"Good fellow, why does he want food? The old ladies saw that he was pitiful, and would say auspicious words, broken silver was given piece by piece, he began to ask for food on the way to the temple on the main avenue at the age of seven, but in five years, he was stunned to come out of a blue brick house. ”

"Think he's lucky, right?"

"Not only that, but he also saved a pair of grandchildren from Fucheng on that road, eh, the old lady is grateful, and since then he will send someone to his family for the New Year's Day. Each time he sent something, it was enough for his family to spend for several months. ”

But Yuan Laorong is a motivated person, he didn't sit on it, and after knowing that the houses built by the people of Fucheng were all blue brick houses, he relied on the relationship of the rich family and went to the brick kiln in Fucheng as an apprentice. A few years later, he asked to marry the only daughter of the master, and said that after giving birth to a son, he would let the second son follow the surname of the master and follow the incense of the master's family. ”

The old master was overjoyed and immediately agreed. After Yuan Laorong married his daughter, he followed Yuan Laorong back to Yanfu Village and built a brick kiln workshop. ”

"Because of the brick kiln workshop, Yuan Laorong's family has made great progress every year, coupled with the relationship between the wealthy households in Nafu City, Yuan Laorong's family is up, and then he will become the village chief and the mayor. And this time, the county wants to remove half of the mayor, and he has not been removed, and his position is to do it steadily. ”

He Sixteen told Gu Dashan and Gu Dafu about Yuan Laorong's family, and by the end of noon, the three of them finally arrived in Yanfu Village.

Yanfu Village was in front of Qingfu Town, far away from their Dafeng Village, and the three of them walked briskly for two and a half hours before they arrived.

Yanfu Village is very large and quite wealthy, and Shangjia Village is the two richest villages in Qingfu Town.

Every household in the village has a man working in Yuan Laorong's brick kiln workshop, and now he is taking a nap and starting to work in the brick kiln workshop.

A man saw He Sixteen, squinted his eyes for a while, and said with a smile: "You are in the stone business in Dafeng Village, why did you bring people this time?" Who are they? What to do? ”

Gu Dashan has been training in the workshop for two months, and now he is not as wooden as he was at the beginning, and said with a smile: "My family wants to build a shop, and I know that there is a brick kiln workshop in your village, so I specially came to Yuan Lichang to buy green bricks." ”

The man smiled and said, "You're here to give us work, then you come with me, and I'll take you to see Brother Rong." ”

Yuan Laorong's house was at the back of the village, it was a common blue brick house, and after the man brought them to the door, patted the door, and shouted inside: "Third son, there is a guest coming, hurry up and open the door." ”

He said to Gu Dashan and them: "Wait a while, you can follow the third son in to find Brother Rong, and I'll go to work first." ”

After saying that, he pulled his coat over his shoulders and left.

The door of the Yuan family opened, and a slightly chubby ten-year-old boy opened the door and said to Gu Dashan outside the door: "How many uncles are here to buy green bricks?" Please come in, my dad is at home. ”

As soon as the little fat man led Gu Dashan and them into the house, Yuan Laorong and his second son greeted them.

After Yuan Laorong learned that Gu Dashan was the owner of Gu's workshop in Dafeng Village, he was very surprised: "It turned out to be the owner of Gu's workshop, so our deal is decided." ”

Yuan Laorong was refreshing, and he had the heart to make friends with Gu Dashan and them, so he immediately reduced the price of green bricks for them, which was originally five cents a green brick, but now it only costs four cents, and the tiles also give them a penny cheaper.

Gu Dashan was very embarrassed and wanted to refuse, Yuan Laorong said: "Don't worry about this, just make friends between the two of us." ”

When Gu Dashan heard this, he sighed in his heart, Yuan Laorong wouldn't be fighting their workshop idea, right?

Don't blame Gu Dashan for thinking too much, but after passing through the Zou family, the Lu family, and the Sun family, he was a little scared.

Yuan Laorong is so smart, seeing that his face is nervous, he laughed and said: "Brother Gu, don't panic, my brother doesn't mean anything, I just admire your family and want to make friends with you." ”

Yuan Laorong's second son was a smart one, and explained beside him: "Uncle Gu, don't worry, my father is telling the truth, and he admires the owners of your Gu family's workshop very much." It is often said that you have the ability, and you will start trading and opening a workshop after half a year, and you are a great person. If someone with a skill like you meets someone who doesn't make friends, it's a fool. ”

What's more, the relationship between the Gu family and the county lieutenant Jiang is good, and there are even three boys in the county government and the soldiers, so that people who have the ability and backing come to the door, and his father will only think other things when he is stupid.

Yuan Laorong's second son wants to succeed his grandfather's incense, so his surname is Chang, called Chang Errui, eighteen this year, he is tall and strong, not to mention, but also very good at talking, seeing people first smile, but not making people feel flattering, listening to him, Gu Dashan and Gu Dafu are very comfortable.

Especially Gu Dafu, he looked at Chang Errui several times.

When Gu Dashan heard this, he put his mind at ease and continued to talk to Yuan Laorong.

Because Yuan Laorong intended to make friends, their trip was very smooth, and they quickly negotiated how many green bricks and tiles they wanted to buy.

Yuan Laorong also invited the masons and foremen in the village, met with them, negotiated the wages, and set a day for digging the foundation and sending the green bricks, Gu Dashan and the three returned to the village happily.

In the evening, Gu Dashan said to several families: "The green brick only costs four cents a piece, and the new tile is a penny piece, which can save us a lot of silver." ”

Gu Jinan was already settling accounts, and Shaoqing said, "It's enough to save us twenty taels of silver." ”

They want to build three shops, and the number of bricks and tiles they want is huge, don't look at the one that is only one penny or two less, but the three shops are counted, but they save twenty taels of silver.

"Eh, this Yuan Lichang is really bold enough, we can't be too picky, when they send the green bricks, we have to bring them some lo-mei, roast duck, and seasoning spices."

Compared with Yuan Laorong, Gu Dafu was more interested in Chang Errui.

After he waited for a few people to leave, he specially stayed and said to the third grandfather and third grandmother: "Chang Errui looks like a good one in his later life, sensible, able to do things, and steady, although he wants to follow the incense of his grandfather's family, he can't be surnamed Yuan, but this is good for Sister Mei." ”

"Sister Mei'er's temper, if she lives under the same roof with her mother-in-law, she will have to make trouble every day, then the Yuan family has built a blue brick house for Chang Errui, saying that after he gets married, the young couple will move to a new house, officially following the incense of the Chang family, and there is no need to provide for Yuan Laorong and his wife."

"Old man Chang passed away three years ago, if Sister Mei can marry Chang Errui, she will have the final say on what life she wants to live in the future, and she doesn't have to be angry with her mother-in-law."

The more Gu Dafu spoke, the more excited he became, and he couldn't wait to give up his face and find a matchmaker to go to Yuan's house to say goodbye.

And Chang Errui is eighteen years old and has not yet decided on a marriage, also because he wants to keep filial piety to Chang Errui, and now he has just been filial piety for two months, and Yuan Laorong's family is planning to show Chang Errui his daughter-in-law.

Gu Dafu felt that this was fate, otherwise he was just about to find relatives for Sister Mei, so he went to Yuan's house and met Chang Errui.