When the road mother came over in the evening. Chunying asked her this question, but Lu's mother looked strange: "Why can't you use it?" Isn't embroidery just for looking at embroidery? ”

Chunying said: "But it's the special embroidery of the young grandmother, isn't it?" I use it for embroidery work, is it really okay? ”

"Absolutely." Mother Lu was a little funny, "The patterns drawn by the embroidery village are not only to be sold, but also to prevent others from learning, everyone is like this, and when you see other people's patterns, you will also learn to embroider." Besides, since your father went to work under Xiao Chen's steward, I was afraid that my wife would be unhappy, so I didn't do anything for the eldest grandmother's embroidery village anymore, and now I just occasionally do one or two consignments. The pattern booklet was also from last year, and the contents of it have already been learned. Didn't you see that three or four out of ten girls outside have the patterns of the Jing family's embroidery village? ”

Again, where is the talk of intellectual property rights now? In addition to some patterns that ordinary people can't use, ordinary flowers and grasses, isn't it just how you toss? When he saw a beautiful embroidery on someone else's clothes and handkerchief, he came back and embroidered a copy himself. Chunying remembered that she had seen this kind of thing when she was in the Hou Mansion, so she was relieved.

But Mother Lu couldn't help but ridicule her: "What are the tricks?" Are you selling tricks when Jingjia Embroidery Village? People sell crafts! Even if it's the same flower. His embroiderers are a hundred times stronger than your own embroidery! It's not that your mother looks down on you, it's useless to have good tricks, if you want to be rare, you have to see how well you do the needlework! ”

Chunying pouted, of course she knew this truth, she had made a lot of progress in the past few months, otherwise she wouldn't have so much confidence to dare to sell it. She said: "Mother, don't worry, if I can't sell the embroidered things, I should practice, and it doesn't cost much to be horizontal and vertical." But the embroidery that my mother used before or something, can you bring me a copy when I come back? ”

Mother Lu agreed, but she was still a little hesitant: "You want to do needlework and sell, I don't object to this, it's just ...... So what is Little Fei Ge really reliable? You're old now, and you're still going out with people, so if you cause any gossip......"

"I don't care what other people say!" Chunying was unhappy, "I'm only twelve years old, I didn't steal or rob, I followed Brother Xiaofei out to set up a stall to sell some fat powder oil, and naturally I came to patronize it as a big girl and a little daughter-in-law, what gossip is there?" Mother, I have saved silver for many months and I don't know who is greedy for it, and now I only have some broken silver in my hand, and I don't want to make money, do I really want to sit and eat empty? Brother Xiaofei's business, I don't have to pay the capital. It's just to help come up with ideas, and then do some needlework consignment, and although it is a little tiring to follow, it is much harder when it comes to dividing the money. Don't worry, I won't go every day, I still have to work. ”

When Mother Lu heard her say this, she was also worried about the dozen taels of silver: "I told your sister and asked her to inquire quietly in the house to see which shallow person was greedy for your things!" Just make sure to tell her to spit it out! After a pause, he looked at his daughter with some distress and said, "Although you have lost a lot of silver, you don't have to work too hard." Now it's not as good as before, your father is about to be promoted to deputy steward, and the family has moved to a big house, and his hands are much looser. Even if you lose a monthly money, your mother will not lose a bite to eat. You just have to live in peace at the second uncle's house, and you should make money or something slowly, right? ”

Chunying frowned and said, "Mother, what are these words?" Where does anyone make more money? Even if you don't think about redeeming yourself, you should be prepared for when there is an emergency. I'm idle all day, so it's better to make money, right? She was a little deflated in her heart, feeling that her parents seemed to be seeking stability again, and no longer had the idea of leaving the country, she could only say it tactfully: "Mother." Don't be satisfied with your father just because life is better today, people always have to look forward, isn't the eldest young master up again now? Who knows what will happen next? It's better to be prepared. ”

Mother Lu hesitated, and felt that her daughter's words also made some sense, so she reluctantly complied with her, but muttered to Hu Fei again: "Is Brother Xiaofei really reliable?" I've never seen ......."

Chunying was a little funny, it seemed that Hu Fei shaved his beard, and the old lady couldn't recognize him, so she said: "You've also seen it, he's not a bad person, don't believe it, ask the second uncle?" My mother can't trust me, but she can always trust my second uncle, right? ”

Second Uncle Lu walked over with a smile and handed a small burden to Lu's mother: "This is what I said before, please help my sister-in-law put it away." Then he sat down and briefly explained Hu Fei's origins.

Mother Lu suddenly realized: "It turned out to be him?" Then he was a little sad, "But...... I've heard that he's a disobedient man with a bad character......"

"That's what his brother accused him of!" Chunying hurriedly defended her friend, "He's not that kind of person, mother, you don't know how excessive the Hu family is, they actually forced him to death and forced him to leave the capital!" ”

Mother Lu was startled, and Second Uncle Lu was busy saying: "We can't take care of other people's housework, we just see that he is a good person, so we help him." No matter how capable the Hu family is, they don't dare to do anything to the people of our Hou Mansion. Sister-in-law just rest assured. Brother Hu, I think it's a little clever. In the future, there may be a great creation, and if you sell him a favor now, he will always be grateful to us in the future. ”

Chunying glanced at the second uncle and said nothing. Mother Lu smiled: "That's a good thing to say......"

Someone knocked on the door outside the courtyard, Chunying ran out and opened it, but it was Hu Fei, holding a bamboo lid box in his hand, and said with a smile: "I heard that your mother is here, I bought a few snacks, please try it at her old man's house?" ”

Elderly?! Chunying looked back at her thirtie-year-old mother, and was suddenly thundered, took the snack blankly, and then watched Hu Fei salute her mother and second uncle to say hello. Second Uncle Lu came up to him and said a few words to him, and then sent him out.

As soon as he left, Lu's mother immediately walked over with a smile and said, "I thought it was strange when we met last time, it turned out to be a child, how much older than Chun'er?" Five-year-old? Six? She snatched the box from her daughter's hand, and saw that it contained half a box of sugar roast and half a box of red bean and almond steamed cake, which smelled quite fresh and sweet, so she smiled with satisfaction: "He still knows the number of etiquette, he is not a frivolous person, although he is a young master, he has no shelf......" and glanced at his daughter quite meaningfully. Chunying was suddenly creepy.

Mother...... It can't be some weird idea, right?

Fortunately, Lu's mother didn't say anything else. It was only after the second uncle came back that he reiterated the precautions for going out of the house, and the words he wanted to bring to his husband, and then asked Chunying for a long time before leaving.

Early the next morning, Second Uncle Lu got up to wash up and prepare to go out. Chun Ying made breakfast early and asked him to bring cakes and biscuits to eat on the road, and packed a big basket tightly. When checking whether there was any luggage missing, a young man shouted from outside the hospital: "Is Second Master Lu at home?" The master is about to set off. ”

Second Uncle Lu frowned when he heard this, and hurriedly explained to Chun Ying, telling her to hide behind the door. I picked up my luggage and went out. Chunying heard him talking to the young man outside the door: "Nanqiu? How did you come? The young man replied in a low voice, "What Steward Wang said last night......

"If the king is in charge of the incident, it will be fine." The second uncle's tone seemed to be a little stiff, "This time I went out with the eldest young master, not to play, you have to be honest!" Don't make trouble! If you let me know what the hell you kid is hiding, you don't have to come back, and I'll be left to fend for myself!" ”

The young man was silent, Chunying was secretly surprised behind the door, she had never heard the second uncle speak in such a tone, and when she heard the sound of the wheels in the distance, she walked out and locked the courtyard door.

In the next ten days, Chunying was busy making all kinds of needlework, including brightly colored purse sachets (Hu Fei's exclusive spice formula), chic silk handkerchiefs, exquisite handkerchiefs, and a few fan pendants embroidered with green pine and bamboo, and more than a dozen pairs of silk socks and socks, and twenty or thirty strings, all of which were simple patterns, but some glass beads were added on the top, which looked quite like that. Her fingers were bald, and the work she had done, along with the ones she had collected from elsewhere, filled a crate to the brim.

And Hu Fei was not idle, in addition to continuing to inquire about the market of fat powder head flowers every day, and buying goods at low prices in turn, he also made his own loading box burden. Chunying provided the idea, made the box into layers of drawers, and the goods were placed inside, and they were pulled out when they were sold, and they would not be dirty when they were usually put away. It's a pity that due to Hu Fei's limited skills, such a cargo box has a disadvantage, that is, after the upper drawer is pulled out, it will block the lower layers. Chunying was very sorry in her heart, but she could only give in.

Fat powder oil silk flowers and various colors of silver, copper, and gilt jewelry occupy a full box, and along with the other, it also looks a bit like a seller. Chunying happily encouraged Hu Fei to take a walk around the small courtyard to try, but Hu Fei was carrying two cargo boxes on his shoulders. It took me a long time to grit my teeth and barely pick up a foot high, but I didn't want to walk.

Chun Ying was so remorseful, Hu Fei was also flushed, both of them only thought about making their goods as rich as possible, but they didn't think about the problem of physical strength. After all, Hu Fei has been pampered since he was a child, where has he ever done rough work? It was really reluctant for him to carry such a heavy burden. The two had to pack up the cargo box again and reduce the goods by half, and Wei Gong came up with the idea to modify the cargo box to reduce the weight, and Hu Fei finally successfully picked up the burden and walked around the small courtyard.

The problem is solved for the time being, where should I sell it?

Chunying's opinion is in a densely populated area of Dongcheng. The inhabitants are generally wealthier, the women have spare money to buy fat powder jewelry, and it is easier for the two people who also live in the East Side to go back and forth. In contrast, the security in the northern city is too poor and it is easy to be robbed, while the western city is mostly poor, the southern city has too few homes, and the middle city is a place where dignitaries and nobles live, and it is easy to enter. The East Side is clearly the best option.

Hu Fei disagreed. Dongcheng is indeed a rich man, but the rich may not look at what he sells, and there are too many sellers in Dongcheng, and the competition is fierce, so he would rather go to the villages on the outskirts of the city to sell. The girl's house there is easy to go out, even if you can go to the city to catch the market, you may not be able to buy such a good and complete fat powder flower. The most important thing is that few of the sellers in the capital are willing to go to the countryside outside the city.

Chunying thought about it and felt that he had a point, so she gritted her teeth and nodded.

The two of them went out to do business on the first day, and only walked a street with a burden, Hu Fei couldn't support it anymore, so he rented a pony carriage and sent the goods and people out of the city together. Hu Fei frowned bitterly, and Chunying didn't feel good in her heart. If the business is not good and they don't even earn back the money for the car, they lose money.

At first, they could only go to the nearest village, because they were fresh, and at first they were really treated coldly, and the old people in the village seemed to suspect that they were coming to abduct the village girls, and they watched them closely as soon as they entered the village. Chunying wiped her cold sweat, pretending to be an innocent little girl, and shouted at Hu Fei, "Brother, I'm thirsty", "Brother, I'm so tired", "Brother, no one buys our things here, let's go", which made those people's faces loosen. After noon, when they were tired, hungry and thirsty and gnawed on dry food, they finally welcomed their first patron.

Fortunately, the goods brought by Hu Fei were very popular with the big girls and little daughters-in-law in the village. With the promotion of the first customer, the second and third came very quickly. The village's purchasing power was limited, but Chun Ying and Hu Fei still sold eight handkerchiefs, two sachets, four hairpins, nineteen silk flowers, seven boxes of rouge and a bottle of head oil in half a day. When they returned to their homes exhausted, they counted the money they had earned for the day, and in addition to the costs, car rentals, and dry rations, there was a surplus of a penny and a quarter of a penny.

The two breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other, their eyes showing joy.

It's not easy to do business, but today is a good start, isn't it?

(The history of the difficult struggle of the two rookies...... ）。.。