Chapter 41: Childhood in the lotus pond
Bai Wei painted several artworks, but she didn't know which one to choose.
Looking at the spring, jade pot, lotus pond children's fun, arhat pictures.
"Let's have fun with children in the lotus pond!" Xie Yuzhuo pulled out the artwork, and the child held lotus leaves to cover his head and played by the lotus pond. The fish jumped out of the water and splashed water droplets. It could be portrayed very vividly, triggered associations, and created a beautiful artistic conception.
Bai Wei smiled happily, "The heroes see each other!"
After deciding the artwork, Bai Wei began to treat jade.
When painting roughly, Bai Wei painted two strokes and looked at the jade, compared the artwork, took another piece of paper to draw, and finally made the same choice. He removed the excess parts and after roughly the outline, Bai Wei began to draw in detail.
As the sun sets, Bai Wei finishes the lines. She puts down her pen and ink, turns her stiff neck, stands up and squeezes and rubs her sore spine.
Put the Imperial Green carefully in the box, put it in a bamboo basket, and cover it with a pack of jade sand.
Xie Yuzhuo was about to ask Bai Wei what to eat for dinner, but when she saw that she was leaving, "Don't you live here?"
"I have jade treatment tools at home, so I won't live here. I'll show you when the jade is carved." Bai Wei came to the town to pick the artwork for Xie Yuzhuo, and then went back with a little mashed and grinded jade sand.
Xie Yuzhuo took the initiative to carry a bamboo basket, "I'll take you to rent a ox cart."
The two walked out of the shop together and went to the market to take a ox cart.
The market is next to the wharf. Today is not a day for markets, but people are still coming and going.
Bai Wei saw someone setting up a wonton stall by the dock, and the boatman and unloading workers were bare-handed and looking for a piece of land to squat and eat wontons.
A bowl of wontons cost three cents, and a rough count of about a dozen people were waiting.
In a day, there are many investments.
Xie Yuzhuo urged, "What are you looking at? This jade sand is too heavy, so go away quickly! I can't get taller if I can't find a wife, so you have to pay me one!"
Bai Wei swept over his eight-foot-tall figure and said contemptuously: "If you are tall, have you found a wife?"
Xie Yuzhuo choked.
Bai Wei was too lazy to criticize him, "I want to buy a shop here to sell food."
It is easy to do business here and have a large flow of people. As long as you have good skills, you will naturally accumulate customers.
"My father's hand has been cured, and he has to go back to his old business. Wear straw sandals and sell them for barely. There is no business at all when winter comes. My elder brother is studying and going to the official career. Bai Li is not a material for studying. He cannot bear this hardship, whether it is stone carving or jade. He has a deep prejudice against me, and it is not good to stay by my side. Open a shop here, and my mother runs it here, and he helps keep accounts and helps with the help. After he gets married, my mother passes the skills to his wife. The couple takes over this shop and will no longer have to worry about their livelihood in the future."
Bai Wei didn't want to care about Bai Li, he was an ungrateful wolf who was not familiar with. But Jiang and Bai Qifu couldn't ignore it, so she had to make more plans and arrange a way for Bai Li. He knew how to cherish it and could have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. If he didn't know how to cherish his blessings, she would leave her hands regardless of whether she was dead or alive.
"The shops in this area are all rented and cannot be sold out. The monthly rent is quite high. The contract is signed every year, and the rent will increase every year. Many people try to set up stalls first. If you have this plan, you might as well ask your mother to set up a stall first. If you really want to buy one, there is really one." Xie Yuzhuo pointed to a shop opposite the wonton stall, which was closed on the street. "Mr. Zhao bought this shop last month. You can find him. Can you transfer it to you?"
"Let's take a look." Bai Wei didn't think Mr. Zhao was a easy-to-talk person.
If you want to ask for something from him, you have to pay the price.
Xie Yuzhuo said: "I have some friendship with him, so I'll go and vent the breath later."
Bai Wei didn't want to owe anyone favors, and the location was really good, so she didn't refuse.
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Bai's jade shop.
Bai Yuyan wore a bandage on her right hand and hung it around her neck.
A piece of rice paper was spread on the table, and she used her left hand to draw a pattern.
If Bai Wei was here, she would definitely recognize it at a glance. It was the "Lotus Pond Children's Fun" that she and Xie Yuzhuo decided.
Bai Qilu sat aside and drank tea without disturbing Bai Yuyan. When she saw her finishing her pen, she took the artwork and looked at her. She couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, but she trusted Bai Yuyan's eyes very much.
"Yan'er, are you planning to use this artwork to carve jade into the competition?"
Bai Yuyan put down his pen and sweared, "Dad, don't underestimate this artwork. I will win you the championship this year!"
That year, Bai Wei came out of nowhere and made a name for herself with this jade artifact.
Having gained a foothold in the jade circle, Duan Luochun's blue eyes were captured.
No matter what this year, she will use this jade artifact to join Duan Luochun’s disciple and become his closed disciple!
Bai Yuyan touched her hand. This time she snatched Bai Wei's initiative and would definitely trample Bai Wei tightly under her feet and not give her a chance to stand out!
"I heard that Bai Wei is also learning jade. Do you think she will participate this year?" Bai Qilu said worriedly: "Your hand is injured. Can you cure jade?"
"She will not be my opponent even if she participates!" Bai Wei was too young at this time, and Bai Yuyan did not take her seriously. "Don't worry, I will carve the jade."
Bai Qilu felt a little relieved.
Bai Yuyan put away the artwork and said carelessly: "My uncle's life is gradually improving, and my uncle has not been in contact with them for a long time. No matter what, my uncle is my biological son, so he should go and take a look."
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Bai Wei bought mung beans, red beans and water chestnuts in the shop and went home.
I immediately soaked mung beans and red beans in cold water, put the water chestnuts in a pot and steamed them, remove the shells and put them in a dustpan to dry, and grind them into powder early tomorrow morning, and add osmanthus to make water chestnut cake.
The guy had drained the tofu, took it out and crushed it, and fried a bowl of tofu meatballs.
After working hard, I felt sore and my back hurt. After taking a shower, I fell on the bed and fell asleep in a dark and sweet way.
I was thinking about things in my heart, and woke up before dawn, got up and went to the kitchen to make snacks.
Bai Wei passed by Bai Meng and Bai Li's house and saw the dim after light in the room. Bai Meng sat at the desk in front of the window and recited the book.
Soak the mung beans overnight, Bai Wei peeled the mung beans, steamed them in a steamer, and then started to stir-fry the red bean paste.
When Jiang got up to the kitchen, Bai Wei had already made the mung bean cake, half of which was filled with bean paste and half of which were pure mung bean cake.
"It's so fragrant, what are you making?" Jiang looked at Bai Wei as he put small and exquisite mung bean cakes in oil-wrapped paper, and there were patterns on the pastry noodles, which looked very beautiful.
"Mung Bean Cake." Bai Wei held a piece and stuffed it into Jiang's mouth, "How is it?"
Jiang's bite, and the soft and delicate mung bean paste melted in his mouth, making it oily and sweet, which is different from the dried bean cake sold outside.
"How did you make this mung bean cake you bought outside?" Jiang said with a smile: "The tofu meatballs you fried last time were delicious, and Ah Yu ate half a bowl of it alone."
"I added oil to it." Bai Wei packed the mung bean cake, then wrapped the water chestnut cake and tofu meatballs separately, and put it in the bag. "Mom, I plan to plan the next shop, and you will take your second brother to make snacks, so that he will have a businessman, so it will be no problem to support himself."
Jiang was worried. The weather was getting colder. Bai Qifu's straw sandals could not be sold. The family had cut off their investments. They all hoped that Bai Wei would make money alone, which was not a long-term solution.
And what she was most worried about was Bai Li. It was not the same thing to be locked up at home, and Bai Wei's proposal was very moved.
Jiang was worried and hesitated: "Where is a man entering the kitchen? He should not be guided by the villagers when doing these things?"
Bai Wei sneered, "I laugh at the poor but not the prostitute. Who would laugh at the rich family? "
Jiang was silent. His family was so poor that he couldn't bear the blame. No one wanted to be involved with their family and talked a lot behind their backs.
When Jiang was afraid of living a poor life, he felt panicked when he thought about it. He almost didn't hesitate anymore and nodded in agreement, "But my skills are average, can I sell snacks?"
"I will teach you. During the day, I will make jade carvings and make time to teach you how to make snacks at night."
"Okay!"
Seeing that Jiang's agreement, Bai Wei smiled on her face.
Jiang cooked a bowl of porridge and baked a few pieces of noodles for breakfast.
After the family had breakfast, Bai Meng planned to go to the academy. Bai Wei called him, "Brother, I made some snacks. You can take them to the academy to share with your classmates."
Bai Meng took the bag, smelled a fragrance, and smiled on his face. He raised his hand and touched Bai Wei's hair, "Little sister is intent."
Shen Yu sat at the table, staring at Bai Meng's hand that was placed above Bai Wei's head, and his eyes fell on the snacks that Bai Meng was holding, and his eyes couldn't help but sink.
Bai Wei patted Bai Meng's hand and said, "I plan to open a snack shop for my mother and let you promote snacks!"
Before Bai Meng could speak, the sharp voice of Mrs. Bai sounded in the yard, "Bai Wei, did you hurt Sister Yan'er's hand?!"
Chapter completed!