Speaking of wood carving, it had been Zhang Miao's old trade. Before he transmigrated, he had made a living from it.
As the old director of the orphanage who had loved him most used to say, "Even after three years of drought, a craftsman won't starve."
When Zhang Miao had first learned wood carving from the old director, he had mostly carved Buddhist statues and the like. But after he finished learning and struck out on his own, he discovered that hardly anyone bought Buddhist statues carved from ordinary wood anymore.
Wealthy families generally went to "invite" jade Buddhas or agarwood Buddha statues home. After all, they did not care about that little bit of money. Poor families, meanwhile, bought printed pictures to take home. Not only were they cheap, but they could also double as wallpaper when hung on the wall.
As for those somewhere between rich and poor, they were busy working to make money. Who had the leisure to buy a Buddha statue to worship?
Therefore, although Zhang Miao's craftsmanship was quite good and his Buddha statues were exquisitely carved, no one showed any interest even after he lowered the price to ten yuan.
As the saying went, necessity bred change. Zhang Miao figured that since no one was buying Buddha statues, he might as well carve something else!
Some Jew had once said that women and children were the easiest people to make money from. Zhang Miao wholeheartedly agreed, so he set his sights on children and began carving his first work other than Buddha statues—
Happy Goat!
At the time, that anime, which could be called a "legendary show," had swept across the land of China and captivated countless children. For that very reason, Zhang Miao's Happy Goat carvings sold extremely well!
Although Happy Goat