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The drizzle is falling, like a bead curtain, thin and dense, misty.

It splashed to the ground, mixed with the dust, and raised a light mist of rain and mist.The air was exceptionally fresh.

Ming Qi took Wan'er and sat on a small stool at the door of the wing room, the two of them together stared at the rain and mist with their cheeks on their hands.

Fortunately, it's already May, so there's no need to worry that the two of them will catch cold and get sick from the rain, so let them go.

Qiao Mingjin sat in the wing room and looked towards the courtyard with a faint smile on his lips.

The raindrops fell on the eaves tick-tock, and then hit the ground like broken threads, splashing circles of ripples.

Her heart was unusually quiet.

In front of him is a pile of account books sent by Zhou Yanqing.

After receiving the account book from the Zhou Mansion, Qiao Mingjin used this wing room as a study.Sometimes I will rest here at night when I am late at night.

"Mother, when will this rain last? You can't go out to play anymore." Wan'er rushed in, pouted and complained to her.

"Just thinking about playing. I still remember that you haven't written your big characters yet. Today, I only practiced my abacus once." Ming Qi exposed her shortcoming unceremoniously.

The little thing turned his head and glared at his aunt.Ming Qi looked at her without any identity.

Qiao Mingjin couldn't laugh or cry when she saw it.

Although these two people are not a few years apart, they are actually separated by a generation.But neither of them seemed to have this awareness.Still playing around.Fortunately, the more trouble we get, the closer we get.

It's just that big eyes and small eyes are inevitable every day, and small eyes refuse to admit defeat and insert accusations.

Qiao Mingjin beckoned the two of them to climb onto the low couch.

"It's all muddy outside, and it's full of potholes due to the rain. After it's sunny, it takes two days to dry before going to the water. I just want to play, and the shoe lady won't help you wash it."

Qiao Mingjin took her daughter in her arms, poked her forehead and said.

"That's right, those shoes are difficult to wash. They will crack after washing too much. If you splash mud, they will still be dusty even after washing them. I won't help you make the shoes then."

When Ming Qi and Wan'er are together, they always look like a child who can't grow up.

Wan'er snorted at her, twisted her body and threw herself into Qiao Mingjin's arms: "Mother, don't you have moccasin boots for summer? They are waterproof. The kind that are not afraid of rain?"

Qiao Mingjin groped for her daughter's head, turned her body sideways, and looked under the couch. Three pairs of cotton shoes were neatly placed on the floor in front of the couch.

There are no plastic wellies for sale these days.The cotton shoes made of glutinous rice paddles cannot be drenched in rain.

Of course there are also clogs.Or just the sole made of wood, or even the upper is dug out of wood, but it's just how awkward to wear.

The bottom is made of wood.The upper is at least a soft fabric.It's just not suitable for dripping in the rain.The wooden shoes, all made of wood, are tight to wear, unable to stretch or bend, squeezing the toes and hooping the heels.

She only wore it once and let it go.

When it rains, I can only stay at home.

It has been raining for a few days, pattering.The three mothers stayed at home, and they rarely even went out of the courtyard.

It rained in the workshop.Wooden stakes cannot be baked, and if they cannot be baked, they cannot be dried.Hand carving is not possible without drying.The progress was delayed a bit.

Fortunately, the impact is not great.There are still better wooden stakes that have been processed.It's just that the workers who are handymen are free.

Now Yaoji needs fewer clothes hangers.Sending it once a month can also support the sale for a month or two, and there is no need for a dedicated person to do this.

A few days ago, Qiao Mingjin watched the workers idle waiting for work, so she taught them how to make wooden flowers.

The sawdust planed from the stakes in the workshop can hold several sacks every day.Usually, these discarded wood flowers were just stuffed in sacks by Xia and He and carried to the kitchen for lighting.

A few days ago, when it was raining, Qiao Mingjin took Wan'er and Ming Qi to the workshop to play with Yunluan.

I saw that the workers were picking up the sawdust that the masters had planed.I also saw that my daughter and Yunluan couldn't go out to play because of the rain, and they were doing nothing.So I picked some wood flowers that were planed thin and long.Going around and around, they made a bouquet of dried flowers for the two of them.

Wan'er, Yunluan, and Ming Qi saw it as fun and novel, and they showed it off around the workshop.

The workers who did the chores saw it and wanted to see it one after another.Even the Xia family and the He family came to learn.

Everyone brainstormed, gathered all the wood and flowers that had been planed, and carried a few sacks from the kitchen that hadn't had time to burn, and spread them in the house, looking for usable wood and flowers, and assembling various things.

In the end, even the families of the workers who did the chores were too busy to panic, got the news, and ran to the workshop to play.

Soon everyone made a variety of dried flowers with reference to the dried flower bouquets made by Qiao Mingjin.Some of them were assembled into paintings, and some were made into wooden flower baskets, needlework baskets...

All kinds.It's small and cute.

Even the masters with poisonous eyes praised it again and again.

In this way, the workshop has another job to do.

The firewood in the kitchen turned into pine leaves in the forest.

Qiao Mingjin went there for a few days, then left Ming Qi and Wan'er there, and went home to settle accounts by herself.

Today, the wood flowers have almost been picked, and the workers and their families are watching the masters with bright eyes, waiting for them to plan the wood flowers.I can't wait to go to the backyard and carry the untreated wooden piles to plan a few times.

The two children had nothing to do and returned home.Watch the rain and listen to the rain with her.

"Sister, do you think people will buy the things we made with wood flowers?" Ming Qi looked suspicious.

Qiao Mingjin smiled and said, "I want to know if anyone has bought it. I'll know when my cousin comes back later?"

The day before yesterday, Yunjin sent some trinkets made of wood flowers to Yao Ji for trial sale. The quantity was not large, so they just said to put them there to test the water.

I sent another batch today, and I also want to see the results of the water test.

After hearing Qiao Mingjin's words, the two little things got together and chattered about the wood flowers they had participated in making these days.

Picking out the available wood flowers from a pile of wood flowers high in the hills, the two small things contributed a lot.

Not all wood flowers are available either.It must be planed into one piece, complete without cracks, and the length must be suitable.

Because they didn't think about the problem of waste utilization before, the masters were not careful when planing wood. Although the planed wood flowers piled up half the room, there were not many usable ones.

Ming Qi and Wan'er led the workers' children, whose whole bodies were almost buried in the pile of wood and flowers, and only a small half of them were found that could be used.

In the process of use, a lot of damage was done in the process of threading, piercing and gluing. In addition, it is also a new work, and the workers and family members are not skilled, so there are not many finished products.

But this can be regarded as finding a new way to use waste.

If there is more wood to spend in the future, we can arrange a few more family members of the workers to work in the workshop.It's also worth it.

"Mom, it's so boring."

After Wan'er finished writing a few large characters in the wing room, she fiddled with the abacus beads for a while.Then he lay down on the small table.

Xiaodong is now a fun and active age.Although Qiao Mingjin was very strict with her at ordinary times, she had to study, practice calligraphy and plan, but she didn't restrain her nature.

As long as you finish the homework assigned by Qiao Mingjin, you can let her play around wildly.

Qiao Mingjin looked up at her amusedly, then turned to Ming Qi, seeing that she was also listless, shaking her head in amusement.

If the aunt and nephew were locked in the gate of the mansion, they would probably go crazy, and they couldn't bear it if they didn't go out for a day.

Then he said to the two of them: "Then you go to the workshop and play with Yunluan."

"No. If you go over there, you will stay in the room." The little thing Wan'er didn't lift her head, and replied sleepily lying on the table.

Qiao Mingjin thought for a while, and said to the two little things: "Then you go to the next room and get some black beans and peanuts, take them to the workshop, and let Grandma Xia fry them for you."

After hearing this, the two little things immediately straightened up writhing, their eyes sparkling instantly.

"Why didn't I think of it? Oh, let's go!"

Wan'er jumped up and followed Ming Qi to the next room.

Walking quickly to the door, he turned around and said, "Mom, can I get some black sesame seeds and ask Grandma Xia to crush them and fry them to make sesame paste?"

Qiao Mingjin nodded: "Well, take some more and let Grandma Xia do some workshops."

"Oh, mother is the best!" Wan'er jumped out after finishing speaking.

Qiao Mingjin smiled and shook his head.I buried my head in a pile of account books again.

This job is not easy.After looking through these days, she had some clues.The main reason for the slow speed is that she was dizzy looking at the crowded traditional characters.She had to re-convert that bunch of numbers into Arabic numbers she was familiar with... Sometimes when she put down the account book, there were stars in front of her eyes.

It would take ten and a half months at the fastest to recalculate and compile the internal accounts of each shop and Zhuangzi.

But this week, Zhou's family is not to say that they are wealthy, at least they are one of the richest households in Qingchuan County. Just looking at these ledgers, it seems that the money is flapping its wings and scrambling to fly towards Zhou's family.

And that's a very small part of it.

She understands what is meant by a distinguished family that has accumulated over the years.This person is really incomparable.Otherwise, how can it be said that people have to throw away more than people.

Sighing, Qiao Mingjin resignedly pulled Wan'er's small abacus, one big and one small together, making a crackling noise.

After a while, two little things reappeared in Qiao Mingjin's study carrying several small sacks.

"Sister, let's go then."

"Mother, we can't take it. Come back and get it after a while."

Qiao Mingjin glared at her daughter angrily. Is this going to be evacuated?She doesn't farm any land, is it easy to get these things?

Seeing her daughter's earnest gaze, she had no choice but to nod and said, "Go and put on the clogs. Cover the shoes with an oilcloth. If mud is splashed, you can wash it off by yourself."

"Hey." The two agreed in unison.So I went looking for clogs and tarpaulins everywhere.

After a while, Qiao Mingjin heard the courtyard door squeak, squeak, and squeak again. Once it was opened and closed, the sound of the two little things could no longer be heard. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)