Chapter 58. Craftsmanship
The 28th year of Hongwu, the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month.
It seems that the New Year is about to celebrate two or three days.
These days, my father Liu Da started to go out and buy New Year's goods. Not only did he buy a lot of food and food, but he also spent money to hire an old lady with excellent cooking skills and two little maids who poured tea and water.
It turned out that the Liu family was very busy during this period, and some wealthy families were inevitably in need of the masters and wives. The father felt that it was inconvenient to always come forward to pour tea and water on his own, so he bought two maids, one named Xiaocui and the other named Xiaohong. Honghong Cuicui was also very festive.
As for the old mother who was responsible for cooking, it was specially hired by her father. I heard that her skills were good. She used to be a cook in a wealthy family. She was diligent and honest.
As a result, the Liu family, which originally had only three people, suddenly had three more people. Fortunately, there were many houses and large yards here. Even if there were three more people, they still seemed extremely generous.
My father Liu Da was doing some work, so that his son Liu Wenyang would lose his worries, and his originally prosperous business was even more prosperous.
During this period, Aunt Jin came to her and said she wanted to let Liu Wenyang go.
Master Liu is different from the past, how could he run over like a servant who has paid back his debts?
Be reserved!
You are a person with status!
However, Aunt Jin urged and urged her, which made Liu Wenyang wonder whether the other party was still thinking about the donkey that he had lent to her?!
To be honest, it’s not that Liu Wenyang doesn’t want to return the donkey, but that Donkey eats well at the Liu family and lives well. He stays in the shed for a few yelling sounds, and there is no heavy work to do. Now he is already fat and strong... If he returns such a fat donkey, wouldn’t he suffer a loss?!
Of course, according to the current property of Liu Daguan Ren, a donkey is not worth much money, but the donkey's target is Aunt Jin, so that's different.
How mean, how petty, how hurtful this little girl is... Liu Wenyang remembers every account and every incident clearly, so this donkey just won't pay back!
At this moment, as noon approached, Lord Liu politely sent away the servant who helped Aunt Jin pass the message away.
The servant was depressed, his legs and feet were almost broken, and he didn't know how many times he had spoken. Now he was going back empty-handed, and he didn't know if he would be scolded. Therefore, when he went back, he was frowning and his face looked ugly as if his parents were dead.
In contrast, Liu Wenyang was full of complacent and felt that he had defeated Aunt Jin again.
At this time, Xiao Cui, the newly bought maid, came over with a cup of tea. When Tong Mingyue saw it, she said to Xiao Cui: "I'll do the service of the young master, and you can go ahead and go."
Xiao Cui reluctantly gave the tea to Mingyue. It turned out that Liu Wenyang and Liu Daren's "beautiful appearance" had long been famous. In this Taohua Town and even the surrounding generation, it has long become an idol in the minds of many girls.
Although Xiao Cui and Xiao Hong are newly bought maids from the Liu Mansion, they are very sensible and have always been thinking about being able to get close to their masters. Even if they can pour tea and water for this "beautiful" Young Master Liu, they will be happy.
Especially Xiao Cui is a little more beautiful and has a good figure compared to Xiao Hong. This time it was finally my turn to serve tea and water to the young master, and I had already thought about it all.
For example, when placing the tea, splash it a little bit, then look pitiful, kneel on the ground and beg for the young master's forgiveness; for example, accidentally drop the incense towel she carried with her at the feet of Master Liu, and when he asks, he shyly answers that he can embroider the mandarin ducks...
In short, you must do everything possible to make the young master pay attention to himself and pay attention to himself.
However, Xiao Tong Mingyue's loyalty stole the script Xiao Cui had already designed and ruined the opportunity she had finally encountered. Do you think this will make her happy?
The little Tong Mingyue didn't know that because of a bowl of tea, he was whispered by the new little maid. Seeing that the young master had been busy for most of the day, he must have been thirsty, he cleverly handed over the tea that had intercepted him halfway.
Liu Wenyang was in a good mood. Seeing that he was so well-behaved, he smiled and took a sip and said, "I'm already busy enough, but Aunt Jin is still causing trouble. Could it be that her little donkey is made of gold? If she wants it, I won't give it!"
Mingyue didn't know which drama her young master was singing. It seemed that he had never been a stingy person, but in obedience, he meant to be angry with Aunt Jin.
I know the famous little boy Mingyue of Aunt Jin. I heard that people are beautiful and beautiful, but they are not lucky. I have killed several men in a row. I hope my young master will not get involved with this widow, so as not to get into bad luck.
Just as the little boy Mingyue was thinking about it, Liu Wenyang asked him, "Mingyue, how many guests are there outside?"
Mingyue replied: "There are still twenty or thirty. But most of them are for you to help you read the photos and also comment on the eight characters."
"Didn't you look at Feng Shui or Yin and Yang House?"
"No."
Liu Wenyang nodded and suddenly took out a piece of paper from his side and said, "No matter how to measure characters or calculating horoscopes is a big business, you can't make much money even if you spend a lot of time. Therefore, I decided to only tell fortunes to ten people every day, and all the others would persuade them to go back. As for the price, this is the price list I listed. Please find someone to copy it and post it!"
After observing the "paintings" of Liu Daguanren yesterday, Xiao Tong Mingyue believed that she had already become immune, but when she saw the bad words in front of her, she couldn't help but take a breath and thought to herself, what kind of bad pen should be able to write such bad words!
"Fortunately, the young master said he would copy and post it later. Otherwise, he would be embarrassed to post it blatantly like this." Mingyue said in his heart.
With his little head tilted and looking at Master Liu's handwriting, Mingyue couldn't help but think of his ex-boss Zhang Tiezui. Compared with Master Liu, Mingyue suddenly felt that although the Tiezui had a worse ability to tell fortunes and look at face value, her ability to write calligraphy was much better than that.
"No one is perfect!" Mingyue sighed again like a little adult.
...
The "price list" drawn up by Master Liu is very clear at a glance.
Looking for dragons and pointing acupoints: 300 taels of silver.
Feng Shui of Yin House: 200 taels of silver.
Guanyang House Feng Shui: 100 200 silver.
Observation (including palmistry and facial): 5 taels of silver.
Criticism: 3 taels of silver.
Test word: 1 tael of silver.
It is also stated below: Only ten customers are welcome every day. If you have special needs, please make an appointment.
Seeing this, the little boy Mingyue couldn't help but admire Liu Wenyang and smiled and said, "Young master is so smart. As a result, there seems to be fewer people who read fortune tellers, but the price is raised, and our business is still booming!"
Liu Wenyang was very happy that Mingyue could see her feelings at a glance.
Yes, like before, you make three cents or ten cents, and earn ten cows one by one, and you can exhaust your ten cows after making money. Your physique cannot stand such large-scale homework. It is better to improve the level of your business. Not only can you be much easier, but you can also leave some food for other colleagues. Those people will not point fingers behind their backs and make noises about him making a "monopoly".
"It's best if you can understand what I mean. Post this as soon as possible. If someone asks you, you'll say that this is the new rule of our Liu Mansion. If anyone accepts this price, the top 30 customers will receive the 'auspicious Feng Shui gift package' specially customized by our Liu Mansion!" Liu Wenyang tirelessly instilled in the business method of fooling people to death and not pay for their lives.
Obviously, Xiao Tong Mingyue has a strong ability to accept. She admires Master Liu’s business tricks, which are so vague. Once again, she feels that she can learn a lot of things that she can’t learn before when she follows the right person.
After talking about his business story, Liu Wenyang was also tired and waved his hand, meaning that he would let the little boy Mingyue go down and prepare.
But Mingyue did not go out immediately, but opened her mouth, looking like she wanted to say something but stopped, as if she had something to say but didn't dare to say it.
Who is Liu Wenyang? He is best at observing words and expressions, so he said to him: "You have anything else to say, but it doesn't matter."
The little Tong Mingyue said with a ugly expression: "The little man has something to report here... It's like this. Young Master, there are more and more customers in the Tianfu these days. The guys who sell Feng Shui hyacinths and house-keeping mirrors are clamoring for you to add labor, saying that the workload is getting bigger and bigger, and you are making more and more money, but they only have a pitiful thirty cents a day..." Mingyue tried to eliminate some bad words in the original words to avoid making the young master angry, but even so, some flaws were still vaguely revealed in his words.
"Also, they said they were waiting for your reply now. If you don't add labor to them, they wouldn't do it collectively! At that time, even if you invite them back with double the money, they won't come back!"
threaten!
The threat of naked ~ naked!
Unexpectedly, some people also played a collective strike in the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Wenyang smiled, held up the tea cup with his hand, gently blew the tea leaves floating on it, and asked Mingyue, "What do you think?"
"What?" Mingyue didn't understand.
"I ask you, what kind of person do you think I am? Do you have the meanness, greed, stingy and stingy as they said, and will only squeeze their hard-earned money as they say?!" Liu Wenyang stared at Mingyue with a smile on his eyes.
Mingyue suddenly felt that the young master in front of her seemed to have changed, no longer had her usual gentleness and politeness, but also had an indescribable power.
Especially the look, like two sharp knives, seems to be able to penetrate your heart at any time, so that you can't escape!
How could I feel this strange feeling? Mingyue really doesn’t understand.
Xiao Tong Mingyue didn't know that since ancient times, masters of the masters had to practice the art of being a master of the master through unique methods, and Liu Wenyang was no exception.
The secret of heaven says: "If you want to practice the art of looking at the person, first look up at the bright sun, your eyes are dizzy, and you will be in the dark room of red and black beans, and then you will hang out the window with five colors, reflecting the moon and distinguishing the colors, without any errors, and then you will look at the person. The method is to burn two torches at night to see the shape and complexion of the person, and then compare the year and month of the birth of the person, and there is no mistake in all."
Liu Wenyang practiced according to the above method, and as he became famous, he became more diligent in practicing, so as not to be poor in his studies and make a fool of himself in the future.
Now, as his ability to observe the face becomes more and more profound, his skills in watching the face become more and more exquisite. His eyes are already like torches. Not to mention staring at someone, just a little bit of hard look can give people an indescribable shock, enough to scare those who have ghosts in their hearts.
Chapter completed!