Otherworldly Days

Cao Xiangnan took the slender porcelain bottle with a small mouth and looked at it carefully. The texture of celadon was more delicate, the lines were smooth, and the color was mellow. When he turned it over, there was a pattern printed on the bottom of the bottle, which was the word "Cao". This is his I deliberately added it later, but should this wine have a nicer name?He pondered in his heart.

"Master?" Mei Laosan rubbed his hands, showing his nervousness.

"Okay, very good, Master Mei San is very skilled." Cao Xiangnan nodded, handed the bottle in his hand to Cao Gang, looked at Master Mei San and said.

Cao Gang took it and glanced at it casually, then gave it to Liu Baishu, who read it carefully.

"My lord, you've praised me absurdly." Hearing the praise, Mei Laosan was relieved when he knew that the other party was satisfied, and even the smile on his face deepened a little.Then they talked about how much they produced in one kiln when they fired the first batch of bottles, and how much they produced in the later stages. The more fired the later, the better.

The one Cao Xiangnan got just now is the best batch of celadon vases. As for the slightly flawed ones, he also looked at them, and they can still make do with them. Master Mei San also said that the price can be lowered.

After listening to Cao Xiangnan, he knew that the craftsmanship of firing this kind of celadon would get better and better in the future. He talked with Master Mei San about the shape of the bottle.Mei Laosan asked his son to bring out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the two began to draw on the paper. After some discussion, they also decided on two styles of bottles.

When negotiating the price with Master Mei San, Cao Xiangnan was unambiguous at all.

"Then according to the price you gave me, my lord." Mei Laosan backed down a step. It's not that they have no money to earn, and the price given by the other party is still fair. Don't do it, so that the things in their family will not worry about selling in the future.

There are more than a dozen families in Meijia Village, and every household can make ceramics. If anyone can make this kind of celadon in the future, it will not be the only one in Mei Laosan's family. Mei Laosan is also a person who knows a little bit about business. .

Liu Baishu carefully inspected several bottles, still paying attention to Cao Xiangnan's conversation with the master, and had a different understanding of this person, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.The person behind leaned over and asked him why he was laughing, and he stretched out his hand to abduct him, telling him to restrain himself.

Wang Dahu was very wronged in his heart, and he didn't dare to show it.

"Fix the four sides with bamboo or wood boards, make a bottom on the top, separate one by one inside, get a cover, and nail it into a square box. Put a straw mat inside, and then put porcelain bottles in, so that there are more bottles. It is not easy to be damaged during transportation." The quality of this batch of celadon was good after inspection, so Cao Xiangnan ordered another batch.

These fragile products also need to consider the problem of damage during transportation. Master Cao Xiangnan Mei San carefully explained how to make the box used for the bottle to reduce the problem of damage during transportation.

Things like planks and bamboo are basically free of money, at most it takes a little labor to nail them into boxes.The extra things will cost more, fearing that the other party will not like it, Cao Xiangnan is not incapable of doing it, so he took the initiative to ask how much he would pay for each of these boxes.

"No, no, it's because the old man didn't think so carefully. Please don't worry, my son. Next time we will pack the box as you said." Mei Laosan hurriedly waved his hands. They used to make ceramic belts to sell in the town. It was carried in a basket, and naturally there were very few broken ones, so he naturally didn't expect this.

But now that there are too many things, these bottles are easy to break when they are bumped in the car. This is because he is not thoughtful enough.These celadon vases are [-]% more expensive than their ceramics. It is no joke if they break. It doesn't cost much to nail a box with bamboo boards.

"That's it. Someone will come to pick up this batch of bottles in three days." Cao Xiangnan settled the final payment for these bottles, and then paid the deposit for the second batch of bottles.The reason why he brought Wang Dahu here was to let this person do errands in the future, and to bring him here to know the way so that he could work in the future.

The quantity of bottles ordered in the first batch was not many, and now that the quality is confirmed to be good and will get better and better, he orders the second batch with confidence.Compared with the first batch, this style also has two more styles, each style has three sizes, large, medium and small, so that it is convenient to pack wine with different flavors, and it is also packed according to the amount.

After the celadon vase was fired, Cao Xiangnan and Master Mei proposed to mention the white porcelain vase, if it could be fired, he would also like it.As for whether it can be burned or not, it depends on the craftsmanship of Master Mei San.

He noticed the son standing next to him. According to what Master Mei San said, this son has inherited his craftsmanship, and he is even better than blue.This man doesn't talk much, he just follows his father like a log, only answering a question, he is not a person who is good at words.But it is often such people who are more proficient in a certain aspect.

"I will try my best, and I will definitely not disappoint you." Mei Laosan spoke much more tactfully.

"Then Cao will wait for the good news from Master Mei San. If Master Mei San can make white porcelain, we will discuss the price later." Cao Xiangnan said.

There are a lot of bamboos nearby, and the bamboos that were cut down were used to make a few temporary boxes according to what Cao Xiangnan said.Although Wang Dahu ate a lot of land, he was also nimble in his work. A few people neatly nailed out a few boxes, spread straw inside, and put the bottles in one by one, even if the road was bumpy. Worried that the bottle will break.

"Move up carefully."

"Master Mei San, let's go back first."

"Young Master, go slowly." With the money in his pocket, the wrinkles on Mei Laosan's face turned into a smile. It was the first time in his life that he had sold such a large amount of ceramics, which he had sold for most of his life.

Thinking that this amount will increase in the future, Mei Laosan is so excited.

Several people got on the horses neatly, Cao Xiangnan also got into the carriage, nodded to Master Mei San, and drove away in the carriage.

The village never saw outsiders come once a year, but today I saw a carriage and a few horses coming to Mr. Mei's place, and everyone in the village came here curiously.Surrounded by the villagers outside who dared not go to Mei Laosan's place, they saw that the horses and carriages had left, and they all went in curiously to Mei Laosan's house to inquire.

A few people left the village and went to Fenshui Town. When they went back to Caojia Village, they would definitely pass through Fenshui Town.

Some people bought shoes to sell on the street. The carriage stopped in front of a shoe stall. Cao Xiangnan jumped out of the car and picked up the shoes in front of the stall to look at them.The man who set up the stall was a young man. Seeing that the man who came to buy shoes was a man, he asked with a smile, "Master, do you want to buy shoes? Do you want to wear them yourself or buy a wife?"

"To buy a daughter-in-law." Cao Xiangnan took the shoes in his hand and compared them. Wanfeng's feet were much bigger than before. He asked, "Are there any other shoes that are bigger than this one?"

The people behind also got off their horses and led the horses along the busy street. Seeing Cao Xiangnan buying shoes, Wang Dahu approached excitedly, "I'll have a pair too." He said.

"Ah, there are." The brother who set up the stall has never sold a pair of shoes since he set up the stall. Unexpectedly, a few young masters came here, and hurriedly took out a few more pairs of shoes from below. "Young master, take a look, is this pair suitable?"

Liu Baishu stood behind and looked at Wang Dahu who was buying shoes. Seeing that the size of the shoe was obviously worn by him, he knew that the person was buying shoes for him.When that person looked over, he looked away and looked elsewhere, but he couldn't help but pay attention to that person from the corner of his eyes.

"I want both pairs." Cao Xiangnan chose it. He didn't know that the pair in Wang Dahu's hand was for Liu Baishu. He looked back at Liu Baishu and saw that the shoes on his feet were also worn out Bai Bai said, "Bai Shu, you can choose a pair too."

"No, no need..." Liu Baishu stuttered for a moment.

But Wang Dahu picked another pair neatly.

After buying shoes on the street, Cao Xiangnan took them to the cloth shop, went in and greeted the shopkeeper skillfully, and said to Liu Baishu and Wang Dahu who followed in, "Go pick out two pieces of cloth, shopkeeper Liu here Arrange for someone to make two sets of clothes for you."

Wang Dahu's eyes lit up, thinking that the man had worn two sets of clothes for so many years, patched and mended, so it was time to make two new sets of clothes, neither of them were good at sewing, so now they bought fabrics to find People do it best.

Seeing the white cloth on it, Wang Dahu almost didn't have to think about it. He pulled out two pieces of white cloth with one hand and said, "That's it." The wife looks best in white!

Liu Baishu glanced at the pulled out fabric, the corners of his eyes twitched.

Cao Xiangnan found something different. He glanced at Wang Dahu and found that he was looking at Liu Baishu with bright eyes. Isn't the relationship between the two brothers too good?A thought quickly flashed through his mind.But considering that they are comrades in arms who have gone through life and death together, I don't think it's strange.

Seeing that Wang Dahu chose plain white, he gave a suggestion, "You'd better pick two pieces of cloth, make two clothes for going out, and make two clothes for work." I'm afraid it's not easy to wash things.

"Shopkeeper Wang, find someone to measure for them, and then arrange for someone to make some clothes. I'm in a hurry to ask for these clothes, so please ask someone to make them as soon as possible." Cao Xiangnan thought of Gan Weiqi and Gan Weilin, and went over to give them They picked a few bolts of cloth, and Gan Weiqi got it in black. As for Gan Weilin, he prefers cyan and green, so he chose one of the same color.

"Okay, okay, I will have someone make it for you as soon as possible." Shopkeeper Wang asked the shop assistant to go to the back and call a middle-aged brother over, and said a few words to that brother, who was a little embarrassed Take the measuring ruler and go over to measure the two sons.

Cao Xiangnan recalled the heights of Gan Weiqi and Gan Weilin, and said a few words to that brother, asking him to change the size of the above, and then make the other several pieces of cloth together.After negotiating the price with shopkeeper Wang, Cao Xiangnan wanted to give the money, and Cao Gang took out the money, "I'll give it here," he said.

"I'll give it myself." Where can others give his wife's clothes, Wang Dahu took out half a tael of silver, and bought fabrics for his daughter-in-law to make new clothes with great interest, thinking about how he would look in the new clothes.

"..." Liu Baishu.

Standing behind, Cao Gang glanced at his two former subordinates, stepped forward to buy two bolts of cloth, and planned to send them back to his father-in-law and mother-in-law.Cao Xiangnan saw the two bolts of cloth in Cao Gang's hand, so he didn't need to guess who he bought them for.

After buying something in the town, they rushed back to Caojia Village.