When the news of Su Shaqi's temporary stay in Ninghua County came back to the pharmacy, Hui Niang and Zhou's were very happy, in their opinion, as long as Su Shaqi stayed, it meant that there would still be opportunities to make a lot of money in business in the future.

"Mother, Aunt Sun, are you so happy? Before, we just printed two unformed color New Year paintings, the market response is so good, and when I look back, I will do a good job of pastel, watercolor and gilt techniques for New Year's paintings, and the color New Year pictures will look better, why do you have to work hard to keep the black and white comic strips? ”

Hui Niang asked in surprise, "Xiaolang, what is pastel...... Gilt, what are you messing up again? ”

Shen Xi introduced with a smile: "It is to print a layer of glorious color on the color New Year's paintings, which are more vivid than the original colors, shining in the sun, Ambilight, Aunt Sun, will such New Year's paintings be popular?" ”

Hui Niang couldn't help but wonder when she heard it, there really are such New Year paintings, and she herself wants to buy a few and post them at home.

Originally, she was skeptical, but thinking that Shen Xi had created a good thing that she had never heard of before, she chose to believe Shen Xi's words without reservation.

Zhou was speechless: "Stinky boy, give you a ladder and you really want to climb to the sky...... This thing you said is so good, why don't you print it out for us first? ”

Shen Xi took out the rolling paper hidden in the back of the clothes, and spread it out with a smile: "Since my mother and Aunt Sun both want to see it, then I will give you a ...... or two of this painting that is not very formed."

"This is a watercolor gilt New Year picture that I printed with a special method, and it should look better when I turn around and adjust the lacquer powder evenly. Now let the two of you big treasurers take the palm of your eyes first. "Kneel and beg for a hundred eyes to sing

Hui Niang and Zhou's eyes widened, looking at a pair of New Year's paintings spread out on the octagonal table.

There is a colorful unicorn printed on it, and there are auspicious words of "Fortune and Treasure" and "Auspicious Ruyi" on the left and right, and the color of the picture has increased from six or seven colors printed in the previous edition of the New Year's painting to more than a dozen, and the outer layer seems to be painted with pink The color is very bright. Zhou couldn't help but stretch out his hand and scratch the surface of the painting twice with his fingernails, but he didn't scrape off the gilt on it.

"Han Wa'er, come and tell me, how did this thing get printed? It's just a layer of powder when it looks like it, how can it not be scraped off? Zhou greeted Shen Xi in amazement.

Shen Xi stuck out his tongue and said, "Mother, this thing is quite complicated to print, how can I show it to you?" It is said that the technology is not yet mature, and it will take a while to perfect, and then it will be ready for mass printing...... Our technology is kept secret from the outside world, and others can't imitate it even if they want to, do you think this business is more profitable than printing comic books? ”

Hui Niang was overjoyed, but she still had some brains, and asked, "Xiaolang, is this thing good, and what is the cost?" ”

Shen Xi thought for a while and replied: "Aunt Sun, please rest assured, I have calculated such a Qilin New Year painting, the cost of materials and labor is less than five yuan, and if the streamlined operation is realized, the cost can be reduced a little more." A color New Year's painting shouldn't have any problem selling for forty or fifty yuan, right? ”

If you can print good things, the rest is to see how much you invest, and the lower the cost, the better the market prospects. When he heard that the cost of a color New Year's painting could be reduced to less than five yuan, even Zhou, who didn't know much about business, smiled from ear to ear: "If such a good New Year's painting only sells for forty or fifty yuan, I also want to buy one and hang it back for the New Year, how bright and festive?" ”

During the Hongzhi period, the court officials ruled Qingming, even if there was a disaster and famine relief, it was timely, and the people were relatively rich, so that all industries including clothing, food, housing and transportation would have better development opportunities.

Ordinary people, whether they are working at home or out to work, will have an income of more than two or three hundred yuan per month, and if they spend forty or fifty yuan to buy a New Year's painting during the New Year's holidays, it is not a luxury.

"It's still our Xiaolang who has the ability."

Hui Niang looked at Shen Xi with gentle faces, her eyes were full of admiration and pity.

Shen Xi smiled: "Then does Aunt Sun have any rewards?" ”

"Yes, yes."

Hui Niang stretched out her hand and touched Shen Xi's head, "Let's eat hot pot tonight...... I heard that a cow was killed after lunch in the west of the city, so let's go get some beef and come back, and I'll give you all the meat to eat today. ”

When Shen Xi heard this, he salivated. Although he has eaten beef more than once after his life has improved, it is still extremely rare to eat beef on weekdays.

Mainly because cattle were an important production tool in the Ming Dynasty, and ordinary people raised cattle mainly for farming, where would they be willing to kill and sell meat? It takes a certain amount of time for the government to summon and kill a group of cattle that are too old to plow the land, and the resulting beef is basically bought by large families in the city, and small households cannot buy it even if they have spare money and no way to buy it.

Now Hui Niang's status in the city is getting higher and higher, and the merchants in the city have to scold her, plus the cowpox is now vigorously promoted in the north and south of the river, and the effect is extraordinary, and it is regarded as a registered number in the government. When a cow is killed, people usually come to inform them in advance.

At the turn of Shen You, Hui Niang took Xiu'er to the west of the city in person, and when she came back, Xiu'er walked briskly and carried four catties of beef in her hand.

"Sister, I'll let Xiu'er divide the beef, and the two families will keep two catties on one side, and when the brother-in-law comes back, let the brother-in-law try it."

Hui Niang will always consider Zhou's family problems, in the end she is a widow, she has had enough of the pain of loneliness and loneliness, and she doesn't want the Zhou family to break up.

Although Zhou usually eats and lives in the pharmacy, as long as her husband comes back at night, she still has to take her son and future daughter-in-law back to reunite with the family.

"He didn't say when he would come back today, and he didn't leave home on the day of the Midyear Festival, if he didn't come back today, it would be really unconscionable."

The sun is gradually setting in the west, and I don't know if my husband is coming home, and Zhou is very worried about it.

A woman has a career outside and hopes for a stable family, Zhou has always felt that she has a lot of shares in the printing workshop to hide from her husband a little sorry, she has discussed with Hui Niang, and is ready to confess to Shen Mingjun on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

But when the sun went down and the twilight was heavy, someone from the north of the city came over and told him that Shen Mingjun was going to stay at Wang's house at night and couldn't come back, which made the Zhou family feel disappointed.

Zhou scolded: "This one who has no conscience, and he won't come back for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and now he doesn't care about his wife and children, what is this?" ”

Hui Niang comforted: "This is a New Year's holiday, there must be a lot of things in big families, and it's not unimaginable that my brother-in-law doesn't come back, so my sister should look at it!" ”

However, Shen Xi felt that things were not so simple.

It may be that Shen Mingjun is a little afraid to come back to face his wife, since the Li family took Shen Mingyou home and wanted the Zhou family to go out of the mountain to take over the tea shop, Shen Mingjun only then knew that the shop that had made a lot of money in his hands had lost money in the hands of his second brother and was about to close down, thinking of the words that his wife reminded him at the beginning, he felt that he had no face to come back.

Although Shen Mingjun is honest, he has a strong macho plot, thinking that when he was engaged in breeding alone, he wanted to make a career to make his wife and children live a good life.

Shen Xi pondered, it was time to talk to his father again, if it really didn't work, find a job for his father, he couldn't let him be so decadent.

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PS: The second update is sent!

The Son of Heaven has a fever and a terrible headache, this chapter is updated late, please forgive me! I'm writing the third chapter, but I don't know when it will be updated, please collect and vote!