klisemfg Chapter 490 Shen Xi's Choice
Chapter 490 Shen Xi's Choice
As long as Shen Xiken continues to study in this field, her skills will surely shine.
Moreover, she is still young and can teach a few students.
While Liang Xinyue and the others were talking, Xiao Wei and the others had prepared the dishes and called them to eat.
One table for adults and one for children was just right. However, Aunt Li and Zhou Xiaoying went to the children's table while eating because they had to take care of the little ones.
After dinner, Liang Xinyue took Shen Xi to see some baby carriages and baby chairs made by the Liang family father and son, and then said:
"Look, these handles for pushing kids around, if they were lightly carved with something, it would look better and prevent the hands from slipping when they hold them."
"There is also this baby carriage here. We can use some scraps of wood to carve some small animals, such as bunnies, chickens, and ducks, and then add color to it. The child will be very happy when lying in it and watching it swinging around, right?"
It's just an ordinary baby stroller, so the selling price will definitely not be very high. If it only has an extra pendant, the price can be increased a little.
Liang Xinyue said:
"So, as long as you have no objection, I can tie the small pendants you make to this car and sell them, and we will give you a separate commission from the sales of your small pendants."
"Once our shop is open, and you have more and more sculptures, we can put them in a separate display cabinet in the shop and sell them together or individually."
Liang Xinyue said:
"Your father wants you to work in the company, but you can also carve at home after get off work and bring the carvings to my shop to sell. Isn't this also a way to earn money?"
Therefore, Liang Xinyue gave him two choices. One was to just carve and not do anything else, just carve at home, and the other party would cooperate with her to sell it.
The other scenario is that she doesn't go to work, but just manages the carpentry shop and carves to sell as well.
After Liang Xinyue explained everything, she said:
"So, you have to think it through. Now that you two have decided on this relationship, the decisions you make will affect the quality of your future life. So, I suggest that you think about it carefully."
Then, Liang Xinyue also roughly told Shen Xi about the price of the furniture here. How much would it cost to add one more pendant, how much would it cost to add two more, and so on.
Shen Xi's eyes lit up when she heard this. She looked at Ren Longfei standing behind her and said:
"What do you think?"
Ren Longfei smiled and said:
"I agree with everything. I said, even if you don't work, I have no problem with that. But if you can do what you like, that's the best. I like teaching. I feel happy standing on the podium and watching the children below understand things one by one."
Liang Xinyue smiled and said:
"You are a good teacher. Few people can experience happiness from their work. You do, which means you really like this job."
Ren Longfei hummed and said:
“I’m not very good at interacting with others, so I feel more comfortable communicating with children.”
Liang Xinyue said:
"You will be a good father in the future."
Shen Xi laughed and said:
"Sister Liang, I want to go back and talk to my dad, and then I'll think about it carefully. However, I have nothing to do now. I can take these unwanted scraps back and carve a few for fun."
Liang Xinyue naturally also supported Shen Xi's idea.
He asked Liang Jun to bring a backpack, put in some of the scraps that they had cut off, the larger pieces of wood that had room for work, and then said:
"Wait a minute, I'll ask my brother to send it to your house. Just think about making it first. By the way, I have a few patterns. If you can carve them out, you can try to sell them in advance."
When Shen Xi talked about his favorite craft, his eyes naturally lit up.
"Sister, can you draw?"
Liang Xinyue did have some doll drawings in her hand, which took her two hours to draw. She was not so busy at that time, and was thinking about when to use wool or cloth to make some dolls for the two children.
Because in that era, apart from a jumping tin frog, the only stuffed doll you could buy was a tiger doll.
Liang Xinyue turned around and went to the study, opened the bookcase, and took out a few pictures that she had saved before. Then she handed them to Shen Xi and said:
"Can you see if it's okay? I was pregnant at the time and had nothing to do but draw. I thought that when I have time, I would use wool to make a few dolls like this for the children. I wanted to make a large size, such as one as tall as a child, so that the child can hold it while sleeping."
"But if you're using it for carving, you can't do that. You can only make it smaller."
Liang Xinyue took the mop from the side, pointed at the mop handle and said:
"It's this big, but it can be a little bigger than this, because it's for children to play with, and the edges and corners can't have thorns or straight edges. Do you understand what I mean?"
Shen Xi laughed and said:
"I see, sister. These drawings of yours are really beautiful. Such a cute rabbit and such a cute cat. How did you draw them?"
Liang Xinyue just drew them based on the appearance of a few dolls she had bought in her previous life, but in an era when such dolls did not exist, looking at these things was very novel.
Liang Xinyue thought for a moment:
"So, Shen Xi, you actually have a lot of ideas for this line of work. For example, you can carve characters from comic books, such as Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, and you can set them up however you want."