Chapter 196: Bring Zhixia to work
After Gu Xiaoyou took the last bite of breakfast, he raised his eyes and met Zhixia's bright eyes. His eyes were as cute as a puppy asking for a walk, and there was boundless desire in his obedience.
Gu Xiaoyou couldn't help but pinch Zhixia's face: "Do you really want to go to work, little girl?"
"I want to go." Zhixia blushed and nodded seriously.
"Then let's go." Gu Xiaoyou shrugged. Unexpectedly, there are people who really love their work.
"Yes, Miss." Zhixia responded cheerfully, followed Gu Xiaoyou and Zhou, and walked towards the door.
The three people took a carriage and quickly arrived at Anyang Street in Lutan.
Zhixia helped Gu Xiaoyou get out of the car and started to look around. This was her first time visiting the place where the lady opened a shop.
The three of them walked to the street. Zhixia saw the paper-cutting on the door of the shop at a glance, and said curiously: "Miss, isn't that paper-cutting? Why are you pasting it on the door and window?"
"Yes, the paper cuttings are just for pasting on the doors and windows." Gu Xiaoyou said matter-of-factly: "Didn't I tell you?"
"I don't know, this slave." Zhixia shook his head and kept looking at the paper-cuts posted on the door of the shop.
"Then let me take you for a walk."
Gu Xiaoyou simply took Zhixia for a walk around Anyang Street in Lutan, introducing Zhixia to the window grilles and door stickers posted on the door of each store. He also told her that in addition to the paper-cuts pasted on doors and windows, there are also border flowers, screen flowers, etc.
Many different kinds.
Zhixia listened carefully. It turned out that there was so much knowledge about paper-cutting. It seemed that she still had a lot to learn.
Walking back to the street from the end of the street, Gu Xiaoyou introduced all the temporarily opened shops on the street to Zhixia.
Zhixia asked curiously: "Miss, why are the names of the shops on the street all the same? Are they all called Youlian?"
"Silly girl, other stores are posting it because all the stores on the street are mine." Gu Xiaoyou explained with a smile.
"The whole street!" Zhixia said obviously surprised, her usually soft voice suddenly raised eight notes.
"Keep your voice down, you're going to deafen my ears." Gu Xiaoyou rubbed his ears and said angrily.
"I'm sorry, I lost my composure. I'll rub it for you." Zhixia admitted her mistake repeatedly.
"No, no, it's ready." Gu Xiaoyou waved her hand, declining Zhixia's kindness.
Zhixia's face was full of guilt and she buried her head deeply.
"Oh, I just said it casually, please speak louder so that you won't be deaf." Gu Xiaoyou patted Zhixia on the shoulder in a comforting manner: "If you are really sorry, just teach well and you will be considered an apology."
"My slave must work hard." Zhixia said seriously.
Gu Xiaoyou pointed at the plaque and said to Zhixia: "Look carefully, this place called Youlian Paper Art Workshop is where you will be working later."
Zhixia looked along Gu Xiaoyou's finger, silently recited the name of the store several times, and nodded seriously: "I have taken note of it."
"Well, then I will take you to the backyard and formally introduce you to the female workers. Are you ready?"
"My slave is ready." Zhixia took a deep breath and replied affirmatively.
"Let's go." Gu Xiaoyou expressed satisfaction with Zhixia's energy and spirit and led Zhixia inside.
As soon as he entered the store, Zhixia was attracted by the paper-cut wall in the store. The various paper-cuts hanging on the wall were particularly eye-catching.
Gu Xiaoyou walked forward for a while and found that Zhixia had not followed. He turned back to look for her and saw the silly girl looking at the paper-cut wall infatuatedly.
"Don't watch it now, I'll watch it after lunch break." Gu Xiaoyou called.
"Oh, yes." Zhixia finally came to her senses and jogged to Gu Xiaoyou's side.
Gu Xiaoyou led Zhixia through a door and directly to the backyard.
In the room in the backyard, the female workers had already started their work for the day, all focused on cutting the colored paper in their hands.
When they heard the door open, they all stopped the scissors in their hands, stood up and greeted Gu Xiaoyou politely: "Good morning, Boss Gu."
"Good morning to you too." Gu Xiaoyou waved his hand and said hello simply.
The female workers met Gu Xiaoyou and were about to continue working when they heard Gu Xiaoyou say: "Put your work aside for a moment and let me introduce someone to you."
"Come in." Gu Xiaoyou turned around and greeted.
The female workers looked at the door curiously, and saw a girl with delicate features, a somewhat well-behaved appearance, and a young girl entering the door.
When they saw Zhixia's appearance, the female workers all thought she was a new employee, so they clapped their hands to welcome her as new female workers did in the past.
When the applause stopped, Gu Xiaoyou's next words surprised them.
"Her name is Zhixia, and she is here to teach you how to cut paper."
"Paper-cutting master?!" Some female workers couldn't help but screamed.
"That's right, she is the paper-cutting master. She will take my place and teach you paper-cutting." Gu Xiaoyou said with certainty.
This announcement was like cold water dropped into hot oil, instantly causing a stir among the female workers.
"Can you be a paper-cutting master at such a young age?"
"Boss, are you kidding me?"
"Can she teach well?"
The female workers started chattering and discussing, constantly raising questions.
"I said... eh, I said..." Gu Xiaoyou opened his mouth several times but was drowned out by the voices of the female workers.
Unbearable, Gu Xiaoyou slapped the table hard, and said loudly and kindly: "Everyone, please be quiet!"
The female workers were frightened and all shut their mouths. Even Zhixia was startled and took a step back.
The room finally became quiet, and Gu Xiaoyou breathed a sigh of relief.
Three women make up 500 ducks, and the number of female workers in her house is enough to open a duck farm.
Clearing her throat, Gu Xiaoyou raised her voice and said, "I know you all may have questions in your hearts, but I always have my own reasons for doing things. In order to solve your questions, I will teach you a new trick. Zhixia didn't learn it either.
Yes, let her learn with you."
Gu Xiaoyou turned to Zhixia and said, "Go over there and sit down."
"Yes, Miss." Zhixia responded softly, and obediently walked to the position pointed by Gu Xiaoyou and sat down.
When the female workers saw that Xia Yan was obeying her advice, they doubted her even more.
Without letting them all think about it, Gu Xiaoyou had already walked to the front: "Now I'm going to start drawing patterns. You all have a good idea."
After finishing speaking, Gu Xiaoyou took up his pen and drew on the mulberry paper on the wall.
The female workers gathered their thoughts and started drawing the patterns on the paper with their pens.
During the break of drawing patterns, some female workers quietly observed Zhixia. Seeing that she was just looking at it but not writing, they couldn't help but frowned. Can the paper-cutting master hired by the boss be good at it?
The female worker suppressed her doubts and continued to draw with her head down.
Chapter completed!