Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

Guo Qingran took out one of the design drawings and said, "There's something wrong with this plum blossom."

Li Yuer took the blueprint and looked at it carefully for a long time, but couldn't see any problem, so she asked: "I can't see it, please tell me, dear sister."

Guo Qingran thought for a moment and said carefully: "Although the Master does not talk about strange things, the common people are still quite particular. The plum blossom cannot be painted upside down, which represents bad luck."

So that's how it was. Li Yuer suddenly realized and begged Guo Qingran, "Sister Qingran, how about you be our painter? We will pay you one tael of silver a month."

One tael of silver was higher than a clerk's monthly salary.

Guo Qingran refused, "There's no need to be polite with our relationship. It's just a matter of picking up the pen and moving the hands."

"That won't work. Sister Qingran must collect the labor fee, otherwise we will go and hire someone else. What if the other party leaks the design and makes us pay for it?"

Li Yuer tilted his head deliberately, looking pitiful.

Guo Qingran knew that she was trying to provoke him, so he smiled and pinched her nose, saying, "Okay, okay, I promise you, you're such a naughty kid."

Thinking of the more than a thousand silk flowers in Li Mei'er's hands, Li Yu'er said, "As for the old goods that were pressed before, I will go to the dock to see if there are any merchants from other places who are willing to take them and sell them outside."

"Great! Yubaoer still has more ideas."

At this time, Li Meir put aside her previous unhappiness and returned to her former liveliness and cheerfulness.

Looking at the few scraps of cloth left in the cabinet, Li Yuer said, "All the scraps from Liu's have been bought up, as have the other cloth piles. They have also found that it is more economical to use scraps of cloth to make silk flowers. Now a bag of scraps of cloth can't even be bought for ten copper coins.

So, we will have to buy fabric separately from now on."

Li Mei'er frowned and said, "Then the capital is too expensive. Can we still make money?"

"Of course, but we will not take the low-end route in the future, but the high-end route. Let them occupy the lower-end market. We specialize in designing the latest styles, and the materials and workmanship are much better than theirs, so the price will naturally be more expensive.

If necessary, you can also inlay some gold, silver, pearls and other things. "

Guo Qingran raised his doubts appropriately: "Gold and silver are easy to deal with, but pearls and gemstones are a bit difficult to deal with. Merchants like Linglongfang have special suppliers."

Li Yuer nodded and said, "Indeed, this matter is a bit troublesome, but it is easy to fail to achieve great results. Without trouble, everyone can make a lot of money. I will think of a way to deal with this matter in the next few days. You can just make new jewelry first, and accumulate more than 500 sets. Then put them on the market at once and catch them off guard. When they want to copy again, we will change the style again, and they will have no choice but to follow us."

For dinner today, the Li family specially invited the Cai family to have a meal in the main house.

The two families have a good relationship and it is common for them to have meals together.

When the meal was almost over, Mrs. Cai said to Li Erlang happily, "Erlang, your cousin's mother has contacted a family for you. You should stay at home for the next few days, don't go out, and clean up well, okay?"

Li Erlang paused with his hand holding the pork belly, and the pork belly fell onto the table.

Old man Li said distressedly: "You kid, you are about to get married, but you are still so clumsy. When you become a father in the future, you must be more stable."

Then, pick up the meat that fell on the table and put it into your bowl.

Even if you have money, you still have to be frugal.

Li Erlang blushed and immediately refused: "Grandma, I don't want to get married now. I want to build a career first and then start a family."

"Pah!" Old Madam Cai slammed her chopsticks on the table. "What do you want to do? Do you want to be a general and fight on the battlefield? Or do you want to be the top scholar and become a high-ranking official to benefit the people? You are just an ordinary person. You have a house and land at home. Setting up a stall to do some small business is already a blessing that many people can only dream of. Your family has no shortage of food and clothing now. What else do you want to do?"

Li Erlang also got angry and said with his neck stiff, "I didn't do anything weird, I just don't want to get married now!"

Mrs. Cai glared at him and looked at Li Laosan, "Laosan, what bad things did he do outside?"

What normal boy doesn't want a wife? This is obviously abnormal behavior. Could it be that he has learned bad things and wants to hang out in a brothel?

Old Mrs. Cai's eyelids were twitching and her face was pulled long.

It has been so long since she lost her temper that everyone in the family has almost forgotten that she is the one who has the final say and is in charge.

Li Laosan was slurping up some cold jellyfish when he noticed the attack was suddenly directed at him. He coughed a few times and swallowed the jellyfish in his mouth.

He glanced at Li Erlang who winked at him, and then looked at his mother who was glaring at him.

She made up her mind and said, "No, mother, Erlang seems to have a girlfriend."

As soon as these words were spoken, the dinner table fell silent.

Li Erlang was stunned on the spot, his face instantly turned red, and he didn't know whether he was angry because of Li Laosan's words, or because he was embarrassed by what he said.

Mrs. Cai felt more at ease. "Erlang, tell me which girl you like. If it's suitable, ask your parents to find a matchmaker to propose marriage to you immediately."

Boss Li is a very honest man who only knows how to work. Whenever something happens, the phrase he often says is: I'll listen to my mother.

Zhang was the same, and her most common words were: I listen to my husband.

Two people together can kick three times and not even a fart can come out.

Otherwise, Mrs. Cai would not have bypassed them and worried about the children at home.

"I, I..." Li Erlang stuttered.

If he denied it, he was afraid that Zhao Yanyan would know about the misunderstanding and get engaged to someone else, or that his mother would just find someone for him to go on a blind date. If he didn't deny it, he was still not sure about Zhao Yanyan's feelings for him. If the goddess had feelings for him, the King of Xiang would have no dreams.

It’s difficult! Being a man is difficult!

"Why don't you speak up!" Old Madam Cai didn't want to question him in public, but Zhao had been busy running around, asking many people for help, her lips were worn out, her soles were worn out, and she only picked the best one to match her child. Li Erlang suddenly had a lover. If she didn't make it clear in person, wouldn't that be fooling her? Who would help you wholeheartedly in the future?

Li Laosan never stopped talking until he was shocked. "The tassel on Erlang's waist seems to have been given by that girl."

"Li Laosan!" Li Erlang roared angrily.

"Pah!" Mrs. Cai picked up the handkerchief she used to wipe her mouth and hit him on the head. "You're still excited, aren't you? How can you talk to your uncle like that? Explain yourself quickly. A man should not take responsibility for his actions."

Li Erlang made up his mind, closed his eyes, and said, "That's right, it's the Zhao family's daughter. She didn't say she liked me. She just wanted to thank me for saving her life and gave me a small gift. It's not what Third Uncle said at all. Don't say anything nonsense and ruin the girl's reputation."

Having said that, Mrs. Cai was well aware of the protective attitude of the couple before they even got married.

She probably thought that her son had some ideas, and since she was young, she didn't intend to continue to ask, and said, "In that case, I'll go and ask around when I have time."

Before Li Erlang could ask how to find out, Mrs. Cai had already decided on the matter.