The first time Shen Liangfu met Gu Beichuan, he was eating hot pot.
The second time Shen Liangfu met Gu Beichuan, he was still eating hot pot.
So when he opened the door with three pieces of cloth, the two of them still looked at each other, and the scene was as awkward as ever.
"Student Meng Lang, you are interrupting your teacher's meal." Shen Liangfu said respectfully.
Gu Beichuan also said the same words: "Let's eat something together?"
"No." Shen Liangfu did not refuse this time, because he found that the hot pot Gu Beichuan ate seemed to have some special ingredients and was even more delicious than what was sold in Feihong Restaurant.
This is a delicacy that you can’t get anywhere else. If you don’t try it, you won’t get it.
"How did you feel about what I said last time?"
"Although my disciple is dull, he meditates hard all day long and gains a little bit."
Hearing this, Gu Beichuan also nodded and said: "It's good to get something, which means that all my talk has not been in vain."
"Teacher, this is the apology gift that my father dragged me to bring you." Shen Liangfu pointed to the three pieces of water-like satin he brought.
"Apology ceremony? Has Mr. Shen ever offended me?"
"My father said that when we first met, he once questioned his mentor's talent and learning, so he had a rather unkind attitude and clashed with his mentor."
"However, I have been busy with business affairs recently and cannot come to apologize in person, so I let the students do it for me."
Hearing this, Gu Beichuan smiled and said, "What kind of collision is that?"
Nonsense, Gu Beichuan wants half of Shen Gui's property. If someone didn't lift the table directly, it would be considered a good thing. A few words that are not kind are really not considered an offence.
"Take your things back, you won't be rewarded for your efforts."
After hearing this, Shen Liangfu's expression changed and he said in fear: "Is it possible that my mentor is unwilling to forgive my father and wants to expel the student from the school?"
"Where is this all going? Did I ever say that I would expel you from the school?"
"Then why doesn't the mentor accept it?"
"That's all, I'll just accept it."
Seeing this, Shen Liangfu smiled.
Gu Beichuan reached out and stroked the water-like satin, and sighed: "It's quite a good piece of cloth."
In fact, it's not that Gu Beichuan is picky, but that as a descendant, he has seen countless kinds of fabrics.
What ice silk, what cold feeling, what soybean cotton, what fiber cloth.
Compared with these, water-like satin can only be called a good piece of cloth, nothing more.
However, these words felt a little strange in Shen Liangfu's heart.
The Shen family has been in the cloth business for generations, and the water-like satin is even a box-pressing cloth. It is a rare item that cannot be bought in the market, and it is also a carefully selected apology gift for them.
I thought my mentor would be greatly praised and shocked.
The result was just an understatement of "it's a good piece of cloth."
This caused him some psychological disparity.
But after a second thought, I realized that my mentor was a scholar, and he was well-known in the Huainan poetry circle at the age of less than 20.
I must be studying hard on weekdays, so how can I recognize the good cloth on the market?
The reason for their relationship is not that their love is not good enough, but that their mentor is "ignorant"!
Thinking of this, Shen Liangfu felt much more balanced.
But suddenly, he became confused again.
Do you want to tell your mentor the value of water-like satin?
Don't tell me, my mentor is in the dark.
Let's talk about it, it feels like asking for credit again.
That's all, giving gifts is not very honorable, so I won't talk about it anymore. When the teacher makes clothes made of water-like satin and wears them on the body, one can naturally feel its preciousness.
"Good fortune."
Just when Shen Liangfu's thoughts were racing, Gu Beichuan's voice came out.
He hurriedly cleared his mind and assumed a respectful listening posture. After all, although the teacher is a novice in the cloth merchant industry, he is also a literary master and should not be neglected.
"Your Shen family is a cloth merchant. It just so happens that my workshop is also weaving a new kind of cloth recently. How about you accompany me to take a look after dinner?"
"Workshop? New cloth?" It turned out that the workshop he saw at first was used to produce new cloth.
However, I remember that cloth experts have a great cause, but what kind of cloth is there?
If your teacher wants it, why don’t you just come and get it? Why bother knitting it yourself?
However, these words were just thoughts. Facing Gu Beichuan, he still said respectfully: "Students are capable of doing anything, but they must rely on their teachers to guide them."
"Well, you Shen Ji has rich experience in the cloth merchant industry. When the time comes, you should give me some guidance and become your teacher." Gu Beichuan joked with a smile.
"nature."
Shen Liangfu also smiled. He was very happy that his mentor recognized the Shen family's status in the industry.
After all, apart from the Qian family's Liuyun satin, the Shen family's water-like satin has never been lost to others in recent years.
When my mentor realizes that what I gave him is water-like satin, he will definitely be stunned.
Shen Liangfu thought so.
After the two of them finished eating, they set off for Feihong's workshop not far away.
The first place Gu Beichuan took him to was the workshop and warehouse.
As soon as he entered the door, Shen Liangfu frowned.
Because he didn't see raw materials such as animal fur, mulberry, and cotton.
Instead, they turned out to be tiny milky white silkworm eggs.
"Teacher, what is this?"
"Oh, these are silkworms. My new cloth is made of the silk they spin out."
Hearing this, Shen Liangfu frowned even more tightly.
I couldn't help but curse in my heart: Silk? How can something so thin and light be used to weave cloth? How could the teacher do such a ridiculous thing?
Even if you don’t understand textiles, don’t you have any common sense?
But you can just say these words in your heart, but speaking outright is disrespectful to your teacher.
So Shen Liangfu just frowned and said, "Teacher, let's go see the workers."
"good."
In the workshop, a group of female workers were busy working.
This is especially true for Aunt Zhang. Among all women, the silkworms she raises are always the fattest and produce the most silk threads.
If this continues, Gu Beichuan will want to give her another raise.
"Master, are you here?" Uncle Fu, who was inspecting everyone, saw Gu Beichuan and asked hurriedly.
As soon as these words came out, all the women stopped their movements and looked at Gu Beichuan nervously.
This scene is very similar to the scenes of leaders of later generations going on tour.
"I just want to take a look. Everyone is working hard, so don't worry about me."
After saying this, the women continued to work hard.
"Liangfu, what do you think? Are the workers very motivated?"
Shen Liangfu:......
He no longer knew what to say.
Why is that female worker twisting silk like that? How could that female worker rub the thread like that?
The most outrageous thing is the tall and thick one. Why does it look like he can't do needlework?
Are these people really female workers?
She's obviously a peasant woman, right?
Compared with the ingenious female workers in her own workshop, she is really not even a bit inferior.
As for motivation...if you ignore their lavishness and don't care about the cloth, they are indeed quite motivated.
"Ahem, teacher, how did you make these threads?" In order to ease the embarrassment, Shen Liangfu had to change the subject.
