Bi Lian smiled and pushed Zhao Xiu to the round table and said to her: "Isn't the girl worried that the autumn will start to take over the sewing room, and she will have to be forced by the old lady to practice female celebrity?" I don't know the girl's personality yet? The most impatient embroidery, when I was young, I loved to listen to other people's praises, and I wanted to make the old lady happy, and I could patiently embroider some handkerchiefs, purses, foreheads, fan covers or something, but now I am tired, let others praise you for your good needlework, and I don't want to do these anymore, for fear of wasting my eyes. At the end of the year, that is, the little things that the old lady and the uncle carry with them, you are still willing to embroider a few stitches. ”

Zhao Xiu pouted: "Isn't it?" Embroidery is the most eye-consuming, I'm still so young, I don't want to be short-sighted. If you have time during the day, you would rather read more books, practice writing and painting more, even if you are studying what soup is delicious and nutritious, what kind of flowers are embroidered? My neck is still sore. As for the night, wouldn't that hurt your eyes even more? ”

Bi Lian pursed her lips and smiled, she was now used to the words that popped out of Zhao Xiu's mouth from time to time that people couldn't understand, and she could even understand the meaning: "Yes, yes, the girl is reasonable." People like us don't have to rely on girls to make needlework and sell money, as long as they can do it and do it well, it's enough, the girl has learned well, in fact, you don't have to embroider every day, if you burn your eyes, wouldn't it be worse? ”

Zhao Xiu listened very smoothly, so she asked her: "You haven't talked about the topic yet, my grandmother wants me to practice embroidery more, I have a headache, is there any good way for your mother to help me get through this hurdle?" ”

Bi Lian pointed to a large piece of fabric spread out on the table: "This is it." ”

Zhao Xiu still didn't understand: "Is this for me to identify various fabrics?" I could recognize most of them, but I couldn't name the others. When I take over the sewing room, my grandmother will teach me too, right? ”

Bi Lian shook her head: "Girl, the old lady will naturally teach you that kind of thing." What my mother means is that the girl can learn in advance, and when the old lady asks, she can answer everything, and the old lady is happy, and she won't force you too hard. Moreover, the old lady asked the girl to practice more female red. I didn't say I had to practice embroidery! ”

Zhao Xiu suddenly realized, and couldn't help but show joy: "You're right! Women's red needlework or something, not necessarily embroidery. It could be something else! "Simple as a tie, complex as tailor-made, but all work related to needles and threads is a category of female popularity that girls should learn. It's just that Zhang pays more attention to her embroidery level. That's why she neglects the other aspects.

Zhao Xiu learned to play when he was a child, and he played well, so of course there is no problem in this regard. But Zhang's requirements are higher, and a few delicate winds can't satisfy her, since she doesn't want to work hard in embroidery, tailoring skills have become Zhao Xiu's lifesaver.

Bilian smiled and said, "My mother said, the girl first learns to recognize these materials, and then tries to cut them." Sew a few threads, embroider a little flower or something. Know what different materials are suitable for, and have a bottom in your heart. Then, before the old lady lets you go to the needlework room, you can learn how to tailor clothes again, but don't waste good materials like the unseemly summer clothes made that year, so that you can make one or two clothes that can be worn out to meet people. It's better to wear it yourself, and it's better to honor the old lady. The old lady was overjoyed when she saw it, and she no longer forced you to practice embroidery. For people like us, the daughters can make their own clothes, and the embroidered flowers are also good, which is extremely rare, and they will not lose face at all. ”

The more Zhao Xiu thought about it, the more he felt that this was reasonable, and hurriedly said to Bilian with a smile: "This is a good idea, I'm afraid I won't learn well." It's not that I haven't learned before, but no one dares to wear the clothes I made, so I can only cut them to make coffee table cloth or put them together with other cloths to make chair cushions. "That's the truth, that's a good thing she did when she was eight years old, a good piece of flower satin, which is now a cushion cover on the Luohan bed in her study.

Bi Lian raised her eyebrows: "At that time, you were still young, and your hands were only so big that you couldn't hold the heavy big scissors." Now that the girl is older, and her strength is greater, she can ask someone to make a set of smaller and lighter scissors, and she will be able to make it easier. Find a good master to teach, with the girl's cleverness, are you afraid that you won't be able to learn? ”

Zhao Xiu's eyes rolled, and she remembered that Bilian had learned a good needlework from Lu's mother since she was a child, and her own close-fitting clothes were all made by her, and occasionally she would make one or two sets of chic clothes according to her own wishes, which were much more comfortable to wear than those made in the needlework room. Instead of looking for someone to teach in the needlework room, it is better to ask Bilian directly to take care of things in the future and look at the so-called master's face and tie his hands and feet.

So she clasped her palms together and looked at Bi Lian, and said pleadingly: "Good sister, I know that you are a good girl, and you are the best at making clothes, and the clothes and skirts you made for me are very comfortable to wear, better than everyone in the needlework room." You will be my master, right? I will definitely study hard. ”

Bilian was planning to teach Zhao Xiu, but when she heard her say this, she was even happier in her heart, and she couldn't hide the smile on her face, and said with a little pride: "If the girl really has a heart, I don't have anything to teach, but the girl doesn't think I'm strict, if I don't do well, I won't be polite." ”

"You're welcome, I'm not doing well, you must sue me, and I'll change it. If you coax me everywhere and only say nice things, how can I learn things? Zhao Xiu hurriedly poured a cup of tea and held it in front of Bilian, "Master, please drink tea, what does the master want, just ask." ”

Bilian burst out laughing, and hurriedly took the teacup and put it on the table: "Although it's a joke, I can't stand it." Since the girl really wants to learn, I naturally want to teach her. If the girl wants to thank me, she doesn't have to give me any gifts, just reward me with two more dishes on her birthday this year. ”

"No problem!" Zhao Xiu has always been very generous to the people around her, of course, it is impossible to refuse this small request, she also said: "What do you want to eat?" I told the kitchen to do it beforehand. I remember that time during the Flower Dynasty Festival, I made tofu skin buns at home, you love to eat it, you gnawed three plates in a row, and often talked about when to do it again, why don't you just do this? ”

Bilian's eyes lit up, she really wanted to eat tofu skin buns for a long time, but she hesitated. He shook his head and said hesitantly: "If the girl really wants to reward me, the Hangzhou lotus root noodles that Mr. Cai sent back a few days ago." Can you give me a pack? ”

Zhao Xiu was a little puzzled: "What? Are you craving dessert? But the osmanthus has not come down yet, and it is delicious to make lotus root powder osmanthus cake when the time comes. ”

Bilian shook her head and said, "I heard that people who are sick can nourish their bodies by eating lotus root powder." My father's health has not been better, and I want some lotus root noodles to go back to him to eat. ”

It turned out to be for Lu Changxiu, Zhao Xiu couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "He has been injured for more than two years, and he can obviously stand up." You can walk without crutches, but you can walk slowly. Grandmother didn't dislike him for anything, didn't he just have no errands? If only he wanted. It's okay to find him a job where he doesn't have to move. What are you grumpy like this, scolding and scolding there all day long? I think he is weak because he refuses to go out or get out of bed. ”

Bi Lian said gloomily: "When he started. I also thought about waiting for my condition to get better. I'll come back and look for an errand. It was only later that my cousin uncle came to defect, but rejected Tiyì, who had sold himself as a servant, that his temper became sour. He felt that he had no hope in the future, and the old lady would not drive him out, so he simply stayed at home and waited for death. If he went out and met people who had worked under him in the past, he always felt that they would laugh at him. ”

Lu Changxiu is bent on passing on his promising youngest son Xiaoman, who has now been renamed Lu Mingzhang, to the clansmen, as long as the clansmen temporarily devote themselves to the Zhao family as servants. There is no distinction between good and low between the two families, and no one can fault this succession. Then wait until the people redeem themselves. After restoring his status as a good citizen, Lu Mingzhang was also able to take advantage of the loopholes of the imperial court law, and then became a good citizen, and there was hope for the imperial examination in the future, and he could also take his family out to enjoy happiness. Lu Changxiu thought of this method that day, and he kept planning, not hesitating to sacrifice his eldest son Lu Dashou, but unfortunately he could only be disappointed in the end.

Lu Dashou was beaten with 80 boards four times, and his legs became a little lame. Now he has a job of feeding the horses in the stable, which is far worse than the former decent poor man. He had a grudge against his father in his heart, and he had no wife, so he gave up on himself, and drank and played with others. For Lu Changxiu, this son is already a waste. Helplessly, Lu's mother had to be on an errand, Lu Mingzhang and Bilian had their own errands, only their father and son stayed at home, day and night, looking at each other with disgust.

Lu Changxiu, the clansman he had been looking forward to for a long time, finally took his wife to Fengxian in the winter of the year before last, but even if he was a side branch and lived a poor life, he never forgot that he was a scholarly family, and he resolutely refused to sell himself. If he doesn't be a servant, how can Lu Changxiu pass on his son to him openly? In the end, it was split in two. Mother Lu gave the couple some silver and helped them lead the messenger who went to Nanhui to see the house, which can be regarded as helping them. She was already desperate for this husband. Roh Chang-so also despaired of his future. He is now complaining about the heavens and the earth, complaining about the people, and complaining about his eldest son, he doesn't dare to go out to see people, and he is still depressed in his heart, how can his body get better? It's hard to believe that Bilian still knows to be filial to him and wants to ask for something to supplement his body.

Zhao Xiu felt that Bilian was not easy, so he said: "What is a pack of lotus root powder?" I have quite a few in the house, and you can take as many packs as you like. Nowadays, some people in our family go to Hangzhou from time to time, and when they want to eat, it is also very convenient to ask someone to buy it. But this thing for your father, it may not work, I still have some Poria cream, Poria Shenmu, I heard that it is good for your father's situation, you can also take some back, ask the doctor, and then give him food. ”

Bilian was overjoyed, and with great gratitude, she went to get the lotus root powder. Zhao Xiu began to look through the fabrics, carefully remembering the names and characteristics of each one.

Seeing that noon was approaching, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps from outside the courtyard gate, and Zhao Wei rushed in, with a look of excitement and excitement.

He rushed directly into the main house and shouted, "Grandmother! Grandmother! The emperor has finally set up a new prince! King Le'an has become the new crown prince! ”

"What?" Zhang helped the girl out of the room, "What did you just say?" Who is the new prince? Zhao Xiu also ran over from the room.

Zhao Wei's expression was full of excitement and joy: "It's King Le'an, the younger brother of His Royal Highness King Guangping, King Le'an!" (To be continued......)