Portable Space: Traveling through Nongmen

Chapter 18 Chunyanfang

"No need, Fifth Grandpa, I have enough money to spend. It's not easy for you and Fifth Grandma. You should keep the money for yourself." Shen Yingshu shook her head and chose to return the copper coins.

Although her life is difficult, the lives of these two elderly people are not much better, and they can barely fill their stomachs.

"If you want to hold it, you can hold it. This is the wish of the fifth grandpa and the fifth grandma. If you don't hold it, you will look down on us." The fifth grandpa looked serious.

As soon as these words came out, Shen Yingshu couldn't accept it.

"Okay then, thank you fifth grandpa and fifth grandma." Shen Yingshu could only accept it, and secretly made a decision in her heart that when she got rich in the future, she must repay the two kind old people well.

When we got to the town, everyone got out of the bullock cart.

This road is relatively close to the embroidery spinning she often goes to, so Shen Yingshu chose to go to the embroidery workshop first to sell the handkerchiefs.

If she sells the herbs and Ganoderma lucidum in the Back Basket Tower, she will have money by then, and with the money, she will be able to buy a lot of things.

What to eat, drink, wear, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar... These are indispensable, Shen Yingshu went straight to the familiar embroidery room in the memory of the street.

Chunyan Square,
In memory, this embroidery workshop is the place where the original owner often sells handkerchiefs.

It was the time when there were many customers in the morning, so Shen Yingshu stepped in and looked around, there were not too few people.

Shen Yingshu didn't waste time, and went directly to the counter to find the shopkeeper who kept introducing the products to the customers around him.

The owner who runs the store is a strong and tough woman, about 30 years old, with a pair of kind and beautiful almond eyes like the original owner.

This is also one of the reasons why the original owner often sells handkerchiefs in this embroidery workshop.

"Hey, Yingshu is here. This time, I brought some handkerchiefs. What kind of patterns are they embroidered on?"

Dongniang looked up and saw that it was Shen Yingshu, and immediately showed a kind smile.

"Dong Niang, all the handkerchiefs I embroidered this month are here." Shen Yingshu pulled down the back basket behind her and took out a package.

Including opening it, revealing a stack of handkerchiefs inside. These handkerchiefs were embroidered when the original owner was still there. Shen Yingshu has been busy picking herbs these days.

"Come on, show me the pattern you embroidered this time."

Shen Yingshu handed the handkerchief to Dongniang.

Dong Niang took the handkerchief that Shen Yingshu handed her, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help admiring, "Yingshu, the flowers you embroidered are getting better and better. Why don't you come to my embroidery room Be a embroiderer, I will never treat you badly."

"Dongniang, I'm really sorry, you also know about my family's situation..." Shen Yingshu refused in the way the original owner spoke.

This is not the first time Dongniang has proposed to let her stay and be an embroiderer, but Bao'er has no shortage of people around her, so Shen Yingshu refuses every time.

"I knew you would refuse," Dongniang sighed, "It would be too wasteful for me to come and see your craft, plus your cleverness in learning things."

"How can I have any skills, Dongniang, you are exaggerating."

"If you don't have a handicraft, then these embroiderers in my shop are nothing. Well, I counted, and there are 25 handkerchiefs this time. You will still be charged the same eight cents as before. "

Dong Niang neatly counted two hundred copper coins and handed them to Shen Yingshu, and said by the way, "Yingshu, you must embroider more next time, you don't know how popular your handkerchief is, these few days Out of a hundred handkerchiefs, your handkerchief is the first to be picked out."

"Okay, I will embroider a few more when I have time." Shen Yingshu agreed wholeheartedly.

In fact, she is not sure how many sheets she can embroider in a month. After all, she has never embroidered a handkerchief in modern times, but relying on the memory of the original owner, she does not know whether she can embroider it.

But who doesn't know how to say good things, Shen Yingshu deeply understands the benefits of a sweet mouth.

Dongniang smiled, "Okay, I'll just wait for you."

Now that there are customers coming and going in the store, Shen Yingshu didn't want to delay Dongniang's business, so she let her do the work first, and walked around the store by herself.

In addition to selling handkerchiefs, Dongniang's shop also sells some fabric clothes and the like.

Shen Yingshu wanted to see if there were any fabrics that she and Bao'er could use. It would definitely be cheaper to buy fabrics in Dongniang's store.

Looking left and right, she really caught her eye on a few pieces of fabric, as well as the pile of rags on the table. The pile of rags was mixed with various fabrics, some big and some small. blended together.

When Shen Yingshu was about to go over and ask Dongniang how much it cost, she overheard the conversation between her and the guests.

"Dong Niang, I want a larger screen, more delicate, my sister will get married in a few months, I want to make a screen for her as a dowry." A young woman in her 20s.

The woman wore a gold hairpin on her head, and the gold earrings on her ears were also inlaid with pearls. The pearls were full and round and shiny. She was obviously from a wealthy family.

"Ma'am, the screen you want may take a little longer. In addition, the screen you want to embroider is very delicate and requires some skills. It may take at least a few months." Dongniang understands that she is a little embarrassed.

"Time is not a problem. My sister got married in early winter, and there are still a few months left. This time is enough to embroider a screen." The woman waved her hand.

"Well...it should be about the same,"

After seeing off the little lady, Dongniang fell into deep thought. It is not difficult to make a larger screen in the past few months, and it is the skills needed for this screen...

"Dongniang?"

"Huh?!" Wait, Dongniang suddenly turned her head to look at Shen Yingshu who was standing beside her, her eyes lit up instantly, and she directly pulled Shen Yingshu over.

"Yingshu, your craftsmanship is good, and you can do some tricks, otherwise, I'll leave this job to you."

"What... what job?" Shen Yingshu blinked blankly.

"It's the embroidered screen. I remember that you embroidered it a few times before, and it looks beautiful. This time, it's better to leave it to you. Don't worry, the money will definitely not be short." Dongniang seems to be Lai Ding and Shen Yingshu.

"I, I..." The original owner did embroider the screen once before, but at that time it was because Bao'er didn't have enough money for medicine.

She just picked it up, because embroidering the screen is very labor-intensive, and Dongniang was in a hurry to ask for the screen that time. The original owner stayed up for several days and nights before finally embroidering the screen.

The most important thing is that the original owner can embroider, but she can't!

"I, I can't, how can I have any skills, Dongniang, you should find another embroiderer to do it."

"I also want to find other embroiderers, but those people are not as exquisite as your embroidered handkerchiefs, and have a unique aura. Don't worry, this money will definitely not be given to you, I will give you this amount."

Dongniang stretched out her fingers and silently counted them.

(End of this chapter)