Chapter 30: Precious Gifts
When Dawn stepped into the land of Chang'an, everything was also woken up by the footsteps of Dawn, the doors of each square city were opened, the doors of each village were opened, and Chang'an began to repeat the hustle and bustle of yesterday.
At this time, Lao He will go out to Suzaku Street to start taking care of the clothing shop, since becoming a business partner with the Lin family, the business of the clothing shop has become very good, although it is to sell clothes for the Lin family, and earn some profits from it, but Lao He is very content, this profit is far more profitable than selling fabrics before.
I admire the people who think of this method, give others a little benefit to open up sales for themselves, according to Lin Fan, it is called franchise management, this kind of saying is the first time I have heard of it.
Thinking of this guy whose hair has not yet grown, Lao He admires from the bottom of his heart, his various unique ideas have created many profits for the Lin family, he not only has business acumen, but also has a talent, it is said that he recently opened a school in a corner of Yongyang Fang, receiving students from all over the world, I really don't think about why he built the school there, isn't it a gathering place for beggars, although he has this doubt in his heart, but every time Lao He goes out, he wants to go around in a big circle and pass by the path near the wall behind the big family.
I don't know how many students now, every morning through this alleyway, far away to hear the sound of reading aloud, Lao He used to think that reading is very boring, I can't imagine that many people reading together is so good, I really want to go back to study, it's a pity that I am old, but the two children are not small, I have to find a chance to send them in, can not leave regrets in the next generation.
This alley is now full of people every day, and like Lao He, when the farmers who rush to the market pass by here in a circle or half a circle, they will stop to listen to the meeting, and then glance at the backyard of the big family with envy before reluctantly leaving.
Now that he has become a business partner with Chen Laosan, he must have agreed to the request of letting the two children study in the school opened by Lin Fan, if not, even if he is willing to reduce his profits, how can he miss the rare opportunity to study... Walking on the alley, Lao He thought so.
Lin Fan never expected that the school had attracted students from all over the world in just half a month after it opened, and now there are twenty-three students, who were brought to visit by their respective parents, of course, they did not come empty-handed, and they all brought some gifts.
After seeing them bring gifts, Lin Fan realized that bribery is nature, and it has existed since ancient times, saying that it sounds good is a polite thing, and a bad sound is a bribe, but in the eyes of the ancients, it is a etiquette thing, and the ancients attached great importance to etiquette, so it was difficult for Lin Fan to refuse, and there was a big man who almost committed suicide, saying that Lin Fan looked down on him as an old farmer, and he had to fight to the death.
In order to prevent the tragedy from happening, Lin Fan had to let go of the fear of bribery in later generations and accept the kindness of these honest Tang people.
Qin Yong, Cheng Huaimo, and Niu Zhongren all left yesterday, although they were a little reluctant, but after all, they were still soldiers, and military orders were like mountains, and they must not be disobeyed.
As soon as Cheng Huaimo left, the Lin Academy lacked disciplined security guards, which made Lin Fan a headache, especially now that the number of students is increasing, it is difficult for him to take care of it alone, and he now regrets that he taught Lao Cheng the venue, method and production method of short crossbow too early.
This old killer hated iron and steel, and he couldn't wait to establish his Zuo Wuwei into a legendary special forces one day earlier, and immediately recruited Qin Yong and the three of them back after getting the secret, they couldn't stay for one more day.
I don't know if this old killer has handed over the secret technique of salt making to the Salt and Iron Division, Lin Fan is looking forward to Bai Huahua's salt appearing in front of his eyes as soon as possible, he really can't bear the days of being cautious when he eats every day, he is used to eating fine salt, he is really not used to eating this kind of coarse salt in the Tang Dynasty, this coarse salt is far less than the coarse salt that he ate for a few years when he was a child, although the coarse salt at that time will leave a little pebble at the bottom of the pot after cooking, but ****** is not as big as the coarse salt of the Tang Dynasty.
Don't think too much, this old killer was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling after getting the special forces training method, how could he bother to take care of the matter of salt, he didn't pay much attention to eating.
As soon as there were more students, Lin Fan became very busy, and his life was much more fulfilling than before, and his life was like a year.
Lin Fan didn't understand why he didn't have any opinion of Ling'er before, after getting along for so long, she didn't see that she had the talent to learn, was it because she was a sick beggar when she first met her.
Now there is a change in this concept mainly because Ling'er's learning progress makes him very satisfied, although Ling'er is the only female student, but her academic performance is the best, as a teacher, the most beloved is also a student with good academic performance, because such a student is most likely to become his successor.
The students are different, and the time of entering the house is also different, so everyone's learning situation is different, so Lin Fan divided his twenty-three students into several groups, and the space was limited, so they could not be divided into classes, so they could only be divided into groups.
Ling'er has the best study and the fastest progress, so she is in the first column, although she is only a girl, but there are always many privileges to enjoy for good students, and one person can occupy a place in the column.
Those who studied slightly better were placed in the second column, and the worst were placed in the third column.
Lin Fan didn't want to arrange Shan Xiong in the third column, but he wanted to scold his mother when he saw this kid Jiao'er Lang holding a wine pot all day long and getting drunk, this guy was not angry at all, he enrolled in school on the same day as Ling'er, he just started studying for a few days, and he basically came to play, especially after the school students got up, his playfulness gradually occupied everything in him, and he invited others to drink from time to time, and let others drink with him, and he didn't know what kind of emotional injury this kid suffered, and he was drunk day and night.
I won't say it after saying it a few times, I'm too lazy to care, it's not to learn this piece of material, and it's useless to take a bamboo weave all day long to catch up behind.
In addition to teaching, they also have to receive those fathers and sons who came to visit for three days, they all want to send their children to the Lin Academy, they don't dare to say what to learn, as long as they can learn a little business from Lin Fan, they will be content.
I thought that I would be able to relax for a while after today's teaching, but just half an hour after the lunch break, there was a knock on the door, and there was a father and son standing at the door, a father dressed as a businessman, carrying a purple trembling wooden box in his hand, and two children of the same age, about eleven years old.
The two children don't seem to have seen anything in the world, and they have been shyly bowing their heads, but the middle-aged businessman is different, very enthusiastic and generous to step into the house, and very straightforward, introduce themselves a little, and go straight to the topic after asking for warmth.
"Mr. Jiuwen's name, I came to visit today in the hope that Mr. can accept the two dogs, and the dogs don't hope that Mr. will discipline them more."
Lin Fan never refuses to be a good scholar, knowing that the good intentions of being an elder, not to mention that he just said that he is still Chen Laosan's business partner, and the relationship is not bad, so he quickly agreed, this Lao He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and happily pushed the purple trembling wooden box in front of Lin Fan and said: "A little heart, I hope Mr. will accept it." β
Lin Fan postponed with a smile, it always felt strange to receive a gift every time a student was introduced, but Lao He was very stubborn, and pushed the box back in front of Lin Fan, "Mr. don't mind, just accept it, not to mention that the things sent by a certain family are of great benefit to Mr." β
Lin Fan stared at the box in silence and asked, "How do you know that this thing must be good for me?" β
Lao He smiled and opened the box, and pushed it to Lin Fan's eyes, the box contained a bottle of Buddha statue, the Buddha statue was black, not jade but jade, the surface was smooth, exuding a black luster, and it was not a mortal thing at first glance.
Lin Fan looked left and right and couldn't see what this Buddha statue was made of, Lao He smiled and solved his puzzles: "This is made of gloomy wood, in the early years from an exotic businessman in exchange, this thing is extremely rare, and can ward off evil spirits, I heard Chen Laosan said that Mr. got a waste house of Yayu from a fat man, it is said that this waste house is not clean, recently I heard that Mr. is going to demolish the waste house to build a new home, and it just so happens that there is this evil Buddha statue at home, so it was brought to Mr., no matter what, it will have certain benefits for the new home." β
Lin Fan laughed secretly in his heart, this Chen Laosan really knew how to make it up, knowing that the haunting of the abandoned house was made up by himself, and he fooled Lao He like this.
Soon he was attracted by the Buddha statue, his eyes were shining, the gloomy wood is the legendary ebony, this thing is wood, but extraordinary wood, inheriting the elegance of wood, and having the nature of stone, in later generations there is "Oriental Sacred Wood" and "plant mummy" said, it is indeed extremely rare, is through earthquakes, floods, mudslides, the trees on the ground are involved in the low-lying places of the ancient riverbed, in the lack of oxygen, high pressure environment, decomposition by bacteria and other microorganisms, and after thousands of years of carbonization, there is today's ebony.
Even in Datang, this kind of ebony is rare.
"Such an extraordinary thing is too valuable, you better take it back, and I will take your two children as well."
Lao He didn't do it, he wanted Lin Fan to accept it, he also said that he had put a lot of effort into this matter, and he originally asked Chen Laosan to send it directly, but Chen Laosan said that this was Lao He's intention, and he had to send it to Lin Fan in person, but he and Lin Fan were not brothers, and they had to ask for etiquette, but they didn't know what Lin Fan's real hobby was, so he couldn't do what he liked.
So he wanted to give some useful gifts to Lin Fan, he and Chen Laosan were business friends, when he complained to him at the Yilin Inn, Chen Laosan told Lin Fan that there was an unclean abandoned house, and he finally knew what to send, and there happened to be a gloomy wooden Buddha statue at home, which was the best thing to ward off evil spirits, he originally thought that Lin Fan would be so excited to see this thing that he couldn't close his mouth, but he didn't expect it to be such a result.
"This gloomy wooden Buddha statue must be accepted, and a certain family has worked hard to let the two children enter the Lin family's school, and Mr. does not accept it because he looks down on a certain family." Lao He's words are serious, and it seems that he is really determined to give gifts.
There is still no way to take Lao He, so he just regarded it as paying the tuition, and brought the purple trembling wooden box to his side, Lao He grinned happily, and immediately urged the two children who were still standing at the door in a daze to come in and apprentice.
I hate this kind of apprenticeship etiquette in Datang, and Lin Fan is very worried that he will go west too soon after being worshiped so many timesγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»