Chapter 52 Methods

Chen Shiyi shook his head.

Yes, she wants nothing now.

Moreover, he couldn't give her the bond she wanted now.

"My wife said she hopes I can still go out and earn money. After all, we have a family to support and need to make a living."

Wen Zhiheng was silent for a while.

"I'll give it to you tomorrow."

Chen Shiyi said lightly.

"Why don't you understand? She just doesn't want you to worry about money and not focus on the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion. Her desire to return to Kyoto is much stronger than we thought."

Wen Zhiheng looked up at the sky, his voice hoarse.

"Eleven, why do I feel like we are getting further and further apart?"

"We are heaven and earth, the relationship between master and servant. This is far from normal."

"Is it about that fan?"

"What?"

"That scholar."

"The one who drew my picture? Why did you mention him?"

"You're infatuated with him, right?"

Chen Shiyi smiled bitterly helplessly.

"You mean, I don't even like you, but I like him?"

Wen Zhiheng suddenly laughed.

"How did I become such a person? Suspicious and insecure, I think every man I see will kidnap me."

Because of love, there is worry; because of love, there is fear.

He was poisoned by Chen Shiyi.

In fact, sometimes when he asks himself, he himself doesn't know when he started to like Chen Shiyi.

Anyway, when the time came, I felt that Chen Shiyi was the only one.

She was the most ordinary person, without favorable conditions or noble birth, without a beautiful face or a graceful figure, yet she dared to hit him and disobey her. She had a stubborn temper, was stubborn and hard, like a stone.

He is truly blind.

But his heart was as clear as a mirror, and he just liked her.

"Eleven, your heart is like a stone. I want to warm it, but I can't find the right method."

Chen Shiyi was silent.

After staying like this for a few days in a daze, Chen Shiyi picked some dishes and followed Xue Lianxing to the county town.

At the market, I met the housekeeper who spent thirty-five taels to buy his own vegetables.

"Why doesn't your dish smell like a fairy today?"

Chen Shiyi hurriedly said respectfully.

"Only those two days the food had a magical aura, but it never appeared again afterwards."

The astute butler passed his fingers through his beard with satisfaction.

"Send these dishes to Qian's house."

Chen Shiyi responded happily, feeling a chill on his back.

Fortunately, I listened to Pei Luoshu, otherwise I would have been found by these wealthy families and they would have wanted to kill me.

The Qian family was also a wealthy family in Fangling County. It was said that several restaurants in the county were owned by the Qian family. They also ran tea and cloth businesses, and their business was quite big.

She carried the dishes into the house and accidentally saw a large bag of duck feathers outside the kitchen. She hurriedly asked the housekeeper.

"Is this bag of duck feathers going to be thrown away?"

"What else?"

Chen Shiyi thought that this was really a waste of resources. In Xiangyang Village, all duck feathers were collected. They were the best material for making clothes in winter and were especially warm.

In the past, my family had been collecting duck feathers for so many years, but only Lu Er Niang got one.

"Can you give me the duck feathers?"

Butler Qian asked doubtfully.

"What are you doing with this?"

"To make clothes!"

“How do you make clothes out of duck feathers?”

Butler Qian's eyes rolled.

"The Qian family's restaurant also has a lot of duck feathers. I'll give them to you. After you make clothes out of them, bring them to me to have a look. How about that?"

Chen Shiyi was very happy to hear this.

Xue Lianxing didn't understand why Chen Shiyi had so many fishy and smelly duck feathers. If he hadn't had the money to hire a car, the driver would never have let Chen Shiyi get on.

Chen Shiyi finally managed to transport the duck feathers back home and was almost exhausted.

Then, Mrs. Wen did not allow Chen Shiyi to move the duck feathers into the yard.

"It's so smelly that it makes me sick."

Later, they even avoided Chen Shiyi.

Chen Shiyi thought, if this is the effect, she would like to be as far away from them as possible.

Because of the recent duck feather problem, she has been ordered not to cook, touch clothes, or even go into the yard.

Chen Shiyi is happy and free.

Wen Zhiheng was also very annoyed, but he was also very happy. Chen Shiyi started to fiddle with those weird things again.

She picked and chose the duck feathers she had collected, rubbed the fat of the duck feathers with water boiled with plant ash, rinsed them clean and dried them, then put them in a cloth bag and put them in a pot to cook. When cooking, she added wild daisies collected from the mountains, then dried them again, and cooked them again, repeating this process several times until the odor was removed and the duck feathers became fluffy…

She begged Wen Zhirou to make a close-fitting jacket for her and stuffed the duck down into it.

It took half a month to process the duck down, and two days to make the clothes, and finally a small duck down jacket was completed.

This jacket was made according to Wen Zhirou's body shape. She felt very comfortable wearing it. It was soft and warm, and it also had a pleasant chrysanthemum scent.

Wen Zhirou was very satisfied.

Chen Shiyi took her little jacket and went to the county town again.

After seeing this, Butler Qian became very solemn and took Chen Shiyi to meet Mr. Qian.

Mr. Qian looks very kind.

"You were the one who delivered the food last time, too, little girl?"

Chen Shiyi nodded.

Mr. Qian said with a smile.

"I've heard that people in the north do this, but I don't know how you made your clothes out of it."

Chen Shiyi blinked.

Mr. Qian continued.

"Of course, I won't let you down."

Chen Shiyi hurriedly said respectfully.

"Every household in my hometown knows how to do this. It's no secret. I will tell you the method in detail. I also want to thank Mr. Qian for giving me the opportunity to buy all my vegetables so that I can support my family. I have no way of repaying you for your kindness."

Mr. Qian nodded with his round head.

"The little girl is sweet-talking and knows how to be grateful. Don't worry, I, Qian, have never treated anyone unfairly."

I really didn't let you down.

Mr. Qian said just one word and thirty taels of silver were given to him immediately.

Chen Shiyi felt that if rich people were to give away a little, she would have to earn it for two to three years.

Therefore, the best way is to take money from rich people.

When Wen Zhirou heard that she had given the Qian family the method of making a duck down jacket, she rolled her eyes in anger.

"Chen Shiyi, you are so stupid. If someone uses your method, I don't know how much money they can earn, but you only give them thirty taels. I am so angry that I want to vomit blood."

Chen Shiyi said with a smile.

"In fact, if he asks around, this method is known in the north. It's no secret. This is the first thing. The most important thing is, where do we get so many duck feathers? How do we arrange the manpower, materials, and venues after collecting so many duck feathers? All of these require money. The most important thing is, who do we sell them to?"

Wen Zhiheng looked at Chen Shiyi with sparkling eyes.

"Where did you learn all this?"

Chen Shiyi asked doubtfully.

"Isn't this obvious? Do we still need to learn it?"

His Eleven, she herself doesn't even know how smart she is!

"What if Mr. Qian doesn't give you the thirty taels of silver as a reward?"

"If he doesn't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me. Just do me a favor. In the future, as long as I find a buyer who needs it, I can ask the butler to give me a friendly price for the tea and cloth shops he runs. I can earn a little bit of the difference. Maybe this is a long-term way to make money."

Wen Zhiheng was very interested.

“How do you find buyers?”

Chen Shiyi thought about it.

"I know a clothing store owner in town. She gets most of her fabrics from the city. The advantage of getting fabrics from the city is that the colors are gorgeous, fashionable, and good-looking. The disadvantage is that you have to get a lot at once. You have to get five rolls of cotton cloth with a roll of silk, which costs a lot of money. In addition, it takes a long time to sell one roll of silk in town. The most important thing is that the travel fee is extremely expensive and it is not safe. If the goods are piled up for a long time, the weather here will easily cause them to mold and grow hair."

"So, I thought, if I can solve these problems and the price is cheaper than in the capital, they will definitely become my buyers."

Wen Zhiheng looked at Chen Shiyi who was talking eloquently. It seemed like she hadn't spoken like this for a long time. She was cheerful and confident.

I think she would be happy only if she did these things. If I always keep her in the yard, it would be like clipping her wings. It would be strange for her to be happy.