Throughout the day, countless people came and went, as one group left and another group arrived.
Huang Shoumin from the workshop also came to wish her a happy new year. They said a few auspicious words to each other. Then Mr. Huang said, "As long as the boss doesn't mind, we will work for him in the future. If the boss has any work to do, just tell us."
"Okay." Tang Shiyue was not surprised, and said, "I heard that you came from Liangzhou Baigongfang. Do you want to start your own business in the future? Or do you want to continue to inherit the craftsmanship of Baigongfang?"
Huang Shoumin was a little surprised.
He was indeed an apprentice of Baigongfang before, but ever since the death of his master, there were constant conflicts among his fellow apprentices, so in the end he simply left Baigongfang with his apprentice.
Because this kind of thing is taboo among craftsmen, he never told them, but he didn't expect that she actually knew it.
I guess the contradictions in the middle have been clarified, so they are now recruiting, right?
Huang Shoumin was somewhat glad that he chose to depend on her.
So he said, "All my skills were taught by my master, and I will never be ungrateful. If the boss can let us keep the name of 'Bai Gong Fang', I will be very grateful!"
Craftsmen of this era had the habit of signing their works. Whether they were firing porcelain, pottery, or jewelry, they would leave the name of their workshop in an inconspicuous place.
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Tang Shiyue nodded, "From now on, all the businesses under my name will retain the word 'Yue', but you can also keep the name of Baigongfang." She smiled and said, "We will become famous together."
Huang Shoumin smiled and said, "I'm borrowing the boss's good words."
He didn't take it seriously at first, and wanted to leave after the conversation. Unexpectedly, Tang Shiyue took out two drawings, which were obviously prepared long ago: "You can make these two things later."
Huang Shoumin was stunned.
He quickly took it with both hands. As soon as he took it, he was very surprised. Then he took a closer look and his expression became a little excited: "Don't worry, boss, we will do it right away!"
What she gave him was mahjong and checkers.
In this era, the most common casual game is leaf cards, which are not rich at all.
It was during the Chinese New Year period when she saw so many people around that she suddenly remembered these two things and prepared to butterfly them out.
These two things are not technically difficult to make, but they can definitely be promoted very quickly, so...how difficult can it be to make Yuejia Baigongfang famous all over the world?
During the New Year holidays, when people were coming and going everywhere, Yandong and Shengqi did not go anywhere and just stayed in the martial arts hall.
The room they lived in was on the second floor. Every day they watched Liang Da Huzi and his men chopping wood, even during the New Year.
Sheng Qi had become familiar with these people, so he went over to talk to them out of boredom: "Why do you chop wood every day? Does a kang consume so much wood? Even if you chop so much, it's still not enough to burn?"
"Not just the kang!" Liang Da Huzi chopped quickly and raised his arm to point everywhere: "Here, behind, here, there are white mulberry trees planted here, they all need to be burned, otherwise they will freeze to death if it gets cold."
Sheng Qi felt a little strange, so he went to take a look, and then he was shocked, calling out from a distance: "Uncle! Uncle! Come and see!"
Yandong had no choice but to put the book down and go over to take a look. He was also a little surprised when he saw it. The huge backyard was full of white mulberry trees. There was a fire wall on the side, a shed on top, and a fire pit in the middle. It was very warm, and the white mulberry trees were growing well and had already produced peaches.
Yan Dong was surprised and asked, "Why plant so many white floccoli?"
Sheng Qi said, "That's right, this thing doesn't look good either!"
"Instead of silk floss."
Tang Shiyue listened to their questions and answered like this.
She took a sleeve warmer from the pillow and handed it to them: "Try it, is it warm?"
Yan Dong and Sheng Qi both touched it, then tried it with their hands, and found it was indeed thin and warm.
Sheng Qi was surprised and asked, "What are you thinking? No one has ever used flowers as silk cotton!"
Tang Shiyue looked at him with contempt, "Our predecessors haven't done it, so why don't we do it? Then we're still eating raw meat and drinking blood! As long as you can think of something, you can try it. If it doesn't work, then it won't work. If it works, then won't we have one more thing to keep warm? And cotton won't get compacted when pressed, it's much better than willow catkins and reed catkins. So I plan to plant more in the spring."
Sheng Qi asked, "You call this 'cotton'?" He thought for a moment and said, "It's quite appropriate, better than white folded pieces."
"Hmm." Tang Shiyue took out another sleeveless jacket and gave it to Yan Dong: "This is made of cotton, and it's a little big. I'll give it to you. Feel it. If you are interested, I'll ask someone to send you some after the cotton is picked. You can also ask someone to plant some and try it."
No matter what dynasty, people's livelihood is always the top priority.
Yandong took it and thanked him solemnly.
From then on, Yan Dong became concerned about it and would go to see these white folds whenever he had time. Tang Shiyue didn't care about him.
Because she was engaged, she had a sense of being a "wife". Thinking that Huo Qijing would leave on the eighth day of the New Year, she got up early on the third day and prepared to make some meat floss for Huo Qijing to take away.
This thing can be preserved for a long time and is easy to eat. When you drink porridge every morning, just scoop a spoonful of it and it will taste great.
When making meat floss, you need to choose lean meat without tendons, wash it, cut it into pieces, blanch it in boiling water, then take it out and filter it clean.
Then put the blanched meat into the pot, add seasonings such as soy sauce, sugar, thirteen spices, salt, wine, ginger, etc., pour water, cover the pot and bring to a boil, then simmer on low heat for about half an hour, until the meat is tender and can be pierced with chopsticks.
Then take it out and let it cool, then tear it into shreds with your hands.
The finer the pieces are torn, the crispier and more delicious they will be. After tearing them, chop them into pieces and stir-fry them in a pan over low heat. Be sure not to burn them. Keep stirring until the minced meat is completely dehydrated and fluffy.
Wait until it cools down, put it in a jar and seal it, and you can eat it until spring.
Tang Shiyue also added sesame seeds when frying, and the dish smelled fragrant. Sheng Qi smelled the aroma before it was even out of the pan and started shouting outside.
She was busy all day, and after letting it cool down, she packed it up, filling several large jars. She could take it with her to eat herself or give it to others.
A lazy person like her would not easily do so much work. After finishing her work, she stretched and planned to find someone to buy pork. Before leaving, she would make some dried meat and soup cubes for him so that he could make soup in the pot used to make jelly, and then cut it into pieces.
Anyway, the weather is cold, so there is no need to worry about it going bad.
She was also thinking about whether she should get some compressed biscuits or instant noodles, or try something bigger. What were the structures of the warships in the museum in her previous life?
At noon on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Yandong's shadow guard rode back from the capital at full speed, bringing back a letter.
Yandong opened it and looked at it, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.
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