Dressed as a blacksmith

"Look, you made this, this, and here yesterday."

As soon as Qiao Yuan woke up, he pointed to the red mark on his shoulder and neck to settle accounts with Yu Dameng. Yu Dameng's eyes were a little hot again. Hurry up and get up and work!"

Yesterday, Qiao Yuan tried his best to coax Yu Dameng for a long time before he barely stopped the car.Today, he formally and righteously warned him not to do that thing until he recovered his health. How could he think that Yu Dameng was drunk and out of shape, completely unable to remember what he had done, with a dazed expression on his face.But Qiao Yuan was so angry that he was always shouting and drinking around, very angry.

How dare Yu Dameng have any complaints, Fu Lang will do whatever he says.

Today's vegetable pancakes can't be sold. It's late, and Qiao Yuan will prepare a venue that only sells pancakes.

Father Yu and Yu Dameng were rushing to catch up on the goods in the front shop. In the past few days, many people have come to make appointments for silk graters and paring knives, and it will take a while to finish the work.Sure enough, as he expected, other iron shops also began to sell these two items. Those who couldn’t wait naturally bought them elsewhere. Of course, these people later found that the ones bought from other iron shops were not as durable as Yu’s, and they regretted it a lot. I won't mention it here.

In the afternoon, Qiao Yuan was busy in the backyard when he was suddenly called to the front shop by Yu Dameng.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Yuan asked.

"Someone ordered a batch of graters and paring knives here, and said he wanted to talk to you about business."

Qiao Yuan's eyes lit up, money!The pace couldn't help but quicken.

When I got to the front shop, I saw that the visitor seemed familiar.

The man cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Yu Fulang still remembers me. I'm Li Yongchang. I'm the manager of the guest building that is about to open. At the wedding banquet in Xianhe Village that day, I asked you if you could make other patterns."

Qiao Yuan saluted him back, no wonder he looked so familiar, he nodded and said, "So it's Manager Li, I've seen it."

Li Yongchang explained the purpose of coming: "At the wedding banquet that day, I saw that the flower bun was very exquisite. It coincided with the opening of the restaurant. I wanted to order a celebration, and let the guests take a look at it."

He asked again: "I don't know if Yu Fulang has a pattern?"

Originally, this business was not opened for a long time, and the money in his hand was not too much, so Qiao Yuan didn't bet the capital. Now he can only apologize: "Thanks to the manager for reminding me, I didn't think of it. I don't know when it will open? I will hurry up." Make a pattern."

Li Yongchang said: "On September [-]th, the day of the Qiushe Temple Fair. After Yu Fulang has finished making the design, just go to the guest building to find me. I hope it will be soon."

The Autumn Society is a folk tradition, held after the farming is completely over, to celebrate the harvest.There is no curfew on this day, and everyone can take to the streets to celebrate the festival, and the grand occasion can be imagined.

How did Qiao Yuan, a modern person, know that this custom still exists? After Li Yongchang left, he said to Yu Dameng: "There are still temple fairs?"

Yu Dameng naturally knew why he didn't know, so he explained it to him.Father Yu only thought that Brother Yuan was too much detained at Qiao's house before, and he didn't even know about the Qiu Club that existed every year, so he had to tell Cui Fen to take good care of the child when he went back.

After Qiao Yuan figured out what happened to Qiushe, he was even happier. The day was well chosen, and there were so many people!And he still has ten days to prepare.He was so happy that he wanted to hug Yu Dameng at the moment, but since Father Yu was still there, he could only hold back, "This is a fat sheep, I must kill him for some meat!"

Yu Dameng didn't know why, but Qiao Yuan was happy and he was happy too, so he nodded cheerfully.

Qiao Yuan secretly squeezed his hand with a smile.

The most urgent task is to find a painter as soon as possible, Yu Dameng said: "Brother used to have classmates who were good at painting."

This proposal was rejected by Qiao Yuan, "He is a scholar, if you ask him to draw landscape paintings and figures, he may agree to you. If you ask him to paint and eat, he will drive us out angrily."

Yu Dameng thought so too.

Qiao Yuan thought for a moment, came up with an idea, took Yu Dameng's hand and went out, "Let's find the painter of the picture book!"

The two spent money in the study, and only then did they find out from the clerk an artist who usually does illustrations for story books, surnamed Qian and Mingyun.

Painter Qian Yun is very talkative, and he can do things with money.Qiao Yuan communicated with him and asked him to draw a picture to celebrate the opening of the restaurant first.The opening of the restaurant is mainly about style. According to Qiao Yuan's idea, he intends to make a super multi-layered layered shape, and he can also take down each small flower bun separately. If the restaurant is willing, it is estimated that the food will be shared with the guests on the same day. It will be very good response.

However, this is only his own idea, Laikelou may not choose, so Qiao Yuan thought of several other plans, and told Qian Yun, "If painter Qian has an idea, he can draw it. But I am When making food, I hope that painter Qian must pay attention to the use of colors, and focus on the colors that we can easily obtain every day."

Qiao Yuan gave him an example, for example, purple can be obtained from purple potatoes, and green can be obtained from green vegetables.Qian Yun is very smart, he can draw inferences and tell other things in an instant, and he knows what he knows.

He was very interested in this, not only surprised at Qiao Yuan's strange idea, but also curious about how it was made by hand.

Qiao Yuan said in a timely manner: "The restaurant congratulatory pictures are just the beginning. If this can be done, there will be wedding congratulatory pictures, birthday congratulatory pictures, birthday congratulatory pictures, etc. I hope that the painter Qian will put a lot of effort into making them as soon as possible."

When Qian Yun heard this, he was a good customer, and he hurriedly cupped his hands and assured Yu Dameng and Qiao Yuan: "Brother Yu, Yu Fulang, please rest assured, I will do my best in this matter!"

He asked Qiao Yuan a few more questions, and Qiao Yuan paid him a deposit of [-] yuan, and the final payment would depend on Qiao Yuan's satisfaction with the drawings he handed over, so the matter was settled.

Yu Dameng habitually took Qiao Yuan's hand and left. The two of them walked out of the alley slowly, when Qiao Yuan saw the hurried figure of his uncle Qiao Guangzhi.

The fire of gossip in Qiao Yuan's heart suddenly blazed, and he secretly pulled Yu Dameng to hide in the corner and stared at Qiao Guangzhi. He stopped at the door of a house and knocked on the door three times. The person who opened the door was a beautifully dressed man woman.

Could it be that he bumped into the scene where Qiao Guangzhi cheated?

Qiao Yuan asked his sister-in-law who was passing by nearby.

The sister-in-law looked at Yu Dameng next to him, pulled Qiao Yuan aside and said to him secretly: "You have to watch out for your man! That house is not a decent one!"

Qiao Yuan said seriously: "How do you say?"

"That's a skin business, prostitute!"

Qiao Yuan was so shocked by the thunder, he didn't expect Qiao Guangzhi to be so kind.

The sister-in-law said again: "Don't take it seriously, there are a lot of men in this area going to that house, men are bad embryos, you have to be tight."

Qiao Yuan subconsciously defended: "My husband won't do this."

"Ham, men are fine when they first get married. Who can say for sure what will happen in the next ten or eight years. You can't just look at the present, anyway, you should pay attention."

Qiao Yuan thanked the sister-in-law politely.

Seeing her leaving, Yu Dameng quickly approached Qiao Yuan and asked nervously, "What did she tell you? Why is she still carrying me behind her back?"

Qiao Yuan chuckled, and told Yu Dameng exactly what the sister-in-law told him just now.

Upon hearing this, Yu Dameng hurriedly said, "I won't do that."

"It's okay if you have the guts? If you dare, I'll cut off your big baby and feed it to the dogs!"

Yu Dameng understood what the big baby meant, and immediately blushed, held back for a long time, and finally muttered, "I won't do that."

Qiao Yuan was overjoyed, grabbed his hand, and coaxed: "Okay, okay, I got it. Go home, let's go home."

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Qian Yun was very efficient, and came to the door the next afternoon with the drawing in hand.

As expected of a professional painter, Qiao Yuan was very satisfied with both manufacturability and color structure. Qian Yun also carefully bound it into a booklet, which is exquisite and beautiful.

Qiao Yuan readily settled the remaining [-] Wen for him, a total of [-] patterns, calculated as [-] Wen per piece.This is because the color matching of the pattern Qiao Yuan wants to draw is not very complicated, and the painting is relatively small, using less paint.If others make large paintings, they will charge a lot of money, and they have to bring their own paints.

After Qian Yun left, while the shop was not busy, Qiao Yuan took the picture album and went to the guest building with Yu Dameng.

The visitor building has three floors, and the gate building is very impressive from the outside. Qiao Yuan said to Yu Dameng proudly: "We will come here to eat when we make money later."

Yu Dameng naturally answered him for everything.

The person who entertained him was Manager Li who went to the shop that day, and the chubby shopkeeper Wang of the restaurant also joined in the fun. The two of them looked at the ten pictures over and over again, and they were completely dazzled by the selection. They only thought that any one was good.

Seeing this, Qiao Yuan hurriedly sold the layered one to them, "I personally recommend this one. It looks small in the painting, but it has fifteen floors and is about four and a half feet high. It must be very attractive outside the restaurant. eye-catching. Moreover, each of the little flower buns on it can be taken off individually, and can be given to guests at that time, which will definitely have a good effect."

Manager Li and shopkeeper Wang heard this, it's wonderful!If it can be done, no one will remember the opening of Lai Kelou in the next few decades.

Qiao Yuan then pointed to the two patterns and said: "There are also these two flower baskets, made into a pair, mixed with some real flowers, and placed on both sides of this layered flower bun is also a scene."

"There are also these twelve zodiac signs. I can make some on the opening day. According to the zodiac signs, I will give them to the first few dozen guest officials who enter the store, or to the guest officials who spent more than a certain amount of money on the day."

Manager Li and shopkeeper Wang were both taken aback, but after careful consideration, they felt that his idea was a good one. Shopkeeper Wang asked a question that everyone was most concerned about, "Yu Fulang, do you know the price?"

"Layered flower buns cost 100 taels, the two basket-shaped ones cost [-] taels each, and the twelve zodiac signs cost [-] taels each."

Li Guanshi was shocked: "It's too expensive!"

"This cake has fifteen layers. It is estimated that more than 2000 flower buns need to be pinched, and you have to go to the carpenter to order a wooden frame to fix it! If you think it is expensive, you can reduce the number of layers."

What he wants to do with this flower bun is the business of landlords and officials. If it is too cheap, no one will even look at it, and the price must not be lowered.

Li Guanshi looked at the album again, and sighed, "Yu Fulang really made me worry."

Shopkeeper Wang smiled, picked up the album, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Brother Yu and Fulang Yu, sit down for a while, the owner happens to be here to test dishes today, I'll go up and ask."

Qiao Yuan knew in his heart that the shopkeeper Wang of this restaurant was older than Steward Li.

After a while, he came back and said: "My master wants to meet you two, I wonder if you two would like to?"

Qiao Yuan nodded in agreement, and followed him to the second floor.

The shopkeeper Wang was talking about was actually a brother. He looked very good-looking, but he looked cold, and there was a little melancholy between his brows. Looking at his clothes, Qiao Yuan knew that this person should be either rich or noble.

Seeing them coming, the brother put down the album in his hand, "My little brother's idea is very novel."

Qiao Yuan bowed his hands modestly, "I dare not be that."

The brother smiled lightly, and said in a warm voice: "Little brother, you don't need to be self-effacing. I said this not only because of this flower bun. However, I want to see the finished product first. Can you try to make one first?"

Qiao Yuan agreed, and shopkeeper Wang led him and Yu Dameng to the back kitchen of the restaurant.

After thinking about it for a while, Qiao Yuan planned to make a pair of beckoning cats, smiling and responding to the occasion, so that the owner who was full of melancholy could look happy.

The main color scheme is white, supplemented by red, black and golden yellow.The back kitchen of this restaurant is very rich in ingredients. Qiao Yuan found a little milk and added it to make it taste better.

I saw his movements like flowing clouds and flowing water as he raised the knife and dropped it.Before others could see how he moved, the image of the kitten appeared, sitting obediently, smiling and holding up a paw, holding a big golden ingot on the paw, on which was written "" Lucky."Suddenly it is cute, and the people in the back kitchen are amazed.

Qiao Yuan copied "Jinbao" perfectly and symmetrically according to "Zhaocai".

Shopkeeper Wang was overjoyed, and said repeatedly, "My boss must be happy to see it."

Qiao Yuan could tell that the chubby shopkeeper Wang was not short of money at all, and he was probably just looking for some exotic items to make the shopkeeper happy.

As soon as the work was completed, shopkeeper Wang happily ordered the pair of lucky cats to be sent upstairs.

The brother smiled when he saw it, touched the pair of lucky cats, and exclaimed, "It's so cute."

Seeing him smile, Qiao Yuan also rolled his eyes, "This is called the Lucky Cat. If you like it, you can have a pair of porcelain ones fired, and it will be festive to put them on the counter."

The brother nodded, and suddenly said to Qiao Yuan: "My name is Pei Yi, I should be a few years older than you."

Qiao Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and bowed to Pei Hui, "Young Master Pei, little brother Qiao Yuan."

After speaking, he pointed to Yu Dameng and introduced: "This is my husband, Yu Dameng."

Yu Dameng was still in a daze, Qiao Yuan pinched him, Yu Dameng reacted and bowed his hands and called out.

Seeing the interaction between the two of them, Pei Yi found it funny, and became a little gentler, gossiping: "When did you get married?"

"August this year."

Pei Yi asked again: "Have you met before marriage?"

Qiao Yuan replied: "Blind marriage and dumb marriage."

This time Pei Yi was really shocked, he said: "I... I think you and Brother Dameng seem to have been married for a long time."

Qiao Yuan touched his nose in embarrassment, as if he and Yu Dameng hadn't known each other for long.The relationship can progress so fast, alas, it's all his fault for being too proactive, how could He De, a big fool like Yu Dameng, marry him.

Pei Yi chatted a few more gossips with them, always seemed to have something to ask him, but when shopkeeper Wang came with the money, he completely shut up.

"Brother Yu, Yu Fulang, just now I discussed with Guanshi Li, we will order five of each of the twelve zodiac signs, so the total silver is 120 six taels, and I will pay you 66 taels of silver first. The other ten taels are considered Today's money for the lucky cats."

Qiao Yuan accepted the 66 taels of fixed silver, but he refused to accept the other ten taels, "The reason why I chose to make this pair of lucky cats today is to reassure Brother Pei, and they are made from the ingredients of the back kitchen of the restaurant. There is no reason to charge money.”

Shopkeeper Wang glanced at Pei Yi, Pei Yi nodded, and he took back the ten taels of silver, "Yu Fulang Gao Yi."

After signing the contract, Yu Dameng and Qiao Yuan left.

Pei Yi stood by the window, staring at the backs of the two walking hand in hand in a daze.

Shopkeeper Wang stepped forward and asked, "My lord, do you want to do this business?"

Pei Yi withdrew his gaze and nodded faintly: "Let's observe for a while."

After finishing speaking, he remembered the matter that was haunting his mind again, and a faint melancholy rose between his brows again.