The second uncle of the Lu family is quite efficient, and he has weighed ten taels of silver and sent it to his cousin's house the next day, which startled Lu Yougui: "What is this for?" I said I don't want your money! ”

Second Uncle Lu smiled: "This is not for my brother, just because I have to go out in two days, my brother helps me do things, and I always have to spend money up and down, and my brother's family is not rich, I am not at home, where do you have the money to do favors?" I don't have to delay the serious business. So I sent the money first, and my brother used it at his discretion. ”

Lu Yougui heard this, so he had to accept it: "Okay, when you come back, I'll return the rest to you." ”

"How much is left of this? A little bit of silver is enough, just when I invite my brother to eat and drink. Why should the brothers be so clear. Second Uncle Lu paused, pretending to be inadvertent, "Although ten taels of silver is a lot, I'm afraid it's not enough." If the silver is really short, my brother will ask Xiao Wu to deliver a message to the eldest young master. I remember that Xiao Wu's family lived close to the left, which was very convenient and would not alarm others. Brother doesn't need to worry too much, half of this batch of goods was originally the eldest young master's part. ”

Lu Yougui frowned: "Why haven't I heard you say it before?" ”

"What's this? Isn't it normal for me to work under him now? ”

Lu Yougui frowned for a long time, always feeling that it was inappropriate, but he had already promised his younger brother, so he didn't say anything more.

Chunying had been staying next to them and bowing her head to work, and when she heard this, the corners of her mouth curled.

Under the pretext of sending her uncle out, she dragged the second uncle to the corner of the courtyard to avoid people, and quietly asked, "Has the second uncle of the eldest young master already mentioned it?" If Dad really went to find someone, he would know about it over there, right? ”

"Naturally, I know, the eldest young master is happy." Second Uncle Lu looked left and right, and advised, "Good boy, remember to remind your mother often, persuade your father more, there will be a good life in the future, and we will enjoy happiness together as a family." ”

Chunying nodded, hesitated for a moment, and asked again: "Second uncle, do you usually ...... In addition to reselling goods...... Is there any other way to make money? "Her current status is that she can't farm a field, can't open a shop, is not good at needlework, and has no talent for clothing design, so she has to ask the opinions of the aborigines.

Second Uncle Lu was surprised when he heard this: "What are you asking for?" ”

"I want to ...... If only our family had a way to make some money. Chunying said slowly, "Only relying on the monthly money and reward money of my father and sister, although the family does not have to worry about food and clothing, they can't save a few dollars, if there is anything in the future, ...... anything."

Second Uncle Lu thought for a while: "Although there is a way, but most of your father is unwilling, what can you and your mother do?" On weekdays, just receiving needlework from outside is busy enough, and I really shouldn't look for other jobs. ”

Chunying hurriedly said: "I once heard that there is a ...... called a shareholder That is, one person opens a store, and others lend their money to him temporarily, just like a group, and receive interest on a monthly or quarterly basis. Right now...... Has someone already done this? ”

Second Uncle Lu smiled: "Naturally, there is, but that kind of money, to say the least, it costs one or twenty taels, how can you have so much silver?" ”

Chunying was happy in her heart: "Not now, maybe in the future." My mother asked me to go to the house on an errand, and when I save enough money, I can go to the shares. ”

"Then we'll have to wait until the Year of the Monkey." Second Uncle Lu laughed, "Come on, if you can really save enough five taels, come to the second uncle, and the second uncle will find you a reliable store." Not...... There is a flower shop near the land temple on West Street, and an old pastry shop in front of the Fahua Temple, the bosses are honest people, and they have never owed interest, but they ......" he pondered for a moment, "You have less capital, and you get less profit, a year, but a few dollars, only better than putting it at home, if you are in a hurry to use the money, but lose the interest, it is better to put it in the embroidery room where the young grandmother is married, where the housekeeper is familiar with me, and my family is better to take care of." ”

"Embroidery?" Chunying's eyes rolled, "It's needlework there, right?" Do you want to accept what you do outside? Niang embroidered so well, if you can sell what you make there, won't you be able to make some money? ”

Second Uncle Lu shook his head with a smile: "Our young grandmother was originally the daughter of the Jing family in Suzhou, and the Jing family is also a big family, and the embroidery work of the female dependents in the family is passed down from generation to generation, and everyone in the world knows it. The embroidery room of the young grandmother, although it is only a small industry for marriage, can be topped with the word 'Jing', the control is very strict, the things embroidered by themselves, the bad ones would rather be twisted than sold, and the things outside are not accepted unless they are excellent. ”

"My mother embroiders well, she is a person in the needlework room in the house, or ...... If it's convenient for the second uncle, can you help ask? I asked my mother to bring two copies of the things she embroidered before, and the second uncle sent them over to show them? ”

Second Uncle Lu thought about it, then agreed, Chunying turned around to find her mother to bite her ear, Mother Lu immediately turned out the red hijab she had embroidered before she got married, and added a newly made embroidered handkerchief, all of which were sent by Second Uncle Lu, and the day before the second uncle left, he sent it back, and by the way, he brought a bag of plain satin and more than 20 colors of silk thread, which was mixed with two embroidery patterns, and asked her to try to make twelve handkerchiefs and send them over.

Mother Lu happily held these things in her arms, and did them as soon as she had time, and did them very carefully. Sometimes Chunying was afraid that she would damage her eyes, so she persuaded her to rest for a while, so she said: "Embroider a few small flowers, how can it hurt your eyes?" You also underestimate your mother. If this thing is done, it will be a big face! It's better than me doing work outside all day. Chunying persuaded her a few times, but seeing that she didn't embroider much, she let her go.

After the embroidery was completed in less than two days, Mother Lu put on clean clothes, dressed up carefully, took the embroidery work in person, and went to the Jingjia embroidery room according to the address said by the second uncle of Lu, and came back after half a day, and the joy on her face could not be covered: "It's done!" The lady in charge of the work said, asked me to only help make handkerchiefs, embroidered socks, wipe forehead or something, no large items are used, I also ended up relaxed, from now on, we can be regarded as the people who do the work for the Jing family! Then he whispered to his daughter that even if she stopped sewing clothes for others in the future, she could increase her income by 30% just by relying on this. When Chunying heard this, she calculated in her heart and became happy with her mother.

Since then, Lu Yougui has been on a business trip every day, and in his spare time, he goes out to run errands and help his younger brother with errands, while Lu's mother concentrates on doing the work in the Jing family's embroidery room at home. Those handkerchiefs or something, although they are fresh and elegant, and there is not much work, but it takes a lot of energy, and Mother Lu is afraid that if it is broken, it will lose a good errand, so she simply stopped other work, and put it on this ********, as if she had returned to the days in the sewing room.

In this way, taking care of her younger brother and housework both fell on Chunying's head. She thought that there was little she could do, so she gritted her teeth and carried it, learning to cook, laundry, and sewing from time to time every day.

Time passed, the weather warmed day by day, the apricot blossoms in the courtyard were gone, and the peach blossoms bloomed, and by the time the plum trees planted on the side of the back street also bloomed, it was already late spring and early summer.

The Lu family is getting more and more prosperous, Lu's mother no longer does pulp washing and sewing work, and recently added a new pair of silver earrings, and occasionally can buy two taels of good wine for her husband, her son Xiaohu has changed new clothes all over her body, and even Chunying has personally pulled the cloth to make a set of spring shirts for herself, and the meals she makes have barely been able to swallow at the beginning, and now, she can also make more than a dozen delicious home-cooked dishes.

Lu Yougui knew the changes in his family, and he also had a pimple in his heart at first, but after drinking good wine for two months, and seeing that he didn't cause any gossip, he acquiesced to his wife and daughter's approach. When Lu's mother saw it, she was more at ease, and decided to start teaching her daughter the practice of meticulous embroidery.

Chunying snickered and replied, lifted her feet and went to the kitchen. Aunt Zhou boiled a pot of soy milk to make bean tendon yesterday, gave her a bowl, she saw that today's pork belly was good when she bought vegetables, so she bought a piece back, planning to make a bean tendon stew, my father always talked about a good stew made by a certain concierge uncle in the past two days, and let him satisfy his hunger tonight.

The water in the pot was boiling, she washed the cut meat and put it in, mixed it with cooking wine, put a few peppercorns, boiled until it was seven or eight medium cooked, and then put the meat with juice in a clay pot. Turn around and wash the bean tendons, cut them into thin strips, put them aside for later use, look at the meat to absorb the juice, then use oil to stir-fry the ginger and garlic, then add the meat pieces and bean tendon strips, fry a few times and then put water, boil, remove two firewood, so as to collect the low heat, and slowly simmer the meat.

The aroma of meat gradually overflowed the kitchen, and the two boys of the Ma family smelled the fragrance, swallowed saliva and lay on the kitchen windowsill, blinking vigorously at Chunying. Chunying looked amused and filled half a bowl for them to try, and the two boys happily ran away with the bowl. After a while, Aunt Ma came back with an embarrassed look and took the empty bowl, thanked her with a twist, and said with a smile: "Spring girl is really amazing now, I forgot about needlework, and I have practiced the cooking work well." ”

Chunying said "I don't dare to be" and took the bowl with a smile.

Since that leaked the secret, the Lu family has been separated from this neighbor's aunt, Aunt Ma knows that she is at a loss, and she wants to pay for it, seeing that Lu's mother has been indifferent, and there is no way to think about it, today suddenly got a chance, she hesitated for a long time, and then stepped forward and whispered: "Spring girl...... I've heard your mother say that you're going to go into the courtyard of the second lady, aren't you? I heard that in another ten days, a new girl will be chosen. ”

Chunying got the news early, so she smiled at her: "Thank you, Aunt Ma, my mother has heard about it." "I don't care.

Aunt Ma hesitated for a while, turned her head to look outside, and got closer: "Do you know that Sister Lian of the Feng family is also going?" I heard that Feng Laocai specially entrusted someone, and Xi'er of the Liu family had a few days of trouble with Sister Lian for this matter! ”

Chunying paused on her hand: "Really?" She didn't care about the two girls, and it was the first time she had heard of them today.

"You can't go wrong. You have to be careful, there are only a few shortages in total, she wants to go up, and she doesn't know how to deal with you, you have to keep an eye on it, otherwise it will be like that Cui girl......" Aunt Ma suddenly shut up, picked up a bamboo basket casually, and walked out. Chunying was stunned, but when she saw Widow Cui coming in from outside, she smiled timidly at herself: "Are you busy?" Then I'll come back ......" She turned around, stopped again, and turned around to say something to Chunying, but after all, she didn't say anything, and left.

Chunying was a little inexplicable, but the matter of entering the mansion had been decided a long time ago, and she could only go now. Sister Feng Lian can entrust people, and her mother also found Aunt Guan, I guess things can still be done, right? She's not a fool, people calculate her, will she not be wary?

(Chunguang is infinitely good, but it's a pity that there are villains~~~ to make a dish, and there are countless seasonings that can't be used, it's really painful...... Ask for a pink ticket, please~~~)