A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

The others also laughed. After all, only when the boss made money could they get monthly wages, work longer and earn more.

"Yes, you are right. I hope there will be more customers like Tianxianglou and they will buy more chili oil from our workshop."

"Yes, yes, more."

"Yes, I am going to stay in Uncle Zhang's workshop. I won't leave no matter who chases me away."

"Hahahaha, no one is chasing you away, as long as you don't talk nonsense and don't tell anyone the secrets of the workshop."

"Yeah, if I don't talk nonsense, no one will chase me away, hahahahaha"

The others also laughed.

......

Zhang Yunyue gave the banknotes and silver to Grandpa Zhang, and asked him to give them to Grandma Zhang when he returned home.

The first handover with Tianxianglou has been completed, and the employees in the workshop are now able to operate skillfully. Now there is no need for Zhang Yunyue and Grandpa Zhang to arrange work, as they know exactly what they need to do every day.

Zhang Yunyue was thinking about the cartoon dolls she had planned to draw for Xiaohua and the others, but she had not done it recently due to being busy. Now she could start drawing them. After she finished, she could try the new flavor of the chili oil.

night.

The rest of the Zhang family were talking in the yard about Tianxianglou coming to pull chili oil today. Everyone was talking about it with great interest. Today's first handover also gave the Zhang family a reassurance.

After all, the money used to build the workshop was all the share of the mung bean jelly that Tianxianglou gave in advance. Although the share of the mung bean jelly has been confirmed, everyone has been worried as long as the chili oil has not been successfully handed over. Today, it finally settled down.

Thinking that he would need sweet wine to make crispy whistles in a couple of days, Zhang Yunyue asked his father to notify Shopkeeper Dong during the day, and bought glutinous rice and sweet wine koji. He did this just after he finished his meal and cleaned up the dishes.

Zhang Yunyue had already steamed the glutinous rice, which had now cooled down in the winnowing basket. She mixed the sweet wine yeast with the glutinous rice in the winnowing basket, and then Zhang Yunyue washed a five-pound ceramic jar that she had brought back from the workshop in the afternoon.

Put all the glutinous rice mixed with sweet wine yeast into a ceramic pot, smooth the surface of the glutinous rice, sprinkle some sweet wine yeast on the surface, then seal it and place it under the eaves in the yard, so that it can ferment quickly when the temperature is high during the day.

The lights were on in the room, and Zhang Yunyue was thinking about the various dolls she saw in modern times: Donald Duck, Psyduck, various bears, rabbits, and the national treasure panda.

I decided to draw a few animals first, and then add some funny expressions to each animal. I believe that it will definitely be liked by children and girls.

After thinking it over, Zhang Yunyue started to paint. Fortunately, she knew how to paint Chinese paintings. When she was a child, her parents sent her to a Chinese painting interest class. Although she only studied for a few years, the basics were still there, and it was still easy for her to draw dolls.

After an hour of painting, Zhang Yunyue drew five animals and three or four funny expressions for each animal. When the ink had dried a little, Zhang Yunyue folded them aside, preparing to give them to Xiaohua and the other two tomorrow.

next day

Zhang Yunyue took the doll Hua Yang that she had made last night and went to Zhang Xiaohua's house.

"Xiaohua, Xiaohe, are you home?" Zhang Yunyue stood at the door of Zhang Xiaohua's house and shouted towards the yard.

"Yueyue, I'm here, I'm here. Wait a moment, I'll open the door for you." After Zhang Xiaohua said this, the door opened.

"Yueyue, you are finally free to come out today. I see you staying in the workshop every day recently, but it is not easy to get in to see you." Zhang Xiaohe said resentfully.

"Hey, I'm here to see you. Cheer up, I've brought you some goodies!"

"Really? What is it? Let me see it quickly." When Zhang Xiaohe heard Zhang Yunyue say there was something good, she immediately surrounded Zhang Yunyue excitedly and asked him to hand over the thing.

Zhang Yunyue winked at Zhang Xiaohe, raised her eyebrows and said, "Xiaohe, go call Xiaoxiao over. When Xiaoxiao comes, I'll show it to you guys." Then she smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's a good thing. You will definitely like it."

"Okay, Yueyue, wait for me to call Xiaoxiao over and then take out the good stuff." After saying that, Zhang Xiaoxue ran out, then turned around and shouted, "You must wait for me to come back!"

"Okay, I'll wait for you. Go ahead."

Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Yunyue sat under a tree in the yard and chatted. Zhang Xiaohua told Zhang Yunyue about the gossip in the village in the past few days. Before they had talked for a while, Zhang Xiaoxue ran in with Zhao Xiaoxiao, panting.

"Ha, ha, ha... I'm so tired, Xiaoxue, can't you run slower?"

"Ha, ha, ha, hey, didn't Yueyue say that she had something good for us? I'm just anxious to know what it is. Don't be angry, I'll massage your shoulders and back in a while!"

"Okay, that's what you said. If I give you a shoulder massage and a back rub, I'll forgive you for running away with me."

Zhang Xiaoxue immediately stepped forward to massage Zhao Xiaoxiao's shoulders and back, then bowed her head and admitted her mistakes: "How is it? Are you comfortable?"

Zhao Xiaoxiao waved her hands and said proudly: "Not bad, okay, I forgive you."

"Oh, okay, thank you, beautiful and kind Xiaoxiao." Zhang Xiaoxue immediately climbed up the pole.

"Hahahaha"

"Hahahahaha"

After she finished laughing, Zhang Yunyue showed the doll drawing she was drawing to Zhang Xiaohua and the other two.

"Here, look at this pattern. Would you like it if it were embroidered on a handkerchief?"

The three of them took it and looked at each one.

"Oh my god, this is so cute, and she's pouting again."

"Look at this picture, there are still people crying."

“This one is a big laugh.”

"And this one, what kind of animal is this? If I embroidered it on a handkerchief, I would probably go out and show it off every day."

......

Zhang Yunyue interrupted the laughter and discussion of the few people: "Stop, stop laughing. It seems that the three of you like these patterns very much. If you embroider them into handkerchiefs and sell them in the town or the county, wouldn't there be a lot of people buying them?" After saying that, Zhang Yunyue raised an eyebrow at the few people.

The three were shocked by Zhang Yunyue's suggestion, but Zhang Xiaohua was more stable, so he said:

"Yueyue, the embroidery skills of the three of us are not particularly good. There are many people who are better than us. Are you sure that anyone will buy ours?"

"Xiaohua, don't worry. The patterns you see are actually not that troublesome. What's more, these patterns are all about novelty. You have never seen anything like this before, right? Doesn't your mother usually go to town to sell handkerchiefs? Have you seen patterns like this?"

"Xiaohua, Yueyue is right. These patterns may not be found in the town, county, or state capital. The pattern Yueyue drew is novel and funny. I think many people will like it."

"Well, Xiaohua, Xiaohe, Xiaoxiao, I'm going to town tomorrow, so I'll buy some good cloth and silk thread. When you come back, you three will be responsible for embroidering handkerchiefs with the patterns I gave you. The same goes for purses, and I'll be responsible for selling them. Anyway, I go to town often."

"Yueyue, is it true?" Zhang Xiaohe opened her eyes wide and looked at Zhang Yunyue in disbelief.

Zhang Xiaohe and Zhao Xiaoxiao were also surprised by Zhang Yunyue's words.

"Yes, you three can just be in charge of the embroidery, and I'll do the rest. If we can't sell it, we'll keep it for ourselves. But I'm sure it will sell."

Zhang Yunyue said confidently in front of the three people, without thinking that in modern times, in addition to children who like to buy dolls in boutiques, there are also many adults who like dolls.