Chapter Forty-Eight: Lucky to Know Qing's Peach Blossom Noodles (3)
Qin Jian was extremely surprised, and said in surprise: "Bai Tang, your master actually has a collection of Mr. Wen Tong's bamboo paintings?!" ”
The sound of the uproar of everyone at the scene suddenly became a sensation.
"Mr. Wen Tong's bamboo paintings, that's hard to find!"
"No wonder Lian Gongzi's red bamboo painting is so expressive, it turns out that he has studied the real work!"
A pair of expectant eyes stared at Bai Tang, lest he say something to refuse.
Bai Tang knew Xu Qiu'an's intention, and his heart was a little relieved. Smiled and asked, "The third master just wants to borrow the original manuscript to take a look?" ”
Xu Qiu'an raised his eyebrows, and his peach blossom eyes flashed: "I don't know if the master is willing to cut his love?" ”
Bai Tang rubbed his palms and said regretfully: "This painting is a collection of family teachers, and I have only been thinking about it for a few days." Besides, the family teacher travels all over the world and has no traces, and Bai Tang really can't help. However, if Bai Tang sees the family teacher, he will definitely convey the request of the third master on his behalf! ”
Xu Qiu'an chuckled softly, leaned in front of him and asked in a low voice, "I heard that you are looking for a warehouse on the outskirts of the city that can stack a large number of goods?" ”
Bai Tangfeng's eyes widened slightly: He knows a lot!
"As long as you borrow this painting for me, I'll take care of the warehouse for you." Xu Qiu'an glanced at Qin Jian, "It's useless for you to count on the Qin family. They don't have much land in Nanjing. ”
Bai Tang did inquire about Qin Jian and learned that the Qin family did not do business in this area, and there was no spare large garden for him to borrow. couldn't help but smile, the corners of his eyes flashed slightly, and he asked in a low voice: "Then do you know, what is the use of my rent-seeking warehouse?" ”
The corners of Xu Qiu'an's mouth and eyebrows were slightly proud. His glamorous peach blossom face is even more vivid. Bai Tang didn't feel in a trance.
"I don't care what you're hoarding or why. I only guarantee that your goods are safe and sound on my territory! ”
Bai Tang shouted in his heart: Bingo! This deal is done!
He arched his hand and smiled: "That's it, please wait for the good news Xu Sanye." ”
Xu Qiu'an was overjoyed, and his eyebrows fluttered: "There is a brother who has to work hard!" ”
Look, when I was happy, I even shouted out such a sensual title as Brother Lian!
The expressions of the people watching the play were subtle: it wasn't that Qin Gongzi and Lian Baitang had been intersecting for a long time, and there was no sense of disobedience to call them brothers. This great demon king can politely call people the word "brother", and he is still a person who just wrote a poem to tease him not long ago! This situation is too mysterious. It's not that the Great Demon King has changed his temperament, or what kind of demon method has he practiced Baitang?
Speaking of which, practicing Baitang seems to have some kind of demon magic. It turned out to be a mud that couldn't hold up the wall, and then what? first met Xu Danling, and somewhere made people fall in love with him as an apprentice and carefully trained. followed by the son-in-law of the Qin family in Jiangnan, who became friends at first sight. And then Xu Qiu'an, this master who dared to spill in front of the emperor, even gave him three points. Tsk, why do you think that Lian Baitang has played Gu on these people?
A tea party, the guests finally returned happy.
The gentlemen who were worried about the moon cake mold sat in a small car, urging the coachman, and rushed to Songzhuzhai like a race.
"Brother Siquan! You've got one of your wheels off! ”
"What-" The carriage stopped, quickly overtaken by the other carriages. "Brother Qinghu, you actually deceived me!"
A sentence floated from afar: "Soldiers are not tired of cheating!" ”
Before Songzhu Zhai, the steward looked at the series of carriages stopped at the door with a shocked face, remembered the young master's explanation in the morning, and whispered excitedly: "The young master is clever!" ”
"Steward, where is your mooncake mold? Take it out, I want a set of 'full house'! ”
"I want it too, I want it too!"
"I'll pack as much as I want!"
After the whole steward was excited, a cold sweat rose on his back, and he hurriedly raised his hand to signal, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, gentlemen. Listen to me. My young master did carve some mooncake molds by hand. All the best Azusa wood is used! Whether it is the pattern or the carving, it is unique and second to none in this Nanjing city! But well, it's not much. Slow work makes fine work. Moreover, the price is also more expensive. The cheapest set, that is, the set of molds delivered to Wuyi Lane this morning, is one hundred taels. ”
One hundred taels?!
Everyone was stunned for a moment, you look at me, I look at you.
Qin Jian set the style of high-end boutique for Lanxue tea. Therefore, the tea guests invited are not short of money, but a set of wood molds costs 100 taels, which is too outrageous!
"Come on. Let's take a look at this set of molds. The whole steward brought a beautiful lacquered wooden box, and when he opened it, he took out five bowls one by one.
Under the scorching gaze of everyone, there was silence for a while.
The outer layer of the five molds is polished smooth and clear, and the carving inside is even more exquisite, but in a radius of five inches, Chang'e's hair is slender, the jewelry is as real as the real thing, the clothes are fluttering, and the fairy jade is incisive.
There is also the majestic and cold Moon Palace, the clouds cover the mist, the branches and leaves of the laurel tree are luxuriant, and even the lines on the trunk are vividly carved.
This is not a mooncake mold at all, but a beautiful handicraft!
One hundred taels is nothing! Lian Baitang's loss is that he is too young, and his reputation is not enough. If it is a world-famous master's work, let alone a hundred taels, a thousand taels can't be taken!
Immediately someone shouted: "One hundred taels, I want three sets!" ”
"Brother Siquan, don't go too far, everyone is here today, you can't eat alone!"
"Brother Qinghu rest assured, the whole manager knows what to do. You won't let us run for nothing, right? ”
The whole steward hurriedly responded: "Exactly." Because there are not many things, I can only limit purchases. ”
"Purchase limit? How to buy it? ”
The steward smiled and took out a few more boxes, and said, "It depends on who you like when you buy this mold?" In the previous set, everyone understood that it was the most suitable student to send Qiuqiu. If you want to give it to the elders in the family, we still have this - Fu Lu Shou! ”
As soon as the three fairy lords, Magu and the Queen Mother appeared in front of everyone, they attracted exclamations: "This is good, this is the most appropriate gift to the old lady and the old lady!" ”
"If you want to please your little girl and grandson, there is also a set of 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them', which is very suitable."
A set of molds of cute rabbits, cats, foxes, bears, dragons, pigs, horses, and sheep are exaggerated, lively, vivid and cute, completely different from the realistic style that everyone usually sees! Everyone couldn't help but smile with round eyes: "This is good, my daughter must like it!" ”
"Not bad, not bad. It is also a good gift to the children of relatives and friends. ”
The steward opened the last set of boxes and said, "This set is for Shangfeng." ”
Giving gifts to leaders is naturally wishing them to be promoted and rich. Therefore, this set of seven stars with the moon, the largest one in the middle is engraved with the majestic palace. The seven small molds are all allusions to the auspicious officialdom such as the fish leaping over the dragon gate, the flowers, the smooth sailing, the bamboo festival is high, and the golden toad sends the treasure.
As expected, this set of molds was the most enthusiastic among everyone.
Fortunately, everyone was a literati, and they peacefully distributed the varieties they bought without tearing their faces, and within half an hour, they settled the bill and walked.
The whole steward held the silver ticket and smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth!
When these exquisite moon cakes appeared in the boudoirs of the official palaces and ladies during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the people who found the subtlety of them came to Songzhu Zhai to find molds again, the whole manager spread his hands and said: "This is this year's limited edition!" While supplies last. Everyone, hurry up early next year. ”
The stewards of each family looked confused: this is still a limited edition?
But no, scarcity is expensive, people do this, what can you do? Do you still want to use the lord's official authority to suppress others? Forget about other shops, Lian Baitang is a good friend with Qin Jian, the son of Pianpian, on the one hand, and on the other hand, he has the same smell as Qiu An, the demon king of the mixed world. It's really hard to start. It's a small matter to offend Lian Baitang, and if you offend Xu Qiu'an, don't think about having a peaceful Mid-Autumn Festival in their house!
So he retreated to the next best thing and found other wood carvers to re-engrave.
It's just that the carpenters in the city who can do such delicate work can be counted with their palms stretched out, and the final imitation molds are of uneven quality. And the original mold actually paid a high price in the woodworking and engraving industry! There are many buyers, but unfortunately no one is willing to sell, making the market priceless, so that Songzhuzhai and Baitang are in the limelight again.