Xiao Qiao enters the farm gate

Seeing that Lin Zheng was walking away quickly, Qiao Mo made several bamboo clips out of bamboo, and temporarily clamped the ring and the handbag together tightly.After freeing your hands, take the bamboo slices prepared earlier for the ring mouth and bake them on the fire until a shallow "u" shape is formed. Just connect and that's it.

After finishing the part that needed to be baked, Lin Zheng came back.

Lin Zheng was holding a piece of wood in his hand, on which were some white lumps, somewhat damp, which were lime.

"enough?"

"Enough." Qiao Mo hurriedly went to the kitchen to grab half a handful of glutinous rice, put it in a small pot and boil it on high heat, and when it was sticky, put it out and let it dry.

Take an egg, knock it into a bowl as long as the egg white is added, add glutinous rice slurry, and add lime powder little by little while stirring.After the three things in the bowl are completely fused, the suction will increase when the chopsticks are stirring, and the sticky glue will be like, then you can stop.

Lin Zheng was supporting the bezel, while Qiao Mo was in charge of applying the adhesive, and then carefully stuck it on the bezel, and the two thin "u"s for decoration were also glued on, and finally the handle was left.

Under the ring mouth, there is a circle of thin bamboo strips for decoration, which is glued on, and at the same time, a small circle for the handle is left at both ends.

Qiao Mo didn't do this well when he made it. The size of the two circles is a little different. After installing the bamboo handle, it's no problem to use it, but one side is slightly higher and the other side is slightly lower.

"It's finished!" Although some details were not finished, it was finally done, and Qiao Mo was very happy no matter how he looked at it. "Ah Zheng, how are you doing?"

"It's beautiful." Lin Zheng couldn't say it, but he thought in his heart that the handbag made of bamboo was very good.

After washing the rice and bleaching it, the bamboo strips show an almost off-white color, simple and elegant, and the finished product is not only not rough, but rather elegant.This handbag is also very practical, whether it is to hold some scattered copper coins, or bought pastries, needlework shoes and so on.

Qiao Mo put the handbag away, and it can be used after the adhesive dries.It just so happened that he was going to deliver goods to the county the day after tomorrow, and he also planned to buy two pairs of shoes, some sugar, and some extra needlework, just in time.

They made another batch of dipping sugar and peanut candy, and the two of them drove the carriage to the county seat early in the morning before dawn.

As usual, go to the teahouse for delivery.

He always comes here once or twice a month, and he is very familiar with Shopkeeper Xiao, so Qiao Mo asked him about the shop.

"Master Xiao Qiao wants to open a shop?" Shopkeeper Xiao knew that Qiao Mo had a close relationship with his owner, so he was always very polite in addressing him. Now when he heard that he was going to buy a shop, he was surprised and said with a smile: "Mr. Qiao's craftsmanship Yes, you can never lose money by opening a shop. Although I don't know where there is a shop for sale, but I know a good tooth, I can ask him. If Mr. Xiao Qiao is not in a hurry to leave the city, he will go to other things first, and I will go and find him. Find it, and when the time comes, Mr. Qiao will have a detailed discussion with him."

"Then trouble shopkeeper Xiao, I'll come back after playing." Qiao Mo thanked him, and left with Lin Zheng.

Shopkeeper Xiao watched the two of them leave, while sending a boy to find Yazi, thinking about it, he finally wrote a simple letter and ordered someone to send it out.

Qiao Mo had some things to buy, so he asked Lin Zheng to leave the carriage in the backyard of the teahouse and go shopping first.He carried a freshly made bamboo handbag in his hand. The novel style and bright and clean color are all eye-catching.

Qiao Mo always had a smile on his face. The more others stared at the handbag, the happier he was, as if his hard work had been recognized.

"Eh?" Qiao Mo stopped abruptly.

"What's wrong?" Lin Zheng didn't know why, but he was slightly displeased by the fact that too many eyes were on Qiao Mo.

Qiao Mo didn't answer, just stared at the door of a restaurant for a while, then turned around and said to Lin Zheng, "I seem to have seen Li Shuilian and him just now."

"Maybe it's just for shopping." Lin Zheng didn't think much of it. After all, Li Shuilian had relatives in the county, and she liked to dress up, so it wasn't surprising that she came to the county.

Qiao Mo frowned, but said nothing after all.

In fact, it is not surprising to see Li Shuilian. The strange thing is that Li Shuilian's new and dazzling attire has a shy look on her face, while her grandmother smiles a little obsequiously, and is facing a slightly funny person next to her. say.Although I have never seen it before, there are some similarities in some things. The strangely dressed short and fat man should be a matchmaker.

In other words, Li Shuilian is on a blind date?

It seems that the blind date is someone from the county town. If it succeeds, Li Shuilian will marry in the city in the future and will never return to Shanglin Village.That's a good thing.

After shopping, the two returned to the teahouse.

The tooth shopkeeper Xiao mentioned has arrived. He is a very shrewd man in his thirties, named Zhao Feng.After introducing each other, they went straight to the topic.

"I don't know what kind of shop Mr. Qiao wants? Now I have a few shops on hand, but I don't know if it suits you." Zhao Feng's attitude changed when he saw that shopkeeper Xiao was very polite to Qiao Mo.

"If it's convenient, show me." Qiao Mo had some ideas in his heart, but he also wanted to actually see it and find out about the current market situation.

Naturally, Zhao Feng would not refuse, and led the two of them to go.

Along the way, he visited three houses in total, and Qiao Mo was most satisfied with the last one.The location of the store is good. There are all kinds of food, clothing stores, and various grocery stores on the street, and it is not far from Wanbao Silver Building.There are two facades, with a small backyard, and there are several houses in the backyard.

The main price of the house is 320 taels.

Qiao Mo was not happy when he heard the price. After all, this is not the main street, and the price would be a notch higher.Furthermore, it is said that there are two facades with a backyard, but it is actually smaller than the house on the main street, and it does not have such a large area.

Qiao Mo discussed with Lin Zheng, and said, "More than 300 taels, this price is a bit high. We want to buy it sincerely, and you can't ask us for a random price. If you have to ask for this price, forget it. We had to go and look elsewhere."

Zhao Feng also knew that the owner's price was high, but even though he was a dentist, he didn't like talking nonsense.Now that Qiao Mo and the other two had brought it up, they whispered a few words to the homeowner.

The homeowner saw that they were determined and really wanted to sell the house. After thinking about it, he gave a new quotation: "260 taels, no less."

Qiao Mo looked at Lin Zheng, saw him nodding, and agreed.

Right now, both parties went to the Yamen and directly processed the red deed. Zhao Feng was very familiar with the people in the Yamen, and things went smoothly.The house deed was replaced, the tax payment was paid, Zhao Feng drew the remuneration, and the matter was over.

Qiao Mo looked at the deed for a long time before he was careful about the income space.

"I bought the shop, when will it open?" Lin Zheng asked.

"Now that the farming season is busy, it's hard to find someone. We need to clean the shop first and decorate it briefly. It's just that there are only two of us, and we don't have the skills to do it all together. If we want to move here, someone needs to help watch it." Although Qiao Mo knew the village One can understand that he is not as good as Lin Zheng after all, so he can only ask him for help at this moment.

"No rush." ​​Lin Zheng knew the situation in the village, and there were people who could spare time, but whether he could greet him was another matter.

However, it didn't take long for the two of them to be distressed, and the helper came to the door automatically.

The two went to the teahouse to pick up the carriage, but they saw Fang Jinnian who was supposed to be a busy man.

"I heard that you guys are going to buy a shop to start a business? Is there anything I can do for you? Just open your mouth. After all, I'm also Xiao Qiao's brother-in-law." Fang Jinnian joked slightly, the corners of his brows and eyes were full of joy, one can imagine his business success How prosperous it is.

As the saying goes, when you drink water, you never forget the well digger. To Fang Jinnian, Qiao Mo is almost a "well digger".

Although Qiao Mo was a little surprised, he was not polite: "If you are really sleepy, I will give you a pillow. We just bought the shop, and we are worried that no one will call for the decoration and cleaning. Since Boss Fang is interested, then I will entrust this matter to you."

"Small things, just leave it to me, don't worry." Fang Jinnian took it, and asked again: "What kind of business are you planning to do? Sell dipping sugar?"

"It's about the same." The dipped sugar must be sold, but it is too monotonous for a shop to only sell one kind of thing, and the customers are also single. The source of customers is not rich, so naturally they have to sell other things.

"I will definitely support the opening!" Fang Jinnian glanced casually, his eyes fell on the bamboo handbag on the carriage, and when he got closer to take a closer look, his eyes lit up. "This thing is a novelty. If you sell this, the business must be good."

Qiao Mo really didn't think about it, firstly, there are few bamboos, and secondly, this work is too hard, and he can't do much by staying up late and working overtime alone.If you really want to sell it, you have to do it after you have cooked it, and sell it as a bamboo artwork, otherwise, the reward is not as good as the payment, and it is not worth it.

Back in the village, when the carriage passed by the main road in the village, I saw several people standing together, pointing in one direction.After careful identification, it seems that they are all looking at Father Lin's house.Could it be that Mrs. Lin is making trouble again?

After listening intently to those people's words, I realized that Madam Lin had invited a matchmaker to marry Lin Fu.

Thinking of Li Shuilian I saw in the county, I don't think it's funny. Is spring a season for matchmaking?I don't know which of these two people can get what they want.

This matter only turned in my mind, and then I threw it away.

The seedlings in the field gradually grew up, and weeds grew up along with it, which also meant that we were going to be busy again.Qiao Mo also hoeed the grass for a day. He was not proficient in the business, and two blisters were rubbed on his hands, and his waist was so sore that he died.Afterwards, I went around the sandy field and saw that the watermelon was beginning to grow, so he asked Lin Zheng to use the carriage to bring the fertilizer he had prepared earlier, and apply it bit by bit to the roots of the seedlings.

After being busy in the field for several days, I came home earlier this day, and as soon as I entered the courtyard, I felt something was wrong.

There was a man lying on his stomach at the door of the room, as if he wanted to pick the lock to get in.

Qiao Mo's first thought was to recruit a thief.

But then he frowned, the man's attire was too familiar, the water red gown, the green embroidered cloth shoes, half of his face was slightly exposed, it wasn't Li Shuilian who it was!