Zhao Qingyang was puzzled. He had been in the Xu family for so long, so he naturally knew what the Xu family was like.
The Xu family only relied on the embroidery work of Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Xu, and they would like to break every penny in half.
This was especially true for Xu Jinyu. He watched helplessly as the penny in Xu Jinyu's sleeve slipped into the chicken coop that day and was stepped on by the chickens within a few seconds.
However, who could have imagined that the next moment, Xu Jinyu picked up the money with a normal expression.
The jade white fingertips were stained with dirt, which even Zhao Qingyang felt was a pity.
But Xu Jinyu cleaned the copper coin very preciously and put it away.
From that time on, Zhao Qingyang labeled Xu Jinyu as stingy in his heart, but today, he actually gave himself a penny!
This is Xu Jinyu’s penny!
Zhao Qingyang held the copper coin in his backhand, feeling ups and downs in his heart.
No, why did Xu Jinyu give himself copper coins? !
He didn’t know, but he was burning his hands with the money!
Zhao Qingyang never thought that one day, his noble son would be entangled over a penny!
In the evening, Zhao Qingyang asked Xu's mother to boil water, rubbed some of his younger sister's cherries, and invited Xu Jinyu to enjoy the moon with him under the grape trellis.
"Brother Yu, your grapes are producing well this year. Can you leave a bunch for me in the autumn?"
"Just pick it yourself."
Xu Jinyu took a sip of water and found that it was just plain water, so she took another sip.
With his body, if he had a sip of tea, he wouldn't have to sleep at night.
"Well, brother Yu, look at how beautiful the moonlight is tonight..."
Before Zhao Qingyang finished speaking, a dark cloud covered the moon.
Zhao Qingyang: "..."
Xu Jinyu pinched a cherry in the dark and put it into his mouth, the sweet juice filling his mouth:
"Brother Qingyang, if you have something to say, you might as well speak up."
Zhao Qingyang originally wanted to make some insinuations, but it was obvious that he was not the material, and Yu Di was tight-lipped. He couldn't find out what he didn't want to say.
"Then let me tell you the truth, brother Yu, why did you give me that copper plate? You, aren't you usually reluctant to even part with a penny?"
If he doesn't ask clearly, he won't be able to sleep peacefully!
Xu Jinyu didn't expect that Zhao Qingyang would linger outside for so long just to ask such a question, and was speechless for a moment.
"Although I wove the bamboo basket, Brother Qingyang chopped the bamboo silk. It is only fair that we split it equally."
"fair?"
Zhao Qingyang felt a little strange. This was the first time he heard these words.
But Zhao Qingyang suddenly felt that Xu Jinyu seemed to be practicing the fairness he said with actions from beginning to end.
Weave bamboo baskets for Dani and little sister together, and treat the two sisters fairly.
Xu Erniu was concerned about his family's property, so he took the lifeline of Xu Erniu's family, which was fair.
However, he, a noble son, had never heard of the word fairness.
Although I was surprised when I first heard it, I felt enlightened when I tasted it again.
"Brother Yu..."
Zhao Qingyang was about to say something when he heard Xu Jinyu say again:
"Of course, we may need a lot of bamboo silk in the future, so we have to let Brother Qingyang get some profit first, right?"
Zhao Qingyang almost laughed angrily.
What a profit!
He, the noble prince, worked hard for several days and only got a penny!
Zhao Qingyang was angry and speechless for a moment, but in the end he put the hard-earned copper coin close to his chest.
I don't know how much gold and silver Zhao Qingyang had passed through in the past ten years. He didn't know why now, he just felt that this copper coin was really rare.
…
The little sister's shared bamboo basket was praised a lot by Xu's mother, and in order to make it worth the money, Xu's mother also drew flowers and cherries on the bamboo baskets of Dani and little sister.
Sure enough, the next day, the younger sister brought back two more copper coins, which was praised by Xu's mother.
Xu Jinyu was inspired by this and had new ideas about bamboo weaving. Bamboo strips are flexible and can be connected to each other to form various shapes.
So Xu Jinyu made a bamboo sachet based on his original design.
The sachet is hollow, with five-petaled flowers connected by bamboo wires outside. The petals form a spherical shape, and there is a small five-petaled flower on the top that can be opened to insert the fragrant pills.
The bamboo silk is originally amber-colored, but Xu Jinyu used spinach juice and ink to outline it, making it dense green and inky black. At first glance, it has a unique elegance.
Apart from anything else, Zhao Qingyang fell in love with him at the first sight:
"This is the first time I have seen this hollow sachet, and its bamboo fragrance is light and elegant. It can complement any kind of fragrant pills. It is really wonderful! Brother Yu, I want this bamboo sachet of yours! Please give me a price. !”
He also likes the bamboo basket, but it looks like it belongs to a girl, so he can't say anything, but the color of this bamboo sachet looks like a boy's.
Zhao Qingyang looked at Xu Jinyu in confusion. Xu Jinyu rubbed his forehead. It seemed that his first test product was OK!
"Brother Qingyang likes to take what he has, so it can be regarded as payment for brother Qingyang's hard work."
Zhao Qingyang shook his head and took out a copper coin from his arms:
"What are you talking about? Didn't you give this to me? Brother Yu, public is public and private is private. I paid for the bamboo sachet you made. This is only fair!"
Xu Jinyu didn't expect that Zhao Qingyang would be so sharp-tongued, but:
"Having said that, I haven't considered the value of this thing yet."
People at that time loved bamboo, especially the literati, who praised it very much. Even the Lu Supervisor who went to Dongchen Academy last time had a bamboo pen holder on his desk.
However, no one had ever thought of using bamboo to make sachets before.
The ancients loved elegance and used a lot of incense products. This bamboo sachet was novel and elegant, which made Zhao Qingyang hesitate for a moment:
"How about setting it at ten taels of silver?"
Xu Jinyu: "...Are you a little evil?"
Ten taels of silver is enough for a family of three to chew for three years and there is still a surplus!
"...Brother Yu, are you talking about evil intentions with me?"
Zhao Qingyang glanced at Xu Jinyu faintly, and Xu Jinyu coughed lightly:
"That's not true. Although bamboo sachets are novel, the raw materials are cheap. If the price is such a sky-high price, I'm afraid it will be difficult to sell."
"Ha, Brother Yu, you probably don't know that the dandies in Beijing like these novelties the most!
Not to mention ten taels, if you can make one with more exquisite patterns and more beautiful colors, it would be worth a hundred taels! Besides, the bamboo shreds cut by this prince himself are not worth a mere ten taels of silver? "
Xu Jinyu: "..."
This last sentence is the key point, right?
While the two were talking, the little girl rushed back, her face flushed, and she was out of breath:
"Brother, brother, brother, basket, basket..."
"What happened to the basket? But someone bullied you?"
Xu Jinyu's face suddenly darkened as he listened, thinking that the little sister was being bullied, but the little sister held Xu Jinyu's hand tightly and said after a long time:
"Yes, there is a fairy sister who wants to buy it! But my basket has already been sold to Chunhua and the others, so, brother, please find a way for me!"
"Oh? Want to buy a basket?"
Xu Jinyu felt quite strange. His woven bamboo basket looked novel, but how could anyone really take a fancy to it?
At this moment, there was a knock on the courtyard door. Xu Jinyu went to open the door, but was suddenly stopped.
But I saw a girl with a goose-yellow cloud pattern on her arms and a pink brocade lotus skirt standing outside the door.
The girl wore a osmanthus bun with two pink hair ribbons fluttering in the wind. Her face was expressionless and her temperament was indifferent. When she saw Xu Jinyu, she only nodded.
Then, the girl's maid spoke:
"Young man, please excuse me for disturbing me. The little sister just now..."
"Two sisters, I am here! My brother made the bamboo basket. I have promised Chunhua and the others that I will use that bamboo basket for twenty days and cannot sell it to you."
The maid wanted to say something else, so she heard the young girl say:
"There are no rules. Little sister's move is very appropriate. We are reckless."
The girl's voice was as clear as gurgling water. After speaking, she apologized to Xu Jinyu and others.
"However, my brother made the bamboo basket, so my sister can ask him!"
After the younger sister's words, the girl's eyes flashed with surprise. In fact, she had just noticed a husband at a glance.
Without him, there would be no other such exquisite and good-looking young man in the entire capital.
Others said that her fiancé, the grandfather of Lin'an's crown prince, was a handsome man who could not be matched by anyone in the capital at that time.
The Prince Marquis of Lin'an was also handsome, but he was far inferior to the young man in front of him.
The next moment, Xu Jinyu’s peach blossom eyes were filled with a faint smile and her voice was gentle:
"Girl, you want to buy a bamboo basket? Maybe wait a while?"
The girl's bright eyes were full of hesitation, and she liked the basket at first sight. It was neat and tidy, with every detail good, and the shape of the basket was exquisite. It would be great to just pick some wild flowers and put them in it.
So, do you want to wait?
