Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

At the dinner table, Janda mentioned to his father the "little thing" he had discovered today.

Jian Zhong frowned, put down his chopsticks and said, "Dongshi Street? That was just put into storage three days ago. The dyeing shop owner told me that there might be some problems during the dyeing and weaving process..."

"Is it very faded?"

Jianda said, "Not many, and these faded cloths are piled in a corner, quite scattered."

Jian Zhong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, picked up his chopsticks again, and said, "It's okay, let's eat."

"Dad, are you really okay?" Jianda asked.

Jian Zhong said, "The ones in the corner are obviously leftovers. They weren't dyed and woven with such care, so it's normal for them to fade."

"If you're still worried, I'll go with you tomorrow to take a look. Is that okay?"

Janda nodded and said nothing more.

Although Jian Zhong kept saying that it was nothing serious, he still followed his son to the warehouse on Dongshi Street the next day. After picking up a piece of faded cloth and observing it repeatedly, Jian Zhong said that this situation was very normal and not worth making a fuss about.

And so, the matter was shelved until fifteen days later, when Jianda suddenly had an idea and came to the warehouse on Dongshi Street again.

This is the disadvantage of being too meticulous. Jianda's trip today seemed to be a whim, but in fact, there has been a thorn buried in his heart over the past period of time. It is not obvious, but it always pops up and pricks him out of the blue.

As the delivery date drew closer, the thorn pricked him more and more frequently, and finally Janda decided to take another look.

Jian Da explained his purpose to the warehouse manager, who then took him to where the first batch of incoming cloth was stored and said, "Jian Da, you're just too cautious."

"This formula was invented by Xu Mengru. You must know who Xu Mengru is, right? Your father is the king of weavers in Linshui, and Xu Mengru is the king of dyeing."

The steward opened a brocade box while muttering.

"Look, the color is fine, no problem."

Jianda said nothing and just kept unpacking the box.

The manager was a little annoyed. He felt that Jianda was just there to cause trouble. These brocade boxes were easy to open, but it was very troublesome to wrap them up. After checking again and finding no problems, Jianda patted his butt and left. He still had to find someone to restore the boxes to their original state, which would inevitably cost a small amount of money.

The warehouse manager doesn't make much money to begin with, and this money is equivalent to taking it out of his own pocket. It would be strange if the manager was happy.

When he opened the eighth box, Janda's hands began to shake uncontrollably.

Then there was a snap, and the brocade box fell to the ground.

The manager said unhappily, "The box also costs money, what are you doing... Oh my God, what's going on..."

Jianda slapped his shaking hands hard and said, "Call everyone over here right now and tear it all down!"

The steward nodded repeatedly, turned around and shouted, "Everyone come here and open the box!"

……

This matter soon reached Jian Zhong's ears, and then the whole Min Qingshu knew about it.

The two hurried to the warehouse to see the fading with their own eyes.

After checking, Min Qingshu found that the cloth that had faded was the first one to be put into storage, while the latest one to be put into storage had no effect.

Min Qingshu held the faded cloth and asked, "Uncle Jian, do you think this is a storage problem or a recipe problem?"

Jian Zhong said, "We made some minor adjustments to the formula we got from Xu Mengru. After dyeing and weaving it, we also verified it in many ways, and there were no problems."

"It seems that there was a storage error. It had been raining when this batch of cloth was dyed and woven, causing the warehouse to be very damp. The weather has cleared up in the past two days, and the moisture has evaporated, which may have caused the fading."

"If we discover it now, it can be remedied."

Min Qingshu still had great trust in Jian Zhong, so after hearing what he said, he felt relieved and said, "Uncle Jian, I'll leave this matter to you. The delivery is due in about ten days, and the amount must not be less."

Jian Zhong nodded: "Master, don't worry, I will do my best."

After Min Qingshu left, Jian Zhong ordered all the faded cloth to be collected and destroyed. He then returned to the dyeing workshop to discuss further with the dyers, hoping to see if there was any way to improve the formula.

The matter seemed to be resolved.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Two days later, a warehouse clerk accidentally knocked over a brocade box while counting the quantity, and the cloth that came out of it was extremely mottled in color.

The guy was so scared that he turned pale and stumbled to find the warehouse manager.

After seeing this scene, the warehouse manager's legs weakened and he ordered in a hoarse voice, "Go and invite Jian Zhong and his son!"

Jian Zhong and his son rushed to the warehouse, and the scene they saw made them collapse on the ground at the same time.

The faded cloth was mixed with the normal-colored cloth, like a patient with vitiligo.

The scene that happened in Xu's cloth shop a few months ago was finally re-enacted in Min's cloth shop.

The Xu cloth shop had only been in business for a few months, and at most, the cloth had faded, making it impossible for them to compete for the title of imperial merchant.

Now the Min family may lose their lives because of the fading of the cloth.

Janda had never experienced such a scene before and was so frightened that she lost the ability to speak.

After a long period of panic, Jian Zhong finally calmed down a little.

He staggered to his feet and shouted at the warehouse manager with all his might.

"Notify all dye houses immediately."

“Stop work!”

“Stop work!”

……

When he got the news, Min Qingshu was listening to music in Tingxue Tower, feeling very comfortable.

A clerk came over and told him the situation in the warehouse in a low voice.

Min Qingshu thought he had misheard and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Manager Jian has ordered all dyeing workshops to stop working because the cloth is still fading." The clerk said cautiously.

Min Qingshu frowned, "Impossible! Uncle Jian said the fading was caused by the weather, and the faded cloth had already been destroyed. How could it still be there?"

Min Qingshu didn't disbelieve it, but he didn't dare to believe it.

The reason is simple, the delivery date is coming soon.

If fading occurs at this time, there is no way to remedy it.

The clerk described the situation in the warehouse to Min Qingshu word for word.

Min Qingshu slowly stood up. If you look closely, you can see that his hands are already trembling slightly.

"I don't believe it. There's no way it can go wrong."

"It's going to be okay."

"Prepare the sedan chair. I'll go and take a look."

On the way to the warehouse, Min Qingshu kept pinching his arms, which was a way for him to relieve stress when he was nervous.

But the methods that worked in the past are no longer effective today.

There were more than a dozen cuts on his left forearm, some of which were even bleeding, but the tension in his heart still did not ease at all.

In order to divert his attention, Min Qingshu lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and wanted to see the scenery outside, but what caught his eye was the Tang's Cloth Shop.

After joining forces with the Xu family, Tang's business improved somewhat, but in Min Qingshu's view, Tang's business acted like a clown. Because everyone could see that the most promising cloth merchant in Linshui was their Min family.

In the past, if he saw this with others, Min Qingshu would inevitably make a few comments, analyzing from an "objective" perspective the stupidity of the Tang family's behavior, thereby gaining praise from others and enjoying a sense of accomplishment that cannot be described in words.

But when he saw Tang’s Cloth Shop today, Min Qingshu felt only annoyance in his heart.

Could it be that the Tang family has such a sharp vision that they can keenly perceive that they are going to be in trouble?

Or was all this a trap set in advance by Chen Lang's Xu's Cloth Shop?