In the corner of the courtyard, under the thick shade of the trees, Jiang Wanmu, who was clothed, looked at the paper in his hand with a cautious expression. Fang Zheng sat at the table, fiddling with the soft little cubes of fabric with his big hands. He tried desperately to fold the cloth out of the pattern, but unfortunately his hands were too wide and failed again and again. A few days ago, with the approval of his family, he had worshiped the shopkeeper as his teacher, and he is now following the master's arrangement, figuring out how to fold the soft cloth into flowers every day.

On the day of Jiang Wanmu's apprenticeship in Fangzheng, because the old princess's birthday was approaching, she received the teachings of two women on etiquette, righteousness and shame in the mansion, and was unable to leave the palace to witness the major events of Fangzheng's life. She could only understand from Ji Yan afterwards that although it was only a small ceremony, the master and apprentice were still fully prepared for what they should have. The shopkeeper's wife and two daughters were at the scene, and the shopkeeper wept with joy that day, and said to everyone: "I finally have a successor to my family." ”

The courtyard was quiet, with the occasional sound of the customers in the front store talking, and a few birdsong that could be heard from time to time. After Jiang Wanmu looked at Xu, she gently put down the paper in her hand. Seeing Fang Zheng frowning, his big hand, carefully folding the cloth in his hand, only to see the cloth, gradually in his hand, turned into an ugly flower. Jiang Wanmu stared at Fang Zheng's thick hands in surprise, and looked up to see that his face was already covered with sweat.

Fang Zheng looked at the flower on the table, and muttered rather unhappily, "It's not folded into a pattern." Jiang Wanmu shook her head lightly. He wiped the sweat from his face casually, stood up and wanted to use Qing Shui Xian to wash his face, and looked down to see Jiang Wanmu staring at the flower, his eyes focused and curious. He blushed a little and said, "Miss, don't look any further, I'm too ugly." ”

Jiang Wanmu said to him with some amazement: "Fangzheng, you can do it." It's only been a long time to apprentice, with such a soft cloth. You can do it now. Fang Zheng listened to her words, became even more embarrassed, quickly turned to the side of the big tree, poured out some water on the clean water placed there, sprinkled it on the clean handkerchief, quickly wiped his face and hands, and sat back at the table. He looked at Jiang Wanmu, whose face was clean and without sweat marks, and opened his mouth to ask, "Miss." Don't you think it's hot? ”

Jiang Wanmu looked up at the shade of the tree that blocked the sun's rays, and said, "I don't feel hot, under this big tree, there is a wind blowing cool." The mind is calm and naturally cool. You're too eager for perfection. I was anxious, and naturally I felt that it was hot outside. Founder, you take your time. You can't be in a hurry to learn a craft. Your master is in the prime of life, and you still have time to learn slowly with him. Fang Zheng glanced at Jiang Wanmu, who spoke so easily, thinking that his sister-in-law said that she had to spend several hours writing every day from the past to the present. His mood was immediately calmer.

Fang Zheng looked at Jiang Wanmu and said softly, "Miss, master, he is not in the prime of life. He just looks younger than people of his age. Jiang Wanmu carefully looked at the shopkeeper and saw that he was tall, no more than forty years old. The average life expectancy of Yi Ning Dynasty was sixty years old, and he was still in the prime of life. Fang Zheng looked at Jiang Wanmu with a look of obvious disbelief, and felt that she looked like this, just a little like what a little woman should be.

Jiang Wanmu often gives people the feeling of going through Cangsang, and always feels that she is very indifferent to people and things. After Fang Zheng's apprenticeship, when he heard the shopkeeper mention Jiang Wanmu, he once said cautiously: "Fang Zheng, the owner of the family looks like she has a gentle temperament, but in fact, a person like her is very tenacious. She treats you like a relative, and you should cherish her friendship. She is a kind of person, she is quite ruthless when she is ruthless, you see she never mentions her family, as if she has never had a family. ”

Fang Zheng heard that the shopkeeper had a slight hint of inquiry, and he was just smiling quietly, but he didn't understand the hint. Since Jiang Wanmu had the intention to let the two families of them free, he had decided that he would never betray her in this life, and as long as she was in need, he would definitely stand by her side and support her. Since the Jiang family is in Jiang Wanmu's heart, it is the past and the person she hopes to never associate with again. He naturally abided by this and no longer mentioned the weak relationship between Jiang Wanmu and the Jiang family to others.

The shopkeeper looked at the newly recruited apprentice, and when he saw that he understood the obvious implication, he smiled and pretended not to know. After a long time, he nodded with a smile of relief and said, "It seems that I have the same good vision as the owner, she recognizes you and dares to leave the business to you to take care of." And the apprentice I accepted can be a caring person, which is a great blessing for the master and my luck. You are her subordinate, she values you, the origin of the teachers, don't hide it too much from her, you can talk to her about this, I will not object, I believe in the owner's personality. ”

Fang Zheng chuckled when he thought of this, looked at Jiang Wanmu and said, "Miss, my master, after practicing for a long time, is able to maintain his body and look younger than people of the same age." The master is now fifty-five years old, and his two daughters, the youngest of whom are thirty-two years old. In the master's generation, the master only accepts three apprentices, and the master is the youngest disciple. So far, the three of them have only accepted me as an apprentice. This sect is more difficult to accept apprentices than other sects, and there are many rules and regulations that restrict it.

It is said that the master had been in the capital for many years, and he had never met someone who was destined, and he was thinking of going to other places to try his luck and see if there was any hope. It was the master who invited someone to predict that he would have a harvest in the capital, and the master agreed to come over to help the young lady take care of the shop. As for how I was chosen, this matter is a secret of the master's family, and it is inconvenient for me to talk about it in detail with the young lady. It's just that the master said that although our sect has all kinds of good, it can't be stopped by birth, old age, sickness and death. The master and the second master are getting old and thin. Therefore, the master hopes that I can study hard and learn as much as I can. ”

Jiang Wanmu heard this, leaned over and said in a low voice: "Since it is so difficult for this sect to accept disciples, why don't you accept your own children as disciples?" That's a good thing to say. Fang Zheng laughed after hearing this, and also leaned over and whispered: "I also mentioned this, if the master accepts his own daughter or son-in-law as an apprentice, he doesn't have to worry about not being able to teach me all today." The two of them sat up straight together at the same time, chuckling thoughtfully.

After Fang Zheng laughed for a while, he remembered that he was talking about his own master now. He looked at Jiang Wanmu and explained, "Miss, the master said that if this sect was so simple to accept apprentices, there would not be only so many people in his sect. Jiang Wanmu stretched out her hand to stop Fang Zheng from talking, although she was curious about the secrets of various divisions, she knew that knowing too much would not be a good thing for herself. She smiled and changed the topic and said, "Fangzheng, then you want to go to Zhongnan in person, but you can't make the trip in the near future?" ”

Fang Zheng shook his head lightly, looked at Jiang Wanmu with a cautious expression and said, "Miss, do you want me to go to Zhongnan to see the market now?" Jiang Wanmu frowned lightly, nodded and said: "The business of the bookstore, in recent years, can only seek stability and a good reputation. As for earning money, you can only look at the cloth shop. If the market in Zhongnan is good, it is naturally better to have such a channel than to rely entirely on the capital for supply. Just if you don't have time, think about this road next year. You just study hard with the shopkeeper.

I saw that you gave me this information, and I think this path is feasible. Maybe with a good job, we can open one more cloth shop in the future. It really doesn't work, it's just spending more money and making you hard. Fang Zheng nodded again and again and said: "Miss, then I'll inquire carefully, as long as it's safe, I will go to Zhongnan with the dart bureau at that time, so that the road will be safe, and you can be guaranteed when you bring the goods back." Miss, don't worry, master, I can go through a little more, which will be good for myself and the cloth industry. ”

Jiang Wanmu saw that Fang Zheng could travel, so she no longer bothered about this matter. Although she didn't know how deep the roots of the cloth shop shopkeeper were, the person who introduced him said, "Treat him well, and you won't have to worry about the cloth shop and cloth in the future." Jiang Wanmu handed the paper in front of him to Fang Zheng and said, "I see that you are well prepared, but something will happen along the way, that is, people are not as good as heaven." You still have to be careful, there are some things that you must inquire about before you can arrange the date of your trip, and people must come and go back and forth. ”

Fang Zheng took a few pieces of paper, nodded with a smile and said, "Miss, don't worry." I will definitely be careful about this matter, if I can travel to Zhongnan, I will first go to the long knowledge, and if I can make a decision, I will bring more samples back, and if I can't decide, I will bring some new samples back. The matter of the dart game, I have made it clear that this dart game has been safe all these years. In the past few months, I want to bring all the money that the cloth shop has earned. I'm just worried that in the cloth store in recent days, the silver purchased is not enough.

I discussed with Mugen and wanted to borrow some from him first, but Mugen's shopkeeper mentioned this, and he said that he could open an IOU. It's just that this matter requires the young lady to nod before the two of us dare to act. After hearing this, Jiang Wanmu nodded and said, "I'll think about the silver." In the future, you must remember not to take money from the bookstore, after all, it is a store that I opened in partnership with others, and the silver goods must be clearly understood. That proprietor believed in me, so he was willing to partner with me, and I couldn't break the rules and hurt other people's hearts. How much we are capable of, how much we can do. ”

Fang Zheng looked at Jiang Wanmu's expression, and after thinking about it, he said, "Miss, this time it's a matter of whether I think it's inappropriate or not, and it's not about Mugen." I wanted to be there so much that I forgot that there were some things that I couldn't rush to. Jiang Wanmu listened to his words, nodded with a smile and said, "Fangzheng, we are still young, there are some things that don't need to be rushed." When you try to move forward, you also have to pay attention to the details, so that you will be able to take care of things in the future. It's just not right now, we have to take our time, take every step steadily, and at the same time not hurt the feelings of our friends. This time, you are so focused on the business of the store that you have not thought it through. Although they can borrow money from each other, the cloth shop has not reached the crisis point, and it must not take this step. ”

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