Chapter 18: The Reputation Shakes

  Before long, the first New Year's Day in ancient times was only a dozen or so days away. Uncle Dashan and Village Chief, as well as Seventh Uncle Gong's family, all came to invite Lin Chun and his siblings to spend the New Year at their homes, but were all rejected by Lin Chun one after another. The New Year is a day for family reunions and gatherings, and Lin Chun thought it would be better to stay at home. Although there are only three people in the house, plus two dogs, they can at least do as they please, happily and freely. Going to someone else's home requires attention to this and that, and besides, when others are together with their families laughing and chatting, Lin Chun and his siblings would be outsiders who cannot blend in, which is not good.

  November 7th was Xiaoyu's birthday, Lin Chunyi took the silver cuff he bought in town for the first time as a gift, and brought Da Tou, Er Ya, and Qiaoqiao and Dudu to Dashan Bo's house. At noon, Cuihua Dama made many dishes, including fish and meat, and the three siblings ate until they were full. When Lin Chunyi took out the gift, he almost scared Dashan Bo and Cuihua Dama to death, but before they could react, he had already put it on Xiaoyu's wrist. The shiny cuff with a small fish pattern looked very good, and Xiaoyu liked it very much, carefully examining it several times. Cuihua Dama and Dashan Bo were deeply moved, and when they learned that this was the first time Lin Chunyi and his siblings had earned money to buy a gift, they became even more excited, tightly holding Lin Chunyi's hand and unable to speak. Cuihua Dama knew Lin Chunyi's thoughts, wanting to buy land and build a new house, although she hadn't seen what a new house looked like, but a few days ago Dashan had asked someone to inquire about the price of the mountain land and hilltop that Lin Chunyi wanted to buy, which added up to 2,000 two silver coins! However, Lin Chunyi was thinking of buying a birthday gift for Xiaoyu when he first received the money, this kind intention was much heavier than the five two silver coins.

  Lin Chuan knew that in Linjia Village, except for the silver cuff worn by Lin Zhen, the granddaughter of Seventh Uncle's family, no other children had one. Even Lin Zhen's was only worth two or three taels of silver, and that was still taken from Seventh Uncle's private funds. It can be imagined how precious this five-tael silver cuff was. However, after learning that they had earned a lot of money, Dashan and Cuihua were still so excited about the five-tael silver cuff, which made Lin Chuan feel even more that Dashan and Cuihua were good people, kind-hearted and upright.

  The Dashi family had few people, only one aunt who was married off and said to be well-off. There were only three people in the household, with no elderly members. Previously, they had helped Lin Chun's siblings out of gratitude, repairing their house, buying things for them, and sending them grain. All these favors added up to more than five taels of silver. However, Dashi Bo and Cuihua never said anything extra, not even a word. Some villagers thought that Lin Chun's siblings were freeloading off the Dashi family. Some people even advised Dashi Bo and Cuihua, but they continued to treat Lin Chun's siblings with kindness, just as they had before. In fact, their treatment of them became even better. Especially when Dashi Bo took Dashou and Er Ya to buy a dog at Da Gui Shu's house, the village gossip grew. Some people even said that Dashou was the illegitimate child of Dashi and Pei Wushuang. Dashou and Er Ya often played with Tudou and Guaigui in the village, along with Xiaoshan. Sometimes they would tell Lin Chun about their adventures when they got home. Lin Chun remembered everything in her heart but never showed it on her face, also telling Dashou and Er Ya not to talk too much.

  Cuihua Dainiang didn't care about these things, but she was very clear in her mind. Just in early November, Dashan took Lin Chun to Qianfuyuan Store in the town to deliver the jewelry design papers. Lin Chun brought back nearly 5,000 taels of silver notes with the seal of Futong Money House in the county. She was almost frightened to death. It is said that the ring design paper drawn by Lin Chun last time was taken to Dongyang, the first big city of Tianyang Country, by the young master of Qianfuyuan. Dongyang and Zhengyang, the capital of Tianyang Country, are adjacent. After the ring was made by the craftsmen of Qianfuyuan, even the princesses in the palace came out to bid for the first ring. Later, the first ring was bought back by Ding'an Wang of Tianyang Country at a high price of 10,000 taels and given to his queen as a birthday gift. These were all said by Qiandai Shu and Lin Chun, and Dashan was also present. They were all shocked, until Qiandai Shu handed over the nearly 5,000 taels of silver notes to Dashan, who was still in shock, trembling with fear, took the silver notes. Qianfuyuan thus made a big name for itself in Tianyang Country through this auction.

  As for the second vice-angel's wing ring, many noble ladies were secretly inquiring about it while it was still being made, preparing to make a move. After hearing this from Big Mountain Uncle, Cuihua Dama became even more protective of Lin Chun and her siblings, fearing that someone with ill intentions would find out and harm them. Fortunately, Lin Chun herself was low-key and had also instructed Qian Shu to keep it a secret. Qian Shu had received the implicit instructions from his young master and, combined with the influence of the first angel's wing ring, naturally followed Lin Chun's wishes. The Qianfu Yuan young master even sent people to secretly protect Lin Chun and her siblings, all of which Lin Chun was unaware of.

  Lin Chun sent three drawings to Qianfuyuan in November, one was a bracelet, one was a necklace, and one was a pendant on the necklace. They were all modern trendy accessories. After all, Lin Chun wasn't a design major, so he could only copy and paste. Fortunately, no one knew, so Lin Chun felt at ease. Since he was a time-traveler, using modern things to make some money didn't count as anything. Who let the heavens bring him here?! If he hadn't been good at drawing, even if he wanted to copy, he wouldn't have been able to. For his new house and for a better life, Lin Chun could only be a "counterfeiter" this once!

  Dongyang City, Qianfuyuan flagship store, a small courtyard garden pavilion at the back.

  "Yè Lí, this is quite a stroke of luck for your family. I didn't know you'd discover such an extraordinary person on your travels. The design of these angel wings isn't something just anyone could come up with. And with the added story and meaning behind it... won't you introduce us to him? Let us brothers see the true face of this genius and appreciate his remarkable ideas." A mischievous-looking young man leaning against a pillar in the pavilion said.

  "Yes, yes, I also want to see him. Why don't you let someone come out and meet us? Let's get acquainted." The young man held a white jade tea cup with a painted orchid design, grasped a paper fan, exuding an air of nobility, with a hint of superiority.

  "It's just you, Ye Li, don't hide it anymore. Last time I was in your study, I saw the new drawings, especially the hand chain design. When the time comes, can you please save one for me? I want to put it in the betrothal gift for Yun Xin. You must help me!" The speaker's voice was as smooth as jade, with an elegant demeanor, clearly a noble young master from a scholarly family.

  "Sorry, it's a secret that can't be revealed. This time, it's not that I don't want everyone to see him, but he doesn't even want to meet me, so..." The young man named Ye Li spread his hands in frustration.

  Qian Ye Li, Qian Fu Yuan Shao Dong Jia, 16 years old, looks elegant and refined, with a sharp business sense all over his body, the sparkle in his eyes flashes from time to time, but his personality is very careless, only when talking about business will he be serious and solemn.

  The demonic and charming young man leaning against the pillar, with deep eye sockets, exceptionally handsome, and his entire body exuding an otherworldly charm that was very eye-catching. This young man was Tian Mingyu, the 13-year-old son of Ding An Wang Tian Honglie, the first buyer of the Angel's Wing Ring.

  The young man holding a paper fan, calm and majestic, wise and steady, is the eldest son of Tian Yang Guo's current emperor Tian Hong En and Empress Yong Hui Tang Yue Qian, also the crown prince, Tian Ming Hao, 17 years old.

  The young man searching for the hand chain was the oldest among the group of youngsters, and he was Tianyang Country's capital city's number one Confucian family, the eldest son of the Pei family's daughter, Pei Shu Huan, and also the current Emperor's younger brother, Ding Yong Wang Tian Hong Gang's heir, Tian Ming Jun, 19 years old, already engaged to the Crown Prince's educator's daughter, Yu Yun Xin, and would get married next year.

  Several young people were discussing the designer of Angel's Wings, and when they heard Qian Ye's words, they were very skeptical. "Don't look at me like that, I'm telling the truth," he said. "I only know it's a woman, and she's in contact with our store owner. Every month, she sends three design papers to Qian Fu Yuan, and the jewelry on the papers is designed by her. We just need to give her 50% of the profit from the first transaction of each piece of jewelry, and that's all I know. I didn't see her that day either, so... Besides, she asked us to keep it confidential, and you guys know Qian Fu Yuan values its reputation, so it's not good to force me..." Qian Ye saw several people staring at him with a fierce gaze, as if they would tear him apart if he didn't tell the truth. He cleverly told a half-truth.

  Of course, Qian Ye had met Lin Chun before. As soon as he saw the design of Tian Shi's Wings, he went to Qian Fu Yuan's store in town with Uncle Qian, but he entered from the back room. Lin Chun was now a treasure of his own family, not to mention that she was still young and already knew how to design such things. The two designs she had sent to Qian Fu Yuan were enough to make Qian Ye send out his personal guards to protect her for life. Moreover, Lin Chun had left her elders in Linjia Village and lived independently with her younger siblings, which made Qian Ye admire her even more. These people in front of him were all cunning, and once they knew about it, not to mention the future business of Qian Fu Yuan, just this little girl Lin Chun would be played around by them, so... It was only natural that Qian Ye did not want to reveal any information about Lin Chun.

  Three people saw Qianye Li say that it didn't seem like a lie, so no one asked again. Everyone in their hearts knew that if Qianye Li wanted to say something or could say something, he would definitely let everyone understand. Perhaps there was some unspoken secret. Even so, it couldn't stop everyone's curiosity about the owner of the "Design Angel Wings" pair of rings worth ten thousand taels. It's just that everyone tacitly understood and didn't show it on the surface.

  Lin Chun was still unaware that he had been noticed by many big shots. At this time, Lin Chun was preparing for the new year's goods, as well as building a new house next year, buying a mountain head, and inviting Mr. to come back and teach Da Tou and Er Ya to recognize characters. As for other things that have not yet been encountered, he didn't even have time to think about them.