My nemesis is pregnant, the baby is mine
Chapter 34 The child is still there?
When Qi Yunshu saw Shen Mo staring at him without speaking, he became more and more uncomfortable. Shen Mo's eyes seemed to be able to see through everything.
"Will you take the Guqin order?" Qi Yunshu changed the subject stiffly, lowering his eyes slightly to hide the panic in his eyes.
"Are you changing the subject?" Shen Mo raised his eyebrows.
"No." Qi Yunshu pretended to be calm, "I came to you to talk about this matter."
Qi Yunshu had an extremely serious look on his face, but Shen Mo didn't believe his words at all. This usually shrewd person, but the lies he told now were very lame.
Qi Yunshu was a little embarrassed by him, so he had no choice but to look at Shen Mo and said: "I think you should be aware of that person's identity. If you don't want to accept this order, I won't force it, but I still hope you can think about it." consider."
Qi Yunshu hadn't thought about this at all before. At that time, his attention was all on Shen Mo. Although he said this now to change the subject, his mind became clearer after gradually calming down.
If Shen Mo really wants to refuse this matter, it is not impossible to refuse, but the identity of the other party is not simple, I am afraid it will not be so easy.
When it came to business, Shen Mo pondered for a moment and said, "Of course I have to pick it up."
The purpose of Shen Mo coming to Qi's big workshop is to get in touch with these people, and to gain a firm foothold in this industry. This is a great opportunity, and he will naturally not waste it.
Shen Mo's purpose was clear, Qi Yunshu heard the words, although he already understood that Shen Mo still didn't understand the matter of the little girl in the Prince Jin's mansion, but he still couldn't help but care a little bit.
Shen Mo didn't know about the Jin Palace before, but now he already knows.
"Since you intend to do it, then I'll let Yu Yan answer." Qi Yunshu suppressed the faint uneasiness in his heart and said.
After finishing speaking, when Qi Yunshu looked at Shen Mo again, his eyes were already a little more probing and scrutinizing.
Although Guqin is also based on wood art, it is completely different from ordinary wood art furniture.
Most of these instruments are distinguished from ordinary carpenters, because it not only needs to make a shape, but also needs to consider the sound quality of the resonance box, which is beyond the scope of carpenters.
Qi Yunshu really didn't expect that Shen Mo could do this, and he became more and more curious about what else Shen Mo could do?
Aware of her own thoughts, Qi Yunshu's eyes couldn't help being gentle. Shen Mo has been surprising him from the beginning until now, which surprised him time and time again.
After the matter of Guqin was settled, Qi Yunshu roughly told Shen Mo about the matter of the Jin Palace, and then asked the housekeeper to send him out.
Shen Mo left the mansion, and while thinking about the affairs of Prince Jin's Mansion, he walked towards the big workshop. Halfway there, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be led off topic by Qi Yunshu.
Under the night, on the street, Shen Mo stopped and looked back at the direction behind him. After thinking for a while, he shook his head slightly and continued walking towards the workshop.
The workshop has been busy making the food box list for Xiong's family recently. After half a month, it has now come to an end.
At night, the craftsmen rest, and the workshop is empty.
Shen Mo directly pushed the door open and entered. He thought the workshop should be empty, but when he entered, he found that Xiong Lei was still busy in the back room.
"Have you left yet?" Shen Mo stepped forward.
Since Xiong Lei started following him, he has been running this way often, especially after Shen Mo handed Lu Bansuo to him, he ran even more diligently.
"You came just in time." When Xiong Lei saw Shen Mo, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he quickly handed something he was polishing to Shen Mo.
It was a wooden component similar to the corner of a table. When Shen Mo saw it, he remembered that during the exchange meeting before, he asked Xiong Lei to try to find a solution.
After returning from the exchange meeting, Shen Mo was so busy with Qi Yunshu and Prince Jin's Mansion that he forgot about it.
Shen Mo took something to the side of the candle lamp, and looked at the light.
The table corner made by Xiong Lei follows the structure of the tenon and tenon that Shen Mo had made in the exchange meeting before. The specific details were thought up by him himself. way stuck together.
Shen Mo looked at the corner of the table, Xiong Lei who was waiting by the side couldn't help swallowing, his face was full of nervousness.
The mortise and tenon made by Shen Mo at the exchange meeting before seemed simple, and the old expert could understand the principle at a glance.
But when it was Xiong Lei's turn to do it himself, it only changed from two pieces of wood to three pieces of wood, but it took Xiong Lei nearly ten days to finally come up with this structure.
As for this, he only came up with it after he went back to study the Naqi nail tenon and Luban lock.
Xiong Lei was very nervous, Shen Mo nodded after reading the structure, and said: "It's not bad, basically you have mastered the structure of the tenon and tenon."
Xiong Lei breathed a sigh of relief, and then his heart hung high again. What Shen Mo said was not bad, not perfect.
"Is there any other better way?" Xiong Lei asked.
Shen Mo had already thought that he would ask this question, so after putting down Xiong Lei's things, he walked to the side and took out two things he had already prepared.
Those are two table corners that have already been made.From the outside, it is quite different from what Xiong Lei did.
In order for the table corners made by Xiong Lei to be able to be nailed and tenoned, the three pieces of material have been moved a lot, which looks quite complicated and laborious.
The two table corners that Shen Mo took out were extremely simple in appearance.
Shen Mo didn't show off, he just turned to the side and took a hammer to beat, and removed the two corners of the table, allowing Xiong Lei to see the structure.
The corner of Shen Mo's table is made of Zongjiao Tenon. It seems to be very similar to the previous contract tenon, but it is a little different.
In the previous mortise and tenon, a small wooden stick made separately was used as a key to fix the other two pieces of wood, but the tenon and tenon are all three pieces of wood.The two are similar but different, and they have changed.
Xiong Lei quickly fell into deep thought while holding the mortise tenon, because he had thought carefully about the tenon tenon before, and now he understood the principle almost immediately when he saw these two things.
It was precisely because he understood that the mortise tenon that Shen Mo took out was much simpler and stronger than the one he made, that made him fall into deep thought, why didn't he think of it before?
Xiong Lei was contemplating, but suddenly there was a clicking sound, Xiong Lei looked back, and saw that the tenon he had given to Shen Mo earlier had been smashed by Shen Mo.
After Shen Mo smashed the thing, he immediately threw it into the waste pile beside him. Xiong Lei was very distressed. Although the thing was not as good as what Shen Mo took out, he thought about it for a long time, but now Shen Mo just smashed it.
Xiong Lei looked at Shen Mo in surprise, and seeing that Shen Mo didn't seem to be angry, he couldn't help but said, "What is this?"
When asked, Shen Mo first looked at Xiong Lei suspiciously, and then realized what Xiong Lei meant.
Shen Mo looked at the mortise and tenon that had been smashed by him, and then at Xiong Lei, "Do you still want that thing?"
No matter how good the material is, as long as it is broken, it will be smashed. This is a habit Shen Mo has developed over the years, and it is also a warning Shen Mo gave himself.
Just like kiln porcelain, every batch of porcelain comes out of the kiln, the master of the kiln will check immediately, and the defective porcelain will be broken on the spot.
The purpose of doing this is to prevent defective products from entering the market and smashing the signboard, and the second is to alert ourselves.
The purpose of Shen Mo's doing this is the same. If he has the mentality of doing it again if it breaks, or doing it a few more times, then he will never be able to improve.
So Shen Mo has set rules for himself since he came into contact with this industry. No matter how good the material is, or how difficult and time-consuming the process is, if something is not well done, it will be destroyed immediately.
At the beginning, Shen Mo felt distressed and hesitated, especially when he accidentally ruined some good materials that were hard to come by. He also thought about staying and modifying to make other samples, but he still insisted on it. Teeth persisted.
This habit has indeed brought great benefits to Shen Mo. Under the pressure of this kind of warning, the probability of making mistakes in Shen Mo's work is almost negligibly small.
The board he cut out has almost no error even without measuring with a ruler, and it can even be called precise.
It was like this when he gambled with Huang He before. From the outsiders' eyes, his movements were slow, and people couldn't help sweating for him, for fear that he would not be in time.
But in fact, he still has spare time, because he doesn't have to finish sawing and planing like Huang He, and it takes most of the day to plan.Almost all the materials he cut out can be used after a little repair.
In the workshop, Xiong Lei took a distressed look at his deed nail tenon that was smashed by Shen Mo, and finally gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Thinking about it carefully, there is indeed a problem with that thing. In order to make the three pieces of wood join together, he moved a lot of hands and feet on it together, causing the joint part itself to become very thin and unable to bear any force at all.
"By the way, I'll give you these too." Shen Mo walked aside and took out a small wooden box, which contained all the Luban locks that Shen Mo had made during this period of time.
There are many styles of Luban locks, and Shen Mo makes some with non-repetitive structures.
Luban lock is very helpful for learning mortise and tenon and wood art. If you can study this thoroughly, you have already learned half of it.
Xiong Lei's talent is not bad, plus he has been in the industry for a long time and is willing to delve into it. Shen Mo doesn't need to teach from the basics, but only needs to be instructed at the right time, and the teaching is quite easy.
When Xiong Lei got the new Luban lock, he immediately ignored his smashed deed nail and tenon, and hurriedly hugged it to look at it.
Xiong Lei got a new Zongjiao tenon and Luban lock, and he didn't see anyone for the next two days, as if he was immersed in it.
Shen Mo's side has also been busy recently, and the set of tables and chairs he made before has reached the final stage of finishing work.
The styles of the tables and chairs have already been finished. After Shen Mo assembled and inspected them, he painted them and just waited for them to dry completely before handing over the work.
During the period, Shen Mo also saw the little Shuang'er that Qi Yunshu mentioned. That little Shuang'er was two years younger than Shen Mo, with an upright appearance, revealing a gentle temperament in every gesture.
Seeing the little Shuang'er, Shen Mo never took the initiative to get close to him, nor did he deliberately alienate him. After asking him some requirements about the Guqin, Shen Mo went back early to conceive the blueprint as usual.
The production of Guqin is no more than ordinary furniture, and there are more problems to be considered. Even the materials must be specially used to make Guqin.
Most of the materials commonly used in guqin are more crisp and melodious, such as rosewood, yellow rosewood, old mahogany and the like.In addition, you can also use rosewood, nanmu, etc., but the tone is not as good as the previous ones.
In addition to the choice of material, the timbre of the material itself is also one of the most important factors. To make a good guqin, a carpenter even needs to listen to the sound of countless pieces of material, and then choose the most suitable one from among them.
This is a complicated and very skillful step. If it is not selected properly, the sound of the piano will be noisy or impure.
Shen Mo thought about the piano all the way, back to the workshop, Shen Mo entered the door, and he didn't realize that the room was full of people until he entered the inner room.
In his small inner room, at some point, a coffee table and a few benches were placed, surrounded by a circle of acquaintances.
Jia Lao, who hadn't seen him for a long time since Lu Bansuo, Gu Ming'an, who had met at the exchange meeting before, and one of the old men who were with him at that time, as well as Xiong Lei and Qi Yunshu.
With Mr. Jia, Gu Ming'an and others present, Xiong Lei immediately lost his sense of presence and sat obediently on the sidelines.
Xiong Lei himself is tall, big, and round, sitting obediently in the corner with his stomach tucked up, like a spoiled little daughter-in-law, his appearance is a bit dumbfounding.
When Shen Mo entered the door and saw the people in this room, he was stunned. He looked around at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Qi Yunshu.
It's only been a few days since I saw him, but Qi Yunshu's complexion has improved a lot. He who looked sick at first has regained some energy, although he is still thin.
Qi Yunshu raised his head and looked over, and after meeting Shen Mo's eyes, he lowered his head and looked at the teacup in his hand.
Meeting Shen Mo's eyes, Qi Yunshu couldn't help but thump in his heart.He turned the teacup in his hand a little helplessly, not daring to look up at the expression on Shen Mo's face.
He and Shen Mo didn't have a good relationship at all. He heard this from Shen Mo himself, but even so, he still came here.
Qi Yunshu was afraid that when she raised her head, what she would see would be Shen Mo's frowning and eyes showing boredom and impatience.
He and Shen Mo are impossible, he already knows this, but Shen Mo has already lived in his heart.
"You can be considered to be back." Mr. Jia was the first to speak. He had been waiting here for a long time, and he had already drank several pots of tea.
It was also at this time that Shen Mo noticed that what was placed on the coffee table among the crowd were the Luban locks he had given to Xiong Lei before.
Those Luban locks had been dismantled by Xiong Lei before, and now they were just a pile of wooden sticks, scattered all over the table in pieces, and some of them couldn't even tell which parts were which.
Shen Mo turned his head to look at Xiong Lei, and Xiong Lei who was shrinking in the corner immediately showed a smile that was uglier than crying.
Xiong Lei brought these things here, and he planned to let Shen Mo assemble them for him to see, but after arriving here, he met Gu Ming'an and the others.
Several people knew that the thing he was holding in his hand was made by Shen Mo, so they wanted to ask him to have a look, but Xiong Lei couldn't refuse, so they had to give it to a few people.
Gu Ming'an and the old man Xiong Lei also knew each other, and the two of them could be regarded as big men who were as famous as Mr. Jia.
Especially Gu Ming'an, as a rising star of the younger generation, is now very famous, Xiong Lei can't help but know him.
Shen Mo withdrew his gaze, and he looked at several people, "Who are there?"
Aside from Mr. Jia and Qi Yunshu, he and Gu Ming'an are not familiar with each other, let alone have no friendship.
"It just happens to be near here. I heard that you are working here, so I came to have a look." Gu Ming'an explained with a smile.
He is quite concerned about Shen Mo's affairs, because Shen Mo is about the same age as him, and also because of the nails and tenons that Shen Mo took out at the exchange meeting before and the secret whistle he made in front of him.
While speaking, Gu Mingan looked at the Luban locks that had been dismantled on the table again, his eyes became deep and he was thinking about something, "I heard that you made these?"
Shen Mo nodded, and he went forward to take a disassembled Luban lock on the table, and began to assemble it.
Seeing Shen Mo's movements, several people beside him, including Xiong Lei Zailei, stared at his hands closely until Lu Ban was assembled in his hands.
This thing is just a toy, the foundation of the foundation, but the few people in this room are all experts in the industry. After watching Shen Mo assemble the thing once, everyone immediately remembered it.
After assembling, Shen Mo handed the Luban lock in front of Gu Ming'an, and he said: "It's just some toys, if you like, I can give you a copy too."
"Is this true?" Gu Ming'an's voice became a little excited.
Before Shen Mo came back, everyone had been studying these things for nearly an afternoon, and they naturally saw how interesting this thing was.
For such things, Gu Ming'an thought he would earn money just by looking at them, but he didn't expect Shen Mo to be so generous.
"Of course it is true." Shen Mo nodded.
This thing is just a toy. Although it contains mortise and tenon joints and some woodworking principles, it is just some very basic things in the final analysis.
If Shen Mo can't come up with new things just because others have learned these basic things, then he is nothing more than that.
What's more, Shen Mo hopes that these things will be valued, accepted, and passed on, rather than hiding things for self-admiration.
As soon as Shen Mo's voice fell, Mr. Jia couldn't help it anymore. He howled, "Then why didn't you want to give it to me before?"
Jia Lao's eyes were wide open, and he had been entangled in this matter for a long time, and he didn't even think about eating or drinking.
He really regarded this thing as something passed on from Shen Mo's sect, and he was already hesitating whether to put down his old face and ask Shen Mo to ask him to be a teacher or something, but Shen Mo told him that these were just toys, and they were just in front of him. His face is easily given to others.
Old Jia was so angry that he blew his beard and stared. Shen Mo looked at him when he heard the words. He blinked and turned his head silently, not looking at Old Jia.
"However, it will take some time to make this thing, and it may not be done so quickly." Shen Mo talked to Gu Ming'an and the old man beside Gu Ming'an.
"Don't ignore me!" Old Jia lost his temper when he saw Shen Mo ignoring him.
He has already seen through it thoroughly. Shen Mo looks serious on the surface, but he is actually a bad-tempered bastard. He clearly knows that he wants this thing but refuses to give it to him.
Shen Mo continued to ignore him, and he took the other Luban locks that had been disassembled on the table and assembled them. While moving, he also introduced the name of the Luban lock to several people.
When Mr. Jia saw this, his beard flew out of anger.But he had nothing to do with Shen Mo, Shen Mo didn't like him at all, so he could only grit his teeth secretly.
Gritting his teeth, his eyes were still fixed on the movements of Shen Mo's hands, for fear of missing something.
Seeing that Shen Mo deliberately teased Mr. Jia and made Mr. Jia so angry, Qi Yunshu couldn't help laughing out loud, Shen Mo's vile side was also interesting.
Shen Mo usually has an unhurried and confident appearance, which makes people look at him squarely from the bottom of their hearts and become curious about him after getting to know him, but now this scene makes people feel closer.
Shen Mo heard the laughter and looked at Qi Yunshu. Seeing Qi Yunshu smile, he looked at an assembled Luban lock placed in front of him. The Luban lock was the one that Shen Mo gave to Qi Yunshu before.
"How?" Qi Yunshu smiled even more, with a bit of anticipation in his brows.
"You assembled it yourself?" Shen Mo reached out and took something over.
The structure of the Luban lock has become a little loose, not as compact as it was at the beginning. It can be seen that it was caused by countless reassembly and disassembly.
"Naturally." Qi Yunshu smiled confidently and proudly, "Although it was a bit difficult at first, once you figure out the principle, it becomes easy."
Qi Yunshu's ability to make the Qi family's business to the present level largely shows that he is a smart person.
"You are very smart." Shen Mo sincerely appreciated it.
Although the Luban lock is only a basic thing, it is also a puzzle that is not easy to solve for those who have never been in contact with it.At least Xiong Lei didn't untie it back then, it was Shen Mo who assembled it in front of him again before he remembered it.
As for Qi Yunshu, Shen Mo has never assembled this thing in front of him since he gave it to him.
That is to say, Qi Yunshu figured it out by himself without any other references, relying on the impression he had seen at the first time.
Qi Yunshu, who was smiling at first, was praised so bluntly by Shen Mo, the smile on his face became even bigger, "How about it, am I qualified to be your apprentice?"
"You want to be my apprentice?" Shen Mo raised his eyebrows.
"No?" Qi Yunshu looked over.
The two looked at each other, Shen Mo was surprised, but Qi Yunshu had the urge to avoid it, he just said it casually.
He and Shen Mo are enemies, how could Shen Mo teach him these skills of eating?
He also understood that he shouldn't expect anything extravagantly, as it is now, at least they can still see each other often before Shen Mo takes back to Muchang.
After staring at each other silently for a moment, Qi Yunshu withdrew his gaze. He took the teacup on the table and sipped it lightly. He wanted to cover up his embarrassment and panic, but he didn't want to have nothing to drink for a long time.
He looked into the teacup, only to realize that it was empty.
"Then call Master to listen first." Shen Mo said.
Qi Yunshu looked up in surprise, but saw a bit of banter and a smile in Shen Mo's eyes.
Shen Mo took the teapot and filled the cup for him, and said at the same time, "It's not easy to be my apprentice."
"If I call, will you accept me?"
"Can consider it."
Qi Yunshu didn't believe it, but it was undeniable that his heart beat faster at that moment, because of the banter and smile in Shen Mo's eyes.
"Are you accepting apprentices?" Gu Ming'an asked after listening to the conversation between the two.
Many people in their line of work will accept apprentices, and apprentices can pass on the things they have accumulated hard all their lives, and they can also have multiple helpers when doing work.
But most of the people who accept apprentices are after a certain age. Shen Mo, who started accepting apprentices at a young age, has never seen Gu Mingan, at least he himself has not yet accepted apprentices.
"I am accepting. Presumably, you have also discovered that what I have learned is slightly different from what you have learned. Originally, my school was also a thriving disciple, but now I am the only one left. If I continue to cherish my broom, I am afraid that it will really be lost." Shen Mo spoke bluntly.
Everyone was quiet for a while. The situation Shen Mo said was actually not uncommon. Many schools and crafts also slowly disappeared in the torrent of history like this.
Seeing that the atmosphere was turning in a depressing and dull direction, Qi Yunshu glanced at the already pitch-black sky outside the window, calculated the time, and offered to propose: "Since everyone is here, why don't you let me be the host and go have a meal together?"
After being reminded by Qi Yunshu, everyone realized that it was already night.
Several people looked around and saw that the craftsmen outside had gone back to rest, and went out to check the sky. They followed Qi Yunshu and left the big workshop and walked towards the street.
At this time, it was already dark, and the street was lit with lanterns, and the shadows of people swayed, but it was quite lively.
There is a large workshop of the Qi family here, and it is not too far from the compound of the Qi family. Qi Yunshu often comes here to discuss business.
This Qingcheng Qi Yunshu is quite familiar, and it didn't take long to bring everyone to a restaurant.After Qi Yunshu entered the door and explained something, the familiar people led a few people to the private room on the second floor.
It was meal time at this time, and there was a smell of rice upstairs, downstairs, and even on the street. Several people went into the house and sat down, sniffing the scent in the air, and felt a little hungry for a while.
The food in the store was served quickly, and the table was full of dishes in a short time. Several people exchanged greetings and moved their chopsticks one after another.
At the dinner table, several people also chatted.
"Will you go to the next exchange meeting?" Gu Mingan sat opposite Shen Mo.
"When is it?"
"The time is all at the beginning of the month, but the location of each exchange meeting is different. Every time I go to a place, the local people find a place and make arrangements, and the people who go every time are somewhat different." Gu Ming'an roughly explained Checked the situation.
This exchange meeting is indeed just an exchange meeting, unlike the Qi Family Appraisal Meeting which is mixed with some other things, the purpose of this exchange meeting is mainly to discuss and solve problems.
The location of the exchange meeting has been changing around. This time it was held in Qingcheng, and the next time it will go to the city next door where Mr. Jia is located.
Hearing that he was going to other cities, Shen Mo hesitated.
He's been busy recently, so he really can't leave, but the exchange meeting was really interesting, and he was a little bit reluctant.
Seeing that Shen Mo was hesitant, Gu Mingan exchanged a glance with the old man next to him. The two seemed to have exchanged something, and then said: "Actually, we came to you this time for this matter. We hope you can follow Let's go together."
Hearing Gu Mingan mention this, Mr. Jia on the side also put down his chopsticks, with a rare serious look on his face.
"Did something happen?" Shen Mo asked.
"You've been busy with the table and chairs recently, so you may not know. Recently, the other two sides have had a lot of trouble, and it has already come to our side." Xiong Lei said, when he saw Mr. Jia and the others approaching Shen Mo I can already guess why.
Shen Mo was at a loss when he heard that, what are the two sides and three sides?
"You don't even know this?" Mr. Jia was surprised. Sometimes he felt that Shen Mo was strange. He obviously had such a superb ability, but he didn't even know some things that everyone in the industry knew.
Xiong Lei glanced at Qi Yunshu, who was eating with downcast eyes and seemed not ready to speak. He explained on his behalf: "The Qi family is the benchmark and the leader on our side, but outside of our side, the situation is different."
"At present, there are four leading companies in the industry, the Qi family, the Qian family, the Feng family, and the Ding family. Among them, the Feng family is the leader, and the Ding family is the weakest. Basically, the rise and fall of our industry is also related to this almost."
The carpenter industry is also widely distributed. Basically, as long as there are people, there are more or less a few places. After all, daily household use is inseparable from this industry.
When there are too many people, schools will naturally be established, and the higher schools will be regions.
The regions are different, the climate is different, and the materials used in the lumber yards operated by the four masters are more or less different, and the techniques used by the carpenters are naturally different.
If there are differences, there must be comparisons, highs and lows, and disputes.
Everyone doesn't know when it started, anyway, it has been like this since they entered the industry.The four masters are in business disputes, while the carpenters are in a technical competition.
Whether it's for the sake of face or to gain popularity, everyone basically dislikes each other on weekdays.But generally speaking, that's all there is to it. Everyone looks down on each other, but they never really fight.
But just a while ago, someone made trouble on the side where the Feng family was located, and bullied them over their heads.
The cause of the incident had something to do with Mr. Jia. When Mr. Jia was young, he was very beautiful for a while, and even the emperor at that time invited him personally.
But at the end of the day, Mr. Jia is not as good as he used to be. He has already retired to the second line, and now he doesn't even take jobs, but only makes a living by reselling materials.
Mr. Jia no longer accepts work, but the work in the palace still needs to be done by someone.
Generally speaking, this kind of thing is arranged by a special person in the palace, and the people outside just watch the fun.
If you can be seen by the people above to ask you to do some work, it will be regarded as an honor and a face, but this kind of thing has never been forced.
Some time ago, someone was invited to do some work on the side where the Feng family was, but it was fine for that person to do the work. After he came back, he actually said that Mr. Jia's work was worthless.
Not only Mr. Jia, but the other party also spoke very badly about the carpenters on their side, saying that their work is like playing, not to mention rough, and their craftsmanship is not even one percent as good as theirs.
As soon as this matter spread, people on both sides immediately started arguing, and within a month or so, it had become a well-known matter.
When things get serious, someone will naturally stand up and speak out.
Their side refused to accept it and wanted justice, but the Feng family's side was arrogant and not afraid at all, so the two made an appointment to compare the last one, and the winner will be seen on the field.
About this competition, there has already been a lot of rumors outside, even some laymen know about it, but Shen Mo didn't know about it, so Gu Ming'an and the others were surprised when they found out.
"Those guys are full of nonsense and don't need a lesson." When Xiong Lei talked about the big fire, he looked at Qi Yunshu who was on the side.
Qi Yunshu was sipping and eating seriously, when Xiong Lei saw him, he stopped his chopsticks.
Qi Yunshu, as the head of the Qi family, the leader of their party, naturally couldn't remain indifferent.
Seeing this, Shen Mo also looked at Qi Yunshu, wanting to hear his opinion.
"The Feng family has been in the limelight recently, there is no way around it." Qi Yunshu said.
Hearing such words from Qi Yunshu's mouth, Shen Mo couldn't help raising his eyebrows. He thought that Qi Yunshu was fearless in the business field, but now it sounds like he has some concerns about the Feng family.
"I heard that the material used this time is also from the Feng family?" Mr. Jia couldn't help but open his mouth, and everyone looked at Qi Yunshu after hearing the words.
Qi Yunshu nodded, affirming everyone's thoughts, "The Feng family has already obtained the official license for the next three years."
The Qi family was also fighting for this official position before, but the Qi family has not been in the industry long enough, and the other three families have been passed down for several generations. Not to mention financial resources, Qi Yunshu can't match in terms of connections alone. of.
Knowing that it couldn't be compared, Qi Yunshu had focused all his attention on the Qi family's appraisal meeting before. Although the benefits brought by the appraisal meeting were far less than that of the official dish, it did make the Qi family a small profit.
The official dish has not been spread yet, but everyone will know sooner or later.
Getting the official plate means that the Feng family will cooperate with the officials for the next three years, and all the materials used by the officials will be provided by them.
Everyone didn't know about this matter before, but now they heard about it from Qi Yunshu, they all frowned and looked solemn.
Although Shen Mo is still somewhat unable to relate to this regional dispute, he can understand the seriousness of the matter when it involves officials.
Once the government and business cooperate, the momentum of the other party will inevitably flourish, and it is inevitable to overwhelm the other three parties.If the other party has ambitions, the other three parties may inevitably suffer a lot.
The carpenter is alright, at most he just suffers a little, so that he won't be unable to eat.However, the Qi family, which makes a living by operating lumber yards and materials, will be greatly affected, and the sales of lumber may drop sharply at any time.
And once the Qi family is affected, the carpenters will naturally be implicated to some extent.
Shen Mo understood the truth, and the rest of the people naturally understood, so the room fell into dead silence for a while.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Qi Yunshu seemed to have nothing to do with her, so she took the chopsticks and continued to chew slowly.
His cheeks were puffed up, as if he regarded eating as an important task, and he ate very seriously.
Shen Mo has noticed this from just now, Qi Yunshu has been burying his head in eating, although he chews slowly and doesn't eat much, he has been working hard to eat.
After a moment of dead silence, everyone started to discuss again. Qi Yunshu took this opportunity to serve himself a bowl of soup, and then drank it slowly.
One bowl was not enough for him, so he filled another bowl.
Seeing Qi Yunshu trying to feed himself, Shen Mo's eyes fell on his lower abdomen without moving down.
Qi Yunshu lost a lot of weight a while ago, and although she feels like she is slowly recovering recently, she is still very thin.
His lower abdomen is also flat, without any abnormalities.
Shen Mo thought about the child, and looked at Qi Yunshu still trying to feed himself, his brows frowned slightly.
He thought that Qi Yunshu had already killed the child, but now he was a little uncertain.
It was Xiong Lei who heard about the steward's abortion pill from the apprentice, but the abortion pill rolled out of the bottle that Qi Yunshu dropped on the ground.Shen Mo never doubted it before, but now thinking about it, it is very contradictory and strange.
If Qi Yunshu wanted to abort the child, why did he take the tocolytic?
But if Qi Yunshu didn't kill the child, the child is still in his stomach?
"Are you going? If you want to take a look, I can accompany you there." Qi Yunshu's voice suddenly came.
"What?" Shen Mo turned around, only to find that everyone at the table was looking at him.He was distracted just now, not listening to what the crowd was saying at all.
"Do you want to go and have a look together? Everyone should discuss this matter at this exchange meeting, so that we can see what to do next. As for the competition, we also want to go and have a look." Gu Ming'an said.
They weren't the ones who agreed on the match, but the matter was related to their reputation, so it's not good for a person like Mr. Jia to pretend not to know, he must show something.
It's a pity that their side used to be very good with Mr. Jia around, but now there are not many outstanding people in this generation.
Among the younger generation, Gu Ming'an is considered one. Although Shen Mo is not as famous as Gu Ming'an, everyone recognizes his ability, which is why everyone came to Shen Mo.
"You don't have to worry about the things in the workshop. If you want to go, you can also go and have a look." Qi Yunshu said, "There are also some carpenters with real skills in the Feng family, and their work methods are also similar to those here. different."
Qi Yunshu knew that Shen Mo would be interested in these things, so he didn't stop Shen Mo from getting in touch, but pushed him behind his back.
After Qi Yunshu said that, Shen Mo didn't refuse any more. He wasn't interested in regional disputes, but he was quite interested in some tactics of the Feng family.
"Since we're going, let's make an appointment to go together, and we'll have someone to take care of us when we get there." Gu Mingan asked several people for their opinions.
"Will you take the Guqin order?" Qi Yunshu changed the subject stiffly, lowering his eyes slightly to hide the panic in his eyes.
"Are you changing the subject?" Shen Mo raised his eyebrows.
"No." Qi Yunshu pretended to be calm, "I came to you to talk about this matter."
Qi Yunshu had an extremely serious look on his face, but Shen Mo didn't believe his words at all. This usually shrewd person, but the lies he told now were very lame.
Qi Yunshu was a little embarrassed by him, so he had no choice but to look at Shen Mo and said: "I think you should be aware of that person's identity. If you don't want to accept this order, I won't force it, but I still hope you can think about it." consider."
Qi Yunshu hadn't thought about this at all before. At that time, his attention was all on Shen Mo. Although he said this now to change the subject, his mind became clearer after gradually calming down.
If Shen Mo really wants to refuse this matter, it is not impossible to refuse, but the identity of the other party is not simple, I am afraid it will not be so easy.
When it came to business, Shen Mo pondered for a moment and said, "Of course I have to pick it up."
The purpose of Shen Mo coming to Qi's big workshop is to get in touch with these people, and to gain a firm foothold in this industry. This is a great opportunity, and he will naturally not waste it.
Shen Mo's purpose was clear, Qi Yunshu heard the words, although he already understood that Shen Mo still didn't understand the matter of the little girl in the Prince Jin's mansion, but he still couldn't help but care a little bit.
Shen Mo didn't know about the Jin Palace before, but now he already knows.
"Since you intend to do it, then I'll let Yu Yan answer." Qi Yunshu suppressed the faint uneasiness in his heart and said.
After finishing speaking, when Qi Yunshu looked at Shen Mo again, his eyes were already a little more probing and scrutinizing.
Although Guqin is also based on wood art, it is completely different from ordinary wood art furniture.
Most of these instruments are distinguished from ordinary carpenters, because it not only needs to make a shape, but also needs to consider the sound quality of the resonance box, which is beyond the scope of carpenters.
Qi Yunshu really didn't expect that Shen Mo could do this, and he became more and more curious about what else Shen Mo could do?
Aware of her own thoughts, Qi Yunshu's eyes couldn't help being gentle. Shen Mo has been surprising him from the beginning until now, which surprised him time and time again.
After the matter of Guqin was settled, Qi Yunshu roughly told Shen Mo about the matter of the Jin Palace, and then asked the housekeeper to send him out.
Shen Mo left the mansion, and while thinking about the affairs of Prince Jin's Mansion, he walked towards the big workshop. Halfway there, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be led off topic by Qi Yunshu.
Under the night, on the street, Shen Mo stopped and looked back at the direction behind him. After thinking for a while, he shook his head slightly and continued walking towards the workshop.
The workshop has been busy making the food box list for Xiong's family recently. After half a month, it has now come to an end.
At night, the craftsmen rest, and the workshop is empty.
Shen Mo directly pushed the door open and entered. He thought the workshop should be empty, but when he entered, he found that Xiong Lei was still busy in the back room.
"Have you left yet?" Shen Mo stepped forward.
Since Xiong Lei started following him, he has been running this way often, especially after Shen Mo handed Lu Bansuo to him, he ran even more diligently.
"You came just in time." When Xiong Lei saw Shen Mo, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he quickly handed something he was polishing to Shen Mo.
It was a wooden component similar to the corner of a table. When Shen Mo saw it, he remembered that during the exchange meeting before, he asked Xiong Lei to try to find a solution.
After returning from the exchange meeting, Shen Mo was so busy with Qi Yunshu and Prince Jin's Mansion that he forgot about it.
Shen Mo took something to the side of the candle lamp, and looked at the light.
The table corner made by Xiong Lei follows the structure of the tenon and tenon that Shen Mo had made in the exchange meeting before. The specific details were thought up by him himself. way stuck together.
Shen Mo looked at the corner of the table, Xiong Lei who was waiting by the side couldn't help swallowing, his face was full of nervousness.
The mortise and tenon made by Shen Mo at the exchange meeting before seemed simple, and the old expert could understand the principle at a glance.
But when it was Xiong Lei's turn to do it himself, it only changed from two pieces of wood to three pieces of wood, but it took Xiong Lei nearly ten days to finally come up with this structure.
As for this, he only came up with it after he went back to study the Naqi nail tenon and Luban lock.
Xiong Lei was very nervous, Shen Mo nodded after reading the structure, and said: "It's not bad, basically you have mastered the structure of the tenon and tenon."
Xiong Lei breathed a sigh of relief, and then his heart hung high again. What Shen Mo said was not bad, not perfect.
"Is there any other better way?" Xiong Lei asked.
Shen Mo had already thought that he would ask this question, so after putting down Xiong Lei's things, he walked to the side and took out two things he had already prepared.
Those are two table corners that have already been made.From the outside, it is quite different from what Xiong Lei did.
In order for the table corners made by Xiong Lei to be able to be nailed and tenoned, the three pieces of material have been moved a lot, which looks quite complicated and laborious.
The two table corners that Shen Mo took out were extremely simple in appearance.
Shen Mo didn't show off, he just turned to the side and took a hammer to beat, and removed the two corners of the table, allowing Xiong Lei to see the structure.
The corner of Shen Mo's table is made of Zongjiao Tenon. It seems to be very similar to the previous contract tenon, but it is a little different.
In the previous mortise and tenon, a small wooden stick made separately was used as a key to fix the other two pieces of wood, but the tenon and tenon are all three pieces of wood.The two are similar but different, and they have changed.
Xiong Lei quickly fell into deep thought while holding the mortise tenon, because he had thought carefully about the tenon tenon before, and now he understood the principle almost immediately when he saw these two things.
It was precisely because he understood that the mortise tenon that Shen Mo took out was much simpler and stronger than the one he made, that made him fall into deep thought, why didn't he think of it before?
Xiong Lei was contemplating, but suddenly there was a clicking sound, Xiong Lei looked back, and saw that the tenon he had given to Shen Mo earlier had been smashed by Shen Mo.
After Shen Mo smashed the thing, he immediately threw it into the waste pile beside him. Xiong Lei was very distressed. Although the thing was not as good as what Shen Mo took out, he thought about it for a long time, but now Shen Mo just smashed it.
Xiong Lei looked at Shen Mo in surprise, and seeing that Shen Mo didn't seem to be angry, he couldn't help but said, "What is this?"
When asked, Shen Mo first looked at Xiong Lei suspiciously, and then realized what Xiong Lei meant.
Shen Mo looked at the mortise and tenon that had been smashed by him, and then at Xiong Lei, "Do you still want that thing?"
No matter how good the material is, as long as it is broken, it will be smashed. This is a habit Shen Mo has developed over the years, and it is also a warning Shen Mo gave himself.
Just like kiln porcelain, every batch of porcelain comes out of the kiln, the master of the kiln will check immediately, and the defective porcelain will be broken on the spot.
The purpose of doing this is to prevent defective products from entering the market and smashing the signboard, and the second is to alert ourselves.
The purpose of Shen Mo's doing this is the same. If he has the mentality of doing it again if it breaks, or doing it a few more times, then he will never be able to improve.
So Shen Mo has set rules for himself since he came into contact with this industry. No matter how good the material is, or how difficult and time-consuming the process is, if something is not well done, it will be destroyed immediately.
At the beginning, Shen Mo felt distressed and hesitated, especially when he accidentally ruined some good materials that were hard to come by. He also thought about staying and modifying to make other samples, but he still insisted on it. Teeth persisted.
This habit has indeed brought great benefits to Shen Mo. Under the pressure of this kind of warning, the probability of making mistakes in Shen Mo's work is almost negligibly small.
The board he cut out has almost no error even without measuring with a ruler, and it can even be called precise.
It was like this when he gambled with Huang He before. From the outsiders' eyes, his movements were slow, and people couldn't help sweating for him, for fear that he would not be in time.
But in fact, he still has spare time, because he doesn't have to finish sawing and planing like Huang He, and it takes most of the day to plan.Almost all the materials he cut out can be used after a little repair.
In the workshop, Xiong Lei took a distressed look at his deed nail tenon that was smashed by Shen Mo, and finally gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Thinking about it carefully, there is indeed a problem with that thing. In order to make the three pieces of wood join together, he moved a lot of hands and feet on it together, causing the joint part itself to become very thin and unable to bear any force at all.
"By the way, I'll give you these too." Shen Mo walked aside and took out a small wooden box, which contained all the Luban locks that Shen Mo had made during this period of time.
There are many styles of Luban locks, and Shen Mo makes some with non-repetitive structures.
Luban lock is very helpful for learning mortise and tenon and wood art. If you can study this thoroughly, you have already learned half of it.
Xiong Lei's talent is not bad, plus he has been in the industry for a long time and is willing to delve into it. Shen Mo doesn't need to teach from the basics, but only needs to be instructed at the right time, and the teaching is quite easy.
When Xiong Lei got the new Luban lock, he immediately ignored his smashed deed nail and tenon, and hurriedly hugged it to look at it.
Xiong Lei got a new Zongjiao tenon and Luban lock, and he didn't see anyone for the next two days, as if he was immersed in it.
Shen Mo's side has also been busy recently, and the set of tables and chairs he made before has reached the final stage of finishing work.
The styles of the tables and chairs have already been finished. After Shen Mo assembled and inspected them, he painted them and just waited for them to dry completely before handing over the work.
During the period, Shen Mo also saw the little Shuang'er that Qi Yunshu mentioned. That little Shuang'er was two years younger than Shen Mo, with an upright appearance, revealing a gentle temperament in every gesture.
Seeing the little Shuang'er, Shen Mo never took the initiative to get close to him, nor did he deliberately alienate him. After asking him some requirements about the Guqin, Shen Mo went back early to conceive the blueprint as usual.
The production of Guqin is no more than ordinary furniture, and there are more problems to be considered. Even the materials must be specially used to make Guqin.
Most of the materials commonly used in guqin are more crisp and melodious, such as rosewood, yellow rosewood, old mahogany and the like.In addition, you can also use rosewood, nanmu, etc., but the tone is not as good as the previous ones.
In addition to the choice of material, the timbre of the material itself is also one of the most important factors. To make a good guqin, a carpenter even needs to listen to the sound of countless pieces of material, and then choose the most suitable one from among them.
This is a complicated and very skillful step. If it is not selected properly, the sound of the piano will be noisy or impure.
Shen Mo thought about the piano all the way, back to the workshop, Shen Mo entered the door, and he didn't realize that the room was full of people until he entered the inner room.
In his small inner room, at some point, a coffee table and a few benches were placed, surrounded by a circle of acquaintances.
Jia Lao, who hadn't seen him for a long time since Lu Bansuo, Gu Ming'an, who had met at the exchange meeting before, and one of the old men who were with him at that time, as well as Xiong Lei and Qi Yunshu.
With Mr. Jia, Gu Ming'an and others present, Xiong Lei immediately lost his sense of presence and sat obediently on the sidelines.
Xiong Lei himself is tall, big, and round, sitting obediently in the corner with his stomach tucked up, like a spoiled little daughter-in-law, his appearance is a bit dumbfounding.
When Shen Mo entered the door and saw the people in this room, he was stunned. He looked around at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Qi Yunshu.
It's only been a few days since I saw him, but Qi Yunshu's complexion has improved a lot. He who looked sick at first has regained some energy, although he is still thin.
Qi Yunshu raised his head and looked over, and after meeting Shen Mo's eyes, he lowered his head and looked at the teacup in his hand.
Meeting Shen Mo's eyes, Qi Yunshu couldn't help but thump in his heart.He turned the teacup in his hand a little helplessly, not daring to look up at the expression on Shen Mo's face.
He and Shen Mo didn't have a good relationship at all. He heard this from Shen Mo himself, but even so, he still came here.
Qi Yunshu was afraid that when she raised her head, what she would see would be Shen Mo's frowning and eyes showing boredom and impatience.
He and Shen Mo are impossible, he already knows this, but Shen Mo has already lived in his heart.
"You can be considered to be back." Mr. Jia was the first to speak. He had been waiting here for a long time, and he had already drank several pots of tea.
It was also at this time that Shen Mo noticed that what was placed on the coffee table among the crowd were the Luban locks he had given to Xiong Lei before.
Those Luban locks had been dismantled by Xiong Lei before, and now they were just a pile of wooden sticks, scattered all over the table in pieces, and some of them couldn't even tell which parts were which.
Shen Mo turned his head to look at Xiong Lei, and Xiong Lei who was shrinking in the corner immediately showed a smile that was uglier than crying.
Xiong Lei brought these things here, and he planned to let Shen Mo assemble them for him to see, but after arriving here, he met Gu Ming'an and the others.
Several people knew that the thing he was holding in his hand was made by Shen Mo, so they wanted to ask him to have a look, but Xiong Lei couldn't refuse, so they had to give it to a few people.
Gu Ming'an and the old man Xiong Lei also knew each other, and the two of them could be regarded as big men who were as famous as Mr. Jia.
Especially Gu Ming'an, as a rising star of the younger generation, is now very famous, Xiong Lei can't help but know him.
Shen Mo withdrew his gaze, and he looked at several people, "Who are there?"
Aside from Mr. Jia and Qi Yunshu, he and Gu Ming'an are not familiar with each other, let alone have no friendship.
"It just happens to be near here. I heard that you are working here, so I came to have a look." Gu Ming'an explained with a smile.
He is quite concerned about Shen Mo's affairs, because Shen Mo is about the same age as him, and also because of the nails and tenons that Shen Mo took out at the exchange meeting before and the secret whistle he made in front of him.
While speaking, Gu Mingan looked at the Luban locks that had been dismantled on the table again, his eyes became deep and he was thinking about something, "I heard that you made these?"
Shen Mo nodded, and he went forward to take a disassembled Luban lock on the table, and began to assemble it.
Seeing Shen Mo's movements, several people beside him, including Xiong Lei Zailei, stared at his hands closely until Lu Ban was assembled in his hands.
This thing is just a toy, the foundation of the foundation, but the few people in this room are all experts in the industry. After watching Shen Mo assemble the thing once, everyone immediately remembered it.
After assembling, Shen Mo handed the Luban lock in front of Gu Ming'an, and he said: "It's just some toys, if you like, I can give you a copy too."
"Is this true?" Gu Ming'an's voice became a little excited.
Before Shen Mo came back, everyone had been studying these things for nearly an afternoon, and they naturally saw how interesting this thing was.
For such things, Gu Ming'an thought he would earn money just by looking at them, but he didn't expect Shen Mo to be so generous.
"Of course it is true." Shen Mo nodded.
This thing is just a toy. Although it contains mortise and tenon joints and some woodworking principles, it is just some very basic things in the final analysis.
If Shen Mo can't come up with new things just because others have learned these basic things, then he is nothing more than that.
What's more, Shen Mo hopes that these things will be valued, accepted, and passed on, rather than hiding things for self-admiration.
As soon as Shen Mo's voice fell, Mr. Jia couldn't help it anymore. He howled, "Then why didn't you want to give it to me before?"
Jia Lao's eyes were wide open, and he had been entangled in this matter for a long time, and he didn't even think about eating or drinking.
He really regarded this thing as something passed on from Shen Mo's sect, and he was already hesitating whether to put down his old face and ask Shen Mo to ask him to be a teacher or something, but Shen Mo told him that these were just toys, and they were just in front of him. His face is easily given to others.
Old Jia was so angry that he blew his beard and stared. Shen Mo looked at him when he heard the words. He blinked and turned his head silently, not looking at Old Jia.
"However, it will take some time to make this thing, and it may not be done so quickly." Shen Mo talked to Gu Ming'an and the old man beside Gu Ming'an.
"Don't ignore me!" Old Jia lost his temper when he saw Shen Mo ignoring him.
He has already seen through it thoroughly. Shen Mo looks serious on the surface, but he is actually a bad-tempered bastard. He clearly knows that he wants this thing but refuses to give it to him.
Shen Mo continued to ignore him, and he took the other Luban locks that had been disassembled on the table and assembled them. While moving, he also introduced the name of the Luban lock to several people.
When Mr. Jia saw this, his beard flew out of anger.But he had nothing to do with Shen Mo, Shen Mo didn't like him at all, so he could only grit his teeth secretly.
Gritting his teeth, his eyes were still fixed on the movements of Shen Mo's hands, for fear of missing something.
Seeing that Shen Mo deliberately teased Mr. Jia and made Mr. Jia so angry, Qi Yunshu couldn't help laughing out loud, Shen Mo's vile side was also interesting.
Shen Mo usually has an unhurried and confident appearance, which makes people look at him squarely from the bottom of their hearts and become curious about him after getting to know him, but now this scene makes people feel closer.
Shen Mo heard the laughter and looked at Qi Yunshu. Seeing Qi Yunshu smile, he looked at an assembled Luban lock placed in front of him. The Luban lock was the one that Shen Mo gave to Qi Yunshu before.
"How?" Qi Yunshu smiled even more, with a bit of anticipation in his brows.
"You assembled it yourself?" Shen Mo reached out and took something over.
The structure of the Luban lock has become a little loose, not as compact as it was at the beginning. It can be seen that it was caused by countless reassembly and disassembly.
"Naturally." Qi Yunshu smiled confidently and proudly, "Although it was a bit difficult at first, once you figure out the principle, it becomes easy."
Qi Yunshu's ability to make the Qi family's business to the present level largely shows that he is a smart person.
"You are very smart." Shen Mo sincerely appreciated it.
Although the Luban lock is only a basic thing, it is also a puzzle that is not easy to solve for those who have never been in contact with it.At least Xiong Lei didn't untie it back then, it was Shen Mo who assembled it in front of him again before he remembered it.
As for Qi Yunshu, Shen Mo has never assembled this thing in front of him since he gave it to him.
That is to say, Qi Yunshu figured it out by himself without any other references, relying on the impression he had seen at the first time.
Qi Yunshu, who was smiling at first, was praised so bluntly by Shen Mo, the smile on his face became even bigger, "How about it, am I qualified to be your apprentice?"
"You want to be my apprentice?" Shen Mo raised his eyebrows.
"No?" Qi Yunshu looked over.
The two looked at each other, Shen Mo was surprised, but Qi Yunshu had the urge to avoid it, he just said it casually.
He and Shen Mo are enemies, how could Shen Mo teach him these skills of eating?
He also understood that he shouldn't expect anything extravagantly, as it is now, at least they can still see each other often before Shen Mo takes back to Muchang.
After staring at each other silently for a moment, Qi Yunshu withdrew his gaze. He took the teacup on the table and sipped it lightly. He wanted to cover up his embarrassment and panic, but he didn't want to have nothing to drink for a long time.
He looked into the teacup, only to realize that it was empty.
"Then call Master to listen first." Shen Mo said.
Qi Yunshu looked up in surprise, but saw a bit of banter and a smile in Shen Mo's eyes.
Shen Mo took the teapot and filled the cup for him, and said at the same time, "It's not easy to be my apprentice."
"If I call, will you accept me?"
"Can consider it."
Qi Yunshu didn't believe it, but it was undeniable that his heart beat faster at that moment, because of the banter and smile in Shen Mo's eyes.
"Are you accepting apprentices?" Gu Ming'an asked after listening to the conversation between the two.
Many people in their line of work will accept apprentices, and apprentices can pass on the things they have accumulated hard all their lives, and they can also have multiple helpers when doing work.
But most of the people who accept apprentices are after a certain age. Shen Mo, who started accepting apprentices at a young age, has never seen Gu Mingan, at least he himself has not yet accepted apprentices.
"I am accepting. Presumably, you have also discovered that what I have learned is slightly different from what you have learned. Originally, my school was also a thriving disciple, but now I am the only one left. If I continue to cherish my broom, I am afraid that it will really be lost." Shen Mo spoke bluntly.
Everyone was quiet for a while. The situation Shen Mo said was actually not uncommon. Many schools and crafts also slowly disappeared in the torrent of history like this.
Seeing that the atmosphere was turning in a depressing and dull direction, Qi Yunshu glanced at the already pitch-black sky outside the window, calculated the time, and offered to propose: "Since everyone is here, why don't you let me be the host and go have a meal together?"
After being reminded by Qi Yunshu, everyone realized that it was already night.
Several people looked around and saw that the craftsmen outside had gone back to rest, and went out to check the sky. They followed Qi Yunshu and left the big workshop and walked towards the street.
At this time, it was already dark, and the street was lit with lanterns, and the shadows of people swayed, but it was quite lively.
There is a large workshop of the Qi family here, and it is not too far from the compound of the Qi family. Qi Yunshu often comes here to discuss business.
This Qingcheng Qi Yunshu is quite familiar, and it didn't take long to bring everyone to a restaurant.After Qi Yunshu entered the door and explained something, the familiar people led a few people to the private room on the second floor.
It was meal time at this time, and there was a smell of rice upstairs, downstairs, and even on the street. Several people went into the house and sat down, sniffing the scent in the air, and felt a little hungry for a while.
The food in the store was served quickly, and the table was full of dishes in a short time. Several people exchanged greetings and moved their chopsticks one after another.
At the dinner table, several people also chatted.
"Will you go to the next exchange meeting?" Gu Mingan sat opposite Shen Mo.
"When is it?"
"The time is all at the beginning of the month, but the location of each exchange meeting is different. Every time I go to a place, the local people find a place and make arrangements, and the people who go every time are somewhat different." Gu Ming'an roughly explained Checked the situation.
This exchange meeting is indeed just an exchange meeting, unlike the Qi Family Appraisal Meeting which is mixed with some other things, the purpose of this exchange meeting is mainly to discuss and solve problems.
The location of the exchange meeting has been changing around. This time it was held in Qingcheng, and the next time it will go to the city next door where Mr. Jia is located.
Hearing that he was going to other cities, Shen Mo hesitated.
He's been busy recently, so he really can't leave, but the exchange meeting was really interesting, and he was a little bit reluctant.
Seeing that Shen Mo was hesitant, Gu Mingan exchanged a glance with the old man next to him. The two seemed to have exchanged something, and then said: "Actually, we came to you this time for this matter. We hope you can follow Let's go together."
Hearing Gu Mingan mention this, Mr. Jia on the side also put down his chopsticks, with a rare serious look on his face.
"Did something happen?" Shen Mo asked.
"You've been busy with the table and chairs recently, so you may not know. Recently, the other two sides have had a lot of trouble, and it has already come to our side." Xiong Lei said, when he saw Mr. Jia and the others approaching Shen Mo I can already guess why.
Shen Mo was at a loss when he heard that, what are the two sides and three sides?
"You don't even know this?" Mr. Jia was surprised. Sometimes he felt that Shen Mo was strange. He obviously had such a superb ability, but he didn't even know some things that everyone in the industry knew.
Xiong Lei glanced at Qi Yunshu, who was eating with downcast eyes and seemed not ready to speak. He explained on his behalf: "The Qi family is the benchmark and the leader on our side, but outside of our side, the situation is different."
"At present, there are four leading companies in the industry, the Qi family, the Qian family, the Feng family, and the Ding family. Among them, the Feng family is the leader, and the Ding family is the weakest. Basically, the rise and fall of our industry is also related to this almost."
The carpenter industry is also widely distributed. Basically, as long as there are people, there are more or less a few places. After all, daily household use is inseparable from this industry.
When there are too many people, schools will naturally be established, and the higher schools will be regions.
The regions are different, the climate is different, and the materials used in the lumber yards operated by the four masters are more or less different, and the techniques used by the carpenters are naturally different.
If there are differences, there must be comparisons, highs and lows, and disputes.
Everyone doesn't know when it started, anyway, it has been like this since they entered the industry.The four masters are in business disputes, while the carpenters are in a technical competition.
Whether it's for the sake of face or to gain popularity, everyone basically dislikes each other on weekdays.But generally speaking, that's all there is to it. Everyone looks down on each other, but they never really fight.
But just a while ago, someone made trouble on the side where the Feng family was located, and bullied them over their heads.
The cause of the incident had something to do with Mr. Jia. When Mr. Jia was young, he was very beautiful for a while, and even the emperor at that time invited him personally.
But at the end of the day, Mr. Jia is not as good as he used to be. He has already retired to the second line, and now he doesn't even take jobs, but only makes a living by reselling materials.
Mr. Jia no longer accepts work, but the work in the palace still needs to be done by someone.
Generally speaking, this kind of thing is arranged by a special person in the palace, and the people outside just watch the fun.
If you can be seen by the people above to ask you to do some work, it will be regarded as an honor and a face, but this kind of thing has never been forced.
Some time ago, someone was invited to do some work on the side where the Feng family was, but it was fine for that person to do the work. After he came back, he actually said that Mr. Jia's work was worthless.
Not only Mr. Jia, but the other party also spoke very badly about the carpenters on their side, saying that their work is like playing, not to mention rough, and their craftsmanship is not even one percent as good as theirs.
As soon as this matter spread, people on both sides immediately started arguing, and within a month or so, it had become a well-known matter.
When things get serious, someone will naturally stand up and speak out.
Their side refused to accept it and wanted justice, but the Feng family's side was arrogant and not afraid at all, so the two made an appointment to compare the last one, and the winner will be seen on the field.
About this competition, there has already been a lot of rumors outside, even some laymen know about it, but Shen Mo didn't know about it, so Gu Ming'an and the others were surprised when they found out.
"Those guys are full of nonsense and don't need a lesson." When Xiong Lei talked about the big fire, he looked at Qi Yunshu who was on the side.
Qi Yunshu was sipping and eating seriously, when Xiong Lei saw him, he stopped his chopsticks.
Qi Yunshu, as the head of the Qi family, the leader of their party, naturally couldn't remain indifferent.
Seeing this, Shen Mo also looked at Qi Yunshu, wanting to hear his opinion.
"The Feng family has been in the limelight recently, there is no way around it." Qi Yunshu said.
Hearing such words from Qi Yunshu's mouth, Shen Mo couldn't help raising his eyebrows. He thought that Qi Yunshu was fearless in the business field, but now it sounds like he has some concerns about the Feng family.
"I heard that the material used this time is also from the Feng family?" Mr. Jia couldn't help but open his mouth, and everyone looked at Qi Yunshu after hearing the words.
Qi Yunshu nodded, affirming everyone's thoughts, "The Feng family has already obtained the official license for the next three years."
The Qi family was also fighting for this official position before, but the Qi family has not been in the industry long enough, and the other three families have been passed down for several generations. Not to mention financial resources, Qi Yunshu can't match in terms of connections alone. of.
Knowing that it couldn't be compared, Qi Yunshu had focused all his attention on the Qi family's appraisal meeting before. Although the benefits brought by the appraisal meeting were far less than that of the official dish, it did make the Qi family a small profit.
The official dish has not been spread yet, but everyone will know sooner or later.
Getting the official plate means that the Feng family will cooperate with the officials for the next three years, and all the materials used by the officials will be provided by them.
Everyone didn't know about this matter before, but now they heard about it from Qi Yunshu, they all frowned and looked solemn.
Although Shen Mo is still somewhat unable to relate to this regional dispute, he can understand the seriousness of the matter when it involves officials.
Once the government and business cooperate, the momentum of the other party will inevitably flourish, and it is inevitable to overwhelm the other three parties.If the other party has ambitions, the other three parties may inevitably suffer a lot.
The carpenter is alright, at most he just suffers a little, so that he won't be unable to eat.However, the Qi family, which makes a living by operating lumber yards and materials, will be greatly affected, and the sales of lumber may drop sharply at any time.
And once the Qi family is affected, the carpenters will naturally be implicated to some extent.
Shen Mo understood the truth, and the rest of the people naturally understood, so the room fell into dead silence for a while.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Qi Yunshu seemed to have nothing to do with her, so she took the chopsticks and continued to chew slowly.
His cheeks were puffed up, as if he regarded eating as an important task, and he ate very seriously.
Shen Mo has noticed this from just now, Qi Yunshu has been burying his head in eating, although he chews slowly and doesn't eat much, he has been working hard to eat.
After a moment of dead silence, everyone started to discuss again. Qi Yunshu took this opportunity to serve himself a bowl of soup, and then drank it slowly.
One bowl was not enough for him, so he filled another bowl.
Seeing Qi Yunshu trying to feed himself, Shen Mo's eyes fell on his lower abdomen without moving down.
Qi Yunshu lost a lot of weight a while ago, and although she feels like she is slowly recovering recently, she is still very thin.
His lower abdomen is also flat, without any abnormalities.
Shen Mo thought about the child, and looked at Qi Yunshu still trying to feed himself, his brows frowned slightly.
He thought that Qi Yunshu had already killed the child, but now he was a little uncertain.
It was Xiong Lei who heard about the steward's abortion pill from the apprentice, but the abortion pill rolled out of the bottle that Qi Yunshu dropped on the ground.Shen Mo never doubted it before, but now thinking about it, it is very contradictory and strange.
If Qi Yunshu wanted to abort the child, why did he take the tocolytic?
But if Qi Yunshu didn't kill the child, the child is still in his stomach?
"Are you going? If you want to take a look, I can accompany you there." Qi Yunshu's voice suddenly came.
"What?" Shen Mo turned around, only to find that everyone at the table was looking at him.He was distracted just now, not listening to what the crowd was saying at all.
"Do you want to go and have a look together? Everyone should discuss this matter at this exchange meeting, so that we can see what to do next. As for the competition, we also want to go and have a look." Gu Ming'an said.
They weren't the ones who agreed on the match, but the matter was related to their reputation, so it's not good for a person like Mr. Jia to pretend not to know, he must show something.
It's a pity that their side used to be very good with Mr. Jia around, but now there are not many outstanding people in this generation.
Among the younger generation, Gu Ming'an is considered one. Although Shen Mo is not as famous as Gu Ming'an, everyone recognizes his ability, which is why everyone came to Shen Mo.
"You don't have to worry about the things in the workshop. If you want to go, you can also go and have a look." Qi Yunshu said, "There are also some carpenters with real skills in the Feng family, and their work methods are also similar to those here. different."
Qi Yunshu knew that Shen Mo would be interested in these things, so he didn't stop Shen Mo from getting in touch, but pushed him behind his back.
After Qi Yunshu said that, Shen Mo didn't refuse any more. He wasn't interested in regional disputes, but he was quite interested in some tactics of the Feng family.
"Since we're going, let's make an appointment to go together, and we'll have someone to take care of us when we get there." Gu Mingan asked several people for their opinions.
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