Chapter 4 The Doorway to Doing Business
"Don't run around!"
Xu Huaiqing's brows furrowed, and his big knuckled hand held Bai Jiujiu's slender wrist tightly in his hand.
Bai Jiujiu was in pain, frowning and begging for mercy, "Big brother, I didn't mean to, seeing that you didn't come, I would go around by myself, and I couldn't lose it." ”
Like being poked in the center, Xu Huaining reddened the tips of his ears, "Who is worried about whether you will lose it, I am afraid that the game will be lost for you." ”
Bai Jiujiu shook the stringed sixty copper coins in front of Xu Huaiqing.
"Look, game becomes money."
"Take me to buy fabrics, it's cheap!" Bai Jiujiu urged with a smile.
Xu Huaiqing was amused by Bai Jiujiu's changeable expression, he had never seen such a lively and interesting woman, this concubine of the Bai family who married him really gave him a big surprise.
When she arrived at the cloth village, Bai Jiujiu carefully selected, and this time she planned to buy ordinary muslin.
The price of this muslin cloth is much cheaper than that of brocade, and the price is not so expensive after embroidering the pattern, and ordinary people can afford it.
"This cloth is good, how much does it cost?" Bai Jiujiu picked for a long time, and finally took a fancy to a pure white muslin.
This cloth is softer to the touch than ordinary muslin, so it is more suitable for embroidering patterns as handkerchiefs.
The shopkeeper greeted him with a smile, "You have a good eye, although this cloth is a little more expensive than the one next to it, but the quality is the best in the cotton cloth, you are a new customer, give you a discount, twenty-five Wen." ”
Seeing that half of the money he earned from selling wild meat was about to be gone all at once, Bai Jiujiu was a little painful, but he still gritted his teeth and bought it, and he couldn't give up the child and the wolf!
"Then I'll come up with five more texts, and give me some of all kinds of silk threads."
The shopkeeper responded happily, and quickly took a quick burlap and wrapped the sewing cloth that Bai Jiujiu wanted.
"Thank you." Bai Jiujiu just wanted to pick up the cloth, standing beside her, Xu Huaiqing took the things one step ahead of her.
"I'll do it, you have little strength."
Bai Jiujiu was also happy, she smiled as Xu Huaiqing's little tail, and walked after him, but the more she walked, the more curious she became.
In the memory of the original owner, this Xu Huaiqing is clearly a entanglement. The sick seedlings on the sickbed, looking at this brisk walk, how do they look like they are sick?
By the time the two of them got home, the sun was setting, and only a ray of afterglow was left to illuminate the land.
"Mother, we're back." Bai Jiujiu greeted the Wang family with a smile.
"This is what I told you in the morning, that I want to sell the game to buy cloth and embroidered cloth, and these are the snacks to buy wheat seeds and green greens."
The two children heard the sound in the house, and ran and jumped out.
"Auntie!"
Standing on the side and choosing vegetables, Li's heart was a little uncomfortable, she was originally the most face-saving daughter-in-law in front of Wang.
But the Bai family has only been married for two days, and adults and children like to be close to this new daughter-in-law, and in the future, she will not have more and more status in the Xu family.
The vigilance cultivated in the last days made Bai Jiujiu notice the dissatisfaction in Li's eyes.
"When I embroider the veil, everyone in the family will have a share." Bai Jiujiu wanted to soothe this hostility, but Li hung his head and didn't appreciate it at all.
"Ouch, the third daughter-in-law, you can still embroider, that relationship is good!" Liu, who entered the house with firewood, heard this and was very interested.
Wang glanced at her, "I don't count how often you wash your own handkerchief, the new handkerchief will become old in one day, and the third daughter-in-law is embroidered and sold for money, don't mix it blindly." ”
"Mother!" Liu pouted and entered the stove room with a dejected face.
Bai Jiujiu followed up on the stove, wanting to appease the second sister-in-law who was hit by Wang's poisonous tongue.
But I saw Liu humming a little song and washing the pot!
It seems that her worries are purely superfluous, this second sister-in-law's heart is bigger than her Bai Jiujiu!
"Second sister-in-law, I'll come." Bai Jiujiu took the job diligently.
Early in the morning of the second day, as soon as the sky was bright, Bai Jiujiu got up to make breakfast.
When Wang got up and called his daughter-in-law to get up, he saw that the dishes and chopsticks were set on the table, and in the center of the wooden table was a large pot of hot porridge with two side dishes, and the third daughter-in-law was already sweeping the yard.
Wang was stunned, and began to reflect on whether he was too fierce yesterday morning, scaring this new daughter-in-law, why did he get up so early!
"The third daughter-in-law, this work is done by the daughters and dependents together, why are you done it all by yourself?"
Bai Jiujiu stuck out her tongue, originally her biological clock was from five o'clock, and she didn't get up yesterday because of the original owner's weak body, but now that she has adapted to this body, she will naturally return to her normal routine.
The Li family, who had just come out of the house, immediately collapsed, in her opinion, this new daughter-in-law is really stealing the limelight, isn't this deliberately lining her lazy?
After breakfast, Bai Jiujiu took the materials to the courtyard and sat down, and the snow-white muslin cloth was carefully stretched by her on the embroidery.
Different from the local crude embroidery method, Bai Jiujiu uses the medium. Double-sided embroidery in the traditional Suzhou embroidery.
The threads that were dismantled by her into the thickness of a hair were methodically intertwined on the cotton cloth under Bai Jiujiu's dexterous hands.
Bai Jiujiu's green fingers were like flying, and the basic pattern was soon embroidered with embroidery thread, which was a delicate rose.
Liu, who was originally choosing vegetables on the side, looked at Bai Jiujiu's dexterous movements, and couldn't take his eyes off for a while, there are such skillful hands in the world!
With the passage of time, a rose bloomed in the corner of the veil, fresh and vibrant, delicate, as if you get closer, you can smell the fragrance of roses.
Liu was completely shocked, in her eyes, the flower was not embroidered by Bai Jiujiu at all, but grew from the handkerchief.
"Well, that's good......"
Liu cautiously stretched out his hand, for fear that he would damage the rose.
Originally, she thought that this Bai Jiujiu was just a small fight, but she didn't expect to have such a real ability.
Ordinary women embroider a veil, let alone a few hours, but this third brother and sister only took half an hour!
"It's really embroidered." It wasn't until Liu really touched the embroidery threads that made up the roses that she came to her senses.
Bai Jiujiu smiled and nodded, "Yes, I embroider things quickly, does the second sister-in-law think this handkerchief can be sold?" ”
Liu nodded hurriedly, this is not only sold, it must be sold out!
Except for the helper cooking and resting at night, the rest of the time, Bai Jiujiu is flying needles and threads.
Finally, before the sun set in the west and the last rays of afterglow dissipated, fifty handkerchiefs were embroidered.
Bai Jiujiu fulfilled his promise at the beginning and gave a handkerchief to his two sisters-in-law and the Wang family.
Both the Liu family and the Wang family were so happy, but after the Li family took the veil, they didn't belong to their minds, and sneaked out after dinner.
Before dawn on the second day, Bai Jiujiu set off towards the market.
Because he borrowed the book, Xu Huaiqing couldn't find a reason to follow, and he didn't want to show too obvious concern, so he had to let Bai Jiujiu go to the market by herself.
Without Xu Huaiqing watching from the side, Bai Jiujiu used her ability when she walked, and the three-hour road was shortened to one hour for her.
When she arrived at the bazaar, there were not many vendors, and she managed to occupy a man. A feng shui treasure with a large flow rate.
"Don't miss it when you pass by, take a look at it, the best Suzhou double-sided embroidery!"