Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

Wan Fu and Zhao Cai Jin Bao were hugging Young Master Jing's thighs on both sides and crying.

Zhaocai: "My lord, where have you been? You scared me to death!"

Jinbao: "If anything happens to you, I will be held responsible even if I die a thousand times!"

Young Master Jing had a cold and delicate face and kicked the two people away impatiently.

"Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet."

He was still fiddling with the new toy he had just gotten. "Tell me, what's going on?"

Zhaocai sobbed and said, "After you left, we chased after you, thinking that by following the eagle in the sky, we would be able to find you soon. At the beginning, we did follow the eagle, but then, the eagle disappeared, and then we lost it, and then..."

"Shut up!" Young Master Jing pointed at Jinbao with a headache: "Jinbao, you speak!"

Jinbao: "Then we lost track of you and found the tassel of your purse in front of a house in the east of the city."

Jinbao presented the ear of corn to Young Master Jing, and then continued, "We thought you were inside, so we led people to search inside, and we found that it was the base of a group of human traffickers. They detained more than a dozen young boys inside, so we released them and ordered people to tie up the human traffickers and hand them over to the government."

Young Master Jing snorted coldly as he looked at the neatly cut ears of corn.

The fortune-seeking man's chest rose and fell, and he interrupted, "Sir, you don't know how bold those thieves are. They kidnap people in broad daylight, and live in the house in the east of the town, coming in and out without any hesitation."

Young Master Jing's eyes sparkled, and a pure and cute little face appeared in his mind. He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, "Interesting, it seems that Xinpu Town is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, but I was wrong.

If what you say is true, those people will be out of the government office soon."

Zhao Cai Jin Bao was so frightened that he dared not breathe. Their young master had a habit. Every time he tapped the table with his fingers, it seemed casual, but in fact he was brewing a huge conspiracy, and every time someone was going to be in trouble.

Previously, the young master's classmate placed a poisonous snake in the young master's desk. The next day, it was discovered that he was buying and selling poems and essays to forge a literary association. As a result, he was expelled from the academy and became infamous.

Also, a cousin from a side branch came to visit the mansion and damaged the white jade Guanyin in the old lady's Buddhist temple. The blame was put on the cousin, and within a few days it was discovered that he had been having an affair with the old lady's personal maid. As a result, the old lady sent him back, and ordered his family never to set foot in the Wan Mansion again and to cut off all business dealings.

In such as...

In short, those who offended the young master would be in big trouble and receive retribution if he just tapped the table lightly with his fingers, with a nonchalant look on his face.

Of course, Li Yuer didn't know what happened in Wan Mansion.

At this moment, she was happily putting the dried ambergris into a whale skin bag, using a homemade vacuum pump to extract the air and preserve it in a vacuum.

"I wish I could have my own room someday. Otherwise I'll have to hide things like a thief."

After packaging the ambergris, Li Yuer could only temporarily place it in the cave. He found a relatively high depression on the stone wall, put it in, and covered it with broken stones.

This way, it is both ventilated and not easy to be discovered.

Life returned to peace. Li Yuer and his brothers and sisters helped with housework and made oil lamps in the secret cave.

Soon, fifty custom oil lamps were made.

They planned to go to the town to deliver the goods quickly. The New Year was approaching and the whale feast at Nongchaolou was to be held as scheduled. Shopkeeper Qian urgently needed a whale oil lamp to impress.

Li Yuer carefully checked each oil lamp and said, "Everything is ready and can be delivered. It's time to go to Fushui Village to see if Datou and his friends have finished weaving the wicker boxes."

Li Laosan said: "Big Head is doing things in a safe way, but how do we get them back? How do we get these lights out?"

"We have to buy a car." said Li Yuer.

Li Meier was surprised and asked, "Buy a car? What kind of car?"

The cart that Li Yuer borrowed from the village chief a few days ago was quite good. Now that it has been returned, he plans to buy that kind of cart.

"We'll just buy three like Uncle Nine's. When the sea opens, we'll give one to our eldest uncle, one to our family, and one to our brothers and sisters."

After spending some time together, a tacit understanding has been formed between them. Li Yuer has many ideas and is responsible for coming up with them, while the others work according to their respective strengths, and they have a tacit understanding with each other.

They did it right away. Dalang and Mei'er were left behind, and the others went to the town to buy a car.

Li Laosan led them to a wood shop in the east of the city. Zhang's Wood Shop has been passed down for generations. The craftsmanship is superb and the prices are reasonable.

The boss of Zhangji Wood Shop is surnamed Zhang, and everyone calls him Woodman Zhang. He is a quiet man who likes to study carpentry very much. Everything he makes is top-notch.

After Li Laosan explained his intention, the wooden man didn't even raise his eyelids, and continued with his work, saying, "There are only two in stock, one tael of silver each, and a deposit of 500 coins is required for custom orders. No bargaining."

Li Laosan directly blocked Li Erlang's bargaining words, patted his shoulder with a smile and said, "Don't worry, the price they sell to us is also the price they sell to others. They never bargain."

Li Yuer watched the wooden man Zhang working with great interest. In his hand, the wooden man Zhang was holding something that looked like a stool leg or a table leg, and was carving patterns on it with a carving knife.

The wooden man's fingers fluttered nimbly, and clusters of wooden flowers flew up and down, like falling butterflies in the sunlight. In the blink of an eye, delicate wooden patterns appeared on them.

Li Yuer also knows some hand-carving skills, but not very well. She was planning to carve a whale tooth herself, but when she saw the exquisite craftsmanship of Wooden Man Zhang, she instantly gave up the idea of ​​doing it herself. With such a good example in front of her, why would she bother to teach an expert how to carve a whale tooth?

She thought that in terms of craftsmanship alone, she was definitely not as good as Wooden Man Zhang. She just didn't know what would happen if Wooden Man Zhang carved whale teeth instead of wood.

Li Yuer thought so and asked, "Uncle Zhang, your flower carving is really beautiful. Can you carve flowers on other things?"

Li Yuer originally thought that Mu Ren Zhang would not answer, but unexpectedly he actually answered.

"can."

Li Yuer then asked: "How much does it cost to entrust you with the engraving?"

"What are you carving?"

Li Yuer thought for a moment and said, "Something as long as the five in your hand, not made of wood, but something like stone, with a hundred bats and auxiliary patterns carved on it."

Zhang the Wooden Man was stunned for a moment and said, "Ten taels."

Li Erlang took a deep breath, how dare he ask for that? Ten taels could buy two black-sailed boats, enough for a family with two sons by the sea to start a family.

Li Yuer didn't think it was expensive. Since ancient times, exquisite handicrafts have never been cheap, so he smiled and said, "Then I'll bring the design and materials next time, okay?"

Mu Ren Zhang nodded.

Li Yuer originally planned to carve it herself, but she was young and her hands were not strong enough, so she was afraid that she might accidentally damage it.

Now meeting Wooden Man Zhang and witnessing his exquisite carving skills is truly a pleasant surprise.

Li Yuer thought of Li Laoer who was bedridden at home. After dozens of days of care, his father's legs had grown a lot, but his broken leg could not bear any weight yet. Every day, he needed Old Man Li or Uncle Li to take turns carrying him to eat and go to the toilet, which was very troublesome.

Li Yuer thought of the walking stick in his previous life and described it to Zhang the Wooden Man.

Mu Ren Zhang didn't take it seriously at first, thinking it was just a child's play out of curiosity, but the more he listened, the more fascinated he became.

"Great!" Muren Zhang couldn't help but praise the crutch that could help the lame man walk.

Li Yuer smiled and said, "It was mainly because my father injured his leg that I came up with this idea."

Zhang the Wooden Man was touched by Li Yu'er's filial piety. At the same time, he seemed to have thought of something and said in a tangled way, "How about you sell me the design of the cane and I will carve the previous things for you for free?"

Li Yuer immediately nodded in agreement, as she could save ten taels of silver. In fact, even if Wooden Man Zhang secretly made it and sold it himself, she would be powerless to do anything about it, after all, there was no property rights protection in this era.

Since the other party was willing to offer some compensation, Li Yuer happily agreed immediately.