Chapter 422 - 422 Brand Name, Nian
422 Brand Name, Nian
The matter of going to the hot spring was settled very quickly.
As Doctor Sun grew older, he stopped walking around as much.
Two years ago, Madam Qin’s legs were broken and injured. Although it didn’t look like it from the outside, every day when it was cold and wet, her legs would often hurt, and it was really a little unbearable.
When she went to Willow Village from the mountain gaze, she had waited for Qian Congren for a while.
He didn’t expect that for various reasons, the two would not get to see each other for a long time. Before coming to Shangjing, Madam Qin had specially asked someone to pass him a message, but he didn’t expect to get a reply.
At her current age, she had long been indifferent to love. Now that she had not received a response from the other party, she had completely let go of her thoughts.
Yue Jiaojiao watched from the side. Now that she was together with Doctor Sun, they looked like old friends.
She was also happy to see the two of them together, so she ordered Madam Qin around less. It was not bad to let the two of them accompany each other more.
“Madam Qin, I’ll leave the house to you then.” Yue Jiaojiao stood at the door and gently instructed, “I’ll be back in a few days from the manor. In the few days that we’re not around, Chang Ning will stay in the manor. If there’s anything urgent, just tell Chang Ning. Don’t rush out on your own. Doctor Sun’s cold has not yet recovered. I’ll have to trouble you to keep an eye on him while Zhao Zhan and I are away.”
“Don’t worry, I will make sure everything is as they were.”
Now that Zhao Nian was growing up, Madam Qin had changed the way she acted towards Jiaojiao.
“You can go out and play with peace of mind. After coming to Shangjing and staying in this courtyard all day, I’ve lost some muscles from boredom. It’s about time I get it back.”
Yue Jiaojiao squeezed Madam Qin’s hand, a smile on her face. “Then Zhao Zhan and I will take our leave first.”
Li Xiangjun, who was standing at the side, also said, “Madam Qin, please come to our courtyard to take a look when we’re not around. The servants in my house haven’t been taught the rules yet. I’ll be more at ease with you looking after them.”
“Oh! You flatter me. Please don’t worry, I will often go over to take a look to put your mind at ease.”
After giving her instructions, Yue Jiaojiao didn’t waste any more time and got into the two carriages separately from Li Xiangjun.
When Zhao Zhan saw her enter, he hurriedly reached out to help her and then steadily pulled her into his arms. “It’s a long way to the manor. I’ve prepared some storybooks and snacks in the carriage.”
“Father, play.”
Without waiting for Yue Jiaojiao to speak, Zhao Nian crawled between the two of them, his chubby little hands tugging on one of their sleeves. “Play with me.”
Yue Jiaojiao could not help but laugh as Zhao Zhan let out a long sigh.
Ever since he had this son, the time he had with his wife was not as much as before.
He pulled out a pile of broken wooden boards from behind him as if he was performing a magic trick. His fingers were agile as he put them together. Then, he opened another grid and took out a cloth bag from it.
“This is…”
“This is the building wood table you mentioned to me before,” Zhao Zhan said as he poured the contents of the bag out and hung it under the table that had just been put together.
There was a wooden box on the edge of the table, just enough to hold the building blocks in the bag.
Then, he firmly stuck the four legs of the table on the carriage.
“Father, new toy!”
This was the first time Zhao Nian had seen such a novel thing. In an instant, he let go of Yue Jiaojiao’s hand and pounced in front of the wooden table. He sat down at the side and was so focused that he couldn’t hear anything from the outside world. He didn’t notice the flirtatious looks her parents were making.
“When did you make this?” Yue Jiaojiao picked up a building block and examined it for a moment. “The surface is smooth, and there are no split ends. The building blocks are so small but they can fit so accurately. How long did it take to make this set of building blocks?”
“When I first came to Shangjing, I found a carpenter to make it. I just got it half a month ago. Speaking of which, the money from the village was earned from this.”
Zhao Zhan thought of the time when he had gone to find a carpenter to do this. He had asked a few businesses, but they had all pushed him out. They only said that he was here to cause trouble.
Later on, Master Sun, who was building a house, recommended him to a down-and-out carpenter.
Since they didn’t have much to do, making one set or a few more sets of the set of wooden blocks didn’t matter. Zhao Zhan had them make as many sets as they could, and then they put the first set of completed wooden tables on sale in the capital.
Speaking of which, the Secret Pavilion had always sold such wondrous items. Zhao Zhan’s original price was 100 silver a set, but it was later sold at the high price of 1000 silver a set at the Secret Pavilion.
He had also learned from Yue Jiaojiao about the importance of a brand’s meaning.
A special brand was made on each set of building block tables, and the brand name, Nian, was engraved on them. Then, they followed up with the launch of small building blocks that could be assembled into animals. They also hired a famous painter at a high price and worked with carpenters to create puzzles.
Yue Jiaojiao hadn’t gone out much in the past half a month, so she didn’t know that everyone in Shangjing knew about the existence of Nian, a shop that specializes in children’s toys.
Selling children’s toys has always been easy to earn. Zhao Zhan only had this concept in the past. Now that he was the one who earned money, he finally understood how explosive this easy to earn money was.