Chapter 30: Blow something
Glaring gently, he said with a face full of disbelief: "Why are you still participating if you don't have any hopes?
"It's good to be a participatory. Unfolding the folding fan, Pei Fangwu smiled gracefully: "It's a blessing, it's not a fate." β
So free and easy, what kind of business is it? Isn't it good to travel by boat to the great rivers and mountains? Gently pouted, not appreciating him at all. People are in this competitive arena, and those who say they don't want to fight are either not capable enough, or they are not suitable for this environment, and neither will end well. Now that he has become her partner, even if he wants to make soy sauce, she has to pull him to win a grand prize.
"Just let me do it. She said: "Childe is responsible for buying materials, and he may fail many times, so he needs a lot of things and takes a long time." I'll come over every day for the next few days. β
Others listened casually, and when he heard this last sentence, Pei Fangwu's eyebrows moved slightly, he reached out and touched the tip of his nose, lowered his eyes and smiled: "Okay." β
didn't pay attention to his expression, and Wen Wen wanted to say something, but the person outside had already come to knock on the door: "Childe, Butcher Zhang has arrived." β
"Please come in. β
The door squeaked, and he stretched his neck gently, and saw that Zhang Lao Wu was still wearing a coarse cloth coat and an apron, and came in in with a lot of trepidation and asked, "What is the noble looking for?"
"You don't have to be so formal. Pei Fangwu said with a smile: "This lady has a rich business to do with you." β
Zhang Lao Wu was stunned, quickly glanced at gentleness, and frowned slightly: "The little one who has been killing pigs for so many years, although the business he does is small, he also does his duty, and he doesn't worry about any business that makes a fortune, and he can live in peace." β
That's not right. He smiled gently: "Who thinks that there is more money? Besides, what I'm going to do with you is definitely not a murderous business, it all depends on your ability to eat, it depends on whether you can earn it. β
Butcher Zhang smiled dryly, with some hesitation in his eyes: "Madame, can you talk about it?"
"Simple. "Gentle bow:" It's a blowing job, but this time it's not blowing under the pigskin, it's blowing into a special material. The material is a bit strong, and it takes a lot of skill to blow it out, and you have to cooperate with your hands to pinch it out to make a shape. β
Sounding a little complicated, Zhang Lao Wu frowned: "I'm just a rough person...... Will it work?"
"We can practice for two days. He said gently: "If you can, blow something out in the future, and I will give you a tael of silver." After the workmanship is more skillful, the price can also be increased. β
A tael of silver to blow something! Butcher Zhang was stunned for a moment, and his face turned red with shock: "How can it be so expensive? A tael of silver...... Just blow something?"
"I won't lie to you after all, if you do, the Pei family's signboard is still here, you can smash it." He pointed to the plaque hanging on the partition and said gently: "This one can't always run." β
The person in charge of the Pei family's signboard looked at her innocently and said nothing.
Zhang Lao Wu was hesitating, but he got up with his waist gently, looked at him and said: "But this silver is really not so easy to earn, the more you give, you have to pay more." I have no other requirements, except for making good things, you must also promise not to mention half a word of that thing to outsiders, otherwise, you will have to return all your wages to me, and compensate me another thousand taels. β
One thousand taels! Zhang Lao Wu was startled, thinking that he would not be able to make so much money in his life. However, the premise of what this lady said was that he told people, and if he didn't tell the whistle, then he would naturally not have to pay for the thousand taels.
The room was quiet for a while, and Gentleness didn't urge, looking at him quietly. Pei Fangwu shook his fan, and his eyes fell lightly on the woman opposite, looking at her shrewd appearance like a businessman, he felt inexplicably amused.
"Can you let me try it first?" After a while, Zhang Lao Wu spoke: "If I can do it well, I should do this job so that I can supplement my family." If not...... Then I won't spoil my wife's business. β
"Well said. Nodding gently, "Let's try it now." β
Now? Pei Fangwu glanced at her and frowned slightly: "Your injury?"
"It's okay, I can move. He greeted the butcher twice, and the gentleness was as if he was at home, and he raised his feet generously and walked out.
Pei Fangwu paused, followed out, and when he walked to the door, he saw her greet Liansui and the coachman familiarly, and then turned back to him and said: "Childe doesn't have to go, I'll go back with Butcher Zhang, you first collect and collect materials, the materials marked with dansha on this list are a bit difficult to find, you just try to find it, if you don't have it." β
After taking the list, he opened it and looked at it, and the delicate font, although there were many typos missing strokes, could still be roughly understood.
"I see. With a slight smile, Pei Fangwu put away the list and instructed in a low voice: "You be careful, go early and return early." β
"Good. Gently grinning, he covered his waist and held the hand of the sui and got into the carriage.
Butcher Zhang was cramped for a long time, and then he followed, sat in a proper manner, and waited for the curtain to fall before he said: "Marrying a noble person like Pei Dongjia, why does Madame still use to do business?"
Huh?gentle raised eyebrows: "Did you misunderstand something......?"
"Ma'am. Lian Sui interrupted her and gently squeezed her hand: "You want to make money yourself, our son understands, and outsiders misunderstand, and the son doesn't care." β
What does this mean? He turned his head to look at her suspiciously, and wanted to say softly, she was not Pei Fangwu's daughter-in-law. Last time she broke the jar, there was already a hole in her waist, and this time she came back, will she be cut in half?
"Ma'am. The voice was as light as a mosquito, and Pintae leaned into her ear and whispered: "There is no need to explain so much to him, too much will cause criticism, it is better to make a mistake and it is convenient." β
"Are you sure you won't be discovered by the Xiao family again, and then Xiao Jingtang came and chopped me?" His lips didn't move, and a gentle voice squeezed out from between his teeth: "The peace treaty I just concluded can't be ruined on such a trivial matter." β
"You can rest assured. Lian Sui said: "As far as we know, the slave doesn't say it, and the butcher Zhang doesn't have a chance to say it, if the son knows, he will never blame it, so it's foolproof." β
Pei Fangwu not only won't blame, but may also help cover up. Liansui is a clever girl, she saw it early in the morning, and her master is not simple to this second young grandmother of the Xiao family.
It's a pity that the two are not destined to be together.
It's not that she has any selfish intentions, the people in Xingcheng are very old-fashioned, one wife is not a husband, and remarriage is a matter of breaking the backbone, not to mention that a woman with a husband comes out to do business with other men. This is really just for the good of the second young grandmother of the Xiao family.
"Okay. Gentleness is not much entangled, she is now more concerned with the production of glass bottles.
Because she wanted to do something, Pei Fangwu gave her the entire small porcelain kiln, and the materials were readily available. As soon as he arrived at the place, Gentle didn't have time to take a breath, and took Butcher Zhang to the room next to the porcelain kiln where glass beads were usually made.
Adjust the raw materials, add high temperature to the kiln, gently take the steel clamp to clip out the softened frit, plug in the iron pipe, put the bamboo pipe, and then wrap it with a soft cloth, frowning and saying: "The tool is not fully prepared, you blow it first, can you blow out a small bubble?"
It was very hot in the room, and Butcher Zhang wiped his sweat and looked at the fiery red and hot crystals with surprise on his face, carefully took the tube, and tried to blow hard.
The glass blistered and broke.
Take it back to the kiln and reheat it, gentle and not in a hurry, as if encouraging: "It's very good, but use less force, blow slower, don't let this bubble burst." β
Nodding nervously, Butcher Zhang took the tube again and carefully began to blow.
Gentle took the scissors next to her and watched, seeing that the bubbles came out, so she cut off the excess frit: "Very good, you have succeeded in the first step." β
"What is this?" Butcher Zhang asked curiously, "I've never seen it before." β
"You can't ask. Gentle smile: "Anyway, it's a good thing, come, then try to turn around, pinch this plier in your hand, slowly blow this bubble to the size of the bowl, and try to make the shape of a vase." β
It's easy to say, but it's very difficult for Butcher Zhang to practice, after all, he hasn't done it, he has blown it several times, the iron pipe is hot and cooled, and he finally makes something that can barely be seen.
"One, two, three...... "Gently folded his fingers and counted the number of times Zhang Butcher blew successfully, and said with a smile: "You have succeeded a total of five times today, and if you can see it, I will give you five taels of silver." β
"No need, no need!" waved his hand again and again, Zhang Lao Wu blushed and said: "It's a successful one, it's quite fun, you don't need to charge money." β
"If you do your best, you have to get paid. He directly took five taels of silver and put it in his hand, and said gently and seriously: "I am sincere and want to cooperate with you for a long time, so you don't have to be polite to me, you have to get what you deserve." It's hard and hot, so you have to be patient and come back tomorrow. β
Rubbing his hands, Zhang Lao Wu looked at the five taels of silver, thought for a long time and finally put it into his arms, and then looked gentle and said: "There are no other benefits of doing business with me, just rest assured, since you are so generous, then my fifth child will do his best to meet your requirements, and he will never leak half a sentence." β
"Good. Gently bowed his head and said with a reassuring face: "I believe in you." β
Zhang Lao Wu nodded, seeing that it was not early, and happily went home first after taking the silver. Standing at the door of the porcelain kiln gently, looking at his back, he turned his head and said to the leader next to him: "Let people find a way to get clichΓ©s from his mouth and see if his mouth is solid." β
"Madame has thought it through. Rapid nodded: "The slave will go find someone to do it, you go back to the house first." β
"Hmm. β
said that she believed it, but in the end she was a stranger, and she was not stunned by people as soon as she came up, so she had to be cautious.
"Second young grandmother. β
As soon as the carriage stopped at the back door of Xiao's mansion, and before Wen Rou got out of the car, he heard the familiar voice of Steward Xiao: "The slave has something to tell the young grandmother." β