C46 (1/2)
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.