Chapter 16 So Many Good Men
"What is this?!" Pei Fangwu shouted in surprise, trembling gently, and then he found that he was standing next to him looking at the annealed glass beads and looked straight.
He smiled and said gently: "This is what I mentioned earlier. I tried to make it first. There is no craftsmanship. After the fire is removed, you can check the material. If it can be used, you will find some skilled craftsmen to make better things to sell."
Pei Fangwu stood there in a daze, watching Wenrou put the box of glass beads into the insulation wooden box, and then put it in a cooler place until it cooled completely.
She was very patient and hummed an untuned little song in her mouth. In this hot and dry environment, even if she was sweating, she didn't feel embarrassed, but she was very comfortable.
He didn't understand where her comfort came from. It was clearly because she was treated poorly by her husband's family and was forced to make a living. Such a situation should be for a few days for the ladies from a family. But why didn't she feel sad at all, but she became more comfortable?
What a strange woman.
The glass completely faded, and the sun outside had already set. Gentle gently took out the box containing the glass beads and placed it in front of Pei Fangwu: "Please look, young master."
The lamp was on the table, and the light was orange and yellow. Pei Fangwu carefully took a glass bead and looked at the light. He found that it was transparent. Through the bead, you could see the patterns on the lampshade!
"What material is this? Can it be seen through?" He was shocked: "Is it a gem?"
Wenrou also picked up a piece of glass and looked at the light, and smiled and said, "This is the glass I told you that it can be used as a gem or a utensil... However, some materials are not in place, and there are many willow catkins patterns in the beads, so it is probably not worth it to make a utensil."
She already feels glad to be able to make glass in such an environment. As for how to make glass with extremely high purity without any impurities, it needs to be studied further.
"This kind of bead is already very valuable." Pei Fangwu's eyes were slightly shining, and he looked at her and said, "Every businessman is not traitorous. Even if this is a bead made by his wife, as long as the businessman says it is a natural gem and the nobles in this world have never seen it, they will naturally be sold at a sky-high price."
"It's so good." Nodded gently, pushing the box on the table towards Pei Fangwu: "This box of glass beads is regarded as a thank you gift to the young master."
Pei Fangwu was stunned and frowned slightly: "For me? Why don't you keep the first batch of beads made by my wife for money?"
She thought, but she is not a businessman, so she has to rely on Pei Fangwu to help her a lot in the future. How could she not give others some sweetness first? The attitude of asking for help must be correct. No one should be born to help you. Is this the basic principle of dealing with people, right?
Thinking of this in my heart, gentle smiled dignifiedly: "I can still live for the time being, and it is not as desolate as I can't afford to eat. The young master might as well try these things first, and see how much the price it can be sold. In this way, it will be easier to consider whether to continue doing it later."
"It must be done." Pei Fangwu looked at her seriously: "If the wife can trust her, I will guarantee that the price of this box of beads will definitely not be less than 5,000 taels."
Five...what?! Wenrou was shocked and subconsciously started calculating with her fingers. How much is 5,000 taels? Du Wenrou, the young lady of the Du family, can sell nearly 1,000 taels of dowry jewelry. Can such a box of glass beads be sold for 5,000 taels? If it is not labor-intensive, the cost may not be even 5 taels of silver.
Huge profits! What is huge profits!
Gentle trembled with excitement, slapped the table and yelled: "Do it! I will continue to do it tomorrow!"
She was so scared that the box in her hand was almost unable to hold it firmly. Pei Fangwu pinched the box tightly with lingering fear, then looked at her and chuckled.
What a sad and cute person.
"It's getting late, right? Are you going to send your wife back?" Pei Fangwu said: "As for this bead, I'll put one in the store tomorrow. Maybe I can't sell it immediately. The wife may have to wait a little longer."
"Okay." Wenrou responded with a smile, took the cloak handed over by the servant next to her, wrapped it up and walked out.
There were stars everywhere in the night sky. She looked up and couldn't help but sigh: "I haven't seen such a starry sky for a long time. There are so many stars like sesame seeds."
"Why haven't you seen it before?" Walking slowly beside her, Pei Fangwu said: "As long as it doesn't rain, you can see it every night when you look up."
He smiled gentlely and didn't explain much. This is the happiness that only ancient people have. Modern clouds are covered with dark clouds, so it would be nice to see the North Star.
The servant who was holding the lamp disappeared at some point. Pei Fangwu held the lamp in his own hands and led the way half a step in front of her. Wen Rou came back to her senses and looked forward and saw his particularly soft side face lines.
Why is there something wrong with the atmosphere?
Blinking, Wenrou stopped. Before she could speak, Pei Fangwu stopped, and looked back at her with concern: "What's wrong with Madam?"
He moved his eyebrows and smiled softly: "It's getting late, and Mr. Pei doesn't need to take me back in person. Just have the coachman here."
Pei Fangwu was slightly stunned, as if he had thought of something, so he reached out and handed the lamp to her, and replied in a low voice: "Okay."
Gentle bent her knees at him, took the light and walked out quickly.
It was so terrible that she almost forgot that she was a married woman. She might be caught in a pig cage when she was with someone like this in the middle of the night!
The carriage was waiting at the door, gently lifted the skirt and went up. As a result, a maid followed him, carrying two food boxes, sat next to her and said, "Young Master is afraid that the wife will be boring on the road, so he ordered me to send her to her."
He was really considerate. He smiled at her gentle smiled, then his eyes fell on the food box in her hand, and his stomach "gurgled".
I made glass for a day today and only ate a few snacks in the middle. Now I am so hungry.
The maid heard the sound, covered her lips and smiled, opened the food box on the left, took a plate of thin dough buns and handed it to her: "The car is bumpy, and I'll get other dishes before I use them. Madam first uses this to cushion her belly."
I nodded gently, took it and said, "Ah Woo" a big mouthful, and finally lost the feeling of panic in my heart.
Seeing her voracious look, the little maid felt a little reluctant. After all, she was the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family, so how could she end up like this?
The carriage walked very smoothly and returned to the villa within a short while. Gentle thinking about the delicious food, he jumped out of the car without looking at the surroundings, and reached out to pick up the food box on the carriage.
"I've come back very early." A familiar and cold voice sounded behind her, and her gentle body stiffened. I felt an ice snake climbing from her heels onto the back of her neck.
"Master." Shufang called her tremblingly, looked at Xiao Jingtang next to her, and did not dare to say extra words.
The second young master came for a while and found that there was no one in the other yard, so he waited until now, and I don’t know what it means.
Taking a deep breath, gently turned around slowly, and smiled at Xiao Jingtang: "You haven't rested so late?"
"You are so late, haven't you returned home yet?" Xiao Jingtang's face looked a little scary under the light, and he didn't have any feelings in his eyes. He looked gentle and fur all over.
Ancient women came home late, which seemed a bit unreasonable. She was only glad that she was smart and did not ask Pei Fangwu to send her back, otherwise she would have really bumped into the Hall of Hell!
"Mrs. I went to our Zhenxiuzhai to order food. Because there were so many people in line, I only delivered it now."
The little maid in the carriage spoke, very smart, and smiled cleverly and handed the food box to Shufang next to her: "This is the dish ordered by the lady. If you can get the wife's appreciation, our delicacies are of great honor."
Gentle, he immediately reacted and said with a wry smile: "Thank you for your hard work, just keep the money in the Xiao family's account."
"Yes." The little maid nodded, bowed to Xiao Jingtang, then jumped into the carriage and left.
Xiao Jingtang frowned, looked at the carriage that was leaving, and repeated coldly: "Zhenxiuzhai?"
"A very famous restaurant in the city." Wenrou didn't look at him anymore, and helped Shufang carry the food box and walked in: "The second young master is here so late. Did he know that there is something to eat and come to grab the corner of the table?"
No, he clearly came to catch the evildoer, but he just didn't catch it.
Xiao Jingtang pursed his lips, looked at Du Wenrou, who had not looked back without looking back, thought about it, and followed.
Pei Fangwu really cared about the joke he made in the morning. The eight dishes in the food box were all meat. Gentle saw her nose sore and her eyes were red.
His grandmother, there are so many good men in the world, why did Du Wenrou hang herself on Xiao Jingtang's crooked tree?
"I thought you could really eat vegetables and tofu, but I didn't expect that I had found a way out myself."
After entering the flower hall, Xiao Jingtang didn't sit down, but leaned against the side and watched Gentle swallowing voraciously.
It was really a voracious meal, not at all like the rigid appearance of eating before. Both cheeks were bulging and they were still stuffing meat into their mouths.
...He has hungry people like this?
"Second Young Master, do you eat it?" After swallowing the things in his mouth, he asked gently and symbolically.
Of course, Xiao Jingtang shook his head. Before he could speak, he saw her pull Shufang over and sit down, and reached out to serve her a bowl of rice.
"Then we're welcome, you can do it yourself."
Shufang was shocked and subconsciously stood up, but Wenrou pressed her down: "Don't say anything irregular. People don't treat me as their master, you don't have to treat me as their master. Let's have a meal together, don't faint from hunger, no one will comb my hair tomorrow."
"...Yes." Looking at her with a complicated expression, Shufang picked up the chopsticks and slowly stuffed the rice into her mouth. She glanced at her gently and picked up a piece of meat for her. The maid shivered and tears fell down her eyes.
Are you moved? Gentle looked at it and didn't feel like it.
Chapter completed!