The Beauty in the Peasant Family - C225
The craftsman who knew the set imprint technique was young, around thirty years old. His surname was Xie, and because he was in the painting business, he was respectfully addressed as “Boss Xie” or “Mister Xie”.
This Boss Xie was tall and sturdy. At first glance, he did not look like a scholar or a seller, but more like a martial artist who roamed the world.
When Qin Wuya asked him to rest for a day, Boss Xie did not want to be rejected.
He said that his wife and children were cowardly and did not dare to stay outside. He thought that the work outside could be done as soon as possible and they could rush back as soon as possible.
Although Qin Wuya had travelled for five or six days straight, her face did not look exhausted at all. Furthermore, she was busy with her own time, so she did not insist. Instead, she personally brought Boss Xie to plant in the northern part of the country.
Of course, when he went out, he also asked Fu Xi to go to the Guest Home Resturant to deliver a message.
At this time, other than the thirty odd shop assistants who were still preparing the Nectar in front of the dozens of big pots in the front courtyard, the rest of the shop assistants and the people that the Manager Wu had hired were arranged to paint the four-sided cake.
The people maintaining order in the front courtyard were still Liu Da and the other assistant manager, while in the back courtyard were Wang Er who used to follow beside Manager Wu and the two dexterous wives called out from the large courtyard where Qin Wuya cut out the candy.
When Qin Wuya brought Boss Xie and Xu San into the plant, there were almost another hundred boxes of finished products in the backyard of the plant. It was obvious that even if Boss Xie was unable to use the set imprinting method on the Four Room Cake, with their speed, they would still be able to catch up with the day that the Bai Family Manager came to pick up the goods.
Only now did Qin Wuya realize that the two hands that Manager Wu was preparing was indeed more appropriate, and at the same time, greatly relieved.
Qin Wuya took out a box of square cakes from the backyard that was already drawn out by Wang Er and a box of square cakes that had not yet been drawn out, and brought Boss Xie, Xu Sanniang and Wang Er to the house that was normally used by the Qin Manager Wu to prepare and clean the account books.
He opened the two boxes of pastries and placed them on the table before saying to Boss Xie,
“Boss Xie, please take a look at these two boxes of four-room cake. One of them has already been painted and one of them isn’t. Do you have any way to make a plate to make a set color on this cake?”
Boss Xie looked at the square cake on the table and frowned. Then he said, “The cake is softer than the paper, but I have to look at it first. Boss Qin, could I have picked it up to have a closer look? ”
“Of course.” Qin Wuya nodded.
From the box of unpainted pastries, Boss Xie took out a piece of square cake with Tilly printed on it and placed it on his palm. After he carefully examined it for a moment, he suddenly asked Qin Wuya:
“From what I see, the patterns on the cake aren’t carved by a craftsman.”
“Naturally, this is a model.”
Using a mold to imprint patterns on the cake was just a small trick. Qin Wuya and Manager Wu did not intentionally keep it a secret when they were trying to get the master of the kitchen to use these molds, so there was nothing that they could not say to Boss Xie right now.
Furthermore, in Qin Wuya’s eyes, a craftsman who could craft the set imprint was much more proficient than in making small tricks. They might not even be able to see this bit of skill in comparison.
Sure enough, Boss Xie did not pay much attention to this matter. He only said:
“Since you have a mold, let me see it. If possible, I will directly use your mold to make a set of colored plates. This way, it will be easier to match the patterns.”
“Boss Xie, please wait a moment. I’ll go get it from you right now.”
The few models were all kept by the master chef who made the snacks, but Qin Wuya did not have them.
Thinking about it, Qin Wuya personally served tea for the two people in the room and was about to go out to get it, when she suddenly saw two people walking over from the small path outside. It was Manager Wu and one of the dim sum masters.
Qin Wuya was startled, but when she looked closer, the two of them were already fifty kilograms. Qin Wuya finally saw clearly that what the Manager Wu was holding in her hand was exactly the two sets of printing models.
“Fifth girl, are you going to take this?” Manager Wu entered the door smiling, seeing Qin Wuya welcoming him at the entrance, he pointed at the thing in his hand.
“Manager Wu and I have a mutual understanding.”
Qin Wuya laughed, then led the Manager Wu to Boss Xie’s side and said: “This is Boss Xie, whom I had Xu San invite from the Wu Prefecture, the one who used the set imprint technique.”
With that, Qin Wuya turned to Boss Xie and said, “Boss Xie, this is the head storekeeper of our pastry shop, his surname is Wu.”
After the two of them exchanged pleasantries, Manager Wu passed the two sets of models in his hands to Boss Xie and said, “Boss Xie, are these useful to you?”
Boss Xie took one of the models from the Manager Wu and looked at it for a while before smiling, “It does look a little similar to my version of the inscription, which makes it easier for me to use the set color technique on it.”
“Is it really possible?” Manager Wu’s eyes lit up when he heard this.
Even though he had hired enough people to quickly create the four rooms cake for the Bai Clan, he might not even need this Boss Xie’s coloring technique. However, if this method really worked, it would save him a lot of trouble in the future.
“As I said earlier, the pastries are not as soft as the paper, and it is not good to directly imprint them onto a carving. Furthermore, this is an entrance item. I believe that the color that you guys draw on it is different from the ink that I normally use.
Although Boss Xie looked crude and honest, he was actually a very meticulous person. Actually, when he saw the model in the Manager Wu’s hands, he already had seventy percent confidence in himself. However, because he was still thirty percent unsure, he didn’t say anything.
Fortunately, Manager Wu and Qin Wuya did not feel dejected by Boss Xie’s words. Instead, they felt happy when they heard the meaning behind it.
Since he knew that he no longer needed to worry about giving Lotus Feast pastries, Qin Wuya did not have a sense of urgency about the time anymore. After discussing with the Manager Wu, he decided to give Boss Xie five days time to prepare the pastries.
Night time. After eating the alimentary diet, Zhang Shan brought Qin Wuya to walk around the courtyard for a bit as usual. After dispersing the food, they returned to the house.
In the past few days, the weather was gradually getting hot, and Qin Wuya didn’t like to hide in her bed so early. She only changed into a set of loose clothes and talked about business matters with Zhang Shan.
As they talked, they started talking about Boss Xie and Xu San.
“That Boss Xie looks like he’s around eight feet tall, but he doesn’t look like he’s in the calligraphy business at all. If Xu San hadn’t mentioned it today, I might have mistaken him for a brother in your courtyard.”
“That Boss Xie is not a simple person.” Zhang Shan suddenly said as he looked at Qin Wuya.
“What do you mean?” Qin Wuya was startled.
She had originally only taken it as idle gossip, and did not take it too seriously. Now, hearing Zhang Shan’s words, she also realized that something was amiss:
“Are you saying that there’s something wrong with this Boss Xie?” He was from Wu Zhou, and his surname was Liu. Mo … “Could it be that he is related to Liu Daorong, and he came from the Three Loyalty Pavilion?”
“No. “Don’t think too much.” Zhang Shan laughed: “This Boss Liu and Liu Da Ren are not related, this surnamed Liu is just a coincidence.”
Hearing this, Qin Wuya heaved a sigh of relief, but then she became even more curious: “Then why did you say he wasn’t simple?”
“You only feel that he is taller than others, but do you see that his facial features are different from those of the people of the Central Plains?” Zhang Shan asked, curling his mouth.
“Eyebrow?”
Knowing that Zhang Shan was not a person who would randomly shoot arrows for no reason, Qin Wuya could not help but recall the scene when she first saw the Boss Liu, and then after thinking about it carefully, he said:
“If you didn’t mention it at first, I wouldn’t have thought of it. But now that I think about it, that Boss Liu’s appearance is deeper than ordinary Central Plains people, and its frame is wider, but it also seems somewhat different from those Hu people.”
“He’s not a Hu Man, he’s a pervert.” Zhang Shan said.
“Creak! Creak!” You mean this Boss Liu is a gentle person? ” Qin Wuya was surprised.
Zhang Shan found it strange that Qin Wuya would refer to his as a gentle and gentle person, but she did not ask anything further, and only said: “It’s not quite that, but I think there is still a trace of blood in his mouth.”
If he left a bit of his bloodline, would that mean he was a mixed blood child?
Qin Wuya curiously recalled the appearance of the Boss Liu and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was true.
The people’s facial features and appearances were extremely similar to those of the people from the Central Plains that Qin Wuya had met in her previous life.
The Boss Liu’s eyebrows were deep and his nose was high. Although he was different from the Europeans, he was still quite different compared to the average Central Plains citizen. Clearly, this was the result of the mixed blood.
“Thirty years ago, the perverts intended to invade our territory, but the King of Yanbei led six hundred thousand Yanbei Steel Cavalry to expel them. They have not dared to invade our territory since.
However, before the perverts were defeated and evacuated, they placed a large amount of arsenic in the moat of Yanbei, causing thousands of citizens to be poisoned and die. “A large number of the Yan Bei Army’s horses were also lost. The imperial city’s Shangguan Family was enraged, and he ordered all the merchants in the Great Li Empire to be slaughtered. Not a single one remained …”
paused for a moment when he talked about this:
“Whatever I’ve told you today, you should have forgotten about it. Do not ever mention his appearance in front of that Boss Liu.”
“Don’t worry, I’m not stupid.”
Qin Wuya had only been here for less than two years. Although she had read about some of the Grand Dynasty’s geological atlases or wild histories, she had not known that there existed such a feud between the people of the Great Calendar and the gentle ones thirty years ago.
But Qin Wuya was not stupid, since Zhang Shan had already told her about the grudges of the gentle and the experienced, how could she foolishly reveal the background of the Boss Liu, and wait for others to kill her?
Very clearly, Zhang Shan had also thought of the same thing.
Zhang Shan frowned slightly, but did not let his guard down and said: “From now on, you must not go alone to see that Boss Liu.