Widow Zhang's house is at the end of the village.

A courtyard built against a mountain valley.

Among them are three half-brick and half-mud tile houses, and on both sides are mud embryo wings.

A half-section of the fence made of stones was built more than a meter high to form a large courtyard.

The yard was paved with some gravel and pressed into a tight mud floor, which was cleaned.

There is a well in the corner of the courtyard, a tall persimmon tree is planted in the east, and there are a few peach and plum trees that have been broken at the door.

Although it is simple, it is refreshing to look at.

It's much cleaner than the homes you walked by.

Gu Xinyue nodded secretly in her heart.

I think it was because she decided to go to Widow Zhang's house first to make some people unhappy, and when she walked on the road, she could hear a woman talking loudly about this widow's house.

Widow Zhang has been widowed for several years, because she only gave birth to two daughters, most of the family's fields have been confiscated by the clansmen, leaving only one acre of thin fields and some vegetable fields, and this yard.

However, looking at the courtyard now, at least it shows that this widow is a shrewd and capable person.

In addition, he gave a good beating to Na Meixiang before.

Gu Xinyue's favorability towards her has greatly improved.

When Widow Zhang took out her own embroidery.

That favorability is directly full.

Far before the Shu embroidery and Hunan embroidery became famous, Yang embroidery was already famous all over the world.

The stitching method is meticulous, the skills are diverse, and its double-sided embroidery is even more ingenious.

However, Gu Xinyue didn't expect that the embroidery in front of her would be so ......

Widow Zhang took out most of the things in handkerchiefs and purses, and on the satin that was not a good one, the bamboo was repaired into a shadow, and the flowers fell into the wind.

Those patterns are not complicated, but they bring out the artistic conception of ink painting.

Moreover, many are still double-sided embroidery.

And the four Meilan bamboo chrysanthemums embroidered into the interstitial screen are even more elegant and expressive.

The mountain stone below the plum, the kitten under the bamboo, the butterfly on the orchid, and the residual wine next to the chrysanthemum.

It's almost like it's alive.

Just looking at it like this, it seems that you can ask about the fragrance of flowers.

Gu Xinyue couldn't even exclaim when she saw it.

That stupid appearance made Widow Zhang, who was standing on the side, feel a little drumming in her heart.

No matter how powerful she is, she can't be stronger than the clansmen and patriarchy, she only has two daughters, no son to inherit the lineage, and her husband's field, she can only keep a little subsistence in the end.

The yield of the fields is not even enough for food rations.

If you want to save a dowry for your daughter and live a good life, you can only rely on the craft of embroidery.

But in the countryside near Guazhou, Yangzhou, all the women are embroidery, and the amount is too much, not to mention that the price is not high, and sometimes they don't want it because the embroidery village has collected enough embroidery.

Not to mention that you can't make money, you have to stick the money for cloth and needlework.

Only in the embroidery skills, in order to be able to sell steadily.

She and her daughter's embroidery work is the best in this village, but sometimes it may not be sold out.

It can only be sold at a low price.

Although there is a surplus, the money earned cannot be too much.

After saving up for so many years, it's only a few taels of silver.

She only has two daughters, no father and brother to rely on, if she doesn't even have a dowry, then the daughter's situation in the future will be difficult.

She wondered if she could come up with something different from others and sell it at a higher price.

The last time she went to Guazhou, she occasionally saw these paintings in the calligraphy and painting shop, and she had a plan in her heart, thinking about whether she could no longer embroider the Buddha statue purse, but embroider it into this kind of painting-like interstitial.

Those four paintings will sell for 300 wen, she should be able to sell them for 400 wen, right?

Thinking so, he took all the money he had with him, bought a hundred yuan of high-quality silk, and then bought fifty yuan of good thread, and spent more than half a month embroidering these four small interstitial screens.

But when I took it to the embroidery village, people refused to accept it, saying that rich and noble people like to use calligraphy and paintings as interstitials.

Embroidery is also like Buddha statues, flowers and birds.

What are you embroidering like this, and you can barely accept it, just this thing, and you still want to sell it for 400 Wen?

He confiscated everything else from her, and drove her out.

Not to mention selling money, even the cost can't be recovered.

She was having a nerve-wracking situation, and she hurried to embroider some purse or something to make up for it, so these two came.

But looking at the appearance of this little boy, I'm afraid I don't like it either.

Widow Zhang's face darkened, and she was calculating how much she had to do to earn back the wasted cost, when she saw Gu Xinyue let out a long sigh and asked, "Auntie, how do you want to sell these?" ”

Widow Zhang was suddenly overjoyed, knowing that this was an idea, and hurriedly said: "Childe, you will know my craft later, there is no better than us, these handkerchiefs, fifty wen a piece, eighty wen in the purse, this interstitial." ”

Gritting her teeth, Widow Zhang said, "Two hundred wen." ”

The handkerchief and purse have doubled, but the interstitial screen has lowered the price.

Widow Zhang thought to herself, this should be able to go over by the way and buy the interstitial screen together, right?

If it doesn't work, if you can buy these handkerchiefs and purses at this price, it will be a lot of money.

There are a total of seventeen handkerchiefs here, twelve purses, and according to the price she mentioned, it is 1,800 Wen, plus interstitial screens......

That's only two taels of silver!

This kind of embroidery, such a miracle skill, although the base material is a little worse, but it is only two taels of silver!

I remember that at the interstellar auction at that time, a single small interstitial screen was sold for a sky-high price......

Gu Xinyue blinked, suppressed the shock in her heart, and said with a light smile: "This interstitial, is it a picture of two hundred texts, or all two hundred texts?" ”

Widow Zhang was stunned for a moment and said, "All." ”

But he sighed in his heart, and suppressed the idea of wanting to say a painting of two hundred texts.

People can't be too greedy, those handkerchiefs and purses have been doubled, and then the price must be increased, in case the other party doesn't want it, then the gain outweighs the loss.

Gu Xinyue shook her head and said, "Auntie, your price is not right, take a look, your interstitial screen is obviously better than other materials, and you can also see that it is the most attentive and the most complicated skill, but it can be calculated that it is only fifty wen a piece, and even your purse is not as good as ......."

Widow Zhang smiled awkwardly and said, "What Childe said is that two hundred Wen is not enough, but I am afraid that Childe will not like this interstitial embroidered painting." ”

Gu Xinyue blinked, and said with a chuckle: "Auntie, tell me the truth, have you ever sold this interstitial, but you haven't sold it?" ”

Widow Zhang glanced at her in surprise, the embarrassment on her face was even heavier, but she didn't want to lie, and nodded: "Yes, I once sent it to the embroidery village, but they didn't accept it." ”

"Don't you take any of that?" Gu Xinyue swiped her hand on those handkerchiefs and purses.

Widow Zhang lowered her head and said, "Because of this interstitial, I had an argument with them, so I ......"

Gu Xinyue understood, this was the embroidery village man who deliberately pressed her.

After thinking about it, Gu Xinyue said: "Auntie, tell me the truth again, how much can you sell these embroideries here for if they are sent to the embroidery village." ”

Widow Zhang was stunned for a moment, looking at her speechless for a long time.

Gu Xinyue was not in a hurry, she only looked at her with a smile-