After Zhao Xiaoxi released the news that he was going to open a hat shop, there were quite a few applicants.

Recruited a few people, looked at a few hats, and in terms of workmanship, there were some problems. Zhao Xiaoxi is a layman, thinking, why not find an expert and give them guidance?

It's just that the capital is so big and there are so many capable people, and it's difficult to find a powerful master. It just so happened that Gu Xiangxin was also in front of him, and when he saw Zhao Xiaoxi's bitter face, he patted his chest, and only said that he had a way.

"Sister Xin, what do you do? Could it be that you recognize some powerful people? ”

"I don't recognize it." Gu Xiangxin is still very honest, spreading his hands, hehehe: "But my brother recognizes it!" He has been going back and forth in the capital all these years, knowing a little about everything, and it is always right to ask him. ”

It makes sense, Zhao Xiaoxi did not delay, and took advantage of the time to arrive at the headquarters of the rookie post station under the scorching sun.

As soon as she mentioned it, Gu Xiangting gave Zhao Xiaoxi a quasi-sentence: "I know that there is a powerful person, Grandma Shen, who is in the capital." She is a veteran craftsman, and the hats she makes are good one by one. It's just that I'm old, and I'm afraid I don't want to go out of the mountain. ”

"Living in the capital?"

"In Wang'er Hutong, the first one is." Gu Xiangting pointed out a clear path to Zhao Xiaoxi, and seeing that she looked in a trance, he continued: "Making hats is not the same as making ready-to-wear clothes, and now I don't like this anymore." ”

It's not popular because the hat style is too old, and some people like to be more modern. Zhao Xiaoxi has an idea and can design a lot of hats that are as beautiful as flowers. She used to be a woman with more than a hundred hats!

Just do it, at noon the next day, Zhao Xiaoxi went to Wanger Hutong with Xiao Jingrui after lunch in the restaurant. As Gu Xiangting said, as soon as Zhao Xiaoxi arrived at the entrance of the alley, he saw an old man standing at the door, with a small wooden table next to him, on which were drying a few wet hats.

This should have just passed the water, and while the sun was good, it was hurriedly pounded out.

The old man looked like an old craftsman, dressed very plainly, with an old-fashioned bun and a handful of gray hair, which was now tucked together on the back of his head, like a fist-sized sesame ball.

When I saw the living people, I was also very polite, with a smile on my face. The upper half of the face is very clean, and the wrinkles on the lower half of the face are dense and deep, but there is also joy in the wrinkles.

According to modern words, this Grandma Shen is an empty nester, her children are not around, and she has been living alone and lonely all these years. I was very happy to see someone coming. After all, it's still a handsome man and a slightly beautiful female doll.

"Who are you looking for?"

"You're Grandma Shen, right?" Zhao Xiaoxi could almost determine the identity of this person, after all, the shelves behind the old man were all kinds of hats.

It's not very fashionable, but each one is a classic. The materials are also exquisite, and the shape of the hat is also very good-looking. Zhao Xiaoxi was excited when he saw it, rubbed his hands, and smiled respectfully at the old man: "We are here to find you, knowing that you are a master of making hats, and I want to invite you to go out of the mountain and teach future generations the craft of making hats." ”

When the old man heard this, he frowned incredulously: "You young people, how can you know me?" ”

Business has been sluggish in recent years, and the hats she makes have not sold well. The big guys said that the style was too old, and they didn't like it. Fortunately, she is on her own, she doesn't need to feed anyone, and the money she earns is enough to eat and drink.

Now seeing that someone is looking for herself because of making hats, Grandma Shen always feels that this matter is not simple. He took out a handkerchief from his bosom, wiped his presbyopia, and sighed: "My craft? The hat I made, now few people can look at it? ”

"No, no, no, others can't look down on me, but I can look down on it." Zhao Xiaoxi patted his chest busily, and said sincerely: "As for the style of the hat, I can figure it out in the future." But in the workmanship of the hat, only Grandma has a sense of proportion. ”

"You are?" Grandma Shen was stunned by Zhao Xiaoxi's words, and she didn't understand at all. She is also an understanding person, and she always feels that the identity of this little girl standing in front of her is not ordinary.

"Don't hide it from Grandma, I'm the shopkeeper of the Hope card."

Now everyone knows the hope card, and Zhao Xiaoxi doesn't think it's a big deal, so he hopes that this grandma can believe in herself, don't be too guarded.

Sure enough, when Grandma Shen heard this, she hurriedly bowed to Zhao Xiaoxi: "It's really amazing, how did a powerful person like you come to my old woman's house?" It's amazing. ”

"I'm just a little person, Grandma laughed." Zhao Xiaoxi subconsciously shook his head and refused, the boss was embarrassed: "This time I came to find Grandma, I came to Grandma's craftsmanship." ”

For a craftsman, there are few words that sound better than this. In addition, Grandma's business has not been good all these years, and the hats she makes can't be sold nine times out of ten, and she is valued by a big shopkeeper like Zhao Xiaoxi at this time, and she doesn't know how happy she is, and her hands and feet tremble with excitement.

"Really?"

"Naturally, it's true, I'm afraid that I'll be too tired by then, and Grandma's body won't be able to stand it." Zhao Xiaoxi looked at Grandma Shen's thin body and expressed deep sympathy.

Normally, there must be no one to take care of it, and the body and bones will naturally not be much better. Looking at the idle hats in the house, this old man's usual expenses should be very frugal. Once nutrition can't keep up, the body will naturally have all kinds of problems.

But in the hope of card work, they are all busy, and there is little leisure. Although the salary is a lot, the elderly should not pay much attention to it. Zhao Xiaoxi thought for a while, and then said: "Grandma, if you are willing to go to Hope to teach craftsmen to make hats, a day's salary is two dollars of silver, and you only need to speak for an hour a day, what do you think?" ”

I'm dripping a good long, two dollars of silver? Grandma Shen was stunned when she heard this, and she was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

No wonder everyone says that working on the Hope card is like falling into a nest of gold and silver! Not to mention the good of the shopkeeper, this salary alone is enough to make the people under his hands die.

However, Grandma Shen is a real person, and she knows very well how many catties and taels she weighs, and when she heard Zhao Xiaoxi give out so much silver, she felt that she couldn't bear it, so she waved her hand: "What are you doing with so much silver for me?" Where is the work of one hour a day worth so many silver miles? ”

"You're a veteran, just tell me what to do, and we'll pay for it. What's the saying? Oh, it's better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish, and we have learned the craft from you, and we will be able to earn more money in the future. Zhao Xiaoxi deeply felt that she had fallen into the eyes of money, afraid that she would see it, and explained embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry, I'm a businessman, a vulgar person, and what I say is also a common saying." ”

Seeing that Zhao Xiaoxi was so straightforward, Grandma Shen smiled happily and nodded: "Little lady Zhao appreciates me, it is the blessing of the old woman, how can there be anything to pick?" To be honest, the old woman has no ability, I'm afraid that I will disappoint you all the way to this trip. ”

"How so." Zhao Xiaoxi still believes in Gu Xiangting very much, the guys are so picky, they all say that the hat made by Grandma Shen is good, so it must be wrong. People who are really capable are a little modest, and Zhao Xiaoxi thinks he understands it very well.

The five hat-making craftsmen she had found before were now living in the annex of the ready-to-wear shop. Because they are all girls' families, it is very convenient to get along. invited Grandma Shen, and Zhao Xiaoxi hurriedly invited her to live in the main house of the other garden.

As soon as the old man appeared, he was surrounded by the stars and the moon, and the girls chattered endlessly. They all held scissors and all kinds of fabrics in their hands, and asked Grandma Shen one by one.

It's as if you can get a word or two from your grandmother, and you can become a god who makes hats. Speaking of which, these people have made so many very popular hats in the capital, but this kind of thing is updated relatively quickly, and the styles that have been popular for a while will soon be eliminated. So much so that these individuals are now unable to support their families and make ends meet, and their lives are difficult.

I heard that Zhao Xiaoxi was going to open a hat shop and was about to recruit hat workers, so they came one by one.

Naturally, there were more than a dozen people who came, and in the end, Zhao Xiaoxi only left these five quite talented. Later, I looked at a few hats they made, and felt that they were a little lacking in workmanship, so I invited Grandma Shen to come.

Although Grandma is old, looking at the big guy's enthusiastic appearance, she can guess in her heart. It's still Zhao Xiaoxi, who does some practical things for the big guys, opening a hat shop, and taking care of his own profits and losses, but it is very remarkable to manage the livelihood of these individuals.

With Grandma Shen, the big guys are like having a backbone. Although there is only one hour of class every day, as long as the big guys don't understand anything, they all run to Grandma's house to ask, and if they ask too much, Grandma has become a long-term worker who does not rest for eight hours a day.

In the end, it is a businessman with a conscience, Zhao Xiaoxi looked at Yu Xin and couldn't bear it, just told the big guy that he should stop pestering Grandma Shen in the future, who knew that the person still refused.

"If you don't let me work, what are you doing here?" Grandma Shen's dim eyes looked at Zhao Xiaoxi directly: "Seeing that my lonely old woman is pitiful, she took it and entertained me with delicious food and drink, but?" ”

"Grandma, what are you talking about?" Zhao Xiaoxi touched his little nose, and the boss was embarrassed. Although I didn't think about it that way, I thought that this person was old and really not suitable for working for a long time: "I also care about Grandma's body." ”

"I'm about the same age as Lao Bai." The "old white" in Grandma Shen's mouth refers to Granny Bai. The two of them have recently gotten along day and night and have become old sisters: "Lao Bai guards the shop every day, but he is much busier than me." ”