Although she got the deed of sale (shēn), Su Jinyao didn't plan to send it to Qiu Ying now. She wasn't so merciful, and now that she's torn up the deed of sale, there's really one less constraint. This thing will be of great use in the future.

When she came to the back door, Xiao Nan was talking to a few girls about the benefits of bamboo baskets, and when she saw Su Jinyao coming, she was busy shouting: "Sister Liu, these two girls not only want to buy bamboo baskets, but also want to buy a bronze mirror each." ”

Su Jinyao walked over, looked at the appearance and face shape of the two girls, and then said, "Can the two girls wait a while, and I will go and get the mirror?" ”

One of the girls in blue said, "Okay, actually, we've been waiting for days." I heard that there are good things sold at the back door of this red sleeve shop, and I said that there is a kind of mirror here that only looks good when I look at it. We came twice, but the timing was wrong. Just now this little girl said that you were busy, and we thought we couldn't buy it. You go and come back quickly, we've been thinking about it for a long time. ”

Su Jinyao agreed, and walked towards the market after leaving the back door. So many days haven't passed, and I don't know if the old woman who sold mirrors is still there. However, even if she collects the stall and leaves, Su Jinyao can go to someone else's house to buy it. Anyway, the bronze mirror is hand-polished, and there are always some subtle differences between the concave and convex, which Su Jinyao can see.

When I came to the market, the old woman who sold bronze mirrors was really there. But it seems that business is not good, and he is sitting on a small bench napping, and his head is little by little.

Su Jinyao came to the front of the stall, but she didn't wake up. Su Jinyao didn't wake her up immediately, just squatted down and looked at the mirror one by one.

When Su Jinyao turned the mirror, the slight sound made the old woman wake up, and she originally wanted to greet the guests, after all, the bronze mirror is not cheap, and the business is not particularly good. But when she saw that it was Su Jinyao squatting in front of the stall, she immediately blossomed with joy and said with a smile: "Oh, it's you, little girl, I haven't seen you for a long time, why don't you come to take care of my business?" ”

Su Jinyao smiled and said, "Isn't this coming?" But just buy two mirrors today. I'm short on time and don't have the time to sell well, but this time it's an old customer, so I have to say hello well. ”

"Well, you can pick it well. Mother-in-law, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I still miss you a little in my heart. Even if you only buy a mirror today, your mother-in-law will give you the cheapest price. The old woman knew Su Jinyao's ability to sell mirrors, so she simply gave her a cheaper price, hoping that she would come more times in the future.

Su Jinyao smiled and thanked her, and had already selected two bronze mirrors. In the past, buying four copper mirrors could give her a hundred Wen cheaper, but now as long as Su Jinyao comes to buy a copper mirror, no matter how much she buys, each copper mirror will give her twenty-five Wen cheaper. This time, the old woman simply cheapened her by five cents, and each mirror gave her thirty cents cheaper.

After paying the money and taking the bronze mirror, Su Jinyao hurriedly returned to the Red Sleeves Workshop. In fact, it is the kung fu of going to the market and coming back, and this change of hands has made a lot of money.

The two girls had already chosen the basket, but they didn't buy the limited edition that Su Jinyao brought this time, they just chose two ordinary ones, and gave them to Su Jinyao along with the money for the bronze mirror.

When the two girls left, Xiao Nan also took out the silver and copper plates that she had sold the baskets before, filled a small money bag, and handed it to Su Jinyao and said, "Sister Liu, this is the money from those baskets last time and the baskets sold today." It's all here, but some of them are given broken silver, and most of them are copper plates, you can count. ”

Su Jinyao took it and opened it to look at it, and she didn't mean to pour it out and count it. After secretly calculating again, he took out two pieces of broken silver and handed them to Xiao Nan, saying, "This is the money you used to sell the bamboo basket for me, you can keep it." Sister Liu, thank you. ”

Xiao Nan glanced at the two pieces of silver in her hand, which was only a lot more than the benefits that Su Jinyao had promised her before for every basket she sold. said: "This is too much, Sister Liu, this yard is one yard, I will help you sell the basket, and I will also get benefits." Besides, you give me a lot of money every time you come over, and I can't ask for any more of your money. ”

Su Jinyao pressed the hand she pushed back and said, "This is not a benefit, it is Sister Liu who begged you for help." I can't come here these days, you can help me take care of Autumn Shadow. ”

Hearing Su Jinyao say to take care of Qiu Ying, Xiao Nan swallowed her saliva, her eyes shrank a little, obviously because she was scared when she thought of Qiu Ying.

Su Jinyao patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, little girl, Sister Liu healed Qiu Ying's wounds, and her (shēn) was also scrubbed, and her clothes and bedding were changed; It's not dirty, it's not smelly, it's not scary. I also asked Dr. Cheng to come and see her every other day to change her dressing. So you don't need your (cāo) heart for her injury, you can help me deliver her food on time, and occasionally go over and pour her a glass of water to drink. ”

After thinking about it, Su Jinyao took out ten more copper plates and said, "I almost forgot, is there still a subordinate who is responsible for pouring the gong bucket (that is, the commode)?" You help me give her this copper plate, so that she remembers to go to the Autumn Shadow House every day and empty the Gong bucket. ”

If this gong bucket doesn't fall, it is estimated that when Su Jinyao comes back, the whole house will be stinking again.

Xiao Nan nodded, took Su Jinyao's money, and said, "Sister Liu, don't worry, I will do it." If Autumn Shadow needs anything, I'll help her figure it out. ”

"Okay, then I'll be relieved." Su Jinyao nodded, and then said, "Sister Liu is still in a hurry, and she really has to leave." Autumn Shadow pleases you, little girl. ”

As soon as she stepped out of the threshold, Su Jinyao turned around and said, "By the way, I will come in seven days, and I won't wait until the fifth day of the next month." If there's something or someone looking for me, just reply. ”

Xiao Nan agreed, sent Su Jinyao out of the door, and watched Su Jinyao walk away. Then he looked at the silver and copper plates in his hand, turned (shēn) and ran to the lower room in the backyard. Sister Liu entrusted her with errands, and she also believed her, so she had to arrange these little things properly.

Because Xiao Nan knows very well that this Sister Liu doesn't look very old, but she is actually not a few years older than herself, but her position in Qi Niang's eyes is not low.

When Su Jinyao walked out of the back door of the Red Sleeve Workshop, she felt hungry and tired. In fact, it was because the previous debridement surgery was too serious and consumed a lot of mental and physical strength.

Looking left and right, there are many restaurants in the vicinity, but this whole street is the most prosperous place in Anji City, so the consumption here must not be cheap.

Although Su Jinyao is rich now, she has been out a lot and earned a lot recently, so she can't sit back and eat. So for such a trivial matter as eating, I don't plan to go to a big restaurant.

Walking out of this street, Su Jinyao found a noodle restaurant on a small street, with wontons, noodle soup, and a few side dishes, mainly because the shop looked clean. Su Jinyao came with a bowl of wontons and two side dishes, sat down and ate quietly.

While eating, Su Jinyao was still looking at the (rè) commotion outside, and saw that the opposite room was very strange, there were several flags hung on the pole in front of the door, and there were at least a dozen signboards on the walls on both sides of the door, large and small, all kinds of materials and styles.

Su Jinyao asked the shopkeeper who was also a buddy, and said, "What kind of shop is that opposite?" Why are there so many signboards and flags? ”

"That's a shop with signs and plaques." The shopkeeper said: "Their family has been open for more than 30 years, it turns out that his father does the work, carving stone tablets, plaques, and sewing cloth banners." For nearly ten years, his son has been doing it, so he doesn't carve stone monuments, only makes signboards and flags. Speaking of which, most of the plaques of the shops in Anji City are made here. ”

After speaking, the shopkeeper pointed to the door of his store and said, "Have you seen the signboard of our house?" It was engraved by his father to my father more than 20 years ago, and his name was also given by their father. It is said that it has been passed down from generation to generation, and this signboard is also a century-old brand. ”

Su Jinyao raised her eyebrows, deliberately put down the dishes and chopsticks in her hand and walked out, looking up at the signboard of this small noodle restaurant. I couldn't help but smile at a glance, and saw that there were four words on this sign: "A noodle restaurant." ”

When Su Jinyao came in here before, she just smelled the fragrance of noodles, and saw that there were guests eating noodles and wontons inside, but she really didn't notice that the name of this store was so creative. This time, I saw the name of the store, and saw that it was a piece of rosewood carved with four characters, painted with black lacquer, and I thought it was really distinctive. He walked back and said to the shopkeeper's part-time man: "Not a bad name, your signboard can indeed be passed on, and it can indeed be a century-old brand." ”

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "There's a joke about this." When I wanted to make a signboard, I went to the other door and asked how to engrave it and how much it cost. I also asked if I could give it a name, because our family has been illiterate for generations. So my dad asked him, 'What kind of shop is you?' I need to know what it's selling so I can name you and engrave your sign. My dad said, 'A noodle shop.' "Okay, the dad at the other door just gave us such a name, and it was called a noodle restaurant." ”

Su Jinyao laughed when she heard this, but she felt that the father of that family was a funny person. And there must be a bit of literary brilliance, otherwise you can't give such a seemingly casual, but actually elegant and unconventional name.

After thinking about it, Su Jinyao hurriedly finished eating the wontons and side dishes, gave Qian Qi (shēn) and walked towards the opposite shop.

The shopkeeper took the money, and when he saw Su Jinyao walking towards the shop with a signboard opposite, he kindly shouted: "Girl, if you want to make a signboard or a banner, just say that it was introduced by a noodle restaurant opposite, and the price they give you must be cheap." ”

"Okay, thank you." Su Jinyao turned around and thanked her, and walked in.

This shop looks really strange from the outside, after all, there are too many flags and signs hanging at the door, which is a bit noisy and disorganized. But when I walked in, I found that the layout of this small shop was simple and clear.

Because carving is also a kind of handiwork, it stands to reason that this shop should be knocking, "clanging" and noisy, and messy, but this shop is not only messy, but also simple to death. In the center is a log table, next to a few log chairs, and against the wall is a bogu shelf, but on it is not all kinds of antiques, but pieces of wood.

Most of the wood retains its original bark and form, and some have a small branch. There are also woods that have been ground off the outer skin, revealing the wood inside, as if the skin of jade has been opened, and there is a certain display of the left and right.

It's just that the house is so simple that Su Jinyao didn't find where the shopkeeper was. However, there is a small door at the back, and there is a curtain hanging on the door, so you can't see the inside (qíng). Su Jinyao shouted into the door and asked, "Is the shopkeeper there?" I wanted to make a sign. ”

"It's coming, it's coming." It turned out to be a woman. Immediately, the curtain on the small door was lifted, and a woman in her thirties walked out.

This woman looks very ordinary, but (shēn) Duan is really good-looking, but she is not the kind of woman who blows the weak willows in the wind, she has a healthy beauty. And she is a woman who looks capable and steady, with a kind of beauty of knowledge (xìng) between her eyebrows and eyes.

In fact, some people's beauty is really revealed from their bones, not how beautiful you wear clothes or how expensive jewelry you wear will look good.

Su Jinyao didn't expect this woman to be the shopkeeper of such a shop, so she was only slightly stunned, and said, "I want to make a plaque, and I have the words with me, can you copy it and carve it?" ”

The woman nodded and said, "Yes, did you bring the word?" Show me. ”

Su Jinyao took out a handkerchief from her arms and handed it to the woman.

This is what the lady in the luxurious carriage passing by wrote to Su Jinyao not long after the small water shop opened. The name "Quanqing Bamboo Fragrance" was given by her. After that, this handkerchief has been kept at home and put in the makeup box left by my mother. It is also recently that the small water shop is about to be built into a big house, Su Jinyao thought that the previous signboard was just a bamboo tube, so it couldn't be like this all the time. Only then did he find this handkerchief and put it on (shēn).

It's a coincidence that today I saw such a shop, which can carve signboards. Su Jinyao pondered and copied these four words directly and engraved them on the plaque.

The woman took the handkerchief and unfolded it, her brows furrowed, and then she looked up at Su Jinyao and asked, "May I ask this girl, where did you get this handkerchief?" Who wrote this for you? ”

Su Jinyao was stunned when she heard her question. Because she thought that the lady in the carriage might be extraordinary, but she didn't expect that the shopkeeper of such a small shop would also recognize the owner of the veil?

Although the woman had doubts about the handkerchief Su Jinyao brought, Su Jinyao did not mean to hide it, but said truthfully: "My family opened a small restaurant on the side of the road, and one day a gorgeous carriage passed by, which was written by a lady in the carriage. At that time, my family's small restaurant had just opened, and it had no sign or name, which was a name given by my wife. ”

Su Jinyao said as she quietly observed the woman's qíng, wanting to see something from it.

But when the woman listened to Su Jinyao, the table (qíng) was unusually calm. It wasn't until Su Jinyao finished speaking that she smiled and said: Otherwise, the new store of Xiaoshuipu will open, and the plaque has not yet been hung up, "Oh, so that's the case." I just think that this character is beautifully written without losing its charm, and it is written by a person with a lot of skills. You know, we, the craftsmen who work, often work on these words, so when we see good words, we are naturally more attentive. ”

After listening to her explanation, Su Jinyao didn't say anything, didn't ask more, just said, "Is that something that can be copied down to make a signboard?" ”

The woman said, "Yes, yes." See how big the size you're going to make? The price of copper and wood is also different. What color of the word? (yīn) engraving or yang carving, whether to mount flowers on the plaque. Each price is different, and you have to ask the girl to choose it to calculate the price. ”

Su Jinyao thought for a while and said, "Don't be so verbose, just engrave words on a wooden board." Because my family's small restaurant is located on an official road in the mountains, it is best to not lose the rustic taste. What's the size...... Now I have built a new house, there is a canteen as big, but in the future I will take a second floor, the shopkeeper you see how big the size should be good-looking, I don't understand this. ”

The woman nodded as she listened, then asked, "How open is the door?" Single, folio, or four doors? ”

The size of the door face for doing business actually depends on how many doors are opened, and the average restaurant has at least four doors, as well as six doors and eight large doors. Although not all the doors are fully open when it is opened, the more doors there are, the larger the door face, and the more magnificent it looks. The elaborate restaurant also has a pair of red lanterns or banners on each door, and there are also lanterns hanging in disguise, and if you look at the row of lanterns and banners from a distance, you can know how big the restaurant is.

Su Jinyao understood, and said, "It's not a big or small restaurant, and it's an open door." ”

"Then I see. The plaque is top-heavy when it is large, and it is too small and not very conspicuous. But what you want is the rustic feeling of the mountain shop, and you can't be too exaggerated, just use a log board and engrave these four words. However, the wood used to make the signboard is more particular, and it must be treated with special treatment, and it must be soaked with medicated water to prevent insects; Then use oil and wax to cure, waterproof and crack-proof; My family's wood has been stored for at least a few years, and it is not easy to deform. But after the engraving, it has to be specially processed, so that it can't be done in half a month. ”

The woman said, pointing to the wood on the bogu shelf behind (shēn) and said, "So, guest officer, you should choose a wood you like first." The material is different, the pattern is also different, and the font size and color of the carved are also exquisite. ”

Su Jinyao really didn't know how to make a plaque and said so much, but fortunately she came to do it earlier, otherwise the new store of Xiaoshuipu would have opened and the plaque had not yet been hung.