C19 Make a Cradle

Yao Lei was one of the most honest person in Yao Family Village, probably two years older than Yao Shu. However, Yao Shu was already the mother of three children, yet he still hadn't gotten married, due to the circumstances of his family.

"My father's illness is still the same. It's been a while. Now that my sister has grown up, I, Mother, want to see her and marry her by the end of the year."

After chatting for a while, Yao Feng took out another silver and put it into the young man's bosom. "We made an agreement with Master San on that day, one hundred painted Rouge Box for a total of one silver. It's something that should be given to you."

Yao Feng carried the big box on his shoulder, he did not have any extra hands to refuse, but he could only shake his head: "Brother Feng, what are you doing! San Ye already gave me my wages, quickly take it back! "

Yao Feng laughed, "San Ye's is San Ye's. This is your share."

Yao Lei still insisted, "These years, Brother Feng helped me a lot. As long as Master San has a plan, he will also ask me to do it. Brother Feng, there's really no need for it. "

Yao Shu had been listening to the two of them chatting. Upon seeing this, she also said to Yao Lei, "Little Lei ge, keep it for now. We still have a lot to trouble you with!"

Yao Lei was puzzled. "Sister Shu, why don't you …" Not at all.

Without waiting for Yao Lei to finish speaking, Yao Shu continued to ask with a smile, "Little Brother Lei, do you know how to make a cradle?"

Yao Lei was stunned: "What is a cradle?"

Yao Shu smiled and said, "My family's three treasures have only been there for a hundred days. I want to make a small bed for my child, shaped like a basket and able to put him in it and shake him. It should be enough to coax him to sleep."

Looking at Yao Shu's pretty face, Yao Lei suddenly remembered that she was already a mother.

His voice was a little hoarse, and no one other than him could hear his words. "It's something that can be done."

Yao Shu said happily, "Then I will draw the same map later. Little Brother Lei, just follow my instructions."

… ….

Yao Shu went back home, took the time to draw the cradle blueprint, asked Yao Feng to bring it to Yao Lei.

Then, she busied herself with packing the dry rouge, and threw the matter of the cradle to the back of her mind.

The two siblings of Yao Family also frequently went to the east wing to help Yao Shu.

After working busily for two days, the three of them finally had all the rouge stored away!

"67, 68, 69..."

As Sister-in-law Yao counted, she arranged the Rouge Box in a neat row.

The east wing had been pretending to be rouge these past few days, worried that the child wouldn't be alright if she heard too much.

Yao Shu then sent San Bao to the main house, where she asked her mother to take him for two days.

She had just gone to see the child when she returned to see that her two sister-in-law had already cleaned up the room and was counting.

Yao Shu gathered her thoughts. "Sister-in-law, can you count yourself first?"

Sister-in-law Yao finished her last box of rouge, raised her head and smiled. "Seventy-four boxes."

"Plus the forty boxes carved on the wall," Second Sister-in-law Yao was a bit excited, "Shu! We made a total of 114 boxes of rouge! "

A small table had been set up in front of the window of the east wing, and on it were neatly stacked boxes of rouge, each box exactly the same size and shape. The afternoon sunlight shone into the house and onto the row of Rouge Box s, reflecting a glimmering light.

Yao Shu lowered her head and calculated. Then, she smiled and said, "Put the rouge on the carving box first. As for the other seventy-four boxes, if we calculate the price by selling each box for five hundred silver taels, we will be able to earn thirty-eight silver taels!"

Sister-in-law Yao was quite calm. When Second Sister-in-law Yao heard this, she laughed out loud, "Thirty-eight taels! Sister-in-law, listen to me, thirty-eight taels! How long will it take for your home's clothing shop to earn thirty-eight silver? "

The two of them entered the store at about the same time. Sister-in-law Yaofei had never seen her younger brother and sister so lively, so she smiled and said, "It may take more than a month to earn this much, moreover, the cost of the shop is not small …"

As the three of them spoke, they were filled with anticipation for their own rouge business.

Yao Shu then asked her sister-in-law, "I saw that most of the rouge sold in the market was around two to three hundred taels. Eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, you've grown up in the town since you were young, so you should know this better than me. If our rouge sells for five hundred taels, would anyone come to buy it?"

Sister-in-law Yao and Second Sister-in-law Yao had long since discovered that the rouge made by their own sister-in-law was not only pure in color, but even the powder was a lot more exquisite. Now that it was packed in an even more exquisite box, there would be people who would believe that it was rouge brought from the capital.

Both of them nodded affirmatively: "The people in this town do not lack this kind of money. Not only will our rouge look good, it will also be much easier to use. It will definitely be sold very quickly! "

Second Sister-in-law Yao then asked, "Shu, how much do you want to set for the rouge of these carved boxes?"

Yao Shu smiled. "Ten silver taels a box."

Both of Yao Family's sister-in-law gasped, "Ten silver taels?!"

The two of them looked at each other with wide eyes before looking back at Yao Shu, speechless.

As they thought that the carved box looked really good, they thought that even if it was more expensive, they still wanted to buy it.

"This... 10 silver coins, isn't that a bit too expensive? "

Yao Shu didn't say much and only smiled. "If I were to sell it in the county, or sell it to the families of those powerful nobles, would it still be expensive?"

Sister-in-law Yao and Second Sister-in-law Yao were both silent.

"Sister-in-law, you can rest assured." Yao Shu picked up a box of rouge and pointed at the word 'Yao' on the bottom with certainty. "Our rouge is different. I have my own ways to sell it and I guarantee to make a fortune."

Nowadays, endless marketing methods were seen everywhere. Yao Shu's mind had already come up with countless ideas to sell rouge. Now that everything was ready, she could only wait to take action!

The most important thing right now was the rouge on her Cloth Farm that was being pushed out in the town.

Thinking about that, Yao Shu asked, "Sis, why haven't we seen brother today? He went to town? "

Sister-in-law Yao was still thinking about the expensive topic she mentioned. After a moment of hesitation, she replied, "I've never been to the town before. I heard that he went to get some kind of cradle …"

The east wing was not closed yet. While her sister-in-law was speaking, she heard Old Lady Zhang's voice from next door, talking to Yao Feng.

"Feng, what is that thing you're holding?" It was more like a basket. "Why is it so big?"

Yao Feng replied happily to the old lady, "It's the cradle that Shu painted a few days ago. It was made from wood by little brother Yao Lei. It was used to coax our family's three treasures to sleep!"

"Aiyo, this thing can still be shaken? Wouldn't that save us the heckling? "

"That's right!" I tried it just now. It's light and practical. Shouldn't you quickly bring it back for the child to try? "

Yao Shu looked at her sister-in-law and was slightly surprised. "It's only been two days, and the cradle has already been completed?"

Second Sister-in-law Yao asked, "I haven't heard you say it yet. Can this cradle really coax a child? How can I coax them? "

Sister-in-law Yao hesitated. "I heard that you put the three treasures in the cradle and teased them..."

Well, she couldn't say why.

Yao Shu couldn't help but laugh when she heard her two sister-in-law's conversation. "Let's go take a look!" When the two sister-in-law saw the shape of the cradle, they knew. "