"You two come here!" Yun'er ordered.

Yu'er Shui'er hurriedly saluted: "Master, please command." ”

"Sister Shui'er brought Lan'er, Hui'er and Jing'er who wiped the cloister, I want to give you a new errand, and carry the table where the prince and them poured gifts and drinks into my room, and it is more secure to use that one to hold the box."

"Yes, the slaves and maids will go immediately."

The second-class maids Lan'er, Hui'er and Jing'er also belong to the personal service of Yun'er, but there are too many boxes in Yun'er's room, so they are not allowed to serve. They followed Mama Lin to the garden in the morning to pick up fallen flowers, and in the afternoon they cleaned the doors, windows, railings and floors in the building, and the amount of labor was not small.

"You three, put aside the work in hand first, the master has other errands to look for you."

Shui Er instructed the three second-class maids who were working hard.

"Yes." The three girls quickly washed their hands and came to the door of Yun'er's room to wait for the dispatch.

"The three of you bring over five tables first, stacked on two floors, three at the bottom and two at the top, help me find something." Yun'er commanded.

There are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, and the girls and grandmothers in Yun'er's courtyard work as freely and quickly as Yun'er, and none of them dare to grind. When he was young, he brought up the table, Lan'er was the leader of the three girls, and asked, "Master, which box do you want to take?" ”

"Take the four chests at the top and the far east. What to hesitate about? I'm afraid I can't lift it, don't worry, Mangge, ** They are carrying gifts, drinks, all of which are very heavy things, although my box here is the same size as the gift box, but inside are tools and materials for work, try it? ”

Lan'er and Hui'er are on the top table, Yu'er Shui is on the lower floor, and Yun'er and Jing'er are on the ground.

Lan'er rolled up her arms and rolled up her sleeves, and she was in a posture of doing a big job, but when she tried it, even the box itself was added together, and it was not yet twenty catties, so she took it down easily.

"Put it on the ground first, and then carry this, this, and this, and this."

The girls lifted down as Yun'er commanded. Soon there were eight chests on the ground.

"Lift it slowly, don't fall. Sister Shui'er, are you sure there are no children in your belly? ”

Shui'er's face immediately turned red, and she was embarrassed to say this in front of several girls. Quickly said: "No, no, don't worry." ”

Yun'er blushed when she saw Shui'er, and then she remembered that she was talking casually, almost as soon as she opened her mouth, and she didn't even think about it. So he smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot that this is Daqing." ”

Shui'er saw that the master apologized to herself, and she was so frightened: "Master, don't say anything sorry to the slave, the slave can't afford it." ”

Yun'er held her forehead and said, "I forgot again." Okay, okay, I'll try to pay attention in the future, the people in the foreign land are not as hierarchical as our Qing Dynasty, and there are not so many taboos, I'm used to it. ”

Yu'er and Shui'er remembered that on the day they came back, the master said that the prince was a big-nosed foreigner without thinking about it, and if someone held him accountable, Yun'er really made a big disrespectful mistake. It's not that the master is pampered and arrogant, it's just that he is used to talking casually, not intentionally.

The fish asked, "Shall we look at these first?" Or is it something that comes down from your room? ”

"Don't worry, I'll take a look. What was carried down from the hall were the tools and materials we used to learn art, and the materials for making sachets and purses for the Dragon Boat Festival were placed at the door. In this way, it is better to learn art first, and only after learning skills can you do work, then first open the box containing tools and materials, and divide it to everyone, and I can also pour out a little space here. ”

Yu'er hurriedly asked, "You mean to share the contents of the box that you carried down?" ”

"Didn't you say that this is a tool for making work and a material for learning a craft? Is it for everyone? Reluctant? ”

The fish is really reluctant to do so. Although the master said so many truths, Yu'er still can't stop this bend, Master Chen's antiques are treasures for many lifetimes, which are used for the elderly, and he doesn't have a son, so he will rely on these things for money in the future. But the master said that he wanted to send it to everyone, and he was just a maid, what right did he have to stop the master? So he muttered, "This is not a minority." ”

Yun'er didn't care about her, and continued: "I learned a few skills from a foreign land, I don't know if you want to learn it?" ”

Yu'er immediately forgot about the topic just now, and said loudly: "The slave wants to learn!" Slaves are willing to learn! ”

Others are also positive and enthusiastic, and they are willing to learn. Jing'er also carefully asked practical questions such as how much the bundle is, how long it takes to learn, and whether it is good to learn.

Yun'er liked Jing'er's honesty very much, and touched her face caressingly: "Silly girl, we are all members of a big family, what do you want?" You don't have to worry, it's not cutting-edge technology, everyone knows how to needle female workers, and it's easy to learn. ”

Yu'er said: "After you came back, you said something incomprehensible and inexplicable from time to time, what is cutting-edge technology?" What is Fabric? ”

"Cutting-edge technology is a very difficult knowledge, you want to learn I will not, cloth is delicate needlework, just like sachets, purses and other things that need to be beautified, made particularly good-looking, the sole of the shoe is not considered fabric. The women of our Qing Dynasty, whether they are Han or Manchu, whether they are women from official families or women from ordinary people, have a strong foundation for making cloth art since they learned to work as a female worker at the age of five or six. ”

"Can you tell us what fabric is?"

"The scope of fabric art is very wide, and it can be roughly divided into several categories such as patchwork, cloth paste, and embroidery according to the classification of cloth art. Further subdivisions include restaurants, kitchens, decoration and furnishings, mats, packaging, furniture and so on. The fabrics used in restaurants include tablecloths, placemats, napkins, napkin cups, coasters, chair covers, chair cushions, etc.; Fabrics used in the kitchen include aprons, sleeve covers, kitchen hats, heat-insulating gloves, heat-insulating mats, kitchen curtains, hand towels, tea towels, etc.; The fabrics used for decoration and furnishings include door curtains, decorative wall hangings, craft baskets, etc.; The handicrafts used for cushions include all kinds of cushions, cushions, pillows, etc.; There are all kinds of fancy bags, handbags and shopping bags used for packaging fabrics. According to the process, there are mainly embroidery, picking, applique and so on. ”

Shui'er asked very honestly: "Have you learned all this yourself that the master said?" ”

"How can I have that American time to learn? It's just that I've learned a little bit that is suitable for us Qing people, and if I learn the whole set back, my hair will be gray. There is also a sample of the sachet in this box, and Sister Shui'er opened the box. ”

Shui'er hurriedly opened a box that Yun'er was pointing to. As soon as he lifted the lid of the box, he involuntarily exclaimed: "Wow! That's pretty too, isn't it? ”

The three Lan'er and the fish also widened their eyes. Yun'er took out an embroidered sachet and asked Yu'er, "How much can this sell for?" ”

"Ten cents is about the same, right?"

"What? Only sold for ten cents? Two bucks in an exotic land? The retail price over there is five yuan. ”

Yu'er said, "Ten cents is a lot. ”

Before going to a foreign land, I was instructed by the master to investigate some prices, mainly cloth and silk. I don't think I have checked anything that is too subtle. Before Yun'er got married, she had never asked about these things before she undertook the framing work, and there was a shrewd old lady, and she was a little girl who didn't care about the price at all. After getting married, it is even more pampered and does not ask about the world. Although I have a little impression of the prices I have surveyed, I also used it as a comparison when I bought something in a foreign land. I had no choice but to ask Yu'er: "You tell me, in our Daqing, what can you buy for a penny?" ”

"Back to the master, you can buy a bowl of soy sauce, a bowl of vinegar, a bowl of wine, and a bowl of oil for a penny."

"To be clear, did you buy them separately or both?"

"I bought it at the same time, what's wrong? Master, why is your face so ugly? ”

Yun'er didn't seem to hear Yu'er's words, but muttered to herself: "One penny is equivalent to two dimes in an exotic land, and five cents is equivalent to one yuan." What can you buy for a dollar in an exotic land? An ice cream! But in the Qing Dynasty, you can buy a bowl of soy sauce, a bowl of vinegar, a bowl of wine, and a bowl of oil at the same time for a penny. I'm afraid that these four bowls of things will cost more than ten yuan in the foreign land, so can it be said that the materials bought from the foreign land will shrink ten times at once? No way? If that's the case, you'll lose if you sit on the ground! A bowl of soy sauce, a bowl of vinegar, a bowl of wine and a bowl of oil are only a penny in total? Is there something wrong with this price? Yun'er was hit hard, and her body shook! Doesn't this make it clear that the things he bought back like three crazy people have become a pile of shavings, fluffy?

The fish was frightened, I don't know what I said wrong, this is the case, why has the master's face changed? Fortunately, her reaction was faster, and she realized that she was talking about a bowl of soy sauce and a bowl of vinegar, as if the master thought it was too cheap. Hurriedly remedied: "Not everything is cheap, our Qing Dynasty is cheap to eat, not everything is cheap, like meat, sugar is still very expensive, as well as cloth, silk, jewelry, these are all valuable!" Beef and mutton are seventy or eighty wen a catty, sugar is one hundred wen a catty, what is the score of cloth, the price of cotton cloth is low, about eighteen wen a foot, silk is also divided into what material, the best brocade is one hundred and fifty wen a foot, jewelry silver is the cheapest, and then gold, pearl. ”

Yun'er breathed a sigh of relief: It turned out that the prices in the Qing Dynasty were not very balanced, and the shortage was naturally expensive. The Qing Dynasty did not allow the slaughter of cultivated cattle, so beef was very expensive. The equipment for making sugar is rudimentary, so sugar is also expensive. As for the silk, needless to say, the brocade from the Weaving Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was supplied to the concubines and royal relatives in the palace, as well as to officials at all levels and the families of officials. Who among the common people is qualified to wear silk and satin? Even if a merchant has money, he is not allowed to wear brocade! Even ordinary silk and satin ordinary people can't afford to wear it. Because the textile machinery is backward, the size of the brocade is only one foot seven or eight. The silk on the shelves of the ancient silk village played in the TV series is woven by modern textile machines.

Yun'er's heart sank into the ice water and slowly warmed up, if it was the price of soy sauce and vinegar for a busy year, wouldn't the hard work of the three of the princes, the lives of Liangzi that could not be brought back and his own hijacking become worthless nonsense?

"Master, are you better? It's all to blame for the slave and maid who don't know how to speak right. "The fish felt guilty.

"What's the matter with you? No wonder you say that living in the capital for a month is a good life with two taels of silver. Life necessities like soy sauce and vinegar are so cheap, and the common people can live well. If the meat is expensive, you won't eat meat, sugar is also a dispensable thing, and you can not wear silk and satin, which is really easy to live. The rice in the foreign land costs three yuan a catty, which is fifteen yuan in the Qing Dynasty, and the meat is not cheap, seventy or eighty yuan, and even a pack of sanitary napkins costs several yuan. There's nothing cheap. ”

Yu'er continued to comfort Yun'er: "Our embroidery in the Qing Dynasty is still very expensive, your embroidery sachet can be sold for ten yuan, how many bowls of soy sauce and vinegar are there?" ”

Yun'er was amused by her. Shui Er still hasn't figured out how the master changed his hair and color, as if he thinks that the price of goods in the Qing Dynasty is low? Isn't it good to have low prices? Sister Yu'er is still smart, and she can understand the meaning of her master at once, she is really stupid!

"Okay, don't persuade me, I have to go home and deliver food to my son and daughter." As he spoke, he brought the fish and water home.

As soon as Yun'er and the three of them left, Lan'er and Hui'er were "alive", these two were the two teenage girls who stood at the door on the day Yun'er got married. started from a rough maid and worked up to a second-class position. Lan'er's personality is extroverted, Hui'er and Jing'er are both introverted, the master is not in front of her, Mama Zhou and Mama Zhang are not there, Lan'er is the eldest sister: "You see, how beautiful the sachet brought back by the master, this flower is embroidered, bright and bright, it seems that it is not the same embroidery method as our Daqing Dynasty." ”

Hui'er was timid, seeing Lan'er casually take something from the box, and reminded her: "If you want to die, put it back quickly, or ......"

"Can I take a look?" Even so, I obediently put it back, don't let the master think that he wants to take it back, isn't that a thief?

"Sister Jing'er, you have a good face in front of the master, why don't you talk to the master, borrow a few sachets from the master, and let's do a few things like this?"

"Sister Lan'er, what are you talking about? Isn't Jing'er just like you? How did you get face? Jing'er was a little unhappy, and she was most afraid of becoming an eye-catching "rafter". She also knew that Lan'er was also an unsuspecting person and had no malicious intent.