Reluctantly, Jiang Wanbai said, "How can you have time to come to me today?" ”

Chen saw the pinch marks on Jiang Wanbai's neck at a glance, but she has always been shrewd, and as soon as she rolled her eyes, she looked away, she came here today because of something.

As soon as she raised her left hand, she took out a small cloth bag from under her arm and handed it to Jiang Wanbai, "Today, my sister-in-law and brother-in-law came back from the city to see the old man and brought a lot of things, this silk is for you." ”

As she spoke, she opened the cloth bag, revealing a foot of pale cyan and a foot of moon-white satin, which was silky and silky, and it was a good thing at first glance.

Jiang Wanbai was a little suspicious. The sister-in-law and brother-in-law mentioned by Chen are Tian Lian, the daughter of the third uncle, and her son-in-law Wang Bao, who is said to be on an errand in the capital of the Hou Mansion, so there are often good things rewarded by the master in their hands.

Wang Bao and Tian Lian have a good relationship, so every time they come to see the third uncle, they have a big bag, but they are the same generation as Jiang Wanbai, and they have never brought anything to Jiang Wanbai in the past, is it the sun that comes out in the west today.

Not only did they bring things, but they also brought luxury things like silk.

Chen stuffed the silk into Jiang Wanbai's hands, and then sighed: "The two bowls of dishes you asked Chengyu to send at noon are so delicious, even my brother-in-law praised them."

He also said that the white jade turtle soup was fine, but the drunken shrimp, he had never seen such a chic dish in the Hou Mansion. I just don't know if it's good or not, but if it's good, he also wants to learn, and he can eat it often when he goes back. ”

As soon as Chen said this, Jiang Wanbai immediately understood what she meant, and felt that she was here to learn cuisine.

"It's not troublesome at all, I'll sue you, you go back and sue your brother-in-law, just let him do it." Jiang Wan accepted the silk with peace of mind, told Chen Shi about the drunken shrimp and white jade turtle soup one by one, and emphasized it in detail where it needed attention, and did not hide any secrets.

This thing is a win-win situation, if something goes wrong because of a small detail, it is not beautiful.

After speaking, she said to Chen: "Speaking of which, those shrimps were caught with your net, and I don't know how to thank you." It just so happens that I still have a little shrimp caught by Chengbao here, you take it home and make it according to the method I said, it will definitely be better than what I made. ”

Wang Bao waited at home, and now that he has a way to cook, it would be great if he could try it, so Chen immediately smiled, "That net is usually not used at home, where to be a thank you, the old sister-in-law is too polite." ”

Jiang Wanbai smiled without saying a word, put all the leftover shrimp from the noon meal in the fish basket, and stuffed it to Chen. Chen spoke for a while, and then hurried back.

Jiang Wanbai stroked the silk with her hand, and was a little hesitant about what to do with the silk.

If you stay to make clothes, you can probably make a set of clothes, but the countrymen wear such good clothes, especially when the poor family can't open the pot, people will only laugh at you for sticking green onions in your pig's nose and pretending to be like.

If you take it as a pawn, you can exchange it for some money, but if someone gives you something, you take it for money, and if it is known, it is not good to say.

What to do with it, that's a question. In fact, when the average dealer gets such a good thing, he will put it under the cabinet and hide it, which is commonly known as the good thing at the bottom of the box, but Jiang Wanbai doesn't think so.

A good thing has to play its value, otherwise, it is a waste.

"Mother, has the sixth aunt been here?" Zhang, Wang, and a little girl stood at the door of the east wing.

That little girl is the daughter of the Zhang family, Tian Chengyu's sister Tian Liu'er, 13 years old this year, just like her name, as slender and youthful as the fine willow that helps the wind.

The three of them were still holding embroidered cloth and needlework in their hands, obviously embroidering things, and when they heard the movement outside, they rushed out.

Jiang Wanbai looked at Tian Liu'er's beautiful face and figure, and her heart was full of depression, even if she crossed over, she should be allowed to cross over to such a body, what is the matter with dressing as an old lady!

"Mother?!" Seeing that Jiang Wanbai was only staring at Tian Liu'er and not speaking, Zhang thought that Tian Liu'er had provoked her, and his voice couldn't help but be a little worried.

Jiang Wanbai came back to her senses and asked something that seemed very irrelevant, "What materials do you usually use for embroidery?" ”

Zhang showed the half-embroidered handkerchief in his hand to Jiang Wanbai, "Just use this Qingjiang cloth, sometimes if the embroidery village has a job, it will also give us some good fabrics." ”

Jiang Wanbai stretched out her hand to take the handkerchief, only to see that on the white background, a magpie on the branch had been embroidered for the most part, the magpie raised its head and called, the appearance was extremely vivid, this Zhang was really ingenious.

"It's so nicely embroidered." Jiang Wanbai praised sincerely. Thinking about her back then, she would embroider a cross stitch wrong, and compared with others, it was almost like stinky shit.

Zhang smiled embarrassedly, "I used to embroider and play at home, but I didn't expect that it will come in handy now." After speaking, she realized that she seemed to have said the wrong thing, and quickly added, "Mother, I didn't mean that." ”

In the past, it was just embroidering and playing, but now it is used to make a living, if someone listens to it, it will naturally think that the Zhang family dislikes the hard life of the Tian family and complains, which makes the Zhang family, who has always been strict with himself, not surprised.

Jiang Wanbai really didn't expect that, she only thought that it was not easy for the Zhang family and the Wang family to think about it. I thought that they were also the daughters of wealthy families at the beginning, and they married into the Tian family and thought they could live a good life, but they didn't expect that after the death of the old man Tian, the life of the Tian family plummeted, and now they have been reduced to selling embroidery for a living.

Embroidering things can be very hard, maintain a posture for many years, but also concentrate, even if you maintain it well, it will boil your eyes and body for a few years, not to mention Zhang's this, you must be able to reduce a little vegetable oil at night is a little vegetable oil, in a dim environment, the eyes will break faster.

Sighing lightly, Jiang Wanbai handed the silk in her hand to Zhang, "I don't need the silk that your sixth aunt gave me just now, you can embroider it into something and exchange it for some money." ”

When Zhang heard this, he reached out and touched the satin, his face was full of love, it was also embroidered, but it was embroidered on the Qingjiang cloth and satin, and the price was one heaven and one on the ground.

She didn't think about buying silk to embroider before, but every time she told Mrs. Jiang, Mrs. Jiang said that she had no money, and now Jiang Wanbai actually gave her such a large piece of silk, which made her dislike.

"Mother, I want to embroider a screen, so that I can sell it for more money." Zhang was a little excited.

"Okay, I'll leave this silk to you, and it's up to you to decide." Jiang Wanbai said.

Jiang Wanbai trusted Zhang's so much that Zhang's eyes almost turned red. In the past, she couldn't even get a straight eye in this family, and she had to give someone else a penny or even a piece of cake first, but now Jiang Wanbai handed over such a good silk to her, and she was a little flattered.

"It's not okay to embroider such a good thing and use this kind of thick thread, and in two days there will be a market in the town, and I just sold the embroidered thing and exchanged it for some good colored thread. By the way, I also want to ask the owner of the embroidery village what patterns are popular now, and I have to ......" Zhang was a little incoherent with excitement.

"Bazaar?" Jiang Wanbai said.

Zhang was interrupted, only then did she realize that she was a little out of shape, pursed her lips, and she regained her usual low-eyed appearance, "Yes." ”

"I'll go then."

"Huh?! Good. Although Zhang was a little surprised, Mrs. Jiang had not gone out once in the past few years, how could she go to the market this time, but she never asked about things that should not be asked, and never cared about things that should not be taken care of, so she quickly accepted this fact.

Jiang Wanbai was thinking about her thoughts, the shrimp sauce should be good by then, but she didn't know if she could make money.

At this moment, Tian Liu'er, who had been silent, suddenly said: "Milk, can you give me a piece of this silk, I also want to embroider a screen." ”

"Liu'er, don't mess around." Zhang turned around and scolded Tian Liu'er.

Tian Liu'er looked straight at Zhang, "Mother, I can do it." Didn't you also say that I embroidered better than you? ”

"That's just an embroidered handkerchief, you haven't embroidered such a big object as a screen at all, if you don't embroider it well then, won't you waste this silk in vain?"

Tian Liu'er's eyes were a little red, but she still said stubbornly: "I can." I want to embroider screens, and if I embroider screens, I can sell them for a lot of money, so I don't have to sell me or my brother. She almost choked up when she said that.

Yesterday, she heard that the fifth uncle was going to marry her to a man in his forties, and she was so frightened that she almost collapsed to the ground. One of the village sisters she used to play with was married to an old man, and every time that sister came back, she hugged her and cried, until one time, the sister never came back.

She didn't want to, she was afraid to be like that sister, so she wanted to make money.

Zhang's didn't know that Tian Lao Wu was going to marry her daughter yesterday, and thought that she was just worried about Tian Chengyu, so she said: "Didn't your grandmother say that she wouldn't sell your brother." ”

"!" Tian Liu'er shouted Jiang Wanbai, then stopped talking, and just looked at Jiang Wanbai pleadingly with her dark eyes.

Jiang Wanbai knew about yesterday's incident, knew that this child must be afraid, and wanted to agree to Tian Liu'er, but just like Zhang said, she didn't know how Tian Liu'er's embroidery method was, and she was afraid that she wouldn't embroider well.

She will definitely regret it and be afraid, even if she doesn't blame her with Zhang, she won't be happy herself. A child of this age may even get a psychological shadow or something if she doesn't get it right, and there is no psychotherapist in this era, so the trauma in her heart is likely to be a lifelong thing.

Besides, she just agreed to hand over these two pieces of silk to Zhang's for disposal, and now she regrets it, which is not good.