Shopkeeper Zhu walked out quickly, the flesh on his body trembling, and the smile on his face reminded Lin Yuanqiu of the time when there was Fucheng in the town. At that time, shopkeepers Hu and Xiao Hu, He also greeted him with such enthusiasm.
This gave Lin Yuanqiu an idea, thinking that none of his paintings should be left, all of them had been sold out.
He didn't write ink either, and he had to buy fans for his sisters later, so after going to the inner hall, Lin Yuanqiu neatly opened the book box, took out all the rolled paintings, and then put them in front of shopkeeper Zhu. Hand it over, "Shopkeeper, please check and see if there is anything wrong with it."
This was a necessary procedure, so shopkeeper Zhu was not polite. After opening the paintings, he spread them out on the table and looked at them one by one.
After waiting for almost a quarter of an hour, Shopkeeper Zhu rerolled the paintings one by one. He had nothing to say except praise.
After viewing the paintings, the next step is to settle the money. Shopkeeper Zhu first returned the deposit to Lin Yuanqiu, and then settled the bill.
Six paintings, priced at eighty taels each, totaling forty-eight taels of silver.
Shopkeeper Zhu first took two twenty-tael silver notes, and then eight small silver ingots of one tael.
When Lin Yuanqiu collected the banknotes and money and put the new order materials into the book box, he felt a little regretful.
As for what he regretted, of course if he had known there were so many orders, he should have bought the things he wanted to buy first. Otherwise, carrying a heavy book box around would definitely be tiring.
Lin Yuanqiu really didn't expect that there were so many orders for Bodhisattva paintings this time. In just twenty days, there were actually more than a dozen paintings.
However, in ancient times when people generally practiced Buddhism, it was normal for the sales of Bodhisattva portraits to be high.
After saying goodbye to shopkeeper Zhu, Lin Yuanqiu headed to Dingsheng Street carrying the book box on his back.
There are several fragrant powder shops open on this street, and they also sell flowers and fans. The double-sided embroidered fans that Lin Yuanqiu saw last time were in those shops.
Lin Yuanqiu counted the number of bouquets to buy as he walked. Chunyan and Chuncao would definitely buy them, as well as Qing'er and Ying'er. These two little girls are cute and beautiful, so naturally they are indispensable.
As for the fans, Lin Yuanqiu planned to buy one for all the women in the family. The double-sided embroidered fans in the capital had many more patterns than other places. Buying them back would make everyone happy.
As for his nephews, Lin Yuanqiu had already thought about it. He planned to buy a nine-link ring for each of them. This kind of toy is not only educational, but also exercises the flexibility of the fingers. It is very suitable for children to play with.
Once you have planned in your mind what you want to buy, the shopping will naturally go faster.
Except when choosing a fan, it takes some time to distinguish the colors for each person. For other things like flower heads and nine-ring rings, just count the quantities and let the shopkeeper settle the money.
After putting all the things he bought into the bookcase, Lin Yuanqiu walked back, but when passing by Miaoqian Street, which specializes in miscellaneous items, Lin Yuanqiu specially bought a pair of palm beads for Lao Lintou, which were made of Xiu jade.
Palm beads are used for playing in the hands. Older people use them to activate the meridians, which is good for maintaining health.
It is said that it is easier to spend money than to make money. Although it is not difficult for Lin Yuanqiu to make money, there is no doubt that he spends money quickly. After only one hour, eight taels of silver soon left dozens of coins.
When I returned to the Imperial College, it was almost the end of the Shen Dynasty. After going to the canteen for dinner, Lin Yuanqiu returned to the dormitory, and then started busy painting.
Although more than a dozen paintings looked like a lot, it was not difficult for Lin Yuanqiu, who was accustomed to painting.
No, by the fourth day, he had finished all the paintings for the order.
Seeing that there was still a lot of leftover paint from the smudged paint, Lin Yuanqiu used it to draw a few freehand landscapes based on the principle of not wasting it, and then added verses at the signature.
Perhaps because he practiced a lot on weekdays, Lin Yuanqiu found that his poetry writing level had improved a lot compared to his previous life. It would be no exaggeration to say that his poetry writing skills were perfect.
Just like this, facing this beautiful landscape like a paradise, Lin Yuanqiu only thought about it for a moment, then dipped his pen in ink and quickly wrote a seven-character quatrain: The wind and the mist are sweeping over the cloud ladder, the green valley is quiet and green. Smoke curls from the kitchen. The unworthy flowers compete for beauty, and the study room made of mud and tiles has grass and Zen clothes.
Lin Yuanqiu specially used regular script for the poems written on the paintings. He had never written in this type of font in front of others, so no one would recognize that these were his calligraphy and paintings.
After writing the poem, the next step is to print the name seal and leisure seal at the signature.
Lin Yuanqiu now has more than one free seal. After arriving in the capital, he went to a seal shop to carve several more, so that he would have a variety of choices when sealing paintings.
Finally, after Lin Yuanqiu put all the paintings into the book box, he began to sort out the inkstone and picked out some of the good materials, preparing to give one piece to each of his nieces and nephews at home.
As for the rest, it seems that we have to do the same as before in Fucheng. We have to ask Shopkeeper Zhu if he can accept them at his shop.
In fact, Lin Yuanqiu had another idea in mind, that is, it would be better to open a shop by himself to sell these inkstones.
The reason for such a plan is that there will be more and more inkstones in the future. Just like this time, after completing the order, more than a dozen more inkstones came out.
The most important point is that Shopkeeper Zhu is different from Shopkeeper Hu. Shopkeeper Zhu does not have any other brothers who have opened a bookstore. If he really collects second-hand inkstones, he might not even have a chance to resell them. The inkstones are not easy to sell, and then they will be sold. The price has to be reduced, and the price reduction means that the price he sells to Shopkeeper Zhu will also have to be lowered. If this is the case, then it will be too uneconomical for him.
Therefore, Lin Yuanqiu still thinks it is best to open his own shop.
As for the shopkeepers and clerks who look after the shop, he can spend money to hire them.
However, Lin Yuanqiu felt that for the sake of caution, it would be most reliable to go to the dental shop to buy a few of his own.
To be honest, Lin Yuanqiu had already had the idea of opening a shop, but he always felt that the time had not come yet.
Also, although there were no rules and regulations in the Jing Dynasty that business people were not allowed to take the imperial examination, Lin Yuanqiu had never heard of scholars who opened shops to do business, so if they really opened a shop, it was best not to let others know about it. .
Therefore, if he buys a shop, Lin Yuanqiu plans to put it directly in his mother's name and treat it as her mother's dowry.
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For Zhou Xing, since his son has decided to marry the Lin family, of course what he has to do is to return home quickly and prepare for the marriage.
Therefore, Zhou Xing, who had only been in the capital for a few days, had already asked his housekeeper to hire a carriage to go to Tongzhou Pier tomorrow and prepare to go home.
Knowing that Uncle Zhou was going back, Lin Yuanqiu packed the things he bought in new wooden boxes and sent them to the inn so that Uncle Zhou could help bring them to his family.
Lin Yuanqiu certainly knew that Uncle Zhou was in a hurry to go back and was planning to go to his house to discuss the marriage.
Regarding this matter, Lin Yuanqiu specially wrote a letter and put it in the wooden box. The content of the letter naturally expressed his attitude towards the Zhou family's proposal of marriage, which was that he was satisfied.
However, there is a prerequisite for his own satisfaction, and this prerequisite is that Chunyan himself must also be satisfied.
As an elder brother, although he hopes that his sister will marry well, he also knows that Zhou Zixu is indeed a good choice, but Chunyan will be the one to get married and live together in the future, so she must have her own ideas about the choice of husband.
Zhou Zixu didn't know that Lin Yuanqiu secretly stuffed the letter into the wooden box. At this time, he was surprised by his father's sudden change of mind, "Dad, are you really not going to Lu Mansion?"
Zhou Xing shook his head, "I won't go, I won't go."
Anyway, the two families are not planning to get married, so why should I go to Lu Mansion?
As for declining the marriage, he would write to the Lu family after returning home.
Zhou Xinghui changed his mind for a reason. Because he suddenly remembered whether an old fox like Lu Huai, who had been immersed in officialdom for many years, could tell at a glance the expression on his face when he was lying.
This is not something Zhou Xing is worried about blindly. After all, he has never done anything like this in his decades of life.
So in order not to offend anyone and not cause unnecessary trouble to his son, Zhou Xing thought it would be better to write to the Lu family directly.
This way we don't have to face each other, it doesn't bother us no matter what, it's nice.
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Ten days passed quickly, and it was time to go to Qin Mansion again.
Because there were still several unreviewed policy articles with Mr. Qin, Lin Yuanqiu did not bring any more articles when today passed.
As for Zhou Zixu, of course he prepared the policy carefully. Seeing that Lin Yuanqiu also brought a booklet and pen and ink for recording, Zhou Zixu also brought his own.
Before going to the Qin Mansion, the two of them went to a snack shop. Although the Qin family certainly had no shortage of pastries and snacks, they bought them according to their wishes.
Thinking of the last time Mr. Qin ate several pieces of gorgon cake in a row, Lin Yuanqiu asked the shopkeeper to weigh him two kilograms.
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Chapter 117 Plan
Hearing Lin Yuanqiu say that Mr. Qin likes to eat glutinous rice cake, Zhou Zixu, who was already in an excited mood today, pointed at the glutinous rice cake sprinkled with sesame seeds and peanuts and asked the shop assistant to cut two kilograms of it for him.
So, when Lin Yuanqiu went to the shopkeeper to pay the money, and then turned around, he was shocked by the two snack bags in Zhou Zixu's hand, "Did you also buy Gorgon Rice Cake?"
Don't ask Lin Yuanqiu why he knew this. On the red note outside the paper bag, the words "gorgon fruit cake" were clearly written.
Hearing Lin Yuanqiu's question, Zhou Zixu nodded matter-of-factly, "Yes, didn't Brother Lin say that Mr. Qin likes to eat glutinous rice cake very much?"
This can be regarded as a good choice for me.
Looking at Zhou Zixu, who thought he was extremely smart, Lin Yuanqiu didn't know what to say.
He really wanted to say, no matter how much Mr. Qin loves to eat, we shouldn't deliver it like this. You said that the two of us carried four kilograms of exactly the same cakes to someone's house in one breath. This is not because we are not smart, what else could it be? .
Also, he saw that Zhou Zixu was usually a very clever person, but now he was acting a little stupid.
If Lin Yuanqiu took a look at his hand at this time, he should know that even if Zhou Zixu's two kilograms were not included, what he bought was really not too little. There is not much water in the gorgon cake, and if you buy one pound, it will be a big package. However, Lin Yuanqiu weighed two pounds in one go, which shows that he bought too much.
This kind of freshly baked pastries are usually freshly cut, and customers can cut them into as many pieces as they want. Therefore, Lin Yuanqiu would be embarrassed to ask the shopkeeper to replace the pastry with something else for them.
So that’s all.
Zhou Zixu didn't think it was anything, "Brother Lin, think about it, every time we eat fish, we never have too much, right?"
In Zhou Zixu's opinion, as long as it is something he likes to eat, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Just like his favorite fish pieces, even if a large plate is given to him, he can guarantee that not a single piece will be left.
Listening to Zhou Zixu's analysis, Lin Yuanqiu suddenly felt that it made sense, but he just couldn't eat too much. That day, he saw Mr. Qin eating five or six pieces of gorgon cake in a row.
So the four pounds they bought shouldn’t be a lot, right?
Qin Yu naturally didn't know that because he was greedy and ate a few extra pieces that day, others misunderstood him as a loyal fan of Gorgon Cake.
Therefore, after seeing Lin Yuanqiu and Zhou Zixu each carrying two large bags of gorgon cake, Qin Yu was a little stunned for a moment.
However, Qin Yu reacted quickly and immediately remembered the last time he ate many pieces of gorgon cake in front of Lin Yuanqiu.
So these two people must have thought that he liked to eat, so they bought so many in one go and sent them over, right?
Haha, these are really two honest children.
Qin Yu asked the two of them to sit down, and then he looked at Zhou Zixu, who was wearing a moon-white robe.
After serving as an official for many years, Qin Yu still had some skills in reading faces. Apart from other things, the clear and pure eyes of the man in front of him showed that he was an upright and kind-hearted person.
Also, it is said that birds of a feather flock together, and if one of these two people has a bad character, they will not be able to get along for so many years.
Thinking of this, Qin Yu recovered his thoughts and began to prepare for the article.
Seeing that Lin Yuanqiu and Zhou Zixu had both brought pens and ink and booklets, Qin Yu knew that they were planning to listen and memorize at the same time, so he asked them to move the stools to the desk, and then asked the boy to put the stools on the desk. The pen grids and books on display were moved to the bookshelf, and soon, a temporary classroom table was packed out.
Zhou Zixu took out the policy papers he had written in the past few days and said respectfully, "Master, please correct me."
Qin Yu, on the other hand, couldn't help laughing after seeing the thickness of the policy document handed over.
The two brats are indeed a pair of good friends. They worry about the future and try their best to seduce him. They are exactly the same.
The boy guarding the door of the study could clearly feel the master's good mood after hearing the loud laughter in the room.
After a while, the boy heard the sound of lectures coming from the room:
