Lu Ying's reaction was indifferent. What were these? He had seen Jinshan before.
“Miss…” Long Yi hadn’t been with Bai Nuo for long and only knew that she had a lot of pearls, but he didn’t know when Bai Nuo had acquired gold. Looking at the pile of gold on the table, he stammered, “You… is this gold?”
“Yes…” Bai Nuo nodded, “What’s so strange about that? I have even more.”
All right!
Although the old woman and Aunt Liu were shocked, neither of them knew how to deal with Bai Nuo's affairs, and the other was powerless to do so, so they remained silent. The old woman simply asked, "Nuonuo, what should we do?"
This is clearly different from what was done before.
Bai Nuo brought out the hammer and nails from the house and sat down on the stool. "Come and take a look, everyone. There's a small dot here. When drilling a hole in the pearl, you need to make it the same size as this dot, and then you can insert it!"
Several people who had never done this before, including Lu Ying, watched Bai Nuo with eager eyes. Under everyone's gaze, Bai Nuo deftly drilled a hole in the pearl, then pushed the base into the pearl and secured it firmly.
“That’s it!” Bai Nuo said. “I’m in a bit of a hurry, so we need to finish processing all of this as soon as possible.” Bai Nuo had already planned it out. They would do some processing at home and in the shop at the same time. Grandma and Aunt Liu would process the processing at home. With Grandma watching over Bai Yu and Aunt Liu, she felt at ease. In the shop, she, Hu Mingmei, and Lu Ying would handle the processing together.
We need to process all the goods on hand as quickly as possible and then put them on the market.
The next morning, Bai Nuo took Lu Ying and Jiang Qiao'er to the place where Jiang San Niang often went to buy goods. They bought a lot of cotton and stayed there for a day, having them turn the cotton into cotton cloth. The cloth was different from the cotton cloth used for making clothes, but it was made into small rectangular pieces, just like the cotton quilt filling.
It's of moderate thickness, enough to be sewn together.
Afterwards, Bai Nuo and the other two took advantage of the daylight to return to San Niang's cloth shop and put away all of Jiang San Niang's cloth. However, when they came out, Jiang Qiao'er was unwilling to leave and wanted to stay in the cloth shop.
"It's very late now, Qiao'er!" Bai Nuo looked at Jiang Qiao'er with some helplessness. She had told Jiang Qiao'er last night to take good care of San Niang Cloth Shop, but Jiang Qiao'er really wanted to stay at San Niang Cloth Shop regardless of the occasion or time.
“Now is not the time to open the shop. Besides, your sister is still at my house. She knows you came out with me. If you don’t come back with me, she will worry. Do you want her to worry?” It’s almost dark now.
"Let's go back. I'll watch the cloth shop with you tomorrow, okay?" Bai Nuo reached out to Jiang Qiao'er. "Come on, let's go home!"
Jiang Qiao'er then gave Bai Nuo her hand.
The next day, Bai Nuo got up exceptionally early and boiled a large pot of water in the kitchen. She then scalded the cotton, large pieces of cloth, needles and thread, and other items with the boiling water and left them all out in the sun to dry.
Having just finished doing all that, Jiang Qiao'er had already tidied herself up and was standing under the eaves waiting for him.
Bai Nuo had no choice but to quickly get himself ready and then set off with Jiang Qiao'er.
Bai Nuo planned to look after Jiang San Niang's fabric shop for a month, so Duobaoge had to ask Hu Mingmei to watch over it for her, and she could also help her with handicrafts.
But when Bai Nuo arrived at Fu Lai Inn, she was dumbfounded.
Early in the morning, Zhang Jingwen and her maid stood at the entrance of Fulai Inn waiting.
Fulai Inn is neither a place to stay nor a place to eat, so it's obvious who Zhang Jingwen is waiting for. Behind Zhang Jingwen, a maid is holding a food box.
They came to bring food to Hu Mingmei so early in the morning?
Bai Nuo felt a nameless fire burning in her heart.
The two were bound to run into each other. When Zhang Jingwen saw Bai Nuo, she smiled gently at him and said, "Good morning, Manager Bai!"
Bai Nuo nodded, a forced smile on his face, "Good morning!"
After greeting Bai Nuo, Zhang Jingwen looked at the entrance of Fulai Inn again, completely ignoring Bai Nuo's presence. Her back was straight, and her neck was exceptionally long—Zhang Jingwen was pleasing to the eye even when she was standing.
Bai Nuo ignored her and shouted loudly at the door, "Hu Mingmei!"
The voice was so loud that Zhang Jingwen frowned. The maid behind Zhang Jingwen glanced at Bai Nuo and then said disdainfully, "This Manager Bai, even if he were the manager of the ancestral temple, would be vulgar at first glance."
Bai Nuo pretended not to hear. You're so gentle, so elegant, and you've come all the way to someone else's doorstep.
Bai Nuo had just called out to Hu Mingmei when Hu Mingmei appeared on the second floor. Bai Nuo looked up and saw Hu Mingmei, and Hu Mingmei also saw the people downstairs.
"Come down and open the door!" Bai Nuo said calmly.
Zhang Jingwen's face paled slightly, but the thought of seeing Hu Mingmei soon rekindled a glimmer of hope within her.
So he stood even more gracefully.
The sky is the axis, the earth is the scroll, and all things in heaven and earth are the backdrop, while Zhang Jingwen stands in the middle.
Hu Mingmei quickly came downstairs to open the door. As soon as she saw him, Zhang Jingwen went up to him, "Young Master Hu, I made you some soup..."
Zhang Jingwen went to greet her, so Bai Nuo stopped and stood still, looking at Hu Mingmei.
Hu Mingmei merely gave Zhang Jingwen a glance. The instant Zhang Jingwen looked at her, she was overjoyed. Before she could take another step forward, Hu Mingmei had already passed her and walked up to Bai Nuo, asking casually, "Why are you here so early?"
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