The story of a noble girl

Chapter 37

When Mr. Zheng's porcelain came out of the kiln, a large number of villagers were attracted, but they were all stopped by brothers Wang Gang and Wang Yong, who were only allowed to watch from a distance.

Two sets of light jade-blue painted tableware were quietly placed on the table, silently exuding a faint brilliance, like jade, clear and translucent.The flowers on the sides of the bowl and the bottom of the plate are lightly swept up, with different shades, as if they grew out of jade, and they are so natural. Although everyone can't understand the complicated craftsmanship, they can see that the clay can burn the jade-like bowl Dish, amazed.

Lin Xiaoning sighed leisurely as if he was bewildered, his throat was hot and dry, and he couldn't say a word when he wanted to say something.

The master painter and the two foremen were only glad that they came to Cuntao, where they could witness Mr. Zheng's demeanor and the porcelain fired by himself, and their eyes were moist.

Mr. Zheng said: "Old man Lin, this is a wedding gift for Jiadong, and there are some decorations, which will be burned and placed in the new house."

Mr. Lin said: "Old man Zheng, I have two girls, a little Bao'er, and old man Fang and grandchildren. Don't forget them."

Mr. Zheng smiled and said: "I can't forget, old man Lin, why are you so anxious? This work is slow, and it's okay to burn. It's just that this kind of painting is not drawing, but painting. Only when the edge is blurred after firing, can the painting be guaranteed to be safe." It looks like it grows out of the blank, if you can’t control it a little bit, the painting will be spent or useless, and there will only be two sets out of one kiln, and I will drop the rest.”

If it is not good, it will be dropped, and the sky-high priced porcelain will be dropped like this, how much money was dropped!Everyone was heartbroken, Mr. Lin and Master Fang were heartbroken and angry: "Old Mr. Zheng, what did you do when you dropped it? Keep it for our own use."

Mr. Zheng said solemnly: "Porcelain comes out of a kiln, and it is impossible for each piece to be a high-quality product. The flawed ones cannot be kept in the world, and their reputation will be damaged."

"Idiot", Lin Xiaoning said secretly, "Idiot, Mr. Zheng."

The youngest son of the village head was even more determined to come to learn how to burn latrines, presumably because he was stimulated by seeing Mr. Zheng's tableware, and knew that he would never learn such a level in his life.

It’s a good thing, Mr. Zheng produces high-quality products, and Master Xiao Zheng produces quick-selling latrines. Since that independent latrine was built, several groups of people from the county have come to visit. They are all promoted by the master painter, and those are colleagues of the master painter. or friends.

The items in the latrine of the Lin family were on the rise, and the supply was in short supply. The village head's youngest son was very clever, and he was busy helping Master Xiao Zheng, making Master Xiao Zheng very happy.

Hu county magistrate also sent several groups of refugees, counting dozens of people, and they were all resettled in brick houses. This will be resettled by each household. Singles will be arranged into a set of men and a set of women. live, so that the neighbor can help with cooking and so on.After the beginning of spring, the big pot rice will be canceled. There are more and more people, and it is too troublesome to do it. It is better to do it separately and distribute rice grains on a ten-day basis.

Now there is no need to go to the county to purchase food, oil, salt, etc. The shop will deliver the goods to Taocun every ten days, saving the Lin family from traveling back and forth. , it is narrow in the first place, and it is barely enough to walk in an ox cart.Now it's harder to go.

Lin Xiaoning asked Master Fang to stop burning bricks for houses and instead burn bricks for road construction. The three old men asked in surprise, girl, do you want to build roads?
Lin Xiaoning nodded boldly.

"Do you know how much money it costs to build a road?"

"I don't know, but how much money has to be spent. If Taocun wants to develop more, it can't do without building roads. If you don't have enough money, you can sell a set of Mr. Zheng's tableware." Lin Xiaoning looked at Mr. Zheng tenderly and said.

Boss Zheng laughed loudly, "You are a good girl, you have courage, old man, I will burn a pair of vases and you can sell them."

In fact, it should be enough without selling Mr. Zheng's vases. Mr. Lin still has 9 taels, and he has nearly [-] taels.However, those houses under construction, especially the one at home, cost a lot of money. Although the floor and bricks are free, and the beams and pillars are free of money, it is still a lot of money.

Lin Xiaoning was very moved by Mr. Zheng's support, and the road construction was imminent, so he asked Shang Wang Gang to send him into the city to see Mr. Hu.

Before entering the city, Lin Xiaoning picked another Panax notoginseng plant, asked Wangzai to bite into powder and wrapped a big bag, and also picked a basket of strawberries, picked it up and set off.

Mrs. Hu finished eating the noodles long ago, and never sent anyone to pick them up. Seeing Lin Xiaoning took the initiative to send a big bag, he felt happy, and said affectionately: "Oh, my girl has me in her heart, she originally wanted to I went to your house to ask for it, and then I realized that the pharmacy here also sells it, so I bought some now, but the effect is completely incomparable, the same Sanqi powder, how come the girl's is so fragrant, and it tastes so energetic."

"My lord, I told you that I put a lot of thought into your panax notoginseng powder, can it be the same?"

County Magistrate Hu laughed when he heard this, "Young girl's mind is to deal with this old man like me. You are my old man's nemesis. When I saw you, I didn't withdraw."

"Hehe, my lord, girl, I have something to ask for today."

"Once the girl has something to do, the old man will have nothing to do with me."

"My lord, it's a good thing. Come and talk in the study."

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"What girl do you want to pay for road repairs?"

"Yes."

"Sure enough, it's a good thing, girl, girl, my good girl is also a strange woman, she has courage and insight, and has a long-term vision."

"My lord, don't say that, I'm blushing, let's build the road, can my lord send an experienced master to supervise it, because the mountain needs to be dug," Lin Xiaoning picked up a brush and drew, "Look, my lord, you rewarded me with this barren mountain group. I had this idea at the beginning. The mountain group blocks the way out of Taocun. If mud is dug out from the middle to burn bricks, the road from Taocun to the county will be closer by more than 20 meters." Here. We are now digging bricks here, but we dare not dig too much in the middle, for fear that the mountains on both sides will collapse, which is very dangerous. Therefore, it is much better to send an experienced master to guide us. "

County magistrate Hu stroked his beard and said, "This is not a problem, I will solve it, girl, you need to spend a lot of money to build roads, are you ready?"

"Don't worry, my lord, Mr. Zheng, the big Buddha statue in my house, is sitting in town. Mr. Zheng said, burn a pair of vases and sell them for road repairs."

"Hahaha", County Magistrate Hu laughed, "This old Zheng is a big man, but he was kidnapped by you girl to Taocun. What method did you use, the imperial kiln can't even invite him? .”

"It's useless, just tell him to come."

"I don't believe it, Mr. Zheng, you come here as soon as you call him? Damn girl, I heard that Mr. Zheng is suffering from overworked illness. Could it be that you also have a plan for him?" County magistrate Hu said with a smile.

"My lord has sharp eyes, girl, I have something else to do. My lord, I want to use this way to donate an official to my elder brother, do you think it's okay?" Lin Xiaoning began to act coquettishly again.

"I know it's nothing good, brat, what's the point of being an official? It's more interesting to plant your land, burn the bricks, and burn the porcelain. It's more interesting than being an official. You can think of such a messy and dirty thing. "Magistrate Hu pretended to be angry.

"Oh, my lord, my family is poor, so I envy those who are officials. My lord, you must help my elder brother get an official. I don't care. If you don't agree, I won't leave today." Lin Xiaoning tugged at the sleeve of County Magistrate Hu Said without hesitation.

"You girl, what are you thinking in your heart? You have to let your brother be an official to be comfortable. Once this official becomes an official, he will not be clean. You are pushing your elder brother into the fire pit."

"My lord, the girl wants to donate to a nominal official. If you have an official position, you will be fine. The kind that doesn't care about things."

"That kind..." County Magistrate Hu laughed, "That kind of official is okay."

"Thank you, my lord, you are really my good lord," Lin Xiaoning smiled coquettishly, "My lord, please hurry up and do the matter of sending a master. There is a lot of rain in spring, and the road is hard to walk. I There is no rush to donate an official."

"Okay, girl, you're sure of me, old man. I'll send the memorial directly to Beijing. I'll deal with the person I invited first, but I don't think it will be too fast. It won't work in a month or two."

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After the road is repaired, the tickets of the big ones can be sent to the attached film smoothly, ha ha.

(End of this chapter)