The silly and sweet spring of crossing

This time, Qiu Baichen signed the contract with Boss Cao at Jinxiu Lantern Shop.The storefront of Jinxiu Lantern Shop is not too big, and there are all kinds of lanterns on display for people to buy.The backyard is very large, separated by a screen in the middle. Each yard has various tools and materials for lantern masters and apprentices to make lanterns. It is much more spacious than Qiu Baichen's yard.

There used to be two lantern masters in Jinxiu Lantern Shop. The one who was stolen was a better lantern maker, and the remaining lantern master was a mediocre lantern maker with a large number of lanterns but no special features.Each master has a few apprentices who follow him to make lamps, and learn the skills of the master by the way.

Boss Cao gave another master a holiday today, so he didn't come.

"Boss Qiu can just make lamps here from now on." The boss took Qiu Baichen to the right side of the yard and appointed him to make lamps here.Qiu Baichen looked around, seeing that the area here was larger than the one opposite, so he nodded.

"These two young apprentices will follow you." Boss Cao called two apprentices over. They were both fifteen or sixteen years old. They came here last year to work with the master who left.The master also has an apprentice who has studied with him for several years, and this time he also left with him.

The two young apprentices followed Boss Cao with their heads down. Qiu Baichen looked at them and said nothing.He Lanyuzhi hugged Xiao Chuliu, and didn't say a word before, but now he glanced at Boss Cao, and then at Qiu Baichen, thinking that Qiu Baichen might not be very good at defending others, if he doesn't remind him, he might be killed sooner or later. The person was sold, so he had to take the initiative to speak.

"We will bring apprentices here, and we will pay the wages ourselves." Apprentices are actually not paid, and most of them are sent by poor families to learn crafts, in order to have a meal in the future, and whether the meal will be good in the future , It depends on whether the master's craftsmanship is good or not, and whether he is willing to teach.

There are also many incidents where disciples of the church starved to death of their masters.

He Lanyuzhi didn't say anything else, but Boss Cao was still embarrassed when his mind was seen through.Qiu Baichen was stunned for a moment before realizing why He Lanyuzhi said that, knowing that he was thinking of himself, so he nodded.

He doesn't mind others learning his craft, but he is afraid that others will go against him after learning the craft.

"I listened to He Nan." Qiu Baichen's expression was very pure and innocent. After all, Boss Cao was wronged. He couldn't say anything, so he just admitted it.

"This will trouble Boss Cao, and I will come to work in five days."

Qiu Baichen and He Lanyuzhi were optimistic about the environment here, signed the contract, and waited a few days before coming back to work.But before working, Qiu Baichen had to solve one problem.

"Who is this apprentice looking for?" Qiu Baichen asked He Lanyuzhi.

"Looking for a dentist, I have to sign a death contract." He Lanyu said concisely, Qiu Baichen nodded, and someone will help him with work in the future. I'm so happy to think about it.

"Hey, by the way, didn't Sister Ping say that Li Chen couldn't make much money as an apprentice with Carpenter Lin, why don't you let him work with me. Everyone knows the basics and is reliable. If you do well, you can give him more some wages."

When Qiu Baichen said this, He Lanyuzhi thought about it, and Li Chen should also have some background in carpentry, so it's better to give him a favor.

"Then let's find Yaren for the other ones. Are you going that afternoon? I'll watch Xiao Chuliu." Qiu Baichen carried the child that He Lanyuzhi had been holding all along.Xiao Chu was sleeping before the sixth day, but now he is awake, but his father and uncle are by his side, so he didn't cry, and his two shiny black eyes rolled around, looking at the surrounding things curiously.

"Xiao Chuliu is really good. From now on, I will stay at home with your Uncle He." Qiu Baichen said, "From now on, I will prepare lunch every morning before leaving, and I will make dinner when I come back. If I can't come back, I will let someone Let me tell you first when I come back, you go out and buy something to eat."

Qiu Baichen held Xiao Chuliu in his arms, and said with a smile, He Lanyuzhi did not object.

"There is nothing interesting in the small county town. If you are bored, you can do something casually, but you can't do much by watching the children. Do you think Xinfang City will be more fun? There are more people than Yanglin County, and there must be people there." There are many, and there are even more new things." Qiu Baichen said, and then remembered that He Lanyuzhi hadn't remembered the past, so he turned to look at him.

Yanglin County is just a small closed county. Although it is located in a place rich in silkworms, it is not suitable for raising silkworms. It can only spin and spin yarn, embroider flowers, and do a little trade by the river.

Xinfang City is a big city, extending in all directions.Da Chu has very loose management of maritime trade, and people from neighboring countries who trade with each other will settle in Xinfang City.Xinfang City is not only big but also interesting. You can often see some blond whites and even dark-skinned blacks on the road.They will also bring a lot of exotic things, and their permanent residence in Xinfang City has a very strong exotic flavor.However, this era is still a long time away from the industrial revolution, and the technology of other countries is not developed.

But Qiu Baichen naturally didn't know at this time, what he had to consider was how to make a novel and interesting lantern that could compete with another lantern shop, namely Fuyuan Lantern Shop.

Now that it has passed the fifteenth day, there are not many fancy lanterns in use, and everyone should not come to buy them.Fuyuan Lantern Shop has now reduced the price of ordinary lanterns to two-thirds of the original price. After deducting the cost of labor and raw materials, there is nothing left.

So everyone went to Fuyuan Lantern Shop to buy lanterns, and the quality was similar to that of Jinxiu Lantern Shop.Originally, the Jinxiu Lantern Shop, which still had a regular source of customers, was sparsely populated, but only a few who had a good relationship with Boss Cao came here to buy lanterns.

"Brother Chen, there is still no one here today." Li Chen worked with Qiu Baichen. The other apprentice was introduced by Ren Yazi. His name was Wang Xian. He was only fourteen. He was also a local. Disgusted, he found Ren Yazi who was willing to do anything, as long as he could live.

Qiu Baichen saw that he was still clever, so he tested his kung fu and thought he was good, so he signed a death contract with him, and will follow him from now on.

"Li Chen, go to the Fuyuan Lamp Shop. They probably don't know you. When you go in, you say you want to buy lanterns, and then see what kind of lamps they make. Write it down and tell me." Qiu Baichen has nothing to do now. Except for the core part of making lanterns, he asked the two previous apprentices to do it. Li Chen and Wang Xian still had to learn useful skills after following him.

Anyway, there are no lanterns to sell now, so it is better to do other preparations first.

Li Chen's memory is excellent. Although he can't draw the lanterns he saw with a pen like Qiu Baichen, he can still describe them perfectly. In addition, Qiu Baichen is very familiar with these things, so when Li Chen started from After returning from Fuyuan Lantern Shop, Qiu Baichen drew all the styles of lanterns he saw in Fuyuan Lantern Shop.

"What's the use of drawing these?" Li Chen was very busy when he saw the patterns of lanterns in Qiu Baichen's hands, and Wang Xian looked at those lanterns carefully.

"Shall we do this too?" he asked.

"Yes, I'll do these first during this time." Qiu Baichen looked at it, added something to the painted lanterns, and then took out a blank piece of paper and drew a very strange lantern.

Qiu Baichen didn't immediately explain to them how the strange lantern was made and what effect it had.He took Li Chen and Wang Xian to make a lot of lanterns, all of which were made according to the style of Fuyuan Lantern Shop, but added something to each style, which was more delicate than that of Fuyuan Lantern Shop. many.

Both Li Chen and Wang Xian watched how Qiu Baichen made the lamp and what skills he had in each step. When Qiu Baichen finished part of the lamp, he asked them to do it too. If he didn't do it well enough, he had to do it again.But both of them were very smart. Li Chen had been working with Carpenter Lin for a long time, so he was familiar with them.But Wang Xian was a bit short at the beginning, but later he got used to it, and his hands were more dexterous than Li Chen.

It took them a few days to make the same lanterns as Fuyuan Lantern Shop, with dozens of each.Afterwards, Qiu Baichen began to make the kind of lanterns he painted last.

Qiu Baichen moved very quickly. He glued the painting he had prepared a long time ago inside the lantern, put a few short candles inside, and then lit the candles.

What was painted in that painting were several villains, each of whom was riding a horse, simple but with different images.The candles were lit, and suddenly the villain in the lantern started to move, chasing after each other, it was so lively.

"This lamp is alive?!" Li Chen looked at the lamp and couldn't help but take a step back, his face pale with fright.But Wang Xian found it interesting, and looked closely, but couldn't see any clues.

Qiu Baichen found them interesting, so he put the lamp aside.The little people ran as if they were tireless, and did not stop until the candles were extinguished.

"You don't need to know why they can run yet, just follow me." After Qiu Baichen said, he taught them how to make the lamp he just made. The two apprentices learned from him obediently. When they found themselves I was even more surprised when the lights I made turned on.

"This lamp is called a fairy lamp. You can run by borrowing the fairy energy from the fairy." Qiu Baichen played tricks and made the two apprentices stupefied.In fact, what he made is an ordinary revolving lantern, which is driven by the convection of cold and hot air to rotate the wheel shaft inside, so that the little people on the picture move, just like watching flowers on a horse, it is a revolving lantern.

The three masters and apprentices made dozens of revolving lanterns, and then made a larger one with more delicate pictures than this one.Qiu Baichen told Boss Cao to let him put the big fairy lantern at the door, and put a few smaller ones on it to keep the candles burning and keep the lights turning.

Boss Cao let out the lamp as he said. On the huge lantern, a few villains chased each other, and everyone who passed by would stop and take a look.