"Under the bridge in front of the door, swim past a flock of ducks, come and count them, two, four, six, seven, eight, ......"

In the lawn of the backyard of the shop, a shelf is placed in front of it, on which a two-meter-long rectangular wooden board is placed, and on the opposite side are a dozen or so small benches, and some children are sitting.

Donner stood in front of the wooden frame, watching the children sing songs and smiles.

Sometimes when I think about their identity, I suddenly feel that what world is the most beautiful, probably the most beautiful Taiping world!

If there is no war, these children should live in their hometowns in peace, under the knees of their parents, and will not become slaves and be bought and sold at will.

The dozen or so children were all the children of craftsmen, the oldest was already twelve years old, and the youngest was only four years old, and he was still running a runny nose.

Boys made up more than half of the group, and only four were girls, including Diana.

Donner asked the children, and some of the boys had a younger sister, but were sold by their parents on the way.

The reason is very simple, first, there is no food, you can't feed it, and you can save a little food by selling one. The second one was sold to a slave trader in exchange for some grain for the rest of the family of three to sustain for a while.

Why do you sell women and don't buy men, it's also very simple, the first girl can be sold at a higher price, and the second is patriarchal, and the boy can pass on the family and work to support the family when he grows up.

It's just that they didn't expect that in the end, the whole family was still sold by themselves.

This world is like this, and there is nowhere to make sense.

"Okay! all singing is good!" Donner smiled and applauded after the children finished singing.

Although the children are incomplete and singing out of tune, Donner never skimps on his encouragement and appreciation.

Because they need encouragement more than anyone else, and they need self-confidence more than anyone else.

The children sat upright, their faces flushed, and they were still a little timid.

Fleeing all the way, they hide in the arms of their parents, like frightened birds, and although Donner has always behaved gently, he still can't let them come out of the shadow of fear, revealing the innocence and innocence of childhood.

Maybe it has something to do with what their respective parents taught them in private, to obey their masters, and so on.

"Master Donner, Master Jason let me tell you that the shop is ready. Duck came over at this time, glanced at his sister secretly, and said like Donner.

Since Duck took Donner to the store, Donner didn't fire him, but kept the hard-working lad around.

Duck was also a little worried about being fired, and he didn't know what to do from now on.

But he didn't expect Donner to still be willing to hire him, Duck was very surprised, and secretly hugged his sister several times and cried a few times, so in the following days, he was more diligent in doing things, and he would help with everything.

Everything, Donner saw in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.

After listening to Dark's report, Donner smiled and nodded, and said to the children: "After class, you can play in the yard by yourself, but pay attention to safety." ”

The children nodded like chickens pecking rice.

The shop was renovated yesterday, and the style is relatively simple, with a strong modern style.

The floor of the shop was originally made of stone slabs, and then a layer of wood was re-paved with primary-colored grain planks on top of it, and some wooden tables and wooden shelves were placed in a very regular manner in the shop, and all kinds of glassware were placed on top of the wooden tables and wooden shelves.

On the surrounding walls are several simple sketches of glassware, framed in wooden frames by Donner's hand.

Donner walked into the shop from the backyard and saw Jason and Hans, with several craftsmen waiting.

"Commander, are you here?"

Donner smiled and asked, "It's all ready." ”

"Yes!" said Jason, "according to the requirements of the regimental commander, everything is ready, just waiting for your order." ”

"Alright!" Donner laughed, "let's get ready for the opening ceremony." ”

said that it was an opening ceremony, but in fact it was nothing more than unveiling a plaque.

Donner took the lead, followed by several people outside the store.

At this time, it was about eight or nine o'clock, and the street outside the store was sparsely populated, and few shops around it were open.

Donner and his party talked and laughed and stood outside the store.

On both sides of the door of the shop, there are six homemade flower baskets, one on the left and one on the right, which are all requested by Donner, to be lively and festive.

A wooden plaque hung on the top of the door of the shop, covered with red cloth and red flowers, and hung down with red ribbons on both sides.

Donner stepped forward, grabbed the ribbon, and said to everyone with a smile, "I wish our shop a prosperous business, a lot of money, and a lot of profit." ”

"Business is booming, money is rolling. ”

"Haha!"

Everyone thought it was funny, and they all laughed as they spoke, and even a few craftsmen smiled.

Donner ripped off the ribbon and pulled off the red that covered the wooden plaque, revealing the name of the store on the wooden plaque - Liuliya.

There are no lively people around, they are all entertaining themselves. Donner didn't think it was anything, but the only thing he regretted was that there were two fewer firecrackers.

A few people smiled and talked, and then they all entered the store, and the opening ceremony was completed, and then they waited for the guests to come to the door.

But, frustratingly, not a single guest came in for four or five days.

Except for the first day, the flower basket outside the door allowed passers-by to stop and stay, and in the next few days, except for passers-by who looked at the door plaque curiously, almost no one stayed outside the store, let alone entered the shop to take a look.

Jason and Hans were fine, but Matthew was a little breathless, and muttered in front of Donner: "Captain, what's the matter, why don't you have any guests, or I'll pull two people over on the road." ”

Donner raised the glass beads in his hand and glared at him, saying, "What's the hurry, it's only been open for a few days, it's okay to be patient,"

With that, Donner lit the checkerboard and placed the glass beads in his hand into a semicircle pit on the board.

"It's your turn, Diana. Downer said.

Diana frowned, bit her fingers, looked at the six-pointed star chessboard in the circle, and quietly thought about what to do next.

They're playing checkers.

The chessboard is carved from wood, and the chess pieces are glass beads and come in six colors.

In order to make these beads, Yuriko studied it for a long time before he fused the dyeing body into the glass beads.

Originally, Donner taught the other children to take turns to play with him, but no one dared, only Diana timidly raised her hand.

So Donner had nothing to do, so he took Diana in the shop and played checkers with the chessboard that was on the table to be sold.

The rules of the checkers game are very simple, and after Diana listened to Donner's explanation, she corrected it a few times while going down, and she basically knew it.

Diana thought for two minutes before she fell, and Donner smiled and complimented, "Diana is so smart." ”

Diana smiled shyly.

"What kind of shop is this?" At this time, there was surprise and questions outside the door.