from widow to dame

Chapter 16

The news of Su Huiniang being divorced by the Wang family and the news of a relative working in the capital had spread throughout the entire Wang family within one night.So this morning, when she and Wang Qilang went to the town in a bullock cart, they inevitably received a lot of probing eyes.But for these, Su Huiniang herself didn't care at all, she just tightened her body in order to keep warm.

In this way, at noon, when a group of people finally arrived at "Longquan Town", Su Huiniang immediately led Wang Qilang into a noodle shop.After ordering two bowls of delicious big bone noodles, the two of them felt that they were not so cold after eating the noodles.

Su Huiniang looked at the blushing Wang Qilang and said, "The cold wind has blown all morning, so it's freezing. Let's go to the embroidery shop first, and then go buy cotton clothes." Now Su Huiniang is wearing her only That set of blue clothes was wrapped with a ragged jacket that Mrs. Pi casually threw to her.It was even worse for Wang Qilang, the weather was getting colder day by day, the clothes the two of them wore were fine when they were indoors, but when they went out, they would definitely freeze to death.

The two asked the owner of the front shop for two bowls of hot water, gulped it down, and then went out again.Wang Qilang led Su Huiniang all the way to the home embroidery shop, and saw the plaque hanging high up, with the words "Ruyifang" written on it.

"This is the best embroidery shop in Longquan Town." Wang Qilang said, "Sister Hui's handkerchief was sold to his family."

Su Huiniang nodded, and then the two walked in, who would have thought that as soon as they stepped in, a woman's dissatisfied voice came from inside: "What is the best embroidery shop in Longquan Town, this kind of embroidery, this style How can we get into the eyes of our wife." I saw a well-dressed middle-aged woman with silver jewelry on her head proudly saying to the embroidery shop owner who was bowing non-stop: "Tell you that we will be here in half a year. It's a happy day for Miss Jia, but look, the wedding dresses sent by your Ruyifang are either old-fashioned or ordinary in embroidery, if they are worn out, it will not embarrass our Chen family."

"Yes yes yes!" The owner of the embroidery shop kept company, no, he was sweating profusely, when he looked up, he saw Su Huiniang and Su Huiniang suddenly, his small eyes suddenly brightened scary. With a surprised expression on his face, he hurried over, grabbed Wang Qilang's small arm, and said excitedly: "I finally waited for you!"

Wang Qilang frowned, and without hesitation knocked off the hand that was holding his arm.The owner of the embroidery shop didn't care, instead he turned around and said excitedly to the middle-aged woman: "Auntie, the lady in your family's wedding dress has been lost, this child knows a very good embroidery lady, then The embroidered things are vivid and very beautiful, and those few handkerchiefs you bought back a few days ago were made by that embroiderer."

The middle-aged woman was really moved when she heard that, she had seen those handkerchiefs before, and both the wife and the lady liked them very much, the style was not even available in Beijing.At this moment, Wang Qilang blinked slightly, and suddenly said to the two: "Are you looking for that embroiderer?"

The owner of the embroidery shop kept nodding his head. He was also annoyed by this middle-aged woman. She was too picky. He changed a wedding dress over and over again but could not satisfy them. He was afraid of offending her. The Zhao Mansion was a well-behaved Zhuang business, but it became a troublesome matter.

"You're lucky." Wang Qilang snorted softly, raised his head to the side, and said somewhat proudly: "This is my sister Hui, she is the embroidery lady you are looking for." However, the owner of the embroidery shop and the middle-aged woman were slightly startled.It is said that the mind can be dexterous, and the person who can embroider those beautiful patterns in their likeness, even if it is not a good-looking woman, at least she should be a Xiaojiabiyu level.Never thought that the ugly woman with ragged clothes, red spots on her face, would be that embroiderer with excellent embroidery skills.

Seeing the astonished look of the two and the distrustful eyes of the middle-aged woman, Su Huiniang couldn't help smiling, and slowly opened the package in her hand, and saw that there were five handkerchiefs inside as usual. When she saw the handkerchief, she embroidered The shop owner will know that this ugly woman is really the right owner.

"Boss, is it still two taels of silver, can I accept it?"

"Of course I accept it." The owner of the embroidery shop immediately changed his attitude and became extremely attentive.This handkerchief is selling very well. Many ladies from the big families in the town have come to ask. He charges two taels of silver a piece, and he can sell it for six or seven taels. It can be said to be a double profit. .

However, Su Huiniang knew that the reason why her handkerchiefs were sold at such a high price was simply because she used patterns that were more than 60 years later. It can't be sold at this price.

"Boss, besides these five handkerchiefs, I also embroidered one more thing. Please hold your hand to see how much it can sell for." Su Huiniang carefully pulled out a bright red handkerchief from the bottom of the package as she spoke. When the silk came, she shook her hand and picked it up, as if there were countless butterflies rushing toward her face.

"Ah!" The middle-aged woman immediately screamed, her eyes widened, and she kept watching.You can see that the bright red silk is in the shape of a square, decorated with bright yellow pearl tassels on the four sides, and on it are embroidered with colored threads into pieces of peony flowers. On the flowers, there are countless butterflies fluttering in the wind, red, green, blue, and so on. Purple, some smell the flower heart lightly, some dance lightly, it is really beautiful and dazzling.

"This is... a hijab?" After a long while, the owner of the embroidery shop regained his composure and looked at Su Huiniang with admiration in his eyes.

"That's right, this hijab is called Die Lian Hua, which means cherishing each other and being in love with each other." Su Huiniang said with a light smile, "Does the boss want it?"

Before the embroidery shop owner opened his mouth, the middle-aged woman impatiently stepped forward and said, "I want it!"

Su Huiniang glanced at her and acted slightly stunned.

"Ahem, I'm the mother in charge of Mr. Chen's family in Longquan Town. To be honest, the eldest lady of our Lin family is due to get married in half a year, but I have always been dissatisfied with the wedding dress I made, so..." The woman's eyes lingered on Die Lianhua's happy cap reluctantly for a moment: "Well, if you tell me the price, just sell it to us."

Su Huiniang showed some embarrassment when she heard the words, and glanced at the owner of Xipu.Knowing that today was destined to be truncated, the owner of the embroidery shop gave a wry smile, and suddenly said to Su Huiniang: "Well, this Xigai is the most exquisite one I've seen in so many years, and the meaning is good. If the bride builds this, she will win a lot of money."

Hu Niang Su smiled slightly: "The boss has won the award, but this hijab really took a lot of effort from the little girl, so I want to sell it for a good price."

"Well, such a good embroidery, you can get it anywhere in the market, it's worth 50 taels!" The embroidery shop owner said loudly.

Su Huiniang glanced at him with a smile, and said to herself, business people really winked.

"The little girl hasn't been out for a long time, and she doesn't know the market situation, but since the boss has said so, then 50 taels of silver, madam, do you think it's worth it?"

Su Huiniang originally thought that what the woman said would make things difficult for her, but who would have thought that this person said almost immediately: "Okay, no problem, but I really didn't bring so much money when I came out this time, why don't you come with me?" Come to the mansion. And as I said before, our lady has never picked out a suitable wedding dress, you are so good at embroidery, if you can take on this job, there will be plenty of money for you to earn." These words hit Su Huiniang right on the head. She immediately nodded and said hello happily.

In this way, Su Huiniang and Wang Qilang followed the woman all the way to the northwest of the town, and after a while, they came to a wealthy family.The woman led the two of them in through a corner gate, Su Huiniang swept her eyes, and saw that the house had a square layout, with green tiles and vermilion eaves, and there were constant visits of servants during this period, a sense of prosperity and affluence came over her face.It's just that in Su Huiniang's "previous life", she really saw a lot of those palaces and marquises, and she really just glanced casually at the scene in front of her.Seeing Wang Qilang next to her, he couldn't help but immediately withdraw his gaze from looking around, raised his head slightly, and grabbed Su Huiniang's hand with a solemn expression.Seeing the two siblings like this, the woman nodded secretly, but looked at them more highly.

Soon they were led into a side hall, and after waiting for a while, they were called out again.

"You are quite handy." The person who said this was also a middle-aged woman. I saw that she was wearing a lake-green cotton skirt, covered with a silver fox fur, and wore a set of pearl hair. He is old, but there is a cold and hard feeling on his body, and he can tell at a glance that he is the kind who is used to giving orders.At this time, what she was holding in her hand was the Die Lianhua wedding cover.

"Where is your family from, what's your name, have you ever made a wedding dress?"

"I'm from Wangjiaao, my surname is Su and my name is Huiniang. I only embroidered handkerchiefs and other small items before, but I never embroidered wedding dresses."

"Well, I think my mother has already told you about our family's affairs. You really have nothing to say about your embroidery skills. Being able to follow here shows that you have confidence in yourself. I will leave the wedding dress to you , with all my heart, if we are satisfied, your benefits will be indispensable." The lady was straightforward and quickly finished the matter.Su Huiniang came to Xie, the lady waved her hand, and she led Wang Qilang back out.

Afterwards, the middle-aged woman who led them here handed them 50 taels of silver, and Su Huiniang and the others came out of the Zhao Mansion after receiving the money. It took only a quarter of an hour from entering to coming out. It's neat to do things.

"Sister Hui." Wang Qilang frowned and glanced at her: "Didn't that family ask you to make a wedding dress?"

"Yes!" Su Huiniang nodded in a good mood: "Don't worry, Xiaoqi, at most they will deliver the things to our house by themselves tomorrow."

Wang Qilang was intelligent by nature, he reacted almost immediately when he heard the words, and couldn't help snorting coldly: "She doesn't trust us!"

"It's just human nature." Su Huiniang took his little hand.

The wedding dress is expensive, and the fabrics and embroidery threads used are also worth a lot of money. How can Su Huiniang and her brother appear out of thin air to gain the trust of others? You have to send someone to wipe it out.

(End of this chapter)