farmer's husband

Chapter 91

However, although Mrs. Wang scolded the proprietress of the silk thread shop harshly, she was not stupid enough to have trouble with money.

The price of a four-cent handkerchief is twice as much as what they usually embroider!It just so happens that the fur colors of the cats are mostly gray, black, white and yellow, which are colors that they don't usually use for embroidery, and they have a pile of these silk threads at home that are useless!Wang simply took out all these threads and stuffed them to Chun Zhi: "I've given you all these, so hurry up and embroider a few more cats!"

Chunzhi is also happy to obey.A few days ago, she could only embroider the cat secretly, for fear that Mrs. Wang would scold her if she found out.Well now, this matter was publicly supported by Mrs. Wang, so what else should she be taboo about?
Following the portraits that Chai Dong drew for her, she enlarged the cat that had been embroidered on the hydrangea before, and embroidered it on the handkerchief again.

This month, she spent most of her time embroidering cats.

When I went to the town next month, the proprietress of the silk thread shop held these handkerchiefs, and she nodded with joy.

"These are good! They are even more beautifully embroidered than the veil last time, and they will definitely sell!"

"Then did you sell that square handkerchief last time?" Chun Zhi asked in a low voice.

"Oh, it's sold." The proprietress immediately accepted it with a smile on her face again, "My man has been carrying a load of goods to the lower village for a few days ago, but he met a young lady from a rich man's family who wanted to buy silk thread, and then my man I showed her the square handkerchief, and she fell in love with it, so I bought it for five cents!"

She spread five fingers and compared them with the number five. "You see, in fact, we only earn a penny of your hard-earned money. My man walks around the streets all day long, and the little money he earns is not as good as you!"

"I got it, I got it!" Mrs. Wang interrupted her impatiently, "So these handkerchiefs are still collected by the side, right?"

"Oh, my good sister, you are such a kind and considerate person!" The proprietress nodded quickly.

Wang Shi curled her lips and threw the handkerchief over. "You should stop feeding me the ecstasy soup, and count the money quickly!"

The proprietress hurriedly collected the handkerchiefs, counted the amount, and then turned around to get money for them.

After getting the money and going out, Wang's face suddenly darkened again.

"They definitely sold those veils for more than five cents! Otherwise, she wouldn't be so happy and just take today's ones away!" She said angrily.

Chunzhi nodded. "I can see it too. When I went out just now, she kept telling me to embroider more next month, which means that they have definitely found their next home!"

"This black heart!" Wang couldn't help scolding again.

But after scolding, they still have to accept their fate.No way, who told them to be short of money?Now they can't find a better way to sell handkerchiefs.

Chai Dong was by their side, listening to them scolding the proprietress and his wife together, he just kept his face sullen and didn't say a word.

He waited until he got home before he closed the door and talked to Chun Zhi. "Actually, it's not impossible to get rid of their restraint."

Harue's eyes brightened immediately!

"What idea did you think of again? Tell me quickly!" She quickly jumped over and pulled his sleeve.

Although it was already autumn, the autumn tiger was still powerful, so the clothes on both of them were thin.Now Chun Zhi took the initiative to move towards him, the distance between the two of them was so close, he could see the slightly swollen lump on her chest as soon as he lowered his head, and the fresh girlish fragrance on her body also penetrated into his nostrils, which attracted his heart There was a restlessness.

He quickly pulled back his sleeves. "Speak well, just talk, don't touch your hands!"

Chun Zhi was taken aback by the training, and then he realized it.

She couldn't help snickering twice, and took a step back. "Got it, is it okay now? Can you tell me what you think?"

"In fact, the method is also simple. If you want to do a good job in one line, then there are only two ways to go—either make it big or make it fine." Chai Dong said in a deep voice.

"But with the current conditions of our family, there is absolutely no condition to make it bigger." Chun Zhi whispered.

Chai Dong nodded. "So, the only way to go is to be fine. And the things you make now may be good in this small place in the town, but if you change to a bigger place, I'm afraid it won't be good enough Just like the embroidered pieces we saw in the county last time, do you think you can compare to them?"

Chunzhi shook his head. "Incomparable."

She is self-aware, and her basic needlework skills are not bad, but she has only learned embroidery and color matching from Wang for less than a year, so she can barely be said to be an beginner.But compared with those embroiderers who have more than ten years of experience, her things can't be seen at all!

Of course, Chai Dong also understood her disadvantages, so he went on to say: "Right now, we can't win in skills, so we can only start from other aspects. If possible, it is best to start from someone else Attack at places that have never been considered, so that you can win by surprise and make your name in one breath."

Chun Zhi kept nodding, like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Sanggong, you are right, you really think long-term! Then, have you thought of where you can start?"

Chai Dong slapped his face. "I don't know how to embroider. Now I'm just giving you advice based on my own little understanding of the general rules of the world. But as for where to start, I'm a layman, and I won't tell you how to do it. You have to figure it out yourself Find and touch."

Let her find out by herself?
Chunzhi suddenly lost face.

She never thought of doing anything famous in her life, let alone anything surprising!And under the current conditions, she really couldn't think of a suitable place to study.

Chai Dong naturally saw her struggle.He slowly reached out and patted her on the shoulder: "I didn't say that you must figure out a way now. Throughout the ages, people who can accomplish great things have never thought of a way right away, nor is everyone the first to think of a way." You can succeed with just one try. We don’t have to worry, just take our time. At least for now, a handkerchief costs four cents, and this price is not bad.”

Chun Zhi nodded quickly. "I see."

But, how can you win by surprise?She couldn't help but start thinking about it, so that she didn't sleep well for the next few days.

However, she has been unable to sleep for a few days.After all, immediately afterwards, the cotton in the field also began to bloom.The family started picking cotton from dawn to dusk. The picked cotton was cleaned up and dried in the sun. After drying, most of the cotton was directly bagged and sold to the merchants who came to receive the goods.

The family of three is so busy that they hardly have time to drink quietly at home, and the time of being confused is already at the end of the year.

In order to save for Chaidong's travel expenses for the provincial exam next year, the family interplanted cotton in the melon field this year.Most of the harvested cotton was sold, and they were exchanged for more than one or two taels of silver. Of course, these were collected by the Wang family.

There were also a few small sacks of cotton left, which Wang specially used to spin and weave the family to make new clothes.

So, they dried the cotton in the sun, and then asked someone to remove the seeds.After the seeds are removed, only pure cotton is left. Wang spins the cotton into thread, and then weaves the thread into cloth after the thread is spun.

Because the veils that Chunzhi embroiders are fresh kittens now sell for more money, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law now have a clear division of labor—Chunzhi embroiders, and Wang's spins, each doing his own thing.

It's just that Mrs. Wang is used to cursing, and now Chun Zhi can hear her scolding non-stop when she is spinning.

"Get away from me, get away from me, do you hear me, don't come close to me anymore! I don't know that you are shedding wool? The cotton that was sold before, you can just roll and rub on it, anyway, the wool If it falls in, it can add a little weight, and it will make money for our family. But now, this thread is used to make new clothes for my son! If your hair falls in, the color of the thread and cloth will be mixed! My son You will be laughed at if you go out wearing such clothes! Do you hear me, get out of here quickly, and don’t mess with my line! Otherwise, be careful that I will pull all the hair off your body, I think Why do you still lose your hair and come here to rub!"

Chunzhi was doing embroidery work on the side, and she could hardly listen to her continuous cursing.

"Stop messing around there, come to me." She hurriedly called the cats over.

In this family, the cats listen to her most.So as soon as Chunzhi finished speaking, those cats who were wandering around Wang's side all leaned towards her.

Chunzhi quickly put down the work at hand, and patted their heads one by one. "Don't be sad, my mother didn't mean to get angry with you, huh?"

The cats hurriedly meowed, and they were extremely well-behaved.

Wang Shi saw it, and she snorted again. "You don't touch them too, be careful that their hair gets on your thread and messes up your thread!"

"It's okay to do mine! It was originally embroidered with cats, so if you add some cat fur to it, it might make people feel more real!" Chun Zhi shook his head with a smile.

As soon as the words fell, she suddenly stood up as if she had thought of something.

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that before?"

(End of this chapter)