The beauty of the lady

Chapter 40 The Secret
It's really good to be able to come to this kind of family. The words of the young lady on the first day of her arrival made her very uneasy. Who knows, a month has passed, and the young lady didn't even say a serious word. Obviously, as long as you don't do anything wrong, the family is very talkative.

Mother Li went out with the silver, while Zhou Mei took out two taels of silver and handed it to Chunqin beside her.

"This is yours, keep it. When you get older, Mother will definitely find a good family for you. It's better for a woman to have some dowry in her hand."

When Chunqin heard this, her whole face turned red. It has been a month since she came to Zhou's house, and her sallow face gradually became fairer. Chunqin was already very good, but this month has become exceptionally beautiful. Wake up.

When she grows up, she will also be a beauty embryo.

Mrs. Zhao smiled and nodded over there, "Yes, I will definitely find a good wife for Chunqin in the future."

"If you want to buy rouge and gouache, you can also buy good-looking jewelry and clothes. You can buy them if you save money slowly." Zhou Mei laughed.

Mrs. Zhao picked up a thread stretcher over there. She was making a silk handkerchief for her daughter. Now her body is getting better and better. She can walk around the house for a while without someone's support these days, which makes her feel better. I feel much more comfortable.

"Meier's birthday is coming soon, so let's have a good time at home." The family hasn't had a lot of fun for a long time, and now that the days are better, there must be a good thing to counteract the bad luck.

Zhou Mei nodded, "Okay, just do what mother said."

After putting the silver into the cash box, Zhou Mei thought for a while before she said to her: "Mother, when we have money, can we buy fertile land? I'm thinking about opening a grain store in the future, don't we all say that food is the most important thing for the people?" .”

Mrs. Zhao nodded after thinking for a moment, "I think it's okay. Most of the big families in the capital sell the grain on their farms for money, and these years...then open a grain store."

There are some things that she didn't say. During the 12 years of the emperor's reign, he suppressed the nobles of the Hou family a lot. The assets in their hands were also confiscated by the emperor for various reasons. Even the farms in their hands were forced to sell for their livelihood. I heard that the emperor is seriously ill, who knows how long it can last, even if it lasts for three to five years, then all the government affairs of the Great Yan Dynasty will fall into the hands of that prince, it is really terrible, she was still the queen at that time The empress dowager gave birth to the little prince, and she followed her mother into the palace to see it. Who knew that in just over ten years, such a method would be used. Just thinking about it makes people feel horrified.

"Well, we don't have anyone in our hands right now. It won't work if we want to collect food. We can only wait for a few more years. If we can meet the right person, we can buy it to be the shopkeeper of the north-south licensed goods. If it doesn't work, we can buy a few. A shrewd and clever boy, it’s okay to teach slowly, but I think it’s a good deal if I have land in my hand.”

Hearing her daughter talking eloquently, Mrs. Zhao felt that she didn't know much about the daughter she gave birth to. She seemed to understand some things even though she had never said them before.

It's just that no matter whether she really understands it or hit it by mistake, it is indeed her credit to be able to live such a life now, and there is no need to ask.

"Whatever you want, just do it. When your mother was your age, she also read and wrote with your grandmother, and also did female red embroidery. Do you want to learn embroidery?" Girls, you still have to learn It's good to learn from female celebrities, otherwise, if you only know how to make money, then when you go to your in-law's house, you will only be in charge of the rewards, and you can't make close-fitting clothes for your husband, and your mother-in-law will not think highly of it.

However, maybe even if you learn it, the mother-in-law still doesn't like it, isn't she like this.

Zhou Mei did not refute, but nodded naturally, "Okay, I will learn from my mother."

I thought it would be easy, but when I really waited to pick up the embroidery needle, I realized that it is easy to look at the flowers and difficult to embroider, but she has never been a person who gives up lightly, let alone give up halfway.

At the end of the first day, she felt helpless looking at her fingertips that had been pierced with several holes, but she also found that as long as she worked hard, she might embroider a teal in a few months.

In a blink of an eye, it was February [-]th, which was Zhou Mei's birthday.

At noon, Ms. Li and Ms. Wang cooked a table of delicious dishes, and Mrs. Zhao also invited the neighbors, the widow and grandparents, to have dinner together.

After the two families had a lively lunch, Zhou Mei asked Chunqin to play with the little guy with various snacks, while Mrs. Zhao was doing embroidery work with the old lady and Zhou Mei in the room.

Mrs. Zhao knows Su embroidery, and when she saw the old lady's embroidery work, she was also very surprised.

"Aunt Qu, are you Sichuan embroidery?" Mrs. Qu embroidered the front of a dress, and judging from the size, it was embroidered for her grandson. It was koi playing with lotus, and the red and white koi were in the emerald green lotus leaves. Playing, a slender and soft lotus bud seems to be in full bloom, let alone Zhao, even Zhou Mei, who doesn't know anything about embroidery, was deeply attracted after seeing it, it looks like a living flower. It looks like a thing, and if you look at it closely, it seems that you can smell the faint fragrance of lotus.

"Grandma Qu, your koi lotus is so beautiful." Zhou Mei admired sincerely.

Old lady Qu narrowed her eyes when she heard Zhou Mei's praise.

She threw her little clothes in front of the two of them, and said with a smile: "Sister Mei, do you want to learn?"

Zhou Mei was slightly taken aback, then looked up at the silver-haired old man, smiled and nodded, "Think, Grandma Qu will teach me?"

"Teach, as long as you want to learn, I will teach you. The old lady is old and has no daughters or granddaughters. I don't know when to close her eyes. This embroidery work will be ruined. If sister Mei wants to learn, then It couldn't be better." Mrs. Qu smiled and nodded.

She likes this little girl very much. These days, she has watched her take care of the whole house in an orderly manner and take care of her mother's recovery. Needless to say, she is filial, and a filial child is not pregnant anywhere.

After discovering these days, she feels that this family is all good people, the head of the family is simple and honest, the wife is virtuous and kind, and she also takes good care of their grandparents and grandchildren, which makes her feel very comfortable.

Mrs. Zhao raised her hand to caress the vivid koi. This kind of craftsmanship is really rare.

"Aunt Qu, your embroidery is absolutely incomparable, not to mention uncanny workmanship." Zhao said with emotion.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Qu's next sentence shocked Zhao Shi and Zhou Mei on the spot.

"Ma'am, I was the chief manager of the Embroidery Bureau in the palace decades ago. This is still a small sample. I have embroidered dragon robes for two generations of emperors before."

"So powerful?" Zhou Mei was speechless.

Obediently, I embroidered a dragon robe.

Really can't see it.

"It's no wonder that Aunt Qu's grandson is so young." Ordinary court ladies will be released from the palace when they are over 26 years old, but those like Aunt Qu must be released later, or even not at all, depending on her age , presumably ran into the rebellion of the vassal king more than 30 years ago, so he escaped from the palace.

(End of this chapter)