Cao Xinyao also knew that she was rude. When she reacted, the tips of her ears were still a little red. After she slowed down in embarrassment, she put down the hand that lifted the hem of her skirt.
"Mother."
"Foster mother."
After she and Dong Nuan met politely, Mrs. Cao welcomed her into the house.
Dong Nuan saw the tiredness in the corners of Mrs. Cao's eyes and brows, but people were already here, so it was not good to ask her to leave at this time.
Cao Xinyao took Dong Nuan's hand and followed her all the way in, giving orders to this maid and that mother-in-law.
After finally sending everyone around Mrs. Cao away, Mrs. Cao understood.
There is something to say!
She raised her eyebrows calmly, looked at Cao Xinyao, and then at Dong Nuan. She saw that the two children looked normal. Except for Cao Xinyao's uncontrollable excitement, there was no other abnormality. Mrs. Cao felt a little relieved.
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Don't let the truth slip, everything is easy to talk about.
"Tell me what's going on and send everyone away." After returning to the room, Mrs. Cao sat down and asked with a smile.
Mrs. Cao went straight to the point, and Cao Xinyao did not turn around. She came up with a heavy thunder: "Mother, Nuan Nuan wants to make colored glaze. Isn't it convenient to go to the local kiln nearest?"
At this time, Mrs. Cao was very lucky that she did not pick up the tea cup, otherwise there would have been a loud thunder when it fell to the ground, scaring everyone outside the door to come in.
Even so, Mrs. Cao's hands were still slightly trembling: "Nuan Nuan?"
Dong Nuan smiled obediently at Mrs. Cao: "Father, I want to give it a try. I accidentally got a piece of broken glass before. I studied it and thought the ingredients should not be difficult."
Mrs. Cao:......
My heart suddenly felt bad, and my blood was surging.
It is normal for children to have some wild ideas sometimes.
It's not like Dayue has never thought about studying Liuli.
This has never been successful.
If Cao Xinyao had said this on a whim, Mrs. Cao would have laughed it off, or at most just made fun of her daughter.
But it was Dong Nuan who brought up this matter.
This little girl...
That is a different little girl who can even make paper by herself, and it can be softer and whiter.
If it were her, Mrs. Cao actually felt that it was not impossible.
She even thought about it carefully in her mind, but she just borrowed the local kiln for a period of time. When the local kiln had no tasks, it was free. Occasionally, dignitaries would borrow it.
These are all included in local revenue and are useful for local construction, so even if His Majesty knew about it, he would turn a blind eye and have an indifferent attitude.
Local folk kilns are ready-made, but if it is a small place, they may still need to worry about what to do.
For Liangzhou, this point does not need to be considered at all.
The rest is materials and labor.
There is no need to consider the labor force, except for the people at the local kilns. There are still many people in their houses and in the village.
So, only the materials are left.
No matter whether it's expensive or cheap, the Cao family's financial resources are pretty good. If they don't have enough here, they can still send a letter to the capital to ask for some support.
So, just spend some money and maybe you can try something successful.
Mrs. Cao's mind turned around, and she suddenly became excited. She couldn't help but stand up, held Dong Nuan's hand, and asked in a trembling voice: "My child, how sure are you?"
If it exceeds two points, Mrs. Cao feels that they dare to do this.
Those in the Ministry of Industry can study for several years something that they are not even remotely sure about, consuming countless materials and producing no finished product. This is all normal.
So, don't be afraid to try.
They have the money and the strength, so they don't have anything to fear.
"About 70%." Dong Nuan didn't say too much, fearing that Mrs. Cao wouldn't believe it, so she was a little modest.
After hearing this, Mrs. Cao took a deep breath.
I originally thought that a 20-30% certainty would be enough.
The result is 70%!!!
What's the difference between this and being able to do it directly?
For Mrs. Cao, no, not at all!
So, this can be done, it can be done!
After thinking about it, Mrs. Cao's excited hands began to shake: "Good Nuan Nuan, you leave this matter to your mother. She will definitely let you start work as soon as possible, but your county shop is still busy.
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Dong Nuan has never had an apprentice in her wood carving work. If she is busy with other things, what will she do with this?
It's definitely too late for this current apprentice. Why don't we find a carpenter to help him for a while?
But not all carpenters can do wood carving. This is still a delicate technical job.
When Mrs. Cao asked about this, Dong Nuan, who had been prepared for a long time, smiled and said: "Don't worry, foster mother, my small shop is going to slowly transform into spices and customized treasures. I can tie the oil-paper umbrellas with dianthus. Except for the umbrella surface, I need to paint it."
, I no longer need to worry about other things, just like the revolving lantern, and other small wood carvings, I am going to slowly withdraw them from the daily routine of the shop."
Dong Nuan was naturally well prepared. In her initial plan, she never thought of selling wood carvings all the time. Otherwise, she would have hired an apprentice long ago.
This thing is too labor-intensive. Dong Nuan is getting married next year, so no matter what, she has to take good care of her hands.
Otherwise, it will always be rough and not pretty.
In particular, now that she has become the adopted daughter of the Cao family, she represents the face of the Cao family to the outside world. If she still dresses like a village girl and looks like a village girl, the Cao family may not care about this, but she does not want to give to the Cao family because of herself.
The family is embarrassed, making others think that the Cao family has adopted a country bumpkin adopted daughter.
Therefore, Dongnuan has been slowly transforming its store.
After midsummer, Dong Nuan's flower field provided too many flowers. Because he had the materials, Dong Nuan mixed a lot of spices and made some balms.
Of course, even if the original power of my own two acres of flower fields keeps growing, it is actually not enough.
Dongnuan purchased a lot nearby, after all, the demand here is also huge.
Nowadays, spices have surpassed wood carvings in shops in the county town.
The shopkeeper Dong Zhi has adapted well and is now studying spice knowledge like crazy.
Liu Nian has been transferred to the fruit shop. Now that the fruits are in season, he is very busy as a clerk.
In fact, Liu Nian's ability is quite good, and Dong Nuan admires it quite a lot. Unfortunately, he is young, has a tender face, and cannot hold himself back, so he cannot be the shopkeeper for the time being.
Mrs. Cao actually breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that she wouldn't plan to sell too many wood carvings after the warm winter.
It's not that she thinks Dong Nuan is embarrassed by doing these things, if she cared about this, she wouldn't have mentioned it to Cao Xinyao, and she would have agreed to accept Dong Nuan as her adopted daughter.
Mrs. Cao simply felt sorry for Dong Nuan, a little girl who had to hold a carving knife every day. At such a young age, her hands were very rough, and there was a danger of being scratched from time to time.
Now that Dong Nuan is willing to change her career to something else, she is very happy.
