Chapter 196 Bamboo Ball
Man Bao received a box of novel toys, and Bai Shanbao helped her carry the box back.
Xiao Qian and her two sisters-in-law are making tofu. Because of the Chinese New Year, more people are switching to tofu recently. She makes tofu basically every day, and every time she makes tofu, she has to send some to the Bai family.
She was cutting tofu when she looked up and saw the young master of the Bai family and Man Bao carrying her precious box through the door. She greeted them and then went to the side yard. She quickly stopped and asked, "What are you carrying?"
Man Bao said: "Carry my treasure box, sister-in-law, let's compare who has more toys today, it's more fun."
When she heard that it was a child's game, Xiao Qian was no longer interested. She smiled at the young master of the Bai family and said: "Young master, my family is making tofu today. You can take some back later and let your grandmother and mother have a taste."
Bai Shanbao nodded. He was used to the Zhou family sending tofu to his family every now and then.
The two carried the box back to Manbao's room. It was not the first time Bai Shanbao came to Manbao's boudoir, but she still couldn't help but look around curiously, because every time she came, her room was a little different.
Most of those things are things that her family, especially Zhou Erlang, bought for her.
For example, originally there was only a single three-story bamboo bookshelf, but now there is a four-story one next to it. There are no books on it. After all, Manbao only has a few books.
A single bookshelf is enough.
As for the newly added bookshelf, there is a bamboo vase-shaped bottle on the top with a handful of wild grass inserted in it.
Bai Shanbao:......
Seeing Bai Shanbao looking at her vase, Manbao said, "Does it look good? I asked my second brother to help me make it up."
She was a little proud, she saw this while wandering in the mall, but the points required were very expensive, so Manbao simply drew it and asked her second brother to make it for her.
She once wanted to sell the vase to Keke, as long as Keke gave her half of the points in the mall.
However, Keke said that it does not have such a function. The mall is open to one party and is a benefit to the host. If she wanted to be a merchant, she would not be able to afford the cost of transporting goods.
Man Bao half understood and half didn't understand, but she understood one thing. Apart from transporting objects to the encyclopedia, she couldn't give things to others, otherwise the travel expenses would be much higher.
Man Bao could only regretfully put the bamboo vase made by his second brother in his room.
On the next floor there is a big ball made of bamboo, which Manbao saw in the mall and asked his second brother to make it.
Ever since he learned that you can find a lot of beautiful bamboo weavings in the mall, Manbao likes to search there, and when he sees something good-looking, he will draw what he likes and let his second brother make it.
Zhou Erlang felt that making bamboo balls was much easier than making vases, so he made several for them in one go.
Manbao put the largest one on the bookshelf. Before, he put a smaller one that he often played with in the toy box. Now it has been bought by Bai Erlang.
At this time, Bai Shanbao couldn't move his eyes away from the big bamboo ball, he was so greedy.
But Manbao doesn't want to sell it because she also likes this ball.
However, adhering to the principle of sharing good things with good friends, she was willing to lend him the bamboo ball to play with.
On the next floor is a lotus-shaped bamboo basket with various miscellaneous items inside. This is what Manbao saw from the mall and asked his second brother to make.
Bai Shanbao couldn't help but admire, "Your second brother's craftsmanship is really good."
Man Bao was very proud, "Of course, my second brother said that there is nothing in the world that he can't make with bamboo."
It's a pity that few people today like these things as much as people in the future. Because the bamboo weavings sold in the mall are very expensive, Manbao also asked the fifth brother and the others to take the bamboo weavings made by the second brother to the county town and sell them.
, but how you took something away is how you get it back.
Obviously, compared to these bamboo vases, bamboo balls, bamboo baskets and dustpans are more popular.
Bai Shanbao said that those people didn't know the goods, at least he liked bamboo balls, provided that the price was big.
So he expressed his willingness to buy it to Manbao, "Can I pay and let your second brother make me a bamboo ball as big as this one?"
"How much do you pay?"
"The bamboo balls you sold to Bai Er cost ten cents, so I'll pay you twelve cents."
Man Bao thought for a moment and then nodded, "Okay, it's settled."
Zhou Zuorang is not particularly busy now. Although the business that comes to his door is small, he still accepts it.
Besides, making bamboo balls was not difficult, and he had experience, so as soon as Manbao mentioned it, he went to drag out the bamboo sticks from the thatched house where the bamboo sticks were stored.
Ever since Thursday Lang and his family moved into their new house, the thatched cottage they lived in before has been vacant.
Because the room was big enough, Zhou Erlang simply packed it out and moved all his precious bamboos in. When the weather was cold, he was no longer in the yard knitting bamboo, but in the house.
Well, although it’s not much warmer in the thatched house, it’s better than the cold wind blowing in the yard, right?
Zhou Lang was busy for a while, and quickly took out the bamboo ball, which was about the same size as the one on Manbao's bookshelf, and then handed it to Manbao: "Tell the young master of the Bai family that you don't need to give small bamboo balls like this in the future."
For money, if he likes it, just tell me and I will do it for him."
This time Manbao has collected the money in advance, so it is difficult to return it.
Man Bao said: "In business, second brother, you must collect money. There may be many, many people buying bamboo balls from you in the future."
Zhou Zuorang laughed loudly and said: "Only you kids can play with this thing, who would spend money to buy it? Besides, you priced it so high, twelve cents."
As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, Bai Erlang rushed to Zhou's house the next day with the money and asked Erlang Zhou to make a request as big as that for him. It would be better if it was bigger."
Man Bao asked him, "Don't you have one?"
It's okay if I don't mention it, but when I mention it, he can't help but complain, "Your one is too small. You obviously have a big one, but you don't sell it to me. Hum, I will never do business with you again."
Man Bao: "..."
Bai Erlang continued to pester Erlang to make bamboo balls for him.
Man Bao rushed up and stopped in front of Zhou Lang, saying: "Huh, if you don't do business with me, I won't do business with you. I asked my second brother not to do business with you."
Tuesday Lang:......
Finally, Zhou Erlang accepted Bai Erlang's money and walked away with a big bamboo ball for him.
Then the next day, several children gathered outside Zhou's house, all asking for money to buy bamboo balls.
While Zhou Erlang was doing it for them, he asked, "You use money to buy football balls. Do your parents know?"
He felt that if Er Tou and the others dared to use money to buy these inappropriate things for food and clothing, he would definitely beat them up.
The children confidently said that this was their lucky money.
Zhou Lang was speechless, but these children were all students in the school and came from good families, so they obviously didn't care about the twelve cents.
In the next few days, Zhou Zuorang received some orders one after another. Some children from his own village wanted to make bamboo balls, and some children from nearby villages such as Dali Village came to them, or entrusted children from his own village to make reservations.
This surprised Zhou Lang so much that he simply made a batch and took them to the market to sell. But the strange thing was that none of the bamboo balls he got to the market were sold.
Finally, he took it home, and the children from other villages entrusted the children in the village to help buy them, and then all the bamboo balls were sold out.
Chapter completed!