Lin Xu put his hand on his forehead and quickly changed the topic: "Gensheng, why did you make so many benches?"
"This is what Brother Simao wants. I have made thirty for him before, and he wants another twenty this time!"
"What does Liu Sanmao want?"
Lin Xu frowned slightly. Liu Sanmao was a well-known scoundrel in the village. He stole, cheated, and often climbed through the walls of the widow's house. There was nothing he couldn't do!
"He asked you to make so many benches. Did he pay you?"
"Here, brother Sanmao promised me, one penny each!"
"Such a good bench costs a penny a piece? You actually made it for him? Isn't he trying to trick you?"
Lin Xu picked up a bench and looked at it. He was very angry!
According to the current price, rice costs three cents per catty. In other words, it takes three such benches to buy one catty of rice!
This doesn’t even include the cost of wood!
Even if the wood is free of charge, you can go to the mountains to cut the wood yourself, but how is the labor calculated?
However, there is nothing to say about Gensheng’s craftsmanship. Even a small bench is made very upright!
"Hey, the past few years have been chaotic and chaotic, and last year there were floods. Everyone's life is very difficult. They don't even have enough to eat. No one comes to me to make anything. Although the price of the bench is a bit lower, I
Anyway, I am idle, I can earn as much as I can."
The little carpenter scratched his head and said helplessly.
"Then you got the money?"
"Not yet, I said I'm short of money for the time being, so I'll give it to me in a few days..."
"You didn't get the money for the thirty benches last time?"
"Um......"
"This bastard!"
Lin Xu couldn't hold it back and cursed angrily: "Then what else are you going to do for him? He's clearly trying to trick you!"
"I can only tinker with wood, but I can't do anything else, and the land is not good at planting. If I don't do this, there is really nothing to do. Even if the money is given less, or given later,
It’s more or less a hope.”
The little carpenter lowered his head and looked at the bench that had not yet been completed, looking a little sad.
"well......"
Lin Xu sighed deeply: "Have you had dinner this morning?"
"not yet......"
"What are you going to eat?"
"There is no food at home. I am going to cook a bowl of wild vegetable soup..."
"Wild vegetable soup is neither nutritious nor very hungry. You are only fifteen or sixteen years old, and it is the time when you are growing. You can't just eat this. Look how thin you are!"
Lin Xu squeezed the little carpenter's arm, and then said: "Your sister-in-law is cooking chicken soup at home. When it is ready, I will bring you a bowl."
"chicken soup?!"
The little carpenter couldn't remember the last time he drank chicken soup. Just hearing these two words made his mouth water, but he still said: "No need, Brother Xu, the chicken soup is too expensive, you can drink it yourself."
..."
"Okay! Why are you being polite to me? Just wait, I will bring it to you in a moment!"
After Lin Xu finished speaking, he raised his legs and walked out.
"Hey, Brother Xu, besides the length and width of that wooden bed, do you have any other requirements?" This chapter has been completed!