Chapter 59
The snow began to melt and the sunny days began to continue.
The cold days are still going on, but my family gave me permission to go to Benno’s store, so I went to the store with Lutz and settled for winter handicrafts. It was to be.
Put all the bags you have handed in to make money and put the finished hair ornaments in the bag and head to the store.
There is no snow in the middle of the main street, but there is a snowman that has not melted in one corner of the alley, or a snowy mountain that has been rejected by the side and frozen is visible here and there. There was a remnant of winter.
The faces of the people who have come to spring are bright and the people walking on the road are light in footsteps. The number of wagons and carts on the main street is increasing.
It seems that the number of merchants entering and leaving Benno’s stores is increasing, and it seems to be very busy despite aiming for a relatively few afternoon.
Marc walked towards me when I was talking to Lutz to get back to work. A store clerk who was acquainted with us found us and spoke to Marc.
“Hello. Long time no see, Mr. Marc”
“Oh, Lutz and Mine. Bless the thaw. May the spring goddess bring great grace”
Marc turned his right hand in front of his chest and put his eyes lightly on the palm of his left hand with his fingers aligned.
I don’t know what Marc is doing, so I and Lutz look round and look at Marc.
“What? What?”
“… What is your greeting for the spring?”
Knowing that Marc is saying that he doesn’t know why, this is a natural greeting around here.
“I heard this for the first time. Lutz, do you know?”
“No, I also saw it for the first time”
If you don’t know Lutz, this may be the only greeting in this area or a greeting related to your occupation.
“… Maybe a merchant-specific greeting?”
“I’ve been working in my home for a long time, so I haven’t really thought about it, but it’s probably just the merchants that I have been working with. Bless you as the snow melts, and say that the Spring Goddess will bring great blessings. “
Marc said that and told us the merchant greeting. It seems to be the first greeting I met in spring. I interpret it as something like a happy new year.
Just like Marc did, put your right fist on the left palm in front of your chest and practice greetings.
“Bless the thaw?”
“Yes”
“Let the spring goddess bring great grace”
I try to crawl several times in my mouth, but I have the confidence to forget tomorrow. I want a notepad at this time. There is a stone board in the bag, but there is no notepad.
“My husband is currently in a business talk, what are your business needs?”
In response to Marc’s question, I have counted many things to do today.
“Well, it’s time to settle for winter handicrafts. And then I want to start making paper soon, so I’m going to start with a large
“Okay, so let’s start with the manual checkout. It will end in time”
Guided to a small table in the store. I and Lutz sat side by side, and Marc sat in front.
“This is all handmade hair ornaments. Please check”
While using a polite language that Lutz is not used to, he presented a bag with hair ornaments. Marc puts it out and counts it.
“24 here. Isn’t it 186, which is the same as the amount left during the winter?”
“Yes, all right”
I asked him because the number he carved on the board was exactly the same as the number Marc said.
5 bronze coins per hair ornament. Leave the fee that I and Lutz decided to take from the guild. Then, in a separate bag that brings each of them to make it easier to distribute other charges.
Since Lutz’s brothers were made equally by 3 people except Lutz, it was easy to understand with 6 large copper coins and 2 medium bronze coins.
My house is a little cumbersome because my mother made 83 pieces, 66 Turi pieces, and I made 37 pieces. My mother is one small silver coin, six large bronze coins and six middle copper coins, Turi is one small silver coin, three large copper coins and two middle bronze coins, and my share is seven large copper coins and four bronze coins It’s a sheet.
“If you have this number, you will have it until the next winter. Hair ornaments are pretty popular. There are many different colors, so everyone chooses them happily.
I imagined a parent and child choosing hair ornaments for Marc’s words, and I broke my mouth.
“Is that so? I’m happy. I made hair ornaments for my baptism.”
“What kind of decoration is it?”
“Secret until the day”
When I laughed, Marc lightly raised his eyebrows.
“Oh, then, I’m looking forward to seeing that day. And then the job was to resume making paper?”
“Yes. I can’t resume until Lutz goes to the forest and sees the state of the river, but it’s spring so I want to make it soon.” / p>
Benno’s investment is only available until the baptism ceremony in early summer. I want to resume as soon as possible. Marc whispered lightly.
“Okay, let’s ask the craftsman. You were ordering with two contract sizes, right?”
“Yes, thank you”
At the end of the rough talk, it seemed that the business talk was over in the back room, and I saw several merchants coming out.
“I will report to my husband. Please wait a moment”
Marc enters the back room and is invited to the back room.
Since I will meet Benno in the spring, I will put my right fist in front of my chest against the palm of my left hand to greet me as soon as possible.
“Benno-san, it’s been a long time. Bless the thaw. Well, the goddess of spring … great grace? That?”
Looking at me that I couldn’t remember without a notepad, Lutz came out in front of me. Put your right fist in front of your chest and your left palm.
“Husband, bless the thaw. May the spring goddess bring great blessings”
“Yes, that! Bless the thaw. May the spring goddess bring great grace”
I remember again, thanks to Lutz, and I greet again. He returned a greeting with a face that Benno was happy to laugh at.
“Oh, bless the thaw. May the Spring Goddess bring great grace … Still, it’s a sly greeting. Be able to say it properly.”
Benno points at the table with Tonton laughing. Me and Lutz sat at the table and talked about spring life.
“That’s what Marc-san told me earlier. Please tell me you can do it for the first time because you haven’t heard it at home.”
“… Is that so? Well, it was good, Lutz. So what is the story about apprenticeship?”
Bento was praised only by Lutz who was able to greet him properly. I was talking about today’s main subject while swelling.
“I will stop being an apprentice here after the baptismal ceremony”
“Wa … wait a moment. Why did it happen? Because you didn’t give up? You couldn’t say it properly, but Mine was working hard too?”
When Benno couldn’t understand, he praised my greeting as if he was attached, holding the temple.
“No! Greetings not related”
“Why is it not relevant?”
“Well, am I not good enough?”
“It ’s amazing”
Benno ’s hand pierces my chest.
“Uh …. Benno-san was also worried about being able to work. The apprentice was sick and took a good rest, or got a job that was physically comfortable. It ’s not good to think about the relationships in the store. ”
“Is it just that?”
I am reminded of Otto’s concerns as I was engulfed with red-brown eyes.
“And if you get the benefits of the product, you might get money from a veteran who has been working for more than a decade, right? Money is the most fragile human relationship.
“Who told you that? Is n’t that what you thought?”
I stumbled heavily on Benno who narrowed his eyes. I have been reading only the books I want to do since the Reino period. I was only thinking about my physical strength this time. Only when Otto pointed out, I came up with a relationship.
“Otto-san”
“… Is that so”
That? I feel like my voice has become lower. By the way, it looks like a carnivorous beast … Is it because of care?
Talking about Benno’s feelings of fierce atmosphere, I say what I am most worried about.
“And, Benno-san knows about my eating, right? I think it’s better to stop hiring employees who don’t know what will happen in a year.”
The educational expenses for me are likely to be wasted. If you are a merchant, you can’t waste it.
Benno stares at me with sharp eyes while holding the eyebrows.
“So what are you going to do without entering our store?”
“Lutz takes a letter and documents at home and develops new products on a holiday, and sometimes goes to help the gates … A life that doesn’t change much I talked with my family that I should n’t put a strain on my body. ”
“I understand. Let’s remove from the apprentice”
Benno’s eyes and shoulders lost power. While holding down the temple, begin to think about what to do ….
I called out to Benno, who started to talk.
“That ’s Benno-san. Do you have anything that you would like me to turn around at home?”
At that moment, Benno’s eyes shone. A seemingly calm carnivorous beard smiles in his mouth.
“Mine is beautiful, so if you have a writing, I’ll turn it around. So I’d like to see the store with Lutz from time to time. Did you understand?”
“Thank you”
Why is that? I feel like I was caught by a carnivorous beast.
Since my request passed, I stopped thinking deeply and I asked another question.
“In that case, what happens to the guild card? I’m going to sell it through Lutz, but my card is no longer an apprentice card at Benno’s shop, right? Will it be? “
After the baptism ceremony, I was planning to register as an apprentice at the Benno store, but what would happen to my guild card if I didn’t apprentice? Since it is after the baptismal ceremony, temporary registration will not be possible. However, there is no store to which you belong, and you can’t trade without registering.
“I don’t know how much goods I’m going to make, but I suppose that the warehouse I’m using now is called Mine Kobo and use it as the studio manager’s card. If you tie, you will be able to trade as much as you do now. “
“Workshop manager! Isn’t it cool? If it is the same as before, please feel like that.”
When I was happy with my hand, Benno laughed happily and asked several times.
“And then I talked to Marc-san, but when I saw the river, I started making paper again. I’m going to make it up to our baptism ceremony. After that, Lutz’s apprenticeship work will start and I will stop the apprenticeship itself, so I would like to throw paper making into the workshop that Mr. Benno chose, is it okay? “
“Is it true that it was Mine who decided to throw the ball and decide who to make?”
Contract magic was decided by me and Lutz so that I could work safely and stably at the Benno store.
Since it will be a new business, the partner and workshop that you make may be important for Benno who takes profit. However, for me, there is no profit to add to the salary, so if paper can be distributed in large quantities, anyone can make it honestly.
“Because I’m not familiar with the workshop at all, and I don’t know anyone who wants to make paper. However, there is a process of exposing the bark of the tree to the river, It might be better to be closer. “
“Is it near the river … difficult, what are you doing?”
Lutz lightly gave up his shoulder to Benno’s words.
“I’m working in the riverside of the forest with tools, but I think it’s hard to carry tools for everyday work … I think”
“If you want to mass-produce, you think it’s impossible to carry it because the tools will be too big? Well, it’s the work of Mr. Benno and the man in the workshop
“…… That’s right”
It seems that Benno was convinced, so I will leave the choice of the workshop and the installation of the tools.
“Please finish the selection of workshops, installation of equipment, and purchase of materials by the baptismal ceremony. Lutz will tell you when the baptismal ceremony is near” < / p>
“I!?”
Lutz opens his eyes wide and makes his mouth crawl.
I smiled and laughed.
“Because there are some processes that I can’t do. It’s best that Lutz shows it. From now on, if you make it many times in the spring, you will remember it. It ’s okay because I ’ll go to you. ”
“It’s really a round throw”
laughed as if it was interesting, and I turned away. I know it’s a terrible round throw.
However, since I made a prototype of paper and improved the distribution to some extent and got a target for mass production, I would like to move on to the next process. If you are particular about making paper, you can’t make books indefinitely. If you make the paper you can use in the spring, you want to start printing.
“Okay, excuse me”
I left Benno’s store with my time-limited ambition.
Marc, who works fast, brought a new girder to the warehouse the next day. Lutz, who heard it, came to see the river as he went to collect in the snowy and muddy forest.
“Lutz, how was it? Can you make paper?”
“The amount of water has increased a little because of snowmelt, but I don’t think the skin will be washed away unless it is heavy rain.”
Lutz decided so and decided to resume paper making.
Early next morning, Lutz goes to get the key and walks to the warehouse. If you don’t have a coat, you can still think of today’s work while walking in the cold alley.
First, go to the warehouse and check if the Trombe left in the state of cutting and cutting black at the end of autumn is okay. If so, start work to make this white skin.
At the same time, I would like to start making paper using the stored forin skin.
“I’d really like the water to get warmer”
“Oh, well. But when I think about saving money, I won’t do it early.”
Benno can help with paper making until the baptismal ceremony. I want to make as much money as possible by then.
“Trombe’s black skin, are you okay?”
“It’s been dry since then. It should be dry.”
“I’m worried that mold will not grow because it isn’t dried in the sun!”
Since it was left unattended throughout the winter, it will definitely be dry, but the problem is whether it is in the dry state that we wanted.
“Must grow on Trombe, it’s not so”
Lutz lightly gave up his shoulders, but because I completely skipped the process of sun-drying, I don’t care.
I arrived at the warehouse and unlocked it.
A beeping sound opens the warehouse door. The appearance of a large amount of black wakame and kelp hanging from the shelves of a dim warehouse, coupled with the dusty background of the warehouse, looks terribly creepy.
“Is it really okay?”
“I’m really worried”
When you touch the black skin with your fingertips, it is completely dry and shiny. Whether it is black skin or whether mold is growing cannot be determined by color alone.
“Let’s take it to the forest and expose it to the river”
“What are you going to bring today?”
Lutz called out while dusting the backpack that had been left in the warehouse.
“Well, Lutz is a pan and ashes? I don’t need the size of a firewood, but I think it would be nice to bring a firewood. Isn’t it better to bring a little cocoon? I will bring this black skin, the preserved forin white skin and “chopsticks”
“I don’t know the frog, but if you say you have Mine, take it with you”
I prepared Trombe black skin and folin white skin that had been dried in the warehouse, and a few chopsticks and rags that Lutz made to stir the pot. , Put it in the bowl.
When two people carried their luggage, they rushed to the gathering place for the children heading to the forest.
When we get to the forest with everyone and get scattered for collection, we head to Kawahara.
Right next to the river, Lutz started preparing the pan. Place a pot on a stone-framed pot and draw water with the pot.
“If this is the case, you can certainly get water without getting into the river.
If you try to pour water directly into the pot, you can’t do it without going into the river, but Lutz seems not to think so much.
Since water has entered the pot, ignite it with the firewood you bring. I would like to expose the black skin to the river if the hot water is boiling.
“It looks so cold”
Lutz whispered while gazing at the river where the snow melts.
Black stones made of round stones in the river However, only half of the stone circles that were made in the fall remain. You must start with the work of building stone circles so that they do not flow.
“Do your best, Lutz!”
“Uhi! Cold!”
Lutz enters the water of the river like ice water, and enters it.
Once I enter, I am sure that I will start to heat up, and my family will not let me out of the house for a while. All you can do is basically support.
When I picked up a kite that had fallen in the riverside for Lutz who worked hard on the river, Lutz called out from the river.
“Mine, take the black skin!”
“Yes”
After putting the black skin into the river, Lutz jumped out of the river and struck a fire in front of the fence. Hold the red limbs over the fire and rub them.
I took a cup of hot water from the pan into the bowl and put it out in front of Lutz.
“Put your hands and feet on this.
“…… That was there. This feels good”
Lutz with his hands and feet in hot water exhaled. The hot water seems to have cooled immediately, but it seems that the body has warmed up a little because of the footbath.
Put ash and white skin in boiling water and boil it, expose the boiled white skin to the river and let the ash flow.
Today’s work ended with Lutz crying in the coldness of the river.