The ancient life of a master craftsman

After hearing this, Liu Mingxi didn't know whether it was a pity to lose a good student for my uncle or a good teacher for Li Linfeng, but he knew that since my uncle had made a decision, he couldn't change it, so he didn't waste his time persuading him. After all, he is not a literati, and he sees things differently from a literati.

"My uncle has made up his mind. It's getting late, so my nephew will go back first."

"Go back."

Liu Chuncheng felt that it was a pity, he hadn't met such a talented junior for a long time, not to mention that he also took advantage of Li Linfeng, if he just wrote a letter of sponsorship, he would feel really sorry, thinking about it, He wrote a letter and sent it to the capital.

It was already late when Li Enbai and Yunli left Liu's residence, they didn't dare to delay at all on the way, they hurried back to the village and finally arrived home before dinner.Just happened to meet Brother Qing who came out of his house, and when he saw them coming back, he greeted them happily, "Brother Li, Lizi, you two are back!"

"Brother Qing, are you looking for us?" Yunli wiped the sweat off her face, she was so hot that she just wanted to go home and take a shower.

Brother Qing took a look at Yunli, "Lizi, you are so different today, the hairpin is very suitable for you."

Yunli was a little shy, but she still smiled generously and said, "I also think Bailihua is very suitable for me. But brother Qing, tell me what you want from me, I'm going to be exhausted, but I'm so bored. stand."

"Oh, look at me, I forgot to say when I saw you, I'm here to look for Brother Li, July is over, Brother Xue and I are thinking of asking Brother Li to collect the monthly money in these two days, I don't know When will Brother Li be free?"

What Brother Qing said made Yunli a little envious, he didn't go out in July, and I heard that Brother Qing and the others are selling hair accessories well now, they must have made a lot of money.

Li Enbai thought for a while, "Then tomorrow afternoon, the four of you, and your elder brother, all come to my house, just as I have something to tell you."

"Okay, then I'll tell them, I'll see you after lunch tomorrow." Qing Geer responded crisply, greeted Yunli, and then bounced around like a child and went home for dinner up.

Li Enbai sent Yunli into the yard, "You can come over tomorrow afternoon, and ask Brother Dahe to come with you."

"Okay, I got it." Yunli agreed, "Then you go back quickly, cook something to eat, and don't keep dealing with it."

Yunli wanted to keep Brother Li for dinner, but he had already gone out with Brother Li all afternoon, and it would be inappropriate to ask someone to stay at home for dinner. Still a little bit reluctant.

Li Enbai was also reluctant to part, but he was afraid that Yunli would be too tired and would be even more tired if he delayed, so he took the initiative to say goodbye, "I'm going back, see you tomorrow."

The words "see you tomorrow" made Yunli reluctantly feel relieved a lot, so she smiled and said, "See you tomorrow."

On the second day, Brother Qing and the others came to Li's house together. It took a while for their elder brothers to arrive one after another. When they entered the yard, they found that their lively and lovely little brother was teasing the big white goose with vegetable leaves.

The two big white geese bought by Li Enbai are also stupid. Basically, there are vegetable leaves and they are the owners. Regardless of how they were tossed before, as soon as the vegetable leaves are thrown out of their hands, they will immediately give up pecking people and go to the vegetable leaves. .

Brother Qing heard from Yunli that the magic weapon for Li Enbai's narrow victory against the white goose turned out to be vegetable leaves, so he couldn't help but experiment, that is, he, a brat who is not afraid of death, had an idea and asked Li Enbai for two handfuls of vegetable leaves. In his arms, he ran into the chicken coop and did all kinds of weird behaviors in front of the big white goose.

When the big white goose wanted to chase him, he took out the vegetable leaves and threw them, and the big white goose stopped chasing him.Then watch them peck a vegetable leaf with their powerful beaks, and then hit the big white goose with a small stone. Sure enough, the big white goose was irritated and spread its wings to fly. Brother Qing threw another vegetable leaf, and it was all right. up.

After repeated tossing and tossing like this a few times, he felt enough, while Xue Ge'er and the others who were watching the play, had long been amused by his inexplicable behavior, and they almost laughed out of breath.

When everyone had arrived, Li Enbai called them to have a meeting together, "First of all, it is to settle last month's wages and commissions. I have already divided them. You all count them separately to see if there is any mistake." A few money bags were distributed, not only Brother Qing and the others, but even their elder brother.

Calculated in this way, not only will Li Enbai not make any money this month, but he may have to pay a little bit. Zhang Song and Yunhe looked at each other, and finally Yunhe took the lead and refused the salary. There is no need to pay us for the five of them."

Li Enbai confiscated it, but said, "You all take it, you deserve it, and, starting today, I will no longer hire all of you."

He dropped a sentence, which shocked everyone, and Brother Qing even jumped up and asked, "Why?"

"Is it because we didn't do well? Brother Li..."

Li Enbai waved his hand, "No, Brother Qing, please sit down first and listen to me."

Brother Qing quietly sat back in his seat under the pressure of Yunli and Brother Xue.

"That's it. I plan to completely transfer this business to you. I don't care how you want to distribute it. Whether you want to stay together or separate and do your own thing. And I," he glanced at the dozen or so people present. Personally, "From now on, I will not be involved in this business, so I will not hire anyone."

Brother Xue frowned, thinking about what Li Enbai meant, and then asked, "Brother Li is planning to give us this business for nothing? How can that be? We can't take advantage of you for nothing."

"It's not like that." Li Enbai knew that they were all upright people, and he was afraid of taking advantage of others and embarrassing his conscience, so he explained patiently, "Actually, you have also discovered it? Wooden hair accessories are cheap, unless Use precious wood, otherwise it will not be sold at a high price, which means that selling wood carving hair accessories will not make a lot of money, just earn hard money."

"Moreover, there are only a few styles of woodcarving hair accessories, and it can be made by changing the pattern and matching, so it is not impossible to copy. There is no unique skill in it, it is nothing more than the quality of the carver."

"Should there be hair accessories of the same style as the ones you sell these days, right?" Li Enbai knew the answer was affirmative from the look on their faces, "so we must constantly innovate to get better profits."

"Introducing the old and bringing forth the new means spending time thinking about how to match a good-looking style and how to add highlights to the original basis, but I don't have that much time to spend on it, and now I have enough money so that I can review it with peace of mind. , I want to concentrate on my preparations, and I must pass the child's exam in February next year." He clenched his fists, his eyes full of certainty.

The imperial examination is a big event, especially in Huaimu Village, which has not produced a single scholar for more than 50 years. None of the scholars stayed in the village and did not bring any benefits to the village.

Except for the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, all of them valued literature over martial arts, even if it was just a trivial scholar at the end of the crane, there were also benefits such as exemption from land tax, household tax, labor and military service, and if he passed the entrance examination, he could get a monthly salary Two stones of rice and one drop of money.

This leads to the extremely high social status of literati. Everyone wants to become a scholar, and most mediocre scholars also think highly of themselves. As a result, poorer villages cannot invite masters to teach at all. It is conceivable In Huaimu Village, who have been illiterate for generations, everyone is eager to read and read.

So when Chen Yingcai showed that he had a talent for reading, the old man Yun helped without saying a word, and made Chen Yingcai and Yunli get engaged in order not to lose face as a scholar. He has never been hungry, and his widow mother who has nothing to do has not been felt sorry for, but it is a pity that although Chen Yingcai is lucky to become a scholar with the bottom No. 2 results, his character is heinously poor.

But Li Enbai is different. No one knows what his character is and what he is doing. He is not a black heart like Chen Yingcai. He will not hold on to his identity as a scholar like Chen Yingcai, and he will not help the oil bottle if it is poured. He has made enough money by his own ability before he is ready to prepare for the exam with peace of mind.

Not only Yunli was excited when he heard this, but even Mu Haishan, the most stable and self-sustaining item, was a little excited. For nothing else, he heard from his father that Li Enbai wanted to settle in Huaimu Village without a registered permanent residence, and he promised Uncle Yun that he would not care. Why don't they leave Huaimu Village, then their village will really have a scholar!

His eyes were red, "Linfeng, you..." He was a little choked up while speaking, "If you are really selected as a scholar, would you be willing to teach children in the village to read? Even if it is to let them know how to read."

During this period of time, Li Enbai has already felt the desire of everyone in Huaimu Village for reading and literacy, and he has no ambitions for success. He just wants to pay off the 100 million experience points owed to the system as soon as possible. Before that, he should not leave Huaimu Village. , so he is willing to spare half a day to teach the villagers how to read, even if it will take up his time to gain experience points, but this is what he should give back to Huaimu Village.

"No, Brother Haishan." Li Enbai shook his head.

The light in Mu Haishan's eyes dimmed, is it still not good?

"If I really pass the exam, I won't just teach children. I will teach all villagers who want to read, regardless of age or gender. I will also teach young brothers and women who want to learn." Li Enbai said. One sentence was so powerful that it left a strong mark in everyone's heart.