Pastoral Master

Chapter 36 Painted Flower Mooncakes
Without the slightest hesitation, Yan Ruxue reached out and took out a coin from her sleeve pocket. "enough?"

One penny, another one hundred Wen, the old lady Qin smiled with satisfaction, and reached out to take the silver. "Enough! Wait!"

The old lady Qin took the money and turned to leave. Yan Ruxue sat at the door of the shop without a trace of loneliness. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the academy has a rest, and most of the scholars in the academy have gone out to play. There is no one in Yan Ruxue's shop today!
After a while, Mrs. Qin came back with a few small paper bags in her hand.

Yan Ruxue couldn't help frowning, what the hell is this old lady doing?
The old lady Qin opened the paper bag, revealing the contents inside. Seeing that Yan Ruxue was still puzzled, the old lady Qin smiled. "What? Still don't understand?"

Yan Ruxue nodded. "I don't understand, I really don't understand what you are selling paint for? Could it be that you still want me to paint on mooncakes?"

Old lady Qin's eyes lit up. "Little girl is really smart, I just want you to draw pictures on the moon cakes! Now most of the girls and women wandering in the street, you can draw some flowers and mandarin ducks to symbolize it!"

Yan Ruxue laughed, drawing on the moon cake?She has drawn on paper and fans before, but this pancake is really her first time!However, this seems to be a good idea. She doesn't want to throw so many mooncakes into her own hands.

Just do it, Mrs. Qin mixed the paints, and Yan Ruxue started to flower, noble peonies, elegant orchids, paired with two colorful butterflies, as if flying together; the quiet lotus, under the emerald green lotus leaves Two mandarin ducks crossing their necks are in a state of being in harmony with each other.

Yan Ruxue's painting skill is amazing, under her brush, the movement is as vivid as if it is standing in front of her eyes!

The old lady Qin beside her couldn't help being speechless. "Tsk tsk tsk, girl, you can draw a picture for me some other day, at least I have traveled in this world, so I will keep it in mind!"

"Okay!" Yan Ruxue readily agreed. "As long as you don't dislike my bad drawing!"

"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it!" Mrs. Qin said repeatedly.

Although the mooncakes are not big, Yan Ruxue's painting is meticulous, so the speed is not very fast, and the old lady Qin bought the kind of paint used to dye eggs, the color is uneven, and Yan Ruxue needs to be very careful in coloring , which is even more time-consuming.

After drawing for half an hour, Yan Ruxue only drew four, and the old lady Qin couldn't help feeling a little impatient. "I said girl, hurry up, it will be Chinese New Year when you finish drawing these mooncakes!"

Yan Ruxue was calm and composed. "Grandma, don't worry, it took a while to color the color just now, it will be much faster now!"

Just as Yan Ruxue said, her speed became much faster after that, with just a few strokes, the moon cake was drawn, and the patterns appeared endlessly.

The old lady Qin sighed again, and a circle of people gradually formed around the door of the shop, dragging the old lady Qin to ask questions.

"Old lady, is this moon cake for sale?"

"Grandma, how do you sell mooncakes? Can this paint be eaten?"

"Oh! Are you willing to eat such a beautiful mooncake? I don't want to, it's so heart-warming to look at, I can't bear to eat a single bite..."

Seeing that the response was good, Mrs. Qin's old face suddenly smiled like a chrysanthemum. "Of course this moon cake is for sale, and the paint is also edible, but this moon cake is not cheap..."

Hearing that the price is not cheap, some people from poor families secretly left. Mrs. Qin has been staring at the door. Although some people have left, most of them are still waiting for her next words. road. "One moon cake is fifteen cents!"

A fifteen text!The people present couldn't help but gasp, even Yan Ruxue, who was painting there, shook her hand, fifteen cents a piece, a full five times the original price!Old lady Qin dares to ask for it!

As soon as Mrs. Qin's price came out, some women were scared away. The rest were people who were able to buy it, but they really thought it was expensive, but they really liked it, and they were in a state of conflict.

"Old lady, your mooncakes are beautiful, but the price is too expensive! Make them cheaper!" said a woman in plain brocade.

Yan Ruxue pulled the old lady Qin's sleeve from behind. Fifteen cents is indeed a bit expensive. Counting the money for the paint, the capital cost is around two cents apiece, and counting the effort she spent, ten cents a piece is about the same. up!

The old lady Qin pulled out her sleeves vigorously, gave Yan Ruxue a dissatisfied look, then turned around and said with a smile. "It's true that I asked for too much for this price, but you can also see that it was drawn by my girl with painstaking efforts. You can also see this painting skill. There is no painting that can't be done for ten or eight years. Just now I deliberately painted it. I charged a little more for the sake of respecting these scholars, some things cannot be bought with money, I can't let those who are greedy for cheap and don't know how to appreciate them desecrate my girl's paintings!"

The old lady Qin had a good eloquence, and those who stayed behind suddenly felt that they were much more noble after her words. The woman who spoke just now puffed out her chest unconsciously, and said loudly. "Those country women are incomparable to us, but our family is also a scholar, very elegant! Mother-in-law, why don't you tell me how to sell this!"

"Ten pennies each!" Old Mrs. Qin said.

"Okay, give me two!" The woman was very happy. "My son is going to take the scientific examination next year, so you can bring me the five sons who passed the imperial examination and the golden toad winner, and put it on the incense table as an offering, so that my son can win the prize!"

"Okay!" Mrs. Qin quickly took out the oiled paper and wrapped it up, and handed it to the woman. "Madam is thoughtful, your son will definitely go to high school next year! Madam will come and take care of the shop then!"

The old lady Qin put honey on her lips, and the woman was even more happy when she was lifted, she said with a smile. "This is nature, this is nature! I owe you a good word!"

Yan Ruxue was stunned watching from behind, sure enough, Jiang is still old and hot, this old lady Qin's move made her look beautiful!It seems that it is the right decision to ask Mrs. Qin to help!
After the woman left, people began to pick one after another. When Mrs. Qin turned to give mooncakes to others, she saw Yan Ruxue staring at her blankly, and she couldn't help but said angrily. "Girl, what are you doing! If you don't draw quickly, it will be gone soon! That Wuzi Dengke draws more, people want more!"

"Oh!" Yan Ruxue hurriedly started to paint.

Fortunately, no one is eating wontons today, so Yan Ruxue can put all her strength on the side of the mooncakes, but after drawing these two hours, Yan Ruxue is dizzy, her arms are stiff, and her waist and legs are sore...

(End of this chapter)