Chapter 90: The Candy Blower
Seeing off Tang Yuan and his wife, Xu Chen, who had not had time to be sad, threw himself into his busyness again.
Originally, Shopkeeper Wang's branch in the inner city was going to open in two days, but after Xu Fan learned a news, Xu Chen stopped him, although he didn't know why, but since the boss had already spoken, Shopkeeper Wang couldn't say anything.
Now that it has entered September, Yuzhang City, which has been hot for a summer, has gradually become a little cooler, and Xu Chen has also changed into a long robe. At this moment, Xu Chen was strolling in the market in the city, followed by two teenagers. There is no way, the teenagers decided that the eldest brother will have to follow people when he travels in the future, and the teenagers who have experienced so many things have also begun to realize that they have embarked on an unusual path, and Xu Chen, as the core of the team, naturally needs special treatment.
Some Xu Chen, who is traveling like your son, is staring at the market with a pair of eyes open at the moment, of course, not to see the eldest girl and little daughter-in-law, our Xu Gongzi is still very single-minded, since there is someone in his heart, he will naturally not provoke others.
Xu Chen was looking for someone who could make money, to be precise, someone who could make treasures! It didn't take long for Xu Chen to find ......
"Grandpa, you want to eat! You want to eat!" In front of a small stall not far in front of Xu Chen, a little girl who looked to be only four or five years old was pulling the sleeve of an old man and crying.
The old man's gray hair was messy, and he used a willow stick to tie it in a bun at random, and the long shirt on his body was dirty, and it looked like he hadn't washed it for a long time. There are patches everywhere on the robe, and the old man's needlework is not good, and it didn't take long for the new patches to show the threads, and the patches were hanging on the body like that, which was really a bit of the demeanor of a beggar elder. The old man's hand sticking out of his sleeve was as thin as wood, and the deep folds on it were covered with dirt and black oil.
There was a small stall in front of the old man, saying that it was a stall, but in fact it was just a large piece of linen, which was spread on the side of the road at random. There were some saucers on the linen, there was a wooden shelf in the front, and a small round hole was left on the wooden shelf, and on the far right side of the linen was a tripod, and on the shelf hung an iron pot, which was covered with a wooden lid, and there were several burnt logs on the ground. That's all there is to the old man's stall.
When the old man heard the little girl's words, he sighed, picked up a small wooden stick from the stall, lifted the lid of the iron pot on his right, and carefully stirred it in the iron pot, and the small wooden stick was stained with a small sticky yellow and clear sugar juice.
The old man handed the little stick to the little girl, and the little girl happily took it, holding it in a pair of small hands, and after a long time, she was willing to stretch out her pink little tongue and add a mouthful. Seeing the little girl's happy appearance, the old man sighed again, and then picked up a slender stick in his right hand and stirred it in the iron pot, and with the other hand picked up a thin wooden stick that seemed to be hollow, one end to the mouth, the other to the ball of sugar juice, while blowing while constantly rotating the ball of sugar juice with his right hand, and after a while, a vivid little sugar man came out.
Seeing this, Xu Chen walked over, asked the old man about the price, and then dropped a few pennies and picked up the freshly blown sugar man...... Turn around and go!
Xu Chen carefully observed the sugar man in his hand as he walked, and kept muttering: "The craftsmanship is really good!"
I saw that the sugar man in his hand was a lobster, not only the patterns on the shrimp shell were clearly visible, but even the two slender whiskers on the shrimp head were blown vividly by the old man, if the color was red, Xu Chen would definitely treat it as a cooked shrimp.
The two teenagers behind Xu Chen followed the eldest brother in a daze, they really didn't understand what the eldest brother was doing? Holding a candy man and not eating, he kept muttering. Even Xu Chen walked into a wine shop, found a window seat on the second floor and sat down, and when he looked up, he could see the old man selling candy opposite, and Xu Chen still showed a satisfied look from time to time. The two teenagers couldn't help but glance at each other, and even thought at the same time, is the eldest brother taking a fancy to that little girl? No, shouldn't I hear that the eldest brother has someone he likes? Besides, the little yellow-haired girl is not as good-looking as she looks!
Xu Chen didn't know that his behavior had made the two teenagers next to him come up with such a bloody plot, Xu Chen was now concentrating on this old man, this old man who bounced on candy was really the most suitable candidate!
Xu Chen sat in the wine shop for an afternoon, the old man's business was not good, plus Xu Chen bought this, a total of ten were not sold, think about it, just the old man's hands, people have no appetite when they see it, how can there be any business!
In the evening, the old man counted today's harvest, wrapped it carefully, sighed, and began to collect the stall and go home.
After the old man left, Xu Chen also dropped some copper coins, beckoned the two young men who were about to fall asleep, and hurriedly followed.
Follow the old man left and right turned to a dilapidated alley in Renhe Fang, the alley looks like a slum, in a small courtyard in the corner, the old man opened the door and walked in, there is more than one family in the small courtyard, the old man came to a small house at the west end and took out the key in the cloth bag and opened the door, there is no furniture in the room except for a wooden collapse and a case, the old man's sackcloth should be wrapped in all his belongings, and it should be all his hopes!
The old man who was about to make a fire to cook was interrupted by a loud noise, and several strong men broke into the old man's hut.
"Old man Lin, when will the money you owe my eldest brother be repaid!"
"Great, big lord, you can delay me for a few days! I'll send it to you in a few days!" said Lin Laohan with his back bent.
"A few days! how long is a few days!" said the ruffian with his hands on his hips and shaking one leg, "I've heard you almost eight hundred times, right?"
"I didn't ...... Not so much...... "Lin Laohan said curtly.
Xu Chen, who was outside the courtyard, laughed when he heard this, of course, Xu Chen was not the only one who laughed, and the ruffians in the house also laughed.
"Yo! I've learned to talk back!" the ruffian said with a smile to the two behind him.
"The surname is Lin, Lao Tzu doesn't have time to talk to you, hurry up and hand over the money to Lao Tzu, otherwise I will sell your little girl to Zuixiang Building, it is a little smaller, and it can be sold for a few dollars. The ruffian said fiercely to the little girl hiding behind Lin Laohan.
"Big man, but the little old man really doesn't have any money here!" said Lin Laohan and even handed over the money bag to the ruffian.
The ruffian took it and took a look, and found that it was really only a few pennies, so he quickly spat a few times and said angrily: "Bad luck!"
This ruffian is just here today to fight the autumn breeze in the name of his own boss to see if he can make two dollars to spend, but who would have thought that he would only get a few pennies, and a glass of wine would not be enough. Look at the thin old man Lin and the little girl, they can't get up from the idea of getting angry after a beating, and they won't be able to kill people in a few strokes! Look at the slippery room again, and they don't even have the idea of grabbing things, so they can't grab an iron pot and go back, right? Then you can't lose the dead!
The three ruffians left stupidly, and after Xu Chen looked outside for a while, he also smiled and left.
"Go, follow them, and see where they end up?" said Xu Chen, turning his head to a young man behind him.
The boy took the order and left, and the boy who could follow the eldest brother was naturally excellent in all aspects, and this method of tracking people was naturally not bad.
The old man Lin in the house, seeing that everyone was gone, hurriedly closed the door, and carefully took out dozens of copper plates from a large patch of rag shirts, which was the food expenses of the grandfather and grandson in the past few days, and the old man was working hard to live with his unique wisdom.
Xu Chen, who returned home, hurriedly called Zhu Da and asked him to go to the small courtyard in Renhefang to check the bottom of Lin Laohan, after all, it was only the first time he saw him, and some things still had to be checked before he could rest assured.
An hour later, Zhu Da came back, as expected, a very old-fashioned plot, Lin Laohan's son and daughter-in-law died in an accident a few years ago, and an old man had to pull a little girl to pay off the debts left by his gambling son, and it was not easy to hold on for so long.
The boy who went to follow the ruffian also came back, and there was no big surprise, a character similar to Sun Batian, but he was inferior to Sun Batian in character, and he did a lot of bullying men and women, and he also handled child abduction and trafficking from time to time. There's nothing to say, since you have decided to use Lin Laohan, that's your own person! Your own person has been bullied, so what else is there to say, just the guy! It's not a person you can't afford to mess with!
"Fourth, take a team of people to Xia Renhefang and solve this or something!" Xu Chen didn't even bother to remember his name, and directly asked Zhou Kang to take someone with the young man.
Xu Chen was not idle, since he had made a decision, he also set off to Renhefang again, arrived at Lin Laohan's residence, and after waiting for a while, Zhou Kang came back, and the young man behind him was carrying a strong man covered in blood.
"Go wash him! Don't freak out people. Seeing this, Xu Chen hurriedly said.
Zhou Kang didn't bother much, he came to the nearby river with a strong man in one hand, and soaked it in the river water a few times to finish cleaning. To say that the method of physical training given by Chai Qi is useful, the strength of the teenagers now is really doubled, and a formation pushes it sideways, and these gangsters are cleaned up in a moment.
Xu Chen knocked on Lin Laohan's door, and directly led the teenagers to break in, Lin Laohan saw that such a group of people came again, so he was so frightened that he hugged the little girl and curled up in the corner.
"Daddy Lin, look at it, do you owe this person money!" Xu Chen said with a smile when he saw that the old man was starting to look like this again.
When Zhou Kang heard this, he threw the big man in his hand and turned his face to Lin Laohan.
Lin Laohan glanced at it secretly, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and then it dimmed again.
Xu Chen, who had been staring at him, naturally saw it clearly, Xu Chen smiled, and said: "Old man, you must also recognize me, then I'll just say it! I have taken a fancy to your craft! Come with me!"
Lin Laohan naturally recognized Xu Chen as the person who had been with him all afternoon, but the situation was unknown and he could only pretend to be like this. Seeing that Xu Chen was telling the truth, Lin Laohan no longer hid it, and muttered: "Little Lao'er can only use this candy blowing skill, I'm afraid that the son is wrong, right?"
"Haha, is there anything wrong, I naturally know, I won't talk to you, I just ask you one word!" Xu Chen walked up to Lin Laohan, stared at Lin Laohan's eyes tightly, and said, "I'll give you a job that can earn two thousand yuan a month, do you or not?"
Lin Laohan also stared at Xu Chen, seeing the serious look on the other party's face, his heart was hot, and he couldn't help but say a sentence in his mouth: "Dry!"
"Okay! Very good! I'm not wrong, if you don't say it, I'll turn around and leave!" Xu Chen praised twice.
"Fourth, deal with it!" Xu Chen said to Zhou Kang, and then said to Lin Laohan: "Come with me!"
Everyone quickly left the small courtyard, Lin Laohan's house took nothing but people, and the iron pot that carried the hope of the old man also lay quietly on the dark ground......
Xu Chen took Lin Laohan and his granddaughter home, did not stay, and after letting Yingying take the little girl away, Xu Chen took Lin Laohan to the island in the middle of the lake.
Today's island in the middle of the lake, the outer breeding base is almost completed, Xu Chen took people directly to the island, the wall of the island was also erected, through the layers of walls, Xu Chen came to the innermost floor, an independent brick and stone hut stood there.
There is someone in the house, it is the old third iron bull, and the iron bull has been staying here except for classes recently.
Xu Chen took Lin Laohan into the house, and the young man behind him consciously closed the door and guarded the door.
"Big brother!" Tie Niu saw Xu Chen coming, and hurriedly got up to greet him.
"Don't bother, everything is ready, right?" asked Xu Chen.
"Last time, the eldest brother did it once, this time we have experience, and the raw materials are prepared quickly. Iron Bull said.
"Very good! Let's start then!" Xu Chen then turned his head and said to Lin Laohan: "Daddy Lin, it's up to you!"
"Don't care what's in there, just treat it as sugar juice and blow a candy man out for me!" Xu Chen ordered.
Lin Laohan was also a smart man, he didn't ask anything, picked up the tools on the table, and worked on the boiling liquid in the iron pot.
The liquid is hotter than sugar juice and thinner than sugar juice, but this can't help but be experienced Lin Laohan, and after a while, a vivid "sugar man" will be blown.
After cooling and drying, Xu Chen took it and looked at it, and then praised loudly: "Not bad!
At this time, Lin Laohan, who could see the things in Xu Chen's hand clearly, was already stunned! His eyes stared at the things in Xu Chen's hand in a daze, and he couldn't speak......
"No wonder! No wonder he said he could make so much......! This is glass! Glass worth a thousand gold!"
After Lin Laohan stood for a moment, he immediately pushed the golden mountain and bowed down the jade pillar, and kept saying: "Old slave Lin Zhi'an to meet the son!"
Xu Chen was very satisfied with Old Man Lin's attitude, and asked with a smile: "Zhi'an, is this your word, do you still have words?"
"If you go back to Gongzi, the old slave's surname is Lin Mingjin, and the word is Zhi'an. Lin Laohan said respectfully.
"Have you ever read a book?" Xu Chen asked, you must know that who would have nothing to do with themselves these years except for the scholars! Xu Chen and his brothers still haven't had a word!
"The old slave read books for a few years when he was young, but he ...... later" Lin Laohan then told his past in one hundred and fifty ten.
Xu Chen nodded, this time he really picked up a treasure, this Lin Zhi'an is a talent that can be created, and he looks so old, he is only in his early fifties, and he still has a long life to live!
"You take these patterns and see if you can blow them out, and see if you can improve the method of blowing, I can't wear these things with a stick to sell them, right?" Xu Chen handed over some drawings and said with a smile.
"Don't worry, the old slave understands!" The open-minded Lin Laohan completely abandoned his cowardly disguise for many years, and restored his original shrewd appearance.
"You don't have to be too busy in the future, just blow out a big guy for me every ten days! According to the agreement, I will give you two thousand yuan a month!" Xu Chen pointed to the drawings and promised, such a big guy on the drawings can sell at least tens of thousands of yuan, or even hundreds of thousands, and the salary of two thousand yuan a month is really nothing!
As for large-scale manufacturing, expanding sales, and producing glass windows and glass doors, Xu Chen didn't even think about it!
Are you stupid when we Xu Gongzi are made? Large-scale manufacturing is called handicrafts, and only a few are called treasures when they are produced a few a month! And they are still a steady stream of treasures!