Heshun dyeing workshop is next to the Hongchang dyeing workshop of the Chen family, and the people at the door of Chen's house come and go, and when they go in and out, they are deserted and deserted, and the door is full of birds. Shopkeeper Li sat at the counter and looked out blankly, looking helpless. He is only in his early forties, some of them are middle-aged, with eight-character eyebrows, extremely high eyebrows, which looks a little funny, but the clothes on his body are neatly ironed.

Just as he could see his eyes, he saw a young woman walking over with a white cloth in her arms, and he hurriedly got up to solicit it, "Sister-in-law Wang, do you dye the cloth?" ”

Sister-in-law Wang looked at Shopkeeper Li, her face twitched slightly, and she smiled a little, "Yes, it was hot this day, so I quickly dyed it and made a single dress for the dolls." After speaking, as if he had met a ghost, he entered the Hongchang dyeing workshop next to him. The shopkeeper Li stomped his feet angrily, "What kind of magic did this Chen family use, hooking everyone away!" ”

Xi En stood beside his father, Chen shopkeeper was looking at the account book in his hand, business has been surprisingly good in recent days, he always has a little suspicion that his account is wrong, otherwise how could he suddenly have so much more silver.

"Sister-in-law Wang is here, you can put the cloth here, and I will ask Brother Yanrui to send it to you after dyeing. My father said that he would talk to the gentleman in the school, and the gentleman also said that it was not easy for you to be an orphan and widow, so he agreed to reduce some offerings. As she spoke, she took the cloth and greeted her with a smile on her face.

Wang's sister-in-law is grateful and doesn't know what to say, her family is a reading material, but now she is with two children, eating and drinking are worried, where to move the money for the baby to study and go to school. Unexpectedly, most of this matter was solved by the Chen family, she nodded and thanked him, "The great kindness of the shopkeeper Chen, I will definitely let the baby remember it for the rest of my life when I go back." ”

The shopkeeper Chen was concentrating on settling accounts, and when he heard someone shouting about himself, he looked up and smiled.

Xi En smiled again, "Sister-in-law Wang, this cloth will be good every other day, and when the time comes, I will let Brother Yanrui work hard to hang the pulp with you, and you will not fade even if you wear it for two years." ”

Mrs. Chen came out from behind and looked at Xi Enxiao, and Yan Rui stood behind her mother with a smile on her face.

"Boss, here is a pity to take care of, you come back to drink saliva to relieve your fatigue." Mrs. Chen shouted to the shopkeeper Chen.

Shopkeeper Chen followed his wife into the back room, and the old couple looked at each other and smiled, which was really indescribably happy.

"What about the shopkeeper's accounting?"

The shopkeeper Chen was dialing the abacus, and when he looked up, Master Wang came in. Hurriedly beckoned, "Master Wang, sit down." ”

Master Wang sat down on the bench near the table, "Recently, your old business has been good, and most of our cloth from ten miles and eight towns have entered the Hongchang Dyeing Workshop and earned a lot, right?" Looking at the abacus beads, I listened clearly in the back. ”

Shopkeeper Chen paused, and the abacus beads were all in place at once, and he wanted to say something, but he felt powerless.

"Since the business is good, this spring starts, people pay attention to a year's plan in the spring, which is a good sign for Hongchang Dyeing Workshop! Ha ha! Master Wang smiled meaningfully, "Shouldn't I also follow the color and look at the shopkeeper to increase the salary." ”

The shopkeeper Chen was an honest man, and when he heard this, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to raise his head, "How much does it go up, Master Wang, you say?" ”

Xien helped her mother to come in from the outside, and when she saw the formation of the two, the mother stopped for a moment and retreated.

Mrs. Chen asked Xi'en uneasily, "I wonder what this Master Wang is looking for your father to do?" ”

Xi En 'hehe' smiled, "Zuo is just a matter of the dyeing workshop, if my mother is worried, after a while, people will leave, we will ask." She said it very easily, which made Mrs. Chen feel a little relieved.

Master Wang stretched out his hand and clasped the corner of his mouth, and tried to cough a few times, "Add ten taels of silver, I estimate that this is not much." ”

Shopkeeper Chen was very embarrassed and said, "Our business is good, that's because our Hongchang's price is cheap, although there is another grace to greet the business now, but one more person will cost a lot of money, this is all a hard account, you have to add so much at once, where can I squeeze out?" ”

Master Wang also stiffened his neck, "Xi'en, that girl is diligent and can speak well, you can't hire such a helper even if you spend the price of two small workers in the market, be content!" He unceremoniously picked up the water cup in front of him, poured himself a glass of water and drank it, "I'll take ten taels of extra profits, if you are too much, you can have less, how about nine taels?" ”

Shopkeeper Chen still wanted to distinguish it, but looking at Master Wang's style, he knew that it was useless to say more, so he sighed, so he had to nod and say, "Okay, I'll add it to you, but we have been a customer for many years, how about eight taels if we have less?" ”

"The shopkeeper's pleasure, then I'll give a little, nine taels, no less."

Shopkeeper Chen helped down the table, "Okay, it's just nine taels, forget it, it's still ten taels, so as not to make trouble for one tael of silver." ”

Master Wang showed a smug smile, stood up and said, "You are so old and bright, just rush here, others just promise me a mountain of gold, and I can't go with him." ”

Shopkeeper Chen looked at Master Wang's figure, sighed deeply, and didn't bother to look at the account books.

In the dyeing workshop, Yanrui was dyeing cloth, and Xi'en brought food over to deliver it. She put down her things first, stepped on the stool and leaned on the window to watch Master Wang mix water, a few scoops of water, and a few spoonfuls of ingredients were written down one by one.

The three of them sat in the courtyard to eat together, and in front of Yan Rui was a plate of pickled radishes and a piece of three-sided bread. He picked up the cake and ate it on the radish strips, chewing crunchy in his mouth.

Xi'en poured soju for Master Wang, and persuaded him diligently, "Master Wang, I have been listening to the neighbors when I go out recently, and you have praised you for your good old cloth dyeing, and the color of porcelain is solid!" ”

"Who said that?" Master Wang took a sip of wine, picked up a piece of shredded meat with his chopsticks and threw it into his mouth.

"They are all the people in front of them, like Sister-in-law Wang and Sister-in-law Liu, they are all wearing the light green cloth you dyed, which is even rarer than the buds of the willow tree by the lotus pond at the corner of the street." Xi En said very excitedly, with a look of honor.

Master Wang didn't speak this time, only carefully touched the shredded meat in his mouth, as if he could taste the taste of sea cucumber and fish belly.

Xi En picked up the shredded meat from the plate on the wooden pier and put it in Master Wang's bowl, and when he saw that the wine glass was empty, he added wine.

"By the way, how about the clothes I asked you to sew?"

"You don't need to ask, it's good morning, I'll bring it to you later." Xi En's big eyes were shining, and the two pear vortices at the corners of his mouth smiled very deeply. Yan Rui looked at Xi'en inexplicably, and Xi'en didn't pay attention to Master Wang, and secretly stuffed him with a salted egg. Yan Rui hurriedly turned his face and ate quietly.

"Okay, you kid is just a slippery kid to do things, his hands are fast, and his heart and eyes are alive." Master Wang praised his kindness, suddenly thought of something, and got up and entered the dyeing workshop.

Xi En also quietly followed, and while Master Wang was testing the temperature of the water, she also poked her head and said curiously, "Master Wang is really hard, and he even remembers things when he eats." ”

Master Wang was displeased at first, then his eyelids drooped again, and he said with a smile, "You won't have to suffer this if you find a good son-in-law in the future." ”

Xi En shook his hand and walked out of the dye shop.