The ancient life of a master craftsman

"Musheng, do you think what I said is okay? Meihua and our old couple will keep her for a while, and you should go back and think about it. No matter how bad Meihua is, she is also the mother of two children. Now your grandson is about to give birth. It's not a good thing to take plum blossoms away, right?"

Under the persuasion of the old man Bai, the old man Yun reluctantly agreed, put away the divorce papers, refused to eat, and left immediately, before leaving, he was still hiding from Bai Ermei, who did not come in until the village chief of Lijia Village came. Said, "Plum Blossom's sister, my family doesn't take advantage of some money, don't always ask your sister for money, your man is hardworking, and the money you earn is enough for both of you mother and daughter."

Bai Ermei's husband-in-law didn't dare to say anything, while Bai Ermei was ashamed and annoyed, but this wasn't what Old Man Yun cared about. The family's Qian Baishi didn't even want to touch a copper coin!

So Old Man Yun returned to Huaimu Village alone. When he got home, the three children in the family were having lunch, and he happened to catch up.

Mrs. Mu could only drink a little rice soup because she was unwell, and Yunli tossed and turned in the middle of the night because she was thinking about picking up his mother today, and she was so sleepy that she didn’t have much appetite. thing.

Yunhe was worrying that the two of them would have trouble eating, when old man Yun just came back, and he prepared a meal for his father, "Father, where is mother? Lizi said that you are going to pick up mother, and mother is acting angry and unwilling to come back?"

Now all the money in the family is in the hands of the Mu family. Old man Yun didn't bring any money to Li's village. According to past experience, if he doesn't leave some money for his aunt and grandma, his mother will not go home easily.

Old man Yun drank a large bowl of water to quench his thirst before preparing to eat, "Your mother is not coming back yet, your grandfather wants to keep her at home for a few more days to change her temper."

When the sleepy Yunli heard this, her spirits brightened, her eyes lit up, "Father, are you..."

Old man Yun cleared his throat, and interrupted Yunli, "Okay, let's eat first, and we'll talk after we finish."

Now Yunli was sure, his father must have frightened grandpa and the others, thinking of her mother being reprimanded by grandpa at home, Yunli's mood improved, and her appetite also picked up.

I can't help but have a small hope, maybe this time his mother will change.

On the first day of May, the weather began to heat up, but the big market was still very lively. It was the Dragon Boat Festival on May [-]th, and the big market was full of reed leaves and glutinous rice and other materials for making zongzi, raw or cooked. Zongzi.

As soon as Li Enbai arrived at the big market, he could smell the fragrance of cooked reed leaves and glutinous rice, and he was a little hungry. If we say that the biggest advantage of coming to ancient times, it might be that the food materials are all natural, right?

Although there was plenty of food in the Milky Way era, all plants can only be grown in culture medium after being separated from the mother planet Earth, and the plants have also undergone different changes.

The most obvious thing is that most of the green plants mutate into other colors, and the bigger the plants, the faster they change. After Li Enbai was born, there are no pure green plants anymore. Most of them are strange gray and mottled with other colors. It looked unappetizing.

After arriving here, Li Enbai's appetite is getting better day by day. From the first meal of two buns, he can now eat five. Not only that, he also likes to try different foods.

So when passing by a dim sum stall, he saw that the couple was selling small, half-palm-sized rice dumplings, and he couldn't resist buying one of each flavor.

After tasting, he picked out a few flavors, and after leaving the market, he went to the dim sum shop to order the quantity, and planned to pick it up on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

After dealing with the festival, he came to Qianxiu Pavilion with a backpack containing a table on his back.

Hu Fulang thought he didn't come to the bazaar today, and was a little surprised to see him, "Brother Linfeng, why are you here at this time? The big bazaar is gone."

"Well, I came here after the fair." Li Enbai handed the newly bought zongzi to Hu Fulang, "I saw that there were already some for sale in the fair today, so I bought some. Hu Fulang, you can take it home and try it."

Hu Fulang took the zongzi, "You and I thought you didn't come today, why didn't you come to move the table?"

Li Enbai put down the pannier, "I carried one myself, so I won't come to disturb you early in the morning."

"Hey, what's the trouble?" Hu Fulang said indifferently, "My man has to be on duty before dawn, and he always gets up early, so just come here, it's so heavy to carry the table on your back."

The number of visits is not too small. It is true that I have never met Hu Fulang’s husband. He is actually quite curious. Hu Fulang doesn’t look like his life is not going well and he is not loved by his husband, but he is an outsider who often comes here. Qianxiu Pavilion, but he didn't see his father-in-law show up, which is a bit strange.

"It's really hard work to be on duty before dawn. If you have nothing to do, you should take more rest."

Hu Fulang may have thought of his own man, his eyes were filled with smiles, but his mouth was disgusted, "He is just busy, he takes his own little things seriously all day long."

Disgusted, he asked Li Enbai, "Linfeng, do you have something to tell me?"

"Yes... there is such a thing..." Li Enbai hesitated, as if he didn't know what to say or not.

Hu Fulang said cooperatively, "It's okay, just tell me."

Li Enbai turned his gaze around Qianxiu Pavilion, and asked, "Hu Fulang, how is the business of Qianxiu Pavilion on weekdays?"

Hu Fulang also took a look at his own store. The decoration was very old, and there were not many styles of clothes in the store. Although it was said that it sold both women's clothing and children's clothing, most of them were children's clothing.

His mother-in-law gave him this shop when he got married, and when he took over it, it was in this dilapidated state. The tailor in the shop was also a hairless child, and there was still a lot of money in losses on the books.

But he is also optimistic. When the store is transferred to him, he will first dispose of the accumulated cloth at a low price, and with the money, he will cover most of the losses, and then attract some people to buy it by buying a piece of clothing and giving a handkerchief.

In addition, although their styles are not up-to-date, the materials used are relatively cheap. After several years of operation, although they have made a lot of money, they are finally able to avoid losses.

"I didn't make much money, but I finally stopped losing money. Alas, doing business is not an easy task." Hu Fulang said with deep emotion.

Li Enbai continued to ask, "I have a way here, which can improve the business of your store, Hu Fulang, would you like to hear it?"

Of course Hu Fulang is willing, although his husband-in-law always said that this shop is just for him to pass the time, and it doesn’t matter if he makes money or not, but Hu Fulang doesn’t think so. , I have survived the most difficult times, why can't I make money?

But because he doesn't understand tailoring at all, he can't do anything about the styles in the shop. The current style is still bought by him in another shop and asked the little tailor to follow suit.

He also heard from Yunhe that Li Enbai could only earn a few taels of silver every time he set up a stall in a big fair, and it only cost a little wood and time. He admired Li Enbai very much at that time, from a penniless person It only took a few days to earn money to support myself.

Looking at him again, it has been four years since he took over this mess, and he is still in such a half-dead state.

Now that Li Enbai said that there is a way to revitalize the store and make the store profitable, he is of course interested, and immediately said, "Linfeng, as long as your method works, you can just say what you want, and I will agree to anything!"

Li Enbai waved his hand, "I have some ideas, whether it will work or not depends on what Hu Fulang thinks after you hear it."

"Look, even in the morning, the store is not bright, and the display of products is not organized. Although the quality of the products themselves is good, the style is ordinary and nothing new..."

When he said this, Hu Fulang saw that there were problems everywhere in his shop, and he was also a cheerful person, so he slapped his hands, "Linfeng, tell me how to change it, I'm up to you!"

"Then I won't be polite." Li Enbai went to the window and knocked on the window, "First, replace the window so that it opens up and down, and replace it with a door that can be opened directly. When it is open during the day, the window must be opened. on."

This is to increase the brightness of the store, because it is a clothing store, the light is an added part, and only good light can highlight the beauty of the products.

Hu Fulang also came from Huaimu Village. Even if he doesn't know how to do carpentry, he still knows something. He doesn't need Li Enbai to explain.

"How about this, you go back and tell Yunhe, let him come over tomorrow to measure the size, make me two windows, and tell him if there is anything else that needs to be changed, let him do it for me. "Hu Fulang made a final decision, but he was straightforward.

Even so, Li Enbai told Hu Fulang all the things he wanted to change, and seeing that he had no objections at all, he continued, "What I said earlier is all about additional conveniences. The style of clothing in a clothing store is what makes the business good or bad." top priority."

Hu Fulang's eyes lit up, "That's right, that's right, you're on the right track, I've been worrying about this a lot."

He sighed, "The tailors in my shop are too young, and I don't know much about them. I also thought about hiring experienced master craftsmen, but unfortunately the business in the shop is sluggish, and I really can't pay the master's monthly silver."

Li Enbai bent down and took out the previously drawn blueprints from the back basket and handed them to Hu Fulang, "Do you think these are novel? If they are made, will they become popular?"

Hu Fulang had never heard of some words in what he said, but he could understand the meaning by combining sentences, so he never noticed his strangeness.

Hu Fulang flipped through the drawings, and was fascinated by the first one. It seemed to be a very common style, but there were a lot of precautions, such as the waistline was tightened, and there were two hidden folds on the front.. .

It may seem like some small changes, but with Li Enbai's clothing renderings drawn next to it, it immediately looks different.

After this change, the clothes will look small and slender, and the hairstyle of the woman in the renderings is also very refreshing, looking full of girlishness.

Hu Fulang carefully looked at the list one by one, admiring Li Enbai in his heart, but...