Chapter XXVII: Wheelchairs
"Next time, next time, I will accompany you to this temple to worship the Buddha. Stay a few more days. Xia Qingqing promised.
"You! Anyway, when the children grow up, they all have their own things to be busy with. Take your two sisters-in-law with you, walk slowly on the road, and I'll send a few more people to protect you. ”
"It's easy to say, my grandfather's Bai Yutang received 250,000 taels of silver. You? didn't wait for Xia Qingqing to finish speaking.
"You can collect the money yourself, didn't you say that you want to share it equally with your fourth sister-in-law? I won't be involved in your juniors' business. ”
The fourth sister-in-law said that there was too much money, and she didn't dare to take it. It's still up to you to make the decision and come up with a charter. ”
"In that case," said the grandfather, "then she will take three cents, and you will take seven cents, and you will decide the money." It's good, the matter of Bai Yutang in the future. Make up your own mind, and come back to me if you really don't decide. ”
"Good grandfather, I see."
"Okay, then you go back and pack your things first, and leave early, it's already midnight when you get to the house."
Xia Qingqing walked out of the door, secretly thinking to herself that today's grandfather is very different from the past, as if everything has been different since she met Master Puhua, and after Master Puhua let her go yesterday, what did she say to her grandfather?
She was puzzled and decided to meet Master Puhua before leaving.
"I'm here to say goodbye to Master Puhua, and I'm sorry for you." Xia Qingqing said to the little monk who was sweeping the floor in the courtyard.
"Donor, please wait, I'll go and ask the master."
After a while, the little monk came out of the room, walked up to her quickly, and said, "Female benefactor, master, tell you to come in." ”
Xia Qingqing walked into the room, and Master Puhua was sitting at the table looking at a Buddhist scripture.
"Excuse me, Master, I'm curious, what did you say to my grandfather yesterday? Today, he didn't even ask, so he let me go back. ”
The old man knew that the county lord would have such doubts, so he waited deliberately. It's a pity that the secret of heaven can't be leaked, and I can't say too much to the county lord, only one sentence, don't pick people up and go home. Xia Qingqing's eyes widened, and she asked suspiciously, "Can you explain this sentence to me?"
"Fate comes and goes, self-meeting gathers, fate goes to extinction, fate comes and lives, life and death, death and death! See through and know that everything in this world is nothing, county lord, please go back! ”
"This, this." Xia Qingqing complained weakly in her heart, what the hell was she talking about? He didn't fight like this, he didn't say anything to him.
The master of law popularization still holds the Buddhist scriptures and reads them tirelessly, as if he is no longer in trouble. Xia Qingqing touched a soft nail, and there was nothing she could do, so she had to go back and pack her things.
"Miss, our things are packed up, we can go."
"Okay, let's go," the third and fourth sisters-in-law in the carriage were already waiting. "Why are you so slow?"
"I went to my grandfather's for a while, but now it's fine, let's go back."
Since returning from Foguang Temple, Xia Qingqing has started the mode of closing the door again, and it has been several days in a row.
In the garden, the third sister-in-law was drinking tea with the fourth sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, do you want to go and see Qingqing, don't really suffocate it, if this idea really can't be thought of, then let my grandfather enter the palace as soon as possible and explain it clearly to the emperor." ”
"Presumably he won't blame it, there are so many talented craftsmen in the inner courtyard of this palace, let them communicate with Qingqing, presumably her inspiration will come faster."
Lin Yuan'er stroked the teacup, "This matter has already pushed the Baiyutang opened by Qingqing to the forefront, if it is easy to retreat at this time, it is inevitable that there will be more and more unfavorable voices against Qingqing in the future in the capital." ”
"The emperor also has a deep meaning in doing this, no matter what Qingqing comes up with, he won't really take it to heart, it's just something that coaxes everyone to play, it is he who single-handedly pushed Qingqing into such a realm, if it doesn't get good, how can I give up? The saint also understands this truth, so it is nothing more than to have fun.
"Having said that, I can't help Qingqing is a more serious character, you see that she hasn't even come out of the door these days, and her meals are directly delivered to her room from the small kitchen."
"She's got the tip of the horns, and she has to figure things out." The fourth young master said distressedly: "If you are really tired and sick, how can you be good?" Her body has just recovered. The third sister-in-law said worriedly.
"I don't see anything serious, I know that walking through the streets and alleys finally has a chance to let her calm down and sharpen her temperament, I think it's good, don't bother her these days, ask the doctor for the daily meal, and add more nourishing things to the diet."
"This little girl, she can toss it now, and she will have it in the future!"
"When she first started Bai Yutang, we didn't think so. But on the first day of opening, they earned nearly 200,000 taels of silver. Lin Yuan'er was shocked.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand taels, that's three years of tax revenue from a state capital!"
"I knew that there would be such a big influence, I would rather she not run this Bai Yutang in the first place," she said with emotion.
"What do you mean by that?" The third sister-in-law, Li Ru, didn't understand.
"When the water is clear, there are no fish, you understand, I understand."
"What if the moon is full? The moon overflows when it reaches its full moon. Such a big pie fell into our field, I'm afraid that our family won't be able to take it! Lin Yuan'er was worried.
Here, Xia Qingqing writes and draws in the room all day long, no matter how Xiaolan and Xiaolu persuade her, she doesn't go out.
All day in the room to study what jewelry men should wear, in the future, the things that men bring are nothing more than some styles that are more rigid and practical. A series of watches don't need to be thought about, and modern craftsmanship can't be made. There are no tricks on the costume, so her hands are definitely not as delicate as the embroidery girl in Suzhou, and she can embroider such an amazing nine-fold screen.
Thinking of being small, she seemed to feel something, writing and drawing on the paper, and after a while, the style of the wheelchair jumped on the paper. She whispered, "Man! Old men are also men, and old people are also men, and there is no distinction between men and women, I'm this! ”
She looked at the wheelchair on the paper and shouted, "Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing, come in." ”
"Miss, how about you finally calling me? Did you come up with it? ”
"Not only did I come up with it, but I also came up with a wonderful plan, the Holy God asked me to be a man who could use it, but I didn't say that it was a young man, or an old man, look at this thing, it can be used by both old and young."
"Miss, what is this?" Xiaoqing looked puzzled.
Xia Qingqing stretched out his hand and pointed to the wheels on both sides and said, "What do you think this looks like?" ”
"It's like, wheelbarrow on a wheelbarrow!"
"That's right, it's this wheel, I removed the wheel, installed one on one side, installed a bearing in the middle, and a wooden plank, and made it into the shape of a chair, but well, this chair can walk around, if you meet the old and inconvenient old people, or young infants, you can let them sit in this car, push around on the line, not only save time and effort, but also greatly reduce the potential danger of holding a child or carrying the elderly, if the person on the back is a careless, slipping and falling will be troublesome."
"Wonderful! Miss, you're a wonderful thing! ”
"We can also according to the sales channels planned by Bai Yutang now, made into civilian models and expensive models, civilian models we use solid camphor wood to do their own weight must be light, but also to make different sizes for people to choose, expensive we use rosewood to do, the main thing is a gold expensive to the kind of dead and sinking, anyway, there is more than one noble traveler, and then there are all kinds of carvings and inlaid gems."
"The main thing is a luxury, no human style." Xia Qingqing waved his hand.
"Quickly send this manuscript of mine to the treasurer of Lin Jinda, and let him arrange craftsmen."
"It's Miss, I'll send it now."
Turning her head, Xia Qingqing was strolling leisurely in the garden, and happened to meet the two sisters-in-law, her eyes rolled, and then she said, "What do the two sisters-in-law think of the wheelchair I made?" ”
The two looked at each other, one with a tense face, the other with a serious expression. "What can we think of you, you, you're just coming to ask for our compliments." As soon as the words of the fourth sister-in-law came out, the three of them immediately burst into laughter.
"Okay, I really want to ask the two sisters-in-law if they have any advice or advice for me? In fact, I was also thinking, is this wheelchair launched, is it good or bad? After all, it is already the habit of the family to have an entourage to follow when going out. ”
"If there is a need, there will naturally be a sedan chair, but the people on the street, those old and weak women and children, they seem to need this thing more."
"If you know, it's good." The fourth sister-in-law poked her head with her finger, "Then you should set the price cheaper this time, don't set it so high again, your Bai Yutang is already very profitable." Don't make any more fuss about this. ”
Xia Qingqing grabbed her fingers with both hands and shook them left and right, "Okay, I know." This time the price must be very cheap, I plan to order a tael of silver, a wheelchair, if there are really poor people who can't afford it, as long as the old man at home is carried over, or lead the running hall to check at home, as long as the situation is true, we will give it out for free. ”
"Oh, you little girl, don't you really plan to make money at this time?" The third sister-in-law raised her eyebrows.
Xia Qingqing's words changed, "Of course, you still have to make money, and there is a way to steal." We will not earn the money of the poor. ”
"But for those rich and noble families, our wheelchairs are custom-made, extremely luxurious, and even the wheels are inlaid with gems, and someone will be able to use them, but well, we are not selling finished products, this time we are selling, they are semi-finished products."
"What is a semi-finished product?" The third sister-in-law asked.
"As the name suggests, the semi-finished product is half done, and we will show the painted sketch to the buyer first."