The whole family crosses to farm

Chapter 74 Soft Gold

Mr. Liu was drinking tea in the room next to the classroom, when he saw his daughter-in-law approaching with a surprised face, and said, "Guess what I saw?"

"what?"

"The Lin family's mother, Chunxing, drove an ox cart to pick him up, and said she was going to the county." Mrs. Liu's expression was full of surprise, but there was also a bit of admiration mixed in.

When Mr. Liu heard this, he raised his eyes in surprise. He had never heard of a woman driving a car.

A quarter of an hour later, Lin Chunxing walked out of the school gate with a schoolbag on his back. Seeing his mother sitting in the car, he immediately smiled and said, "Mother."

Fang Xiaocao motioned backwards, "Get in the car."

The ox cart was moving slowly, but it also lingered to the county at night. There was also a courtyard of the Lin family in the county, which was given to Lin Jiale by Mrs. Lin when the family was separated.

However, since the family arrived in Yishui Village, they had never been to the county at all, let alone lived there. Fang Xiaocao thought that the house must be full of dust now, so she went straight to find an inn to stay after entering the city.

When the ox cart stopped at the entrance of the inn, Xiao Er was chatting with some guests, when he saw a woman driving the ox cart over, he couldn't help but let out a snort.

All the guests also looked at it.

Some admired it with eyes, some dismissed it, and some said it directly, shaking their heads and saying "the world is not ancient".

Fang Xiaocao ignored all of them, took the four children to the counter and said, "Xiao Er, two rooms are up."

After living in this county for four or five years, Fang Xiaocao quickly "debuted" in a special way. That night, many people said that they saw a woman driving an ox cart with several children into the city.

The one with a bad mouth said directly: "I heard that there is a widow's village in Yancheng in the north, and none of the women in the widow's village know how to drive a car."

The most famous embroidery shop in Yicheng is Xu's Embroidery Village in Beicheng. Their embroidery shop supplies almost half of the county's embroidery supplies and cloth. It can be said that the clothes of the rich families in Yicheng all year round are made of They made it.

When Fang Xiaocao was still in the Lin family, she heard her mother-in-law mention that the owner behind the embroidery shop was not from Yi County, but a big merchant in the south.

This time when she went to the city to sell her Song Brocade, Fang Xiaocao chose this one.

In the embroidery village, the morning is usually not the busiest time. The shopkeeper is writing the account books behind the counter, and a few waiters are arranging the new cloth.

I saw that they have not only the best silk and silk, but also moderately priced cotton and linen.

Several children followed Fang Xiaocao and entered this spacious embroidery village, and they all felt that they had learned a lot.

Not to mention them, even Fang Xiaocao, who had seen many exquisite fabrics preserved from ancient times in her previous life, was also a little emotional at this time.

"Shopkeeper, the sky blue silk in the first row is densely woven with [-] wefts and [-] wefts." Fang Xiaocao said.

"Experts, madam, do you want to cut cloth?" The shopkeeper looked up at the group of guests who came in, and said with a smile: "If you want to cut cloth for spring clothes, I suggest you must cut this."

Putting down the pen, the shopkeeper turned around and took down the piece of cloth on the shelf, and pulled the end of the cloth to show Fang Xiaocao, "Look, it's all newly harvested silk in Xiangxiang, Huzhou last year. What can I tell you about this piece of cloth? To be fair, it won't break after 100 years."

"And look at this color again," the shopkeeper turned the cloth around, "this is the color we specially invited the master to adjust, using high-quality mineral pigments. As the base cloth, no matter what kind of flower you embroider, it will Can bring out the colors."

As soon as Fang Xiaocao got her hands on it, she knew it was indeed a good cloth, and said with a smile, "Then give me twenty feet."

The shopkeeper glanced at the bunch of babies on the ground across the counter, "Haha, at first glance, Madam is a person who knows how to live. We also have a master tailor here. If you can't do it, you can ask us to do it for you. very cheap."

"Shopkeeper, you are very good at doing business," Fang Xiaocao said, "But I'm not here to buy cloth, I have a piece of brocade that I want you to see."

The shopkeeper became more enthusiastic. The women who can weave brocade are all talents. The best ones are all raised by rich families in the mansion. It is very difficult to find a good brocade weaver outside.

"Okay, okay," the shopkeeper moved the cloth aside, "Put the brocade here, I want to have a look."

At this time, although the shopkeeper treated it with caution, he did not have too high expectations, and when the oiled paper cloth and silk cloth outside the piece of brocade were removed to reveal his true face, the shopkeeper's breathing stopped for a moment.

At first glance, it is black, but at a closer look it is blue. The clusters of red lotuses on the top complement each other, making people suddenly understand that majesty and momentum are sometimes a kind of beauty.

The shopkeeper hurriedly grabbed Jin, stretched out his hand to gently caress her, then raised his head and said, "Xiaoer, close the door."

When the busy waiters heard this, they were stunned at first, and then they came out and closed the shop door one by one.

On the shopkeeper's side, he had already admired the piece of brocade again, and after a while, he had time to ask: "Madam, sorry for my poor eyesight, I have never seen such a brocade weaving technique before. Did you create it?" ?”

"Not so much," said Fang Xiaocao did have some innovations in this batch of Song brocade, but these innovations are based on the old weaving method of Song brocade. "I also learned it from others."

Song brocade is the wisdom of the working people in ancient times. If you really want to tell someone exactly, there is no one.

Fortunately, the shopkeeper didn't ask too much, because the skylight was not so good after closing the door, so he ordered Xiaoer to hold the lamp again. After seeing every detail, he was sure that it was perfect, and he still couldn't believe it.

Judging from the experience of the shopkeeper who has been immersed in the cloth industry for so many years, this batch of brocades is excellent enough to pay tribute in terms of weaving method, color matching and pattern.

I didn't expect to receive such a good product among the people. The shopkeeper had no intention of lowering the price at all, so he immediately stretched out a finger and said, "One foot and five taels of silver, Madam, can you pay it back?"

One foot in Daxia is equivalent to about 23 centimeters in modern times, and one foot is five taels, which means that one rice brocade is more than 20 taels of gold.

To be honest, this was higher than Fang Xiaocao's previous expectations, and she didn't do the bargaining, she just nodded her head.

"My place is 65 feet in total," Fang Xiaocao said, "you can add another foot."

"Ma'am is so straightforward, we also believe in your character, so there is no need to repeat the ruler." The shopkeeper flicked the abacus beads while speaking, "65 feet is 320 taels per foot, and the total is [-] and [-] taels."

It was the first time for Fang Xiaocao to deal with ancient businessmen, and she didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

The shopkeeper asked the opinion of Xiaocao below, took three hundred taels of silver notes and 25 taels of silver, delivered them clean on the spot, and then said: "If there are new brocades, please be sure to cooperate with our village again, madam." .”

Fang Xiaocao smiled and said, "No problem. By the way, cut out twenty feet of cloth for me."

The shopkeeper immediately said: "What else are you going to cut? We'll give you as much as you want."

"One yard is one yard," Fang Xiaocao insisted, "You are also in business, so don't mess with the rules."

The shopkeeper really felt that today's luck was so good that Xu's Embroidery Village handed over such a good brocade lady.

In the end, the cloth that Fang Xiaocao asked for was not only given a yardage, but also at cost price.

After leaving the embroidery shop for a long time, Fang Da looked back, then quickly turned back and said excitedly, "Auntie, the shopkeeper is still standing at the door. Why is your brocade so good?"

Fang Xiaocao smiled, and said to her nephew: "Xiao Da, you have to remember a word, it is called 360 skills, and you can be the best. As long as you can do one thing to the extreme, you will win the respect of others. "

"Well, I remember my aunt," said Fang Da, who had already determined to be an iron man. "In the future, I will forge the best iron in the world."

Lin Chunnong was very happy to see that his cousin was so motivated, and his future stainless steel job was secured.

"Mom, I'm hungry," Lin Chunxing said, "I want to eat something delicious."

Holding a huge sum of money, Fang Xiaocao said generously, "Come on, let's go to the restaurant."

Because it was the first time to take her nephew out, Fang Xiaocao chose a well-decorated restaurant, asked for a private room, and directly ordered six dishes and one soup, which were not often eaten on weekdays.

After the meal, she took the children to the silver building and bought a silver necklace for each of them, even the three nieces and another nephew of her mother's family did not miss it.

Boys buy silver locks uniformly, and girls buy beautifully cast silver gourds.

"Second brother and sister."

When he paid the money and was about to leave, a surprised and smiling voice came from the second floor of the silver building, "Is your family getting rich? Why do you spend so much money on your natal children?"

Fang Yunxia was holding on to the railing, and beside her were several grandmas and wives from wealthy families in Yi County, but at this moment, none of them had any intention of talking to Fang Xiaocao.

"Your family is out of the sect, mother really has nothing to do with it, but don't waste too much money, Fang Yunxia shook her head, "Second brother travels all over the world, it is not easy to earn money. "

"That's right," the woman closest to Fang Yunxia said in agreement.

"Aunt Xia," Fang Da looked at the cousin dressed as a lady on the second floor, and said, "My aunt didn't buy anything for us, we just had a look."

"Why don't you buy it? I want to give all the money I earn to my parents, so don't worry about it, sister-in-law." Fang Xiaocao smiled faintly, "My sister-in-law is so sensible, no wonder my uncle and mother-in-law didn't have any good clothes during the New Year. wear."

Fang Yunxia said with a cold face, "Packing things at your mother's house, you still have face."

"It's better than a sister-in-law. I really practiced that sentence. The married daughter poured out water," Fang Xiaocao said, "I don't feel guilty for giving things to my natal family who raised me. But why does sister-in-law have time to hang out in the county, and brother doesn't need you to take care of the back house?"

Lin Chunnong looked left and right, at this moment, he seemed to be able to see a small knife following his mother's words, piercing her uncle's heart straight.

Fang Yunxia blushed with anger, unable to speak a word.

On the side, the woman who spoke just now chimed in and said, "Second Grandma Lin, it's better not to be too tough. As the saying goes, there must be celebrations in a family of good deeds. This tells us that doing things---"

"Mother, there are so many fine lines on that aunt's face, is she sick?" Lin Chunnong's sudden voice made the whole silver building fall silent.

The woman's mouth kept the shape of the word "thing" just said, and she was speechless for a while.

What can she say, this is just a little girl who is only two or three years old, besides, she didn't say anything rude, but that's it, on the contrary, a rude word would make this woman feel better.

"Second brother and sister, please take good care of your daughter." Fang Yunxia said with disgust, "In order not to be unable to marry when she grows up."

Fang Xiaocao didn't want to tell her so much, but why should she say that her daughter won't grow up?What annoys her the most is that people say her daughter can't get married.

"We are not in the same clan now, sister-in-law is free, so let's take care of your own daughter." Fang Xiaocao said very bluntly.

(End of this chapter)