Accompanied by Zhang Ergou, Zhang San visited Liulichang and told Zhang Ergou to pay attention to production safety. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so no problems can occur.
At this time, Zhang San is not ready to sell the glazed products. Everything has to wait until after the New Year. After all, Li Tai has just finished making money, and he is launching cheap glazed products. No matter how you look at it, it looks like Zhang San is doing it.
matter.
There wasn't much snow in Chang'an this year, but there was a lot of snow in other places. Fortunately, no disasters occurred, except hail in Shandong.
The New Year is approaching, and on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhangjiacun Commune and Xingsheng Commercial Bank began to have a holiday.
The villagers were counting their copper coins and silver while thanking Zhang San for leading them to make a fortune.
The twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when the villagers of Zhangjiacun collectively go shopping. They used to go to Chang'an, but now there is a market at their doorstep, and the things they sell are quite cheap, which is okay.
"Hey! The fourth aunt of the Zhang family is here. Your family has made a fortune this year. Look at your rosy face. You have earned a lot, right?" Shopkeeper Song pulled me in with a cheerful smile from a grain and oil shop in the Zhangjiacun market.
Erwazi's mother complimented.
"Look at your figure, Shopkeeper Song. You must have made a lot of money this year, and you still have the nerve to tease me." Erwazi said with a cheerful smile.
"How can I compare with you? Your second son works with the Marquis. We are just a bunch of miserable people. Thanks to the Marquis, we are able to settle here, and our life is a little easier."
"Yes, the Marquis treats us well. I often tell Erwazi that he must follow the Marquis wholeheartedly."
"Yes, in this market, whoever is open to do business would not miss the Marquis."
"Yes, the Marquis family is the kindest I have ever seen or heard of. Follow the Marquis and don't worry about being squeezed. The Chinese New Year will be here soon. Come to your place to pull a bucket of oil so that we can fry steamed buns tomorrow. Don't talk about the Marquis.
Not only is he good at doing business, but he is also first-class at cooking."
"Isn't that right? In front of me, Mrs. Sun relied on a candied haws recipe taught by the Marquis to support her bedridden wife."
Zhang San also came to the market today with his younger sister and Fang Keying. There was nothing missing at home, but he simply wanted to see how the market he built was developing.
"Hello, Mr. Marquis, hello, Madam, hello, Miss..."
Wherever they went, everyone greeted Zhang San and the others warmly.
Many vendors also took out the things they sold and forced them to Zhang San. No matter how he refused, they said that the Chinese New Year was coming soon and thanked Mr. Hou for taking care of them. They were all their own property and were worthless. If he didn't want to refuse, he would be looking down on others...
In short, Zhang San quickly hugged a large bag of things.
"Sanlang, you are very popular now!" Fang Keying held a candied haws in one hand and a mung bean cake in the other, and he and his little sister ate happily. They had never experienced this kind of shopping.
"Third brother, our theater will be performing Flower Fairy the night after tomorrow, do you want to go and see it?" Little sister and Xie Hua'er directed Flower Fairy on their own, and Zhang San had seen them rehearse.
Not to mention, Xie Hua'er and Xiaomei do have talents in this area, and adapted many plays from some of the stories briefly told by Zhang San.
Now Zhangjiacun, including several surrounding villages, has an extra topic to talk about after dinner, which is a drama performance that is shown every seven days.
"Okay, third brother will go and cheer for you then." Zhang San said with a smile.
"Little sister, I think it's better for you to learn more about playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and don't follow Hua'er all the time. After all, you are still a girl who has not yet left the court." Fang Keying and little sister held hands, and they didn't know.
I thought they were sisters.
"Sister-in-law, it's okay. Third brother said that if I can't get married in the future, he will support me." The younger sister said with a smile.
"I never said that." Zhang San turned around and retorted.
"Sister-in-law, look, the third brother is planning to leave me now." The younger sister changed her face as soon as she said it, looking like she had been wronged.
"You two, your third brother has a girl like you, how could he not want you?" Although Fang Keying knew that the younger sister was pretending, she still explained to Zhang San.
"Hee hee! Sister-in-law, let's go over there to buy something without the third brother." The little girl smiled and pulled Fang Keying towards a stall selling jewelry.
Zhang San found the security team patrolling the streets and asked them to take back his pile of belongings first.
Then he went to meet up with his younger sister and Fang Keying.
Today, Su Xin and Xiao Yu are checking accounts at home. Xie Hua'er has gone with her master to visit who knows where. Since the last incident, Xie Hua'er no longer talks back to Zhang San, let alone pestering Zhang San.
Let go.
Zhang San was happy about this. It would be best if Xie Hua'er could find a man she likes to marry, and he promised that he would give her a large dowry just like her mother's family did.
"Third brother, does this hairpin of mine look good?" The younger sister held up an embroidered hairpin and showed it to Zhang San happily.
"It looks good. My little sister has really good eyesight." Zhang San praised.
"Hmph! You just know how to deal with me." The little girl exhaled through her nose.
Zhang San found that there seemed to be a generation gap between himself and his younger sister, and they would often talk back to each other after just three sentences.
"Sister-in-law, your rouge is so red. I want to buy a box of it too." When the little girl saw the rouge in Fang Keying's hand, she quickly asked the boss to get one exactly the same for her.
We now have a lot of jewelry at home, and my younger sister and Fang Keying still like to go to the market to pick out these cheap handmade jewelry.
Especially some rouge and gouache, which have never been used after buying them. Zhang San feels that women are really a waste.
Fortunately, I am not short of money now, otherwise I really wouldn’t be able to support myself.
Zhang San was not very interested in shopping. There were all those things on the left and right. After walking around, Zhang San felt that his legs were getting weak, but the younger sister and Fang Keying became more and more energetic as they shopped.
"Now that we're done shopping, let's go home. Aren't you tired?" Zhang San suggested.
"Third brother, why are you tired from shopping? Sister-in-law, aren't you?" the younger sister said lively.
"Yeah, I don't feel tired either!" Fang Keying agreed.
"Third brother, can't you do it? How about we go home?" After all, the younger sister still cares about her third brother.
"Little sister, keep these words in mind. Never say no to a man. Isn't it just for shopping? Let's go!" Zhang San stood up and said.
"What do you mean?" the younger sister asked in confusion.
"Don't listen to your third brother's nonsense. You are the same. You can talk about anything. Go and have something to eat in front." Fang Keying rolled her eyes at Zhang San angrily.
As soon as she heard about eating, the little sister was even more happy. She no longer asked why the third brother said this, and ran forward pulling Fang Keying.
The miserable Zhang San had no choice but to follow behind with his things in his arms.