Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

Chapter 185: Feeling Uneasy

When the two arrived at Carpenter Li's house, the family was busy in the yard.

After seeing clearly that it was a mill and a water-pestle, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately their efforts were not in vain.

They would not move the beams, but mainly the imitation wooden boards set up underneath. The two were really afraid that they would do this first.

"Why are you here? What's the matter?" Carpenter Li continued working and looked up to ask the two people.

"Brother Li, sister-in-law, we just want to ask about the floor beams and house beams. My father said they can make them, so we'll trouble you to make the waterwheel, pestle, and mill."

"That's great, it gives us more time. I forgot that Uncle Chen's house-building skills are among the best in the village."

"We can't take so much money. The heaviest and most difficult work has been left to your father." Sister Li also raised her head.

"No, no, no, we originally wanted you to be the brains and direct them to do the work. Besides, you are the ones doing the most important things. This is so tiring, sister-in-law, don't get me wrong, this is not why we came here."

The two of them hurriedly explained that they came here only to prevent Carpenter Li and his family from working for nothing, not to bargain.

"What are you thinking? I don't know you." Sister Li glanced at the two of them in a reproachful manner, "We are the ones who feel uneasy holding all these things."

"Why should I be uneasy? Brother Li helped us make these drawings, and the design fee is also worth a sum of money."

Duan Minmin couldn't help but think of her miserable life as a draftsman. The client's requirements were varied. Not only did it have to be fast but it also had to meet the requirements, and finally, he had to pay a design fee.

Don’t let your colleagues get wet in the rain again after you’ve gotten wet in the rain yourself.

"Design fee? There is such a fee?" This was the first time that Carpenter Li and his family had heard of this kind of fee.

"Of course not. This is the most important step. How can we not pay for it?"

"That won't work. The work of fixing the beams is very heavy. Let's put it this way. We'll just take half of the money, or we won't do it." Sister Li still firmly disagreed.

"How can you calculate the accounts like this? Others are eager to make more money, but you, Kaba, will only make half as much."

"This way we can feel at ease. That's it, one or two taels of silver." Sister Li made the decision.

"One ounce and five cents! It's settled, brother and sister-in-law, just be more careful and we won't bother you."

After saying that, the two of them just ran away without paying any attention to their shouting behind them. Even if the price was reduced, it couldn't be halved directly. One tael and five was about the same.

There are many more things to do.

Now everything has been arranged, except for the millstone and mortar that have not been purchased. They don't know whether the stone shop has them in stock, so the two thought they had to decide today.

Now I have to go home to get the money and find Zhao Youwang to send them off. It is getting late now, and I think the children will be back soon.

When they got home, the children who had gone to the market had indeed returned and were eating the lunch they had left behind.

Seeing the two people come in, Mei'er put down the bowl and handed the basket of money to Zheng Yuan.

"Mom, aunt, I sold 1,809 cents today." The little expression was full of pride.

"Wow~ That's great, you guys. How was it, did everything go well today?"

Although time was a bit tight, neither of them wanted to be a spoiler parent, so they gave them plenty of emotional value.

"It went smoothly, it was so much fun!" Sizhu rushed to answer.

"That's fine. You guys eat first. We're going to go to town. Tao'er, you can cook this afternoon, and the rest of you can help Sister Tao'er. Got it?"

Seeing that Sizhu was about to talk about his experience today, Duan Minmin interrupted him directly. Although they couldn't be a spoiler, time was really urgent.

Hearing this, Sizhu forgot what he was going to say and asked the two in confusion: "Mom, what are you doing in town? Isn't there a market in town today?"

"Aunt, is there anything you need to do? Do you want us to go with you?" Mr. Jiang thought it must be a business matter, so he took the initiative to ask.

"It's alright, you can just stay at home. We are going to order the millstone and pestle. We will be back soon."

When the children heard the two said they were going to order something custom-made, they stopped asking questions.

Zheng Yuan went back to the room and got the money, and then the two of them quickly walked towards Zhao Youwang's house.

Although the two knew that Old Niu must be very tired after just returning, time was pressing and they had no choice but to apologize to Brother Niu.

The main reason was that Jiang Dayou took their carriage away last time, otherwise using a carriage would have been the most convenient.

When they arrived at Zhao Youwang's house, Zhao Youwang was also eating. When he saw the two of them, he hurriedly put down his bowl and swallowed the biscuit in his mouth without even chewing it.

"Big Tree Mother, Tao'er Mother, why are you here? Do you need a car?"

The villagers came to him to use his car, and Zhao Youwang immediately guessed the purpose of their visit.

"That's right, Brother Zhao, we want to go to town now. I wonder if this cow can still run?" Although he was anxious, he still had to ask the owner's opinion.

If you really can't leave, there's nothing you can do about it.

"Going to town at this time? But is there something urgent? Is there a sick child at home?" Zhao Youwang's first reaction was to go to town at this time and wonder if something had happened.

"No, we wanted to go to the stonemason's shop to order grinding stones and mortars. We were careless and forgot to think about it beforehand, so we are in a hurry now that we need them."

It was really the two of them who were not thoughtful enough about this matter. If they had planned ahead, they wouldn't have been so rushed. They must not procrastinate next time.

"Is it related to your business? Hey, I'd say you two are really amazing. There's no one as capable as you in this area, and you can even do business." Zhao Youwang smacked his lips.

"It's not far to the stonemason shop in town. It probably won't take more than half an hour. There's nothing that can't be done. This old cow has pulled four children from your family today, and it rested for a long time in between. It must have recovered a long time ago."

"Wait for me for a moment, I'll go put the bike on the frame and then we'll go." Zhao Youwang picked up the bowl and slurped all the porridge in the bowl into his mouth, then wiped his mouth and went to put the bike on the frame.

When he led the cow out, Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin took a look at the cow and found that the cow did not look particularly tired, so they sat on it with peace of mind.

Zhao Youwang didn't even lock the door. He jumped onto the ox cart and drove away with the oxen.

"Hey, Brother Zhao, aren't you going to lock the door?" Duan Minmin hurriedly called out to him.

"It's okay. Your sister-in-law and the others are in the field over there. They will be back soon." Zhao Youwang pointed at the field over there with his whip.

"Quanfu! I'll send your Aunt Zheng and Aunt Duan to town. They'll be back soon. Ask your mother to save the food for me!"

"Hey! Dad!"

Zhao Youwang said a few words to his son who was busy over there, then whipped him and left.

It takes no more than an hour to get to town, and the stonemason shop is in a village outside the town, which is even closer.

So the two of them chatted with Zhao Youwang all the way, and before they knew it, they had arrived.

The stonemason's shop was located on the side of the road. There was a small thatched shed inside and all kinds of things piled up on the open space outside.

There are tombstones, stone lions, stone mortars...everything you can think of.

Seeing this, the two knew they had come to the right place.

There was no one in the yard, only the tinkling sound of awls hitting stones could be heard.

"Is anyone there?" Zhao Youwang tied up the cow, followed the two men and shouted loudly inside.

No one responded.

Zhao Youwang raised his voice and yelled again: "Is anyone there?!"

"Hey! Here we come!"

I only heard someone respond from behind the straw hut, and then a burly man walked out.

He was wiping the sweat from his forehead as he walked. I guess he was working in the backyard.

Seeing the three people, the boss walked over with a smile on his face.

"I'm really sorry. I was busy in the back just now and the noise was a little loud. I didn't pay attention. I wonder if this brother needs anything?"

The boss just thought that Zhao Youwang wanted to buy something and walked straight towards him.