The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 8 Mold (Thanks to Baobao Daren for the reward)
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the courier delivered the mold sent by Qin Xiuli to her door.

The 6 sets of solid wood molds together weigh more than 8 kilograms. Ouyang didn't believe that a mold weighed more than ten kilograms, so he had to stand on the scale holding one. Then he found that he had gained kilograms and started to be emo.

Qin Huai chose to ignore it and tried to make a set of animal molds.

very successful.

The speed is fast, the size and shape are uniform, and most importantly, no subsequent processing is required. The mold itself is fine enough, and the pressed bunnies, mice, and pigs are lifelike, which is a style that children will like.

"It can actually be pressed out. I thought this kind of mold can only be used to press mooncakes and osmanthus cakes." Ouyang, who had finished emo, was amazed and pointed to another set of molds that he had not used and asked, "Could it be possible that the Monkey King and Zhu Bajie on this set of molds can also be pressed out?"

"You can press out a rough shape," Qin Huai said. "It will need to be processed and colored later. If you have good skills, the final product will be similar to a dough figurine."

"That's good." Ouyang was instantly interested. "I took my nephew to the street two years ago and saw some dough figurines. To be honest, I didn't think they were very good. I could only tell they were Monkey Kings, but I couldn't get a good look at them. They cost 25 yuan each, and they were neither edible nor fun to play with. My nephew broke it before we even finished shopping. If you can mass-produce these, three in a batch, and each time takes three minutes, you can make 3 yuan an hour!"

"Qin Huai, why are you opening a canteen? Just go and set up a stall in front of the affiliated primary school. You are going to make a fortune!"

Qin Huai really wanted to take out his system panel to show Ouyang. With his elementary finger skills, how could he make a fortune? Was he relying on the stupidity, richness and tolerance of elementary school students and the city management?

"Why don't you make one now? I'll give it to my nephew and ask him to help you sell it. He's a student at the affiliated primary school." Ouyang felt that he had seen a bright future.

By then, Qin Huai will produce and he will sell, and becoming rich is just around the corner.

Qin Huai spread his hands: "No."

Ouyang:?
"No way, how come your family has these molds? Could it be that my uncle knows how to do it?!" Ouyang felt that it was time to establish friendship with Qin Congwen.

"Neither does my dad."

Ouyang: ? ?

"It's like this. My dad ordered these six sets of molds from the most famous carpenter in our county 6 years ago, before he opened the breakfast shop. It cost a lot of money. In my mom's words, if my dad hadn't ordered these six sets of molds and used the money to buy a small house in the city, our family would have been financially independent long ago."

Ouyang: 0.0
“Is this thing so expensive?”

"That's not the case. The main reason was that the houses in the city were cheap at that time, even cheaper than those in our county."

"Then why would my uncle spend a lot of money to order a set of molds that he would never use?" Ouyang was puzzled.

Qin Huai said that this is a very long story. Speaking of this, we have to talk about Qin Congwen's ambition.

Although Qin Congwen has been running a breakfast shop for more than 20 years and his cooking skills are still average, he was once a man with dreams. More than 20 years ago, Qiu County was prosperous for a period of time due to its geographical location. There were many merchants coming and going, including many wealthy people, and both restaurants and hotels were doing very well. At that time, Qin Congwen's dream was to open a dim sum restaurant, take steady steps, and make it the best in the county, then the province, and finally the whole country.

It just so happened that the most famous restaurant in the county was trying to generate revenue at that time. In addition to normal lunch and dinner, it also sold dim sum all day long. There were many varieties, all kinds of cute animal styles, and a series of gift boxes. There were twelve zodiac signs, the 108 Liangshan heroes, and the same styles as Journey to the West. As long as the price was right, they could even be customized. There was nothing that could not be done. In just a few months, the dim sum of the restaurant became a famous specialty of Qiu County, and the merchants who came and went liked to buy a few sets as gifts.

As dim sum became popular, many followed suit. Every dim sum shop in Qiu County asked carpenters to customize the same molds. If they couldn't make high-end products, they would start a price war to grab the low-end market. With everyone's concerted efforts, carpenters in Qiu County became very popular. Qin Congwen, who had a dream of making dim sum, also followed suit and asked carpenters to order molds. He not only queued up but also paid extra money. He spent a huge amount of money to customize the molds, becoming the number one victim in the dim sum craze.

A few years later, the restaurant closed down because the chef ran away. Without a leader, the cheap dim sum sold by the dim sum shop, which relied solely on molds but lacked solid craftsmanship, was no longer popular.

Today, Qiu County is no longer a transportation hub but an ordinary small county town. It is no longer prosperous as before. The old brands have closed down. Qin Congwen, who opened a breakfast shop instead of a dim sum shop, accidentally turned Qin's Breakfast Shop into a "old brand". Now, except for Qin Congwen who occasionally takes out the well-preserved and 99% new mold to mourn the money he spent in vain, it is estimated that not many people remember that the specialty of Qiu County was dim sum gift boxes.

"When my dad asked Carpenter Zhang to make the custom, he advised my dad that the Journey to the West series was not that simple and that the restaurant was willing to sell it because the craftsman was skilled. The mold can only produce a rough shape, which will then need to be processed and colored. But my dad didn't believe it. He didn't know how to make dim sum at that time. He was ignorant and fearless. He didn't know that the subsequent processing would be so difficult. You think you are making Sun Wukong, but others think you are making the King of Inspiration."

"The final result was that the molds were ready, but they didn't know how to make them. Every dim sum shop in the county could make those simple basic ones, and they were better than my dad's. So my dad simply didn't open a dim sum shop, and found the neighbor lady next door to learn how to make buns for a few months and then opened a breakfast shop."

"I have kept these six sets of molds at home. I couldn't bear to throw them away, but I couldn't sell them. Fortunately, the wood is of good quality and has not rotted or been eaten by insects over the years. Now they are of use."

Ouyang could only express regretfully:
"Why did uncle choose the template of Journey to the West? If he had chosen the twelve Chinese zodiac animals, wouldn't our dough figurine business have begun?"

"The twelve zodiac animals are so cool, kids will definitely like them!"

Qin Huai felt that if Qin Congwen could hear what Ouyang said, he would definitely say: What do you know? There are only four people in Journey to the West, Tang Monk and his disciples, and there are 4 Chinese zodiac animals. If you spend three times more money, do you understand the cost-effectiveness?
Ouyang, who didn't understand the value for money, stayed at Qin Huai's house for another dinner, and finally took two large bags of red bean hedgehog bags home under Qin Luo's touching eyes. Qin Luo didn't even dare to cheer before Ouyang left, and only screamed when he was sure that Ouyang had got on the elevator.

"Great, I don't have to eat red bean hedgehog buns anymore!"

"Brother, what are we going to eat tomorrow morning?"

Qin Huai pointed to a batch of rabbit buns made in the kitchen this afternoon when testing the mold: "Let's eat red bean rabbit buns. The other fillings have not been made yet."

Qin Luo: Σ(°△°|||)︴

The leader will add more chapters when it is released (I can’t write it now (*))

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