Shen He walked into the house with the newly bought fabric, but he didn't see Ah Niu's shadow, so he asked, "Xiao Cui, where is Ah Niu?" Didn't he come back with you? ”

Xiaocui said: "Oh, Ah Niu, on the way back from the two of us, I saw some goods to be carried on the dock on the shore, and there were not enough people, so he went to help move things, and people said that they could give him silver after moving, and he was so happy that he couldn't stop it." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Shen He said: "Ah Niu is becoming more and more sensible, but he is not good at dealing with people, don't make any more trouble, let's stay at home, don't let him go when he comes back"

Xiao Cui answered and hurriedly packed up her lunch.

The two warmed up lunch twice before Ah Niu came back. I saw that he was sweating profusely, his body was dirty, his face was also covered with mud, and he wiped the mud marks one by one with his hands, Xiaocui smiled: "Oh, Ah Niu, did you roll around from the soil?" How can you be like a mud monkey?"

Ah Niu ignored Xiao Cui angrily, and Shen He said: "Xiao Cui, don't talk nonsense, Ah Niu is not here to make money for the family." ”

He said to Ah Niu again: "Ah Niu, you must be tired today, right?" ”

Ah Niu replied: "Don't be tired, money, give it to you"

After speaking, he handed the silver in his hand to Shen He, Shen He looked at it, and saw that he was holding more than 20 copper plates in his hand, which should be the salary given to him by the foreman after finishing the work.

Although the money is not much, it is a hard-earned by Ah Niu, Shen He took it and said: "Ah Niu is really powerful, he can help my sister make money"

Ah Niu smiled happily, and Shen He said: "Go wash your face and eat, the food is cold."

Ah Niu agreed, and happily went to wash his face.

After eating, Shen He calculated, recently they came to the capital, and the expenses of staying in the inn, eating, renting a house, etc., cost a total of more than fifty taels of silver, and earned fifteen taels from selling purses, removing the cost and the five taels for Song Wu's sister-in-law, plus Ah Niu's dozens of wen, there are still six or seven taels left, so that they can only get in and out during this time, and they have already spent more than forty taels of silver in less than half a month.

Shen He sighed: This silver is enough for them to spend half a year in Yong'an City, and it seems that they still have to work hard to earn silver.

Unexpectedly, after a few days, there was really a way to make money and send it to the door.

On this day, the sky was just dawning, Shen He was freshening up, Xiaocui was still making breakfast, and I saw Song Wu's sister-in-law, who had not been seen for a few days, hurriedly walked in.

As soon as she entered the door, Song Wu's sister-in-law smiled at the two of them: "Great joy, great joy!" ”

Xiaocui asked, "Fifth sister-in-law, what is the happy event?" Didn't the purse sell for a lot of silver? ”

Song Wu's sister-in-law said: "This time is not just a trivial matter such as selling the silver in the purse, it is a happy event to make a lot of money!" ”

After hearing this, Xiaocui asked, "What kind of happy event is that?" Fifth sister-in-law, don't sell it, say it quickly! ”

Fifth sister-in-law Song said with a smile: "Yesterday, when I went to Lord Liu's house to give Mrs. Liu a purse, it was just in time for Lord Liu to go home, and after he saw Miss Shen's embroidered purse, he asked me who embroidered it, and I told him that it was embroidered by Miss Shen." He said that he wanted to ask Miss Shen to help embroider a screen, and if he was satisfied with the embroidery, he promised to give him an ingot of gold! ”

Xiao Cui was surprised and exclaimed, "A piece of gold? ”

Shen He was also a little surprised, what kind of screen is worth so much money?

Song Wu's sister-in-law said: "This screen is a birthday gift that Lord Liu wants to give to the queen's mother, of course, it is very valuable, what is a gold ingot?"

It turned out that there were still a few days before the queen's birthday, this Lord Liu and the queen were a little distant relative, and his wife's maiden family was said to be a cousin of the queen's maiden family, so he had been thinking about what birthday gift to let his wife enter the palace to give the queen's mother?

If it is too expensive and luxurious, the queen is not short of money, and everyone may give it; It's too simple, it's not distinctive, and it's given away in vain, and the queen can't remember it.

When I was worried, I saw the purse sent by Song Wu's sister-in-law, and saw that the embroidery on it looked vivid, and the pattern looked relatively novel, as if I had never seen such a beautiful embroidery, so I asked Mrs., and said that it was something that had just been fashionable recently.

He thought about it, why not make a pair of embroidery for the queen, but there is no novelty in a single pair of embroidery, he remembered that when the lady said that when he entered the palace to visit the mother, he said that the queen mother was resting unsteadily, and a small screen should be placed next to the pillow, and he suddenly thought that he could let people embroider patterns on the screen, so that it could not only have a decorative effect, but also play a role in protecting and calming the queen mother, so he asked Song Wusao to bring a letter to Shen He.

Now, Fifth Sister-in-law Song told Shen He about the cause and effect, and said: "Lord Liu said that if the girl is interested, she can go to the house in the past two days,"

Shen He hesitated for a moment, she is indeed short of money now, this is a good way to make money quickly, and if it is done well, it can also make the queen remember herself, but there are also risks in this, I don't know the queen's preferences, in case she doesn't like the embroidery she makes, but she puts herself in danger and causes trouble.

Shen He was thinking about it, and Song Wu's sister-in-law said, "What else does the girl have to hesitate about?" Such a good errand, no matter how many people ask for it, why does the girl still think about it? ”

Shen He was about to answer, when suddenly someone knocked on the door.

When Xiaocui opened the door, she saw that there were several housekeepers and a person dressed as a maid. Seeing Xiaocui open the door, one of them asked, "May I ask if this is the residence of Miss Shen Heshen?" ”

Xiao Cui responded: "Yes, who are you?" ”

The maid said: "Girl, we are the slaves of the Qi Mansion, and we came to thank the girl on the order of the lady."

Xiaocui said: "That's my young lady's help, but it's not me."

Shen He had already walked over at this time, and the maid stepped forward and saluted, "May I ask if you are Miss Shen?" ”

Shen He nodded, and the maid said again: "A few days ago, the third lady of our family was lost, thanks to the girl who met and rescued her, so Mrs. Tai asked us to bring these cloths, please smile at the girl" After speaking, let those people move in two big boxes.

Shen He said: "It's a trivial matter, Mrs. is too polite"

The maid said, "Mrs. Tai, please make sure we send things, please be sure to smile."

Shen He no longer shirked, but said, "Go back and thank Mrs. Tai for me."

After those people put down their things and left, Fifth Sister-in-law Song also came over and said, "It turns out that that woman is the famous Third Lady Qi?" ”

Shen He said: "Do you know her? ”

Song Wu's sister-in-law said: "She is the concubine of Lord Qi of the Internal Affairs Mansion, and when she got married, she alarmed half of the capital, who doesn't know" At this time, Xiaocui and Ah Niu had already opened the box, only to see that there were ten pieces of cloth inside, one box was cotton cloth and linen, and the other box was a few flowers and brocade.

Fifth sister-in-law Song pouted and said, "Such a rich family sent this bit of fabric?" It's still inferior, and it's too picky."

Shen He said: "It's okay, these fabrics are enough for me and Xiaocui to make a lot of clothes, although the quality is a little different, but it is also worth a lot of silver."

Song Wu's sister-in-law said: "Their Qi family is a well-known rich family in the capital, Lord Qi is in charge of the affairs of the Internal Affairs Office, and he is a celebrity around the emperor. )