Chapter 169
Jiang Xuehe asked the two thugs sent by Yang Ermiao to hang around in front of the big house for three days, which made the Lin family and Jiang Dashan very nervous, and finally went to find a job. Jiang Dashan didn't go to work as a coolie, but found a pasture to herd sheep for people, although the money is not much, but it is easier than moving things!
And the Lin family finally took Jiang Taohua to the Huanyi Bureau. Lin hadn't washed his clothes for many years, and Jiang Taohua had never washed his clothes. Now that the winter is very cold, the Lin mother and daughter are miserable all day long.
In comparison, Jiang Xinghua's recent days are really good.
Jiang Xinghua left with Jiang Xuehe with apprehension, she thought that Jiang Xuehe and Dafang had always had a dislike, and it would definitely not be good for her. How do you know that although Jiang Xuehe was cold to her, she didn't mean to embarrass her.
After she slept in the third room all night, Jiang Xuehe took a drawing and came to her.
"I know you've always been good at paper cutting, but I don't know if you can cut out this pattern."
Jiang Xinghua took a look, only to see that the painting is a few blessing words, there are blessings and blessings, the surrounding patterns have magpie spring, five bats are coming, rich flowers bloom, toad palace laurel and so on, are very good and festive patterns, one of which is the most complicated.
"Most of them can be cut out, but I'm not sure about the hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren."
Jiang Xuehe said: "Then you cut and see, it's almost the New Year, you need some festive window flowers at home, you cut them before Chinese New Year's Eve, and you will use them then." ”
Jiang Xinghua hurriedly said yes, and as soon as Jiang Xuehe left, she picked up the red paper and scissors left by Jiang Xuehe and began to cut paper.
Jiang Xinghua was originally a well-behaved person, but now she is even more careful under the fence, and it took three days to cut all the patterns drawn by Jiang Xuehe, including the hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren. However, she made the other window grilles in one go, only the hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren cut them twice, and it was not until the third time that they were cut exactly like the painting.
Jiang Xuehe knew that Jiang Xinghua had talent in this area, but she didn't expect that she could really cut it out completely, so she couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"It's well cut, and this craft can be sold for money."
Since Jiang Xinghua has done a good job, Jiang Xuehe is also not hesitant to praise.
Jiang Xinghua hurriedly said: "Madame, I just carve insects, it's not worth anything." ”
"You still call me Fourth Sister, it feels weird to call Mrs. Jiang Xuehe said, "Although your deed of sale and identity is in my hands, I haven't gone to the county government to handle the relevant documents, and from the legal point of view, you are not a real slave." ”
Jiang Xinghua was overjoyed at first, and then began to panic again. If she wasn't a slave, wouldn't the Lin family and Jiang Dashan, who were her biological parents, have a chance to sell her again?
"If my father and mother know about this, I'm afraid I'll ......"
Jiang Xuehe smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, as long as I don't tell outsiders, who can know?" And after the New Year, I will take you to Fucheng, and they will not be able to control you at that time. When you have earned enough 100 taels, I will return the deed of sale to you and let you marry. ”
"How can I earn a hundred taels?" Jiang Xinghua thought to herself, her life can be regarded as Jiang Xuehe's pick-up, as long as she is not asked to do too much, then it is okay for her not to marry for the rest of her life.
"How do you know if you don't try it? You cut another copy according to the current drawing and give it to me, and paste it together during the New Year. Jiang Xuehe said with a smile, "You can cut more in your spare time, I will let people take it to the shop to sell, and the money from the sale will be handed over to you, what do you think?" ”
Jiang Xinghua couldn't believe it: "Can this really be sold?" ”
"Why don't you try it?"
said the same, Jiang Xinghua thought to herself, try it and don't suffer, anyway, she likes paper-cutting. It would be great if you could make money from this. Now that it is approaching the end of the year, there should be quite a lot of people who can buy window flowers, and she has to hurry up and cut paper.
Since then, Jiang Xinghua has been cutting paper in a small room every day, and because she is ripe, the action is getting faster and faster, after she has cut ten pieces of each pattern, Jiang Xuehe asked Yang Ermiao to take the window flowers she cut out to the shops in the town to sell, and collect money according to the complexity of the pattern.
All of them were sold in less than a day, making a total of three hundred and twenty-five wen. It was the first time for Jiang Xinghua to make so much money, and she was very happy. But she was not happy for a while, she began to be distressed again, and now that the end of the year is approaching, every household has to paste couplets and blessing words, and this paper-cut is naturally easy to sell. But after the New Year, will this paper-cut still sell so well?
Jiang Xinghua couldn't think of it, and she didn't think much about it, she just wanted to earn all the money she could make now, so she became more and more diligent in paper-cutting. On Chinese New Year's Eve, Jiang Xinghua earned a total of more than 800 wen by cutting paper, and it was not far from one or two silver.
Jiang Xinghua was happy, and everyone was much more confident, and they didn't look as wooden as before.
Jiang Xuehe didn't care much about this cousin originally, but now that people have lived with her, and she is well-behaved and diligent, Jiang Xuehe has a little love for her, and she also made her a body when she made her heart in the New Year. The dress was embroidered with Yan wearing Xingyun, and after wearing it, Jiang Xinghua was very pink and delicate.
Jiang Xinghua felt that she was like a dream, she hadn't worn new clothes for two years, let alone such beautiful clothes. Not only did she have new clothes, Jiang Xuehe also added some jewelry to her, not only the latest silk flowers, but also some hairpin beads made of gold, silver and copper, which made Jiang Xinghua flattered and hurriedly excused herself.
Jiang Xuehe smiled: "You don't have to be polite, these are all issued according to the family's share of the rules, Yunlan Yuxuan and Sixian have such a share." By the way, this apricot blossom silk flower was specially made for you by Yunlan and Sixian according to the clothes, do you still like it? ”
Jiang Xinghua was naturally happy, happy and a little apprehensive at the same time. Jiang Xuehe was too good to her, and she didn't know how to repay her in the future.
"I've never seen such a beautiful silk flower, so I naturally like it. It's just that I still owe the fourth sister a hundred taels of silver, how can I take so many things? Jiang Xinghua said uneasily.
"What's this? said that they are all sisters, in the past, when Hanxiao was not married, I would prepare a gift for Yunlan Yuxuan and prepare a copy for her. Jiang Xuehe said with a smile.
She really didn't care, it wouldn't cost her much anyway. If everyone is happy in the New Year, Jiang Xinghua will sit there alone in shabby clothes and sullenly, then it will be called a disappointment.
But Jiang Xinghua didn't think so, even when the big house was at its best, she had never had such a good treatment, so when she was by Jiang Xuehe's side, she felt that she didn't deserve such a good treatment. After all, Jiang Xuehe's relationship with Dafang is not good, and she shouldn't be so good to her. While she was flattered, she was afraid that she would never be able to repay this favor.
Jiang Xuehe saw that she had been uneasy, so she had to say: "You don't have to tremble, I didn't treat you well for nothing, and I still expect you to earn money for me in the future." Now that I have given you these things, you will help me earn them back in the future, and you will not owe me anything. ”
Jiang Xinghua nodded, she wasn't sure if she could really earn it back, but she was willing to use her whole life to repay this kindness. Thinking that Jiang Xuehe would also be useful in the future, Jiang Xinghua felt a lot more relieved, and also showed some sincere smiles during the New Year.
Third Uncle Jiang was also very happy to see her like this: "Xinghua is a good child, I was afraid that she would be delayed by my eldest brother and sister-in-law when I was raised in the big house in the past, but now that I have the opportunity to follow Sister He'er, then you can follow her to study hard, and strive to support yourself in the future, so that you don't have to look at the faces of your father, mother, brother and sister." ”
Jiang Xinghua nodded hurriedly: "What the third uncle said is that I will listen to the fourth sister in the future." ”
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Dashan and the Lin family also brought all the children and grandchildren of Dafang to come over to pay New Year's greetings. In the past, they didn't like to walk around with Sanfang, but now that Sanfang is doing better, they go to Sanfang from time to time to hang in front of Sanfang, hoping that Sanfang can treat them better for Zhou's sake.
Third Uncle Jiang didn't like to deal with this, but he couldn't stop the Zhou family from seeing his children and grandchildren, so Third Uncle Jiang still let them in with a black face.
Jiang Qingsen was now able to walk on the ground, he came on crutches, and his expression was even more gloomy than before. He didn't care about the gambling debts outside, anyway, his parents blocked him. Regarding the fact that his brother and sister-in-law had to help him pay off his debts, Jiang Qingsen also took it for granted. He was still a little resentful when he saw Jiang Sanshan and Jiang Xuehe, thinking that these people were so rich, couldn't they help themselves? Why do you have to see death and not save it? If his leg was lame forever, wouldn't they feel guilty?
Jiang Xuehe naturally won't feel guilty, Jiang Qingsen is not harmed by being like this now, she will only feel that Jiang Qingsen deserves it. However, Jiang Qingmu, Jiang Qinglin, Xiaolin and Hu Xiaohong have been quite peaceful recently, which has made Jiang Xuehe change a lot. These are people who haven't worked for a long time, and they didn't adapt to it when they first entered, but they were willing to learn, and they learned decently in less than half a month, and now they are very proficient.
The four of them are also a lot more honest when they see Jiang Xuehe now, and they are serious about greeting people for the New Year, and their expressions and tones are a little more sincere than before. All because Jiang Xuehe's idea was really beneficial to them.
They all knew in their hearts that as long as there were the Lin family and Jiang Dashan, it would be impossible for them to ignore Jiang Qingsen completely, otherwise they would definitely never have a stable life in the future. Now that they have a suitable job and a salary, they can live a much better life. And because of Jiang Xuehe's relationship, the person in charge of distributing the money was willing to help them hide a part of the amount, so that they didn't have to hand it over to the Lin family. Now they have their own private money, and their hearts are happy.
Although they have only been doing it for half a month, they don't have much money in their hands, but it will take several years to repay the debt, and they should be able to save a lot when they finish paying it off.
However, Jiang Taohua was not happy, she could see that the clothes and jewelry on Jiang Xinghua's body were beautiful and fresh, and they were worth a lot of silver, and she didn't look like she was a maid.
Where is this forced to sell, body, this is clearly falling into a nest of blessings!