Chapter 363 Xiao An is going to Tianxiang Tower
Song Liyun naturally didn't understand what Manager Wan was thinking.
Her conversation with Wan Yanming was quite speculative.
After inquiring in detail about the customs, folkways and climate characteristics of the southeastern part of Wu Dynasty, Song Liyun made an appointment with Wan Yanming to come back on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to collect sample designs. She planned to redesign several men's waist bags.
Wan Yanming was overjoyed. He left the order form and a piece of silk gauze as a gift and then said goodbye.
Sitting in the carriage on the way back to the city, Manager Wan told her that he had once wanted to propose to Miss Song.
"It's a pity that you, Yanming, were my childhood sweetheart and had already set a wedding date. The other nephews and nieces in the family weren't outstanding enough, and Song Liyun had no desire to establish a deeper relationship with my family. Otherwise, our Wan family would have been honored again in Pingyang Prefecture."
Wan Yanming was stunned after hearing this, and after a moment, he smiled brightly: "Third uncle, don't mention this again. Even if I wasn't engaged at that time, Miss Song would not have agreed. The way she looked at me didn't show any romantic feelings."
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Wan Yanming did not come in person to get samples, but asked other family members to come.
Two trucks were loaded with the cartons and paper bags ordered on the cargo list, as well as neatly packaged sheepskins and horn cups, filling up two large trucks.
Song Liyun presented her new product.
There are five styles of men's shoulder bags and backpacks, as well as a small vest made of soft leather.
It has a close-fitting diagonal pocket for carrying banknotes, deeds and other papers, which is also prepared for the rainy and hot southeastern city.
Wanjia has its own fur workshop, and can start mass production just by looking at drawings and samples.
Song Liyun was also very busy that day. Not only did she have to stay at Yu Ruixiang and help Han Ming receive customers from various towns and villages who came to buy acorn vermicelli and mutton, but she also had to introduce various wool yarns to them.
This is also the product that Song Liyun wants to promote. In addition to beef and mutton, the most abundant product on the grassland is wool.
Usually the Di people make woolen felt cloth to build tents and make clothes. Now Song Liyun wants to spin more into yarn and weave cloth.
Yunzhou does not produce silk, and only a few areas grow cotton. Usually, women spin yarn and weave cloth with linen and cotton.
Song Liyun wanted the people of the Wu Dynasty to develop the habit of using wool yarn to weave cloth and sew winter clothes.
Wool keeps you warm and can also generate more income on the grassland.
When I returned to Baolinju after a busy day, Xiao An, with a wrinkled face, came to greet me.
Song Liyun pulled the handkerchief from her waist to wipe the mud off his chin, and said with a smile, "Brother asked you to just help watch, and you're doing it yourself?"
Xiao An chuckled, "Second sister, I want to be a master chef too, so of course I need to know everything."
Song Liyun pursed her lips and smiled: "Okay, Xiao An is the master chef. Did Brother Lin tell you when you will start work?"
Abu came out from the backyard with his men, holding a basket of vegetables in his hands and biting half a melon in his mouth. He said vaguely, "The people from Tianxianglou have asked several times for Xiaoan to go quickly.
Sister Song, isn't it too young for Xiao An to cook right now? He's only a little young! Let's wait a few more months. When we go to Kala Mountain, I'll catch rabbits for him every day."
Xiao An glared at him and said, "Brother Abu, you just said in the backyard that I'm twelve years old and an adult, and I can't be around my second sister every day. Why are you saying I'm still a child now?"
Abu suddenly felt as if the melon was stuffy in his mouth, and he couldn't say a word.
He just told Xiao An to stop pestering the young lady, saying that the young lady would be marrying and moving to the grassland in the future and could no longer stay in Suijin Town every day.
If Xiao An cries like she did this time again, the young lady will definitely be reluctant and sad to let her go to the grassland.
Song Liyun glanced at Abu with a half-smile and changed the subject: "Abu, are these dishes going to be sent to the ice team?"
Abu was still coughing, and the Di soldier following behind him quickly said, "Young Madam, these things are to be sent back to the tribe as you ordered."
Song Liyun nodded.
After she came back from Kala Mountain, she asked the ice harvesters from the Huangsha River to bring back some vegetables and fruits every time they delivered ice to Suijin Town.
Fresh vegetables are packed into cartons and then wrapped with wool felt to prevent freezing. They are then delivered to Kalashan within a few days and can still be guaranteed to be fresh and intact.
After Abu and the others left, Song Liyun took Xiao An's hand and said seriously, "Xiao An, are you really going to Tianxiang Tower?"
Ever since Lin Tao and Zhou Xiang came to visit us on the first day of the Lunar New Year and mentioned that they wanted Xiao An to go to Tianxianglou, they have been asking about it every two days.
Xiao An has been raising and eating rabbits at home for the past few months, and he is very good at making rabbit feasts.
After Zhou Xiang and his friends tasted it, they wanted to add a dish to Tianxianglou, which would also make it easier for Song Liyun to promote rabbit breeding in Qili County in the future.
Song Liyun had previously thought of letting Xiao An open a restaurant specializing in rabbit meat, and even keep the store in the town, but that would be five years later, when Xiao An was eighteen years old.
Now... now he is a little younger, only twelve years old at most, and still a child laborer.
She discussed it with Song Zhenping, who expressed his support and asked Xiao An to work in the restaurant.
Although Xiao An was not idle at home, either pasting paper boxes or feeding rabbits and tending to the vegetable garden with Hei Jin, Xiao An's cowardice left a deep impression on people when he first arrived in Suijin Town.
Even though Xiao An can now communicate with others normally, in people's minds, Xiao An is still a fool who dares not show his face.
The Song family has a special status. Even though the three brothers and sisters don't usually show up in Suijin Town, their every word and action attracts attention, and bad things will spread over time.
Song Liyun understood what he meant. He was worried that Xiao An would stay at home and develop an introverted personality, making it difficult for him to gain a foothold in the crowd.
What's more, twelve-year-old boys are laborers in the countryside.
If Xiao An goes to the restaurant, Lin Tao, Zhou Xiang and others will not let him get tired.
However, the new sister-in-law Yang Hua who had just been married objected.
They said Xiao An had been in poor health to begin with and was only beginning to grow. What if he got sick from exhaustion?
As a new daughter-in-law, she was also afraid of being criticized by her brother-in-law.
As a result, just a few days after getting married, the couple began to disagree!
Song Liyun did not express her attitude towards the conflict between the couple.
This is something the couple should discuss.
Now that her sister-in-law is in charge of the family, she has begun to intentionally withdraw her presence.
But now that the couple is not at home, Xiao An can make his own choice.
My second sister hadn't asked me this in the past few days. Xiao An was a little shy, but also a little excited and nodded: "I want to be a master chef!"
He obviously wanted to go to Tianxiang Tower.
Song Liyun touched Xiao An's head and said, "Xiao An, since you want to go, go ahead! I'll talk to my sister-in-law and the others when they come back."
Xiao An's face turned red. He ran towards the side courtyard where he lived, calling out to Aunt Yun, "Aunt Yun, Aunt Yun, I want to go to Tianxiang Tower. Please help me pack my clothes."
Hearing his urgent shouting, Madam Yun ran out of the kitchen with a kitchen knife in her hand.
Song Liyun shook her head helplessly: "Aunt Yun, don't pay attention to him, let him pack his boxes by himself."
Madam Yun was confused: "Miss, Daping and the others haven't come back yet, Xiaoan won't wait any longer?"
It was time to cook dinner, and Song Liyun rolled up her sleeves and went into the kitchen to help: "I'm afraid my brother and the others will be delayed in Qingping Town for some time.
It’s not easy to go back, and we have to choose a good day to move the grave and hold a ritual, which will take at least a month or two.”
Madam Yun's face showed a look of disappointment as she sighed, "Yes! Daping... he finally made it. Now he has a family and a home. It's time to go to the ancestral grave to pay respects!"
She missed Xiao Shitou again!
(End of this chapter)
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