Xie Doudou was very coaxing. When he heard Brother Wen asked Jin Sheng to carry the birthday gift, his eyes lit up and he even forgot to shed tears.

But Xie Dou was a little confused: Is the birthday gift prepared by Brother Wen a big one? Does it still need to be moved?

Jin Sheng was very strong, and he quickly came over carrying the wooden frame in one hand and the wooden box in the other.

As a fastidious Ming Dynasty person (and a sample made by craftsmen with full sincerity), this wooden frame and wooden box have purely hand-carved patterns, and the chosen patterns are very in line with the preferences of children, not the kind of old-fashioned.

The bad street texture looks very pleasing to the eye.

Xie Dou was a little confused when he saw the wooden frame, not knowing what it was used for.

After he wiped away his tears and looked at the wooden box that Brother Wen had opened, he saw a box full of cardboard puzzles, with ink paintings printed on each small puzzle piece.

At first glance, Xie Dou didn’t know how to play, but Brother Wen poured all the small puzzle pieces onto the wooden frame and took out the reference pictures stacked underneath.

After some explanations by Brother Wen and Jin Sheng, Xie Dou immediately understood how to play the puzzle.

He had never seen such a treasure before, and he was so happy.

Without saying a word, Xie Dou put aside the grievance of being beaten just now and pulled Brother Wen to work on the puzzle together.

Brother Wen had a great time dismantling the puzzle at home two days ago. Now he was pulled by Xie Dou to put it together for a while. Only then did he realize that the three-hundred-piece puzzle was not really easy to put together. The main reason was that they were still too young and the puzzle was too big.

It's so hard to get up.

He saw Xie Dou holding a puzzle piece and thinking hard about it for a long time, and he began to paddle with the piece of puzzle in his hands calmly.

It was Xie Dou's eldest brother Xie Zheng who came over and found out that the two little ones were getting carried away while playing.

The main reason was that Xie Dou forgot about himself. Halfway through the stroke, Brother Wen simply lay down on the side and became paralyzed.

He collapsed and fell asleep.

There is no way, children are like this. When they are full of energy, they will not fall asleep no matter how much they are coaxed. When sleepyheads come, they will not wake up no matter how much they shout.

Seeing Brother Wen sleeping soundly, Xie Dou did not disturb him and continued to think hard about the puzzle.

After this fun, it’s time to eat longevity noodles.

Xie Zheng happened to be home on vacation today. When he saw that his brother was missing, he went to look for him.

Xie Dou was undecided about the puzzle piece at hand. His little head turned to the reference picture for a while, and then to the puzzle piece with only a small piece of it in the wooden frame. He didn't know where to put the small piece of puzzle piece at hand.

Seeing his brother Xie Zheng coming, Xie Dou immediately asked him for help.

Xie Zheng had never seen this thing before. He sat next to Xie Dou and listened to the explanation, then took the reference picture and studied it. The two brothers worked together to think about it, and Xie Zheng even forgot about his purpose.

When Xie Qian, the father, came over, the brothers' heads, one big and one small, were already close to each other, and they were seriously studying the pile of new things in front of them.

The instigator, Brother Wen, was still lying on the couch with his arms and legs spread out, sleeping very soundly.

Xie Qian stepped towards his two sons and asked calmly: "What are you playing at?"

Xie Dou's hand shook, and the puzzle piece he was holding in his hand was frightened and dropped.

Xie Zheng: “…………”

Ah, yes, he came to see his younger brother to eat longevity noodles. Why did he play with his younger brother for so long?

Xie Zheng hurriedly got up and talked to Xie Qian about his brother's new gift.

This thing is so fun, he accidentally forgot the time, and heard Xie Dou say that Brother Wen made it specially for him.

Xie Qian picked up the reference picture and looked at it, then looked at the results of the two brothers' efforts. He felt that this gameplay was really new, so he didn't blame them for overdoing it. He smiled and said: "Wake up Brother Wen and go eat.

It’s time for birthday noodles.”

Xie Dou then walked out from the shadow of the handboard in the morning and ran to the edge of the cave to shake Brother Wen awake.

Brother Wen opened his eyes and saw Xie Dou. He originally wanted to close his eyes and sleep for a while, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Xie Qian smiling.

Brother Wen was so excited that he woke up completely. He quickly got up, tidied up his small clothes, and followed the Xie family and his son to eat longevity noodles.

Noodles in the Ming Dynasty were already very rich, and the noodles were all handmade by the chefs in the house. They were not as soft and chewy as some finished noodles in later generations.

Brother Wen especially loves to eat noodles. He is a good boy who is not picky about food. When he encounters a flavor he likes, he will eat it with ease.

Mr. Zou ate a lot more with him beside him. After the meal, Brother Wen and Xie Dou took him to the left and right and walked around the garden twice to eat, watching them happily.

Xie Dou and Brother Wen had been playing together for a long time and talked a lot. He excitedly talked about his new puzzle with Zou.

The child spoke garbled and unclearly, and Zou didn't understand what the game was about.

Xie Dou asked people to move the puzzle to Zou's place, and took Brother Wen to play with him and show it to Zou.

Mr. Zou sat nearby and watched the two children muttering about how to fight, and felt a little interested.

She didn't interrupt, she just smiled and followed the two children to think about how to put it together. When she saw that the two boys were exactly the same as her, she felt that she was not too old and her brain could still be used a little bit.

Xie Zheng was also thinking about the puzzle. After finishing his homework, he thought about it and shamelessly went to Zou's side.

After all, he is a teenager, and he likes new things from the bottom of his heart. Even if he is destined to be more stable as the eldest son, he still cannot resist his strong curiosity!

Generally speaking, Wen Ge'er doesn't use his brain as much as he can. After Xie Zheng joined in, he started paddling crazily. He played at Xie's house for most of the day before bidding farewell to Zou and strolling home.

After Brother Wen returned, he still ate, drank, and read every day. The puzzle he made in order to "repay" Xie Doudou became very popular in the capital.

It turned out that the craftsman had obtained Wang Hua's drawings, so he selected a batch of paintings that he thought were good and gave them to Wang Hua. After Wang Hua selected the suitable paintings, he spent money to make engravings and secretly made a batch of them.

Puzzles are waiting for sale.

The one Xie Dou had was the only birthday gift. Wang Hua told the craftsmen not to sell it to others. The remaining paintings were made into large, medium and small puzzles, and they rushed to several schools at the end of the ten-day break.

Sold outside the museum and Imperial College.

It only takes a little effort to cut this thing, and materials such as cardboard and wood are not very valuable.

As long as you can open up a market among the students, you won't have to worry about subsequent sales.

You must know that students love to follow trends most, and they will also miss what they see others doing.

Coincidentally, there was also a shop outside the school where Xie Zheng studied.

Xie Zheng spent a day playing puzzles with his younger brother, and he still had some unfinished ideas.

The next day when I went back to the private school to study, I saw someone selling puzzles next to the private school.

Xie Zheng's eyes lit up, and when he went over to take a look, he found that the most available ones were only two hundred pieces, and the price was relatively expensive. He touched his money bag, which was not Taiko, and finally chose a compromise of "" which only had fifty pieces.

Plum Score" puzzle.

I don’t know who came up with the idea, but the Four Gentlemen of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum were actually divided into four kinds of puzzles, namely "Plum Book", "Orchid Book", "Bamboo Book" and "Chrysanthemum Book", and the paintings are all very good!

Xie Zheng took the "Mei Pu" he bought, and his eyes fell on the other three gentlemen. He always felt that what he bought was not the best among the four gentlemen.

Seeing that school was almost over, he could only grit his teeth and walk into the school with the puzzle he bought, planning to wait until school was over before considering whether to buy the other three gentlemen as well.

As a result, when Xie Zheng was about to buy the other three gentlemen after school, he was told that they had been sold out and it might take a day or two for new ones to be available!

Xie Zheng: “…………”

Why did you hesitate and then disappear?!

The person who suggested selling the Four Gentlemen was so cunning!

The cunning Wang Hua did not pay much attention to the sales progress of the puzzle.

He still went to the Hanlin Academy diligently every day to study "Records of Xianzong", and from time to time he was approached by the current sage Zhu Youtang to help organize class lectures.

The work he did was similar to that of teaching assistants in later generations.

Xie Qian and the others are the professors responsible for giving lectures.

That day it was Xie Qian's turn, Qiu Jun and others gave lectures, and Wang Hua and Yang Tinghe went over to copy the lecture notes as usual.

Unexpectedly, after Xie Qian and the others finished their lecture, Zhu Youtang did not ask them to leave immediately. Instead, he invited them to sit down and have tea and ordered someone to collect samples of fresh things.

Wang Hua and the others didn't understand why.

When he saw the "Four Gentlemen" puzzle brought up by the young eunuch, Xie Qian was the first to react. He looked at Wang Hua with a smile and said, "This thing that your family made up is now popular in the capital, and it has even spread to His Majesty."

Wang Hua hurriedly said with sincerity and fear: "The children at home are fooling around, but I didn't expect that His Majesty would know about it."

Zhu Youtang is a diligent king who handles government affairs diligently every day. Today, he heard people say that this thing is popular outside, so he asked people to buy it and take a look.

Unexpectedly, Jin Yiwei inquired and found out that this was actually a trick created by the children of the Wang family and the Xie family. Moreover, this child from the Wang family was so intelligent that Xie Qian actually accepted him as a student early on.

This made Zhu Youtang a little curious.

If it were purely for fun, Zhu Youtang would not take a second look. But this thing not only requires using your brain, but it is also very elegant and interesting, and it is definitely not comparable to ordinary tricks.

The people selling it outside boasted that it was the "No. 1 Scholar Puzzle". If you play with it more, you might be able to have the quick thinking of the No. 1 Scholar!

Zhu Youtang ascended the throne at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and is now only nineteen. He is considered a young emperor. Even though he has tried his best to control the government in the past two years, there are still many things he cannot do.

In the past, his father only doted on Concubine Wan Gui. As a prince, his life was not very good. After he was born, his mother and concubine did not dare to let others know of his existence.

It was not until his brother, Prince Tou Gong, died in infancy that his father, the emperor, knew that there was a son like him and sent him to the Empress Dowager Zhou's palace to raise him.

Now that he has gone through many hardships and grown up, he doesn't want to indulge in women like his father. He just wants to spend his whole life respectfully with the queen. When his father was in power, he ignored the government for a long time, so he wants to be a conscientious person.

Mingjun.

Now that he is still not able to fully control the court situation, he is even more eager to build relationships with the ministers he values, so that when he wants to do something, he won't have no one who can be useful.
To be continued...