Double Life: The Long Road to Chasing Your Wife

"I didn't expect Su Yi that you could cook. They say that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen for fear of affecting his luck. Su Yi, aren't you afraid of affecting your career? If your colleagues find out in the future, you will be ridiculed." Shi Jingke looked at Su Yi , a kind reminder.

"Uncle is joking, Su Yi is just a husband and a brother. Originally, Shu'er was wronged enough to marry me. It's my duty to help Shu'er with some housework. In my opinion, a gentleman who is far away from the kitchen is just someone who wants to be lazy. Lies concocted by men, for a family to be truly happy requires men’s active contributions.”

Mrs. Shi gave Shi Jingke a roll of her eyes at this time.

"Your uncle has never cooked before. We are so lucky to have met you. Unlike your uncle, who stays in the study after morning and afternoon, and never interferes with family affairs."

Lin Shu kicked Su Yi, and Su Yi also realized that she had made a slip of the tongue. Didn't she mean that Shi Jingke was lazy when she said that just now?

"Uncle and aunt, don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else."

"Okay, I understand what you mean, but I don't ask your uncle to help the family. He just needs to survive in peace until he retires and returns home."

A few people changed the topic, and after eating, Mother Lin cleared the table. Su Yi and Lin Shu took Shi Jingke and Mrs. Shi to Chen's Blacksmith Shop on Qian Street.

"Master Chen, is Master Chen at home?" Lin Shu knocked on the door of Blacksmith Chen's house and shouted.

A rough man's voice came from inside the room.

"Who is it! Come in, I'm forging iron in the house."

Lin Shu and others pushed open the door of Tiejiang Chen's house and saw a large stove inside, with charcoal fire burning wantonly.

Two men were naked from the waist up. One was putting a red iron block in his hand. The iron block made a sizzling sound in the water. The other man picked up the sleeves around his waist, wiped the sweat from his face, and took a look. Lin Shu.

"It's Mrs. Su! Are there any other tools you need to make when you come to see me today?"

"Master Chen, do you still remember the food box I asked you to help make with silver the day before yesterday?"

"Remember, that was the first time in my life that I saw so much silver!" As Tiejiang Chen spoke, he scooped up a ladle of water from the water jar with an iron ladle and began to drink it in big gulps.

Seeing that Chen Tiejiang still remembered, Lin Shu felt relieved instantly.

"Master Chen, my uncle's colleagues also liked it when they saw it. They want to make the same thing out of iron. I wonder how long it will take? How to determine the price?"

"Depending on the size plus the crafting fee, it's only fifty cents each."

When she heard that an iron food box cost fifty cents, Mrs. Shi gave Shi Jingke a look. One tael of silver is equal to one thousand cents, and two hundred can be made. How could he deceive his colleagues like this? However, Shi Jingke never took care of the money. Naturally, I don't know what the prices are like outside.

Birds of a feather flock together, and now it seems that the few people who asked Shi Jingke to help make iron may be the same as Shi Jingke. They don't know the market prices. Otherwise, how could they spend ten taels of silver to build an iron box.

"Master Chen, we need eight in total, one gold, one silver, and the other six iron..."

Before Lin Shu finished speaking, Tiejiang Chen choked anxiously.

"Mrs. Su, one gold and one silver?"

"Yes, I want it tomorrow morning, the price is easy to negotiate." Mrs. Shi promptly replied to Blacksmith Chen.

"Boss, hurry up and bring some benches for these distinguished guests." Tiejiang Chen asked his eldest son to get the benches. Boss Chen was also very discerning. He also used clean bowls to pour four bowls of water for Mr. and Mrs. Shi Jingke and Mr. Su Yi. .

Mrs. Shi signaled Shi Jingke to take out the gold and silver and imitated Lin Shu's instructions.

"Master Chen, can you tell me how long it will take and the price? We have to take it back tonight. We need it urgently tomorrow morning."

"This lady..."

"My uncle's surname is Shi, and this is my aunt." Lin Shu introduced.

"Oh! Mrs. Shi, six iron ones cost fifty cents each, so a total of three hundred cents is needed. As for the gold and silver you brought yourself, according to Mrs. Su's previous price, you only need one ten cents for the craftsmanship. You pay I have 320 articles.”

Seeing that Tiejiang Chen did not take advantage of the situation and was an honest man, Mrs. Shi said:

"We are in urgent need. Seeing that you have other work in hand, I will give you a tael of silver and ask you two masters to start working immediately. Can it be convenient?"

"Okay, okay." Boss Chen replied excitedly next to him. After all, even if Boss Chen and his father kept working, it would be difficult to earn one tael of silver a month. After all, their home was a small iron shop, and they usually only came to Ordinary people.

"Shut up, I haven't said anything yet." Master Chen kicked his son.

"Mrs. Shi, you gave too much, I...I..."

"No need to worry, you can open the door for business, we are also anxious to do it, and we sincerely hope to do a good job tonight."

After receiving Mrs. Shi's affirmative tone, Tiejiang Chen and Boss Chen began to work.

"Guys, please wait a moment. It will take about three or four hours. If you can't wait, you can leave your address and we will type it up and send it to you."

"It's okay. Our home is in the west of the city, which is a bit far away. We will wait here and won't disturb you."

After Mrs. Shi finished speaking, she sat down, picked up the water that Boss Chen had poured, and started drinking.

Shi Jingke did not forget to remind Chen Tiejiang that gold food boxes are larger than silver food boxes, which is what King Xian specially ordered.

For three hours, the four of them sat by the iron shop chatting, because Mrs. Shi was not familiar with Blacksmith Chen and was afraid that Blacksmith Chen and the others would run away with the gold and silver. After all, this was a huge problem for Blacksmith Chen’s family. The temptation, if Shi Jingke ran away with him, it would be hard for Shi Jingke to deal with Xiao Yan and the King Xian.

"Mrs. Shi, I have kept you waiting for a long time. Do you think you are satisfied with it? If not, we can rework it now."

Su Yi took a few food boxes and filled them with water as he did last time. After making sure that the lids were closed and they wouldn't leak easily, he wiped them dry with a handkerchief and handed them to Shi Jingke and his wife.

"Uncle and aunt, it's almost done."

"Thank you, Master Chen." Mrs. Shi put the silver in Blacksmith Chen's hand.

Tiejiang Chen's eyes widened.

"Mrs. Shi, the one tael of silver we just talked about is already a lot. What do you mean by giving me ten more coins? We can't charge any more."

"Take it! If we open a store and need to make equipment or something, we will come to your house again. Just accept it! We can also discuss other business in the future."

Tiejiang Chen made a hand-over-hand gesture with Boss Chen.

"We would like to thank Mrs. Shi for your trust!"

Shi Jingke and his wife took a carriage back directly from Chen Blacksmith's Shop, while Su Yi and his wife walked back. After all, it was only a few steps back.

"Su Yi, Shu'er, I will educate your uncle when I get back. If you don't go to court properly, you will cause trouble for the family! Let's leave first."

"Madam, I also want to make some money to support my family."

"Tomorrow I'll return the money to a few other people. I'll charge a maximum of five cents as a hard-earned fee. What if they find out that they're trying to catch you?"

Shi Jingke sighed. He had never come across one before and didn't know that one made of iron could be so cheap.

So along the way, Shi Jingke was scolded by Mrs. Shi.