The silly and sweet spring of crossing

"Shopkeeper Cao, what's the matter?" Qiu Baichen can walk freely now, and under the care of He Lan Yuzhi, he has returned to his previous state, except that the flesh on his belly is still a little loose. For this reason, he is still thinking about whether to have sex with He Lan Yuzhi practiced martial arts together.

"Uh, are you in good health now?" Boss Cao is a 40-year-old middle-aged man with a decent appearance. He was probably a handsome young man when he was young. Because he always smiled and greeted people, there were a lot of wrinkles around his eyes.

"Well, it's basically fine." Qiu Baichen asked him to come in and sit down, and said slowly.

"This time, I want to invite you to be a lantern master in my shop." Boss Cao said, "During the Mid-Autumn Festival, some of the lamps in the lamp shop opposite are made by the original masters in our shop."

When Boss Cao said this, Qiu Baichen understood roughly that the feeling was that the master of Jinxiu Lantern Shop was pried away by the opposite party.

"The masters in our shop have all left, and there are only some ordinary ones left. Originally, our Jinxiu Lantern Shop made daily-use lanterns, and the ones on the opposite side were all supplied to big households. They pried away our masters this time. Start making ordinary lanterns, the price is much lower.”

Originally, the two stores maintained a balance. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, because of the huge market, Jinxiu Lantern Shop also made some new styles of lanterns. Later, it was favored by the county magistrate, who specially wrote an inscription for Jinxiu Lantern Shop.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the lantern shop opposite started to make lanterns for daily use on the grounds that Jinxiu Lantern Shop first broke the balance and encroached on their interests.However, in fact, they have already bought the master of Jinxiu Lantern Shop with a lot of money, and now they just found a suitable reason.

Boss Cao can't find other masters for the time being, and the shop can't make very good lanterns. If he can't find any more, he will close the shop.

After listening to him, Qiu Baichen nodded.The lamp shop on the opposite side probably wants to spend more money to overwhelm the Jinxiu lamp shop, and then they will be the only one left in the county. Even if the price is set higher, everyone will buy it if they want to use it.

But most people don't know the pros and cons, so go to whoever's cheap.

"Then what is Shopkeeper Cao going to do?"

"Since they are not benevolent, I can't sit still, so I would like to invite you to be our lantern maker, both for daily use and for supplying wealthy households." Although Boss Cao is gentle and tolerant, he is not lacking in courage.

"Qiu Baichen can go, but it depends on how much the shopkeeper Cao can offer." At this time, He Lanyuzhi came out with the child in his arms and put it in Qiu Baichen's arms. Qiu Baichen hugged his son, and the son was still smiling at him, so he couldn't help it. He squeezed his chubby face.

"This child is so cute." Boss Cao also boasted.

"En." Qiu Baichen agreed with his words very much.

"If you want to knock down another lamp shop, you can't just rely on the price, but also need to innovate." He Lanyu said, "In terms of making lanterns, the masters of the other shop are definitely not as good as Qiu Baichen."

Before, Qiu Baichen made some lantern styles, big and small, strange shapes, palace lanterns, revolving lanterns, and explanations were marked on them, He Lanyuzhi had seen them.

"The monthly payment is normal, which is a bit higher than the previous masters. Every time a new lantern is produced, we will get a commission based on the sales volume. We don't want much. After all, Boss Cao still wants to make money, half of it is enough."

Boss Cao had seen the power of He Lan Yuzhi before, but he didn't expect him to be more powerful every time.The last time they helped each other, so they didn't ask much. This time, Boss Cao asked Qiu Baichen, and He Lanyu's request was even more unscrupulous.

"Let me think about it again." He Lanyuzhi's request is not too high even if it is high, but Boss Cao won't make much money if this happens, and businessmen put profit first, so he still has to think about it.

"Then let's wait for Boss Cao to figure it out." Qiu Baichen's best thing is that he never demolishes He Lanyuzhi in front of others. His IQ must be relatively high, which Qiu Baichen can be sure of.

Boss Cao left, Qiu Baichen hugged the limp child, pinched his lotus-like little arm, and pinched it again because it was too comfortable.

This child is very good except when he sleeps at night, and he is not annoyed when his father pinches him. He looks at Qiu Baichen with his dark eyes, and his eyes roll around.

"By the way, I haven't named the baby yet. He Nan, have you thought about a name for him?" Qiu Baichen hugged the baby and played with him, while He Lanyu stretched his muscles.After the child was full moon, Qiu Baichen was able to move freely, so He Lanyuzhi stopped making lanterns, and gave all these to Qiu Baichen, and went to look after the child by himself.

"You are his father, you come and get it." He Lanyuzhi has been watching the child for more than a month, of course he has feelings for him, but he doesn't want to do it for him, at most, if Qiu Baichen is too unreliable, he will help correct him .

"I can't think of a nice one. The child is still young, so let's choose a nickname first." Qiu Baichen looked at the baby and said, "The baby was born on the sixth day of September, so the nickname should be Chu Liu. Little Chu Liu, listen to it. Geely. Xiao Chuli, don’t you think so?”

The child seemed to understand that Qiu Baichen was calling him, so he smiled and grinned, not a single tooth had grown yet.

"Listen to you." Children usually have ordinary or even humble nicknames, and everyone thinks that such children will be easy to support.However, Qiu Baichen would not give the child a cat-and-dog name. On the sixth day of junior high school, it is not carefully crafted, but it sounds pleasant to the ear, which is not bad, because He Lanyuzhi did not refute it.

"Little Chuliu, let's go play with Uncle He first, and Daddy will cook for you." Qiu Baichen teased Xiaochuliu for a while, and then gave him to He Lanyuzhi.Xiao Chuliu was awake for a while, but now he is tired and a little sleepy. He opened his mouth and yawned a little, and wanted to open his eyes to play, but couldn't help but close them.

A big man in He Lanyu hugged Xiao Chuliu, his movements were very standard, and the shaking Xiao Chuliu was very comfortable, and he fell asleep in his arms after a while.

Qiu Baichen packs up his things and cooks, four dishes and one soup, two meat and two vegetables, it's not too much, the two of them can finish it in one meal.

As soon as he put the dishes on the table and was about to serve the soup, he saw Lu Ping coming over.

"Sister Ping." Qiu Baichen greeted him while serving soup, but Lu Ping didn't smile like usual, and her face was a little heavy.

"What's wrong?" Qiu Baichen asked her.

"You know Li Chen, the apprentice of Carpenter Lin's family, right?" Lu Ping said.

"Well, a very energetic young man, what's the matter?"

"His father has been working on the boat, but something happened to him two days ago, the boat drowned, and no one was rescued. He is only sixteen, and he is still a child. He can't earn much money as an apprentice with the carpenter. , I just thought that our neighbor would raise some money first, and I would send it to him."

"It must be helping." Qiu Baichen nodded, he brought the soup to the table, and explained the situation to He Lanyuzhi.Now He Lanyu is in charge of money in the family, so he has the final say on how much he can pay.

"Is his father buried?" He Lanyuzhi asked Lu Ping.

"Not yet." Lu Ping said.

"Then take these and let him bury his father, and keep the rest for normal use." He Lanyuzhi took out some broken silver, which was worth five taels, and put it in Lu Ping's hands.

"Okay, I'll go to another house first, and I'll send the money over when I get it all together." Qiu Baichen is relatively rich in the East Alley now, and usually eats better, but Lu Ping didn't expect that they would out so much.The other neighbors gave her some money if they had some money, and gave her some copper coins if they had no money. Qiu Baichen's side had the most.

"I can't see that you are quite generous." Qiu Baichen didn't expect He Lanyu to be so generous, it seems that he is very confident in the future.

"Not as good as you." He Lanyuzhi glanced at him, lowered his head to eat, Qiu Baichen covered his mouth and smiled, who would have thought that the vicious person who came in the middle of the night would be like this now.

In the end, Lu Ping collected nearly ten taels of silver, and she made up for it, and sent it to Li Chen.The Li family was full of white people, the orphan and the widow looked at the lonely one, Lu Ping talked to Li Chenniang for a while, and they hugged and cried for a while before she left.

Compared with the gloom and gloom here, Qiu Baichen's place is much calmer. Two days later, Boss Cao agreed to He Lanyuzhi's request, drew up a contract, and signed it with Qiu Baichen.

At the same time, Beijing.

The autumn was over, and during the palace examination, the emperor hand-picked the top three, and those who were on the list were all assigned official positions, some entered the Imperial Academy, and the other were assigned to various places as local officials.

However, most of the students hand-picked are the former and current prime ministers, the prime minister's disciples.

"Teacher, you have worked hard." Da Chu's country name is Helan, and the emperor's name is Shun. He ascended the throne four years ago, and his reign name was changed to Xiuqing.The emperor was only nine years old when he came to the throne. The first emperor arranged for three Tuogu ministers to assist the young emperor, and this prime minister Yan Ming was one of them.At the same time, because Yan Ming is the head of civil servants, he is also a great contemporary Confucian, and he is also the tutor of the little emperor.

"Your Majesty has read all kinds of Confucian classics, and you can read the theory of hundreds of schools in the future." Yan Ming is already in his fifties and has a beard, but he doesn't look old.

"The Confucian classics are vast, and I have only just started." The little emperor said.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to be overly modest. A gentleman governing the country should use both domineering and kingly ways, influence subjects with Confucianism, and restrain behavior with laws. Only by using both, can you be a wise son of heaven."

"But I find it difficult." He Lanxuan said, "It is better to persuade people with laws than to restrain them with laws, to educate the people with Confucianism, to practice benevolent government, and the world decides for itself. Why do we need strict laws?"

The little emperor was only thirteen, not tall, just a child, arguing with Yan Ming with his head up.Seeing what he said, Yan Ming felt at ease.

"I would like to use Confucian classics to educate the world. First of all, I must fulfill my filial piety. I asked the prime minister to draw up an order for the Beijing officials selected this time to send their parents and elders to Beijing to serve them, so as to set an example for the world."