The Mid-Autumn Festival passed quickly, on August 16, Lin Kangping came over, Ziqing checked his private house early, only less than five taels of silver, this is still Ziqing recently sold several small pieces of embroidery to save, Ziqing thought about it for a long time, and regretted that he didn't start saving his private house earlier.

So Ziqing wrapped the double-sided embroidery she had embroidered, and the day before Ziqing asked Shen, she should be able to sell ten taels of silver, and the two villains in the painting are bowing their heads, and they can't see who it is.

Lin Kangping asked, "Isn't this the first time you've embroidered?" Isn't it good to keep it as a souvenir? What a shame it was sold, I guess you originally intended to keep it as a souvenir, right? ”

"Hey, how do you know I want to keep it as a souvenir?" After Ziqing asked, she felt a little rude, and seeing that Lin Kangping was not angry, he just smiled, and continued:

"You listen to me, things can be embroidered after the thing is gone, I am not reluctant, but I can't get the silver in a hurry, I have less than five taels here, and the silver that sells this embroidery, you buy some tea or small embroidery, and take it to Yuecheng, foreigners come to our country, most of them are also rushing to buy these things back, by the way, there are porcelain, silk, but unfortunately I don't have so much silver as the principal. Why don't you sell my embroidery directly to foreigners and see if you can sell it for a high price? If you have your own money, you can also carry it with you to do some of these businesses, after all, the opportunity to take a ride is rare. Also, when I get there, if I have a good jade stone to help me pick a few pieces back, if I come across a shiny little stone, you can also bring some back, or any new seeds, you can bring some back. ”

"That's why you called me here? Why don't you tell the young master directly? The young master's house has a wide range of roads, and you can get anything you want. ”

"That's a lot of trouble, it's just a trivial matter, so what are you doing with the people? Isn't it the same for you to help me? ”

"But the young master is not troublesome. It's just a word, and besides, I guess the young master must be happy for you to trouble him. ”

Ziqing stared at Lin Kangping for a long time. asked, "Why are you talking so unpleasantly today, mother-in-law, what do you mean?" If you don't want to let me say it in vain, why bother to push back. Not at all like a man. After Ziqing finished speaking, she was about to turn around and leave.

Lin Kangping grabbed Ziqing, immediately let go of his hand, and asked, "Why don't you want the butterfly that the young master gave you?" ”

"You're so weird today, why are there so many questions? Why should I take other people's things for nothing, let alone such precious things, am I the shallow person? Ziqing asked unhappily.

Lin Kangping smiled when he heard this, and took the initiative to take the purse in Ziqing's hand. Only then did he ask, "How long have you been saving these taels of silver?" ”

"How do you know that I saved it myself, not to mention, I really saved it for several years, embroidered purses and handkerchiefs, hey, aren't you unwilling? Why did you pick it up again? Over and over again, I don't want to force you. Give me back my purse. ”

Lin Kangping put his purse into his personal pocket, stared at Ziqing for a long time with his eyes, and then asked, "Why do you trust me so much?" ”

Ziqing was a little embarrassed, so she said, "Who trusts you?" I didn't trust you in vain? So long-winded. A whole bunch of questions. Trust is trust, is it possible that you can still covet a few taels of silver from me. If you're lucky, you'll be able to double it when you come back, and no matter how bad it is, you can have a fifty percent benefit. Put it on me this is also dead money. Let's go quickly, it's not good to delay. When will you be back? "If it weren't for the fear that Shen's questions would cause unnecessary trouble, Ziqing would have wanted to borrow some silver taels from her mother.

"It's not good to say this, depending on how smooth things are, if only I could buy jade, find a way to buy jade, the young master said let me redeem myself, open a household registration, open a jade shop in the capital in my name, break away from the Wen family, and I will help him take care of business. It's a rare opportunity for me, and I want to thank you for it. I just don't know if this trip went well? ”

Ziqing saw that he seemed a little gloomy, so she comforted him and said, "Don't worry, it's man-made." If you can't buy it this time, you go southwest, over the mountains, cross the border, and you should be able to find the place of origin, but it is quite dangerous there, and you should not risk it until you have to. ”

"You can't just say this, if the greedy people who catch the wind and shadows know, it will bring you great disaster, remember. Have you ever said this to anyone? Lin Kangping looked at Ziqing nervously.

Ziqing was frightened by his expression, and hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, I really didn't say it to anyone, I blurted it out just now when I saw you sad and worried, don't you tell others?" Let's bury it in our stomachs, and you don't go, I've heard people say, nine deaths. When you're away from home, you must remember that nothing is precious as life. ”

"That's good, let's not talk about it, and I promise you not to go to that place. I remembered your words. You wait, I'll come back and see you. ”

After Lin Kangping finished speaking, he stuffed the embroidery to Ziqing and said, "This is your first work, I hope you keep it well." You'd better embroider something else and sell it, just remember to take a break, it's not worth it to break your eyes for some silver. I'll take the five taels of silver with me. After saying that, he wanted to reach out and rub her hair, but he finally restrained himself.

After sending Lin Kangping away, Ziqing began to embroider, she felt that she still had some money in her hand, in case something happened in the future, there were also conditions for contingency. This opportunity to take a ride is too rare, but the principal is too small. So Ziqing asked Zeng Ruixiang to draw a lotus flower after the rain for her, and Shen taught her to draw carefully and match the color, Ziqing wanted to embroider it before the year, so she worked hard and lay on the embroidery frame if she had nothing to do. Even Shen felt a little surprised, and secretly muttered to Zeng Ruixiang, "The family is not bad for silver, what does this kid want to do with all his hard work?" ”

Zeng Ruixiang glanced at Ziqing, who was bowing his head and working hard, and said, "Maybe she wants to buy something new, didn't you complain about the stone she bought last time?" I guess she wants to save some private room for herself, and she doesn't have to reach out and ask you if she sees anything in the future, who told you to always distrust children? It's better to give her some pocket money every month in the future, the girl is older, she has more thoughts, and it is more convenient to have a few loose money in her hand, and this child is still an idea and insightful, and she will not spend it indiscriminately. ”

"That's right, as soon as I talk about this, I think of Ziping, the kid doesn't know what to think in his heart, this is going to ruin his reputation, and I don't know if I can marry safely in the future, your eldest brother and sister-in-law are really worried now, but I can't persuade this matter, the matter hasn't come out, it's too late to cover it, we can't go up to the son to find a scolding." So, Ziqing, we have to take care of it, don't let her go out if it's okay, after all, she is also a year old, as far as I know, she should have a few taels of loose silver in her hand, and the child's family is also enough for her to spend, what does she want to do? ”

"Don't worry, this kid knows in his heart, a stone costs five taels of silver, what is her scattered silver enough for? Not to mention, the things made of this stone are really good, and I look better than the white jade in your hand. Don't detain your child too tightly, just care more about it and put more effort into it. Ziping, let's wait and see what happens, where to find the right person for a while? ”

Shen also nodded yes, thinking that he wanted to find an opportunity to ask Ziqing, Ziqing naturally didn't know that his actions had caused his father's doubts, and he was full of joy waiting for Lin Kangping to come back to see how profitable this business could be? Is it worth her heavy effort?

The days came to October in a flash, the oranges on the tree were red early, Ziqing picked a few times, I felt that the taste was OK, there were one or two not very delicious, Ziqing also made a mark, picked it off to eat it by herself or give it away, and so on to study and study the grafting technology when I was free.

Some time ago, the oranges and oranges were given to the shopkeeper Zhou, this time the orange Ziqing didn't want to take it out early, and discussed with Zeng Ruixiang that he learned from the book that the north generally digs cellars to store winter food, and if this orange is placed in the cellar, can it be put for more time?

Zeng Ruixiang listened to it and remembered that when he traveled before, he had indeed seen northerners digging cellars to store cabbage, radishes and other things. So Zeng Ruiyu was invited, and the two were busy in the back mountain for a few days, blocking it with wooden planks to prevent it from collapsing, and Ziqing took some straw and spread it to prepare for moisture, and then put the oranges in and sealed the exit. Because it was the first time to do it, Ziqing only used half of the oranges, but fortunately, this year's oranges are the first year old, and the yield is not much, so it is just right for experiments.

After all this, winter is coming, this year's winter seems to be particularly cold, the family burned charcoal early, and all moved to the first room next to the main landlord, that is, next to Shen's bedroom, and now no one lives. Zishou and Zixi had already moved to the Westinghouse, but it was only when Zifu and Zilu came back that Ziqing and Ziyu moved back.

When the first snow fell, it was already the end of November, and Ziqing accidentally caught a cold and had whooping cough again. In the past two years, the family's diet has been good, and I have drunk so much goat's milk, Ziqing's whooping cough is not as diligent as when she was a child, but every time she coughs, it is endless, and her face is flushed, as if she wants to cough out all her heart, liver and lungs, Ziqing is very painful, and there are no modern anti-inflammatory drugs, and this process lasts not for a short time.

Shen Shi was distressed and uncomfortable when he watched it from the side, all year round, he was worried about it, searching for home remedies everywhere, Ziqing didn't want to make Shen sad, and every time he cooperated with the medicine to drink, it was miserable.

On this day, Shen took the home remedies he got from nowhere, saying that this time it would be useful, and several people had eaten it, and the medicine in it was still normal, and Shen had already caught it. The only thing to use is to boil lentil roots in winter to make medicine, in this winter, lentil roots are really hard to find, so Shen had to go to the village to find everywhere. left Ziqing and Ziyu to watch the house, and when the two were joking, the doorbell rang, and the old man and Tian came over angrily. (To be continued)