The daughter-in-law of the first assistant is a super prosperous husband, and the whole family is vy

Chapter 10 Classmates come to visit
Zhou Ran was stopping in front of the screen to carefully study the stitches used on it, when shopkeeper Peng's voice rang in her ears, "What do you think, Mrs. Zhou, of the embroidery on this embroidery?"

Zhou Ran turned back and said with a smile: "This embroidery lady uses nine kinds of stitches, including straight stitches, positive stitches, reverse stitches, single set stitches, loose set stitches, application stitches, and seeding stitches, and the colors are harmonious. , the stitches are fine and even, and the stitches are not exposed, which is very rare.”

Shopkeeper Peng looked at Zhou Ran in surprise, "Ms. Zhou has great eyesight!"

Zhou Ran smiled and asked: "Shopkeeper Peng, I wonder how to sell this embroidered cloth?"

Shopkeeper Peng said: "This embroidery was embroidered by our own embroidery lady. The selling price is one thousand taels."

Zhou Ran nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he took out the embroidered handkerchief he brought and said, "This is the embroidered handkerchief I recently embroidered. Shopkeeper Peng will see what price he can give."

Shopkeeper Peng took the embroidered handkerchiefs and looked through them one by one. After reading them all, shopkeeper Peng smiled and praised: "Mrs. Zhou's embroidery skills have improved again. There are a total of twelve embroidered handkerchiefs. I will give Mrs. Zhou 20 cents for each handkerchief." , a total of two hundred and forty coins, does Mrs. Zhou think it is feasible?"

"Okay, thank you very much, Shopkeeper Peng." Zhou Ran smiled and thanked him. Shopkeeper Peng was more generous than she thought.

After handing the money to Zhou Ran, shopkeeper Peng said to Zhou Ran: "With Mrs. Zhou's current embroidery skills, she can embroider large pieces. The price of large embroidery items is not comparable to that of small items like handkerchiefs."

Zhou Ran smiled and said, "I'm already trying."

"That's good."

After leaving the embroidery workshop, Zhou Ran went to the West Street Cloth Shop to buy embroidery thread, and bought some meat at the butcher stall, and then went back.

Back home, Zhou Ran found that there was a guest at home.

Two of Ye Ximing's classmates came. Ye Ximing was chatting with them under the big tree in the yard.

Since they met, Ye Ximing of course wanted to introduce the two parties to each other.

"These are my two classmates and friends, Cao Bingwen and Wei Yan." Ye Ximing first introduced his two classmates to Zhou Ran.

"This is me..." When introducing Zhou Ran, Ye Ximing paused for a moment before saying the last two words "Mother". Although the two had been married for almost a month, this was the first time he called her "Mother". Zhou Ran is the wife.

As soon as these two words were spoken, a blush appeared on Ye Ximing's pale face.

Zhou Ran, on the other hand, didn't react at all. She greeted Cao Bingwen and Wei Yan calmly, said a few polite words and left.

After Zhou Ran left, the three of them continued to talk about the previous topic.

"The master of the academy is planning to let us leave for Fucheng in mid-July, so as not to be late and find a place to live." Cao Bingwen said with some envy: "Pu Xiuwen is lucky. Just study and take the exam. Moreover, the level of the tutors in the Fu School is much higher than that of the tutors in our college. He should have made a lot of progress in the Fu School in the past few months. This provincial examination will definitely..."

After hearing Cao Bingwen's words, Ye Ximing lowered his eyes to cover the emotions in his eyes.

Seeing Ye Ximing's reaction, Wei Yan nudged Cao Bingwen with his elbow to signal him to shut up.

Originally, Ye Ximing should have been given the spot to enter the university, but Ye Ximing was unlucky and accidentally fell into the water and became ill. Therefore, the position fell to Pu Xiuwen, whose knowledge was second only to Ye Ximing. When Cao Bingwen said this in front of Ye Ximing, didn't he rub salt into Ye Ximing's wounds?

Cao Bingwen seemed to realize that he had said the wrong thing. He said with an embarrassed look: "Look at my mouth, Brother Ye, don't take it to heart. What you have to do now is to take good care of your body. With your knowledge, As long as you take good care of your body, you will definitely have the opportunity to live high in the temple in the future."

Ye Ximing shook his head and said calmly: "I don't think about this anymore, let's talk about you. How are you two preparing?"

Wei Yan shrugged and said nonchalantly: "It was a fluke that I was selected as a scholar at that time. I had no hope at all in this provincial examination and was just going to go through the motions. But Brother Cao, who has worked extremely hard in the past few months, Both Master and Dean Meng said that his article has made great progress and he is very likely to win this time."

Cao Bingwen shook his head when he heard this and said: "I'm not very sure, but you all know the situation of my family. It's okay if I win this time. If I don't win, they will have to live a hard life for me for three years, so I have to effort."

Cao Bingwen's family is also from the village, but their family is different from the Ye family in the past. They have an old family and a small family. They rely entirely on Cao Bingwen's wife to weave cloth for Cao Bingwen to study. Their life is very difficult.

Thinking of the situation of Cao Bingwen's family, Wei Yan sighed, patted Cao Bingwen's shoulder, and encouraged him: "Don't worry, you will definitely win this time. When you win the title, you can let them all live a good life with you." ”

Cao Bingwen smiled bitterly, "I hope so."

"Stop talking about this." Wei Yan glanced in the direction of Ye's house and said to Ye Ximing: "Tell me something happy, Brother Ye, is your sister getting married soon? Your sister is my sister. Don’t forget to treat us to a wedding drink.”

Ye Ximing's face darkened, and he said helplessly: "You are really good at picking topics. I'm afraid you won't be able to drink my sister's wedding wine for a while."

"Oh?" Wei Yan was confused, "I remember Brother Ye, wasn't your sister engaged before? Do you think she is too young and want to keep her for another two years?"

Ye Ximing said coldly: "We have retreated a long time ago."

Wei Yan's eyes flashed brightly when he heard this. He was right. This was really a happy thing that people loved to hear and see.

After that, the three simply chatted about the article. After chatting for a while, Ye Ximing became tired and his face gradually became ugly. Wei Yan and Cao Bingwen stopped disturbing Ye Ximing and stood up to leave.

After the two left, Ye Ximing went back to the house and rested for a while before his complexion improved slightly.

Zhou Ran also chatted with Ye Ximing and told Ye Ximing what he had planned for a long time, "When I went to Linglong Embroidery Workshop to deliver embroidered handkerchiefs today, I met someone choosing embroidery products in the embroidery workshop, and I overheard it. , the man said that he chose the embroidery to celebrate Dean Meng’s birthday. I thought, didn’t Dean Meng mention something to you? Do you think you should also prepare a birthday gift for Dean Meng? "

Ye Ximing's eyes darkened slightly. He looked at Zhou Ran inquiringly for a long time before he said, "What birthday gift do you think I should give to Dean Meng?"

"How about giving embroidery as a gift?" Zhou Ran said with a smile: "I just happened to embroider a picture of two reed ducks. It would be appropriate to ask my elder brother to help add the base and give it to Dean Meng."

Seeing that Ye Ximing just looked at her without saying anything, Zhou Ran continued: "Let me show you, my embroidery is actually quite good. I will definitely not embarrass you."

Ye Ximing glanced at Zhou Ran's unfolded picture of reeds and double ducks, and pointedly said: "The embroidery is indeed very good and very timely."

(End of this chapter)