noffsinger Chapter 121 Li Yuer, who clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments
Chapter 121 Li Yuer, who clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments
It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Li Yuer plans to train them all.
Similarly, when teaching people, we must understand how to teach them in accordance with their aptitude.
Li Yuer began to divide the work among several people, of course, on the premise that they were willing to accept her division of labor.
She gave the job of hawking to Li Erlang and Jiaque'er, the job of packing to Shitou, the job of counting to Datou, and the job of supervising to Li Laosan.
Li Laosan is the oldest and has the highest seniority, so it should be easier for him to manage as a supervisor.
Finally, the only one left was Laizi, and she just asked him to stand in front of the stall.
"Why?" Laizi laughed in a rude manner, as if he looked down upon everything.
Li Yuer looked at him and said seriously, "Because you don't want to do anything, but you are pretty, so just be a vase."
Lai Zi's expression froze, and his heart was filled with turmoil. Li Yuer's words were like water dropped into a frying pan, causing turmoil in his heart.
How did she see that? His secret was like an old scar, ruthlessly revealed at this moment, and his previous disguises seemed to be futile self-deception.
How could this be possible? Even Li Laosan, who had been with him for many years, had never noticed his worries.
"Hey! This guy is so handsome, what is he selling?"
A young woman dressed in rich clothes came over, followed by a maid who was carrying a lot of things in her hands.
It was obvious that the man was not short of money, so Li Erlang's eyes lit up immediately and business came to him.
But passers-by looked at the two with contempt.
Laizi was still immersed in his own thoughts, and seemed to be oblivious to the words of the beautiful woman in front of him, not even looking at her.
"Hmph!" The woman suddenly felt humiliated and turned around to leave, twisting her slender waist.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Jia Que'er had been hanging out with beggars in Xinpu Town for many years and knew that the woman in front of him was Liu Piaopiao, the top prostitute in Qunfanglou.
Jia Que'er did not dislike her like other people did. On the contrary, he sympathized with her in his heart.
He was once a lowly person at the bottom of society and was looked at strangely by the world. He once fought with dogs for food in the middle of winter and had to crawl under the crotch of a young man to beg for food.
We are all human beings. Why should their lives be inferior to others? It is not their own decision to determine their birth.
Who doesn’t want to have enough food to eat, warm clothes to wear, live in a spacious and bright house, have money to spend, and be cared for by family?
Jia Que'er doesn't care about the other person's identity. As long as he can make money, he is his customer and a good person.
"My beautiful sister, please don't leave in such a hurry. Come and take a look at our oil lamps. I guarantee you have never seen one before. They are both beautiful and useful!"
Jia Que'er gave Liu Piaopiao a thumbs up and said, "Our oil lamp is top-notch, it's definitely the only one in the entire Ningzhou Prefecture!"
"Really? Are there any good things that I, Liu Piaopiao, have never seen?" Liu Piaopiao's eyes moved, and even when she was angry, there was a charm in her eyes, maybe she had been specially trained.
In fact, there were a lot of shell oil lamps in her house, and in order to please her, her patrons would give her all the popular goodies.
Jia Que quickly turned around and picked up the most expensive and best-looking oil lamp and began to introduce it to Liu Piaopiao.
"Sister Beauty, look at this lamp. What do you think? This is a unique painted oil lamp. It's called the Beauty Lamp."
Liu Piaopiao was immediately interested when she saw a colorful lady painted on the base of the shell oil lamp.
“This is a good painting.”
She is the top prostitute in Qunfanglou. Naturally, she is different from the low-class prostitutes who serve men with their beauty. She knows some arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Only in this way can she talk to people in upper society, be different from others, and make a lot of money for the brothel.
"Is there a poem on it? 'Song of the Beautiful Woman'?
There is a beauty in the north, who is independent and secluded from the world. One look from her can conquer a city, another look can conquer a country. I would rather not know that she can conquer a city and a country, as it is hard to find a beauty like her again.
After reading the poem, Liu Piaopiao's eyes were full of admiration and yearning, as if she could see with her own eyes a stunning girl dancing with such charming moves that it was enough to captivate everyone.
"It's a really good poem, the calligraphy is also good, and the painting is also a good work. Who wrote the poem above?"
Seeing Liu Piaopiao asking himself, Jia Que'er didn't know either, he turned to look at Li Yuer.
Li Yuer made up a story: "It was a poem written by a wandering monk. We thought it was good, so we inscribed it on the oil lamp."
Liu Piaopiao's beautiful eyes were filled with disappointment. "How could such an erotic poem be written by a monk? How strange."
Li Yuer winked at Jia Que'er, who quickly said, "Sister Beauty, there is only this one oil lamp. If you like it, you'd better act quickly."
"Yingying, give me five taels of silver."
Liu Piaopiao offered five taels of silver, and the sparrows were so frightened that they didn't dare to take it.
Yingying seemed to find it troublesome and directly stuffed the silver into his hand, saying, "This is a gift from the young lady, just take it."
As the top performer in Qunfanglou, she is indeed generous.
Seeing Jia Que'er staring at the silver in her hand in a daze, Yingying urged her, "Pack it quickly! The girl is in a hurry to go back and take a bath."
"Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for the reward, beautiful sister." Jia Que'er finally reacted and hurried to pack the oil lamp.
The original price of this oil lamp was one or two taels of silver. Its workmanship and design were not as good as the ones sent to Nongchao Tower before, but its high price came from the song "Song of Beautiful Woman" that Li Yuer borrowed from it.
Because of the Wan Mansion, the price of this oil lamp in the market can only be five hundred coins.
Most of the people who come to the market are ordinary people. Even if they like something, they are reluctant to spend five hundred coins to buy an oil lamp.
Unexpectedly, it was finally bought by Liu Piaopiao at a price five times higher than the initial price.
In the alley not far away, Zhaocai was leaning against the wall and looking over here. Behind him stood Young Master Jing, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes.
"Sir, this is so infuriating. That stinky girl has sold another oil lamp."
Zhaocai sighed and said, "If we sell more, they will all be sold out! Haven't we worked in vain for so long?"
Jinbao secretly glanced at his master's face and gave Zhaocai a hard slap on the head.
"What nonsense are you talking about! Our master has made a fortune from the shell oil lamps this time. What do you mean by working in vain? That little bitch Li Yu'er is working in vain. She is making wedding clothes for our master."
The shell oil lamp is the business that Young Master Jing runs himself after returning to Xinpu Town, and is not counted as part of the Wan family's assets.
"Hmph!" Young Master Jing snorted coldly, "Little girl, are you a fool? You are full of tricks. Let's go! I will go meet her in person."
Li Yu'er was asking Datou to keep accounts: "Li Erlang was fined two copper coins, Shitou was fined two copper coins, Li Laosan was fined five cents, Jia Que'er was rewarded five cents, and Lai Zi was rewarded one cent."
"Why?" Li Erlang shouted immediately, "Why are you fining me?"
He pointed at the lecher and said, "Besides, why should we reward him with a penny? He didn't do anything!"
Li Laosan was also somewhat dissatisfied and said, "Yu Baoer, why should you fine Li Erlang two cents and me five cents?"
"Hahahahaha!" Li Erlang laughed with his hands on his waist. Li Laosan was fined more than him. Suddenly he changed his mind and said, "That's not right! Why are you fined us?"
After Li Yuer finished speaking, Datou immediately started writing down the accounts. Although his handwriting was very ugly, it was no longer as good as a dog's, but rather as good as a chicken's.
Li Yuer took a look at Datou and said with satisfaction: "Reward Datou with one penny!"
"Why!" they said in unison.