I opened a mother and baby supermarket in ancient times to raise cubs

Early the next morning, Lie Shan went to tinker with his jade without breakfast, while Qiao Mian returned to Yaoshui Village with rice dumplings and dates.

Originally, Primary Four and Primary Five were also curious about the place where their father lived, but they had to study and practice calligraphy at home soon.These two children have not yet enlightened after ten years old, Qiao Mian was afraid that they would be looked down upon by their classmates in the academy, so he specially hired a child student at a high price to teach them first.

The two watched the carriage go away eagerly, and wanted to chase after it, but Qiao Xing quickly grabbed the neck by the collar, and continued to go home to carry those people who were as big as cows.

In the carriage, Zao Zao was as well-behaved as ever, quietly lying on Qiao Mian's lap to eat crisp cakes, occasionally talking to Qiao Mian, and asking Qiao Mian some very cute questions, but Zong Zong seemed to be having fun The little pony jumped up and down, and the wide sedan chair was not enough for him to toss about.

When he arrived at the village, he opened the sedan chair curtain and excitedly pointed to a place and shouted, "Daddy, Qingqing's home!"

Qiao Mian looked up and saw that it was indeed the small yard of Tang Qing's house. She patted Zong Zong's head gently, "Call me uncle, be honest, don't fall, you'll be at Ming Ming's house soon."

After nearly a quarter of an hour, the carriage stopped steadily at the door of Carpenter Chen's house.

And Chen Fulang, who had heard the movement a long time ago, also pushed the door out, stood in the courtyard and looked at the carriage that suddenly appeared with a puzzled face, and when he saw the person coming down from the carriage, his eyes lit up with a smile, and he hurriedly greeted him." Qiao Mian! You are a busy person, why come here when you have time!"

Qiao Mian held the jujube in one hand and the gift in the other, and said with a smile, "I'll come to see you and Mingming, and I'll find Brother Chen to make two things by the way."

Whenever Chen Fulang went to the town, he would take Mingming to drink with mountain cotton and sit for a while, so he was not surprised to see the jujube in his arms at this time, "Come, come in and say, it's cold outside."

After a few people exchanged pleasantries, Chen Fulang took the children out to play, and asked Qiao Mian to discuss business with Chen Carpenter.

Carpenter Chen added hot water to the teacup in front of Qiao Mian, "What novelty are you planning to make again, have you brought the blueprint?"

"There's no rush." ​​Qiao Mian "Brother Chen, have you been busy recently?"

Carpenter Chen sighed, shook his head and said, "A few years ago, there were very few people who came to make things. This year is not over, let alone the business. Most of the work in the town is taken away by the people of the Spring Carpenter, and we Yaoshui Village can't get jobs, even if they get a few, it's just helping to repair household items, and they won't earn a few copper coins."

Qiao Mian nodded. He had also heard of the Chunjiang shop in the town. He went to inquire about repairing the shop in the past few days. The neighbors advised him not to work for the Chunjiang shop. Those people are not good at work. He has a huge appetite, swallowed up a lot of business, and seems to be in a hurry to do work for others, and the things he makes are very sloppy.

"Brother Chen, would you like to help out in my new shop? I will give you monthly silver every day, and you can take on other people's work in your spare time."

Carpenter Chen waved his hands again and again, and said with a wry smile, "I've worked as a carpenter for half my life, and I don't know what to eat. I appreciate your kindness."

"It's not a food store." Qiao Mian spread out the drawings in his cuffs in front of Carpenter Chen, "Your craftsmanship is one of the best in our Shun'an Town. Wouldn't it be a waste of talent to go to a dry food store? This time we are doing KitKat Toy store!"

"Kit Kat toy!" Carpenter Chen unfolded the blueprint, glanced around, and said in surprise, "What kind of toy is this? It looks very cumbersome."

Qiao Mian opened her eyes and said nonsense, "This is also the inspiration given to me by the children at home."

He also said, "This toy is very cumbersome, and the items are fragmented and small. It requires the carpenter to be skilled. Another very important point is that I may need to hire more carpenters. If you are willing to help me, Brother Chen, you will be responsible for it." To manage these carpenters, in addition to the monthly silver, I will give you a commission for every set of toys you lead everyone to make."

At this time, Carpenter Chen didn't care about Yueyin any more, and the more he looked at the blueprint, his frown deepened, "Wait, Qiao Mian, I seem to understand that you are very similar to the decorative wood carvings sold by Yuqiao. It’s nothing more than a ready-made one, but you have to put it together yourself? Well, can this be bought? If you have the time to buy a ready-made one, it’s much easier and more comfortable.”

The ancients worked at sunrise and rested at sunset.

In this free time, besides sleeping, I can only find two books to read, but the books are just the same, and in the end I still have nothing to do and sleep with my eyes closed.

At this time, if there is something that is novel, can pass the time, and also gives people a sense of accomplishment, who would not be curious?Qiao Mian is still very confident about this. Even if it doesn't meet expectations, at most it's a change of strategy. He doesn't just put his hopes on this one thing, and he entered the space last night and spent a full 50 taels The money was exchanged for a lot of blueprints and a few sets of toys for research, and all the money was spent. If this business is not successful, there must be some splashes!

Qiao Mian said, "Don't worry about that. I think we'll pick up simple styles and make a few sets at the beginning. If the business is not good, we will cut them off in time. If the business is going well, we will make more."

Carpenter Chen nodded and said, "This thing is a bit like something made by our carpenter ancestor, but if you look closely, there is still some source, and the wood is small and fragmented. If you are looking for a carpenter, you must pass the basic mortise and tenon technique."

Qiao Mian's eyes lit up, "Brother Chen, are you agreeing?"

Carpenter Chen, who has always been simple and honest, rarely made a joke, "The treatment you give is so good, if I don't continue, it would be too shameful." He paused again, a little embarrassed, "I wonder if there is any vacant room in your shop?"

Qiao Mian didn't know what Carpenter Chen was thinking, and said with a smile, "I have already prepared the house for your family of three. When you do the work, Ming Ming will play with Zong Zong Zao Zao and the others. You can go to the shop and help."

Carpenter Chen showed a naive smile, "Then trouble shopkeeper Qiao. By the way, do you have any other carpenters?"

"I still have to trouble Brother Chen for this. You can help find some familiar and skilled carpenters. The monthly silver will not be less, but if you want to do it, you have to sign a contract first."

"This thing can be regarded as the first in Shun'an Town, so we should be more cautious. Don't worry, Shopkeeper Qiao, I will find someone who knows the basics."

After talking about the matter, Qiao Mian declined Chen Fulang's invitation to stay for dinner, and took Zong Zong and Zao Zao to visit the former home. The house was unoccupied for several months, and it was as cold as an ice cellar. Qiao Mian was afraid that the two children would get caught in the cold. He hurriedly carried them into the carriage and headed home.

At the same time, Lie Shan and Uncle Hua also came out from Baoyu.

Lie Shan learned of Uncle Hua's whereabouts from the brothers, so he sent him to Zhonghetang to heal his broken leg, and found a Houguan to help him settle down.

After getting acquainted with Uncle Hua, Lie Shan knew that he was not from Shun'an, but from Fucheng, Chaozhou.At that time, because the head of the Hua family offended a high official, all the property and land in the family were confiscated. The family originally wanted to start over, but they did not expect a fire that took the lives of his parents, brothers, wife and children. Although he survived When he got down, his throat was burned by the thick smoke, and it wasn't that he couldn't speak, but his voice was hoarse and unpleasant. After being rejected and scolded, Uncle Hua pretended to be dumb.

Lie Shan saw that it was getting late, so he wanted to take Uncle Hua to have lunch. When he learned that he was going to Yuchun Tower, Uncle Hua quickly persuaded him not to spend money, just find a stall to eat soft noodles.

"Before the fifteenth year, this year has not passed yet." Lie Shan said, "You, who are celebrating the New Year, still accompany me here and there, just to have a good meal, so it's not a waste of money."

Uncle Hua couldn't resist Lie Shan, so he had no choice but to go with him.

Yuchunlou is considered the largest restaurant in Shun'an Town, and it is full of customers on weekdays, let alone during the New Year's Eve, when Uncle Hua, who came here for the first time, felt his scalp numb from the bustling scene as soon as he came in.

As soon as the two of them came in, a waiter came to greet them attentively, "This way, please."

After being seated, after ordering a few special meat dishes, Lie Shan said again, "Please trouble me to pack a portion of the pork tenderloin for me."

The buddy responded quickly.

After the buddy left, Lie Shan explained to Uncle Hua, "My husband likes it."

Uncle Hua was quite surprised, "I didn't expect you to be married, but do you have children?"

"My husband and I have a son who is four years old this year, and we adopted three more children a year ago."

Uncle Hua smiled and said, "Then your family is very lively." At the end of the sentence, he was a little downcast, and smiled bitterly, "If my son is still here, I'm afraid I will have a family and a son."

Lie Shan has a cold temper and is not born to comfort others, so he just silently refills the glass in front of Uncle Hua.

"I won't mention it, I won't mention it." Uncle Hua shook his head, picked up the wine glass and sniffed it, and sighed with a smile, "Jin Jiangchun? I haven't had such a good wine in many years."

He said again, "I heard what you said earlier, you are planning to open a jade shop, but if you want to sell jade ornaments and Buddha statues, you have to spend a lot of money to find some skilled craftsmen, otherwise even the best jade is a waste product."

"It's a jade shop, but it only sells uncut jade." Lie Shan explained, "I only have the experience of betting on stones to know jade, but I don't know anything about selling jewelry and jade hairpins, or running a store. If you are not sure about the jewelry business, it is better to be a jade material shop. As long as our jade is of high quality and sufficient in stock, there will be no shortage of customers. And these days I have been in Baoyu, and I have more or less known which kind of jade material is the most popular. Welcome, that kind of jade is suitable for making jewelry, ornaments and pendants."

Uncle Hua also has no experience in running a shop, and after hearing what Lie Shan said, he also thought it was feasible, and he said anxiously, "If we want to open a jade material shop, there must be at least [-] kinds of jade materials, and the supply of goods cannot be interrupted. Where should we go?" to find it?"

"Do you still remember that a person picked up a palm-sized jade stone on the Yunlie Mountain in the remote water years ago, and finally opened a piece of purple jade?"

Uncle Hua: "Of course I remember this incident, and it was also because of this incident. During that time, people often took broken stones to cut jade, but without exception, they were all stinky stones. I also heard that there were a few feet behind the snow in the winter. , and some people ran desperately up the mountain, some broke their legs, and some froze to death on the mountain.”

Coincidentally, it was also because Aunt Li told them about this at that time that Lie Shan had the idea of ​​gambling on stones.

Lie Shan said, "In a few days, we will go up the mountain."

"What are you doing at Yunlie Mountain, you..."

Uncle Hua hadn't finished speaking when he saw the waiter coming over with their dishes, and just as he was putting them on the table one by one, Lie Shan suddenly said, "Wait, we didn't order those dishes."

"Guest, these few dishes are our young master's invitation to you two, and they are all our Yuchunlou's signature dishes."

Lie Shan frowned and thought about it for a while, then hesitantly asked, "Yucheng?"

The guy's eyes lit up, "Yes, it's my young master."

"Go away."

The waiter was taken aback, seeing Lie Shan's indifference, he couldn't help but said, "This, my young master invited you, why don't you know the good intentions!" Thinking that this man suddenly grabbed his wrist, the man almost shouted out in pain, how hard this man's hand is as hard as iron, he felt that his wrist was about to break!

Lie Shan said coldly, "Take it away."

The buddy was so painful that his forehead was covered with cold sweat, "Take it, take it away, the little one will take it away!"

When the clerk left tremblingly, Yucheng, who had been observing upstairs, his eyes were burning with anger, and suddenly closed the window forcefully.

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