After breakfast, Xue Wan and Xue Yao set off for the town with Xue's mother's embroidery and Xue's father's fur made before.

Father Xue is not there, the family's money has been stolen again, and the family is indispensable for expenses, especially Xue Jun's medicine money, which accounts for a large part of the expenditure.

So Xue Mu hurried to finish the embroidery at hand, so that she could exchange it for money.

Although Xue Wu has recovered the stolen money and belongings at home, it is not easy to tell Xue's mother, so she can only go to the town, and it just so happens that she also wants to go to the town to see and buy some things.

The name of the town is Qingyang, because it is adjacent to the canal, the geographical location is quite advantageous, and it gathers tourists and merchants from the south to the north, so the town is very prosperous and rich.

On both sides of the street in the center of the town, all kinds of shops such as wine shops, teahouses, inns and so on are lined up, and people come and go on the streets, and its prosperity is no less than that of some small county towns.

After the sister and brother came to the town, they first went to the embroidery village and sold Xue's mother's embroidery.

There are a total of seven pieces, the large one is a picture of flowers and birds in Chunshan that can be made into an interstitial screen, about the size of two desks combined, and the remaining six pieces are embroidered handkerchiefs and purses, each of which is very exquisite.

As soon as the two entered, Qiao Niangzi, the shopkeeper of the embroidery village, greeted her affectionately: "Sister-in-law Yao'er is here?" ”

While taking the two of them to the back room, he also brought several small snacks and pushed them to eat.

Xue's mother's embroidery has always been stored in this embroidery village to sell, and she became familiar with Qiao Niangzi after coming and going, and because of her like-minded interests, the two have become old friends for more than ten years.

For the children of the Xue family, Mrs. Qiao is completely regarded as her own juniors.

Xue Wu was not polite, and took a piece of peach blossom cake and ate it.

Next to her, Mrs. Qiao had already opened the burden she brought, and took out the embroidery inside to admire it.

"Your mother's craft, I was surprised once I saw it, and I don't know how she gave birth to such a pair of skillful hands, embroidered like a painting, looking at the eyes of this bird, they are all alive."

After appreciating enough, she put away the embroidery and handed it to the little maid on the side.

Xue Wu spoke up, "Aunt Qiao, my mother said that she would not consign it this time, and would sell it directly to Xiuzhuang." ”

If the embroidery is sold to the embroidery village, there are two ways, one is to sell it on consignment in the embroidery village, and the money from the final sale is divided between the embroidery village and the embroidery lady according to a certain proportion; The other is to sell directly to the embroidery village, and the subsequent embroidery village sells at any price that has nothing to do with the embroidery girl.

To put it simply, one is a share and the other is a buyout.

Because Xue's mother's embroidery is not worried about selling at all, she has always chosen to share it before, but this time the family is in urgent need of money, and the consignment will take a long time, so this time Xue's mother chose to sell directly to the embroidery village to get a sum of money.

Mrs. Qiao immediately noticed that something was wrong, "What's wrong?" Is there something going on at home that urgently needs money? If you need money urgently, Aunt Qiao has some money on hand and can lend it to you. ”

Qiao Niangzi is just the shopkeeper of the embroidery village, not the boss, although she is a good friend with Xue's mother, but it is impossible to deliberately buy her embroidery at a high price for personal gain, and if you buy it at a normal price, Xue's mother will definitely suffer.

That's why she offered to lend them money and let them still sell it on consignment.

Xue Wu showed gratitude: "Aunt Qiao, there have been a lot of things at home recently, but don't worry, when I really can't open the pot, I'll come to you to borrow money again." ”

Mrs. Qiao sneered and pinched her face, "That's okay." ”

Coming out of the embroidery village, Xue Wu has an extra 23 taels of silver in her money bag, for ordinary people, 23 taels of silver is definitely a lot of money, after all, most people's expenses throughout the year may be less than 5 taels of silver.

However, for the Xue family, this money may not last long.

After all, embroidery is a very eye-hurting and laborious job, in the past, Xue's father felt sorry for Xue's mother, and she was allowed to embroider for up to three hours a day, no more.

Now that Father Xue is not here, Xue Sister-in-law can't let Mother Xue burn her eyes out in order to make money, she has to think of ways to make money.

This is not difficult for her with the Five Elements Bead, but she still has to plan it well.

Then the siblings went to the fur shop and sold a few skins.

After the task of coming to the town was completed, Xue Yao walked around the town, Xue Yao followed her step by step, walked to a crowded place, and protected her in his arms, which was not too warm.

Xue Wan's favor for this younger brother has risen.

When passing by a pharmacy, Xue Wu went in and asked if there were any ginseng seeds for sale, and the guy took some out, but Xue Wu saw that these were treated ginseng seeds, which were a kind of medicinal herb, not seeds that could be planted.

Knowing that she wanted to buy ginseng seeds that could be planted, the man said, "Girl, let's go to the grocery store." It's usually not sold. ”

After all, ginseng is so easy to grow? If you want to make a fortune on this, it is tantamount to a pipe dream.

Xue Yao thanked her and pulled Xue Yao out of the pharmacy.

When they reached the end of the street, a grocery store appeared in the sight of the two.

Weekly grocery store.

There was a rocking chair under the eaves of the door, on which an old man in a gray cloth robe was lying, basking in the sun, and a yellow dog lying next to him, also squinting and napping.

This man and a dog are quite laid-back.

Xue Yao took Xue Yao into the shop, it was empty, there were a lot of things on the two rows of shelves, from pots and pans to needles and threads, and the variety of goods was quite complete, but the furnishings were a little disorganized, and many things were dusty.

It looks like it hasn't been cleaned in a long time.

No wonder there is no one.

It's also a shame that the boss is still in the mood to bask in the sun outside.

But maybe people aren't short of money at all, and opening a grocery store is just a pastime.

After looking around, Xue Wu didn't see any seeds, although she was no longer hopeful, she still asked, "Boss, do you sell ginseng seeds?" ”

Zhou Ao, who was on the recliner, opened his eyelids slightly when he heard this, and casually pointed to the corner of the second row of shelves, "There is one at the bottom, find it yourself." ”

Xue Wu walked over, squatted down, and saw a grayed porcelain bowl in the bottom corner of the shelf, and a bunch of seeds were placed in the bowl, sesame seeds, peanuts, soybeans, and rice...... It's all mixed together, and there are even pebbles, some of which you can't tell what seed it is, or maybe it's not a seed at all.

She flicked her fingers inside, and inadvertently touched the edge of the bowl, and the palm of her hand was hot, and the five elements of beads appeared.

This bowl ...... It actually contains purple gas?

Afraid that the Five Elements Bead absorbing purple qi would be seen, she hurriedly gathered her palm, picked up the bowl with her left hand, and prepared to go to the checkout, buying this bowl of seeds along with the bowl.

The bowl that can make the Five Elements Beads react must be contaminated with purple gas, indicating that this bowl is not an antique used by the previous emperor, or it is flowing from the palace.

Either way, this bowl is very valuable, and she may be able to pick up a big leak today.