Xu Qirong had no choice but to bow his head and ask Xu Qidie: "What good things did you prepare for your sister?" ”

Xu Qidie proudly asked the maid to take out a double-sided Suzhou embroidered fan and two double-sided Suzhou embroidered sweat towels: "Although there are a few things, it is also my heart, and after my sister gets married, I will make a few purses for my sister." ”

Xu Qirong picked up the fan and sweat towel to see, the embroidery is still a little immature, the mandarin ducks playing in the water, the afterglow orchid blooming, although it is not vivid, but the color matching is very pleasing to the eye, that is, the fabric of the fan and the sweat towel, the embroidered silk thread, are excellent, ordinary silk can not be bought.

Xu Qirong was surprised: "Nineteenth sister, when did you learn this double-sided embroidery?" Who did you learn from? ”

There are not many double-sided embroideries circulating on the market, and the price is very expensive, just because of this embroidery method, people generally spread it in the family and do not teach it to outsiders. And in the Xu family, no one knows how to embroider on both sides.

Xu Qidie pursed her lips and was happy. Xu Deng smiled and explained for her: "The family next door to our house, there is a lonely old woman, known as the embroidery lady, when she was young, the double-sided embroidery was excellent, if it wasn't for the widowhood of the young man, she would have been picked into the palace to do embroidery work." Let's buy the house, everyone is still busy cleaning up the house, Sister Die'er somehow has begun to be busy in front of the old woman, learning to cook for the old woman, asking the maid to help wash clothes, and cleaning up the house for others. ”

Xu Qirong glanced at Xu Qidie, a little incredulous. Among the little ladies of the Xu family, except for the youngest Xu Qixuan, Xu Qidie is the most squeamish. When something happens, I never think about how to solve it, I just look for my elders to be coquettish. Or find her to be coquettish.

Xu Qidie was a little embarrassed by Xu Qirong, and muttered: "I heard that when my godmother's eyes are good, the embroidery embroidered can be sold for a hundred or ten taels of silver." ”

After the war, although Xu Qirong still had some shops and granges in Xijing City and Fuzhou City, and there were also some silver taels in the money village, where could he get it. Not to mention the money he gave Xu Tingyan to do business before, Xu Qidie should have come up with such a method when he saw that the elders in the family were worried about the money.

Xu Deng continued: "That embroidered lady has no children and no daughters. Sister Die is smart and sensible, and she is willing to spend time pestering people, and the embroidery lady who is not asked by others actually agreed to accept Sister Die as her goddaughter and teach her the embroidery method of double-sided embroidery. I was not far away from Sister Die's son to learn this. It's too hard. It's not good for the eyes, but your mother said that the Xu family is already like this, and I don't know what will happen in the future, and it's good that Sister Die has a skill. So I asked Sister Die to give her daughter tea to the embroidered lady, and followed the embroidery lady seriously to learn double-sided embroidery. ”

Xu Qirong nodded: "Mother's words are reasonable, Sister Die'er will know this, how can she not be hungry in the future." ”

Xu Qidie said proudly: "It's not just that I'm not hungry, I'm not embroidering well now." So my godmother didn't allow me to take work outside, and I could take the job later. One hundred and ten taels of silver every month, not only can I support myself, but I can also buy books for Ah Wu in the future! ”

Xu Deng sighed: "Sister Die'er is a good child, a person who used to be so fun-loving, such as staying in the house every day and embroidering, piercing one needle after another in her hand, she was stunned to make a few embroidery jobs to add makeup to you before you got married, and the fabrics and silk threads were still given to you by the fifteenth princess and you gave them to her." Such a good thing, your mother originally advised her to keep it as her dowry in the future. ”

Hearing this, Xu Qirong's eyes turned red, she thought that after Xu Jinxing's incident, Sister E and Sister Die also hated her a little, but she didn't expect Sister Die to do this for herself.

Xu Qirong took Xu Qidie's hand and looked at it, there were no needle eyes and blood scabs on it, but it was a little rough to the touch, and there were some hard calluses, and I couldn't help but cry with sour eyes.

Xu Qidie didn't feel anything, she stretched out her hand to wipe away Xu Qirong's tears, looked like a little adult, and said seriously: "Sister, I used to call you Sister Fifteen, but now I call you Sister, you are the same as Sister E in my heart." Now that my sister is getting married, I must be worried about the family, how can we as sisters not share our sister's worries? In a few days, I will be able to do embroidery work to earn money, support myself, and take care of Ah Wu and Taiping in the future, even on my mother and father's side, there is also our filial piety. My sister can get married with peace of mind. ”

Xu Qirong had never seen Xu Qidie so sensible, and he hugged Xu Qidie and cried a little. Then he remembered what Degong had told him on the way to Jinju earlier, and said, "The twelfth uncle and the twelfth aunt are fine, they joined the army and went to Beiting Pass." ”

Xu Qidie smiled: "I know, they wrote a letter to me and Sister E, telling us to be obedient!" ”

Xu Qi'e hesitated on the side, then stepped forward and plunged into Xu Qirong's arms, and said in a sullen voice: "The world is difficult, and our sisters don't work together, how can we live!" ”

Xu Qixuan and Xu Qixuan couldn't help but have a sour nose, and hugged them and cried. Xu Deng didn't stop them, watching their sisters hug and cry.

In such a world, it is already a blessing to be able to hug each other and cry bitterly, I don't know how many people are separated from their wives, and I don't know how many people have lost their children and grandchildren!

When they were tired of crying, the sisters looked at each other and smiled, got together again, and pulled Xu Deng to talk to each other about what happened after the separation.

Xu Deng took the opportunity to say: "Sister E'er's good things are going to be ordered, I'm not worried, Sister Die'er has a skill, I'm not worried, Sister Xuan'er is young, don't worry, it's Sister Xuan'er, let me break my heart." ”

Xu Qixuan's face flushed on the side, and his expression became a little sad.

Xu Qixuan is one year older than Xu Qirong, and now Xu Qirong is getting married, but Xu Qixuan's major events don't even have a shadow. At the beginning, I saw that there was a suitable person in Xijing City, but before it was settled, I went out to confiscate my family and send him into prison and exile, which was really a bit fateful.

Xu Qirong comforted: "The twelfth sister is good-looking and has a good temperament, our family has just moved to Suzhou, so no one came up to inquire, just wait for a long time." ”

Xu Deng shook his head and sighed: "Everyone knows that we are fleeing, it can be said that we have no permanent property, and we don't even want to bring our family with us on weekdays, even if Sister Jin helps, it is useless, and Sister Jin is ...... in vain."

This is what it means to Xu Qixuan in Suzhou City that he can't be a good person.

Xu Deng said his plan: "I want to stay here in Jinzhou for a while, please help your grandmother take a look, regardless of whether you are a merchant or a hard student, as long as you can make Sister Xuan live a good life in the future, I won't choose." ”

Xu Qirong suddenly became new, no wonder people like Xu Deng who raised their chin to look at people would be so enthusiastic after seeing their grandmother, no wonder she and Sister Xuan were so valuable in the makeup they gave themselves.

In the end, it was his sister, Xu Qirong thought for a while, and said: "I found time to talk to my grandmother, but my grandmother is old and doesn't socialize much, but the eldest aunt and eldest cousin have more contact with the ladies and wives in the city, so I asked them to help inquire." ”

I only said to inquire, but I didn't pack a ticket, in this troubled world, if you want to get married to Qin and Jin, as long as it is a slightly better person, who doesn't want to find someone who knows the roots!

Xu Qixuan's eyes were red, but Xu Deng happily agreed, and praised Xu Qirong a few more words. Xu Qixuan quietly pinched Xu Qirong's palm, and the roots of his ears were even more red. Xu Qirong understood, put it down for the time being, and asked about another matter: "When did Sister E have a family?" Why didn't Daddy tell me in the letter? (To be continued.) )