When every member of Ji Ancient Society received the Xia calendar given by the new member Tang Xiaoxiao and praised it, Xia Liang finally took Xiaoxiao's hand and said, "If so, our sealing club intends to print a part of the Four Seasons calendar. Please ask Yingyuan to say a few good words in front of Mr. Sicun."

It is not uncommon for the daughters of the business to decide a small part of the business. If they are like daughters in the boudoir, then there is no need to do business for women. Besides, Xia Liang is also the legitimate daughter of the Xia family, and she can always make some decisions within her own abilities.

Xiaoxiao heard this and pretended to be thinking: "My aunt's printing club is smaller in scale, and mainly prints single-ink books. If she can cooperate with the Caijian Xia family, the printing effect will definitely be better." As she said, she smiled again: "After all, it's not our business in this room, and... the senior sister is afraid that she knows, and those painters are all very weird..."

It is always good to say that hard-earned things are always good.

"If you can draw ethereal and unparalleled works, you must be a little proud." Xia Liang's eyes floated over, and he only felt that the eyes and ears of the Qing people were clear.

Xiaoxiao's faint eyes had a certain calmness: "Although literati are profitable, they always have some benefits that impress them."

The painters can sign contracts with the Ruan Trophy, and the Ruan Trophy can also sign contracts with the Xia family. Once they have a common direction, things will be easier to do. The largest printing tycoon in the country will be made famous by several painters. It is not difficult.

Xia Liang took a sip of bamboo tea, and couldn't figure out what was allowed to be the "benefit" for a while.

Qiu Zisu smiled beside him: "Everyone cares about fame. Otherwise, she would have lived in seclusion in the mountains long ago, why would she spend her time painting?"

Xia Liang instantly understood: "This is easy to deal with. It is not difficult to put their paintings in calligraphy and painting shops to raise the price. Our family also does business related to paper, and there are several study shops and calligraphy and painting shops in Kyoto."

"Why do you have to go through that trouble? If you really make these four seasons calendars popular, your fame will naturally come." Qiu Zisu picked up a small Xunyang tea cake to eat. "You can also print some colorful papers by the way. The paper with the light ink as the foundation in Yingyuan just now looks very beautiful."

Xia Liang pondered: "If my father agrees, it will be possible to print a set of picture albums for them."

Xiaoxiao didn't expect it to be so smooth, so he went with the flow and said, "Why do you have to print it separately? The plate will be printed no matter how you print it."

"Four Season Calendar, Colored Paper, Picture Album, One Edition and Three Seals," Xizi dug a bite of ice cream with a small silver spoon and ate it: "Now, it's good, win-win."

Xiaoxiao's mind quickly filtered the content of the conversation. Things have already developed in a new direction. Ruan's printing club can almost change careers and become a publishing house... In terms of modern concepts, Ruan's is responsible for organizing drawings and designing and typesettings, while the Xia family is responsible for printing and sales. The painters only need to focus on painting according to the requirements. If it can be done, this is a win-win situation: the various drawings designed by the Sicun Painting Club can attract more merchants and attract more talented people from the painting world to sign contracts; in addition to its own strong color paper business, the Xia family can also open up the emerging project of the Four Seasons Calendar. You must know that in the 1900s, the calendar had a huge market. Even in modern times, people cannot do without the use of the desk calendar; in addition, the painters finally earned money. In addition to the basic salary of the Sicun Painting Club, they will also receive a generous commission for works, and maybe their fame will gradually become bigger.

The reason why Xiaoxiao is so sure is that the Four Seasons Calendar has passed the preliminary review of the First Craft Department, which is the guarantee.

For a moment, the maids of the He family brought a few more desserts imitating the Tang Dynasty. He Luanzhi smiled and said, "If you don't talk about business today, it's obviously a matter of romance, and you're all talking about it! Come and try the Tang Dynasty desserts imitated by our chef. This 'Tu Fei Han Xiang' is especially delicious!"

Xiaoxiao looked at the "Si Fei Han Xiang" that was brought to her. They were several cute glutinous rice balls with round and pointed tips, like rice dumplings, dyed with a light rouge color, and were also poured with thick ice honey juice and decorated with sugar and osmanthus. Pick it up with chopsticks and tasted it. The taste was a bit like a modern honey-cool rice dumpling. It tasted glutinous and sweet, and it was very delicious, but it was not good for the spleen and stomach, so you should not eat it.

"According to me, this little Tianshu is the most suitable to eat." Qiu Zisu praised the Tang Dynasty delicacy Xiaotianshu, which was made of fried with good venison and chicken, and then mixed with rice flour. It is naturally crispy and tender in the mouth, fresh and delicious.

This party is not so much an afternoon tea, but a gluttonous wine feast. The yellow and cinnamon-shaped wine is rich in fragrance and rich in color. The Tang Dynasty Hu cake "Gulouzi" is as big as a fried plate, with a layer of mutton, a layer of pepper and a layer of butter, baking it into an attractive aroma; the Tang Dynasty's cream ice cream "Yulu ball" is paired with a special aroma of red crispy, with a silky smooth texture; the ceiling Biluo wrapped in cherry filling tastes more than several grades than the modern cherry pie...

"Aman, your screen looks good." Xia Liang has always had a weak appetite, but he was full after just a few sips. He was afraid of accumulating food after eating it. He didn't dare to drink too much of the bamboo tea that relieves heat, so he only drank some purple bamboo tea: "How can such a small mica screen be made of a small instrument?"

He Luanzhi smiled: "I can't tell the difference between the big wood and the small tool."

"According to the French-style construction, those with no carvings in wooden structures are called large woodworks, and those with carvings such as window lattices, partitions, caissons, screens, etc. are called small woodworks." Qiu Zisu's voice was still a little lazy, and he turned his face to look at Xiaoxiao: "There is a small mahogany shop at Yingyuan's home, so it's time to ask her."

Xiaoxiao did not expect Qiu Zisu to have research on woodworks, and was even more surprised that this person knew about the Tang family. The carpenter shop specializing in small mahogany pieces was Shanniang’s dowry shop. He only found out when he went to Kyoto. He looked up at Xizi and saw that the other party was a little surprised. Obviously, he didn’t know that Xiaoxiao’s family also operated a carpenter shop. So, he cleared his throat and smiled and said, “Our shop is just a small piece of furnishing on the table. This kind of floor-standing screen is not made. If it is made, it is also a table screen, and there are screen stands, disk boxes, several seats, lamps, etc. The small mahogany pieces embedded with silver wire have been quite popular in Kyoto over the years, while Jiangnan emphasizes carving and line changes.”

Xiaoxiao didn't say much. The business of the carpenter shop at home was not good. In the past ten years when my mother was not in Kyoto, her father was also busy with various businesses. For my grandmother, she was not easy to interfere in the dowry shop of her daughter-in-law, so she appointed a trusted shopkeeper. Unfortunately, the business method was not flexible enough. In those years, the shopkeeper resigned some craftsmen from Jiangsu and turned to the northern master. However, he did not know that in this way, the business of this shop was not a pure small piece of mahogany. It would be a matter of time before the business was gradually neglected.

When she first returned to Beijing with her mother, the shop was half-dead and the store was small, but she just took on some small business of civilians. Shan Niang immediately asked to invite craftsmen from the south, but it took time to select and apply. Now... Xiaoxiao thought of some countermeasures, but she had not seen the results yet...

"This open pavilion must have charm at night, especially this mica screen. Isn't it that 'the candle shadow of the mica screen is deep, and the long river gradually falls and the morning stars sink'?" Xizi smiled.

He Luanzhi nodded first, and suddenly pointed at Xizi with a smile and said, "You girl is getting more and more naughty, and she compares me to Chang'e who steals medicine!"

Everyone covered their mouths and laughed, and Xizi said, "When our family holds a rose banquet, you must dance a 'Chang'e Flying to the Moon'!"

"I'd better dance my green waist dance. I'm afraid that the other things will be ugly if I can't dance." He Luanzhi held the red pink peony on her clouded temples.

"When it comes to green waist, green waist is here." Xia Liang pointed to a graceful girl who came in with a bamboo plate and said.

He Luanzhi shook his head and smiled: "This one has green hair."

According to the rules of the society, the other members also brought the same Tang Dynasty delicacy to the banquet. The Xialiang prepared the Translucent Round Round Round Round Circle Cake, which contains the red bean paste that filtered out the bean skin, called "Sha Ling?". It is said to be the delicacy at the Lady of Guo State's Mansion back then. Qiu Yuan brought the "Crystal Dragon and Phoenix Cake", which was specially steamed in a pottery steamer. The color of the red beans and candied dates is very pleasant, and the shape is also blooming happily, which tastes sweet, glutinous and sticky. Xizi brought the Han Palace chess, which specialized in making the hundred-flower chess pieces with flowers as the filling. The filling of each piece is different: rose, osmanthus, chamomile...

Xiaoxiao also tried a lot of thought for this banquet delicacy. She tried Ruiniang many times at home before she made a satisfactory finished product. For this reason, she specially tasted it for the old lady. This time, the old lady learned her lesson and did not directly let the Wufang sell it in the dim sum shop. She did not write the recipes into the Tang family as usual. Instead, she presented it directly to Guanglu Temple. Guanglu Temple collects delicacies, wines, and dim sums from the people every year. If she could be presented to the palace, it would be better if she was too late to join the banquet list for her own family.

The girls present stared at the plate of dessert brought by Xiao Dier in a daze. Is this a plate? It was obviously a strange-shaped flat stone. Is it a pile of snow? Or a pile of white petals? Or a white dream?

The white ice silk-like thin slices are covered with crystal frost and snow. What is this? How can it look so beautiful? It doesn’t need to be an entrance, just looking is enough.

The girls agreed and didn't move their chopsticks, as if they were waiting for the snow in spring to slowly melt...

Xiao Dier brought the small portion of the dessert to each girl. In front of He Luanzhi was a silver bowl with banana leaves on it, and the petals of snow fell on the leaves; in front of Qiu Zisu was a very simple wooden boat-shaped container as big as a palm, and the white thin slices floated on the boat, which made Qiu Zisu stunned: "I have only seen the 'a boat of bright moon and wind' today." The snow-white pieces were just like the white moonlight on the river; in front of Xia Liang was a bamboo tube, digging off the upper part, and there was a small pine needle. The one in front of Xizi was even more peculiar, which was actually a small tile roof, made of black stone, dotted with residual snow, and red plum petals...

"Is this... sweet snow at the Tang Dynasty tail burning banquet?" Xia Liang was the first to break the silence.

He Luanzhi hesitated: "I asked the chef to try to make sweet snow, because it was fried, and it turned out to be golden and crispy."
Chapter completed!