The silly and sweet spring of crossing

After the seventh day of the lunar new year, Qiu Baichen returned to Jinxiu Lantern Shop to prepare the lanterns used for the Lantern Festival. They were all improved on the original lanterns, and no new types were produced.

Qiu Baichen seldom makes lamps by himself now, Li Chen and Wang Xian do the lamps, and other apprentices do the other trivial work, and he is responsible for watching them, and improving the style of the lanterns by the way, life is very happy Cozy.

When it was almost noon, Qiu Baichen saw that Li Chen and Wang Xian were doing well, so he slipped out to see Xiao Chuliu.

"Sleeping." Qiu Baichen had just arrived at the door of Xiao Chuliu's house when he saw He Lanyu come out and told him that Xiao Chuliu had fallen asleep.But the silly father who wanted to see his son still walked in cautiously. Looking at Xiao Chuliu's chubby face, he couldn't help poking him.Xiao Chuliu moved when he was poked, Qiu Baichen was so frightened that he thought he was awake, and ran out with a whoosh.

He Lanyuzhi was standing outside basking in the sun when he was bumped into by Qiu Baichen who hurried out.

"It's okay, okay, I'm not awake." Qiu Baichen patted his chest, He Lanyu took a look at him, and felt fortunate that there was no one else around, otherwise he would lose all face.

"He Nan, let's go eat hot pot at noon, and take Xiao Chen and Xiao Xian with us." Qiu Baichen said, He Lanyu nodded, and went to ask Li Chen and Wang Xian to eat with Qiu Baichen, but they hadn't passed the screen yet. He heard Li Chen talking to Wang Xian.

"Xiao Xian, my mother said that I want to make dumplings with three delicacies at noon today. You and I can go home and eat them. The dumplings made by my mother are delicious." Li Chen said to Wang Xian while making a lamp.Because Wang Xian had no father and no mother, everyone cared about him very much, and Li Chen's mother would ask Li Chen to take him home to prepare delicious food for him.

"Okay." Wang Xian nodded, "Will Master and Mr. He go?"

"Let's go together." Li Chen said.

"Then let's go eat hot pot at night. Let's eat dumplings at noon." Qiu Baichen came out at this time and said, Li Chen and Wang Xian were obviously more interested in hot pot, and they both looked at Qiu Baichen eagerly, looking forward to the evening that meal.

They were just about to pack Xiao Chuliu who had fallen asleep, when they saw the shop assistant running over, panting.

"Qiu, Master Qiu, the shopkeeper has something to do. I want you and Mr. He to go over to have lunch and talk." That guy was looking for Qiu Baichen before. He has been running outside, so he doesn't meet Qiu Baichen many times.

"Did shopkeeper Cao say what happened?" Qiu Baichen asked, the guy finally got his breath back.

"I don't know about that. The shopkeeper said he must invite you over." The man said.

"Oh, then you guys go eat dumplings, come back and look at Xiao Chu Liu after eating, if Xiao Chu Liu wakes up, bring him to Boss Cao's house to find us." Qiu Baichen and Li Chen Wang Xian ordered.

Xiao Chuliu is usually very well-behaved, but now he is still young, sleeps a lot all day, and can sleep for an hour each time, as long as Qiu Baichen or He Lanyuzhi is by his side when he wakes up, he won't cry.But the child is too young, and there is no one around, so I still need to find someone to watch.

"You go over there, I'll help you watch here first." The guy said

Hearing what the man said, Qiu Baichen felt relieved, and went to Boss Cao's house with He Lanyuzhi.Boss Cao had already asked his wife to prepare a table of food and wine, and invited them to sit down when he saw them coming.

"Is shopkeeper Cao doing anything today?" Qiu Baichen asked directly.

"Come, come, sit down and talk." Shopkeeper Cao poured wine for Qiu Baichen and He Lanyuzhi, poured a glass for himself, and sat down after paying respects to the two.

"It's a happy event," he said.

"Then congratulations to shopkeeper Cao." He Lanyu said.

"What kind of happy event is it, can you tell me about it?" Qiu Baichen asked.

"I'm going to go to the capital in another month, so I probably won't be coming back." Boss Cao said with a smile on his face.

Both Qiu Baichen and He Lanyu were obviously interested in why he went to the capital, so Boss Cao told them about it.It turned out that Boss Cao's family has only one son, who is almost thirty this year, and has been studying with a teacher in Xinfang City all these years.He had passed the provincial examination ten years ago, and passed the general examination last year. He was selected as a Jinshi in the palace examination and stayed in the Imperial Academy to serve.

Later, the current emperor issued a decree, asking the officials in the capital to take their parents to live with them in the capital, so as to be filial.Now that Boss Cao's son's colleagues have already taken his family over, he naturally wants to take Boss Cao and his wife to the capital, otherwise it will be against the emperor's will.Although it is unlikely that he will be revoked from his official position, he will definitely not have a good reputation among his colleagues, and it will not be easy to get promoted in the future.

Boss Cao dragged on until now because of his affair with Fuyuan Lamp Shop.He is just such a son, so he is naturally happy to live with him in the capital, but the shop here is also an industry he has painstakingly managed, and he is reluctant to bear it in the end.

"I've lived most of my life, and I've put all my heart and soul into this lamp shop. I can't bear to close it, let alone see this shop being taken over by unreliable people." Boss Cao had a few drinks, and the conversation started.

"So I hope Master Qiu can continue to open my shop. You have good craftsmanship. If you run the shop yourself, you may develop better. If you are willing, I will exchange the shop to you at a lower price."

Qiu Baichen also drank a cup, hearing what he said, his heart was still a little ready to move.He originally wanted to earn more money here before going to Xinfang City, but if he could open a store by himself, the speed of saving money should be faster, but...

"Your store is worth hundreds of taels of silver." Qiu Baichen said, "I don't have that much money yet."

His question was very real, Boss Cao laughed when he heard him say that.

"It's okay, it's okay, you can always earn this money, it doesn't matter when you give it to me. I still have some reliable relatives here, just give them the money when the time comes." Boss Cao's family is also near Yanglin County, he Now that his son has won the Jinshi, it is already the honor of the family, even if he goes to the capital, he will not lose contact with his relatives.

"That's fine." Qiu Baichen nodded, if he wanted to open a shop, there was really no better place than Boss Cao's shop.

"All the shop assistants and apprentices in the shop who are willing to stay will stay, so as to save everyone from trouble." The shop assistants and masters are all experienced, and they can't follow Boss Cao. If they can continue to stay, Qiu Baichen will also save money. A lot of things.

"Okay, I'll let them talk about it." Boss Cao and Qiu Baichen talked very smoothly. In the end, they even talked about how much they would spend. He Lanyuzhi even said a few words to bargain the price.

Boss Cao was really in a hurry to leave, so he didn't ask for a high price. The price he gave Qiu Baichen was very conscientious, and the handover between the two sides was also very fast. A month later, although the lamp shop was still called Jinxiu lamp shop, the owner changed.Boss Cao also went to the capital with his wife, and it will be a long time later when he returns to the capital.

Qiu Baichen became the shopkeeper of Jinxiu Lantern Shop, and the competition with Fuyuan Lantern Shop became even more wanton.He sold all the old-style lanterns hoarded in the lantern shop at a low price, cleaned up the inventory, and then sold all fresh lanterns, and he didn't make ordinary ones, letting Fuyuan Lantern Shop lose money and make money.

Half a month later, Fuyuan Lamp Shop couldn't take it anymore. The shopkeeper Fang, who was very arrogant at the beginning, was ruthlessly abandoned by the owner of Xin Fangcheng, so he could only come to seek peace with Qiu Baichen.

Seeing shopkeeper Fang, Qiu Baichen shrank subconsciously and hid behind He Lanyu.Seeing him like this, He Lanyuzhi negotiated with shopkeeper Fang on his behalf.

"You go back and look at Xiao Chuliu first." He Lanyuzhi and Qiu Baichen said, Qiu Baichen nodded obediently, then turned around and ran away, obviously having lingering fears about what happened last time.He Lanyuzhi rarely saw him so obedient, so he didn't take the opportunity to hurt him with a few words of revenge.

"Shopkeeper Fang." He Lanyuzhi sat down, looked at Shopkeeper Fang, greeted him and stopped talking.The shopkeeper looked at He Lanyuzhi, and saw that he was not a soft persimmon, and he didn't dare to squeeze it, so he hesitated for a while before speaking.

"What happened before was my fault. Now that shopkeeper Cao is gone, why don't we continue to sell our own products as before. The Fuyuan Lamp Shop still sells the original ones."

"Oh." He Lanyu was noncommittal.

Shopkeeper Fang's small calculations were still crackling, even though he was defeated, he still didn't want to give in.He originally thought that Qiu Baichen would be easy to talk when he looked at it, and maybe he would be fine if he talked about it, but Qiu Baichen ran away, leaving He Lanyuzhi behind.

"Then what do you think?" Shopkeeper Fang really couldn't stand He Lan Yuzhi's silence, and felt very uncomfortable around him, a little out of breath.

"Same as now." He Lanyu said, they no longer make ordinary lanterns.Maintaining the status quo is equivalent to exchanging the two lamp shops with each other. Fuyuan lamp shop makes ordinary lanterns and earns ordinary income, while Jinxiu lamp shop makes money.

"Shopkeeper Fang, don't think of other ideas." He Lanyu said again, he smiled, but it was more frightening than when he didn't smile.If Qiu Baichen was still around, he would definitely complain that he either had a stern face, or laughed so frighteningly.

"This……"

"I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you." He Lanyuzhi didn't have the patience. They didn't need Shopkeeper Fang to make any compensation, and of course they wouldn't give him a chance. He did it all by himself. of.

After Qiu Baichen went out, he had been waiting outside. He waited for a long time before he saw He Lanyu come out. He didn't ask what He Lanyu had said to Shopkeeper Fang, anyway, he would definitely not suffer.

In any case, the current form of Jinxiu Lantern Shop and Fuyuan Lantern Shop has become a foregone conclusion. Fuyuan Lantern Shop can only sell ordinary lanterns, and because of the price increase, it has caused everyone's dissatisfaction.