Chapter 19: One Thing Descends One Thing
"She? A woman? Su Xunian looked at it carefully, and his expression was incredulous.
Lu Mengjian didn't hear it, squatted on the ground and picked up the flower pot and tapped it a few times in his ear, "The luster of the pot is okay, the sound is crisp enough, the overall quality is good, and the shape is also qualified." ”
"Uncle Li, I think it's okay, just order a batch, but it's best to improve the appearance, if you can integrate a little bit of agility in addition to these flower pots, it would be better," Lu Mengjian turned back to Li Dazhuang and said, and then turned to Su Xunian, "Master Su, the drawings should still be in your hands." ”
"Yes," Su Xunian saw that the buyer was a woman, although he was surprised in his heart, but when he saw that Li Dazhuang kept glancing at him, he hurriedly took out the drawing from his arms and handed it to Lu Mengjian.
"These flower pots are still made thick and dignified and generous, but these kinds of flower pots are combined with the appearance of these flower pots, so that they can show their delicate spirit, and not be childish, Master Su, what do you think?" Lu Mengjian pointed to the flower pot patterns on the drawings and said them to Su Xunian one by one, and after a few words, Su Xunian, who had been making pottery all his life, was impressed.
After listening to Lu Mengjian's description of the pattern of the flower pot, even Li Dazhuang and his wife who were standing on the side couldn't help but open their mouths wide, they only knew that after the clay embryo was molded, it was put into the kiln to be fired, and it became a daily bowl.
The two sides discussed back and forth for a long time, and finally decided on the final shape of the pot. There is only one pot of each style, and there are fifteen of them. Su Xunian had never made a flower pot before, but the pricing became a problem, and he hesitated to propose a flower pot of thirty wen, Lu Mengjian didn't know the market price, and was thinking about how to speak, but saw Aunt Li frowning.
"Thirty wen is too expensive, not to mention that we have to do so much this time, and the settlement is worth half a year for our family, Master Su, do you think it can be cheaper?" Aunt Li thought about Lu Mengjian, and said it quickly, but Li Dazhuang was so anxious that she hurriedly pulled her sleeve when she heard it, but the words she said were like water spilled out, and Aunt Li regretted it and was powerless to recover it.
Su Xunian was already a little machismo, and when he saw that Li Dazhuang brought two women to the kiln, he felt unlucky, and when he heard Aunt Li say this, his face immediately pulled down.
"Since Lin Niangzi's family is not rich, why bother to learn from those rich and noble families to burn flower pots, seeing that you are young, I advise you not to come out with a few small amounts of money, or go back to support your family honestly!" After Su Xunian finished speaking, he glanced at Aunt Li and walked in front of Li Dazhuang, "Brother, Su is not talented in doing things, you better find someone else to do it." ”
"I'm sorry, Mr. Su, Aunt Li is upright, I hope you don't mind, this flower pot is only thirty wen a piece, maybe I will bother Mr. to help in the future, this is some of the slave family's thoughts, please smile." Lu Mengjian nodded, and Li Dazhuang hurriedly took out a small piece of broken silver from his arms and stuffed it into Su Xunian's hand.
"This is half a tael of silver, please Mr. Su put it away," Li Dazhuang's forehead oozed some sweat, and when he saw Su Xunian take the silver tael, he wiped it nervously and wiped it, if it weren't for his mother-in-law's mouth, I am afraid that the price would be able to be lowered a little. However, it is said that Master Su has a strange temperament, and it is true when he sees it today.
"So be it, take it in three days." After Su Xunian finished speaking, he smiled reluctantly and sent the three of them out of the door.
Seeing that his hand was empty, Lu Mengjian couldn't help but have some doubts, "Uncle Li, there is no contract here, what if we can't get the goods in three days?" ”
"How is it possible, I've lived all these years, and I haven't heard of such a thing, don't worry, our people don't have those bad intentions," Li Dazhuang smiled honestly, although Lu Mengjian was still a little uneasy, but it was inconvenient to doubt it anymore, the three of them walked down the mountain together, and marked a few piles that they were optimistic about in the morning, and they would be picked up and returned home in the future.
Because the children in the village still need to help the family mow the grass and feed the pigs and other work after the school, so in the afternoon, the sun does not wait for the west, the school disperses, seeing the schoolchildren scatter in a hurry, Lin Daimo took out the crutches from the corner, and slowly walked home accompanied by Zhong'er, who expected to return home and still did not see Lu Mengjian.
After these days of careful cultivation, some of the fast-growing flower buds have grown nearly half a finger high, which is very gratifying. When Lin Daimo was not out of the Lin Mansion, he was busy helping his father take care of Shi Ji's business every day, although there was never a shortage of flowers in the Lin Mansion Garden, but Lin Daimo never appreciated it carefully, even if it was gorgeous and eye-catching, it was just an ornament.
Xu is mood is not as good as in the past, but looking at these sturdy flower seedlings today, he was vaguely happy in his heart, and he squatted on the ground like Lu Mengjian and looked at it for a long time.
Suddenly hearing Lu Mengjian's voice, Lin Daimo quickly stood up and walked to the house as if he had done something wrong, but after squatting for too long, he couldn't help but feel dizzy in front of him, and almost fell to the ground, and finally rushed into the room before Lu Mengjian entered the door.
"Classmate Lin Daimo," Lu Mengjian completed a task, and his steps fluttered like a butterfly easily, "Hey, lazy worm, wake up." ”
"Hmm, what's the matter?" Lin Daimo rubbed his eyes and turned around, looking sleepy-eyed.
"I'm happy today, why don't we celebrate, say what you want to eat, I'll do it," the excitement on Lu Mengjian's face was unobstructed.
"What, you've got all those messy pots you painted?" Lin Daimo's tone was indifferent, his face was no different from usual, and even the corners of his eyes showed a trace of disdain.
"Please, that's called a drawing, but for Miss Ben's good mood today, I don't care about these, what do you want to eat? By the way, I invited Aunt Li and them over for dinner together. "Obviously, the matter had already been decided, and he had not been consulted at all.
"I'm not feeling well today, you guys can eat," Lin Daimo's mood fell inexplicably. Looking back on the previous days, Lin Daimo has always been the same in the Lin Mansion, everyone knows that he is the heir of the Lin family, and even many family affairs have to be consulted by his father before making decisions, but now, his father has become an adoptive father, and he is no longer the eldest young master of the Lin family, and even needs a slave-born wild girl to be responsible for family affairs.
"Whatever you want, don't come to beg for food with the empty city plan for a while," Lu Mengjian turned around and walked towards the kitchen without paying attention.
"Empty city?" Lin Daimo looked at Lu Mengjian suspiciously, some novel words appeared in this woman's mouth from time to time, which was unheard of.
"Well, it's the stomach that can sing," Lu Mengjian knew that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly covered it up, it seems that he should pay more attention when talking to people in this world.
Lu Mengjian took the pork hanging at the mouth of the well and cut off a piece, chopped it into fine minced meat, and mixed some leeks sent by Aunt Li to make dumplings and put them aside to dry. I picked up ready-made cabbage vermicelli and stewed a pot of pork with slightly fat, and fried a leek egg.
was busy with work, Aunt Li first brought Zhong'er over, and saw Lu Mengjian working alone in the kitchen, so she washed her hands and helped make dumplings on the fire. After a while, Li Dazhuang came over with a large plate of chicken, and when he put it on the table, he smelled a strong fragrance.
"Uncle Li, what are you doing," Lu Mengjian knew at a glance that it was the little hen that had not yet laid eggs in Li Dazhuang's house, and she wanted to invite the Li family and his wife to come over for dinner in the afternoon to thank her, but Li Dazhuang actually killed the hen as a return gift, in comparison, it seemed that the meal she prepared was too vulgar.
"This chicken has not laid eggs for a long time, just wasting food, I have long wanted to dispose of it, but Zhong'er and his father have not been free, and it happens that he has free today, so he just made it to make up for Mr. Lin," Aunt Li explained while adding firewood to the stove, although she said so, looking at the chicken on the plate, she was a little reluctant in her heart, if it wasn't for the fact that she almost messed things up today, why did Zhong'er and his father have to stew chicken to make amends.
When the meal was served, Zhong'er was already drooling with hunger, staring at the large plate of dumplings on the table, and he still remembered the dumplings sent by his mother last time. However, Mr. has not been on the table, Zhong'er remembered what Aunt Li had taught before she came, Mr. must not move the chopsticks before he does not move the chopsticks, so he can only sit quietly on the seat and watch the dishes dry up.
"Zhong'er, go and call Mr. to dinner," Lu Mengjian knew Lin Daimo's bullish temper and didn't want to hit the muzzle of the gun again, so he sent Zhong'er to be a lobbyist. As soon as Zhong'er walked to the bed, he heard Lin Daimo face inside and said without looking back, "I said that if you don't eat, you won't eat." ”
"First, sir, the master wants me to invite you to dinner...... Zhong'er didn't know what he had done wrong, and the little child began to sobble as she spoke. Lin Daimo didn't know that it was Zhong'er standing in front of the bed, hurriedly got up and wiped the tears on Zhong'er's face, comforted and apologized, and finally obediently followed Zhong'er to the dining table.
"Sure enough, it's still one thing and one thing," Lu Mengjian looked at the traces of Zhong'er's obvious crying, and secretly wondered in his heart, although Lin Daimo was indifferent on the surface, at least he was not a ruthless person.
The two families ate for the first time, and there was no distinction between men and women, although Lin Daimo was used to eating at the same table with Lu Mengjian before, he was inevitably a little uncomfortable. Li Dazhuang's family eats at the same table on weekdays, and the small family doesn't pay so much attention to it on weekdays, so it's just a little restrained.
Zhong'er had long been greedy for the chubby meat dumplings on the table, and when he saw that Mr. finally moved his chopsticks, he raised the chopsticks and filled a dumpling into his mouth. Lu Mengjian hurriedly found a cup of cold water to save the emergency.
The people at the table watched Zhong'er gobble up, and then let go of their arms to eat and drink. Lu Mengjian took the liquor from the city and poured it for the two men, and Lin Daimo's body had not yet healed, so he took a few sips symbolically. The wine was in the stomach, and the words between the men gradually increased.