Chapter 150: Don’t Buy a Wedding Bed
Chapter 150: Don’t Buy a Wedding Bed
Song Cenyue came to the bed and looked at it carefully. The style of the bed was okay. Although it could not be compared with modern styles, it was definitely good at that time. The head of the bed was carved with flowers and painted red. It looked beautiful and festive, which caught her eye. However, it was a double bed and suitable for a wedding bed. It was obviously suitable for people who were getting married.
According to what the captain and Carpenter Yan said before, most people who make new furniture do so to get married. Carpenter Yan probably made this bed into a wedding bed for this reason.
It seems a bit inappropriate to buy it myself... No, it should be said that it is very inappropriate.
If a single girl like me bought a double bed like this to sleep on, if people knew about it, they would think that I was eager to get married. I don't know how those aunts and uncles in the production team would make up stories about me, gossip about me, and accuse me of having sexual thoughts.
I have seen the gossips of those aunts and uncles in the production team during this period of time.
"Forget about this bed. It does look like a wedding bed, suitable for people getting married. I want a single bed. Please make one for me." Song Cenyue looked at Carpenter Yan, wanting to order a bed.
"Although this bed looks good, as Cen Yue said, it is indeed suitable for being a wedding bed and suitable for people getting married. It is not suitable for a little girl like her to sleep on. You should make a single bed for her." Zhang Shengjin nodded in agreement.
"Okay." Carpenter Yan thought about it and realized that this bed was indeed not suitable for Song Cenyue. "I'm sorry. I didn't think this bed was suitable for you, Song Zhiqing. Don't be offended that I recommended such a bed to you...
I will make you a single bed today and charge you the cheapest price, only five yuan. What do you think?" He apologized to Song Cenyue with an apologetic look on his face.
"Okay. Just five dollars!" Song Cenyue nodded immediately. Only five dollars for a bed was really cheap and there was no room for bargaining.
I just wonder what his bed will look like?
"You can draw, right? You have paper and pen? If so, can you draw for me what the single bed you want to make for me looks like?" Song Cenyue nodded and asked.
She wanted to see the single bed he made for her and see if the style was what she liked. If not, she would change it.
Most carpenters should be able to draw, and it would be best to let him draw it for you now.
"Yes, I can draw. I have paper and pen at home. Please wait for me, I will get paper and pen to draw it for you." Carpenter Yan nodded and left to get paper and pen.
Song Cenyue started looking at other furniture and her eyes fell on the cupboard. The cupboard was not very good, but it was not bad either and it was worth having.
Three chairs would be fine too. You can have them.
"Girl, what do you think? Do you like the cupboard and some chairs?" asked Zhang Shengjin on the side.
Song Cenyue nodded, "I like it. I plan to buy a cupboard and a few chairs."
Just then, Carpenter Yan came back with paper and pen, went to the cupboard, put the paper on the cupboard and started drawing.
The beds at that time were relatively simple, especially the single beds. They were not as gorgeous and complicated as those of wealthy families in ancient times, and certainly not as gorgeous and complicated as those of modern times, so Carpenter Yan finished painting the bed very quickly.
"Little educated youth Song, I have finished the drawing. Take a look and see if it suits your taste." Carpenter Yan brought the drawn bed to Song Cenyue and asked her to see it.
Song Cenyue stared at the bed on the paper and took a look at it. It was okay. There were a few pillars at the head of the bed, unlike the double bed she had seen before which had a carved headboard. So it was not as beautiful as the double bed she had seen before, but it was not ugly either.
And she didn't necessarily want a carved headboard. A bed with a few pillars looked simple and elegant, which was also nice.
"Okay, make the bed for me according to this style. Please paint it after it's finished. Use the same red paint as the double bed. I think it will look better after painting." Song Cenyue nodded to Carpenter Yan and made a small request.
"No problem." Carpenter Yan agreed immediately.
"I want all the chairs and cupboards in this room. How much do you think they cost? By the way, please also calculate how much the wardrobe, desk, dining table, and stool I want are." Song Cenyue said.
"Okay, okay." Carpenter Yan was very happy to hear that she wanted all the chairs and cupboards in the house. He cleared out most of the stock, leaving only the bed.
"I remember you said before that you wanted four chairs. One chair costs one dollar, so that's four dollars. The cupboard is two dollars and seventy cents... The dining table is two dollars and fifty cents, the wardrobe is four dollars, and the desk is three dollars... Since you bought so many furniture from me, I won't charge you for the stools. I'll give you two for free." Carpenter Yan said.
Hearing that the stool was free, Song Cenyue's eyes flashed with joy, and she quickly thanked him: "Thank you! The prices you mentioned are fine, just calculate how much it will cost in total, including the bed and the dressing table."
"Okay." Carpenter Yan nodded and quickly calculated. He had been making furniture for a long time and had to do calculations frequently, so he was good at mental arithmetic and figured it out quickly. "The total for the educated youth Song is 24 yuan and 40 cents... You can calculate whether it is that much and whether I have calculated it wrong.
The bed is five dollars, the dressing table is three dollars and twenty cents, the chair is four dollars, the cupboard is two dollars and seventy cents, the dining table is two dollars and fifty cents, the wardrobe is four dollars, and the writing table is three dollars.
Song Cenyue had already figured it out, and nodded with a smile, "It is indeed twenty-four yuan and forty cents, you calculated it correctly."
"Young educated youth Xiao Song, you have to pay a deposit to make furniture for me. The deposit is half of the full payment, and the balance will be paid when the furniture is finished and delivered. Do you think you can give me half first?" Carpenter Yan said.
"Okay, I'll give you thirteen dollars first, and the rest will be given to you when I come to move the furniture after your furniture is made." Song Cenyue agreed immediately, reached into his trouser pocket, took out the money, counted out thirteen dollars and handed it to Carpenter Yan.
"Mr. Song, the dressing table, cupboards and chairs are all ready. Do you think you should take them away first, or wait until the bed and other furniture are ready and then take them all away?" Carpenter Yan asked after taking the money.
"I will come back to take all the furniture away after it is finished." Song Cenyue replied, "Carpenter Yan, can you draw a wardrobe and a desk for me? I want to see what they look like."
She was afraid that the styles of the wardrobe and desk were not good-looking, especially the desk. From what the captain had said before, no one would come to Carpenter Yan to make a desk, and she didn't know whether Carpenter Yan knew what a desk looked like.
"Yes, of course. I'll draw it for you right now... Just draw the wardrobe and the desk? Not the dining table and the small stool?" Carpenter Yan agreed immediately.
"I will make the missing chair look the same as the three chairs in the corner. There is no need to draw it for you. Just look at the three chairs and you will know what the missing chair looks like." He pointed to the three chairs in the corner.
"You don't need a dining table and a small stool. Just draw the wardrobe and the desk." Song Cenyue said.
What the dining table and small stool look like is not that important, but the wardrobe and desk are a bit important and you have to pay attention to them and choose them carefully.
Carpenter Yan took a few minutes to draw a wardrobe and a desk for Song Cenyue to see.
Song Cenyue discovered that the wardrobe was a three-door cabinet with two drawers at the bottom and a word "Fu" on the rightmost door. She nodded with satisfaction.
Wardrobe is OK!
She then looked at the desk, which looked OK. She said to Carpenter Yan, "Okay, let's make it like this..."
"Carpenter Yan, I heard that few people in the countryside make desks. You probably haven't made one before, but the desk you drew looks pretty decent, a standard desk." She asked with some curiosity.
"I've seen writing desks in the city, and I even made one for the children of my relatives in the city." Carpenter Yan said with a smile.
"So that's how it is." Song Cenyue thought that since Carpenter Yan had seen and made one, she could rest assured that he would be able to make a good desk.
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