"I'm just thinking about what kind of small business to make a living, I wonder if Sister Huaixi has any suggestions?" Shen Niannian didn't see anything at that sympathetic gaze, and said with a smile.

"This ...... There are a lot of foreign caravans coming and going on the border, what kind of craftsmanship do you have, Sister Shen? Huaixi thought seriously, "Food, or female red or something." ”

"Female Red...... I'll embroider some delicate purses, handkerchiefs, well, and headbands and stuff, Sister Missy, are these little things good to sell in this place? Shen Niannian thought for a while, "I only make some delicate dim sum when it comes to eating, I don't know if these are okay?" ”

"Sister Shen, if you are a female celebrity who is doing well, you can consider setting up a stall to buy small items, caravans from other countries like to collect some beautiful and delicate handkerchiefs, and the number of them is very large each time, so even if you set up a stall for a while and the business is not good, you don't have to worry, those foreign caravans will come to the border city every ten days to resell the goods, then you only need to take it, and they will keep it all."

Huaixi thought about it again and again, and still suggested that Shen Niannian buy the gadgets in the female red, there are a lot of people who make food at the border, although there are many profits, but the competitive pressure is not small, I am afraid that Shen Niannian is alone, if he intervenes, he will get into some trouble.

Shen Niannian nodded, then said with a smile, "That's it, I'll listen to Sister Huaixi, I'll go to the cloth village to buy some good cloth later, and come back while it's still early, I should be able to embroider some things." ”

After Huaixi finished eating the buns, he also stood up and said with a smile, "Then I won't bother you, sister, I should also go to set up a stall, it's not too early this day!" ”

As she spoke, without waiting for Shen Niannian to speak, this beautiful woman named Huaixi walked out in a hurry.

Fortunately, these days she also knows that the border is such a place. The restraint on women is not as strict as in Kyoto, but he shook his head amusefully and planned to go out.

……

The price of the cloth head in the cloth village is also very cheap, and it only costs 100 wen to buy a bag of hemp.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Niannian went to buy some high-quality silk threads and embroidery needles, and then hurried back to the house.

She didn't know that the soldiers outside were searching almost inch by inch in order to find her. And the women who went out of the city also had to be interrogated. This will be released.

Shrunk in the house, but did not feel lonely, and picked out some soft silk with large cloths. So he made a silk handkerchief.

Now her hand speed of making purses and embroidered handkerchiefs is very fast, and by the time Huaixi finally came back from the stall, there were already more than a dozen silk handkerchiefs on the table, and there were more than 20 purses with silky and delicate fabrics. If it hadn't been for Wise's knock on the door, she wouldn't have known she had done it all day!

"Sister Shen. You did it all today? Waishi was dumbfounded as he looked at the handkerchiefs and purses on the table.

Although the border woman can be a female celebrity, it is not exquisite, just to make a good dress and trouser legs will not leak, but it will not be like those prosperous places in Kyoto that regard female celebrity as one of the moral evaluations of a boudoir woman.

Shen Niannian's female red in Kyoto can only be said to be medium to high reads;. She had seen with her own eyes that a woman with a very high embroidery skill in Kyoto presented a longevity picture at the birthday banquet of the former emperor, which was a peerless embroidery picture that made the dragon smile. And in front of others, she can't even compare to a little finger.

But now it's at the border. There are very few women who can make such delicate gadgets in her hands, and with this extremely fast hand speed, it is no wonder that it scares Wise.

Shen Niannian smiled, picked a silk handkerchief and purse on the table at random, and then walked to Huaixi, stuffed two small things into her hands, and said with a smile, "Little sister has just arrived, and I will have to take care of Sister Huaixi in the future, if you like it, these two gadgets will be a little bit of my sister's heart, Sister Huaixi, you must not be polite." ”

"You're welcome? Haha, Sister Shen, you call yourself a sister, how can I, who is a sister, be polite to you, these two little things are indeed delicate and beautiful, my sister will accept them cheekily, and I will come to my sister's house later, I, who is my sister, will give you a table of wine and food, and I will treat it as a dust wash for my sister. ”

Huaixi took it briskly, her temperament has always been relatively straight, and her likes and dislikes for people are also shown on her face, although Shen Niannian's appearance is ruined, but it does not prevent her from getting close to her, but after a while, the two are completely familiar.

Shen Niannian knew that the people who lived in the courtyard were either orphans and widows, or they were lonely women who had nowhere to go, so even if she saw Huaixi combing her woman's hair, she could guess that this cheerful Huaixi sister should also have no husband's family, so she didn't ask her who her husband's family was.

Wai Xi is a cheerful person and has a good cooking skill.

chatted with Shen Niannian for a while, and then went out to cook with a smile.

Shen Niannian touched her stomach, looked at the sky, and thought about it, but just took the fried rice that Huaixi gave her today to temporarily relieve her hunger.

Outside, the sky was getting dark, and the other female tenants in the small courtyard were returning one after another.

After all, they are all daughters, even if they are doing some small business outside, these women do not dare to stay longer, as long as they feel that the sale is acceptable, they will hurry home while there are still people on the street, so as not to get late and there will be any trouble.

In the past, there were bloody examples in front of everyone.

It was still a young widow who made tofu at home, and because she wanted to sell more money to buy medicine for her children, it was late when the stall closed one day.

But the widow was finally targeted by the ruffians, and the next day she was found naked in the alley behind a tavern.

This kind of death is not glorious at all.

After having a precedent, the lone women who originally wanted to sell for more hours did not dare to continue to set up stalls, and every time it was time to apply, they almost closed their stalls and went home.

About a quarter of an hour later, there was a knock on her door.

Shen Niannian put away his things, answered the sound, and went to open the door, and what caught his eye was an elderly lady.

The eldest lady is kind and kind-eyed, quite blessed, when she laughs, it makes people feel very kind, and she is still holding a white bun in her hand, and when she opens the door, she smiles and says, "The eldest nephew has just arrived, right?" The eldest mother's husband's family name is Hu, you can call me Aunt Hu, who is your husband's family and what is the name of your eldest nephew? ”

"Aunt Hu, it's okay for you to tell me to change my mind, my husband's family...... Sorry, I don't want to bring it up. Shen Niannian made a gloomy appearance, and it was easy to be automatically made up by Aunt Hu.

Sure enough, Aunt Hu looked at the gloomy look in her eyes, and hurriedly snorted and changed the topic, "Okay, let's not talk about this, come on, this is the white bun sold by Auntie's own family, specially brought to you to taste reads;!" ”

Shen Niannian took it with a smile and hurriedly invited Aunt Hu into the house to sit.

But Aunt Hu waved her hand with a smile, "No, no, my aunt still needs to rest, prepare for tomorrow's things, I just came to say hello to you, we will be neighbors in the future, if there is anything to help, just say to the aunt, if the aunt can help, I will help you!" ”

Shen Niannian secretly laughed that the people in this small courtyard were very enthusiastic, nodded again and again, and gave Aunt Hu a silk handkerchief before seeing her go back.

As soon as Aunt Hu left, Huaixi stood in front of her house, shouting at Shen Niannian and asking her to come over for dinner.

Shen Niannian answered, locked the house, and walked over.

There are ordinary two dishes and one soup on the table, among which there is a meat dish, and the obvious meat smell can be seen in the soup, and the fragrance of the meal tempts Shen Niannian's stomach almost ran out, but I didn't expect this Huaixi to be quite good at cooking.

Shen Niannian smiled and helped Huaixi scoop rice, and when she saw her take four bowls out, she was surprised, "Did Sister Huaixi invite someone else?" How can there be four bowls? ”

Huaixi nodded, "There is still a mother and daughter coming over in a while, the mother and daughter are quite pitiful, usually, I can help with a handful, and I will introduce you to you in a while." ”

Shen Niannian answered, helped serve the meal to the table, and just put down the chopsticks, he saw a young woman with a withered face and poor spirits leading a ruddy and white face, but a dirty little girl walked in, looking at the more people in the room, the young woman was slightly stunned, and then showed a smile, "This is Sister Shen, right?" My husband's surname is He, you can call me Sister He, this is my daughter Ying'er, come, Ying'er is called Aunt Nian. ”

"It's good to miss my aunt." He Ying'er screamed timidly, but her eyes were on the food on the table, and she couldn't help but leave her mother and run to the table to sit down, holding chopsticks and preparing to eat by herself.

Seeing this, Shen Niannian frowned slightly, only feeling that this child had no distinction between dignity and inferiority.

He didn't seem to think that his daughter had done anything wrong, so he sat down next to He Yinger with a smile, picked up the chopsticks, and ate them, and picked the meat vigorously.

Shen Niannian raised her eyebrows slightly, the intuitive He family didn't seem to welcome her, although the mother and daughter were not polite at all, but she still waited for Huaixi to sit down before taking off the mask.

"Ahh Ugly! ”

He Ying'er looked like she was ten years old, and when she accidentally caught a glimpse of Shen Niannian's face, she suddenly screamed in fright, and hid directly in her mother's arms, looking at Shen Niannian with obvious disgust in her eyes.

He's face was also obviously not good-looking, and he hurriedly comforted his frightened daughter, and smiled embarrassedly at her, "I'm really sorry, Sister Shen's child is timid, not on purpose." ”

The corners of Shen Niannian's mouth were slightly hooked, and he ate quietly, as if the other party did not exist at all.

Huaixi, as the owner, couldn't help but smile embarrassedly when he saw this kind of scene, "It's all children who don't understand, let's hurry up and eat, aren't we still busy tomorrow?" Sister Shen is just here, Sister He, we have to help her. ”

He Shi vigorously sandwiched the meat and vegetables into his daughter's bowl, and said, "Of course, we are all neighbors now, as it should be, as it should be, hehe." ”

Shen Niannian noticed that although He said this, his eyes glanced at her face intentionally or unintentionally. (To be continued)