farmer's husband

Chapter 13
As soon as Wang turned her head, she saw Chun Zhi's disapproving expression, and her face was ugly again.

"Don't think that you can be lazy when your man goes out! Hurry up and tidy up the house, let's go to the street!" She shouted at Chun Zhi.

"Going to the street?" Chun Zhi was taken aback, "What are you doing on the street?"

"Of course it's for my son!" Wang replied loudly, "If it wasn't because I was busy marrying you, I would have gone to the street a long time ago. Now that the white flour at home is gone, if I don't go, my son will be in trouble at night." Hungry!"

While speaking, she had already returned to her room.After a while, she saw a basket on her arm, and the basket was covered with a piece of gray cloth, and she didn't know what was in the basket.

"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry up and leave!" She gave Bai Chunzhi another look.

Chun Zhi hurriedly followed.

The two left the house, Mrs. Wang locked the door, and the two walked out together.

This time they are going to Shitong Town where Wangjia Village is located.Chun Zhi had never been to this place before, so she obediently followed Wang all the way.

The two walked for more than an hour before finally arriving at the gate of the town.

After entering the town, the Wang family walked over to a silk thread shop on the right front.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the shop, the proprietress of the silk thread shop came out cheerfully. "Sister Wang, you're here! I'm still wondering these days, you should have come a few days earlier, but why did it take so long this time?"

"My son married a wife, and I've been busy with that these days." Wang replied.

"So that's how it is!" The proprietress hurriedly looked at Chunzhi standing behind, she nodded quickly, "Your daughter-in-law is really pretty, and you can tell that she is a diligent child at first glance, and you will be able to enjoy the blessings in the future!"

"What kind of blessings do you enjoy? You're clumsy, you don't know anything, you're almost worrying me to death!" Wang said angrily.

The proprietress laughed a few times, stopped talking about this topic, and quickly told them to go inside.Mrs. Wang also went generously.

It seems that she is very familiar with the proprietress of this silk thread shop?Chunzhi was secretly surprised.

Speaking of which, this is the first time she has entered such a shop!

Her family is poor, and there are nine people in her family. They are struggling to eat, let alone clothes.Since she was a child, she wore coarse cloth woven by her mother herself. The cloth was cut into loose clothes after using a few feet more. At first, it was loose and bulky on her body, and it did not show her figure at all.But the advantage of doing this clothes is that it can be worn by her for a few more years.When she grows up and can't wear it anymore, the clothes will be worn by her younger sisters.She still has a lot of clothes that her mother's worn-out clothes were resized for her.

Even the cloth is tight, let alone embroidered on it.Those are things that rich people use to decorate their facades.

However, after all, it is also the home of girls who love beauty.Every time she went to the street with her little sisters, she would sneak a few glances at the silk thread shop.Although I can't use those colorful silk threads, it's good to have a few more glances and to trace those beautiful patterns quietly in my heart.

Originally, I thought that I could only watch quietly in this life.However, Chun Zhi never expected that the current self would have the opportunity to enter the shop and touch these silk threads up close.Even, this time she not only came in, but also went directly to the back hall of the silk thread shop!
Different from her country bumpkin's appearance when she entered the city, Wang Shi has a normal expression since she entered the town.

After following the proprietress to the back, she put the basket in her hand on the table.

The proprietress lifted the gray cloth covering her head, and her eyes immediately began to shine.Chun Zhi followed suit, and she immediately let out a low wow.

I saw a thick stack of handkerchiefs and purses in the basket in front of me.The fabric quality of these things is average, just ordinary cotton cloth, but the embroidery on them is very delicate.

The proprietress picked up the things and looked at them one by one, and Harue took the opportunity to feast her eyes.I saw many patterns embroidered with various colored silk threads on those things, and there were tender green grasses and budding flowers.There are not many silk threads used, and some patterns are only adorned in a few places, but the flowers and plants are all vivid, just like the real thing.The originally unremarkable handkerchief purse became lively after being decorated so simply.

Chun Zhi looked so excited that she really wanted to steal a handkerchief and keep it by her hand to play with.

At this time, she looked at Wang with a little admiration in her eyes.

Originally, she thought that her mother-in-law had nothing to do but roll around, but she didn't expect that her mother-in-law has such vivid embroidery skills!

The proprietress is also full of praise for these things.

After carefully looking at the things, she was sure they were all good, and after counting the number of pieces, she went into the back room and took a bag of copper coins and handed it to Mrs. Wang: "We agreed earlier, a handkerchief costs two pennies, and a purse costs three pennies. Now There are thirty handkerchiefs and ten purses, which are ninety cash in total. I give you the money, and you count it."

Wang hurriedly poured out all the copper coins and counted them, no more, no less, exactly ninety copper coins, and she was satisfied to pack the money again.Then she said to the proprietress: "This time, it's the same as last time. Give me thirty handkerchiefs and ten purses. By the way, give me some of your rags and unused silk thread."

"Don't worry, I've prepared these things for you a long time ago, and the ready-made ones are here!" The proprietress skillfully took out a stack of handkerchiefs and purses from under the table and put them in the basket, "The flowers you embroidered last time The hastily sold things are quite good, this time you should embroider those things!"

"That's right." Then the proprietress went to Wang's side again, "This time when my man went to the county to buy goods, there was a big family over there who was preparing gifts for the elders' birthdays, and said they wanted to embroider a Big screen, I’m looking for a good embroiderer everywhere! I think your craftsmanship is pretty good, and you can’t make a lot of money by embroidering these small things every day. Why don’t you try to take over that job? My man listen Said, as long as this thing is embroidered, let alone a tael of silver!"

She held up a finger and sent it to Mrs. Wang.

Wang's eyes lit up.

But she shook her head immediately. "I'm busy."

"Oh, don't you have a daughter-in-law now? From now on, all the family affairs will be handed over to the daughter-in-law. Why don't you concentrate on embroidery?" The proprietress said hurriedly.

"It's just that I have a daughter-in-law, so I don't have time." Wang said coldly, "I have to teach her how to embroider now!"

"Ah? Me?" Chun Zhi was taken aback for a moment, as soon as she heard Wang call her name.

"Of course!" Mrs. Wang squinted at her, "You think our family married you for nothing? There are only a few acres of land in the family, how can you feed a mouth? Although you are a bit older now, hurry up If you study a little, you should be able to learn some skills. Otherwise, my son won't even be able to eat white noodles!"

Uh, so that's what Wang planned?Teach her how to embroider, and then sell it to make money to feed Chai Dong to eat flour?Chunzhi bowed her head speechlessly.

The proprietress nodded repeatedly when she heard this. "This is a good idea! Sister-in-law, you should teach her well first, and when she learns it, you and your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will work together in the future, and you will be able to earn more, and then your son will be able to save money for the exam in Beijing."

"Well, that's what I thought too." Mrs. Wang nodded quickly.

Talking about her son's future, Wang was in a good mood.After chatting with the proprietress for a long time, she collected the money, covered the plain handkerchief, plain purse, and those rags and threads with a gray cloth, and called Chun Zhi to go out together.

When she got outside the shop, Chun Zhi still felt that her mind was spinning, and she hadn't reacted yet.

How could she, a daughter-in-law who looked so vulgar and who at first thought she was not qualified to be an ordinary village woman, have such good embroidery skills?This is too strange!

So, until now, she looked at Wang Shi with a bit of disbelief.

Mrs. Wang walked a few steps forward, and found that she didn't keep up, so she immediately turned around and scolded her: "Are you stupid again? Why don't you hurry up and leave? You're slow, if you delay my son's dinner, you will be fine today." Don't even think about eating tonight!"

Her swearing attracted the attention of many people on the street.

Harue was also awakened by the familiar scolding.Only now did she regain a sense of reality—this person is really her mother-in-law, that's right!

"Oh, it's coming!" She quickly lowered her head, raised her heels and walked over.

Leaving the silk thread shop, Mrs. Wang brought Chun Zhi to the door of a brush and ink shop with her familiarity.

The clerk of the shop obviously also knew Mrs. Wang.Seeing them coming, the man greeted her warmly: "Ma'am, why did you come today? I thought you would never come again! Now, let's still follow the old rules?"

"Yes, the old rules." Mrs. Wang nodded.

"Okay!" The clerk nodded quickly, took out a thin stack of paper, and handed her a few pieces of ink and a brush.Mrs. Wang also grabbed thirty copper coins from the money bag she had just received and handed them to him.

With just such a little thing, the thirty cents are gone, it's like stealing money!Chunzhi said to himself.

But Wang is obviously used to such things.After getting these things, she carefully put them in the basket, and they turned around and went to the pharmacy to grab a few packs of medicine, and then went to the grocery store next door to weigh half a catty of sugar.These cost twenty Wen.

Immediately afterwards, Wang took her to a rice noodle shop on another street.

When she saw the folks from the rice noodle shop come over to say hello to them, Chun Zhi found that she had gotten used to it.

This time, Mrs. Wang threw the money bag directly.The man weighed the bag and nodded cheerfully. "Auntie, wait, I'll meet you right away!"

Seeing that he weighed more than ten catties of noodles, poured a small bottle of oil, and then put these things into the basket for Mrs. Wang. "Fifteen catties of noodles, two taels of oil, it's a lot of weight, just don't worry, ma'am!"

Oh my God!
Harue gritted his teeth in pain.

Fifteen catties of white flour and two taels of oil cost them forty Wen.

In other words, the little money they just exchanged in the silk thread shop was all spent in the blink of an eye!

Her mother-in-law is really extravagant.In other words, he was too willing to give up his son!All the money she earned from working so hard for so long was spent on her son!
If she had saved a little money, their house would not have been so dilapidated.Her mother-in-law... how should I put it, her hands are indeed skillful, but her brain is indeed not very good.

(End of this chapter)