Chapter 105: Opening of the Chamber
On March 18, 0 morning, the sky was still pitch black, early in the morning, the rooster had not yet crowed, and the drum of the drum tower had not sounded, but the people in the ink shop had already gotten up, or many people had not slept at all last night.
Now they are all busy in the ink shop and the shop in front of the ink village.
Zhen Niang also couldn't sleep, yesterday, she slept very late, fell on the bed, but the sea was full of thoughts, but squinted for a while, and woke up violently, then put on clothes and got up, through the window, I saw the light in the backyard ink shop.
Next door, the sound of Huang talking to Grandma Seven came.
She wasn't the only one who couldn't sleep.
Today is an important day for Li's Mozhuang in Nanjing.
It is also an important day for everyone in Mozhuang, Nanjing Li's Mozhuang is about to open, which is a new beginning.
There are countless beginnings in a person's life, maybe not every beginning can have a perfect ending, but the beginning of haode is half the success, the ending may not be satisfactory, it is often not controlled by people, but trying to do a good job at each beginning, but it is something you can do. If you can do it, then you will make 100% efforts and try your best to do your best, which is the creed of Zhenniang.
Just as she came to this era, she tried her best to adapt to the life of this era.
Just like the ninth uncle had an accident, the seventh grandmother almost had a stroke, so she handed over the ink workshop to her, and she also worked hard and tried everything to do it well.
Now, in Nanjing's Mozhuang, she is also working hard.
"Yun San's family, there's still a little dust here, hurry up. Hurry up, get a cloth to wipe it off. "In the ink shop. Sister-in-law Ma followed the overseer, and did not let go of every corner.
"Two dogs. Didn't you go to the bookstore yesterday to get back the printed haode ink list? Where did you put it. Zheng Fuli was also carefully inspected in front of the shop in front, for fear that there would be the slightest mistake or omission.
Li Jingming was also calling Li Zhengping at this time to contact some carriages for backup. After all, when the banquet is over, there must be a carriage to send off the guests.
In the kitchen, the chef and his buddies arrived last night, and are now busy in the kitchen, preparing for the banquet.
In the front and back yards of the house, there are several tables. It is to greet the guests, and of course, the important guests must be invited to the tables in the hall.
And a stage was set up in the backyard, and a famous legendary opera gang in Nanjing was invited to sing Wang Ji's "Serial Story", which is about the play of Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu in the Three Kingdoms.
It is one of the hottest plays of the moment. On the first day, I was invited to sing a part, and Xiaoya and Hua'er were fascinated by it.
Zhen Niang is used to watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in later generations, and she doesn't care too much about the content of the play, but the singing itself. Singing, chanting, sitting and playing, it is also full of fun to watch.
"Virgin ......"
"Lady Jane early."
Zhen Niang walked into the ink workshop, and everyone looked at it and said hello, and their faces were beaming.
The master from Huizhou has also been in place for a long time. He has already begun to select his apprentices from among the newly recruited workers, and is now busy in his own workshop.
Seeing that everything was in order, Zhenniang entered the front shop again.
The ink brought from Huizhou has also been placed on the shelves. The most striking thing is the white porcelain bottles of ink on the shelves, and the ink sheets written on the bamboo pieces are also hung on the wall behind the counter.
The whole layout exudes elegance.
Other than that. Zhenniang also prepared some printed ink sheets, which were more convenient to use when introduced.
"Chaste Maiden." I saw Zhenniang coming. Zheng Fuli greeted him excitedly.
"All ready?" Zhenniang asked. On many occasions today, Zheng Fuli still has to greet guests in front.
"It's all ready, nothing will go wrong." Zheng Fuli affirmed.
Zhen Niang nodded, and walked to the side of the private room apart, the most eye-catching is a display cabinet, which displays the most haode ink that the Li family has accumulated over the years, as well as the re-harmony ink that Zhen Niang made last year, and the other is the Han Xizai Night Banquet Picture Collection Ink that has just been made.
In this way, I walked around again, in fact, in general, this is what it looks like, the one who should have been checked more than eighteen times earlier, and there is really nothing to look at again. There really is still a problem. It was a crime that belonged to the will of heaven, so Zuihou Zhenniang said hello to Zheng Fuli, returned to the wooden building in the backyard, first said goodbye to Mrs. Li and the Huang family, and then changed into the new clothes of the clan.
In this way, after working for a while, it will be the time of the hour, the auspicious day and the auspicious time. With a string of open cannons, the door of Li's Mozhuang opened.
"Congratulations." The neighbors all bowed their hearts to the people of Mozhuang. Looking at the rather novel layout of Li's Mozhuang, one by one it was novel, and walked around.
The people here in Mozhuang said with a smile: "Tongxi, Tongxi, business is prosperous, and wealth is extensive." ”
Zhen Niang helped the old lady to the door, and Li Jingming and Zheng Fuli greeted each other on the other side, and Li Zhengping greeted her in the house.
Of course, the old lady doesn't stand for long, she just comes out to see.
Then Zhen Niang helped the old lady to sit in the house with the Huang family, this era, it is also the era of respecting the old, with the age of the old lady, it is the prefect who came, and there is no rudeness to greet each other, and if you meet the prefect who is a little clearer, you have to give Mrs. Li a salute first.
Zhen Niang accompanied the old lady and Huang to talk for a while, and when she saw that the hour was almost up, she got up and walked to the door again.
After a while, the eldest cousin Han Song arrived first with a few friends from the business field, and after a few polite words, Zheng Fuli welcomed him into the house.
After a while, the second cousin Han Bai came over with a few classmates, and he was also overjoyed.
also improvised a few poems, and while the flowers were clever, they hurriedly prepared paper and ink, and asked people to write them down and send them to Zhenniang. Zhen Niang didn't understand poetry, but there was a sentence in later generations that she was familiar with 300 Tang poems. I can't make poetry, I can sing it.
Therefore, in the end. You can still see some of the good and bad, and these songs look quite elegant. So he quietly called the second cousin, planning to buy these poems, and then let people copy the poems on the wall outside.
As for the walls, it's a big deal to paint them again in two days.
Of course. This has to ask for the consent of the second brother's classmates.
For the matter of buying poetry and writing, several classmates of the second cousin were a little disdainful, basically because they belonged to the face of the literati, and they did not want to get stained with copper smell. However, I was a little moved by the fact that the poems were copied on the wall at the door for people to appreciate.
It's just that the modest one is honestly afraid, but the crazy one can't wait to write a few more songs immediately, but it's a pity that the inspiration doesn't come, and he can't help it.
In the end, a few agreed. The two new guys in the ink shop don't carry a small table out, and they don't put ink inkstones on a few days, only a few bottles of ink. Later, Zheng Fulixin copied a knife, wrote a few poems on the wall, and explained the source.
Immediately, there was a crowd of wait-and-see and admiration. But. The onlookers are generally the merchants on the street, and there are not many people who know poetry. Purely to see the excitement, sure enough, many people saw the ink sweat of the porcelain bottle. I felt fresh, so I inquired with the two guys, and the two guys got the permission of Zhen Niang, and at this time they used the trick to publicize a lot of ink.
I heard that there is no need to grind, and the ink that can be used when you buy it is cheap, and the porcelain vase is also very elegant, and immediately, there are more people who are interested in ink.
Several merchants on the side bought a few bottles to try, and so, inadvertently, it opened.
Then came Li Jingming and Li Zhengping's friends who had some friendships on weekdays, some of them left first because of something, and some followed Li Zhengping into the front yard and were entertained by him.
The auspicious time of the opening is the end of the hour, and according to modern parlance, it is 10:45.
It's just that as the time gets closer and closer, Zheng Fuli couldn't help frowning, so far none of the people from the Chamber of Commerce have come, and none of the merchants who had some business dealings with the Li family in the past have not arrived, and some of them just came, said hello and left, this situation is a little bad to look at.
"Virgin girl, what's going on? Something is wrong with this. Zheng Fuli turned his face and said to Zhen Niang.
"It's okay, isn't the auspicious time yet yet?" Zhen Niang's face was indifferent.
In this case, she knows in her heart, on the side of the Chamber of Commerce, because of this land incident, Wang Sifang and his aunt and uncle are very unhappy, plus she insists on visiting Hu Zonglin, then Wang Sifang has long been displeased with her, and it is strange that he does not make trouble.
As for the others, it is natural to wait and see first. Therefore, it is not surprising that the people of the Chamber of Commerce do not come.
As for the merchants in the same company, not to mention, it must be the Tian family who is making trouble. As long as the Tian family releases the news, all the merchants who come to participate in the opening of Li's Mozhuang will not give goods, and those merchants will have no choice. After all, the identity of the Tian family's tribute is in hand, and these merchants dare not offend the Tian family if they want to get the Tian family's goods.
"Yo, Miss Li, I'm not late, why are there only so many customers in the store? It's too deserted, this is the opening, or I'll come to my store and call the guys and cheer them on. At this time, a strange voice of yin and yang came.
Zhen Niang looked over, this said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, and it was Tian Rongchang who came.
As a fellow villager, a peer, and also in the Huizhou Chamber of Commerce, the Li family opened, and naturally the post of the Fa Tian family was indispensable. And Tian Rongchang turned over Zhen Niang's hand and ate deflated, so seeing that Zhen Niang was going to lose a few words, where was there anything good.
"The second son is not late, the auspicious time has not yet arrived, thank you for the kindness of the second son, the second son please sit in the house." Zhen Niang made a gesture of please, and Li Zhengping came forward to lead the person into the house.
Tian Rongchang smiled, then shook the fan and entered the house, looking smug about watching a good show. While grinding his teeth with a polite attitude.
Zhenniang's face is still as calm as water.
"Ah, Steward Qin, you're here." At this time, another guest came over, and Zheng Fuli hurriedly stepped forward. It was Vice President Qin who took Li Jingfu out that year, and now the manager of the Nanjing Chamber of Commerce, who is the first person from the Chamber of Commerce.
"Congratulations." Steward Qin arched his hand. When he arrived in front of Zhen Niang, he lowered his voice with some worry: "Miss Li, President Wang and the Tian family are ghosts, and the Chamber of Commerce and a few merchants who sell four rooms in the study room will generally not come." ”
"It's okay, I know it in my heart, Uncle Qin just rest assured. Delicious and delicious. Zhen Niang thanked her. To tell the truth, Steward Qin's ability to come was beyond her expectations, he was tantamount to offending Wang Sifang this time, and I am afraid that his life in the Chamber of Commerce will not be too easy in the future.
However, in this way, Hu Zonglin's side will inevitably reuse him, and it is really difficult to say between the gains and losses for a while.
"You just have a good idea in your heart, it's just a business, the real battle is still to come, don't take it too seriously." Steward Qin was relieved again, and then Zheng Fuli led him into the house and found a place to sit down. (To be continued......)
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