Tang Xufang's eyes turned red when she was asked, and she lowered her head: "I'm willing to give up, I'm willing to give up, Miss Fang is a good person, and my child can find a way out by following Miss Fang."
"Why is that!" Fang Qingshi handed over the handkerchief: "Besides, I can't afford to raise a child. I lent you the money to learn a craft, and you have to pay it back to me later."
Tong Chunsheng held his brother's hand tightly. When he heard this, he pulled his brother and knelt down: "Auntie, we must make more money and return it to auntie as soon as possible."
"Look, you are not as smart as the two children." Fang Qingshi said in a friendly tone and pulled the two children to stand up.
Tang Xufang felt ashamed and felt warm in her heart.
Fang Qingshi didn't need her eldest brother to go with her. She asked Tang Xufang to accompany her and led the two children to the Ding family workshop.
Fang Jing'an locked the door, went to see Tong Shan's injury, changed the medicine and bandaged it, and then went back to look after the shop.
Tong Shan looked at his daughter who was staring eagerly at the door, and said softly: "Your mother took Miss Fang to the workshop. She won't be back until later. Yueyue can sleep a little longer."
Tong Yue lay down next to her father and raised her little face to look at him: "It's my aunt. My aunt is so kind. She didn't let my mother beat me and even gave me money."
"Okay, she's an aunt, but Yueyue can't ask for other people's money." Tong Shan loves this little daughter the most on weekdays, and is reluctant to use harsh words to blame her, but she can teach her how to be a good person.
Tong Yue leaned closer to her father and said, "Well, I will be like my aunt in the future."
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The Ding family's workshop is outside Xicheng, Luwu County.
There are only north and south gates in Luwu County, so going out from the south gate and going around to Dingjia Workshop is not a short distance.
Tang Xufang wanted to say a few more words to Fang Qingshi, but she didn't know where to start.
"Xu Fang's needlework is very good." Fang Qingshi said and glanced at Tang Xufang, trying to find the shadow of the person in his memory on her face. This feeling was really like a lifetime ago, and she was thankful.
A little sad.
Tang Xufang smiled: "I have no useful skills. I embroider handkerchiefs for the embroidery shop, and I am always picked on and the price is lowered. But I have no other way of making a living, so I can only endure it."
"Then embroider the sachet for me." Fang Qingshi's eyes and eyebrows were dyed with a smile: "Selling sachets in the incense shop must be a good deal."
Tang Xufang's eyes lit up: "Can I do it?"
"Why not?" Fang Qingshi finally found a way to solve Tang Xufang's urgent need, and she felt even happier: "I'm not good at needlework, and I don't have time. I'll give you some purse tricks later, and you can make them.
If I sell one in the incense shop, I will give you 30%, or you can calculate the money separately according to the embroidered purse."
"Just sell it and give me the money." Tang Xufang felt that she would be unkind if she wanted to take the money first.
Fang Qingshi nodded: "Okay, it's settled, I'll take care of the materials and needlework."
During this period of time, the two of them talked a lot because of the Xiu Xiang Sachet incident. Fang Qingshi found that Xu Fang was too honest now, unlike when she was with him, when Xu Fang had a clear understanding of the world.
Already.
The Ding family's workshop is not big.
Old Man Ding's five sons all inherited their father's business, and the family relied on the workshop to make a living. There are pottery made by the Ding family in the grocery stores in Luwu County.
No matter how well-fired the pottery is, it is not a valuable thing, so the family's daily life is sufficient, but it is not a good life.
However, people in the Ding family are hard-working, and all five sons have married daughters-in-law. The mother-in-law brought the daughters-in-law back to fetch soil. Old man Ding and his sons chopped wood, burned charcoal, and made bricks for the kiln. They were a harmonious big family.
Fang Qingshi explained his purpose, and Old Man Ding smiled so much that there were two more wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. While the two were discussing the price, Tang Xufang and his two sons stood aside and watched.
Tong Chunwang stared at Old Man Ding and Fang Qingshi without blinking. There was a lot in his little head.
After agreeing on the price, Fang Qingshi took out ten taels of silver to make the order money. Old man Ding took out paper and pen, and Fang Qingshi wrote the deed.
Tang Xufang was surprised. She didn't expect that Fang Qingshi could write beautiful calligraphy.
After the signature and painting were postponed, Fang Qingshi said: "Uncle Ding, I have brought you two apprentices today. I wonder if you can accept them."
Old man Ding had already seen the three mothers standing next to him, and he felt a little embarrassed when he heard this: "To be honest, Miss Fang also knows that she taught the apprentice to starve to death, and the five sons in our family are all doing this.
, you have to make a living from this, Luwu County is too small."
Tang Xufang's face turned red.
Fang Qingshi smiled: "Uncle Ding is right. I also know that it takes more than three or two months to learn a craft. You see, I have ordered so many goods. If I can accept these two children as apprentices, I will use them."
The Ding family pottery has been in business for five years, can this business be done?"
Old man Ding was shocked. He turned around and saw that Tang Xufang and the two children lived in Luwu County. He recognized that they belonged to Tong Shan's family.
Tong Shan is an orphan, and he married Tang Xufang, who is also an orphan. What does the girl in front of him have to do with the Tong family? She actually spent so much money to help them?
Then I thought about it, five years.
Very few people come to the pottery workshop to place orders, they are all fired and sent to the grocery store for sale. If you are lucky, it will be okay, but if you are not lucky, the work may be in vain. If you can bake pottery for this girl for five years, the Ding family will not be where it is now.
The situation is great.
After thinking about it, Old Man Ding asked with a smile: "Chunsheng and Chunwang, are you two willing to learn?"
Tong Chunsheng took his younger brother and knelt down to Old Man Ding, and the two children called out to Master.
Old man Ding helped the two children up: "You can afford to endure hardship in this business. If you don't study hard later, the master will give you a hard time."
Children from poor families are not afraid of hardship, and it is not a scary thing to be beaten if they cannot learn well, so this kind of words have no deterrent effect on the brothers, but Tang Xufang next to them became nervous, seeing that this matter was done, but
It would be too rude for me not to prepare for the apprenticeship ceremony when I came.
He looked at Fang Qingshi subconsciously.
Fang Qingshi looked at the two children's firm eyes with a smile, nodded with satisfaction, and took over the conversation: "Uncle Ding is really a kind-hearted man. We didn't prepare for the apprenticeship ceremony when we came. Let's start again.
A deed must be signed for five years. Also, prepare pen and paper, and I will give Uncle Ding a set of pictures."
Now it was Old Man Ding's turn to be dumbfounded. When he looked at Fang Qingshi, his eyes changed. Where is this apprenticeship? This is the God of Wealth who brings money. As for accepting two young apprentices by the way, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
It is said that teaching a disciple starves the master to death, but when you are so poor, can you miss this opportunity?
Not only should we not miss it, but we should also teach these two children well, so as to leave a way for our children and grandchildren to make money.
Things went very smoothly. Fang Qingshi came with his people, and old man Ding also came with him. The deed was signed for five years. The official government has to go through the Ming Road before it can be settled. The children must also prepare to live in the master's house.
Start an apprenticeship.
Fang Qingshi silently gave Old Man Ding ten taels of silver, which were used to feed the two children. Apart from that, they could not do much else. Xu Fang's temperament was the most unfavorable to others, and she did not want to
From now on, Xu Fang would not dare to speak when she saw him.
After everything was settled, Fang Qingshi returned to the shop. As soon as he entered the door, he felt something was wrong. There were two big men in shorts sitting in the room, and they looked aggressive.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Fang Qingshi became even more suspicious when she saw her elder brother sitting aside reading a book calmly.
One of the strong men stood up: "We are here to find Fang Qingshi, Miss Fang, are you?"