As soon as the maids from Qingzhu Courtyard came over, they were a little reluctant in their hearts, but everyone in the Shen Mansion knew that Lin Piao was the biggest in this mansion, and as long as he spoke about the affairs in the mansion, Shen Hanlin would never refute his decision, and he had always had the final say.

After listening to the training, I learned that I was looking for these maids with deeds to come over to do work, calculate a monthly money in the house, and calculate a monthly money for work, this will be done first, and then if it is sold, there is also a manual subsidy, and it is not certain whether it can be looked down upon by Shen Hong as a house in front of Shen Hanlin every day, but this money falls in his hands, it is a real grasp of a quasi-thing, and the conclusive thing makes people more hopeful, and they immediately expressed it crisply.

We love to make crafts! We don't leak secrets!

There's no other reason than to simply love to stay with your sisters!

It's just that I just want to serve my wife!

Lin Piao prepared all the personnel and began to prepare all kinds of props, because he had to start doing it seriously, so he couldn't barely make do with everything like he did at the beginning, and even the iron tongs of the hot velvet flowers were temporarily used.

Lin Piao asked everyone to move out the small table, and then equipped each person with suitable props to make a simple small operating table.

"Let's do this today, and tomorrow we'll find a carpenter, and we'll do it again, and we'll make it easier and more convenient."

Lin Piao arranged everyone, and then began to think about the props of ironing velveurine flowers, can not always use iron tongs, the temperature is not easy to grasp the loss rate is too high, today they at least more than 20 burned, before they came up with such a flower, even if the back is proficient, when making velvet flowers, everyone takes the iron tongs to get around, accidentally gets people, burns hands, all belong to accidents at work.

Be hot enough, but not too hot.

Lin Piao thought of the kind of iron with charcoal, if the skin of the iron is made thinner, and then the hot water is filled inside, the overall temperature will be much lower than the charcoal fire has been burning inside, but it is hot enough, in order to prevent burns, it can be made into a fixed workbench, and a metal platform is placed underneath, there is no need to hold it all the time, you only need to put the finished things in a box, iron them at one time and then bring them back to assemble.

It's still a bit dangerous, but as long as the iron is well sealed, the hot water won't spill out, and it's basically not too dangerous.

After Lin Piao thought about it, he planned to ask Da Zhuang to find a cast iron master tomorrow to build three of these small processing tables first, which was estimated to be enough.

Lin Piao made a plan, so he rarely ran out again, and at most three of the ten days went to Yuemingfang to have a look, and the rest of the time was spent pondering the matter of the velvet flower.

Juan'er has been in Yuemingfang for a long time, Xiaoyue often has to guard in the store for most of the day before, as long as the family is fine, they will not come out easily, but recently Xiaoyue's time in the store has also decreased a lot, she runs Yuemingfang for half a day, and stays in the yard for half a day, while studying the matter of velvet flowers, while thinking about publicity strategies and marketing plans, Lin Piao has laid the foundation for her has been deeply rooted in her mind, every velvet flower is made, she doesn't want two well-known advertising words in her heart She feels that she is simply too derelict in her duties.

In the first few days, the things I did were basically just practice, but the maids in the yard had always been used to doing embroidery work, and the embroidery knew that the embroidery was fine and dense and could not show the stitches out, and if the thread was not hidden, it should not be, not to mention the velvet flowers, which were done very carefully in a few days, whether it was twisted or entangled, it was all integrated, unlike Lin Piao's doing, which was not cleanly wound and untidy.

Then it is to prune the petals, this matter does not need Lin Piao to say more, a little talk, they take the scissors to practice, the original skillful hands of cutting window flowers, two or three times cut out a round petal, or a missing, or a sawtooth petal, lotus tip, in short, for them at all is not difficult at all.

Lin Piao saw that everyone's situation was very good, so he began to plan, planning to start with the Twelve Famous Flowers series, wanting to make famous things, and then slowly add some niche hobbies.

They are busy here, Zhao Ruofeng is naturally not resting, they are always paying attention to the movement of Mingyuefang, these days to see that they began to speed up the update of each batch of handkerchief patterns, but only for the noble women, the embroidery workshop has not changed much.

Zhao Ruofeng sat upstairs thoughtfully, and the brother who followed him said: "Owner, don't they just want to leave us behind, thinking that their style will change quickly, we can't do anything about them, we haven't changed their style yet, and they have changed it again, it seems that we are inferior, but as far as the things they do, if they want to catch up with us, they are still 108,000 miles away, and they want to catch up with them with such a little cleverness, which is not possible." ”

Zhao Ruofeng said: "They are no longer a climate, now their embroidery workshop can still open, relying on the batch of handkerchiefs sold to the nobles, their selling method is interesting, is a set of sets, every month there are two new handkerchiefs sent over, make it very fresh, but they only want to grab the position of the house in Beijing, but do not take care of the things in the store, you see now in their shop, how many girls and brothers can go in and out a day? ”

The brother beside him nodded: "The owner of the house is right, they are not afraid, they only stare at the back house and think about what is the use of stammering with noble girls, and the ladies are not short of such a two-piece cloth, and they use their family and our family, and the picture is just fresh." ”

"Nope."

Zhao Ruofeng shook his head: "Lin Piao is not such a simple person, he has a hot temper, speaks and does things impulsively, and loves to be brave for a while, but he is a very ambitious person, if he doesn't want to do it well, it is already very good for him now, but he wants to do it well, he intends to compare with me, he definitely can't just give up like this, watching Mingyuefang go downhill like this." ”

The brother next to him looked at him, not knowing what he meant by saying this suddenly: "Owner...... He's already thought of a way, isn't it the way he just said to win over the noble girl? Even if he doesn't give up, it's useless for him to do this. ”

"It's not just like this, you see that he used to come to Mingyuefang often, although he is not a very diligent person, but he always has to come to see it one day, if he has something at home, he always has to go to Mingyuefang for two days, and now he has not been here for many days? He seems to have suddenly lost interest in Mingyuefang, and I also sent someone to inquire, but I didn't see him walking around in the back house, not thinking about the relationship, I didn't see him walking around outside, I only saw him in and out of his house on weekdays, and now he only stays in his own house all day, which is not his usual style. ”

"Owner, this ...... What does that mean? ”

"I don't know what he's tinkering with at home, but it must be a valuable thing, I can still be lazy when he stays at home, what kind of cold moon, she was cultivated by Lin Piao, and she was raised by the big shopkeeper and the owner, the people are small and the people are big, the ghosts and elves on weekdays, and they work hard, and a pair of eyes are not staring at their own Mingyue Fang for a moment, but now they don't like to stare at it, and they run to the house for half a day a day, leaving only one Chanjuan in the embroidery building to manage the embroidery work, if it is not for the fact that they can see the silver money, It's impossible to get them so concerned. ”

Zhao Ruofeng has been mixed outside for so many years, and he understands this point too well, after being a businessman, the brand of a businessman is like being burned on the bones, and it is not profitable to say a few words earlier, except for this direction, there will be no other choice.

"They must be thinking of something new, Lin Piao and Hanyue Chanjuan, I don't know whose ghost ideas are more, every time they can come up with some strange tricks, with some poems, but there is also some fun, they are people with their brains turning, this time they must be working hard to think of new ideas."

The brother on the side listened to Zhao Ruofeng's analysis, and after thinking about it, he felt that this was the truth, so he said: "I don't know what new ideas they can come up with, but when they come up with them, we will still use them, and their ideas are not better than our craftsmanship. ”

Zhao Ruofeng shook his head: "Since they are hiding in their own yard to study this thing, I'm afraid they are afraid that they will know, and they don't want us to know what they are thinking about, although I don't know what they are planning, but they have suffered so many losses before, and they will definitely find a way to prevent us this time, otherwise they will only make wedding dresses for us after doing so much work, and people with such a temperament as Lin Piao will definitely not be reconciled." ”

"What then? Owner, are you a little too worried, the so-called soldiers will block the water to cover the earth, but it is just a forest drift, even if he comes up with a great style, is it possible that he can still turn the world upside down with a style? ”

Zhao Ruofeng still shook his head, he was very jealous of Lin Piao.

It's not because of anything else, because the second prince has looked down on Lin Piao, although he has only seen so much kung fu for a moment or two, but he regards Lin Piao as an enemy, a big enemy, and wants to win him, and he has to win beautiful enough.

Otherwise, it is not enough to prove to the second prince that he is the brother who can do the best thing for him in Beijing.

"This matter has to be investigated by someone, to see what Lin Piao is doing, to know yourself and the enemy, you can't just wait for him to figure things out clearly, and come by surprise to catch us off guard."

Lin Piao led the maids to make velvet flowers in the house, because now his yard has become a production line, Lin Piao insisted on not letting everyone move at will, and did not let Shen Hong come over, otherwise every time Shen Hong came over, everyone was either busy serving tea and pouring water, or retreating and avoiding, and most of the time there was no way to produce anything.

Shen Hong was hung by Lin Piao for two days, knowing that he had been resisted in the matter of the embroidery workshop, and now he was thinking of other ways to tide over the difficulties, so he went to look for him less often, but after a few days, Shanzi began to come to Lin Piao's side to invite Lin Piao to eat in Qingzhu Courtyard.

Lin Piao was bored in the courtyard for several days, and when Shanzi came to invite him, he followed him, and walking for a short distance was considered to be active.

Walking into the courtyard and stepping into the house, the food on the table had been set, and Shen Hong was sitting at the table waiting for him.

There were two bowls of rice on the table, Lin Piao stepped forward and sat down, twisting his sore neck, he had been staring at the velvet flower thing every day for the past few days, although he felt that he had not done any physical work, but it may have been a lack of exercise, his body was not moving, his shoulders were a little stiff, and he was sore when he twisted.

"But you're not feeling well?"

"Shoulder pain."

"Let's eat first, and apply a hot compress at night."

Lin Piao nodded, and while eating slowly, he talked about making velvet flowers, not that he wanted to be slow and tidy, he had been worrying about velvet flowers, and he felt that his appetite had weakened.

"Bad appetite today? Is it an unappetizing dish? ”

Lin Piao glanced at the dishes on the table: "No, I like it a lot." ”

Lin Piao's own feeling was not obvious, and when Shen Hong said it, he realized that his meal was half smaller.

"Maybe I've been doing the velvet flower thing, I feel like I've been staying in the yard for the past few days, and I'm sitting behind a small table when I'm busy, or looking around, and I'm not hungry when I move less."

"What about going out for a walk after dinner?"

Shen Hong remembered that when he was in the village in the past, Lin Piao sometimes took advantage of the fact that it was still dark in the evening, and under the pretext that he wanted to go out to find some food, catch a fish and turn over a crab, so he said that he was looking for food for him, and then went out to play for half an hour, and when he came back, he didn't have anything in his hand, only saying that the crab was too small for him to let go.

Later, when he came to the county government, he didn't know how many times he had to run out a day, but he said that he had something to do, and in short, he couldn't be idle.

When I looked back, I saw him, covered in snow-white fur and with both eyes full of alertness, and turned around and ran away.

Lin Piao turned his head to look at him: "Can you go out?" ”

The more prosperous the place they talked about, the more upgraded Shen Hong's identity became, and they had to be careful in their actions, unlike in the countryside, who cares what they do, if there is gossip, just scold and go back, as long as the scolding wins, everything will not worry.

Especially when they just go out for a walk.

"When we went to Shimbashi, we bought two masks and put them on, and no one knew us."

Lin Piao nodded: "Okay, then we'll go out for a walk after dinner." ”

After the two of them had eaten and cleaned up a little, Lin Piao re-combed his hairpin, which was a little scattered, and then went out with Shen Hong.

The two kept a distance between them, and walked together not far and not far together to the new bridge.

Lin Piao looked up at the clouds in the sky: "The sky is good today, the sky has already darkened, but the sky is still blue, from light blue to dark blue." ”

Shen Hong nodded: "The sky in Shangjing is bluer than the sky in the state capital, and I knew a gentleman who knows how to observe clouds, and he said that the clouds in the sky will turn into rain, but the spring and summer winds in Shangjing are strong, and the clouds here cannot stay, and the rain is clouds blowing from other places, so the clouds in the sky are not thick, and you can always see the sky." ”

Lin Piao was surprised: "Really? ”

"That's what Mr. said, and he'll be watching."

Lin Piao laughed: "Then he is clumsy, when a character like you comes to him, didn't he see an auspicious cloud?" ”

Shen Hong nodded, his eyes looked at Lin Piao: "I have seen it, and I am very extraordinary." ”

"That's pretty much it, even if he has eyes."

The two of them walked to Xinqiao, where there were people who set off fireworks, or struck iron flowers in the open space, performed fire-breathing, and played with fire knives, which were the most effective programs at night, because of the concentration of these performances, there were also many people selling lanterns, masks, and sachets and wooden bracelets, and some snacks at night, small wontons, and small food stalls such as boiling rice balls, and there were some roadside stalls pushing wooden carts or carrying flat poles to sell food, selling small baked cakes with meat filling, and donkeys wrapped in soybean flour rolling.

Shen Hong first went to buy two masks, most of which were not good-looking, either fierce and vicious, with green fangs or round heads and round brains, Shen Hong took one at random and chose a slightly better one for Lin Piao, but he had to look at it a little.

Lin Piao looked at the doll mask handed to him, with a round head, round head and round cheeks, and two red lumps on his cheeks, which was simply a funny version of the New Year's doll.

Lin Piao looked at the other one in Shen Hong's hand, with a green face and fangs, looking fierce and vicious, so he had to take this baby face.

The two put on masks, tied the straps behind their heads, and walked into the intertwined flow of people.

Lin Piao looked left and right, and watched as someone bought those snacks, especially the donkey rolling, one by one wrapped in soybean noodles, packed in a small bowl folded into banana leaves, one bowl to two small bamboo slices, the small bamboo slices to the donkey rolling body, lifted up and fell down slightly deformed, but it did not really fall, Lin Piao was greedy.

Lin Piao walked beside Shen Hong, approached him and said, "That donkey is rolling and looking at it, it must be delicious." ”

"Let's taste it."

"But when you're full, it's still glutinous food, how can you eat it."

"One serving for two people is not much."

Lin Piao was successfully persuaded by Shen Hong, and the two walked to the basket where the donkey was rolling, watched the uncle open the lid, took out a small box of folded banana leaves, and then used a spoon to put the donkey that had been prepared and covered under the cotton cloth to keep warm.

This is the first time Lin Piao has eaten this kind of small roadside stall since he came to Beijing, and after coming to Beijing, the flowers have become more and more charming, and the restaurant is more and more stylish, and he has almost forgotten about the roadside stall.

Lin Piao took the donkey and rolled, Shen Hong paid the money, the two continued to walk forward, Lin Piao pushed the mask with his hand, lifted the mask up a little, and then put the food into his mouth from the gap, and couldn't help but sigh.

"It's so soft, how is this made?"

Shen Hong also tasted a piece: "It tastes good." ”

When the two walked into the crowd, Lin Piao found that he still underestimated the amount of food he had, so Shen Hong tasted one, and the rest of the pieces were eaten by him with thick soybean noodles.

Lin Piao looked down at the empty small box of banana leaves, inevitably a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, I ate too little just now, and my appetite will be opened as soon as I go out for a walk." ”

The banana leaves were found a place to throw away the garbage, and the two stopped in front of the iron flowers, there were three of them, all strong men, one was responsible for watching the stove burn iron, one was holding a gong to ask for money, and the other was responsible for hitting the iron flowers against the empty wall in the back, because this project was dangerous, and no one in the vicinity wanted to compete with them, and no one wanted to be next to them, and the three of them occupied a large open space, and the small stalls on both sides were far away.

As long as the money is put into the gong, even if it is only a penny, the man who holds the gong will strike the gong violently, and with the sound of his gong, the fire tree and silver flowers will fall like stars, and bloom behind them.

The man with the gong picked up the silver coin, and struck it three times in a row, and the man who played the iron flower also hit it three times, Lin Piao applauded again and again when he saw the iron flower blooming, and the two watched for a while, then left the crowd and walked towards the front.

Merging into the crowd again, Lin Piao felt that the hand under his sleeve was suddenly grasped, and he looked sideways and met Shen Hongzheng's eyes.

Shen Hong said: "If the mask is not well chosen, it will be all over the street, and if you don't hold you, you won't know if you get lost." ”

Lin Piao felt Shen Hong holding his hand tightly, and didn't say anything, in this crowd of people, under the mask, Shen Hong held his hand and walked outside, it was actually very warm.

At least Shen Hong's hands were warm.

"Let's go ahead and have a look." Shen Hong took him by the hand, a little like a young man, and walked forward with his steps briskly, walked to the shelves selling lanterns, asked for a goldfish lantern, and turned his head to hand it to him after paying for it.

"Give."

Lin Piao rarely saw such a youthful side of him, he was led by one hand, took the lantern with the other, and shook the lantern in front of him, as if showing off.

Shen Hong pushed the goldfish's mouth, and the goldfish swayed along the line, as if roaming in the water.

Lin Piao couldn't help laughing: "You can buy one too, I see that you like this in my hand, lest I be the only one who has it, and you feel unfair in your heart." ”

Shen Hong asked for another goldfish in his hand, and the two goldfish shuttled through the crowd, swaying and shining, and from time to time they stopped in front of the torches and stalls, their bodies dangling, their big round eyes staring slightly ahead, looking at the other goldfish beside them.

The last two goldfish slowly swam out of the crowd, swam into the darkness, walked into the wide alley, entered the mansion, and were hung under the corridor of Shen Hong's courtyard, leaning together affectionately.