OBS Chapter 321 Gift Paper
Chapter 321 Gift Paper
After Gu Qingqing finished speaking, she straightened up and said solemnly to Steward Shen again, "Su Chou is rare, I like her very much. Steward Shen, please go back and thank Madam Shen for me."
"Don't worry, I will definitely bring it to you."
Then the waiter brought in a few more things, and Gu Qingqing thanked him one by one.
Then he chatted with Manager Shen for a while about when to send something to Chen An and what to pay attention to regarding the patient.
He then said goodbye. When Gu Qingqing sent him to the front yard, they heard the sound of students reading from the direction of the former study, which is now the classroom.
Manager Shen paused, looked towards the source of the sound, pointed in the direction of the sound and asked silently.
Gu Qingqing smiled and looked over there as well, saying, "It's Uncle Yang who is teaching the children in the village how to be enlightened."
When Manager Shen saw that he could speak, he walked out and whispered, "Why don't you find a place in the village to teach the children? Why is it at your house?"
"Originally there was an empty house in the village, which was later rented to Wuyan's brothers. Now they don't need to teach anymore and there is no suitable place. Wuyan and I thought about it, and my family happened to have extra rooms, so we vacated two for them to use. Originally they lived in the backyard, the backyard... Ouch!"
Gu Qingqing screamed at this point, "Manager Shen, wait for me, I'll be there soon."
After saying this, she didn't give Manager Shen a chance to speak, and turned around and walked towards the backyard.
When she arrived at the backyard, she saw Zhao Nan pounding bamboo with a pestle. Zhao Dong took over her job and was unrolling the paper one by one, sticking them on a smooth wooden board, and then brushing them smooth with a brush.
There was already a thin stack of prepared bamboo paper next to him.
Zhao Dong saw her come in and asked, "Has the guest left?"
"Brother Dong is helping me for a while. I'll take these papers and be right back." Gu Qingqing said as she neatly rolled up the bamboo paper without cutting the rough edges.
Then he hurried towards the front yard.
She didn't know the quality of the paper she made and whether it could be used for writing.
But no matter what, letting Manager Shen take it back is her way of showing her gratitude.
Facing the Shen family, she was not afraid at all that the other party would cause trouble to her because of this.
After meeting Steward Shen, Gu Qingqing handed him the paper and teased herself, "Steward Shen, you came at a bad time today. This is just made at home, and we haven't had time to write on it to see what the paper's properties are. Please help bring it back to the mansion. Master Shen is very knowledgeable, so ask him to help write on it and evaluate the quality of the paper."
The more Manager Shen listened, the higher his eyebrows raised, and his eyes opened wider. He looked at the paper that Gu Qingqing handed in front of him and stuttered as he spoke, "Madam Wen, you made this? You can make paper?"
He stuttered and now was touching the folded paper.
The fibers were fine, the thickness was even, and the color was white with a slight hint of yellow. Manager Shen exclaimed in amazement. Although he was talking to the paper, his words were meant for Gu Qingqing to hear. "Madam Wen, you always amaze me every time I see you. Just looking at the outer skin, yours is no worse than those in the bookstore. You can even make paper now. Is there anything in the world that you can't do? Last year you said you could make charcoal, and I thought maybe because farmers have been making fire a lot, you slowly summed up your experience and made improvements. This is beyond my expectation."
It was not difficult for Gu Qingqing to tell from his shock that the appearance of paper was indeed beyond everyone's imagination.
"Thank you for your praise, Steward Shen, but there is one more thing I need your help with. When Master Shen is practicing calligraphy in his spare time, let him try it out and see how it works. I will go to the town in a couple of days to get your opinion and hear what Master Shen thinks of us. Secondly, I hope you can keep our secret. Although we are making paper, we don't want more people to know. We are just ordinary farmers with limited ability. We are just thinking of making a little to improve our lives."
"You don't want to sell it after you make it?" Manager Shen asked puzzledly.
"Of course we have to sell it. Remember Mr. Jiang from Qingfeng Bookstore in this town? We had almost the same discussion with him last year. The paper will be put in his bookstore for sale. At the same time, we will also ask him to help cover it up a little bit." Gu Qingqing replied.
He drew out the word "oh" with a long tail, as if thinking of Qingfeng Bookstore? Then he looked enlightened, and it seemed that he remembered who was who.
Shen Shi was naturally smart since he could be the manager of the Shen family. At this time, he understood what Gu Qingqing meant.
"Don't worry, Madam Wen. I will report the truth to the master. I will accept this gift. I will go back now. If you need any help, just come to the mansion to find the master and his wife."
Manager Shen left.
Dahua, who was in the inner courtyard, saw Gu Qingqing coming back and asked happily, "Why did Uncle Shen send me so many things again today?"
"Chen An has sent a letter. Some of the letters are from Chen An, and some are from Madam Shen. Let's put the things in the inner room first, and I'll open them in the evening. The two flowers and the big letter are all there. Let's wait for Chen An's letter, okay?" Gu Qingqing took the three flowers in her hand, held them in her arms, kissed them and said.
"Mom, you have the final say." Dahua followed her into the house.
She looked at the fabric and joked, "Now we have enough fabric for our family to wear for the next few years. It's all fine cotton. What color do you like?"
Two pieces of Su silk, one with a light apricot-red floral pattern, and the other with a blue background with peony floral patterns.
Of the three remaining pieces of fine cotton, one was embroidered with peach blossom red, one was plain washed blue, and the other was dark purple.
Dahua pointed at the peach red embroidery and said, "Mom, I like this color."
"Hahaha, you are worthy of being my daughter. The color you chose is the same as the one I liked. I also think it would be nice to use this piece to make clothes for you and your sister." Gu Qingqing said and teased Sanhua, "Sister, what my sister chose is very beautiful, isn't it?"
Sanhua giggled and drooled.
"You should take the three flowers. I'll put these away first."
As Gu Qingqing spoke, she put a few pieces of cloth into the cabinet in the room. As for the things and letters sent by Shen Chenan, she carried them into the inner room and placed them on the table.
Waiting to open it with the kids at night.
Gu Qingqing looked at the cakes, sugars and preserved fruits that Manager Shen brought, and wondered if the Shen family had a cake shop. Otherwise, why would they have an endless supply of cakes?
You know, she brought back a lot of cakes from their house a few days ago.
After Gu Qingqing finished her work here and told Dahua to continue cooking porridge at noon, she hurried towards the backyard.
Just now she was running back and forth so fast that she wasn't caught by the piglets. Then the four piglets saw her and surrounded her and made some grunts, as if to say they were hungry.