The concubine is also very good today

After sending Jing Yu away, Xu Ruyi stayed in Qingxifang alone. Qingshan saw that the new proprietress was Princess Zhaorong whom Jing Yu had admired a while ago, so he hurriedly picked up the broom and cleaned the workshop.

Seeing this, Da Song hurriedly handed the ledger to Xu Ruyi.

Xu Ruyi flipped through the ledger.

Good guy!This account book is much thinner than the ones calculated before, and the total does not exceed ten pages. This month, I have not received a single order. This business is too bleak!
Xu Ruyi remembered that the only big order Qingxifang received was a court portrait, which was made by Empress Dowager Jiang. Who would have thought that Empress Dowager Jiang would be assassinated just before the portrait was finished and delivered.

In such a miserable shop, I also met a bone girl like Xu Ruyi who steals skins every now and then...

Xu Ruyi couldn't bear to think about it anymore, so she asked, "Why haven't I received an order for such a long time?"

Qingshan sighed and said: "My shopkeeper, you don't know! The calligraphy and painting industry in the capital has been questioned by Qin Dachuan, and even the painters in the palace are Qin Dachuan's partners. We can't get any share. Moreover, the location of the store is very remote, so few people would come to us to buy paintings, and even painters would not sell them to us because we had no profit, so the prices for the paintings were not high.”

"So you don't have an artist to cooperate with, right?"

Aoyama nodded.

During the conversation, Xu Ruyi looked at the young man Qing Shan's handsome face, and asked, "How old are you this year?"

"Thirteen."

He is actually younger than Mr. Xiao Lang, and it seems that the family can't afford to support a child who is sent to the store to do odd jobs in vain.

Thinking that such a naive child would be beaten to death on the street a few years later, Xu Ruyi felt a little pity.

Then she said to Dasong: "Dasong, go and get the paper and ink."

Da Song nodded, and put all the brushes, ink, paper and inkstones in front of Xu Ruyi. Xu Ruyi looked at the green hills in front of him, and told him: "Stand here and don't move, with the broom in your hand, just stand like this."

Qing Shan responded and stood in front of Xu Ruyi.

Unexpectedly, within less than a stick of incense, Xu Ruyi suddenly drew a portrait. After Xu Ruyi finished her pen, she signaled to Qing Shan and said, "Come and take a look."

Qing Shan walked over curiously, and the moment he saw Xu Ruyi's painting, Qing Shan screamed out!
"This, is this painting me?!"

Xu Ruyi was a little surprised to see him react so strongly.

"What? Not like?"

"No, it's too similar! Dasong, come and have a look! It's exactly the same!"

Dasong never expected that Xu Ruyi could paint!

Xu Ruyi then said: "Since you all think there is no problem, then let's stop standing here and go to a lively place to solicit some business. You won't get paid if you stay here for a day."

What Dasong and Qingshan did not expect was——

As soon as the new shopkeeper arrived, he asked Dasong to move the tables and chairs, and Qingshan to take the pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and set up a stall in the busiest place of the market, but this stall was only one street away from Jinbifang under the name of Qin Dachuan. the distance.

On the way, Qingshan was a little worried, and said to Dasong in a low voice: "Will we offend Qin Dachuan if we do this?"

Da Song replied: "What are you afraid of? She is a princess, so Qin Dachuan dares to beat someone?"

Xu Ruyi heard their mutterings, but ignored them, but after choosing a place, she began to order: "The tables, chairs, paper and ink are all set up. Qingshan, you unfold the painting just now, and you stand on the side of the painting. Next to it, let the big guys see if it looks like it?"

So Dasong set up the booth, and wrote in black and white in front of the booth: Qingxifang paintings, a portrait only takes one stick of incense, and only [-] Wen is charged.

With the quality of Xu Ruyi's paintings, this is simply the price of cabbage!

After a while, someone stopped in front of the booth, the person who came was a girl who had just reached the age of [-], looked at the clothes and was very poor, after seeing Xu Ruyi's price, she inquired: "Fifty Wen for a portrait? Are you sure you can draw with such quality?"

Xu Ruyi replied: "Qingxifang is the property of Mr. Jing Er, and the Jing family's shop will never smash its own signboard."

"Then draw me one!"

Since she came to work, Xu Ruyi took it seriously, besides, this little girl was good at drawing, and Xu Ruyi put down her brush in less than a stick of incense.

After the little girl got the painting, she praised it again and again, and gave Xu Ruyi fifty coins.

Xu Ruyi picked up the fifty Wen coins with complicated emotions.

Although the amount of money is not much, this is probably the first time she has made money outside, so she finds it quite interesting.

After a while, another lady came over, glanced at Xu Ruyi's stall, and asked: "Fifty Wen? Are you sure you can paint?"

Qing Shan on the side said excitedly: "A little girl came here just now, and she was satisfied when she left!"

The aunt said: "Then you have to draw a better picture for my son. Later, you will hand over the portrait to the matchmaker."

Xu Ruyi said: "The effect of painting with fifty coins is the same as that of a real person, but if you have any requirements, you need to add ten coins to a place."

The aunt seemed to be a little anxious, and she pulled her son over in a short time. The young man was plain-looking, and he looked like an honest man, but the aunt asked too much: "Please draw my son's eyes bigger, Don't let your nose look collapsed, and make your face more rosy..."

Xu Ruyi emphasized: "One piece is ten words, and a written proof is required. You know very well that you are showing it to a matchmaker. If something goes wrong, I will not take responsibility for it."

Although the aunt was a little impatient, she still explained helplessly: "Isn't this just for you to be cheap? The Jinbifang next door asks for two taels of silver for retouching! It's no problem to make a written statement, but I will give you eighty Wen, you I would like to draw a portrait of my son. My son is honest and easy to get along with, but he looks lifeless. Little girls like to look good, so my son will suffer a lot. No one wants to Talk to him about matchmaking, but it’s good to be married, my son can take care of others!"

Well, Xu Ruyi is not a matchmaker, and she is too lazy to listen to the aunt's sales promotion. Besides, even if the matchmaker passes the test, the woman's parents will always have to see the man's appearance.

But as long as the written evidence is established, Xu Ruyi doesn't care about these stupid things, so she corrected the young man's appearance a little bit. When handing in the painting, the aunt was overjoyed and exclaimed: "Hey! Just drew the spirit and spirit! Thank you, little girl!"

"It's a painting, but to be honest, the young master needs to pay attention to his body on weekdays. If he has a mental head, he can open his eyes a little bit. When his body is healthy, his complexion will naturally be fine."

"Hey! I will definitely urge him, right now I'm worried that I can't find a matchmaker!"

The aunt left with a happy smile, and Xu Ruyi received another sum of money.

130 Wen, is it enough for ordinary people to eat and drink for a while?

However, just as Xu Ruyi was studying ink, someone in the dark suddenly stared at Xu Ruyi's paving.

Although it is a street away, Jinbifang is not blind, how can it not see someone blatantly stealing their business here? !