"I look much better now, embroidering pictures in the house. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" The old lady sat in a rocking chair and held the soles of Li Shuifeng's shoes.

Mother Li nodded at this time, and relaxed a little, "As long as it can get better, I'm afraid of leaving something wrong." ”

After leaving a problem, it will affect the marriage, and seeing that the thirteenth is over, it is time to look at others, this sudden occurrence is too scary.

"It's okay, you forgot that when you gave birth to Qiaolan, the monk said that Qiaolan had a catastrophe in her life, and everything went smoothly after it passed. The old lady raised her head and said with a smile.

"That's what I said, but no one saw the shadow, I just hope that she is safe, and I don't dare to ask for anything else. Mother Li turned her back to wipe her tears, the child almost lost her breath that day, and her soul was scared.

"Don't cry, it's unlucky. The child is jumping around, what are you crying, you don't have to be angry! Cooking, the master is coming back for dinner. The old lady didn't like women crying the most, so she frowned and scolded twice.

"Hey, I'm going to cook. ”

"Kill the chicken, stew more soup, and put some red dates for the child to eat. The old lady turned her head and ordered.

"Hey, got it. ”

At noon, Li Shuifeng came back with his son and grandson, and put the fork on the edge of the fence at the door.

"Is Qiaolan better?" Boss Li asked if his daughter was better.

"Much better, don't worry. Mrs. Li replied.

"That's good. "Boss Li is a very kind farmer, he can't say beautiful words, but he is very good to his children.

At noon, I ate stewed chicken and bread pastry, and a small plate of fried bacon with cucumber and fungus in sauce.

Mother Li and sister-in-law cooked the meal and shouted at the door: "Daddy and mother have eaten, and the head of the house has eaten." Qiao Lan came out. ”

"Hey, here we are. Qiao Lan raised her head in response and saw that the magpie had already embroidered half of it, which was not bad.

As soon as Qiao Lan sat down on the table, she found that her bowl was full of meat, and her grandfather, father and others had pickles in their bowls, and they couldn't see the meat slices, which made her heart warm, but she also felt that she couldn't put her mouth down.

She picked some meat for her grandparents, her parents, and her two nephews.

The old lady hurriedly said, "There are not a few pieces of meat, you can eat it." I left the soup for the children, and you eat yours. Then he brought the meat back to her.

"Grandma, I can't eat so much, I'm all right. Qiao Lan smiled.

"Eat, this is from the aunt next door. The sister-in-law said with a smile.

After eating, Qiao Lan went outside for a turn, cut some pigweed and came back to feed the chickens and ducks in the circle, walked around and went back to continue embroidering.

In the afternoon, Qiao Lan was embroidering a handkerchief in the house, and Li's mother was sitting in the yard with the soles of her shoes, when she heard someone shouting outside the yard: "Sister-in-law Li, you are at home." Is Qiaolan better?"

Mother Li stood up and greeted her: "Yo, isn't this the shopkeeper Li? Qiaolan is much better, thank you for remembering. ”

This is the shopkeeper Li of Yunjin Building, who also went out of this village, and now works as a shopkeeper in the city, and the skillful women and daughters-in-law of these ten miles and eight villages have sent him purses and handkerchiefs to sell to earn two pocket money to supplement the family.

Shopkeeper Li patted the soil on his body and said with a smile: "I came to find Qiaolan a little bit of work and wanted to ask her if she did it." ”

"Come in, drink a glass of water and speak slowly. Mrs. Li also heard it in the house, and poured a bowl of sugar water and brought it out.

"Alas, thank you, Auntie. The shopkeeper was not polite, and poured it into his stomach in one go.

Qiao Lan also came out when she heard the movement, and saw the shopkeeper Li, who often dealt with him, so she was very familiar with him, "Uncle Li is here, what are you looking for me?"

Shopkeeper Li sat on the small horse, "That's right, the old lady of the landlord's house on East Street in the city wants to embroider a small kang screen with good news of three yuan for her grandson, I see that only you can do this work, as far as your craftsmanship is the best, I will find you." ”

Qiao Lan thought for a while and asked, "How much is it and how long?"

"She's in a hurry, her grandson is going to take the exam, and if she wants to bring it, it may only take half a month, that is, you have to give it to me next time, and the silver will be rich, twenty taels of silver. Shopkeeper Li gestured two fingers.

Mother Li said eagerly: "My Qiaolantou is still good, but I can't stand it." ”

Qiao Lan thought about it and nodded resolutely, "Mother, I'm fine, the small kang screen is not so big, the pattern is simple, and it is not effortless, our family still owes it, I will take this job." Without hesitation, she quickly agreed.

Mother Li was a little distressed and a little unhappy, "Why are you so stubborn this child." ”

Shopkeeper Li thought for a while and said: "In this way, I will give you a deposit of ten taels of silver first, as well as high-quality snow satin, you don't have to be too anxious, I will talk about delaying it for two more days." ”

Qiao Lan shook her head, "I can do it, I can't make it difficult for you, if you don't come from afar to take care of our family, anyone can embroider this job, I know you are kind enough to help our family, I can embroider." "I just happened to want to embroider the ternary diagram, so I fell asleep and sent a pillow, and I could leave an extra piece of snow to embroider something else.

Mother Li turned her back to wipe her tears, but didn't say anything after all.

Shopkeeper Li laughed and waved his hand, "Don't say this, it's all from the same village, don't you still call me uncle." It's become that I'm gone. ”

As he spoke, he took out ten taels of silver from his pocket and gave it to Mother Li, and rolled a small piece of snow satin and wrapped it in red cloth.

Qiao Lan took it, and Mother Li followed behind to send the shopkeeper Li, "Go slowly." ”

"It's done, don't send it. Shopkeeper Li waved his hand and went back in the car.

The old lady looked at Qiao Lan with some concern, "No, grandma will give you a hand." ”

The old lady's eyes are a little dazzled, the craftsmanship is very good, but the eyes are not good, so she generally doesn't embroider anything, just give the children a soles, and let the children wear needles.

"It's okay, I can do it, it's all right. It's not a big job, otherwise I wouldn't dare to take it, it's not a pity to have twenty taels of silver, won't our family be able to pay back the account? Qiao Lan smiled and went back to the house.

Li's mother was a little worried, but she also knew that the family had to make up the debt in time because of the child's medical treatment, and it was not good for a long time.

In the afternoon, when the masters came back from the field, they learned that Qiao Lan had received a deposit of ten taels for a job, and the boss was a little unhappy, "Why do you go to work if your body is not well, is it someone who said something bad to you?" said the daughter-in-law Zhang.

Zhang Shi was stunned, and waved his hand again and again, "I didn't do anything, besides, my sister-in-law is to save Qingyuan, I can't do this anymore." She was so anxious that her face turned white, and tears rolled in her eyes, a little aggrieved.

Qiao Lan also hurriedly spoke, "I don't have anything to do with my sister-in-law, it's my own idea, people give twenty taels of silver, our family can just pay back the money, I think about not being tired, I'll take it, Ming'er Niang will go and return the money to the village chief." ”