Cao Xiangnan took the long, small-mouthed porcelain bottle and looked at it carefully. The texture of the celadon was even more delicate, the lines were smooth, and the color was mellow. He turned it over and saw a pattern printed on the bottom of the bottle. It was the word "Cao". He asked someone to add it later. But should this wine be given a nicer name? He was thinking in his mind.

"Young Master?" Mei Lao San rubbed his hands, revealing his nervousness.

"Good, very good, Master Mei San has good craftsmanship." Cao Xiangnan nodded, handed the bottle in his hand to Cao Gang, and said to Master Mei San.

Cao Gang took it and glanced at it casually, then gave it to Liu Baishu, who looked at it carefully.

"Thank you for the compliment, young master." Mei San Lao heard the compliment and knew that the other party was satisfied. He breathed a sigh of relief and even the smile on his face deepened. Then he talked about how much the first batch of bottles they fired was produced in one kiln, and how much the later ones were produced. The later ones became better and better.

The one Cao Xiangnan just got was the best batch of celadon bottles. As for the one with a little flaw, he also looked at it and said it was still usable. As for the price, Master Mei San also said that it could be lower.

After listening to it, Cao Xiangnan knew that the craftsmanship of firing this kind of celadon would get better and better in the future. He talked about the style of the bottle with Master Mei San. Mei San asked his son to bring out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the two began to draw on the paper. After some discussion, they also decided on two styles of bottles.

When negotiating the price with Master Mei San, Cao Xiangnan was not ambiguous at all.

"Then we'll take the price you give me, young master." Mei San gave in. It's not like they don't have money to make, and the price they gave was fair. Just like what they said, they didn't stop doing business after one time, so they wouldn't have to worry about not being able to sell their things in the future.

There are more than a dozen families in Meijia Village, and every family can make ceramics. If someone can make this kind of celadon in the future, it won't be just Mei San's family. Mei San is also a person who knows a little bit about buying and selling.

Liu Baishu carefully checked several bottles, and was still paying attention to Cao Xiangnan's conversation with his master. He had a different understanding of this person, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. The person behind him came over and asked him what he was laughing at. He stretched out his hand and nudged him, asking him to calm down.

Wang Dahu felt very aggrieved, but he dared not show it.

"Fix the four sides with bamboo or wood, build a bottom on top, separate the inside one by one, and then make a lid and nail it into a square box. Put straw inside and put the porcelain bottles in. This way, even if there are many bottles, they will not be easily damaged during transportation." After the inspection, the quality of this batch of celadon was good, so Cao Xiangnan ordered the next batch.

These fragile items also need to consider the problem of damage during transportation. Master Mei San of Cao Xiangnan carefully explained how to make the box used to hold the bottles to reduce the problem of damage during transportation.

Things like wood and bamboo are basically free, at most it costs a little to nail them into boxes. The extra things mean extra costs, and Cao Xiangnan was not unwilling to do it, fearing that the other party would be unhappy. He took the initiative to ask how much he would charge for each of these boxes.

"No, no, I didn't think so carefully, please rest assured, next time we will pack the boxes as you said." Mei Lao San shook his hands hurriedly. In the past, they made ceramics and brought them to the town to sell, and they were carried in baskets, so naturally there were few broken ones, and he naturally didn't think of this.

But now there are more things, and these bottles are easy to break when they are shaken in the car, which is what he didn't consider carefully enough. These celadon bottles are 30% more expensive than their ceramics. If they break, it's no joke. It doesn't cost much to nail a box with bamboo and wood.

"Okay, someone will come to pick up this batch of bottles in three days." Cao Xiangnan paid the balance of the bottles and then paid the deposit for the second batch of bottles. The reason why he brought Wang Dahu here was to let him do the errands in the future, and bring him here to get familiar with the way, so that it would be convenient for him to do the work in the future.

The number of bottles ordered in the first batch was not large. Now that it is confirmed that the quality is fine and will get better and better, he can order the second batch with confidence. Compared with the first batch, this has two more styles, and each style has three sizes: large, medium and small. This is convenient for packaging wines of different flavors and according to the amount.

The celadon vase was fired, Cao Xiangnan mentioned the white porcelain vase to Master Mei, and if it could be fired, he would also like one. As for whether it could be fired or not, it depends on the craftsmanship of Master Mei San.

He noticed the son standing next to him. From what Master Mei San said, his son inherited his craftsmanship and even surpassed his master. This man didn't talk much, just like a piece of wood, following his father, answering only one question at a time, and he was not a person who was good at speaking. But it is often such people who are more proficient in a certain aspect.

"I will do my best and will definitely not let you down." Mei San was much more tactful in his words.

"Then Cao will wait for good news from Master Mei San. If Master Mei San can fire white porcelain, we will discuss the price later." Cao Xiangnan said.

There are a lot of bamboos nearby. We cut some bamboos and made some boxes according to what Cao Xiangnan said. Although Wang Dahu eats a lot, he works very efficiently. The others worked together to make a few boxes, put straw inside, and put the bottles in one by one. Even if the road was bumpy, they didn't have to worry about the bottles breaking.

"Be careful when carrying them up."

"Master Mei San, we'll go back first."

"Sir, take care." After taking the money out of his pocket, the wrinkles on Mei Lao San's face were all smiling. He has been selling ceramics for most of his life, but this is the first time in his life that he has made such a large amount of business at once.

When he thought that the amount would increase in the future, Mei Lao San was so excited.

Several people got on the horses neatly. Cao Xiangnan also got on the carriage. He nodded to Master Mei San and drove away.

The village had never seen outsiders come all year round. Today, they saw a carriage and several horses coming to Master Mei San's place. The people in the village came here curiously. The villagers who were gathered outside and did not dare to go in to Master Mei Lao San's place saw that several horses and carriages had left, and they all curiously went to Mei Lao San's house to ask.

Several people left the village and went to Fenshui Town. They would definitely pass by Fenshui Town on their way back to Caojia Village.

There were people on the street who were selling shoes. The carriage stopped in front of a shoe stall. Cao Xiangnan jumped off the carriage and picked up the shoes in front of the stall to look at them. The stall owner was a young man. When he saw that the man who came to buy shoes was a man, he smiled and asked, "Sir, do you want to buy shoes? Are you buying them for yourself or for your wife?"

"For my wife." Cao Xiangnan took the shoes in his hand and compared the size. Wanfeng's feet were much bigger than before. He asked, "Do you have any bigger ones than this?"

The people behind also got off their horses and walked on the busy street, leading their horses. When Wang Dahu saw Cao Xiangnan buying shoes, he also walked over with great interest and said, "I'll get a pair too."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes." The guy who was setting up the stall had never sold a pair of shoes since he set up the stall. He didn't expect that several young men would come as soon as he arrived. He quickly took out a few more pairs of shoes from below and said, "Young man, take a look, do these two fit you?"

Liu Baishu stood behind and watched Wang Dahu who was buying shoes. He saw that the shoes were the size that he wore, and knew that the man was buying shoes for him. When the man looked over, he looked away, but he couldn't help but pay attention to the man from the corner of his eyes.

"I want both pairs!" Cao Xiangnan picked them out. He didn't know that the pair in Wang Dahu's hand was for Liu Baishu. He turned around and looked at Liu Baishu. Seeing that the shoes on his feet were also whitened with age, he said, "Baishu, you should pick a pair too."

"No, no need..." Liu Baishu stuttered for a while.

Wang Dahu picked another pair neatly.

After buying shoes on the street, Cao Xiangnan took them to the cloth shop. After entering, he greeted the shopkeeper skillfully and said to Liu Baishu and Wang Dahu who followed him in, "Go pick two pieces of cloth. Shopkeeper Liu will arrange for someone to make two sets of clothes for you."

Wang Dahu's eyes lit up, thinking that the man had been wearing the same two sets of clothes for many years, patched and patched, and it was time to make two new sets of clothes. Neither of them was good at sewing, so it would be best to buy cloth and find someone to make it.

Seeing the white cloth, Wang Dahu didn't think much and pulled out two pieces of white cloth with one hand, saying, "This is it." My wife looks best in white!

Liu Baishu glanced at the cloth that was pulled out, and his eyes twitched.

Cao Xiangnan noticed something was different. He glanced at Wang Dahu and found that he was looking at Liu Baishu with bright eyes. Are the two brothers too close? A thought flashed through his mind. But when he thought that they were comrades who had been through life and death together, he didn't think it was strange.

Seeing that Wang Dahu had chosen plain white, he gave a suggestion, "You'd better pick two pieces of cloth, make two sets of clothes for going out, and two sets of clothes for daily work." White is easy to get dirty, and it would be difficult to wash if it got stained by work.

"Shopkeeper Wang, please find someone to measure them and then arrange for someone to make some clothes. These clothes are in urgent need, so please have them made as soon as possible." Cao Xiangnan thought of Gan Weiqi and Gan Weilin, and went over to pick out some cloth for them. Gan Weiqi went with black, and as for Gan Weilin, he preferred cyan and green, so he chose a piece of cloth for each color.

"Okay, okay, I will definitely have someone make it for you as soon as possible." Shopkeeper Wang asked the clerk in the store to call a middle-aged man from the back and said a few words to the man. The man was a little embarrassed to take the ruler to measure the two young men.

Cao Xiangnan recalled the heights of Gan Weiqi and Gan Weilin, and said a few words to the man, asking him to change the above measurements and make the other pieces of cloth together. After agreeing on the price with shopkeeper Wang, Cao Xiangnan was about to pay, but Cao Gang took out the money and said, "Here's the money."

"I'll pay for it myself." How could he let others pay for his wife's clothes? Wang Dahu took out half a tael of silver and bought cloth for his wife to make new clothes with great interest, thinking about how she would look in the new clothes.

"..." Liu Baishu.

Cao Gang, who was standing at the back, glanced at his two former subordinates, walked up and bought two pieces of cloth, intending to go back and give them to his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Cao Xiangnan saw the two pieces of cloth in Cao Gang's hand, and he knew who he bought them for without having to guess. After buying things

in the town, they hurried back to Caojia Village.