return to the garden

The next day, Liao Qing went to Uncle Zhang again, and helped find 60 to [-] people to move and cut down the trees on the mountain.

"Prune the branches, and cut off the roots. The soil at the roots should be about this far away from the tree." Liao Qing compared the length of about half a meter.

There are not many trees that need to be moved, most of them are trees that Liao Qing intends to cultivate by himself. In total, there are only a dozen or so trees that need to be moved, and most of them need to be dug up and cut down.

"After cutting it down first, dig out all the roots, just clean it up." Liao Qing didn't have very high requirements for this.

"Okay, then I will inform them today and start work tomorrow, Mr. Liao thinks it's okay?" Uncle Zhang wrote down all the points, and then thought about the candidates in his mind.

"Well, there were more people asking for it last time, but this time there are fewer people asking for it. Let's get rid of these people." Liao Qing brought a list.

Uncle Zhang can read two big characters, and he can tell at a glance that the people above are all those who steal and play tricks.

Uncle Zhang saw clearly that even the two men from Zhang Xiaoli's uncle's family and Zhang Xiaoli's naughty uncle were on the list, so he couldn't say anything else.

"Don't worry, those who come this time are definitely honest workers." Uncle Zhang patted his chest and assured.

In the past, because Liao Qing wanted a lot of people, he was anxious to find more people, so he didn't screen them too much, except for those people he knew who were usually sneaky, raped, and slick, and the rest were relatively slow. There is no in-depth research, but in the past seven days in Qingshan, Uncle Zhang, the supervisor, has noticed who is honest and willing to work, and who is not practical, and he does not like such people from the bottom of his heart.

Even if he didn't know that Liao Qing didn't go to the mountains to see much, and he didn't work together like other masters to supervise the work, and he also knew that those people were dishonest...

"Well, you can arrange the things on the mountain. I don't think there are many trees left. If they can be finished within two days, it will be [-] yuan per person. For Uncle Zhang, in addition Do you think it is feasible to add an extra tael of silver as wages for helping the supervisor and finding someone?" Liao Qing was used to being a shopkeeper, so he naturally didn't want to bother.

Uncle Zhang is embarrassed to accept this extra money, just to help out, it is not worth a tael of silver, and his supervisor is much easier than the workman, so finding someone is just a good time to support relatives and friends, Uncle Zhang feels that his I am ashamed of the extra one tael of silver.

"It's enough for me to take it with the helper. Mr. Liao's wages are already very high, so it's not worth paying me another one." Uncle Zhang waved his hands repeatedly and refused.

Liao Qing didn't care about the extra tael of silver, but there should be a lot of trouble in the future, and giving the money would make it easier to talk. When the time comes, the neighborhood friendship will develop.

In the end, Uncle Zhang didn't push away the one or two taels of silver. He could only secretly decide in his heart that he must help Mr. Liao to supervise the work and kick out those who didn't work well.

Liao Qing finished talking to Uncle Zhang and went back, but saw an acquaintance sitting in the yard.

"Shopkeeper Song?" Liao Qing greeted the people sitting in the courtyard.

It happened that Zhang Xiaoli also came out of the kitchen, carrying a pot of tea and a tray.

"Huh? Brother Liao is back? Shopkeeper Song has been waiting for a long time. You guys are talking while drinking tea." Zhang Xiaoli put the tea on the table.

"What's the matter with Shopkeeper Song?" Liao Qing washed his hands and asked while wiping his hands with a handkerchief.

"Haha, that's a good thing!" Shopkeeper Song poured a cup of tea with a smile, and his whole face was full of happiness.

Liao Qing sat down and poured a cup of tea to accompany him.

"Huh? Good thing?" Liao Qing smiled.

"Haha, I liked the piece of jade pendant you carved last time. This time, I will make another trip for our young master, order a jade piece, a deposit, this amount..." Shopkeeper Song smiled mysteriously, and charged Liao Qing gestured with three fingers.

Liao Qing didn't show any overjoyed expression, as if 30 taels of silver was light and weightless in his eyes.

"30 taels?" Liao Qing confirmed, "Did you bring the blueprint?"

"That's right, I brought the blueprints, an inkstone, please take a look." Shopkeeper Song was quite happy, smiling.

Liao Qing took the drawing, a beautiful inkstone, but, in Liao Qing's opinion, it was too gaudy.

The raised reliefs on the edge are plum blossoms one by one, and they are the kind that only the roots of the branches touch the inkstone. A total of three plum blossom branches are wrapped around the mouth of the inkstone. Liao Qing feels his eyes hurt when he looks at it. What is gaudy, as long as the inkstone is not used to grind ink, this inkstone is good-looking, but it is exquisite, but it is good to watch, but it is probably inconvenient to use it to grind ink.

Liao Qing suspected that three plum blossoms could break two of them with one knock.

"Is this inkstone for women?" Liao Qing spoke tactfully.

"Haha, that's right!" Shopkeeper Song is quite embarrassing in front of Qin Huaiyu now, but he knows something about the inside.

This inkstone was given to the current Empress Dowager.

"I think that such a thing is really..." Liao Qing paused, "It's not very good..."

The smile on Shopkeeper Song's face suddenly disappeared, and he became serious.

"What's the matter, Mr. Liao can't handle this inkstone?" Shopkeeper Song looked at Liao Qing in embarrassment.

He also wanted to gain another wave of goodwill from the master's house.

"Sculptures can definitely be carved, that is..." Liao Qing paused and took a sip of tea, "Exactly, look at how he can be used as an inkstone."

Shopkeeper Song heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Liao Qingnengdiao, and took over the blueprints to look at. However, he felt that any place was good, and the design was not good enough.

"Mr. Liao, explain it clearly? I didn't see anything." Shopkeeper Song was modest.

"The inkstone, after all, is used to grind ink, but this inkstone, with its shape, is not suitable for grinding ink..." Liao Qing talked about the drawings.

Shopkeeper Song saw that this was indeed the case, and he was a little at a loss as to what to do.

It's only two months away from the queen mother's birthday, shopkeeper Song is afraid that time will be too late...

Liao Qing shook his fan, looking suave and suave, not in any hurry.

"Then Mr. Liao, how long does it take to carve an inkstone?" Shopkeeper Song gritted his teeth and asked.

"Seven days at most." Liao Qing estimated the time.

"Then I'll write to our Young Master to ask first, and I'll take the blueprints away first. You can wait here for a while, and then talk about it after I ask you?" Shopkeeper Song dared to make decisions about such important matters, but he was very serious. Thank you Liao Qing for raising the question.

Liao Qing waved his hand, but he didn't care about it.

In one life, he was a master sculptor, and people would often come to him with such blueprints for sculpting. Generally speaking, they were gaudy and not easy to use.

Shopkeeper Song brought back the drawings, and Zhang Xiaoli came out with his belt.

"Brother Liao." Zhang Xiaoli sat across from him, "Is Manager Song here to help?"

"Well, I took the blueprint and asked me to carve an inkstone." Liao Qing would not shy away from this.

"I don't think Brother Liao picked it up?" Zhang Xiaoli fiddled with the embroidery pattern on his belt.

"Well, no, there is something wrong with his blueprint, let's talk about it when he goes back." Liao Qing took a sip of tea indifferently.

"That's right, Brother Liao, the belt I made for you is ready, let me try it for you." Zhang Xiaoli unfolded the belt.

Liao Qing saw the finely embroidered moiré belt slowly unfolding in front of his eyes, delicate and beautiful.

Liao Qing tried it, but it was not bad, it fit well, the embroidery needlework was not petty at all, it was very handy, Liao Qing liked it very much.

"Brother Liao looks good on it. I'll put on that light blue outer shirt. After a few days it will warm up a bit. Brother Liao will see that it can be worn." Zhang Xiaoli compared the belt to Liao Qing's body.

"It's Xiaoli's ingenuity. She's very smart and very clever." Liao Qing rubbed the child's head, what a good little wife.

Zhang Xiaoli bit her lips in embarrassment, and decided in her heart that as long as Brother Liao liked it, he would take all of Brother Liao's clothes, trousers, shoes, and belt.

As long as I think that Brother Liao will wear clothes made by him in the future, I will be so excited!

"Xiao Li, don't stay at home every day and make clothes and belts for me. In half a month at most, when the housekeeper comes back, I will take you to Yunzhou to play, okay?" Liao Qing pinched the child's face .

When the manager came back, he could hand it over to Jianzhuangzi, so Liao Qing didn't have to worry about it, so he simply took Zhang Xiaoli out to play, saving a little kid from being bored staying at home all day.

"But..." Zhang Xiaoli hesitated.

Obviously, many things in the family are inseparable from people, and... besides, he is a brother, how can he run around and show his face in public?

"No, but, when the time comes, Brother Liao will hand everything over to the steward, and then take our family Xiaoli to play. I heard that there are brocades as thin as clouds in Yunzhou, and candy as soft as cotton." , there are all kinds of delicious food, Xiaoli really doesn’t want to go?” Liao Qing is a little bored, so it’s not bad to go out for a walk.

Zhang Xiaoli's heart was moved. He had heard about the prosperity of Yunzhou since he was a child. He heard that there were so many streets that he couldn't finish shopping in five days. There were many strange things that could not be seen here...

Is it just really okay?

"But Brother Liao, I'm a brother. Is it really all right? Could it be something bad?" Zhang Xiaoli asked shyly.

"How can it be bad? Xiaoli is Brother Liao's future brother, just take Xiaoli out to play." Liao Qing continued to abduct the little white rabbit.

Zhang Xiaoli really wanted to go. Thinking about it this way, it was true. Although it is not easy for the little brother to show his face before marriage, but brother Liao is his betrothed person, so it should be fine...