She looked at Cai again: "Sister Cai, please bring the children in, there are still two plates of sweet potatoes in the kitchen, give them all." ”

Cai nodded hurriedly, what she wanted to talk about in the spring was all serious things, although she was curious as if she was scratching her heart, she couldn't get in the way at this time, and several children also obediently and skillfully followed into the room.

Miss Guo watched a few children enter the house, and her eyes were full of envy: "Sister Yue's younger brothers and sisters are really sensible. ”

Chungui smiled slightly: "Miss Guo, it's getting late, it's right to get down to business, and if you don't close the road later, it's not safe for the three of you to be safe." ”

The girl smiled sincerely, and after talking for so long, this is really getting into the topic.

"If Sister Yue doesn't mind, just call me Ruyi, I'm the biggest in the family, and my father gave birth to a daughter of mine."

She reported herself to the door and opened the first opening.

It was followed by the second.

"Sister Yue, I'll go on. My family came here just after the drought, because the old lady of the family is gone, and my father and mother are also old, so I want to retire here. Only I still have a business experience that has nowhere to happen, and I saw my sister's fan at the shopkeeper Qi the month before yesterday, and I couldn't walk immediately. ”

"My family was originally a reselling family, not afraid of people laughing at it, in the early years, the family was thick, and it started a fashionable business, cloth village, porcelain shop all the way to Kyoto, and then the literati wind rose, the pen ink and paper inkstone, folding fan jade pendant are there. My sister went out to inquire, and she knew that I didn't lie to you, and I really wanted to talk to you about this business. ”

The little girl spoke continuously, and reported herself to the door in a few words, full of sincerity. Chungui appreciates this, the Guo family can let go of a daughter's family since childhood, and it is not an old feudal family.

The opening year is the year of the hospital examination, and the township examination will follow one after another, and Qi You knows what the future of the three children does not cost money. Chungui put aside the grievances of the housekeeper Guo and thought about it carefully, after the shopkeeper Qi gave the one or two silvers, she was very curious about this generous Miss Guo, and now that she has met again, she is not a harsh person, whether it is for money or a fresh and secure way, she really wants to give it a try.

"What does Miss Guo want me to do?"

Guo Ruyi's face showed joy when he heard this: "Sister Yue is real, so I will say it directly." ”

"Now my father has handed over to me four shops, a cloth shop, and a literati shop, which sell some items commonly used by scholars, and Sister Yue's two sets of fans are used there, and the other two porcelain shops are in Kyoto, and now they are thinking of closing or selling other objects."

"I want to receive my sister's fan drawings like the Qi shopkeeper, and the difference with the Qi shopkeeper is that I hope my sister can produce at least one set of fan drawings in a month, and I also want ink or colored." She glanced at Qi You on the side and continued: "The poems on the fan can also continue to be written by Brother Ling. ”

Chungui raised his eyebrows: "One set in January?" ”

Guo Ruyi nodded: "One set a month, if my sister has more, of course I will also accept it." ”

She put two sets of fans in front of Chungui, two sets of eight colored fans, Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum four fan bones carved patterns, fan pendant is a smooth jade to the touch, and four flowers are also engraved on it.

On the street that day, she looked at the shopkeeper's supplies and the fan pendant dotted with a fan also felt exquisite, and today I saw that it was far worse than these handfuls.

High-end consumption really even uses the fan bone with heart.

Looking at the scenery of the four seasons after returning to the spring, it is also the same fine material, with the repaired fan surface, this set will not be cheap.

Guo Ruyi didn't bother her, and asked the girl to send a dark blue money bag and put it in front of the table.

After returning to the spring and reading the two sets of fans, there was already an extra ingot of silver on the table.

Guo Ruyi smiled and said solemnly to her: "Sister Yue, I have reported my family to you, and everything I want to do is clear to you, and these five taels of silver are my sincerity." ”

Chungui thought that she was generous, but she didn't expect this girl to be so direct, and she didn't know whether to say that her Guo family had a big career or that this girl was sincere.

Guo Ruyi pushed the five taels of silver closer: "Sister Yue, I came in a hurry this time, and I didn't have time to write the contract, but I have already told you the general situation." Now that the New Year is approaching, I think my sister's family is also busy, starting from the new year, at least one set of fans in January, regardless of what category, I will pay you two taels of silver for a whole set of fans and poems, if it sells well, this silver will only go up. ”

Two taels of silver....... If a set of pictures starts from four, plus ink paintings, it is eight. Eight fans plus four poems and two taels of silver, which is double the price of the shopkeeper Qi.

"If my sister accepts these five taels of silver, it will be my sister's pen and ink money for the next month, and as for the money on the fan, we will calculate it separately." Guo Ruyi was sincere, not like he was here to talk about business, but like begging for spring to do things. A rich lady can do this, and Chun Gui is comfortable in her heart.

She was silent for a moment, but what she asked was not the reward: "Miss Guo, I just heard from you that the poems written by my two younger brothers have been praised in Kyoto?" ”

Guo Ruyi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Yes, Sister Yue, I won't tell you, the poems on the gentleman's fan are now rhyming and there are many people who do it, and the character of these four flowers will suddenly open up according to the poems, and there are many scholars in my shop who came to ask which son's son wrote this poem, but I don't know what you mean, sister, so I haven't said much." After Guo Ruyi finished speaking, it was a pity on his face.

Chun Gui was silent for a long time, and then he took the five taels of silver.

"I did it."

Guo Ruyi's face was overjoyed, and just as he wanted to speak, Chungui continued: "Miss Guo, if someone asks about the poems on this fan again, I bother you to reveal a trace of tone. ”

She raised her eyes and looked at Qi You, who was looking at her, and smiled: "Let's just say that I only know that it was written by a scholar surnamed Cheng and a scholar surnamed Liu, and the two of them will go to the imperial examination in Kyoto in the coming day." ”

Qi You looked at him when he heard this, then lowered his head and shook his head almost invisibly. Sister Chun is creating a way for him and Zhixing in advance.

I can ask this Miss Guo to come to the door to ask for a fan in person, presumably this fan is selling very tightly, and this poem is also a little decent. If Sister Ruochun agreed to supply this face map all year round, the poems of him and Zhixing will continue to be praised outside.

Although they were thousands of miles away in the countryside, their fame could be spread to Kyoto through these poems.

The joy on Guo Ruyi's face at this moment faded, and he changed to a trace of admiration.

This sister didn't mention the salary, but she was bent on building momentum for her two younger brothers. A country girl can both paint and think thoughtfully, Guo Ruyi admires it wholeheartedly.

"Sister Yue is refreshing, I understand what you mean." She looked at Qi You, the people of this family are smart women and smart men, if there is creation, it is unknown if there will be a bigger world in the future.

She turned her head and informed Xiaoyue: "I will send someone to deliver the contract in two days, and I also prepared another gift for my sister when I came, and asked my sister to accept it." ”

Xiao Yue trotted into the carriage again, and after a while, she brought two brocade boxes and put them on the table.

Chungui got up according to etiquette, Guo Ruyi unfolded two boxes, one large and one small, the small box was filled with a fan, the handle of the fan was a Ruyi knot with a string of jade pendants, and the fan surface was a gorgeous beauty picture, with a strong color. When I saw this picture, I realized that no one was willing to put color into the fan used by men in the more than ten years since the rise of the literati style.

After the color used is strong, it smells like a pungent daughter fat powder. The fact that the polarization is so serious is also due to the fact that the social ideology here has not yet been fully formed.

On the other side of the brocade box is a white porcelain vase, with a slender and long bottle mouth, which is not cheap at first glance.

Chungui's heart was full of joy, but he still shirked on his face: "Miss Guo, I may be able to collect this fan, but this porcelain vase is too valuable, you better take it back." ”

Guo Ruyi hurriedly pushed back with his backhand: "Sister Yue, have you forgotten what I just said?" I have two porcelain shops in my hands, and although the business in Kyoto is not as good as that of your fan, they are barely making ends meet. ”

She said this, and the spring return should be done.

Guo Ruyi did get what he wanted this time, and after saying a few more words, he said goodbye before it was dark. Before leaving, he escorted Steward Guo to make amends to Qi You before getting up.

This move made Chungui feel a little more comfortable, she did want to subsidize the family, but these children have already become more important in every moment of daily life.

Chungui and Qi You got up to give them away, Guo Ruyi put on the gauze hat again, Steward Guo was in front, and Xiaoyue was holding her by the side, so she looked like a rich and noble lady.

What she didn't expect was that as soon as she turned around, a young man holding a book suddenly appeared behind her.

Zhixing had just finished copying a book, and he didn't know that there were guests outside, so he only copied the book and was hungry, so he took the book and asked Chungui for food. When I got out of the room, I looked up and saw a little girl wearing a gauze hat. He has grown taller now, although he is two years younger than Guo Ruyi, he is already half a head taller.

The two almost bumped into each other, and hurriedly took a few steps back.

Zhixing looked at Guo Ruyi blankly, and then raised his eyes and looked at Chun Gui with a puzzled expression: "...... Sister-in-law? ”

Chungui hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the person over, and apologized to Guo Ruyi: "Miss Guo, this is my other younger brother, I'm really sorry, he is reckless and almost collided." ”

Guo Ruyi didn't care much, and glanced at the ruffian young man in front of him under the gauze hat: "The poems on the four o'clock scenery map are also from this little boy?" ”

Chungui glanced at Zhixing: "Yes, the autumn and winter scenes were made by him." ”

Zhixing was confused, and squeezed her eyebrows at Qi You, but this appearance fell into Guo Ruyi's eyes, and she couldn't help laughing.

After saying goodbye again, Chungui sent her to the courtyard, and the two talked again, swept around, and there were some people around the entrance of the village, thinking that they were attracted by the carriage.

After seeing the group of people who came out of the Liu family, there were more voices of chattering, and they didn't care about the spring return. The moon was rising in the courtyard, and it was not yet dark, and the road to the town was not yet sealed.

When the carriage was far away, the people gathered at the entrance of the village came forward to inquire but no one said the first word.

Chun Gui smiled at everyone and entered the house.

At the beginning, the Li Zheng family advised her to prevent the Liu family from hiding the matter of painting the fan, but now that Miss Guo is such a big move, she can't hide it, so if she can delay it for a day, it will be a day.

Chungui entered the house, and Zhixing was asking Qi You about it, but he didn't move the objects on the table, waiting for Chun to return and dispose of it.

After Qi You briefly explained the general matter, Zhixing had already looked at Chun Gui with admiration.

"Sister-in-law deserves to be a sister-in-law!"

Chungui smiled and handed the two sets of pen, ink, paper and inkstones to the two: "This is for the two of you, use it." ”

Zhixing took it after cheering, Qi You also took it after Chun Hui picked up the square brocade box on the table, a pair of white porcelain vases were translucent, Chun Gui picked it up and looked at it, and couldn't help but think of the modern porcelain with patterns. At the beginning, she went to the handicraft shop to make a hand-painted vase, traced the pattern herself, and fired it, but it took a lot of effort. Looking at the clean porcelain vase, she thought about adding something to it, she stroked the bottle and sighed: "Porcelain is beautiful when it is in the painting." ”