Master Liu got anxious when he heard this and kept asking, "Do you think the conditions I offer are not good enough?"
Without waiting for Ye Lao San to speak, he muttered to himself, "Indeed, your craftsmanship is better than mine in some aspects.
"It's definitely not reasonable to put you on the same level as your Chang'an.
"But I can't decide on higher levels. However, I will definitely try my best to help you get them. What do you think..."
When Ye Laosan heard this, the hairs on his back stood up. Afraid that Cheng Changan would be unhappy, he quickly looked at him.
Who would have thought that Cheng Changan not only didn't feel unhappy, but kept nodding beside him.
Ye Lao San had no choice but to interrupt Master Liu and said, "Master Liu, I'm actually not as capable as you think. I've never even made a completed wood carving.
“I just like to figure out some random techniques, so maybe I can help you with some areas where you are not good at.
“If you asked me to make a wood carving by myself, I definitely wouldn’t be able to do it.
"Besides, I've already promised the Zhang family to partner with them to run a woodworking workshop, so it would be bad to break my promise.
"It just so happens that my fourth child is going to make furniture soon, so I will definitely be busy in the next few days."
After Ye Lao San finished speaking, without waiting for Master Liu to persuade him again, he hurriedly said: "Our woodworking workshop will open in three days. If you two masters have time, we sincerely invite you to come and visit us."
Seeing Ye Lao San's firm attitude, Master Liu felt that it might be a bit too abrupt for him to bring up this matter suddenly today, so he thought of finding an opportunity to persuade him more later.
So he brought the topic back to the wood carving.
"Tell me in detail how you made this."
Seeing that he was no longer obsessed with the issue of asking him to supervise the work, Ye Laosan breathed a sigh of relief and began to explain his ideas to Master Liu.
Cheng Changan also listened from the side.
It has to be said that although Ye Laosan was able to make the finished product in the end, a big part of the reason was that he chose the right wood.
But in fact, his ideas are still very valuable for reference and learning.
After listening to Ye Laosan's ideas, Master Liu became more appreciative of talents and felt that it was a pity to let such talents remain among the people.
However, he was not in a hurry this time. He planned to talk to the supervisor of the General Construction Department first to see if he could get better treatment for Ye Lao San.
When Ye Laosan returned to the carpentry workshop from the General Construction Supervisor, it was almost dark.
Unexpectedly, Old Mrs. Ye and Sister Ye were still waiting for him in the carpentry workshop.
"Mom, sister-in-law." Ye Lao San scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "I was just thinking about the wood carving that Master Liu asked me to help with, and I forgot about you two.
"You want to make furniture for the fourth child, right?
"I've finished my work here, and I'll have time to deal with the fourth brother's furniture later."
Hearing this, Old Lady Ye rolled her eyes at him and said, “By the time you remember, it will be eight spring already.
“Wang Ge has shown us everything, and the furniture styles have been decided upon.
"I was just thinking of waiting for you to come back so we can have a meal together and thank you!"
Mrs. Ye also said, "Yes, Third Brother, you have been busy with Master Liu's business recently. Wang Ge is busy in the carpentry workshop. He even spent the whole afternoon with my mother and me. It is reasonable for us to treat him to a meal.
"I've asked Wang Ge to go back and pick up his child. Let's go to the restaurant for dinner."
"Of course, of course. I'm sorry to trouble my sister-in-law." Ye Laosan responded repeatedly.
"Don't be idle, why don't you go to the dumpling restaurant to pick up your wife? Your sister-in-law and I will go directly to the restaurant to wait for you."
The two families gathered together for a meal at Youji Restaurant. When Wang Ge heard that Ye Laosan had successfully helped Master Liu overcome the difficulties of wood carving, he raised his glass with joy and said, "Third brother, I toast you. With your success as a foundation, business in our woodworking workshop in Beijing is sure to be booming!"
Ye Lao San also quickly raised his glass and said, "Thank you for your hard work these days. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had the energy to take care of both sides. I don't even know if we can open on the auspicious day and time as expected!"
"Well, Third Brother, let's not exchange these polite words. When you were making a fortune making building blocks, you didn't forget to take me with you. If it weren't for you, how could I have the money to settle down in the capital with my wife and children?"
"Okay, let's stop thanking each other, it's all in the wine."
After Ye Laosan finished speaking, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
Wang Ge also followed suit and did it with his neck tilted back.
The two smiled at each other and started eating again. While eating, they talked about how the woodworking workshop should develop in the future.
Old Mrs. Ye brought Mrs. Ye Dasao and Mrs. Ye Sansao, and accompanied Lin Yumei and the two children to eat in the inner room.
“I was able to meet my eldest sister-in-law, and my Wang Ge was able to meet my third brother. We were truly blessed to have met noble people. Otherwise, we would not have been able to live such a good life today.
"Let alone earlier, even a year ago, I wouldn't have dared to think about it!"
"If you ask me, this is fate." Old Madam Ye said, "When the eldest daughter-in-law first started to organize banquets, didn't you help her a lot?"
Mrs. Ye nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right! If you had joined forces with those people to exclude me, we wouldn't be getting along as well as we do now!"
"Yes, it seems my mother is right. People still have to be kind to be blessed!"
The two families had a happy meal together, and the two old men drank a lot of wine. They both slept until after noon the next day.
In the next two days, the two of them dared not slack off and were making final preparations for the opening of the woodworking workshop.
Since this woodworking workshop in Beijing is a partnership between two companies, it is no longer convenient to call it Zhang's Woodworking Workshop.
So Ye Laosan discussed it with the young master of the Zhang family, and finally asked Master Liu to help decide on a name, and he personally wrote a plaque called Mu Xinzhai.
Because the woodworking workshop was opening, Zhang's father and son rushed over from Fengle County a day in advance. When they saw that the yard was tidied up neatly, they both praised Ye Lao San.
However, they were still a little worried about the location of the woodworking workshop.
It’s really too close to the inside. Can it really attract business like this?
As a result, when the woodworking workshop opened the next day, the father and son were so shocked that they were speechless.
Not only did the Ye family members come, but also Master Liu and Master Cheng, who were in charge of the work, came.
The shop owners of all the shops in Luban Hutong came to congratulate him with gifts.
Ye Qingshan and the Yulin Guards also came to show their support.
Even the Minister of War came with his son to congratulate him, and also came to humbly apologize to Ye Lao San.
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