Start with three days of hunger and nine meals, and become rich and tempting

"Mom, is there anyone in our village who can make furniture?"

Wang immediately tightened the two taels of silver in her hand and said vigilantly, "What do you want to do? Making furniture is very expensive."

Liu Siyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I'll pay for it. Just tell me if there is a carpenter in the village."

Liu Sihan said first: "Yes, Uncle Xiao knows how to make furniture. He made all the tables, chairs, benches and cabinets in his house himself."

Liu Siyu was stunned. Can a hunter do carpentry work?

"How's your craft?"

"Okay," Liu Sihan felt that as long as the furniture could be used, it should be considered good.

Wang: "What do you want to fight?"

"Make a bigger camphorwood box. The Tian family is having a hard time. I'm afraid there won't even be room for clothes in the new house."

Wang hesitated slightly.

"It costs a lot of money to make a box. I wanted to clear out the box in my room and paint it over as a dowry for you. I guess you don't like it, so I'll make another one."

"It's just that it's not appropriate to ask your uncle Xiao to do it. He's not a proper carpenter. If you want to do it, ask Carpenter Tan from the village. But his wages are not cheap."

Liu Siyu didn't expect that Wang was going to give her the only box in her room as a companion, and her heart felt slightly warmed.

"Then please ask Carpenter Tan to do it. I'll go and place the order now."

Seeing that Liu Siyu had made up her mind, Wang immediately put away her shoes.

"I'm worried about you and Sihan going. Although Carpenter Tan has good craftsmanship, he's also very arrogant. If you don't bargain well, he's going to charge you a lot for a box."

Liu Siyu and Sihan smiled at each other.

On the way, Wang couldn't help but tell them, "Don't talk nonsense when you two get there. Watch my instructions when the time comes."

Both of them nodded continuously.

On the west side of the village, a few tiled houses in the high mud courtyard look particularly imposing.

It is in stark contrast to the thatched house of Liu Siyu's home.

When they entered the yard, they found that it was larger than they had imagined, with all kinds of wood and boards scattered around.

Three people in the yard were busy. Two young men were pulling a big saw, and they were pushing and pulling the wood.

Wang looked at the yard full of sawdust and wood, with nowhere to put her feet, and smiled as she stood at the door.

"Master Tan is busy."

The words were directed to the middle-aged man in the yard.

The man just kept his head down, holding the ink fountain and drawing fine lines on the wooden board. When he heard Wang's question, he only raised his head symbolically.

"What's the matter?"

Wang saw that Carpenter Tan didn't seem to have time to pay attention to her, so she told him her intention directly.

"I would like to ask Master Tan to make a camphorwood box."

Old Man Tan finally raised his head, stared at Wang, and said in a light tone: "The camphorwood box is not cheap, at least one or two taels of silver."

Liu Siyu curled her lips secretly, who was she looking down on?

But when he thought about how her family was notorious for its poverty in the village, he felt relieved.

I thought to myself, I'll let you show off for a while, and when you find out that I'm a big customer, you'll be surprised...

Before she could say anything, Wang spoke with a look of astonishment on her face.

"You're asking too much. Just one box costs one tael of silver."

Old Man Tan was a little unhappy.

"One tael of silver is cheap. You know the price of camphor wood. If you want to save money, choose cheap wood."

Wang felt a little embarrassed by the rebuke, but she really couldn't bear to spend the one or two taels of silver.

Just as he was about to bargain, Liu Siyu took a step forward.

"Not just one camphorwood box, but two, both made of camphorwood. I also want a cabinet for the kitchen and a desk. Can you calculate how much that will cost?"

Old Man Tan was stunned when he heard this. He scratched the back of his head and said uncertainly, "Tell me what you want to fight?"

Wang was also surprised. She hurriedly grabbed Liu Siyu and gave Old Man Tan an apologetic look.

"The child is talking nonsense," he whispered to Liu Siyu.

"Have you ever seen anyone build a cabinet in the kitchen? Don't burn it with a little money and forget your name. And what about the desk? Why build that thing? Sihan has never even been to school, and she built a desk specially for him. Isn't it just to make people laugh at her?"

When Liu Sihan heard that his sister was going to make a desk for him, he was happy, but what his mother said also made sense.

Although he felt a little regretful, he hurried to persuade her in order to prevent his sister from wasting the money.

"Sister, I know you are doing this for my own good. I accept your kindness, but I don't want a desk. I like writing on the sand table the most."

Old Man Tan sneered as he listened to the conversation here and continued to work on his work.

Liu Siyu patted Liu Sihan on the shoulder.

"What's the point of accepting my kindness? You have to accept my desk. I still want to see the day when you enter the school."

Liu Sihan knew that his sister was comforting him and smiled.

"I'm not used to writing on a desk. How about using the remaining wood to make me a bigger sandbox? I like to squat under the eaves and write on the sandbox with my sister."

Wang interrupted hastily.

"Yes, Sihan is not used to it, so let's make two boxes and cages," he paused for a moment, "Can we not use camphor wood?"

This question was asked to Liu Siyu, and she thought Liu Siyu wanted two boxes as a dowry.

"No," Liu Siyu refused decisively.

Ever since he traveled through time, he has been looked down upon everywhere. Even for packing a box he had to endure the ridicule of an old man.

It’s so frustrating.

"Two camphorwood boxes, even the cabinet and desk are made of camphorwood. Master Tan, please calculate how much silver it costs."

Old man Tan glanced at Liu Siyu, then looked at Wang, and seeing that she didn't say anything, his forehead was full of question marks?

Did this family suddenly become rich?

It is really hard to believe in my heart. It would be more appropriate to say that it is hard to accept rather than hard to believe.

"Two camphorwood boxes for two taels of silver, and a desk of any size you want," Old Man Tan glanced at Liu Sihan, "If it's for Sihan, it'll also cost one tael of silver."

"As for the cabinets, we need to discuss the size and height in detail."

Liu Siyu didn't bargain and just nodded.

"Two boxes, one painted red, one painted black, and you can do with the desk."

He lowered his head and used his feet to pick up some wood chips, then picked up a wooden stick and simply drew an old-fashioned tall and low cabinet on the ground.

"The cabinet for the kitchen should look like this, 1 meters high, 8 meters wide, and about 1 centimeters deep," Liu Siyu picked up a branch and compared it with his hand.

“That’s the depth.”

Old man Tan was stunned by her smooth and fluent speech!!!

A little girl, when it comes to furniture, is almost as good as this old master.

Especially when he saw the cabinet, his eyes lit up.

He had never made furniture like this before. "What is this furniture called?"

"High and low cabinets," Liu Siyu blurted out.

Carpenter Tan observed carefully.

Wang and Liu Sihan were also attracted by this peculiar cabinet.

They have always lived in the countryside, and most families have a few camphorwood boxes. The better families at most put a table in the room with two drawers underneath, which is considered very decent.

Carpenter Tan read it carefully and was very excited.

People's understanding of cabinets in this era was similar to that before the Tang Dynasty, and only wealthy families used cabinets.

However, the cabinet only has four more legs than the box, and the pattern on it has changed.

But compared with the elaborate cabinets during the Wanli period, cabinets in this era were clearly still in the exploratory stage.

“But can it be done?”

After hearing Liu Siyu's words, Old Man Tan came back to his senses from his excitement.