Ning Xia Qing really sat down calmly and listened to what the patriarch of the Ning clan said.

The patriarch of the Ning clan said leisurely: "Young girl, do you know what kind of plaque is hanging at the door of the second child's workshop?" ”

Ningxia Qing was stunned, she always called the workshop "Ning's Workshop" on weekdays, and later the third master also opened a workshop, so she changed her name to Ning's Workshop as "the workshop of the second master" or "the workshop of the second uncle", and she never paid attention to what name was written on the plaque at the door of the workshop.

No, it's not just that she hasn't paid attention, but since she was a child, when she heard the clansmen mention the workshop, no one ever mentioned the name of the workshop, as if it was a tacit understanding, and everyone avoided mentioning the name hanging at the door of the Ning workshop.

Why is this so? What is the reason for the name of the workshop that everyone in the clan tacitly refuses to mention it?

Ning Xia Qing thought carefully for a moment before hesitantly replied: "I haven't paid much attention to it, I just know that it seems to be ...... What is it called......

The patriarch of the Ning clan added: "It's called the Ancient Yun Workshop. Then he asked: "Then do you know what is the name of the workshop opened by the third child?" ”

Ning Xia Qing was stunned, she didn't know why the patriarch asked about it, but she had heard Dong Zizhen mention this matter before, so she quickly replied: "Uncle Santang's workshop is called Fengyuan Workshop." ”

The patriarch nodded, and then asked, "Then do you know what the name of the shop opened by the Ning clan is?" ”

Ningxia Qing replied in confusion: "My grandfather opened Wangyong Pavilion on his own, and the word 'Wangyong' was taken from my grandfather and my father's generation, and after my father died, I took over the shop and changed its name to Huacaiyuan." The rest of Ning's shops are all called Ning Hui Tang, I heard that this name has been used for many years, and I also heard that the word 'Ning' is taken from the homonym of the word 'Ning'. ”

Ning Xia Qing looked into the eyes of the patriarch and asked puzzledly, "What does the third uncle want to say?" ”

The patriarch of the Ning clan said leisurely: "Indeed, the word 'Ning' is taken from the homonym of the word 'Ning', which means that this shop is the shop of the Ning family. But don't you think it's strange, since you want to show that this shop is Ning's shop, why don't you just use the word 'Ning' to name it, but use a homophone? ”

Ning Xia Qing couldn't help but be confused, but he faintly felt that what the patriarch said was reasonable.

Large merchants like Ning's are well-known throughout the county, and generally speaking, such merchants will directly use their surnames to name their properties, for example, Ning's shop can be directly called "Ning's Piliu Xing".

Although "Ning's Pi Material Xing" is not as elegant as "Ning Hui Tang", opening a shop is not to write poetry, and it doesn't matter if the wind is elegant or not, but the more direct the better. If it is called "Ning's Pi Material Shop", not only can people know at once that this store is selling materials, but also let people know at once that this is Ning's industry.

As for the name "Ning Hui Tang", Ning Xia Qing has felt that this name is not good since he was a child, it is too vassally elegant, but it is nondescript, so that customers can't immediately know what is being sold inside, and it sounds very much like a street shop, not like a business family's shop at all.

So, why is Ning's shop called "Ning Hui Tang"? The more Ning Xia Qing pondered, the more puzzled he became, and he couldn't help but ask the Ning clan patriarch in confusion.

The Ning clan patriarch nodded and said, "You've finally noticed this, it's good." As he spoke, he sighed and told Ningxia Qing the allusion to the name.

It turned out that a few decades ago, Ning's shop was really called "Ning's Pi Material Xing", and it was not until the previous patriarch lost the name "Ning's Pi Material Xing" because of a bet that all the shops under Ning's family were renamed "Ning Hui Tang".

In addition, even the workshop can't hang the word "Ning's", so the workshops of the two masters have the name "Ancient Rhyme Workshop". And because this matter is not glorious for the people of the Ning family, the people of the Ning family rarely mention the name of the workshop, and they still call it "Ning's workshop" verbally, which can be regarded as an expression of unwillingness.

Because of this, after the third master opened the workshop, he also avoided the word "Ning" and named it "Fengyuan Workshop".

Ning Ningqing couldn't help asking: "What kind of gambling contract is it?" ”

The patriarch of the Ning clan didn't answer and asked, "Have you heard of the imperial satin?" ”

Ning Xia Qing was choked by the answer of the patriarch of the Ning clan, and after a pause, he said without thinking: "I've heard that it's the Xiao family's unique skill." ”

The patriarch of the Ning clan asked again: "How much do you know about the Xiao family's imperial satin?" ”

She was stunned for a moment, and replied honestly: "Xiao's imperial satin is produced in Tianquan Mountain, and now it is the royal silk satin, and the people are not allowed to use it." And ......"

She said ghostly: "And I heard that the Xiao family's imperial satin technique comes from the Ning family's heirloom glazed ......" She didn't know how she said this, as if a kind of doubt that had been buried in her heart for a long time was finally announced by her, she suddenly felt that she might have said the wrong thing, but there was a faint sense of pleasure that she had finally spoken.

The patriarch of the Ning clan was very calm, did not reproach her, and even continued: "Yes, but to be more precise, the Xiao clan stole the technique from the Ning clan in the past, and only then did the Xiao clan have the imperial satin." ”

Ning Ningqing was shocked, and only heard the patriarch continue: "Although the Xiao clan only stole the fur of the heirloom glaze, it has already produced this kind of imperial satin that is listed as the royal silk satin, which shows that if the Ning clan's heirloom glaze is still alive, what a precious treasure it should be." ”

Ning Ningqing couldn't help but hold his forehead slightly, feeling that his mind was a mess, and asked puzzledly: "Could it be ...... Does the royal satin have anything to do with the naming of Ning's store? ”

"It's not related to the imperial satin, but it has something to do with the Xiao family." The patriarch of the Ning clan said: "The person who made a bet with the previous patriarch is the Xiao family. ”

Decades ago, the former patriarchs of the Xiao and Ning clans made a bet on the ranking of the silk satin line to compete for the top spot.

At that time, Xiao's imperial satin had just been woven, but because it was listed as the royal silk satin, the people had almost never seen the imperial satin, and the Xiao family deliberately concealed the matter of the imperial satin, so that the Ning family only knew that there was a royal satin, but did not know that the imperial satin was exquisite to such an extent.

At that time, although the heirloom glass has been lost, but Ning's still has silk satin and silk satin, especially silk satin, which is Ning's proud work, its weaving inheritance from the heirloom glaze, Ning's is by virtue of silk satin to prosper again. Therefore, the former patriarch of the Ning clan, who used silk satin as his hole card, thought that he had won the gamble.

And the Xiao family made several cowardice mistakes at that time, and the whole family was in turmoil, which made the former patriarch of the Ning family full of confidence in winning the gamble. However, I later learned that this was all the Xiao family's strategy to lure the enemy, and the former patriarch of the Ning family fell for the Xiao family, so he made a big bet on the enemy.

After the ranking of the silk satin line came out, the silk satin lost to the imperial satin, Xiao won the gamble, and asked the Ning family to hand over the weaving method of the heirloom glass and the cultivation method of the glass silk, although the glass silk has long been extinct, but the Ning family will still have some cheats about the glass silk remnants, and this is what the Xiao family wants.

The former patriarch of the Ning clan said that he would not agree to anything, and the matter was in an uproar, and the former patriarch of the Ning clan gritted his teeth and forced the Xiao family to no trick. In the end, the Xiao family had to compromise and demanded that the Ning family no longer use the word "Ning" to name their industries.

Ning Xia Qing suddenly remembered the time when she saw Yao Sanxing in Xue Mansion, that time Tan Wenshi took the silk satin out, and then Xiao Jingyuan sighed, and she only knew at that time that the weaving method of the imperial satin and the silk satin came from the heirloom glaze.

Later, Xiao Jingyuan also mentioned to her about the ranking of the silk satin shop, but she only learned today that the Ning family and the Xiao family still had such a festival in the ranking of the silk satin shop.

The patriarch also told Ning Xia Qing that the Xiao family once said that if the Ning family wanted to get back the word "Ning's", they would bring silk satin to challenge the Xiao family's imperial satin, and if they could get the top position in the ranking of the silk satin line, they could reuse the word "Ning's" after that.

For the people of the Ning family, it is a great shame to be unable to use the word "Ning" as the Ning family, so almost everyone in the Ning family wants to regain the word "Ning" from the Xiao family.

However, no one dared to challenge Shaw lightly. Because Xiao also said that to give the Ning family a chance to challenge, if the Ning family loses again, they must hand over the weaving method of the heirloom glaze and the cultivation method of the glazed silk without saying a word.

After hearing the patriarch say this, Ning Xia Qing only felt that she was both indignant and impatient in a corner of her heart, as if there was a steady stream of tides that broke the embankment stirring, pouring mightily and beating her heart.

The patriarch of the Ning clan only said: "Although your grandfather has set up his own door, you are still surnamed Ning, and you are still the Ning family in the end." I am the patriarch of the Ning clan, and I don't want to be partial, but I also don't want to see the Ning clan being taken advantage of by others. That's all I have to say, and I hope you'll think about it. With that, he left.

Ningxia Qing was stunned for a long time in the private room of the teahouse.

After coming out of the teahouse, she still looked sad, walked aimlessly, and actually walked to Ning Er's workshop like a ghost, perhaps because, deep in her heart, she really wanted to come and see the plaque that condensed the unwillingness of the Ning family.

She stood at the door of the workshop and raised her head, and saw the words "Ancient Rhyme Workshop" on the plaque in a daze. I just felt as if my heart was pressed by an invisible boulder, and there seemed to be a small drum in my heart, which had been knocking on her heart, but her mind was blank, and I didn't know what it was like.

At this moment, "Cousin! A familiar voice rang out from behind her.

When she turned around, she saw Ning Zhiqi, who had just returned from running errands outside. When Ning Zhiqi saw her, he first smiled, and then said, "Why did my cousin come over today?" Is there something going on? Come on, come on, sit inside. ”

She restrained the turmoil in her heart, followed Ning Zhiqi into the workshop, and said hello: "Cousin just went out?" ”

"yes." Ning Zhiqi replied without thinking: "I went to enter the dye." ”

Ning Xia Qing took a sip of tea and said casually: "Not enough dyes?" Haven't you been making a list of phoenix grass dyeing lately? Could it be that the dyes dyed by the phoenix grass and trees are not enough? ”

"yes." Ning Zhiqi said honestly: "The dyes dyed by this phoenix grass and trees are different from ordinary dyes, and I finally got these." Speaking of which, if it weren't for the fact that this list was signed with Xiao Gongzi, and Xiao Gongzi pulled the strings for me, I really wouldn't have been able to buy this kind of dye. ”

Ning Ningqing suddenly froze, his face instantly turned white for three points, and he muttered and repeated: "This is ...... The dye that Xiao Gongzi bought for his cousin? ”

"That's right." Ning Zhiqi nodded happily.

Ningxia Qing instantly looked at Ah Zheng, Ah Zheng met her eyes, although she didn't know why her face suddenly changed, but she also understood that she was like this because of the dye, so Ah Zheng walked to the newly bought dye and checked it a few times.

Ning Zhiqi looked at Ah Zheng and Ning Ningqing, and the expression on his face became more and more confused.

Ah Zheng checked for a while, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but he still said cautiously: "Young Master Zhiqi, do you have the previous dye here?" ”

Ning Zhiqi thought for a moment and said, "I remember that there should be a little foundation left...... How, do you want to see? Then I'll get it for you now. After saying that, he asked the little steward next to him to take the rest of the dye base.

Ah Zheng took the old and new dyes and compared them together, if he just looked at them, there was no difference in color, but he suddenly said: "The taste is different." ”

Ning Xia Qing stood up and immediately came over to smell it, Ning Zhiqi also came over to smell it, but said confusedly: "I didn't smell any difference." Then he asked Ning Ningqing: "Cousin, do you smell it?" ”

Ning Xia Qing shook his head, but said seriously: "Ah Zheng's sense of smell has always been more sensitive than ordinary people, and he can smell things that we can't smell. Cousin, you'd better check it out. ”

Although Ning Zhiqi was very puzzled, he didn't say anything, just asked the little steward around him to invite a few dyeing masters in the workshop to come over.

These masters are all old craftsmen, who have been in the workshop for decades, and put a dye in front of them, and they can guess what it is by taste alone, and they have always been sure.

However, these masters carefully distinguished, and did not find any difference between the two dyes.

Except for Ah Zheng, no one felt that there was any difference between the two dyes, including Ningxia Qing, but Ningxia Qing insisted on asking: "Cousin, tell me, where did this dye come from?" ”

Ning Zhiqi was stunned for a moment, and called the little steward next to him to let the little steward say, and the little steward immediately waved his hand desperately, and said continuously: "This batch of dyes is really fine, I have checked them, and there is absolutely no difference." ”

Ning Xia Qing lowered his eyes, knowing that since the little steward was the person responsible for purchasing this batch of dyes, he was naturally the most afraid of problems with this batch of dyes. If there is a problem with the dye, either the little steward is not doing his job well, or the little steward has purchased inferior dye for the workshop after receiving the benefits, in short, the little steward cannot escape the responsibility.

But she believed Ah Zheng's judgment. Moreover, it is about Xiao Jingyuan...... She couldn't help but be unvigilant.

Ning Xia Qing said to the little steward: "It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that Ah Zheng's sense of smell has always been sensitive, this batch of dyes may really have a problem, maybe we can't find it, only Ah Zheng can find it." She said to Ning Zhiqi again: "Cousin, for the sake of safety, let's invite the Wen family to come over." ”