Since Xue Jiao counterattacked Wen Yan with lamp oil, she also knocked out everyone's thoughts in the upper room, the first one was Mrs. Chen, and she never mentioned the matter of sending the embroidered statue of Guanyin.

Chen Xiucai continued to deliver letters and things to his home, and he was supposed to arrive at home in a few days, but when the ship arrived at the Jialing River, it encountered heavy fog, and the ship could not continue to go north, and the fog dispersed for more than ten days. The business of the embroidery workshop continues every day, and even the noble families of Xuzhou Mansion know that the various embroideries embroidered by the Chen family embroidery workshop are like the real ones, and every few days there are always the big housekeepers of the rich and noble families who come to the door.

One day, a low-key and plain housekeeper came to ask for a picture of Guanyin, and when she arrived at the embroidery workshop and chatted with Li's for a few words, her face showed hesitation.

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This business is not big, it is not small, and there are people who come to ask for it every month, and there are very few people who bargain for the heirs, and the embroidery workshop sets what price it is. The embroidery workshop relied on exquisite craftsmanship and integrity to make a name for itself, knowing that the image of Guanyin was profitable, but the price set on it was only one or two higher than other embroidery statues. Even if the price for this housekeeper's grandmother is forty taels of silver, it is not too much, because she requires higher than others, and the first batch of silk spun Su silk must be fine, the silk thread must be Shu brocade silk, and the edging must be gold and silver thread, and it must be completed within seven days. Such a request, not to mention forty taels of silver, is one hundred taels of silver, and the embroidery workshops in Xuzhou Mansion may not be willing to accept it. Xue Jiao is willing to take it, for the embroidery workshop is small, every business is cherished, and Shu brocade and Su silk are ready-made. It was brought by Chen Xiucai a few days ago, and there is no need to order it again.

When it was coming, the housekeeper and grandmother hesitated.

"Mama came all the way to our embroidery workshop from Xuzhou Mansion. Presumably I have also seen or heard of the craftsmanship of the embroidery workshop, you came here to sincerely do this business with us, otherwise why rush to come from afar, my mother has been chatting with you for so long, but also sincerely want to do your business, and your requirements for embroidery can be met by the embroidery workshop, I don't know if Mama is still dissatisfied with the embroidery workshop? Chen Xuejiao said straight to the point.

Mama took a sip of tea. seems to be peaceful and waveless eyes, but in fact it is shrewd, otherwise how can you be the grandmother of a big family if you are really peaceful and waveless. Asking for a child is generally a very secret and important thing for large families. Such a secret and important matter can be entrusted to her to do, which shows her status in the mansion.

For such a shrewd mother who has seen all kinds of storms, it is much more effective to say it bluntly than to fight a roundabout war.

Mama looked at Xue Jiao and smiled: "It seems that the girl is half a family." "It's not surprising that the eldest aunt and grandmother who married into Dingfu took care of the family before she was ten years old. Now her daughter, Ai Sister, is the same age as the girl of the Chen family in front of her. Take care of your own yard like an iron bucket.

Xue Jiao smiled slightly: "It's over!" Mama has something to say. "At this time, I can only see the move.

Li touched Xue Jiao with her elbow next to her, she was beating a drum in her heart, she was really afraid that the grandmother in front of her was inserted in the big embroidery workshop of Xuzhou Mansion, and she would listen to the reality of the embroidery workshop business in the name of buying embroidery statues. Although the business of the Chen family embroidery workshop is not even a fraction of the big embroidery workshop, when it comes to embroidering portraits, the Chen family embroidery workshop is unique.

Mama hesitated, gritted her teeth, and simply said: "I don't hide it from the girl, I was ordered by my wife." I asked my aunt and grandmother, who is now the grandmother of Dingfu, to send a picture of Guanyin, and I vaguely heard the humanity outside just now. The girl is the sister-in-law of Aunt Chen of Dingfu. ”

So that's the case, it's no wonder that the mama in front of her has scruples, in terms of identity, Xue Jiao is not Chen Xueyao's sister, and it is natural for Mama to have scruples.

Xue Jiao smiled, since Mama understands the relationship between them so clearly, she must also know that Xue Yao's father and Xue Jiao's father are not born to the same mother, and the relationship between the Chen family's big house and the second room has always been not harmonious. Since Xue Yao entered the Ding Mansion as an aunt, the Chen family's big house has never received any news from her, only knowing that she took the second room and the family into the city to live, and also gave Chen Zichang a shop, and now even Chen Zigui, who is in the fourth room, has also gone to run errands.

"Mama doesn't have to worry about this at all, although I and Aunt Chen's maiden family of Dingfu are cousins, but I am the daughter of the big house, she is the daughter of the second room, we have two rooms and separate families, although we are both members of the Chen family, but each has its own way, even this embroidery workshop is only our big house, not to mention that we are in business, and we don't care about anything else." Chen Xuejiao's words were clear, and she almost bluntly said that the big house had nothing to do with the second room.

Mama was obviously relieved when she heard Xue Jiao say this.

If it is not the idea of the grandmother of Dingfu to ask for Guanyin, it is indeed the idea of her mother, Mrs. Wu, although she knows that her son-in-law is not growing, but in the end it is the father of her sister. When the grandmother of Ding Mansion was not out of the cabinet, she was so noble and noble, she knew how to write and ink, and knew how to play the piano and chess, although she was a businesswoman, but the average official girl was inferior to her. The old lady loved her when she was there, and when she was raised by her brother, she thought that she could book a good family, and she had a banquet in the partial birth house, and the son of Ding Mansion went to give congratulatory gifts, she glanced through the curtain, and then she wanted to get married. The descendants of the Ding family are prosperous, and the business is all over the place, although their family has declined, the son has won the show, seeing that the Wu family is interested, Fang Tete came to the door to ask for marriage, and when he went out, he was really ten miles of red makeup! It's a pity that the eldest grandmother of Dingfu has a thin heir, and she only got a daughter after marrying for seven years, and then she had a miscarriage and was a brother, and she has never been pregnant since she hurt her body. Asking to send a son Guanyin was hidden from the grandmother of Dingfu in advance, and the uncle of Dingfu looked like a good one, but there was no appearance, and the original match was thrown aside as soon as the hijab was lifted, and the grandmother was like ashes when she injured her body, and she no longer begged for a son or a daughter or counted on her husband.

But the old lady of the Wu family is anxious, in order to love her sister, and she can't let her daughter leave, in the future, her sister will go out of the cabinet, and the girl will not have a son How to get old when she is old, although the concubine of the uncle of Dingfu is a room, and any concubine who gives birth to a son respectfully calls her daughter her mother, but in the end it is not her own body, it is not certain whether she raised a white-eyed wolf or a good son, and in addition to the old lady of Dingfu, the old fool promoted an aunt who was born as a maid to be the second lady, and when she has a son, she is not a flat wife on an equal footing with her own daughter. Mrs. Wu inquired around, and learned that the embroidery workshop in Baitu Town embroidered the most flexible image, so she asked the close grandmother to run a trip to beg, the girl was unwilling to hang the image of ghosts and gods in the house, she came to hang the statue of the girl in the Wu family, three incense sticks every day, sincerely begging, I don't believe that her daughter can't give birth to a son. Mama is also a transparent person, listening to Xue Jiao's words so straightforward, needless to say, the silver was delivered on the spot, most people are paid silver, she paid forty taels of silver, only to wait for seven days later to take the embroidery.

The embroidery workshop has daily inputs, but in the spring and autumn of the first season, even the Li family did not think that there would be such a good time in life.

As soon as it entered August, the whole family began to prepare for Qi'an's entry into the examination room.

In her previous life, Xue Jiao thought that it would be easy to take the test to show talents, but she didn't expect to go through so many layers of tests, which was even more cumbersome than the college entrance examination in her previous life.

This dynasty stipulates that all scholars who study the profession, regardless of age, can only be qualified to participate in the college examination if they pass the two examinations of the county examination and the government examination to become a child, and the outstanding results in the college examination can become a showman.

This is the first time Chen Qi'an has taken the exam, and he has only taken a small step on the road to the imperial examination. Xue Jiao didn't know if he was really calm or pretending to be calm, he seemed confident when he set off to go to the county, and the first night he followed Huang Xiucai's advice, didn't read a book, didn't stay up late, and went to bed early.

It's a pity that Chen Xiucai will not be able to come to the house in a few days, and he can't personally send Qi An to the examination room.

The county examination is scheduled for the seventh, ninth and thirteenth days of the first month of August. During the exam, a student sat in an examination room made of sheds, eating, living and toileting, and Li prepared food, shoes and socks, a change of clothes, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, all of which should be placed in the baggage.

"What should I do if the meal is cold in the exam room?" Lee's brows furrowed.

"I heard that there will be a stove in the examination shed when it is time to eat, and you can make tea and roast food." Xue Jiao didn't let the Li family pretend to be soft food, and it was inconvenient to eat soup and water in the examination room, "Why don't you bring some dried meat, boiled salted duck eggs, and steamed bread slices, and roast them on a charcoal fire, and eat them hot, wouldn't it be better than the soup and water." ”

Li only thought it was a good idea, and he Xueru sliced the steamed buns, fried them in an oil pan and fried them on both sides, sprinkled them with salt, and put them in the jar. I bought the best beef and pork, cut them into domino-sized slices, passed them in a pan of oil, soaked them in a large pot of marinade, steamed them on the stove to dry the water, and stacked them in a bottle. When he arrived at the examination room, Qi An took it out and roasted it on a charcoal fire when he ate it, and ate it with hot tea in a steamed bun. Although the autumn is not strong in August, but it is cooler at night, how can you hold it in the examination room, Li deliberately turned out the winter jacket, and sewed a thick jacket with silk from the south.

Naturally, the exam has to go to the county in advance, Chen Xiucai is not at home, everything is handled by Han's shopkeeper, and his son Han Xingjian is going to the exam like Qi An. He rented an inn next to the examination room early, and on the day he went to the county, he personally came to pick up Qi An and Huang Xiucai. Because Zhao Yiming was filial piety to his father, he had to take the exam three years later, and he also rushed to see off Qi An early in the morning.

Qi An had only been gone for a day, and Li Shi chattered.

The next day, I received a letter from my husband, saying that the ship had arrived in Taiping County, and after the goods were sold, I would go to Xuzhou Mansion by land.

This time it's true, fortunately, the house at home has been cleaned, the original wall has been painted, and now the whole house is like a snow cave, and I am looking forward to Chen Xiucai returning home. (To be continued......)