The villagers are not very clear about the details of Du Mei's dealings with the Huang family, but the Huang family passed on Du Mei's skill of painting candy people, and Du Mei taught the eldest girl to embroider.

In this way, some people want to learn embroidery, the same silk sachet embroidered with silk thread, Xu's can sell it for eighty wen, and the better ones are only sold for fifty wen, and the worse ones ask for thirty wen, and Ye Qing refuses to accept them.

Aunt Zhang is the most calculating person, she used the extra fifty cotton seedlings to pay off the arrears of grain last time, and she got a big bargain, and she is always complacent when she talks about it.

"Meizi, are you at home?" Aunt Zhang stood outside the courtyard with a bag on her back.

It's hard to stop the rain, but the sky is cloudy like a child who has made a mistake and been beaten, ready to cry at any time to show you. Du Zhong worked in the town and did not come back, so Du Mei took advantage of the rain and went to the field alone with a shovel and Du Shu to check.

It has been raining for a long time, just enough to check whether the ridge rammed last time has been drilled out of a new hole by snakes and rats, and the water in the field should also be released. If the water is overflowing, not only is it easy to collapse the ridges, but the fertilizer of the newly applied duck manure will also run away.

"Sister-in-law Zhang, Meizi went to the field and is not at home, what is the matter with you?" Xu Shi greeted him. She has already embroidered the screen, and no longer has to be locked in the house every day, and these days, her four daughters do not let her touch the needle and thread, and ask her to take care of her eyes.

"That's right, sister of the Xu family, you know my embroidery work, no matter how I embroider, I can't sell it for a price. I heard that Du Mei accepted apprentices at home, and I also gave up this old face to learn from the juniors. Aunt Zhang rarely showed a hint of shyness on her old face.

"This ...... I can't do that. Xu said embarrassedly.

She selfishly didn't want Du Mei to accept any apprentices, Meizi was busy enough to cook and sell vegetables on weekdays, learn sugar painting, read medical books, and wait for her to make ideas about ducks and fields. Finally, because of the rain, I rested at home for a few days, and I had to teach the eldest girl embroidery and painting patterns, and if I accepted apprentices, I would be busier than going to the town to sell vegetables every day.

"Oh, you're her mother, can she still listen to you? She teaches a big girl to teach, and it's okay to take me one more. Besides, I won't let her teach in vain, no, I also brought beans. Aunt Zhang patted the bag on her shoulder and said with a smile.

"Meizi is busy, I don't have time, it's not a matter of beans or beans." Xu Shi was unmoved, and still excused himself.

"I don't want to teach Meizi at the beginning, just point out the mistakes, it's always okay. Anyway, we are also relatives and old families, and the villagers live, even if I ask you in vain, you won't ignore me, will you? "Aunt Zhang's mouth is like a knife coated with honey, and when she speaks, she makes sense inside and out, where can the Xu family parry!

"Okay then, if you can't embroider well, just ask." Xu didn't want to entangle with her, she thought to herself, she herself had nothing to do recently, if Meizi was not free, she could do it for her.

"That's good, it's too hot at this time, I'll come back tomorrow morning." Aunt Zhang got Xu's promise, and she was proud, so she handed the bag of beans to Xu and left by herself.

The rice in the field is growing very well and is green. Du Mei put water in the fields one by one, and then plugged the gaps. She and Du Shu also went to see the field where cotton and soybeans were grown. Du Shu had already dug a deep ditch around the field as his father had ordered, and although the ditch was flooded, the cotton and soybeans were not flooded. Du Shu dug a hole, and the water in the ditch flowed away in a hurry.

While waiting for the water, Du Mei went to see the barren trees under the mountain forest. Soybeans grow well, almost as tall as a calf,

Sorghum and corn are also on the rise.

Du Shu also put a few pumpkins, winter melons, melons, and watermelons, and one by one they all led vines, arbitrarily expanding their territory, and climbing everywhere. Pumpkins and winter melons have yellow and white flowers, and melons and watermelons have already sat fruit, green and shiny, only the size of a fingernail, and the patterns on them are clearly recognizable.

In the mountain forest, the Du tree has reserved a drainage ditch, and the water is collected in the ditch, which flows directly to the mouth of the fish mouth and enters the Sheshan Lake.

Du Mei wandered around the fields for a long time, and when he came home it was already evening. At a glance, she saw a strange bag leaning against the door, and she picked it up and shook it, and it rattled.

"Mother, where did you get the bag, what does it contain?" Du Mei asked suspiciously.

"The beans given by your aunt Zhang, she has to learn embroidery from you, and I can't refuse." Xu said a little frustratedly.

"It's okay, mother, I'm at home these days, she has basic skills, just come." Du Mei also wanted to pick the strengths of a hundred schools, and she had this idea when she was embroidering the girl in the red cloak and pondering the embroidery method.

"She said, she will come tomorrow morning, you are not angry with your mother, you will take care of things." The Xu family was reluctant to work hard for Du Mei.

"Mother, why do you say that, I can't wait to see how people embroider. It's just such a bag of beans, how did Aunt Zhang give it up? Du Mei squatted down, untied the rope on the bag, and what came into view, where are the soybeans, it is clearly broad beans!

"Is it Chen Douzi?" Xu Shi saw that Du Mei was silent for a long time, and asked worriedly.

"Chen is not Chen, but this bean is not another bean." Du Mei grabbed a few broad beans and put them in the palm of his hand to show Xu.

"This Zhang clan is really calculated to the bone." Xu looked at the broad beans and couldn't laugh. Soybeans are beans, and broad beans are beans.

At this time, broad beans are not valuable, and the rainy season is wet and stuffy, which is most prone to insects. Aunt Zhang took this as a gift, it was like chicken ribs, but it was a pity to eat no meat.

"It's okay, in a few days, I'll make fennel beans and sell them." Du Mei used a knife to split a broad bean to see, but fortunately there were no insects.

"That's all there is to it." Xu lowered his eyes. She secretly thought that next time she would not give Du Mei this kind of trouble.

The news of the acceptance of the disciples was as if they had grown wings. On the second day, Aunt Zhang came, followed by Chunhua and Qiuguo from Chenqian Village, and they also brought another girl. The girl's face was full of sorrow, as if she had all kinds of unspeakable suffering.

"Dumay!" Chunhua, who was wearing a cloak and a hat, shouted loudly into the courtyard of the second room.

"Why are you two here?" Du Tao came to open the door and let the three of them in, and she secretly looked at the other girl.

"It's really not interesting, your sister is taking apprentices at home, why don't you want to order us?" Chunhua grabbed Du Tao's arm.

"It's all a shadowless thing, the eldest girl is an exception, my sister agreed earlier. Aunt Zhang...... You know...... What is that......" Du Tao slurred, and it was inconvenient for her to say it clearly.

Chunhua is very clever: "I don't care about others, anyway, our sisters have learned!" ”

"Yes, yes, Sister Meizi, don't want to shirk this time!" Qiu Guo said with a grin.

"My sister is in the house, you can ask her." Du Tao glanced at the unsmiling girl who followed behind.

"Du Mei, we'll also learn embroidery from you." The three of them took off their clothes and hats outside the house, and Chunhua was the first to push the door in.

"You know how to embroider a little, right?" Du Mei was pointing at Aunt Zhang's embroidery petals, turned her head and asked.

"Yes, I brought us to embroider it

Silk handkerchief to show you. Chunhua took three silk handkerchiefs from her pocket and handed them over.

Du Mei took the silk handkerchief and looked at them one by one.

Aunt Zhang quit, and when she saw them coming in empty-handed, she immediately called Du Mei who taught her away, and deliberately found fault and said: "Hey, you don't understand the reason, you don't even bring a little bundle?" ”

"Which says no! Du Mei, now that the weather is hot, my mother said, if you don't buy food, I'll give you some cash. Chunhua took out a string of money from her pocket, about 100 yuan, and handed it over with both hands.

"I can't take this money, if you have any leftover beans and rice at home, just bring some to me." Du Mei waved his hand repeatedly.

"Is the wheat okay? Cash received. Qiu Guo asked.

"That's better." Du Mei laughed.

"We can't embroider, and the shopkeeper doesn't like to accept us." Chunhua said shyly.

"That's a good one." Du Meiyang raised a silk handkerchief embroidered with bamboo leaves in his hand.

"That's my cousin's, her name is Chunya." Haruka nodded the girl next to Qiuguo with her chin. The girl looked down at her toes, not knowing what she was thinking, and did not hear Haruka's words.

"What's wrong with her?" Du Tao had already seen that this girl was absent-minded.

"My cousin is also hard-working, her appearance, housework, and embroidery are all outstanding, but this marriage is tormenting." Chunhua glanced at Chunya, pulled Du Mei Du Tao aside, and whispered without Aunt Zhang.

She decided to marry a baby when she was a child, but she didn't expect that before she got married, the man died of smallpox! After three years, when my cousin was seventeen years old, my uncle didn't dare to be too picky, so he chose a family with an average family background. didn't think about it, and when it was time to do a happy event, the man heard about the previous incident somewhere, and decided that his cousin Kefu would rather not have a bride price, and simply quit the marriage. Uncle was angry, he fell ill all of a sudden, my cousin couldn't stand the blow, she was in a trance all day long, she had such a reputation on her back, I was afraid that she would not be able to marry in this life! Chunhua said regretfully.

"This kind of man, it's okay if you don't marry." Du Mei glanced at Chunya, sympathizing with the girl who was tormented by the unfounded rumors.

"Oh, girls, they always have to get married, it's just that my cousin's life is not good." Chunhua shook her head and said like a little adult.

"Life is in your own hands, and you have to fight for a good life!" Du Mei said in a deep voice.

"I knew I was bringing her to you, the right place! She can't give up all day long, and our whole family is afraid that she won't be able to think about it, and every day she looks at her without getting rid of others. Chunhua's eyes looked at Du Mei expectantly.

"She has to think about it herself, where can others help?" Du Mei shook his head and said.

"I understand the reason, I just want her to walk around with you often, maybe it touches her, and it is impossible to say if she thinks about it all of a sudden." Chunhua said a little pleadingly.

"I'm fine, come if you're fine." Du Mei is not a ruthless person, and looking at Chunya's appearance is really worrying.

"Meizi, how do you embroider here?" Aunt Zhang couldn't help but be a little impatient when she saw a few girls avoiding her and muttering to the side.

"Here we are." Du Mei came out.

"This should be the ...... here" Du Mei took the embroidery bandage and showed it to Aunt Zhang.

Chunhua and Qiuguo also took out embroidery bandages to embroider, and asked Du Mei some details from time to time. Chunya sat obediently next to them, saying nothing, doing nothing, staring fixedly at a certain place in the house, not moving for a long time. 2k reading web