Xiaoximen Abacus Factory is a private workshop-style shop.

Front shop and back processing workshop.

The boss's name is Zhang Wenhua, he is in his forties, short, but shrewd.

"Boss, how much does it cost to use wood to process beads with a diameter of 2 centimeters?"

Pan Dazhang saw him making abacus beads by hand, so he walked forward and asked.

"What kind of wood are you using? Not all wood can be processed into wood beads. It must reach a certain hardness."

"Then boss, tell me, what kind of wood can I use?"

"The common ones are jujube wood, sandalwood, and cypress wood. These are all fine. I want to ask you, what are you using for processing wooden beads?"

If you want these ordinary wood beads, I have them here ready-made and I can just sell you a few, so why bother.

"Has the boss processed high-end wood? For example, huanghuali wood." Pan Dazhang asked tentatively.

"When my grandfather was here, he told me that he had processed authentic Hainan huanghuali, an old material with tiger skin patterns, that rich people used to make bracelets. After processing, he used the finest

The sandpaper makes it shiny. Rosewood and rosewood are also good woods."

Apparently he had heard of this good wood, but had never processed it.

Pan Dazhang handed him the one-meter-long table leg.

"Boss, this is old material, authentic Hainan huanghuali. I'm going to make it into beads such as handle pieces or wrist pieces. Do you think it's okay?"

Zhang Wenhua opened his eyes wide and looked calm for a long time.

"To be honest, I have only heard my grandfather talk about this kind of wood, but I have never really processed it myself. Because this is good material, it has different requirements from abacus beads. Abacus beads are flat, and yours needs to be rounded and polished.

You also need to be very careful and go through the water grinding stage, so the processing fee for each wooden bead is 20 cents."

In fact, he can grind abacus beads for less than three cents at most. One worker can grind at least a hundred beads a day.

But since the youngster brought precious huanghuali wood, he naturally came from a good family.

If you don't kill a fat sheep like him, who will you kill?

Judging from the broken cracks, the tiger skin lines are obvious.

Now the number is at most twenty or thirty wooden beads, and Pan Dazhang doesn't want to negotiate the price with him.

He believes that the processing technology of wooden beads is not very complicated. It can be completed with a small motor, a few files, and a few grinding barrels.

"Okay, help me with the ingredients."

Zhang Wenhua took a ruler to measure the materials and determined how many wooden beads to plant.

"You can make fifty balls and make them."

He sawed out all the beads.

Pan Dazhang helped pick out a few.

Zhang Wenhua started processing, and it took several minutes for each bead.

After several pieces were formed and processed by water grinding, the exquisite tiger skin pattern was revealed, and a few pieces had ghost-like patterns on them.

"The young man is really made of precious huanghuali wood. My grandfather said that when he was young, he made a huanghuali abacus for a rich man. He said it was worth at least dozens of taels of silver."

It took more than two hours to grind out a total of forty-eight wooden beads, which can be strung into four bracelets.

Zhang Wenhua found a five-color rope and asked Pan Dazhang to string it up and tie it with a bow.

Four strings of exquisite wrist pieces are ready.

Pan Dazhang paid him nine yuan and sixty cents according to the agreed price, which made him heartbroken for a long time.

You can buy a small motor for 9.6 cents. When your home has electricity in the future, why don't you buy a small motor and process it yourself?

Just watching his processing, I feel that the technical content is not very high.

You should be able to get used to it after trying it a few times.

"Young boy, how about I pay you back the crafting fee and you give me a bunch of wrist pieces?"

At this time, Zhang Wenhua saw him putting four strings of wrist pieces into his pocket, and finally couldn't help but make a request.

For nine dollars and sixty cents, he was willing to buy a bunch of wristbands.

Although the wrist piece was ready, he didn't know what price he should charge.

According to the experience of the previous life, thirty years later, a bracelet like this authentic Hainan Huanghuali with natural tiger skin pattern will be worth at least 10,000 yuan.

The bracelet with the ghost eye pattern is more valuable.

"Does Boss Zhang also think this bracelet is valuable?"

He picked out a bunch of relatively light red ones, and Zhang Wenhua returned the ninety-six cents to me.

And put the bracelet on his wrist.

"This is the first time that I have polished such exquisite wooden beads. Rich people want to pay not only ten yuan, but even twenty yuan."

He looked at the beads on his wrist with admiration and couldn't take his eyes away for a long time.

When he came to his senses, the young boy left.

A few minutes later, he thought sadly: "Hey, why don't I pay for the other three bracelets? In a small place like a small county town, even if you have money, you can't buy this thing."

A few days later, a dean of a certain school found him.

"Old Zhang, six classes in our school are going to start abacus classes. Three hundred students need three hundred abacuses. They will be available when school starts on September 1st. Are you sure you can make them? If not, I will go to Gangzhou.

Find the abacus factory to take this order."

"Director Xiao, no problem. I can make a three hundred abacus in two months."

Zhang Wenhua promised.

His business has been very good in the past few years. In addition to himself, he also has three other apprentices who are responsible for cutting materials, beading, and painting.

"What's the price?"

The dean took Zhang Wenhua's cigarette and slowly took a puff.

"Director Xiao, I grant the stationery store of the department store three yuan and twenty cents a piece. I grant it to your school. How much do you think is appropriate?"

He has dealt with these small cadres a lot, so he naturally knows their tricks.

There must be a certain sweetness, otherwise things will not go so smoothly.

Of course, if the price is too low, I won’t step on you. You can buy it wherever you like.

Anyway, I don’t have to worry about running out of business now.

"You can just follow the market price, and you won't suffer a loss, right?"

The dean's eyes were attracted by the bracelet on Zhang Wenhua's hand.

"Lao Zhang, what kind of wood are these wrist pieces of yours made of? They look particularly classy when worn on your hands."

Zhang Wenhua took off the bracelet with a smile and put it on the other person's hand.

"Director Xiao, this is an authentic Hainan huanghuali natural tiger skin bracelet. It cost me more than thirty yuan. Let's do this. If this business is successful, I will give this bracelet to you. Only if you wear it

Only with Director Xiao's hands can I look more classy. I'm a big old man and I can't even wear a gold watch."

Zhang Wenhua's business went surprisingly smoothly, and he believed it should be attributed to the bracelet.

Since the young man brought a table leg, he thought that his family should have other valuable wood.
Chapter completed!