Chapter 57 Colorful Bracelet

Author: Lonely Qingquan

Chapter 57 Colorful Bracelet

This dagger is not only the father's emotional sustenance, but also his other son...

Ding Zhao said in pain, "Dad, you said you wanted to keep it as a family heirloom..."

Ding Zhuang said, "If you can't save it, why keep it? This dagger should be sold for several hundred taels of silver. Don't say I made it, just say it was passed down from our ancestors."

At that time, it was strictly forbidden for private iron shops to make weapons privately, and those who were reported would be imprisoned or even beheaded.

Ding Zhao hesitated and said, "We don't know any rich people. If the person we are looking for is greedy and wants a dagger but doesn't want to pay more, the price is too low. If we don't sell it, he will sue us for selling weapons privately. Even if it's a dagger. It’s really passed down from our ancestors, but because we are blacksmiths, if they say that, there’s nothing we can do. If we don’t get the money, we might go to jail.”

Ding Zhuang said, "Two years ago, Zhang Dahu in the county asked me to buy a good sword. I didn't dare to accept it even if he offered two hundred taels of silver. He wanted to give it to Qian Dahu, the second boss of the Dragon Escort Bureau, and said that Qian's second boss had a good collection of weapons. He also said that although he was disabled, he was the most generous, heroic and courageous person.

"After you go to Tang's house tomorrow, go to Longfei Escort Bureau. You only need money to see if Mr. Er is willing to buy it. As long as he pays enough three hundred taels of silver, he will sell it. If it's too low, hey, you'd better take it back and get another one. Find a buyer.”

Ding Zhao nodded. Longfei Escort Bureau is the only one in Linshui County. He also heard that Qian Dahu was selected as the second boss even though he had a disabled hand. He was said to be very generous and generous.

No matter what kind of person Mr. Qian Er is, he still has to give it a try.

Ding Xiang felt confident. If the dagger could be sold for three hundred taels of silver, there wouldn't be much money left, so she could continue to borrow it at three cents of profit. She would be able to find a way to pay it off if she had enough time in the future.

Ding Zhuang said, "We can only raise so much money at the moment. For the rest, we can only continue to borrow and find a way to pay it back. Okay, you go back and have a rest. It's too late."

Lilac hung on Ding Zhuang and refused to come off, "I'm afraid and want to sleep with grandpa."

Ding Zhao also felt that he should let Xiangxiang accompany his father and said, "Be good, don't kick off the quilt."

After washing, Ding Xiang slept on Ding Zhuang's big bed as she wished.

Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao hid all their money and belongings in the big box, locked it, and then took a rest.

Ding Xiang held one of Ding Zhuang's arms and thought about something, pretending to be asleep.

She knew that Ding Zhuang stayed up almost all night and secretly wiped his tears.

She also knew that her grandfather's tears must have been shed for her.

Ding Xiang also shed tears. Afraid that grandpa would know, she deliberately murmured a few times, changed her position and buried her little head on the mattress to prevent her tears from flowing to grandpa.

It would be great if Feifei came back and tried to let him pick up the Ganoderma lucidum at his door...

In the middle of the night, Ding Xiang couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep.

She was awakened by the voices of Ding Zhuang and Ding Shan.

Ding Shan and Ding Qin heard what Guo Ziliang said about Ding Chi and came to give money.

Dingshan sent ten taels of silver and five strings of coins.

In this era, money was always equal to one tael of silver, and the three families took out a total of fifteen taels of silver.

Life is not easy for the three-bedroom family. Ding Qin has a serious illness and Ding Daniu is less than ten months old. This amount of money should be half of that family's savings.

The key is, I don’t know if I can still afford the second home.

Third Grandpa is such a good man, I must remember him.

Ding Zhuang wrote down the IOU, took his fingerprints, and repeated Ding Zhao's words, "I never thank you for your kindness. Even if Zhaozi and I can't pay back the money we borrowed, Li Chun and Li Ren will pay it back on our behalf."

He also asked Ding Qin to give Mr. Li a message: Ding Liren would not go to school for the time being for some reason.

After Dingshan and his son left, Ding Zhuang took Ding Lichun and Ding Liren to the houses of relatives and friends to borrow money. The reason why he took these two children there was to make them guarantee that if their elders could not repay the money, they would continue to pay it back.

Ding Xiang put on some small clothes and ran outside.

Mrs. Zhang thought Ding Xiang was still sleeping and everyone else had left, so she shut herself up in the room and cried loudly. While crying, she scolded Ding Chi for being a pest who had ruined the family. If she and the head of the family died, they would die as well.

What to do with children...

Mrs. Zhang has endured for so long, so let her cry.

Ding Xiang didn't bother her and sat at the door holding her knees.

When her crying subsided, Ding Xiang patted the door and Nuo Nuo said, "Mother, I'm afraid."

Mrs. Zhang quickly wiped away her tears and came out to hold her daughter in her arms, "Don't be afraid of Xiangxiang, mother is here."

Zhang's hair was disheveled, her eyes were red and swollen, and she was no longer as sharp as usual.

Ding Xiang hugged her neck and said, "Mom, we have a grandfather, a father, and a brother. Our home will not collapse. We will definitely survive and life will get better."

Mrs. Zhang didn't expect that little Dingxiang could say these words and started crying again.

After crying a few times, she stopped, took a few deep breaths and said, "Xiangxiang is right, we can get through it and we will get better."

She put the cloves on the kang and went to the kitchen to get a pancake and a bowl of cucumber soup.

After Ding Xiang finished eating, she pulled Zhang's sleeve and said, "Mother, I came up with a different kind of network. I can sew those small pearls on and sell them for more money. It's better than selling pearls alone."

valuable."

Mrs. Zhang didn't believe that Ding Xiang could come up with a different method, and she had no intention of doing it now.

"Xiangxiang, go and play. You can't control adults' affairs."

Ding Xiang had no choice but to take out the simple quill hidden in the cabinet and grind the ink. The quill was dipped in ink and drew a different style of network on a piece of paper, which looked like a three-dimensional bracelet.

, a little thicker than her little finger, with a few beads on it.

The ancients liked to wear bracelets and bead strings. Rich people wore jade, gold, pearls, or agarwood. Poor people tightened their belts and bought silver bracelets.

But the ancients rarely wore hand strings, and some were simple in style, just a few thin strings. Because they were simple and cheap, except for certain festivals, adults would wear colorful strings for a day, usually to entertain children.

In her previous life, Ding Xiang had learned several ways to make bracelets, and the designs were beautiful and three-dimensional. Then she added different beads and buttons to give her a unique style. If the beads and buttons were made of pure gold or jade crystal, they could still be sold at a high price.

This unique cord lilac also came up with a nice name - colorful bracelet.

This was what Ding Xiang had thought of for her own weaving and embroidery pavilion, and now she had to sell it to make money. What she brought out was not only two bracelets, but also the idea of ​​a "colorful bracelet".

Ding Xiang looked at the pattern and said, "Mom, Xiang Xiang saw what you thought of when you were tying the knot. First use azurite and goose yellow thread to braid four tapes, and then braid the tape like this. This way of braiding is still too thin and soft, so add a few

The strands are tied around the thread..."

Tape is the simplest way to tie a knot. To weave three-dimensional and thicker hand ropes, you must use thicker threads. In this era, the thickest five-strand threads are thinner, so you can only use threads to make them thicker.

The tape is then braided with tape, and threads are added inside.

Zhang was really amazed by the bracelet on the paper and praised, "It's so beautiful. The bracelets can be braided like this. Can they really look so good when braided?"
Chapter completed!