parents have a reason to scold them back openly.
"We can do whatever we can. We are free anyway. If we try harder, we may find a suitable way. Don't always think it is scary to talk to people." Wen Jiu said while blinking his eyes slyly. "Imagine their faces as money. It will be fun to see them giving you money, right?"
You must know how to make money at all times. Don't be hard on money. Make use of whatever you know. It is always easier than learning new things.
After hearing what Wen Jiu said, Sun Mingzhu looked up at the faces of the people on the street, and tried hard to imagine them as money in the play, thinking that they all came to give her money. She could put the money in her pocket, use it to buy meat and grain for her parents, and use it to buy cloth for her man to make clothes...
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt that these people were not that scary.
Seeing that Sun Mingzhu's eyes brightened a little and the fear in them lessened, Wen Jiu knew that she had listened to his words.
She smiled and asked, "Do you still want to make money?"
Sun Mingzhu nodded again, "I do."
"Then let's go buy some materials!"
Wenjiu closed the trunk and locked the car, then took Sun Mingzhu to buy a lot of red paper, white paper, thread for making tassels, and paints and brushes for painting.
Her drawing skills were acquired from drawing design drawings when she was studying design. Although her drawing skills are not very good, they are still enough for drawing a simple lantern.
The things are picked with warm wine.
The money was paid by Sun Mingzhu.
After they both left the store, Sun Mingzhu belatedly asked, "Sister-in-law, what are we buying candles for?"
Wen Jiu laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back. "I thought you weren't going to ask anymore!"
I only remembered to ask after I had already paid the money!
And I haven't asked the main point.
She suspected that she had sold Sun Mingzhu, and Sun Mingzhu would help her count the money and then ask her why she wanted to sell herself.
Wen Jiu took out the money for materials and gave it to Sun Mingzhu. "I want to use the candles. I just thought it was fun and wanted to see when you could find the problem and react."
I didn't expect that Yagen had no reaction at all!
He is both socially anxious and cute.
Sun Mingzhu lowered her head in shame, not knowing how to face the warm wine.
She is so stupid!
Seeing that she was too shy, Wen Jiu stopped talking about that topic. "I have a new idea for making lanterns that I want to remind you of. You know that we have to worship our ancestors and burn money and lights for them on New Year's Eve and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, right?"
Sun Mingzhu nodded.
Sending light means lighting candles, which is similar to lighting a long-burning lamp, and the purpose is to ensure that the lamp is lit, and to ask the ancestors to bless them so that their wishes can be fulfilled. But what does this have to do with their making lanterns?
Seeing that Sun Mingzhu still didn't understand, Wen Jiu patiently explained to her again.
"Candles are easy to blow out when left alone. You can use a lantern to make a lampshade for the candle to prevent it from going out. I think someone might need it."
The Chinese have a deep-rooted trust in their ancestors. If a child does not get married, it means the ancestral tomb is not well buried. If a child is outstanding, it means the ancestral tomb is well buried.
It won’t go wrong if you work hard on this aspect!
"You can also make a base for the lantern and add a bamboo section in the middle to make a candle holder. You can make it a lamp that can be placed on the table. It will look festive when you have a meal and it can be clearly distinguished from the lamp with a candle holder."
Like a lamp.
She planned to make a few for her own use.
After hearing Wen Jiu say this, Sun Mingzhu immediately understood what she meant.
"Sister-in-law, you are so awesome!"
Wen Jiu smiled nonchalantly, "There's not much time left until the New Year. I've told you the solution, and the rest is up to you."
She can't always help
After they finished shopping, they went to their separate places and waited for Yuan Fang to go home together.
After Sun Mingzhu returned home, she thought about it for a long time and still felt that this method was feasible, but she might not be able to achieve the desired effect by herself, so she asked Yuan Fang to pass a message to her husband, and then she quickly packed up her things and went back to her parents' home to find her father.
Wen Jiu asked Yuan Fang to go to the village with her to find Zhuzi. She was a little amused when she knew about this. She didn't expect that Sun Mingzhu, who usually looked timid and indecisive, would suddenly stand up and have her own ideas.
What will I do if she leaves?
Who will teach her how to make a lantern?
Thinking of this, Wenjiu couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that she could only rely on herself.
She spent a long time learning how to make bamboo strips from an old man in the village who made backpack baskets. She got several cuts on her hands before she finally learned how to make it. Although her work was not very smooth, it was still acceptable.
After getting enough bamboo sticks, Wenjiu happily went home with the bamboo sticks and the bamboo tubes he had chosen to make the base and for the candles.
But when she got home, she was in trouble.
She hid all the things in Lu Qingqing's room. Lu Beiye would not enter that room, so it was very safe.
But what about the injury on her hand?
Lu Beiye loves to pinch her hands for fun. If he finds the injuries on her hands, how can she explain it to get away with it?
After thinking about it——
She decided to make some bamboo shoots and pork ribs soup.
Just say that the wound on your hand was a knife cut and you can also use soup to act cute to him. Maybe you can avoid the disaster tonight!
Do what you say!
When Lu Beiye came back, the soup on the wine stove had been bubbling for a long time, and the whole room was filled with the aroma of pork rib soup.
This made Lu Beiye raise his eyebrows. Is this little bastard trying to make peace with him?
What a nice thought!
Is he so easily bribed?
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