Skillful Wife of Military - C46

Seeing that he had eaten his fill and was unable to stop himself from dozing off, Xu Hui hurriedly said, “Aunt, Er’er is tired. I will make a good bed and let Er Wa sleep for a while.”

Gou Sheng’s mother looked at Gou Sheng with a troubled expression. Seeing that her brother was still sleeping, Gou Sheng did not have the heart to take it anymore, but he still said: “Thank you sister-in-law, but we need to hurry here while the sky is still clear. We can wrap him up later and let him sleep on the road.”

“How can we do that? Brother Gou Sheng, don’t blame sister-in-law for talking too much. It’s good that you can freeze people to death in the day since it’s so cold, and your oxcart has no shelter to protect you. “Since you’re in a hurry to get out, sister-in-law understands, but we can’t be in a hurry to get out without caring about our bodies. We need to make sufficient preparations!”

Gou Sheng looked at Xu Hui with a troubled expression. He knew that he had made a hasty decision, but there was no better way, he had already done everything he could.

Gou Sheng’s mother saw that Xu Hui seemed to have an idea and quickly asked, “Dazong’s daughter-in-law, do you have a good idea?”

The method is not very good, but it might be useful. There is a carpenter in our village who is exceptionally skilled, he has a big cart made for his son, and wants his son to pull it, but his son is not able to do it, and the cart is useless and cannot be sold in the village, so he has always been idle; I have seen that big cart, and it is made of sophora, and it is especially sturdy, and it has a shed, and a enclosure, and it is very spacious, and it is definitely much better than an ox cart!

“Of course it’s good to have a big carriage. It’s just that, sister-in-law, that carriage is so good. I think it must have cost quite a bit of silver, right?”

“I’ve asked around once. The old man said that it’s just a decoration and can be sold for twenty to thirty silver taels. I can’t even imagine how much it would cost in the town!” A large carriage needed a lot of wood and light wood, and the car made by Old carpenter was also rolled in a copper leather bag. As a result, it would reduce the abrasion and run faster, and the outermost layer of the carriage was made with thick oilcloth, the front eaves were long and the space was as big as the van now. Wang Changwang had always been envious and wanted to save up enough money to buy the car, since it would be really cheap if it was less than 30 taels of silver.

Xu Hui also wanted to buy it, but she did not have the money on hand. Furthermore, she was with the Xiao family, so she would not need to spend the money on it. Now that she had money, if she took this opportunity to buy it, his family would have a car.

‘s mother naturally wanted to buy a big carriage, the family would not suffer too much on their journey, but with Gou Sheng’s silver, they had a total of 30 taels of silver, they could not possibly buy a carriage just to travel, who knows what kind of situation Kepin would have, if they did not have the money, how they could live their lives.

Xu Hui saw that Gou Sheng’s mother was troubled and smiled, “If the money is not enough, I still have some with me. Aunty, please take it with you.”

“How can I do that, I don’t dare!” When Gou Sheng and Gou Sheng’s mother heard this, they shook their heads. Xu Hui pursed his lips, this was an honest family, they thought so. If they were not being honest, they would not have been bullied like this.

Xiao Da Yong was happy that Xu Hui was so straightforward with his brother. He quickly said, “Gou Sheng, don’t be so formal with me, just treat it as me lending you the money. When you have it, you can return it to me.

“Dahuang-ge, that’s true too!” Since it was silver that he had risked his life for, how could he have the face to use it!

Xu Hui laughed and said: “Brother Gou Sheng, all the silver is earned from people, the most important thing is to be a good person. If that’s the case, let Aunt and Little Sister rest here, Master and I will bring you over to Old carpenter’s house to take a look. If possible, we’ll buy it first!”

With the words coming to this, what was there left for Gou Sheng to not agree to it?

Xu Hui added some firewood into the brick bed, instructing Niu Niu to stay at home and take care of Gou Sheng and the others, especially so that the upper class would not come over to cause trouble.

Although they had been idle for more than a year, Xiao Da Yong and Gou Sheng had already inspected it carefully. The carriage was very strong, the roof and carriage were fine, and the wheels were also meticulously made. Gou Sheng felt that it was rare. He just laughed and said that his family was really strong, even driving a good car was not good enough for him.

Seeing that Xiao Da Yong and Gou Sheng were both satisfied, Xu Hui looked at the cow in Old carpenter’s cow shed and asked Old carpenter with a smile: “Master Yang, we want to buy your big carriage. How much do you think it is?”

“What about your family?”

“Yes, my family wants it!”

“It’s cheaper if you want me. Just give me twenty-eight taels!”

“What if we bring the cow?”

“What?” You also want the cow? ”

“Aren’t you always saying that this cow has no use for food and is unable to be sold? We bought a big car, and we even bought a car with an ox. Didn’t that save you a lot of trouble? ” Xu Hui had a plan. It would be more worthwhile to buy the ox-cart as well.

Gou Sheng was stunned when he heard that Xu Hui wanted to buy more cows. Xiao Dazong hurriedly looked at Xu Hui.

Xu Hui did not pay attention to the two of them. Looking at Old carpenter, she gritted her teeth and said, “I’ll give you 43 taels of silver. If it works, you can just drag them all away!”

“Husband, what do you think?” Xu Hui felt that the price was very cheap. If she was not familiar with Old carpenter, he probably would not have been able to get such a good price.

Xiao Da Yong was naturally moved, a mature cow selling for 15 taels of silver was too cheap, but Gou Sheng already had a cow, he already had two at home, why did he buy another one himself? However, since his wife wanted him, it was cheap. Since his family also had money, he might as well buy it.

Xiao Da Yong nodded and Xu Hui smiled as she gave a silver note to Old carpenter. Old carpenter looked at it and muttered a few words.

Xu Hui did not let Xiao Da Yong and the rest pull the carriage away immediately. Instead, she pulled Old carpenter to the side and whispered to him.

Hearing that, Old carpenter could not help but stare: “You want to give me the loom’s blueprints?” Last time, the Dazong’s daughter-in-law introduced her family to him and asked him to make a carriage for her. Taking into account the cost, he earned about 10 taels of silver, which was comparable to the money he earned when making dowry for a rich family.

It was a pity that there were not many people here who knew how to weave and that the drawing belonged to someone else. He could do it himself, but he could not sell it without the permission of the owner.

Now that the Dazong’s daughter-in-law wanted to give this blueprint to him, did that mean he would be allowed to sell it as loom in the future?

Xu Hui was about to laugh at Old carpenter’s surprised expression. Ancient craftsmen were simple. If it was in the modern era, not to mention doing it, they would have already made a modified version.

She was planning to leave the Xiao Jia Village, but she still had plans for the future. There was still that loom, and given how big it was, pulling it over to the Kepin would definitely be unrealistic, but if it was the Xiao family, it would probably attract the attention of those people. Xu Hui needed to find a place to rest at first, and then, in the future, she would drag the loom to the Kepin.

Xu Hui smiled and said: “Take this blueprint, in the future if there are people looking for other people to make it for the loom, you just need to make it for them. Da Yong and I might want to go to the Kepin, after that I will ask Da Yong to send my loom over to you, and tell you that there is a bad place to fix it. If the Xiao family asks, remember to tell them like this, it’s useless to let them know whether or not to repair it. And then there’s the cow and the car, and I have to keep them with you for the time being, you know, and I can’t take them back at the moment. ”

“Alright, leave these with me. When you need them, come and pull them. I will definitely defend the loom for you. When you come back for it.” Old carpenter was very clear about the Xiao family’s situation. Ever since the first time he was called over by Da Yong to cultivate loom for his family, he had interacted with Dazong’s daughter-in-law many times. After knowing what kind of person Xu Hui was, he could not bear the actions of the Xiao family’s people anymore.

His unfilial son had lost his family business and ran away after gambling with someone. His daughter-in-law had also been taken away by his parents, leaving him and his grandson to depend on each other for survival. However, although he could make money, he was a man after all, and an old man. How could he take care of a child? He could only randomly cook things to prevent himself from starving.

This year, her grandson’s cotton clothes were even made by her. It was also because of this that Old carpenter was willing to help Xu Hui hide her real income, buy a large carriage, and take care of the loom.

Xu Hui valued the craftsmen’s wares of the Old carpenter. The Old carpenter thanked Xu Hui for her kind care, and the two of them quickly settled the matter.

Xiao Da Yong and Gou Sheng had already brought the cow out and put it back when Xu Hui told them to leave. Xu Hui walked over and said with a smile, “Don’t worry, we will leave the car and the cow at grandpa Yang’s place. If we drag them back now, the house will probably be in chaos if we find out.”

Xiao Da Yong thought about his family’s situation, and did not say anything before following Xu Hui’s instructions. He first left the cow and the cart in Old carpenter’s house. Gou Sheng looked at Xiao Da Yong and then at Xu Hui, and could only scratch his head in shock.

After leaving Old carpenter’s house, Xiao Da Yong asked what Xu Hui had told Old carpenter.

Xu Hui smiled and said, “Since Master Yang is taking care of us, I don’t have anything good to return, so I gave him a set of loom blueprints. This way, if anyone wants to customize a loom, he can earn some money.”

“It’s hard for you to think this through. It’s not easy for Lord Yang, we shouldn’t have taken advantage of him.”

With much difficulty, Gou Sheng stuck his mouth out. “Sister-in-law, I will ask mother to give you the money to buy the oxen and carts. If it’s not enough, I will pay you back later on.”

“Brother Gou Sheng, there’s no rush, we still have to prepare other things!”

“What is it?” Not only Gou Sheng, even Xiao Dazong could not help but ask.

Xu Hui looked at Gou Sheng and Xiao Da Yong helplessly: “You are both men who have fought in battles before, and this place is so far from the Kepin. It’s not like we have to walk for five or six days, we have to prepare something to eat and drink.

“Sister-in-law is right, what do we need to prepare?”

“First of all, it’s your luggage, so you have to get two big boxes to put them all in, so that there’s room for cleaning up. Then you have to get a charcoal stove, so that we can have some hot water to boil on the way, and you can buy a sheepskin jacket that won’t freeze when you’re driving. There’s still a lot of it, I’ll think about it when I get back, and I’ll make a list to buy it in town!”

“Sister-in-law, you’re thinking too carefully. Why didn’t I think of that?”

“You’re a man, of course you wouldn’t consider everything so thoroughly. Aunty probably won’t be able to prepare these in time after leaving. Alright, let’s hurry up and go back. You should also have a good rest!”

Gou Sheng agreed readily. Xiao Da Yong looked at Xu Hui. His weak and delicate wife seemed to be much more capable than he had thought.