Chapter 285 Mother-of-pearl craftsmanship that can sell for a lot of money
Another seven or eight days later, Zhuangzi quickly produced more than two hundred stones of white sugar.
Yang Fu also sent a message back, saying that he had prepared a lot of silk and satin porcelain, a box of decorations, and a velvet flower fan. In addition to his own boat, which can be filled with three boats, Huo Xi decided to go to Songjiang again.
Thinking about the Mid-Autumn Festival in two days, I hesitated.
Yang said: "Our family is together, why can't we celebrate the festival? Why waste two days."
Huo Erhuai also said: "Last time, that fan was very talkative. It's better to be familiar with him than to be a stranger. Let's look for him. What if he returns to China after a delay of two days?"
Mr. Yang nodded as soon as she heard it: "That's right, go earlier and return earlier. Nian'er's vacation has been postponed once, and I have to go back to the school after fifteen."
It was only then that Huo Xi remembered that she was so busy that she forgot about that brat.
The holidays are over, I was going to send him back to the school, but there are three days off during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I didn’t send him there, and the family was busy, so I went to extend the vacation for him.
Recalling the kid who was playing crazy on Zhuangzi, he decided: "Mother, let's go back to the city and go after the Mid-Autumn Festival. You and Nian'er won't go with us this time."
"Ah, mother didn't go with you?"
Huo Xi nodded: "Mother is going to commemorate the son alone in the capital, and he has to cry again. And the Double Ninth Festival is coming soon. Mother stays in the capital, so I can collect some crabs. Let's make more bald butter this year. I want Give people presents."
Now the family does not lack the income of bald butter, but it still makes a lot every year. Most of them are used as gifts, and I will sell some if I can’t finish them at home.
Mrs. Yang nodded: "Okay, that mother and Nian'er stay here. Mother is not worried about him staying in the capital alone. Last time I went to Huzhou, we didn't take him with me. He was wronged. Whenever mother thinks of him like that, she feels distressed. Thinking about taking him to Songjiang this time."
"He has been playing like crazy during this period of time. Every day in Zhuangzi he is either fishing or climbing up trees. His heart is playing wild, so don't let him follow him."
"All right, mother stay and watch him write big characters."
In Zhuangzi, Huo Nian led Bao Kang and a group of boys around to fish and stick to him. He didn't know that his sister was going to bridle him again.
Holding a net bag, riding on Bao Kang's neck and stretching out his arms to catch Cicada on the tree.
"Higher, higher, higher..."
"Wow, I caught it! I'll bake it and eat it later, it's delicious!" The tenant boys clapped their hands and applauded.
Huo Nian had never eaten Zhizhi, and swallowed: "Is this edible?"
"Yes, it's delicious!"
"Okay, let's bake it later and try it."
"It's even more delicious when it's fried in oil! It's crunchy. If it can be fried in flour, it's even more delicious!"
"Then I will go home and ask my mother for flour and oil. Let's look for more..."
Yang has always been responsive to Huo Nian's requests. Pi Xiaozi took the oil and flour, and took Bao Kang outside to bake it for a while. After eating a few, he felt that it was not as delicious as they said, so he took Bao Kang home.
When he got home and heard that his sister would not take him to Songjiang, he burst into tears.
"Why are you crying? Don't you go to the school?" Huo Xi glared at him.
Huo Nian sniffled: "I want to go to Songjiang with you."
Yang coaxed him: "Mother won't go, mother will stay at home with Nianer, okay? We Nianer will stay and study, Fang Qi and the others have all returned to the school, if you don't come back, you won't be able to keep up, everyone Are you not kidding me?"
Huo Nian was afraid of being laughed at by his classmates, so he wanted to go to Songjiang with him: "Let's go to Songjiang with my father and sister to sell goods, save money to buy fields, and collect rent. I can fish with my father and sell fish like before."
"no!"
Pitboy, I just want to be lazy. When I was young, I didn't study or go to school. I just thought about fishing and saving money to buy land and collect rent.
As far back as I can remember, life at home has been better, and he hasn’t been hungry.
Huo Nian looked at her aggrievedly, with tears still on his eyelashes.
Huo Xi didn't soften his heart, and didn't try to coax him. He thought in his heart that when he came back from Songjiang, he would take him to experience the hardships of life, which made him always think of being lazy, thinking that everything was hard by reciting big characters.
The next day, Huo Nian reluctantly bid farewell to his friends on Zhuangzi, boarded the boat, and followed his family back to the city.
Back to the city, Huo Xi asked Yang Fu and shopkeeper Shen to take people to load the goods on board.
She took Yang and others back to Qionghua Lane.
When Yang and the others saw Lou Qingyao, they had a conversation with her, and they liked her daughter Xiaonuan very much. They all sympathized with her experience and reassured her.
Since Lou Qingyao and her daughter arrived at Qionghua Lane, there are many smiles on their faces, and they seem to be alive again.
Someone helped her take care of her little daughter, and Grandpa Zou could still help her with some chores. She didn't even have to worry about three meals a day, and was only busy with the chores in hand.
And the little girl was taken for a walk in the alley by Aunt Zou, and was liked by a group of old ladies, little girls, aunts and aunts, and went home with a bunch of snacks every day.
Yyeye whispered to Lou Qingyao that she liked living here.
Lou Qingyao took her daughter to live in peace of mind. I followed Yang Fu around the city for a few laps, and bought a lot of beautifully crafted storage boxes and accessories, which opened up my mind and gave me more inspiration.
Huo Xi has seen the savings box she and Yang Fu bought, and is very satisfied. There are quite a few that are not as good as the dozen or so made by Lou Qingyao.
Huo Xi encouraged her: "You can ask Grandpa Zou to do some chores for you, and Grandma Zou will also help you with things in life. If you need anything, just tell us, or let shopkeeper Shen buy it for you .Try to use some good materials, don’t ask for more, we only make high-quality goods.”
"Don't worry, my boss. I'll save it. I've already told the two shopkeepers to help buy some good wood, and collect some conch and seashells. Then Grandpa Zou will help me grind the materials, so I can be faster. "
Huo Xi nodded: "If you need help, just ask for it. You can get someone to help you with grinding, polishing and cutting."
Lou Qingyao nodded in response: "After a few days shopkeeper Shen comes back from buying materials for me, I will ask two helpers."
Huo Xi originally wanted to buy two servants for her to use, or let her bring two more apprentices out, but she was afraid that she would think too much, so she pressed the button.
Follow her and watch her work these days.
In the past few days, she mainly made saving boxes. It seemed that there were two different crafts, so she picked up two different boxes and took a closer look.
"Does the owner prefer this kind of floating or flat embedding?"
Floating embedding and flat embedding Huo Xi still understands.
Floating inlay means that mother-of-pearl is inlaid on the surface of the utensil, slightly higher than the surface of the utensil, and the overall look is slightly undulating. The flat inlay is the integration of the inlaid mother-of-pearl and the utensils.
The floating embedding has a three-dimensional effect, and the flat embedding is integrated into one, with distinct changes. a.
"It's all very beautiful. It doesn't have to be made into storage boxes, such as combs, bronze mirrors, musical instruments, and fan handles...Nowadays, there are many literati and scholars in the capital. If some mother-of-pearl is inlaid on the fan handles and musical instruments, it will also look good. Yes, there are also characteristics. The nobles like to be different, you can think more about this aspect."
Huo Xi's words were like enlightenment to Lou Qingyao.
Sure enough, I am still immersed in my own creation, too confident in my own craftsmanship, and also trapped in my own craftsmanship. It's a bit of a spectator.
"Thank you for your advice. I will try to make more different things."
"Okay, think about it more."
After watching Lou Qingyao's production, Huo Xi thought that tomorrow would be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and that he would invite his family and Shen Qianzhong, who he knew well, together, so that everyone could celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival lively. Came to find her.
(end of this chapter)