Chapter 201 Fashion is a cycle
Qin Yao waved her hand. She was too lazy to go in and greet people.
"Please help me give these two book boxes to Miss Ding, one for her and one for Master Ding, to thank them for taking care of my four children."
Qin Yao put down the bookcase and told Zhang Ba how to add shoulder straps. Zhang Ba nodded to indicate that he had taken note of it, then got in the car, cracked the whip, and drove away cleanly and efficiently.
Zhang Ba looked at the two bookcases with four wheels at his feet with curiosity, wondering how Madam Qin could always come up with these strange yet useful things.
Last time they gave me a soap that could produce white bubbles, and this time they actually gave me two book boxes that could be placed on the ground and pushed and pulled.
Afraid of damaging these strange and magical book boxes, Zhang Ba carefully picked them up one in each hand and brought them to Miss Ding's courtyard.
Aunt Qiao, Dou'er, and Cao'er all gathered around to look at it, muttering, "Why is this bookcase so strange? It's also equipped with four wheels. What's it for? Do we need a sheep to pull it like we drive a cart?"
Ding Xiang looked at Aunt Qiao with admiration for coming up with such a "clever idea". This might be a direction that even Qin Yao herself had never thought of, and most people could not think of it.
However, there are handles on the bookcase, which clearly shows that it was not pulled by livestock.
Ding Xiang asked Zhang Ba and Qin Yao if they had left any instructions on how to use it. Zhang Ba nodded, but he didn't dare to touch the master's things, so he told them by word of mouth, and Ding Xiang actually pulled out the hidden pull-out handle.
Dou'er exclaimed, "Miss, this bookcase has a mechanism!"
Ding Xiang's eyes lit up, and he immediately followed Zhang Ba's instructions and pushed the magical book box up. The wooden wheels were very smooth and easy to push, requiring almost no effort.
It was effortless to pull it sideways, and upon closer inspection, there were no joints on the entire book box, as if it were a natural whole, showing the craftsmanship of the craftsman.
Ding Xiang played in the yard for a long time before he remembered that his brother's book box had not been delivered yet. He stopped and asked Aunt Qiao to help put his book box carefully in his study.
Then he dragged the other one for Ding Shi and walked through the entire Ding Mansion without any regret and came to the study in the front yard.
The sound of the wooden wheels rolling on the ground attracted Ding Shi's attention in the study. He looked outside the door curiously and saw his sister walking in happily dragging a wooden box.
Ding Shi frowned. What the hell?
When passing the threshold, Ding Xiang exerted a little strength and lifted the heavier book box into the study. Then he sat down on the box and slid over on his two legs, laughing at himself.
There was no one else in the study, so she completely let herself go, sitting on the magical bookcase and spinning around for several circles before she stopped in front of Ding Shi with the bookcase under his speechless gaze.
The girl patted the bookcase under her body and said mysteriously, "Brother, guess what this is?"
Ding Shi: "For luggage? Was it given by Madam Qin?"
Ding Xiang showed a helpless expression, "Oh, I really can't hide anything from you. Yes, it was Madam Qin who just sent them. She sent two, just enough for us to have one each. But it's not for luggage."
Ding Shi became interested, pulled Ding Xiang off the bookcase, squatted down and looked at it for a while, and asked in surprise: "Is this a bookcase?"
Ding Xiang nodded, finally got the answer right, and told her brother the method of adding shoulder straps that Zhang Ba had just told her.
Ding Shi originally thought that it was a bit useless because he couldn't carry it on his back, but after hearing what Ding Xiang said, he immediately couldn't let it go.
On weekdays, the academy and the county town are paved with bluestone slabs, which makes it very convenient to drag. But if you go out of the city and encounter uneven roads, it is still more comfortable to carry it on your back.
But no matter what, it is more convenient and beautiful than the portable ones and the old styles.
Ding Shi pulled the handle back and forth, and it retracted and retracted smoothly without any sticking. Out of curiosity, he squatted in front of the bookcase to study it for a long time.
But I couldn't figure out how the mechanism was made, so I asked tentatively: "This bookcase shouldn't be cheap, right?"
Ding Xiang shook her head, "I don't know, but only Madam Qin could think of such an exquisite object."
"Oh, brother." After the excitement wore off, Ding Xiang remembered something important and asked tentatively, "Has the list of candidates for the county's preliminary exam come out?"
Ding Shi nodded and asked his servant to take the magical book box to the embroiderer at home and ask her to help match it with a nice shoulder strap.
After watching the servant leave, he turned around and looked at Ding Xiang, "You want to ask Madam Qin about Liu Ji's grades, right?"
Ding Xiang smiled foolishly and complimented, "You really can't hide anything from my brother."
Ding Shi looked at the flowerbed outside the courtyard with green buds sprouting, and sighed. Ding Xiang's heart was lifted up, and he hurriedly asked, "Isn't it on the list?"
"Not really." Ding Shi really didn't know what to say, so he could only say it literally: "Yes, but not completely."
Ding Xiang was confused. Did he get in or not?
Ding Shi frowned slightly and said, "I can only say that he was a bit unlucky."
Ding Xiang: Huh?
Qin Yao pulled the remaining three magical book boxes to the streets of the town.
Today is a small market, and as usual there would be a lot of people, but now it happens to be the critical time of wheat harvest, and everyone is busy working in the fields, so the number of people coming to the market is much less than usual.
Qin Yao parked the car in front of the noodle shop. The noodle shop tasted particularly good, but it was closed on weekdays. It only opened a stall on market days. If you want to eat there, you have to go there during market days.
Qin Yao ordered three bowls of noodles, then took the book box from the car and placed it at the door of the store. Many people were coming in and out of the noodle shop. Qin Yao ate while shouting, which attracted many people to ask about the price.
But when they heard that it would cost 588 cents, they all gasped, waved their hands and left.
There were several scholars in Jinshi Town. Seeing that she couldn't sell the noodles in the noodle shop, Qin Yao finished her noodles and went to the courtyards of several houses with scholars to sell them.
Poor people think that the magical book box is expensive and useless, but to rich people, it is an interesting object, especially the push-pull design, which is eye-catching.
The three magical book boxes were all sold by Qin Yao, but she gave a discount and sold them for 568.
However, after receiving feedback from this market test, Qin Yao decided to go back and optimize the Shenli Book Box with Carpenter Liu.
There is a lot of demand for shoulder straps. Originally, she only thought about the convenience of children and almost overlooked that the largest age group among readers is actually adult men.
They are much stronger than children and can carry a book box without any problem. Many of them also have book boys. They don't even consider saving effort. What they want is something special and exclusive.
After receiving this important feedback, Qin Yao felt that the design of the book box could be improved in the direction of personalized customization.
For example, various book box accessories, so buckle slots have to be added to the box to facilitate the installation of shoulder straps and the hanging of decorations.
Thinking of this, Qin Yao couldn't help laughing. Fashion is indeed a cycle.
These fancy accessories are exactly the same as the various patterns and ornaments on modern school bags!