Good Farming in Spring - C90 The New Work of the Nail

By the time they came back from work, dinner had been set up, and now everyone was eating at the big new table, while the small table was being used by Dou Wang to dry mint. Mingzi remembered, however, that he had promised Wangsun that he would set up another long table in the yard to dry things.

Spring, warm, and bright, that corner is surrounded with chicken coop s (juan). Then we’ll use that corner to set up a table, a little longer, a little higher. It doesn’t matter if you’re hanging mint or tea, it’s fine, what do you think?

Ming Zi pointed to the area opposite the chicken coop in the yard, asking for warm spring and warm Dou Wang’s opinion.

With this large table, it will definitely be very convenient to use. However, if you want to make the table slightly higher, why don’t you make another two levels below it. If you have more things, you can also use the second level.

Lin Chunnuan did not want to waste even a little bit of space that she could use, since she had already been beaten up, it would be better to just request a little more.

“Sure, whatever you say is fine. We’ll make our move soon.”

He decided to make it after dinner. The last time he built a thatched cottage, there was still some wood left, so he could use it. It would be a bit smoother on the face, and he could use the mint to dry on top of it.

After dinner, everyone started to work together on the wooden table, while Lin Chunnuan casually talked to Uncle nail-uncle.

“nail-uncle, what do you think of my idea?”

She wanted to carve out a few rings on the bamboo tube, just like how a bamboo festival was. To carve out two circles at a time, it would make one look very beautiful, although it was only the height of an adult’s palm, carving out a few circles on the bamboo tube would make the small bamboo tube much more exquisite.

“It’s fine to carve a ring. Although I haven’t seen the finished product before, from what I imagine you said, it should look pretty good. But that way, will it affect the carvings? Will the ring break the pattern?”

Since he had yet to carve it himself, it all depended on his imagination. Even the nails could not think of any effect of such a shape.

“Didn’t you want it to be a bit simpler? Spring, warmth, I just feel that isn’t that a bit complicated. It’s carved with pictures and carved with rings, and it doesn’t have a large bamboo tube.”

Since he was using a new imagination to carve a simple painting, he thought, the simpler the better.

“It’s not complicated, I’ve already thought about it, you can carve the ring first and then carve the pattern. If the pattern is on the ring, it will have a more solid feeling, and it will break endlessly, it will definitely have its own concept, but, we can only carve the pattern on one side, not the entire cylinder, it will not be messy like that.”

“I don’t just want to carve these, because the design is carved on one side and only occupies about half of the barrel’s surface, so it won’t look messy. Then I also want to carve a few words on the back of the design — ‘Good spring tea’, which will directly advertise our brand.”

Lin Chunnuan was afraid that she wouldn’t be able to understand him when she said that the one-fourth of the nail-uncle in the area did not understand her, so she said half of it. Only, the other people could not understand the brand name behind it, but everyone knew what it was, so they could roughly understand what Lin Chunnuan meant.

If I want to make this case tonight, then I definitely won’t have the time to make that. Tomorrow, when I have time after dinner, I’ll try carving one first. I’ll let you see if it’s okay.

How could Lin Chunnuan let him do it for free? If it was only for carving for her own use, then it did not matter if she paid for it or not. Now that she wanted to use it to get a pass, he naturally could not let nail-uncle do it for free.

“nail-uncle, from tomorrow onwards, don’t work in the fields with Minzi uncle and the others. I am in a hurry to use this bamboo tube, you can focus on carving this. Do you have any objections? ”

Nail looked at Spring Warm for a long time without saying a word.

“What’s the matter, nail-uncle, do you have low wages? “Then I don’t know how much you want to give me, and since you always say that you don’t want money, I have no choice but to set my own price.”

Lin Chunnuan indeed did not know how much the current sculpting skills were worth, but she knew that this time, the handiwork was not particularly valuable, if not, the carpenters would not have been able to carve flowers. In this space and time, carving flowers was just one of the techniques used by carpenters, and there was nothing special about it at all.

If it was in the modern era, these hand sculptures would be way too valuable, but now was not the modern era. Lin Chunnuan could only rely on this environment, but seeing nail-uncle’s reaction, Lin Chunnuan was unsure.

“Minzi uncle, bean uncle, Uncle An Zi, Uncle Fool, please help me to estimate how much you should pay.”

The men did not say anything. They knew the art of carving nails, if the patterns were not complicated, then carving nails into eight pieces a day would not be a problem. According to the calculations of ten, a day would be fifty pieces of paper.

You’ve misunderstood me. When I was working for someone before, even if I helped them make a stool or a table or something, I wouldn’t give them five cents. It was just a carving, and I even emphasized on its simplicity.

How could he not have thought it was enough? He thought that it was too much, and he could not take advantage of her, after all, she did not know the price outside for a day or two, and after a while, she would definitely know, and the relationship between the two of them would be over, and he would not be stupid enough to do such a thing.

If this was a job that could be done for a long time, then Dingzi was even more unwilling to lose it. Therefore, he decided to be more realistic. As long as he could do this, he wouldn’t have to worry about his future.

“Warm Spring, you just have to give me two pieces of money to carve a bamboo tube. If I were to carve ten a day, it would be equivalent to the wages of aconitine and the rest. This is reasonable.”

Dingzi felt that his salary was as good as Mingzi and the others. If he could do it for a long period of time, it would be much better than Mingzi and the others.

“No.”

Lin Chunnuan decisively rejected them, this made Dingzi feel that maybe he was still better off, but if he was less, he might as well work with Mingzi and the others, otherwise it would just be a loss.

“What do you mean?”

Nail hesitantly asked, and Spring Warm raised a hand and said,

“That won’t do, nail-uncle. Two pieces of gold is too little. Just do as I said, five pieces of gold.”

Dingzi quickly shook his hands. This time, it was his turn to refuse.

“There’s too much. Hot spring, no matter where you go, you won’t get such a price. If you pay this price, nail-uncle won’t dare to accept this job.”

Seeing that the nail-uncle truly felt that the price was too high, Lin Chunnuan thought that it would be embarrassing to give such a low price. That would be exploitation, in Lin Chunnuan’s opinion, this bamboo tube should sell along with the good spring tea leaves.

nail-uncle, since you think that the price I gave you is too high, and I feel that I have let you down with your hard work. Then let’s do it like this, I will make at least ten per day, and if I am not tired, I can make one or two more.

“I think that’s fine. You don’t have to be modest about it. Since Chun Wen said so, she must have made a good account of it. If you really feel bad about it, just carve a few more carvings every day. Both sides will be balanced.”

Seeing how much money a brother could earn, Mingzi was also happy. However, he was also afraid that the warm spring would end up suffering, so Mingzi quickly became a peacemaker.

He felt that this condition put forward by Spring Warm was pretty good, that she would take care of each other, that she would not lower her wages, that she could use her own hard work to repay this favor, and that Mingzi, after having been in contact with her for a while, already understood that she wasn’t the type to take advantage of Spring Warm. However, she would definitely not take advantage of her own family, making Mingzi feel that this little girl was very loyal, very worthy of paying.

Don’t worry, I will definitely do it well, and won’t let you down. But first, if you don’t need to use that many bamboo tubes, you must tell me, don’t worry about me losing my salary, you can just pay for yourself. This won’t do.

Warm Spring nodded.

nail-uncle, if I ever use fewer bamboo tubes than ten, I will calculate one for each piece of paper. I will carve one for each piece of paper, is that alright?

Dingzi finally felt comfortable in his heart. The warm spring was obviously taking care of him, and he didn’t have a moment of greed for money. It was truly fortunate that with warm spring, even if she didn’t have this job in the future, she would still treat him badly.

“Then it’s a deal. Spring, warmth, I will do my best.”

“Brothers, I’m going to make more money than you guys in the future. Are you jealous of me?”

While he was smacking his lips, he did not stop the work he was doing. He was in a good mood, of course he was more active, but he was too kind to let the corner of his mouth drop.

“Jealousy, jealousy, jealousy to death, when you pay the wages, you have to treat us brothers to a drink, do you understand?” “When the time comes, don’t be a scumbag.”

An Zi threw down the piece of wood in his hand and wrapped his arms around Dingzi’s neck, threatening him.

“Of course, since I’ve already paid for it, I will definitely treat you guys to a drink.”

Lin Chunnuan, who was listening at the side, was amused.

“This food belongs to our family. Why are you treating us to food? Are you guys having a big meal?”

Lin Chunnuan’s words made all the youngsters burst out laughing, and the work in their hands was done in a mess. Very soon, the table was ready, and they all took turns to grind the surface of the table with thin files. Even in the dark sky, they could still see a cloud of wood dust flying around.

“Minzi uncle, now that I have a new job, I will earn more than you guys. I think, I will also give you guys a 10% increase in wages …”

Before Chun Zi could finish her words, she was interrupted by Mingzi. They were not the kind of people who only saw money when it came to their eyes.

“Spring Warm, this won’t do, we can’t let you raise any more money, the salary you’re giving us now is already calculated according to the wages of the city, it’s not little, the nail can make more money, we can only be happy for him, there’s no need to be jealous, you don’t need to pay any more to help us find a balance, your money wasn’t blown by the wind.”

The sincerity of the Minzi uncle made Lin Chunnuan laugh. He didn’t know how such a person became a casual man in the first place, and how he decided to rob others. But no matter how he looked at it, he didn’t seem like such a person.

“Minzi uncle, I did not give you money for free. You have to work as well, I do not have any free lunch. You must prepare to be exploited by me.”