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Chapter 88 How Much Money Should I Give You?

Xiu Niang and Liu Shi got out of the car, and they stood beside the car chatting, looking at the bushes by the road from time to time.

While talking, Mrs. Liu brought her embroidery basket from the car, and took out a silk handkerchief for Xiu Niang to have a look at, "Sister, look at my embroidery."

Xiu Niang glanced at it, and saw that the silk handkerchief in Liu's hand was powdery, and there were only a few small flowers embroidered on the corners, not complicated, simple and clear, just right.

She smiled and nodded, "Well, Sister-in-law Six, your hands are getting more and more dexterous. These handkerchiefs you embroidered will definitely fetch a good price."

Mrs. Liu grinned, touched Xiu Niang with her elbow, and looked at her embroidery with joy, "Hey, what is getting more and more coincidental, just these few little flowers are so troublesome, let's do it again, I Didn't this go through your suggestion..."

Xiu Niang looked at Mrs. Liu's cheerfulness, which was quite different from a few days ago. She remembered that when she came to find her with a silk handkerchief worth 20 yuan, she had a sad face and kept complaining about Mr. Ji six.

She said a few words of comfort to Mrs. Liu, and then asked about the situation. It turned out that Ji Laoliu didn't discuss with her, and the master took over a batch of embroidery work carelessly.

The main thing is to embroider something on these silk handkerchiefs, no matter what is embroidered, as long as it looks good with it.

Originally, Mrs. Liu thought it was not too difficult, so she embroidered a few house sparrows on a piece of handkerchief. Although it was not as cute as Xiu Niang, it was still passable, but it was just passable.

What do you think, this little house sparrow in the country is dumb, can't fly or jump, it's only suitable for staying on the pillow case, on the quilt, if you want to embroider that soft and smooth Put on the silk handkerchief, that would be fatal.

Originally, this little house sparrow had a lot of needles and threads, so it would be heavy to embroider on the silk handkerchief, and the silk handkerchief would be twisted into a ball, making it crumpled.

But this point can be put aside for the time being, just to talk about another point.

Mrs. Liu embroidered the silk handkerchief of the house sparrow. If you look at it from a distance, it looks like someone wrapped two dead house sparrows with a silk handkerchief, but he is very cautious.

Xiuniang learned this from the very beginning. When Mrs. Liu stayed with her in the back room, the light was relatively dark. When Mrs. Liu spread the silk handkerchief for her to see, she was suddenly startled and almost yelled. Out.

But facing Liu Shi's mournful face, she still swallowed the shock, seeing that Liu Shi was really helpless, so she came to her for advice.

Xiu Niang looked at the yarn-dyed silk handkerchief that was pleasing to the touch, it was soft and silky to the touch, it was indeed a good material, in fact such a good silk handkerchief, there was no need to add anything extra on it.

So after much deliberation, Xiu Niang asked Liu Shi to embroider some trinkets on that unremarkable and inconspicuous place, which might be more eye-catching.

Fortunately, Mrs. Liu was also flexible, so she embroidered some flowers and plants on the corners of the silk handkerchief, which looked really good.

Mrs. Liu put the silk handkerchief into the basket with a smile, and looked at the woods after meeting, "Hey, why are those two elders so chatty? They haven't come out for a while. It's so hard to change clothes." Is it strenuous?"

Xiu Niang straightened up, and looked into the woods thoughtfully, "Maybe it's because there are many branches in the tree, this hook is not a good move...Brother, Chu Ge, are you alright?"

The voices of brothers Chu Ge and Chu Fu came from the woods, "It will be soon, it will be fine."

Xiu Niang pursed her lips and said to Mrs. Liu, "Sister-in-law Six, let's wait a little longer."

Mrs. Liu looked at it and responded, and said, "Hey, you are too, sister. Why didn't we just leave earlier? Why did you ask the boss and Chu Ge to change their clothes?"

Xiu Niang looked at her and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law Liu, didn't I say earlier that my uncle is going to see a job today, how can he be dressed like that? How can you work with that long-sleeved long dress?" Is it?"

Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "Hey, you are weird. You have to wear better clothes when you go to see a job. Haven't you heard that people rely on clothes and saddles, and good clothes can pass the test."

Xiu Niang laughed, "Sister-in-law Six, why are you talking about the same thing as my mother-in-law?"

Liu Shi said, "Is this the reason?"

Xiu Niang shook her head, and said, "Sister-in-law Six, I don't think so. My uncle is going to see a job, and he's not going to be a guest. What are you doing in such a nice dress?"

Mrs. Liu heard what Xiuniang said, so she thought about it, this job has to look like a job, if the boss of the Chu family wears that big long gown, then the foreman will see it, and he has nothing to do with him Are you calling the boss?

This time Chu Ge and Chu Fu came out, and they changed their clothes. Chu Fu was wearing a short coat, showing his bare arms. Although he was not as strong as Chu Ge, he looked very capable.

He tugged on his jacket and said with a smile, "Hey, it's still light to wear."

Chu Ge was wearing a new long-sleeved dress, which looked loose and didn't fit well, but he was really handsome.

He stared at Xiuniang for a moment, looked at her eyes full of joy, guessed that he wanted to make him wear it like this from now on, he shook his head hastily, and said, "The clothes are very stuffy, not breathable. ..."

Xiu Niang smiled at him, "Then we won't wear it next time."

Chu Fu moved his arms, chatted with Xiu Niang and the others, patted himself on the shoulder, and entered Shangyang Village.

"My brother and sister, thank you, my body is just right now, and the foreman will ask me to lift something later... I can stand up to my shoulders right now... Hehe, then I'll go first."

Chu Ge tugged at the neckline uncomfortably, turned around and said to Xiuniang and Liu Shi, "Sister-in-law Liu, Xiuniang, let's go too, don't get too late."

Xiu Niang and Liu Shi responded, and moved to sit on the car. They put their feet beside them so that they could sit still.

Chu Ge picked up the hem of his clothes and got into the car, carefully tucking up the clothes so that the wheels of the car beside him would not be caught in it.

He asked the two women a question, and after listening to their agreement, he walked forward with the rein swaying.

Mrs. Liu kept chattering along the way, mostly chatting with Xiuniang, and occasionally yelling at Chu Ge.

When Xiu Niang saw her, she could only try to find something to talk to Liu Shi, so that she wouldn't distract Chu Ge.

Although this Chu Ge was driving a bullock cart, it was not dangerous, but half of the road was paved with small pits and big stones, if he accidentally ran over it, the cart might overturn.

After about half an hour, they finally entered the town.

Chu Ge parked the car in an open space, avoiding the passing cars and horses, Xiu Niang and Liu Shi got out of the car, and they were discussing how to go.

Mrs. Liu is going to work in an embroidery workshop in the back alley, Chu Ge is going to the back street to buy rice noodles, and Xiu Niang is going to the front street, which is at the entrance of the town, away from the back street and the back street. Alleys are far away.

Xiu Niang murmured after thinking about it, and leaned over to put the bamboo basket on her back, "If not, I'll take the Erbao vine first, and then I'll go to the back street to find you."

The back street and the back alley are separated by a road, just take a detour, and Liu is anxious to pay for the embroidery, "Hey, that's okay, or we don't know what to expect. When will the trouble...Chuge, why don't we go first."

Chu Ge helped Xiu Niang carry the bamboo basket on his back. He originally wanted to wait for Xiu Niang to go shopping together, but this time he borrowed the ox cart from Mrs. Six's family, so he was embarrassed to tell her to wait for them couple.

He thought about it and said, "Then Xiuniang, I will go to the back alley with my sister-in-law first, and then I will go shopping in the back alley. Is it?"

Xiu Niang grabbed the strap and lifted it up, turned around and took the egg basket, and left after saying a word, "Hey, I know that, you and Sixth Sister-in-Law go ahead first, I'll go over when I'm done hugging."

She carried a bamboo basket to look for the signboard, and when she saw the signboard of Tairen Pharmacy, she passed by, but she didn't go into the shop, but looked at the door first.

Fortunately, the guy who had been entertaining her was still there, so she greeted the guy and walked in.

Seeing Xiu Niang, the guy on the cabinet in front of the door glanced at her bamboo basket, and saw that there were more local eggs to eat, so he also greeted her with a smile.

The guy took Xiuniang to the backyard, found a quiet place for her to sit, and brought her a bowl of fragrant tea when it was over.

Xiu Niang unloaded the bamboo basket, put it at her feet and sat down, taking advantage of the manager's absence, she pushed the basket of eggs to him.

The guy was very happy to see it, he thanked him and didn't shirk it, he looked for a diabolo basket and threw eggs from Xiu Niang's basket.

Waiting for Xiuniang's bamboo basket to be empty, the man held the bamboo basket and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, wait for a while, and I will call the shopkeeper for you. Recently, the shopkeeper opened another medicine store in a foreign country." , that also needs Erbao Vine."

After hearing this, Xiu Niang replied, knowing what to do, she smiled and said, "That's troublesome brother."

The guy went out first with the egg basket in his arms, and another guy came after a while. As usual, he first took her Erbao rattan to see how fine it was, weighed it, and waited for their internal experts to check and accept it. Come out and pay the silver.

Xiu Niang drank the bowl of tea to the bottom, and was about to call for someone to pour some more when she saw the manager of the field coming down the stairs.

When he saw Xiuniang, he exchanged a few words of greeting first, and then frowned and babbled embarrassingly, saying that Xiuniang had brought too many Erbao vines with him this time, and he didn't need this basket now, and the Erbao The vines are so expensive, it's not good for him to keep them all.

After hearing this, Xiu Niang just smiled, "It's okay, shopkeeper Tian, ​​you can keep as much as you want this time, and I will take the rest back by myself."

Shopkeeper Tian saw Xiu Niang's unhurriedness, and after thinking about it, he said, "Hey, since my sister-in-law took the trouble to bring it, how can I ask you to take it back? That's it, I want it all." gone."

Talking about Shopkeeper Tian, ​​she began to take out the money, Xiu Niang smiled and said thank you, muttering in her heart, what the old guy said just now, he just wanted her to speak up, saying that as long as he took all the Erbao vines in the basket If it's down, she can give me less money.

Originally, if she hadn't listened to what the guy said, the shopkeeper Tian opened another medicine shop in a foreign country, and she also wanted the Erbao vine. receive.

Shopkeeper Tian took out the taels of silver that he had prepared long ago and put them on the table, "This is 26 taels of silver. Please take a look, sister-in-law. Someone will take down your bamboo basket soon."

Xiu Niang looked at it and counted in her heart, but she didn't put it away, she just said, "Master Tian, ​​now we can settle our accounts, the matter I entrusted to you earlier..."

Shopkeeper Tian nodded with a smile, took out an envelope from his sleeve, and pushed it in front of Xiuniang, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, everything has been settled."

(End of this chapter)