As he spoke, he raised his eyes and secretly looked at the girl next to him who was half a head taller than herself, her facial features could only be regarded as delicate, but her skin was very white, and she was wearing red clothes, which added a bit of freshness and playfulness, and she was a hearty and generous woman.

But this appearance doesn't look like "my poor niece who was tormented by my stepmother" in Liu's mouth.

couldn't help but feel a little curious about this Xiao lady.

"Yiyi, I see that your father has brought a lot of things, what are you doing here?"

The two girls walked at the end, and Pan Xian naturally saw the gifts carried by Lin Youcai's father and son, and vaguely guessed that this time Lin Meiyi and the three of them came to the door more than just to pay New Year's greetings.

There is nothing to hide about apprenticeship, and besides, everyone has gone to the master's house, so sooner or later they will have to know.

Lin Meiyi lowered her voice and told Pan Xian the intention of the three of them, and when the little girl heard that she had actually come to learn from her teacher, she immediately felt incredible.

"Have you been sick once? That year, my stepmother said that you have a talent and want you to try needlework, but you forgot how you rejected her at that time? Why do you want to learn again now? Don't you hate needlework the most? ”

Looking at Pan Xian's skeptical expression of whether you are a ghost or not, Lin Meiyi did not show it on her face, but she chuckled in her heart.

She remembered that when Mrs. Xiao first entered Pan's house, she was nine years old and always followed Liu's family to Pan's house to see Pan Xian, and once she happened to meet Mrs. Xiao who was embroidering, and curiously picked up the needle and thread and tried it.

Xiao Niangzi just praised her for her talent and asked her if she wanted to learn from her, she accidentally pierced her finger with a hole, and Liu always brainwashed her in her ear that Xiao Niangzi was not a good person or something, so she was angry and overturned Xiao Niangzi's embroidery shelf, and let go, saying that she hated embroidery or something.

Thinking of this memory, Lin Meiyi just wanted to kneel down for the original owner.

Raising his eyes to look at Pan Xian's expression of asking for more blessings, and then looking at Lin Youcai, who had already communicated with Uncle Pan and was waving at him in the hall, Lin Meiyi hurriedly asked Pan Xian:

"Is Mrs. Xiao good-tempered?"

Pan Xian seriously recalled Xiao's hideous expression when she scolded Liu, and shook her head decisively, "It's not very good." ”

"But my stepmother is usually very good to me, although she looks a little fierce, but she doesn't hit people." Pan Xian hurriedly added comfort.

Unfortunately, it didn't have much effect.

Lin Mei entered the house nervously, and then saw a young woman wearing a green embroidered jacket walking in with a small milk baby.

Lin Youcai was busy giving her daughter a look, Lin Meiyi knew that this was the main master, and hurriedly called obediently: "Auntie." ”

"Hmm." Xiao hooked his lips slightly and nodded slightly.

Pan Xian followed into the house, and took the initiative to reach out and hug the little milk baby in Xiao Niangzi's arms, the little doll was the son of Xiao Niangzi and Uncle Pan, the nickname was Huzi, he had just turned one year old, and he couldn't say it clearly, but it could be seen that he liked Pan Xian's sister very much, waving his two little hands, and from time to time "ahhhh

Pan Xiao also likes her younger brother very much, looking at her willing appearance, she doesn't have the feeling of "being forced to help take care of the child" as Liu said.

At this moment, Lin Meiyi gradually realized that her old lady was actually not allowed to look at people.

In this way, the real Xiao family may not be so bad, otherwise Pan Xian would not have such bright clothes to wear, let alone show that innocent and bright smile.

But one thing Liu said is right, Xiao is really not good-looking, at the age of twenty-five or sixteen, with a straight face, he looks a bit like the posture of an aunt in charge of a big family.

Lin Meiyi has seen a lot of people, and the stereotypical movements of Xiao's actions should have been trained all year round.

There is a rumor about the Xiao family in the village, saying that she is a maid sold by a large family, and because she committed an accident in the house, she was released by the owner of the deed of sale, and the Pan family paid to buy her.

Now it seems that this rumor is not 100% true, but it is also half true.

Lin Youcai and Uncle Pan, who had beautiful hair, sat on the left side, and Xiao sat on the right side, leaning slightly, looking at Lin Meiyi standing in the middle of the hall.

As if he was worried that his sister would be nervous, Lin Dalang, who was standing behind Lin Youcai, kept smiling at Lin Meiyi, trying to make her relax in this way.

Feeling that Xiao's side was almost over, Lin Youcai was busy giving Uncle Pan a look, Uncle Pan bowed slightly to indicate that he had received the information, "cough cough" coughed twice, and began to get straight to the point.

Hearing that Lin Meiyi wanted to worship herself as a teacher, Xiao was very surprised.

"Have you figured it out?" She asked solemnly, obviously, she hadn't forgotten Lin Meiyi's overturning of her embroidery shelf.

Lin Meiyi nodded heavily, "Well, I've figured it out, I just want to learn from female red." ”

"Do you know what a female celebrity is?" Xiao asked.

She didn't expect to get any satisfactory answers, just wanted to find out if the girl really knew what she was doing.

But what everyone present didn't expect was that the girl took two steps forward without being humble or arrogant, came to Xiao's side, bowed slightly to show respect, and then said:

"Female red is also known as female workers, from raising silkworms and planting cotton to spinning and weaving, from threading needles and threads to sewing clothes, drawing and embroidery, spinning and weaving, pulping, dyeing and weaving, tailoring and sewing, for female workers."

It's something she's been doing all her life, how could she not know?

Lin Meiyi smiled at the corner of her mouth, and her whole person seemed to be glowing, confident and dazzling.

It is undeniable that Xiao is a little excited, and in the dark, she has a premonition that this child is destined to have a fate with her.

"Wait a minute, I'll get some things going."

Hurriedly leaving this sentence, Xiao Shi left the hall and went to the room, seeing that Lin Youcai's father and son in the hall were confused.

"Uncle Pan, what do you mean by this?" Anxious about his sister's future, Lin Dalang asked suspiciously.

Uncle Pan raised his hand to signal him not to worry, "You'll know in a while, there are more people coming to my house to apprentice, but this is the first time she is so satisfied." ”

The hint of these words was already very obvious, as soon as Lin Dalang heard it, his heart suddenly fell, the father and son glanced at each other, and said in their hearts: It's done!

Sure enough, after a while, Xiao Shi walked in with some needlework scissors, incense burners and other things, fiddled in the hall for a while, and made a very ceremonial tabletop.

There was an incense burner on the table, as well as needlework, scissors, wooden shuttles and other female workers' tools, and then Xiao beckoned Lin Meiyi to come over, personally lit the incense and handed it to her, so that she could make incense, pray to the gods, worship the ancestors, and so on, and complete the apprenticeship.

Until they returned home, the Lin family's father and son still felt that things were too smooth and a little unreal.