In the past few days of the New Year, Gu Sanniang didn't go anywhere with Xiao Yezi, but lived in Shen Zhuo's house in the East Chamber, and his students came to the door one after another, so Shen Zhuo also specially asked Gu Sanniang to cook a few meals for him, and in a blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the first month, at noon on this day, Shen Zhuo invited Aunt Qin's family and Gu Sanniang's mother and daughter to dinner, which was regarded as thanking them for taking care of them for half a year.

Shen Zhuo's banquet was sent by a restaurant outside, so it also provoked Aunt Qin to complain, saying that there were a few serious women in the courtyard, and they didn't waste the money in vain.

When the Shen family invited guests, Aunt Qin led Gu Sanniang and Zhu Xiaoyue and a few children to sit around the kang table to eat, he and Qin Lin were alone at the table, because there was a pot of good wine prepared on the table, Qin Lin couldn't help but eat a few more glasses, tonight is the Lantern Festival, there is no curfew in the county, Qin Lin has to go to duty at night, so he was helped back to the house by Zhu Xiaoyue after eating.

There were a table full of leftovers in the house, Shen Zhuo had just accompanied Qin Lin to eat a few glasses of wine, Gu Sanniang saw his red face, so he stayed to finish, this Shen Zhuo thought that he had eaten too much wine, and even talked a lot more than usual, when Gu Sanniang cleaned the house, he followed behind, even when she was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen, he also stood next to him and spoke, talking nothing more than how his students were, how Yu Ge'er was, and even how the articles in the book were, Gu Sanniang responded with a few words in her mouth, but the movements of her hands did not stop, Ren Na Shen kept talking.

Until the chores were finished, Gu Sanniang specially made a mellow strong tea for Shen Zhuo, she was going back to the West Chamber, and said before leaving: "You have eaten a lot of wine at noon, take advantage of this time to rest early, there are lights at night, and when you are full of energy, you can go to see the lights." ”

Shen Zhuo saw that she was leaving, so he first paused for a moment and said, "Are you leaving?" ”

Gu Sanniang stopped, she thought for a while, and said to Shen Zhuo: "I really have something I want to discuss with you, but you are not sober at this time, and it is useless to say it, I will talk about it when you wake up tomorrow." ”

Shen Zhuo was anxious, he stood up and said to Gu Sanniang, "Who is drunk?" I'm fine. ”

Gu Sanniang was secretly funny, and sure enough, she responded to the old saying, drunk people always say that they are not drunk, and Shen Zhuo then said: "Do you want to talk about Xiuzhuang?" ”

This time it was Gu Sanniang's turn to be surprised, and she asked in surprise, "How do you know?" ”

Shen Zhuofu sat down again, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "The market will open on the eighth day of the first month, but you haven't gone to work in the embroidery village yet, this is not like your temperament, so I guess it must have something to do with the embroidery village where you are on an errand." ”

Gu Sanniang laughed, she said: "It's strange to say that Xiucai doesn't go out, he can know the world, and those who have read books are different." ”

After a pause, she put away her smile and said, "That's true, I want to quit my job, I thought that when the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed, I will go to the steward of the embroidery village to talk about it." ”

Shen Zhuo didn't seem surprised, he looked at Gu Sanniang and asked, "What do you plan to do after you quit?" ”

"I want to rent a shop to sell embroidery work, the face has been seen, just on the West Street, it was originally selling soy sauce, the left and right sides of the shop are used for buying and selling, and not far from the market, the daily flow of customers is also more, but the rent is not cheap, half a year to three or four taels of silver."

When Shen Zhuo heard Gu Sanniang say this, he first thought about the position she said, and then asked, "If you want to quit your job, can Xiuzhuang let you go?" ”

This is also the biggest worry in Gu Sanniang's heart, if there is one less embroidery girl, the embroidery village can be found again, but she wants to open an embroidery shop, but this Jin's embroidery village may not be willing to agree.

"I don't know, I'll go to the manager of the embroidery village in two days, if it doesn't work, I have to think of another idea."

Shen Zhuo saw her eyebrows slightly frowning, and said with relief: "Don't worry, you have contributed to the embroidery village, if the owner of the embroidery village is a benevolent and righteous person, he will definitely not embarrass you." ”

Gu Sanniang shook her head with a smile, and she said, "I hope so." ”

Shen Zhuo saw that she was still worried between her eyebrows, and said again: "Besides, even if you can't open an embroidery shop, you can do other business, three hundred and sixty lines, where must you do this one." ”

Gu Sanniang was stunned, others heard that she was going to do business with a woman, most of them were admonishments, but Shen Zhuo, who had read a belly full of sage books, did not use those women's virtues to pressure her, which made her inexplicably feel a little warmer.

"The only thing I can do is this embroidery skill, if I don't do embroidery, what can I do?"

Shen Zhuo said to her seriously: "As long as people live, what can they do without food, clothing, housing and transportation?" You have money in your hands, and you are the most diligent of all, so that you can support yourself in whatever you do. ”

Being praised by him like this, Gu Sanniang was a little embarrassed for a while, she lowered her head and thought carefully, and thought secretly, isn't it, if this embroidery shop can't be opened, she will either open a small noodle shop or a dried fruit shop, and she will never die of hunger.

As the old saying goes, one person counts short, two people count long, with Shen Zhuo's help to come up with ideas, Gu Sanniang really felt a lot more relaxed, the two talked a few words, she was about to go back to the house, Shen Zhuo watched her walk to the opposite side, and then returned to the room.

After another two days, Gu Sanniang prepared a gift box, and took Xiao Yezi to Guan Yongwang's house, Guan Yongwang had to go to work during the day, she came to the door this time, and deliberately chose to go over before he got off work, and when he arrived, it was Guan Yongwang's wife Guan An's door to respond, the two met in Xiuzhuang last time, Guan An's saw that it was her, and said in surprise: "What's the matter with you, you have something to do with me?" ”

Guan An's vaguely heard Guan Yongwang mention that Gu Sanniang had a serious illness in order to catch up with her work, and this time she came to the door, still carrying a gift box in her hand, guessing that she must have something serious to find her own man, so she let Gu Sanniang into the house, and sent the daughter of the family to pour tea over, she said: "You sit down first, I will call my girl to call her father back." ”

Gu Sanniang stopped Guan An's and said, "Don't worry, I think Uncle Yongwang should come back at this time." ”

Guan An's is also a cool person, she saw that there was no way out, the two women sat on the kang, and let a few female babies go outside, Gu Sanniang saw her lower abdomen bulging slightly, and it was estimated that she had been touching it for four or five months, so she smiled and said: "I look at your sharp belly, eighty percent is a brother." ”

Guan Yongwang and Guan An's have been looking forward to giving birth to a little brother, Gu Sanniang picked good words to say, and Guan An's eyebrows couldn't help but bring a trace of joy, she said: "I borrowed your good words, if I can really raise a brother for the housekeeper, I would like to reduce my life by ten years." ”

Gu Sanniang said: "I heard that the son-seeking hexagram in the Peach Blossom Nunnery outside the city is very effective, you should go to worship Uncle Yongwang." ”

Guan An's heart moved, she said: "I have also heard people talk about it, but last year it was often snowing, and the road was muddy and difficult to walk, so I didn't make it, and when the weather was warmer, I went to worship with my family." ”

The two gossiped for a long time, and the courtyard door outside was pushed open, and a sister said to Guan Anshi inside through the window: "Mother, Dad is back." ”

Seeing this, Gu Sanniang came down from the kang, and Guan An's was also going to get off the kang, Gu Sanniang on the side saw that she was incapacitated, and reached out to help her, Guan An's raised his head and smiled at her.

At this time, Guan Yongwang opened the curtain and came in, and when he was in the courtyard, he had already seen Gu Sanniang's daughter, Xiao Yezi, so he said to her, "You are here." ”

Gu Sanniang bowed her head slightly, and Guan An said to her in charge: "Sanniang said that she has something to find you, you talk to her first, and I will go and pour tea." ”

Guan Yongwang sat down, and Guan Anshi went out with Gu Sanniang's teacup.

"Sanniang, what's the matter with you?" Guan Yongwang asked directly to the point.

Gu Sanniang's ears were slightly red, she glanced at Guan Yongwang, lowered her eyelids and said, "Uncle Yongwang, I came to quit my job with you." ”

Guan Yongwang smiled, and he said, "I guessed a few points in my heart." ”

After the year when the embroidery village started, Gu Sanniang never came to work, Guan Yongwang only thought that her body was not well yet, but she asked Mo Xiao, who was good with her, but Mo Xiaohong couldn't say it clearly, and Guan Yongwang guessed that Gu Sanniang was probably going to quit.

"You have always been a person with ideas, and you must have come to me after thinking about it, but I don't know what you are going to do after you quit your job?"

Gu Sanniang's face turned even redder, she secretly gritted her teeth, raised her head and said to Guan Yongwang: "Uncle Yongwang, I want to open an embroidery shop in our county." ”

Guan Yongwang was shocked, he thought he had heard it wrong, and said, "Okay, why do you want to open a shop?" ”

He only thought that after Gu Sanniang quit his job, he was afraid that he would have to find someone to remarry, who knew that she wanted to open a shop to sell embroidery work, she was a woman's family, how easy was it to do business?

At this moment, Guan An's came in with tea, and after she served tea to Gu Sanniang and her own family, she sat quietly and listened to them.

"Sanniang, it's not me who poured cold water on you, in our Ping'an Prefecture, nine out of ten shops selling embroidery are surnamed Jin, where can you compete with them?"

Gu Sanniang thought silently for a moment, she said: "I don't dare to compete with the Jin family, but I am a widow, with a sister to live, and no one can rely on it, that is, now I can live by handicraft, I can't say that I can't have another serious illness, and the few money I saved have to be spent, and my sister, I will have to find my mother-in-law's family in a few years, and she has no brothers and sisters, I don't save a few dowries for her, how can I feel at ease when I go to my mother-in-law's house in the future?" ”

Probably because women's hearts are always softer, Guan An's listened to Gu Sanniang's words, and her eyes were also red, she wiped the corners of her eyes, turned her head to look at Guan Yongwang and said: "The people who are in charge are all the same mothers, I can also understand Sanniang's difficulties, if you can help her, just help." ”

Guan Yongwang sighed heavily, if he was in charge of the Jin family, he would be able to help him, but the Jin family was not his master.

Seeing Guan Yongwang's embarrassed look, Gu Sanniang was slightly disappointed, is it really not good?

Guan Yongwang frowned and thought for a long time, he said: "That's it, let me ask the owner about this matter, as for whether it will succeed or not, it depends on the owner's mind?" ”

Gu Sanniang had a glimmer of hope in her heart, she laughed, and said, "Then thank you Uncle Yongwang." ”

"Don't thank you too early, in the final analysis, it depends on the owner."

Gu Sanniang said with a smile: "Uncle Yongwang, I am already very grateful for your willingness to pass on the word for me." ”

After deciding the matter, Gu Sanniang was about to leave, Guan An's had to keep food, but Gu Sanniang saw that it was dark and the road was not good, so she took Xiao Yezi's house to go.