Lei Dayong is forty-five years old this year and is also a famous craftsman of the Qin family's sedan chair in Luoyang City.
The sedan chairs made by the Qin family are extremely exquisite and gorgeous, and they are also the favorite luxury goods of dignitaries.
The ladies take it as a symbol of their status and wealth to be able to ride out of the palace in a sedan chair made by Lei Dayong.
But this is also the biggest problem.
In the prosperous age of Taikang ten years ago, wealthy people would customize such a sedan chair for their daughters. They would make it slowly and wait for the delivery on the day when their daughter would get married.
Ten or eight years is fine.
The deposit is expensive, but the full price is even higher.
If you can take three orders a year, it will be enough to live a prosperous life.
Relying on the craftsmanship passed down from his father, Lei Dayong worked diligently to make the sedan chair, gradually gaining his own reputation and becoming a great craftsman.
Marry a wife, have children, and live a smooth life.
When his father passed away a few years ago, he passed on the craft of gold leaf decoration to his wife, Lin.
Because of her skillful and careful hands, she also moves quickly.
The important thing is that she has excellent design ability and knows how to decorate the sedan to give it a luxurious feel.
The couple continued to make the sedan chair, and their life was finally going well.
But this year, Lin suddenly suffered from asthma.
When I'm sick, I can't even lie down, I can only sit all night long, breathing heavily.
After the doctor saw it, he said that it can only be done with precious medicinal materials, and it cannot be stopped every day.
The Qin family was considered rich, so Lei Dayong immediately went to get medicine. He would make medicine for his wife every day and watch her drink it before he felt relieved.
A year has passed, and although the disease has not worsened, it has not improved either.
It is becoming more and more difficult to come up with the five taels of medicine money every day.
Even if there is a mountain of gold and silver at home, I can't live like this anymore.
Fortunately, the emperor was getting married, and officials from the Fifth Palace in the Palace came to him and asked him to spend thousands of taels of gold to make an extremely luxurious phoenix for the new queen to ride on during the wedding.
But the construction period given to him was only a short three months.
On the one hand, I am happy, because life has become increasingly difficult in the past few years, and I finally have a large amount of income.
On the one hand, there is anxiety, because the production of Feng Luan is not that simple. It requires extremely fine design and polishing, and it is almost impossible.
He discussed it with his wife Lin and asked her to design it as soon as possible for the officials of the North Fifth Institute to review.
He went to the timber merchant Lan Dahai to look for suitable timber.
Time was running out, and everyone in the Qin family took action, starting work day and night. Finally, Feng Luan was handed over the day before the wedding, which also amazed everyone.
At least, when the couple stood in the crowd, watching the radiant Feng Luan shine under the blessing of the royal ceremony team, they felt extremely satisfied.
In an instant, the phoenix was destroyed by the fire arrow.
Others just felt it was a pity, but these two people were heartbroken.
Mrs. Lin felt even more sad, because every part of Feng Luan was polished and pasted with gold foil by her own hands, day and night without stopping.
"It was ruined like this?" She cried fiercely.
"Forget it, we got the money anyway, let's not worry about it." Although Lei Dayong was also very sad, it was only for a while. After all, the thousand taels of gold were already at home, and other matters were for the royal family to deal with.
"I want to take a look." Mrs. Lin looked at her hands, which were scarred from making the phoenix and looked a little shocking.
"It's so windy, what's there to see!" Lei Dayong was a little unhappy, "Just drink the medicine first."
"I've been taking the medicine for so long, but there's no improvement, so I won't drink it anymore!" Ms. Lin also lost her temper.
"Fifty taels of silver! You have to drink even if you don't want to drink!" Lei Dayong frowned and looked at Mrs. Lin, "Don't be sad..."
"I'm just sad!" Mrs. Lin's face suddenly turned pale and she seemed to be sick again.
Lei Dayong immediately asked his daughter to call the doctor, while he dragged her to a chair and finished her surgery, stroking her chest and patting her back to help her relax a little.
Over the past year, he has been sick every three to five, and he has become familiar with this routine.
But at this moment, when he saw the five taels of medicinal soup that was already cold on the table, he suddenly thought: Why doesn't this woman die? Most of the family's savings have been spent. How will I provide for myself in the future? The production of Feng Luan this time almost cost him most of his life. It is also difficult to make money now... Why doesn't she die? Why don't you die!
Countless thoughts swirled in his mind, making his brain buzzing. Before he could even take a breath, he fell to the ground and fainted.
The wind was still howling, making the roof and windows roar.
The couple was lying on the same bed, but they had other thoughts.
On the second day, Mrs. Lin had improved a lot. After dressing up, she said she was going to the North Fifth Institute to see Feng Luan. "Even if it is burned out, it was done by me. My hard work is like my child."
Lei Dayong didn't stop him, he just told her, "Then wear more clothes. I'm going to the lumber merchant Lan Dahai to settle the payment. After all, we also used the best lumber. We still have to send the silver over today." good."
The couple went out and separated at the intersection.
Lin went to Beiwusuo, and Lei Dayong went to Lan's Timber Walk.
Because walking with the wind is faster.
On the road, I saw Su Shun walking forward against the wind.
Before, he said something frivolous about his wife, and Lei Dayong couldn't help but beat him.
Now that the two of them saw each other, Su Shun felt a little uncomfortable, so he didn't say hello.
But Lei Dayong suddenly said: "Su Shun, please be careful. My wife is at Beifu Institute. Don't go there."
Su Shun was walking against the wind with his head lowered.
After hearing this, she ignored him and even pretended not to see or hear him, and walked forward quickly.
But deep in his heart, he suddenly became alive, and he was heading in the same direction as Beiwusuo.
This man was born with a spermatozoon. When he saw Lin who was alone in the North Fifth Institute, he was naturally teasing her. Lin himself suffered from asthma and had no strength to fight against this man.
As a result, the two argued again.
When Su Shun saw no one around, he started to move.
Naturally, Mrs. Lin refused and started fighting with Su Shun.
On the other side, Lei Dayong thought to see what new wood was available first, so he went to the warehouse at the back door of Lan's house.
Here, what he saw was Liang Baochuan tying up Lan Xiaoyu.
"Your father and your sister have gone too far! I obviously didn't see anything, but they framed me. It's obvious that they don't want to pay me!" Liang Baochuan clenched his fist and smashed the wood piled aside.
"Let me go, and I'll give you money." Lan Xiaoyu was very frightened, sitting on the ground and looking at Liang Baochuan, "My father is a bit stingy, but if you talk to him carefully, he will still give it to you."
"It's impossible!" Liang Baochuan was very angry, "I've worked so hard for so long, but I don't even get any wages?"
"Don't be like this, I'll give you money." Lan Xiaoyu, who had never experienced anything like this before, cried and said: "The world is not good now, and no one can make money. Let me go, and I will get you the money." Or, you can send me to my aunt’s house, she is rich.”
