After Fang Min returned to the ancient city with Lingzhi, in order to avoid Lingzhi being stimulated, Fang Min deliberately avoided the old house in Fucheng, and purchased a riverside stilted building near the Acropolis Wharf in the upper reaches of the river, and settled down with Lingzhi.

Ganoderma lucidum is beautiful and beautiful, intelligent temperament, every day along the stone steps to the river to wash and wash vegetables, after coming back to cook and take care of housework, waiting for Fang Min to go home to eat, although the life is hard, but the uncle and nephew take care of each other, and they are happy.

One day Fang Min carried a boat of vegetables to the downstream, when he was about to arrive at the wharf, he saw a few teenage boys playing in the water on the bank of the river, suddenly a boy accidentally fell into the water, and was soon swept away in the torrent, only to see a pair of small hands dancing indiscriminately on the water surface, several other boys were dumbfounded, frightened, and it took a long time to think of calling someone to help, and the laundry and vegetable sellers on the bank of the river gathered together and shouted in the direction where the boy washed away. Fang Min didn't have time to jump into the river, quickly swam to the little boy and grabbed the boy, and then held the boy with one hand, and swam to the shore with one hand, the crowd on the shore stretched out their hands to help carry the boy to the dock, after Fang Min went ashore, he put the boy flat on the ground and gave the boy mouth-to-mouth breathing, and after a while, the little boy began to spit out the water that was choked, and slowly opened his eyes, "Wake up, wake up", everyone cheered, the little boy's mother arrived with a cry accompanied by the maid, and saw that the child was fine, Hurriedly thanked Fang Min, Fang Min stood up, then remembered the Wu Peng boat he was driving, and looked back, the Wu Peng boat was washed by the river to the bridge of the Zhusheng Bridge and capsized, the boat was stopped and split, a boat of vegetables sank into the river, only to see a few vegetable leaves floating on the river. Fang Min was dumbfounded, everyone was also anxious for him, the little boy's mother felt pity, put down the child and walked to Fang Min and said:

"You saved my child, you are my child's life-saving benefactor in this life, I will help you compensate for this boatload of vegetables, if you don't dislike it, come to my He family to do things in the future."

The He family did a moldy tofu business in the Acropolis, that is, the finished tofu was cut into pieces, put it in a ventilated place to drain the water, and then stacked the tofu blocks and put them together, separated by straw in the middle, covered with a cloth, and placed in a place where the sun could get to let the tofu ferment naturally, and then put the fermented tofu into a tile jar, adding liquor, salt, pepper and pepper to ferment for a period of time, it became an appetizer that people in the ancient city loved to eat.

The He family inherited the production methods of Taoist aunts and monks, accumulated over time, became a unique skill, passed down from the ancestors, every day the family workshop is full of tofu, bamboo grate, liquor, chili, etc., women sit to cut tofu, dry tofu, with ingredients, etc., and the men will put the bamboo grate of tofu in and out, and stack the tile jar one by one. Mrs. He took Fang Min into the workshop, told Fang Min the rules of the workshop, and then called a steward over, introduced Fang Min to him to arrange work, and the steward took Fang Min to the side of the tile altar, and told Fang Min which tile altars needed to be moved in, which needed to be moved out, how to put them, etc., Fang Min took off his coat after understanding, and began to carry the tile jar in and out.

On this day, Lingzhi leaned over the waist and carried the basin, which contained the clothes that Fang Min had changed, walked along the stone steps to the river, put the basin down, lifted the skirt, took off the shoes, squatted on the side of the stone ridge to wash clothes, and the dress that was accidentally lifted was loosened and floated on the water.

"Your clothes are wet." A girl's voice shouted.

Lingzhi was taken aback, stopped his hand, turned his head, and saw a girl standing behind her with a basin, pointing to her dress, and hurriedly lowered her head to see that the bottom of the dress was all wet, Lingzhi stood up, scooped up the dress and twisted the dry water with her hand, and smiled at the girl and said:

"Are you here to do the laundry too?"

"Well, I see you go down to the river to wash things every day, you are so diligent." As she spoke, the girl put down the basin, took off her shoes, and squatted down next to Lingzhi.

"My uncle is helping people and has to change his clothes every day." Lingzhi said.

"Oh, my name is Osmanthus, and I live next door to your house, what's your name?" Osmanthus asked.

"My name is Lingzhi." Lingzhi replied.

The two talked while doing the laundry, and after washing the clothes, they put on their shoes together, and the osmanthus saw that the dress that Lingzhi put down had not yet dried, so she proposed to go to the river together to walk under the willow tree, and the wind and blow the dress would dry faster, and Lingzhi nodded in agreement.

The two of them leaned over and walked to the bottom of a few willow trees on the riverbank, chose a flat bluestone slab and put down the basin, osmanthus reached out and picked two wickers and played with them in their hands, and Lingzhi pulled the wet skirt and let the river breeze blow.

"The neckline of your dress is beautiful, your mother made it for you." Osmanthus said.

"My mother is gone, I made it myself." Lingzhi hesitated for a moment and replied softly.

"Oh, don't be upset. Let's be sisters in the future, I was born in the first month, what about you? Osmanthus took Lingzhi's hand and said.

"I was born after Gu Yu." Lingzhi replied.

"Then I'm my sister, I've never been a sister." Osmanthus smiled.

"Well, then I'll call you sister, okay." Lingzhi nodded, and the two of them picked up the basin together and walked home together.

Fang Min worked very hard in the workshop, and when it rained heavily, he first helped the female workers who cut tofu to carry the bamboo grate to the shelter from the rain, and then pulled the tarpaulin to cover the tile jar with the male workers, and was soaked by the rain, so that Boss He and Mrs. He could see it.

After lunch, the people who were doing the work were looking for land to take a nap to recuperate, Fang Min avoided the scorching sun and leaned under the eaves and was about to squint, when he suddenly saw a woman running into the workshop, muttering in her mouth:

"If I don't go back, I'm going to stay here." Pick up a small piece of tofu and throw it on the ground.

After a while, Mrs. He followed, and while pulling her, she counted down and said:

"Baojuan, you have entered other people's doors, how can you be so willful, spread out, it will make people laugh."

"Mother, just let me stay at home for a while." Baojuan reluctantly followed Mrs. He out.

After the two female workers watched them walk away, they whispered:

"Miss He married into that family, she was really unlucky, she was lazy and lazy, and she loved to gamble."

"Yes, I heard that it was a marriage with the Fang family on the other side of the river, and the Fang family was destroyed, so I married this family."

"At that time, if it wasn't for Boss He's silver roots, I guess he wouldn't have agreed to marry this family, and now my intestines are repentant."

"Alas, it's all fate!"

Fang Min couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, recalling that in the letter that Old Lady Fang sent to himself and Fang Xuan, he mentioned that he was talking about kissing himself, it turned out to be Baojuan! Creation makes people, I didn't expect that I would come to the He family to work now, fortunately, the He family doesn't know their true identity, and the association is now a person, Fang Min couldn't help but bow his head and be silent.

A few days later, Boss He and Mrs. He went out to settle the bill, Baojuan came home with tears on her face, because she didn't see her father, she looked for the workshop, and an elderly female worker greeted her and said:

"Miss, what's wrong with you?"

"I want to find my father and mother to withdraw from my family, he started beating me, and scolded my family for making moldy tofu, saying that it brought him bad luck, woo woo." Baojuan said while crying.

"It's really not like that, come and sit here, and your father and mother will be back in a while." The female worker pulled Baojuan to a chair and sat down.

"Sister, you're back, give me some money, I'm going to buy candy to eat." A little boy ran up to Baojuan and shouted.

Baojuan hurriedly wiped her tears, took out a few copper plates from her small bag and handed them to him:

"Xiaobao, my father and mother are not here, don't mess around outside, buy candy and come back quickly."

When Xiaobao received the money, he was careless, a copper plate fell to the ground and rolled to Fang Min's feet, Xiaobao chased after him, and Fang Min picked it up

handed it to him, Xiao Bao saw that it was Fang Min, stood and smiled, turned back to Bao Juan and said:

"Sister, he saved me when I fell into the water that day."

"Really?" Baojuan looked over, a pair of eyes were still hanging with teardrops, hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears, a gust of wind blew, the handkerchief was blown away, and fell in front of Fang Min, Fang Min was about to reach out to pick it up, suddenly saw that his hands were a little dirty, so he wiped his hands with a rag first, and then picked up the handkerchief and handed it to Xiaobao, Xiaobao took it and turned around and handed it to his sister Baojuan, and then ran outside. The female worker pointed to Fang Min and said to Baojuan:

"Yes, your Xiaobao fell into the water that day, and it was really a loss to him that he saved Xiaobao's life."

"Really? Thank you. Baojuan said to Fang Min.

"You're welcome." Fang Min said.

"He saved Xiaobao, but his boat was destroyed, so his wife asked him to come here to work." The female worker explained to Baojuan.

"Oh, then you should give him more guidance from now on, and don't be lazy." Baojuan said to the female worker.

"Miss, don't be too sad, take care of your body." Fang Min comforted.

Hearing Fang Min say this, Baojuan's tears couldn't help but start pouring out again, and quickly turned sideways to wipe them gently, Boss He and Mrs. He came back and saw Baojuan, Mrs. He pulled Baojuan back to the house in distress, and kept comforting, Boss He shook his head with a sigh and followed behind.

When Fang Min saw that they were gradually moving away, he asked the female worker:

"Which family is the eldest lady marrying? Why did you bully her so much? ”

"The family surnamed Liu in Fucheng, the young master is a gangster, he is idle all day long, relying on himself to help Boss He, Boss He is grateful to repay, so he married the eldest lady, who knows how angry he is, alas." The female worker said.

When Fang Min heard this, he couldn't help but feel sad, and silently turned around and walked away.

One day Boss He asked Fang Min to send a load of moldy tofu to the shops in Fucheng, Fang Min didn't say a word, picked up the burden and left, after unloading the goods at the shop, he was about to return, suddenly saw Baojuan hurriedly walked into the store, whispered with the shopkeeper for a while, the shopkeeper opened the drawer and took out the silver and handed it to Baojuan, Baojuan just took it, a man rushed in, snatched the silver from Baojuan's hand, Fang Min was about to step forward to stop it, but saw the man said:

"It's hard to get a money, I haven't asked for your store yet."

"Just pay the money back, don't gamble anymore." Baojuan said.

"It's not all your fault, doing a moldy tofu business really made me unlucky." The man said as he looked down and counted the money.

"If you have the ability, don't take this money, what does my family have to do with you doing this business." Baojuan said angrily.

There was a sound of "pop", everyone didn't react, Baojuan was slapped heavily on the face, and the whole person couldn't help but fall to the ground, saying that it was too late, it was fast, I saw Fang Min rushing over with a brisk step, grabbed the man's clothes, and beat him a few fists, the man was beaten so much that he screamed "spare his life", and everyone ignored him. Fang Min turned around and helped Baojuan to sit on the chair, looked at Baojuan's face was beaten red, and said angrily:

"If he bullies you again in the future, just tell me."

Baojuan was so sad and indignant that she just lowered her head and cried, Fang Min walked up to the man and said:

"Since you marry her, you should treat her well, gambling and beating women every day, what are your skills? If you really think she is unlucky, you will cut off this kiss, the two have nothing to do with each other, why bother to be angry with her every day. ”

"Who are you?" The man asked.

"It's nothing, the road is uneven, draw a knife to help." Fang Min said.

"Okay, okay, count me out of luck today." The man got up from the ground and ran out of the shop.

"Thank you." Baojuan slowly stood up and said.

"I'll take you home." Fang Min said.

"Okay." Baojuan agreed to follow Fang Min out of the store.

The two walked slowly along the riverside path, without speaking all the way, Baojuan was full of thoughts, thinking that her future days would be this kind of dark, beaten and scolded, and never come out, she felt sad, and walked to a plum tree and couldn't help but stop, looking at the river and falling into contemplation. Fang Min followed behind, thinking about whether to tell Baojuan his true identity, but when he thought of his own situation, especially the blood feud of the whole family, he hesitated, so he didn't speak.

"Are you from the ancient city?" Baojuan finally asked.

"What do you see?" Fang Min asked rhetorically.

"I think it is, and I think it is not." Baojuan slowly turned around and said.

"It doesn't matter if it's an ancient city or not. Have you ever promised someone else before? Fang Min asked tentatively.

"In the past, it was promised to the young master of the Fang family in the opposite door." Baojuan said.

"Have you met?" Fang Min asked.

"No, I've only seen photos, and I don't remember them now." Baojuan said casually.

"If he comes back, will you still follow him?" Fang Min asked pretending to be unintentional.

"I don't know. Alas, it's all gone, it's useless to say, let's go. Don't tell my father and mother about today's incident, so as not to make the second elder sad. Baojuan said as she walked.

"Well, I won't say that. It's just that that guy bullies you again in the future, you tell me, and I teach him a lesson for you. Fang Min clenched his fists and said.

After Baojuan went home this time, her mother-in-law did not come to urge, so she stayed at home for a while longer, and walked around the workshop when she had nothing to do, watching Fang Min work hard in the workshop, her face was full of beads of sweat, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration in her heart, but when she thought of her situation, she could only sigh alone, and sometimes Baojuan also did some odd jobs with the female workers to chat, or play with Xiaobao, and the gloom on her face gradually dispersed.

Fang Min is gradually familiar with the work in the market, and he is diligent and neat, all the goods that have been carried by him are clearly remembered, especially every time Master He comes to count the purchase and shipment, Fang Min will accurately tell Boss He the number, there has never been a mistake, seeing that Fang Min is so proficient in the accounts, so Master He arranged for Fang Min to help manage the account affairs, Fang Min is cautious and careful, the accounts on the counter and the goods in the market are checked carefully and carefully, the details of the accounts in and out are clear, and the money is collected into the account in time after shipment, which is deeply appreciated by Master He, the He family's business is becoming more and more prosperous.

At noon, when Baojuan was about to take a nap, Xiaobao came to pester her to buy a kite to play, Baojuan took a few copper plates to him, and Xiaobao happily took them and ran down the street. In the afternoon, Fang Min finished settling the accounts and was about to close the door and go home, only to see Baojuan coming to find Xiaobao.

"Do you see Xiaobao?" Baojuan asked.

"Nope." Fang Min replied.

"This little treasure went to play crazy somewhere, asked me for money to buy kites, and I didn't see anyone all afternoon." Baojuan muttered.

"Have you asked your parents?" Fang Min said with concern.

"I asked, but I didn't see it." Baojuan replied.

"Then go out and find out." Fang Min closed the door and said.

The two were about to go out, and the female worker ran over and handed a note to Baojuan, saying that it was handed to her by someone she didn't know, Baojuan took it and opened it, and saw that the note read: "Xiaobao is in my hand, you come back, or bring the money." Baojuan was stunned after reading it, and was speechless in shock. Fang Min couldn't help but be surprised after taking the note and reading it, he didn't expect that the man surnamed Liu would make such a move, at this time, Boss He and Mrs. He also came over, and after knowing what happened, they couldn't help but roar angrily:

"The surname Liu is really heartbroken, we have repeatedly tolerated it, he has to make inches, and we will cut off this family for him."

"Dad, mother, but Xiaobao is still in his hands." Baojuan shouted.

"Okay, take the money to redeem it first, and after you exchange Xiaobao back, break off the relationship with his family." Boss He said.

"Dad, it's useless to take more money, let's go, his house is for me, it's important to exchange Xiaobao back first." Baojuan said.

"You go, can you guarantee that he will let Xiaobao go?" Fang Min said worriedly.

"If he gets me, he can continue to coerce my family, and that's what he wants." Baojuan said angrily.

"Then I'll go with you, I don't think he dares to do anything, Boss He, Mrs. He, you wait at home." Fang Min said.

So Fang Min accompanied Baojuan towards Fucheng, Baojuan said all the way that this was her life, and it was nothing to suffer by such a person and such a thing, but it was just that her father and mother could not feel at ease, and it also affected her young brother. Fang Min persuaded her not to blame herself too much, and when she changed Xiaobao back, she would definitely teach the surnamed Liu a good lesson that she dared to do such a shameless deed in broad daylight.

When they arrived at the door of Liu's house, Fang Min and Baojuan stepped forward, and the servant in front of the door stopped Fang Min and only let Baojuan in, Baojuan banged on the door and said loudly:

"Release Xiaobao first, I'll go in."

So the door was opened, Xiaobao ran out crying, Baojuan handed Xiaobao to Fang Min, and walked into the door, the door was closed instantly, Fang Min watched Baojuan disappear into the door, and wanted to rush in, but Xiaobao pulled himself crying to go home, thinking that Xiaobao was young, so he had to take Xiaobao back to Boss He's house. Mrs. He, the boss of He, was overjoyed to see Xiaobao come back, and hurriedly asked Xiaobao what was going on, Xiaobao said that he had just bought a kite on the street, and as soon as he turned around, he was hugged, and the kite was also damaged, and he was viciously intimidated after carrying him into the house, and if his sister didn't save him, he would throw him into the river.

"Report to the official, Boss He." Fang Min said worriedly.

"I can't show evidence, Baojuan is from his family, and he is in charge." Boss He said.

"But you can't let him act recklessly like this, it's a disaster after all." Fang Min argued.

"I know that you are for our good, and it is also my mistake that I hated for eternity!" Boss He sighed.

"Xiaobao has returned, and his family will not do anything to Baojuan, so let's think about it slowly in the future." Mrs. Ho said.

Fang Min was worried about Baojuan in his heart, and when he saw Boss He and Mrs. He say this, he couldn't force anything more, so he had to give up. After returning home, Fang Min had been sullen, and Lingzhi asked with concern when he saw this:

"Uncle, are you tired?"

"It's fine." Fang Min replied, looking at Lingzhi's clear and innocent eyes, Fang Min couldn't help but think of Baojuan again, and he didn't know what Baojuan was doing now.

"Lingzhi, you have to see the other party's people clearly when you look for your in-laws in the future, uncle doesn't want to see you wronged." Fang Min said inexplicably.

"Uncle, look at what you said." Lingzhi said with a red face.

One day, when Fang Min was counting the goods with Mrs. He, a messenger came to tell him that Baojuan had committed suicide at her husband's house, Mrs. He immediately fainted when she heard it, and several female workers hurriedly ran over to help lift Mrs. He and send her into the house.

"Baojuan, I hurt you, if I hadn't borrowed his family's money for turnover, my father wouldn't have allowed you to his family, blame me, blame me."

Fang Min comforted Boss He while secretly feeling sorry for Baojuan, helped invite Lang Zhong to come over and see Mrs. He, and ran out to grab the medicine, after handing over the medicine to the female worker, accompanied Boss He and a few others to the family surnamed Liu, the gate of Liu's house was open at this time, and there was a wooden board in the middle of the yard, Baojuan was lying on the wooden board, her whole body was covered with a white cloth, her exposed feet were wearing embroidered shoes, and the same few people surnamed Liu stood on the side, looking at Boss He and his party with crossed eyes, etc., Boss He didn't say a word, Asked a few people to lift the plank and walk out of Liu's house, and the surnamed Liu wanted to say something to Boss He, but when he saw Boss He like that, he couldn't say anything, and he watched Boss He and his party fall away.

Fang Min wholeheartedly helped Boss He deal with Baojuan's funeral, Mrs. He was stimulated by Baojuan's affairs, and fell ill in bed, and Boss He couldn't turn around alone, so he handed over most things to Fang Min to take care of.

After Lingzhi and Osmanthus got acquainted, the two often sat together in the stilted building to do needlework, Lingzhi taught Osmanthus to sew rag dolls, and Osmanthus picked willow strips were woven into small flower blue and hung by the riverside window, Lingzhi put the picked wildflowers in the small flower blue, the two of them talked and laughed like this in the afternoon, Fang Min came back and saw them so loved, and he also felt very relieved, and put Baojuan's matter aside for the time being.

A new Hong's cloth shop was opened on the Acropolis Street, the flower cloth in the store was colorful, attracting the ladies and ladies in the ancient city, everyone poured into the store to watch, pick, and compare, Boss Hong did not expect the business to be so good, and he was so busy for a while that he couldn't turn around, so he posted a notice in front of the store to recruit the clerk, Osmanthus passed by the cloth shop, saw a group of people watching, and squeezed in, but he was illiterate, so he quietly asked the people around him what the door was pasted, others told her that she was going to recruit the clerk, and Osmanthus hurriedly ran to discuss with Lingzhi.

"Lingzhi, the cloth shop has someone, let's try it." Osmanthus said.

"Will the boss want us? I've never done anything like this. Lingzhi said with some surprise.

"I haven't done it either, but let's try it first." Osmanthus said.

"I wonder if my uncle will let me go?" Lingzhi worried.

"Let's go and ask first, and then tell your uncle when we get back. You don't know, I like those flower cloths when I look at them, and I have no money to buy them. Osmanthus said.

Under the repeated instigation of osmanthus, Lingzhi hesitantly came to the cloth shop with Osmanthus, the two walked in the door, saw Boss Hong explain the intention, Boss Hong saw that she was clean and neat, so he agreed to leave the two on the counter, so that Lingzhi and Osmanthus were overjoyed, and after returning home, Lingzhi told Fang Min about it.

"Uncle, I want to go to Hong's cloth shop with Osmanthus to work, then Boss Hong is willing to accept us." Lingzhi said tentatively.

"It's no better to go out and do things than at home, it's very hard to show up, can you do it? Uncle doesn't want you to suffer. Fang Min said lovingly.

"I know my uncle feels sorry for me, but I also want to find something to do, and I don't want to be idle at home all day. Uncle, just let me try, if it doesn't work, I'll come back. Lingzhi said coquettishly.

Fang Min thought that it was not a matter for Lingzhi to stay at home all day, and it was good to go out and do something, not to mention that it was with Osmanthus, and the two of them were together, so he nodded and agreed.

Since then, Lingzhi and Osmanthus have rushed to the cloth shop every morning, folded the door panel, cleaned up first, and then opened the door to sell the cloth after the fabric was stacked one by one. A month later, the two not only received the salary, but also got the two pieces of corner cloth rewarded by Boss Hong, Ganoderma lucidum and osmanthus couldn't help but be happy, holding the flower cloth as if they had obtained a treasure while walking around, passing by the front of the theater, they saw a poster posted on the signboard in front of the theater, the two walked over and stared at the style of the clothes worn by the new woman painted on the poster for a while, and after returning home, they cut it according to it, and sewed it with a lamp in the attic at night, worthy of the ancestors of the Fang family.

Ganoderma lucidum's pretty appearance with newly made clothes, graceful like an open daffodil, smart posture through the edge of various colors of fabrics, the ancient city of the wife, the ladies and ladies attracted to the cloth shop, have to Ganoderma lucidum to recommend the color of the cloth, the cloth shop business is becoming stronger, so that Boss Hong is overjoyed, from the osmanthus mouth to learn about the sewing craft of Ganoderma lucidum, after thinking about it, let the son of Hong Shun, who studied in Shanghai, go back a few books of tailor-made clothes.

When the listing closed that afternoon, Lingzhi and Osmanthus were on the last door panel, and Boss Hong stopped them:

"Today the dog comes home, I asked my wife to make two dishes, you two stay and have a light meal together."

Lingzhi hesitated, turned to look at Osmanthus, and Osmanthus pulled Lingzhi behind him and said to Boss Hong:

"Boss Hong, I'm afraid that it will be inconvenient to go back if I'm late for dinner, and my uncle will worry about Lingzhi."

"It's okay, let my dog send you after eating."

"Is a dog a dog?" Lingzhi and Osmanthus asked cautiously together.

"Haha, it's my son Hong Shun, he came back from Shanghai today, and I asked him to bring something back, you'll know later."

Lingzhi and Osmanthus followed Boss Hong through a small patio at the back of the house, and walked into a simple room, with a square table in the middle, surrounded by three benches, and four plates with bowls on the table, Boss Hong beckoned Lingzhi and Osmanthus to sit down, Mrs. Hong walked in with a bowl of steaming soup in both hands and said:

"It's all here, sit fast, sit fast."

"Mrs. Hong, I'm sorry to disturb you." Lingzhi and Osmanthus helped move the plates on the table while talking, and got up to get the dishes and chopsticks, but Mrs. Hong stopped her and pulled her to sit down.

"You're not familiar with it, so I'll come." Mrs. Hung said.

"Where's Shun'er?" Boss Hong asked.

"In the attic." Mrs. Hung replied.

"I can't come back to the store to help out, and I won't do anything for you." Boss Hong said.

"As soon as he returned, let him rest. Shun'er, come down to eat. Mrs. Hong said.

Lingzhi and Osmanthus looked down the narrow staircase on the opposite wall, with the sound of footsteps, a young man in his early twenties, wearing long cedar and combing his hair in the middle of the stairs slowly walked downstairs with one hand on the edge of the stairs, only to see that his eyebrows were clear and beautiful, slightly shy, he raised his head to greet "Dad", and after seeing Lingzhi and Osmanthus, he lowered his head and rubbed his hands at a loss.

"I've been in Shanghai for so long, and I still can't see anyone like this. Come on, this is Ganoderma lucidum and osmanthus that are working on the cabinet. Boss Hong said.

"Young Master." Lingzhi and Osmanthus greeted at the same time.

"Hello, just call me Hong Shun." Hong Shun said.

"Come on, sit down, prepare some coarse tea and light rice today, you're welcome. My wife is not well and tired, so she cooks at home. Boss Hong said.

Lingzhi and Osmanthus looked at Mrs. Hong and nodded, Boss Hong took a sip of soup, and began to ask Hong Shun about the situation in Shanghai, Hong Shun put down the dishes and chopsticks, as if answering the teacher's questions, and told him about the situation of studying in the school, the students making **** and living at his aunt's house, etc., Boss Hong nodded while listening, and Mrs. Hong persuaded while putting vegetables in her son's bowl:

"Don't just talk about it, eat something first. You, you only care about talking to your son, and you neglect the guests. ”

"Rude faux pas." Boss Hong was busy apologizing.

"When I was a child, I heard my second aunt say that Shanghai is a very foreign place, so far away." As soon as Lingzhi spoke, he immediately felt that he had violated his uncle Fang Min's taboo, so he lowered his head to eat.

"I heard that the women there don't wear pigtails and their hair is curly?" Osmanthus blurted out, causing everyone to laugh.

After the meal, Boss Hong asked Hong Shun to go upstairs to get a cloth package, put it on the table and open it to see, it was two albums, Ganoderma lucidum and osmanthus curiously picked up and looked at it, and was attracted by the paintings inside, all of which were all kinds of clothes worn by women, but they were different from what they were wearing.

"This, it's good-looking, but who of our wives and ladies here dares to wear it?" Osmanthus said while looking at it.

"Are all the women in Shanghai dressed like this?" Lingzhi asked cautiously.

"Not exactly, there are those who wear Western clothes, those who wear long shirts and coats, and those who wear the improved clothes of the Republic of China." Hong Shun said.

"The shop only sells cloth, after all, the business is not good for a long time, I see those ladies and ladies who come to buy cloth, buy cloth and so on to make new clothes to wear for many months, and the style is too old-fashioned, and pay for cloth. If you can buy cloth in the store and make new clothes, the rest of the offcuts can be made into a small bag or a small silk to match the clothes. Boss Hong said.

"Exactly, we can't wear these Western-style clothes here, you can try to change them at the collar, lower waist, and cuffs, and you will definitely get used to it." Lingzhi said firmly.

"But I don't recognize those words." Osmanthus said.

"Let Hong Shun teach you, it's okay for him to come back from vacation, just go to the store to help out."

After the meal, Boss Hong saw that the time was not early, and asked Hong Shun to send Lingzhi and Osmanthus home, Lingzhi and Osmanthus thanked Boss Hong and Mrs. Hong, and left with Hong Shun, Boss Hong and Mrs. Hong stood at the door and watched the backs of the three of them, Mrs. Hong said thoughtfully:

"These two girls are very suitable for me, Lingzhi is delicate, and osmanthus is well-behaved, I don't know who our son can fancy to?"

"Do you want our son to marry?" Boss Hong asked.

"When you meet the right one, what's not to do." Mrs. Hung said.

"These two girls really helped a lot when they came to the store, and they did a good job except for settling accounts. The main thing is to keep the hands and feet clean. Boss Hong said.

"What we want is a person who does our duty, our son has always been very restrained, and if he encounters a spicy person, wouldn't it be a hardship." Mrs. Hung said.

"But I don't know if these two girls can take a fancy to our son?" After Boss Hong finished speaking, he turned around and went into the house, and Mrs. Hong followed behind and closed the door.

Under the moonlight, the acropolis street is less noisy during the day, the shops have closed the door, several windows reveal a little sporadic light, the street seems deserted, the three of them walk side by side on the bluestone slab, the figure is pulled long, from time to time there are fireflies flying around the side, to the turn of Kichijoji, the towering round temple gate completely blocks the light, the street is close to the river, if you are not careful, you will fall down the river, because of the unique terrain here, people often die in this place, so the Acropolis street spreads" If you don't go to Kichijoji at night, you won't hold hands with white-clothed ghosts". Osmanthus knew that Lingzhi was timid, so she deliberately let her walk in the middle, and deliberately teased Hong Shun loudly to speak boldly.

"Young Master Hong, are you afraid of coming back alone?" Osmanthus asked.

"Don't be afraid." Hong Shun replied.

"You're quite bold." Osmanthus said.

"Those gods and ghosts, they are all scaring themselves, in fact, how can there be, you are going to go out to study, you will not believe it." Hong Shun said.

"How can we girls have the opportunity to go out to study?" Lingzhi said.

"Yes, there are them in Shanghai, and some girls even go abroad to study abroad." Hong Shun said.

"If I could get out of the ancient city and see it, I would be satisfied." Osmanthus said.

Hong Shun occasionally peeked at Lingzhi, but as soon as he met Lingzhi's clear eyes, he quickly lowered his head, blushing as if he had done something wrong, Osmanthus only cared about talking, and did not see a figure coming towards him, only heard Lingzhi scream "Ah" and pounced on himself, scared into a cold sweat, Hong Shun hurriedly stepped forward.

"Lingzhi, don't be afraid, it's me." Fang Min stopped.

"It's Uncle Fang, it scared us." Osmanthus was relieved.

"Why are you home so late?" Fang Min asked.

"Uncle, I'm Hong Shun, my father left them to eat today, and by the way, it was delayed to talk about some things in the store." Hong Shun replied cautiously.

"I'll take them home, you go back, be more careful late at night." Fang Min said.

Lingzhi felt a lot more relieved after seeing Fang Min, and after the two said goodbye to Hong Shun, they followed Fang Min and walked home quickly.

Boss Hong placed a waist-high desk in the corner of the cloth shop, specially for Lingzhi to use to cut fabrics here, Lingzhi was still a little worried at the beginning, afraid that it would not be good, did not dare to put down scissors, Boss Hong repeatedly encouraged her to say that it was not her to cut the broken fabric, and the broken fabric would be used for small things. Osmanthus also said that she must be okay, and urged Lingzhi to do it vigorously, Hong Shun spread out the album on the desk, pointed to the cutting instructions on the book and told her to cut it, Lingzhi looked at them, picked up the scissors on the right, and held the cloth on the left, carefully cut the first knife, and then turned his head to look at the album, and continued to cut it, Osmanthus and Hong Shun spliced the fabric of her cut clothes on one side, and after Lingzhi was all cut, they helped sew it.

Two days later, Lingzhi and Osmanthus sewed out the first new women's clothes, the size is slightly smaller, can not be worn, but the style of the clothes is chic, the collar, cuffs and other places are decorated with fabric, novel and elegant, look very loved, Boss Hong put the clothes in a conspicuous place in the store, the ladies who came to buy cloth saw it, they couldn't help but be attracted, they picked up the clothes on their own body, asked how to do it, osmanthus proudly pulled the Lingzhi and introduced it to the ladies and ladies that it was the craftsmanship of Ganoderma lucidum, and the ladies were surprised and praised.

Since the cloth shop began to make clothes for the ladies and ladies who came to buy cloth, the business in the store has become more and more prosperous, Lingzhi is not surrounded by the ladies and ladies every day to ask this and that, or to support the tailoring table to compare the style of clothes, the clothes are always novel for the ladies and ladies to like, Boss Hong is very happy, I feel that I have not seen the wrong person, and I take special care of Ganoderma lucidum and osmanthus, not only increase their wages, but also let Mrs. Hong do the lunch well, and Hong Shun helps bring it to the store.

Mrs. Hong knew that Lingzhi was so ingenious, and she liked it very much, and muttered to Hong Shun many times at home:

"Look at Lingzhi, people are handsome, skillful, and gentle, and you will marry a daughter-in-law like Lingzhi in the future."

"You just like people who can help our family make money." Hong Shun said.

"It's one thing to be able to earn money, it's important to be kind and gentle. If you marry a fierce man, you will suffer. Mrs. Hong pointed to Hong Shun's forehead and said.

"Mother, you're just in a hurry, I haven't finished reading yet." Hong Shun muttered.

"If someone else preempts you, I think you'll regret going." Mrs. Hong handed the lanzi with lunch to Hong Shun and said.

Hong Shun carried Lanzi to the store, thinking about what his mother said, it was not unreasonable. In fact, I also like Lingzhi in my heart, smart and virtuous, knowledgeable, especially those handsome eyes and eyebrows, looking forward to Shenfei, even if I don't speak, I can feel the aura compelling. Every time Hong Shun came into contact with Lingzhi's eyes, his heart beat suddenly, and his face turned red to the base of his neck, and he always dared not look directly at Lingzhi when talking to Lingzhi, lest he desecrate Lingzhi's pure eyes.

Hong Shun took out the food, Osmanthus came over to help put it on the table, Boss Hong put down the account book in his hand, walked out of the counter, and beckoned Lingzhi to come over to eat, Lingzhi promised in his mouth, and his hands were still doing work. After successfully sewing the first garment and taking it away satisfactorily, Lingzhi became obsessed, carefully studying the album every day, in order to reduce errors, Lingzhi took all the waste paper and waste cloth that could be found to try to cut, from which to figure out the doorway, and slowly began to become proficient, and the work received by hand was also more and more, and the desk was piled up. Osmanthus looked at Lingzhi's fascinated look, so she helped her put the dish in the rice and then walked over and handed it to her, Lingzhi raised his head and smiled apologetically, before putting down the work and taking it, and walked out of the desk to sit and eat with everyone.

Hong Shun sat on one side with Boss Hong, Lingzhi sat opposite to Osmanthus Flower, Boss Hong said while eating:

"Now there are more people who come to buy cloth to make clothes, and you can't try to be fast when sewing clothes, if a piece of clothing is messed, it will ruin the signboard, and it is better to let the guests take the clothes for a longer time and do a little more fine in sewing."

"Dad, when I get back to Shanghai, I'll help you find the kind of machine that sews clothes, so that it can be sewn quickly and well." Hong Shun said.

"Got such a machine?" Lingzhi asked curiously.

"Yes, if you step on the bottom with your foot, the needle on the top will keep sewing, as long as you master the skill." Hong Shun said.

"God, that's going to be a lot faster. What kind of machine is this? Osmanthus said.

"It's called a sewing machine, and it was invented by a foreigner." Hong Shun said.

"Well, that's good, I also heard that there is another thing that can be used to press uneven parts of clothes, there is machine sewing, and then use that thing to press, and the clothes will be more beautiful in this way." Boss Hong said.

"That way, the business in this store will be better." Osmanthus said happily.

After eating, Lingzhi and Osmanthus helped clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Boss Hong continued to settle the accounts, a few ladies and ladies walked into the store and took out the pictorial they brought, and asked Lingzhi if they could help them do it, Hong Shun walked over and looked at the pictorial they took, saying that they couldn't do it without cropping, but the ladies and ladies still begged for help around Lingzhi, Lingzhi looked at their expectant eyes, and couldn't bear to let them down, so they took it and tried it, but it was not guaranteed to be as good as the pictorial, and the ladies were overjoyed. happily chattering on the counter to select fabrics, and kept asking which color of Ganoderma lucidum is good and how to match, Hong Shun saw that he couldn't help Ganoderma lucidum, so he had to go to the osmanthus side and lift Lanzi home.

A year later, Hong Shun brought back a sewing machine from Shanghai and went home, everyone happily gathered around to watch Hong Shun open, take out the machine head, pedals, pulleys, etc. on the ground, and then began to assemble, Ganoderma lucidum and Osmanthus helped hand the tools to Hong Shun, busy all afternoon, and finally installed the sewing machine, Hong Boss and Mrs. Hong looked left and right at the sewing machine, touched with their hands from time to time, Ganoderma lucidum and Osmanthus got together and looked curious, Hong Shun asked Osmanthus to bring the thread, put it on the machine head, pulled out the thread head and tilted his head to prepare to thread the thread into the pinhole, But after wearing it a few times, Lingzhi took the thread from Hong Shun's hand, put the thread into his mouth and bit it, and then turned his head to the needle and gently threaded the thread, Hong Shun smiled, took a piece of waste cloth and straightened it into the needle hole with his hand, and then turned the pulley with his right hand, and stepped back and forth with his feet, and the cloth in his hand clicked under the pinhole, and the thread was finely sewn and woven on the cloth, and the stitches were even, which made everyone dumbfounded.

"Wow, that's fast." Osmanthus shouted.

"With this, it will be much faster to make clothes in the future." Mrs. Hung said.

"Well, that's good." Boss Hong nodded.

"Dad, there's another one." Hong Shun said as he took out a triangular iron box from the box, the inside was empty, Hong Shun took the freshly sewn cloth and flipped it over and put it on the desk, then pressed it with the iron box, and ironed it back and forth along the sewn thread.

"This is called an iron, when you use it, put the charcoal in it, cover it, and sprinkle water on the cloth at the same time, iron it like this, and when you don't use it, you have to remember to put it aside separately, don't put it on the cloth, otherwise it will burn." Hong Shun said while demonstrating.

Osmanthus tried to learn from Hong Shun to step on the sewing machine, but let the line stuck, panicked and didn't know what to say, Hong Shun skillfully pulled up the machine head, straightened out the thread from the inside, and then put down the machine head, let Lingzhi also come to try, Lingzhi picked up the cloth and put it under the pinhole, stepped on the pedal and began to rotate, but after a while, it was stuck, Hong Shun told her that the speed of stepping on it should not be too fast or too slow, Boss Hong and Mrs. Hong watched Hong Shun patiently teach Lingzhi, looked at each other and smiled.

"I will do this, but the sewing machine is difficult to learn." Osmanthus picked up the iron and fiddled with it.

"This is strength work, and that is technical work." Hong Shun said.

"Then I'll do the strength work, and Ganoderma lucidum will do the technical work." Osmanthus said.

"I'll have to study hard for a while, too." Lingzhi said.

"Don't worry, you learn slowly, and it will be easier to make clothes after you learn." Boss Hong said.

After several days of trying, under the guidance of Hong Shun, Lingzhi finally realized the doorway to step on the sewing machine, so he first tried to sew a small bag of silk with a sewing machine, and then ironed it with an iron through osmanthus, which was really good. With the sewing machine sewing, Lingzhi also made some styles that could not be made when sewing by hand before, and Boss Hong hung a few newly made sample clothes in a conspicuous place in the store, and they were bought within a few days, and Hong's cloth shop became prosperous in the ancient city. (To be continued.) )