Chapter Eighty-Five: Buying Fabric
When Hong Xiuhua came, she saw that Liu Zhaodi was washing vegetables, and he was doing it very seriously, so he approached Shen Shimei and asked, "...... is this?" ”
"Oh, the newcomer's name is Brother Liu Zhao!" Shen Shiliu didn't say anything about Liu Zhaodi's imprisonment, and it wasn't a happy thing, so he wouldn't say it if he could.
Hong Xiuhua is a new helper, so she is naturally happy, and she will not be so busy after someone helps.
The three girls are all the same age, and it's comfortable to work and chat together.
At the peak of lunch dinner, Liu Zhaodi finally knew what the restaurant was like, and it was because she had done dirty work in the master's house before, otherwise it would be blind to change to a man.
The dishes were pot after pot, and then they ran to the lobby one by one, and Liu Zhaodi was very busy.
After being busy at noon, Shen Shiliu had lunch, and several people sat down to eat together, and in the end, they all looked at Liu Zhaodi.
Liu Zhaodi ate two bowls of rice in one go, and then he was a little supportive.
Shen Shiliu smiled: "It's not too busy before the night, don't worry!" "Brother Liu didn't eat much, but he was too anxious to eat.
Liu Zhaodi smiled: "I haven't eased up yet." ”
Shen Pomegranate filled a bowl of hawthorn juice for Liu Zhaodi to eat, this is only the first day, don't eat your stomach badly.
At night, Shen Shiliu took the bed quilt and put the two tables in the lobby into one as a bed, Liu Zhaodi can also endure hardships, and he can also sleep.
"It's not too cold now, and in a few days in winter, it's not easy to sleep in this lobby." Shen Shiliu said.
"It's okay, I'm not afraid of the cold, just wear more clothes at night!" When Liu Zhaodi said this, Shen Shiliu felt even more pitiful for Liu Zhaodi.
The next day, Shen Shiliu went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and Liu Zhaodi also wanted to follow, so Shen Shiliu said: "You don't have to follow, you just set up the tables and stools at home, sweep the floor, and then just take out the morning meal with my brothers, and don't live much in the morning." Shen Shiliu said, she can buy vegetables alone.
When he arrived at the vegetable market, Shen Shiliu still went to those shops, and when he saw a cloth seller on the road, he stopped.
"The pomegranate girl wants to buy cloth? Your mother just bought you cloth two days ago, why are you going to make new clothes again? "Boss Huang, who sells cloth, knows Shen Shimei, and he also knows that Shen Shimei is engaged to Du Xuanmo in the end, so he is naturally more polite.
"Boss Huang, do we have any better material here? I want to make a sachet or something! Shen Shiliu asked, she is not an expert in buying cloth, and she can't tell which one is better.
When Boss Huang heard this, he said, "Yes, we have all the good materials!" So saying, he found a few horses.
"These kinds are used by women in the boudoir on weekdays to embroider a handkerchief and make a purse, the fabric is smooth and strong, and it is not easy to take off the silk, and it sells the best!" Boss Huang said.
Shen Pomegranate looked at it, the color is quite complete, and there is a double-layer material with dark lines, which looks really good. Boss Huang is also a businessman, some of them are cut into a foot square, and there are all kinds of embroidery patterns on them, which look good.
"Give me this, it needs to be white, and a foot is enough! There are also several kinds of embroidery threads! Shen Shiliu said, she didn't use much, one foot was enough.
Boss Huang didn't think a foot was too little, and after measuring it with a ruler, he wrapped it up for Shen Pomegranate.
After buying fabrics and leisure, Shen Pomegranate went home.
During the day, he was too busy to have time, and at night Shen Pomegranate took out the fabric, the white double-layer silk cloth was very soft, Shen Pomegranate felt that this ancient silk silk was really very nourishing.
"Pomegranate, go to bed early, don't burn your eyes at night!" Shen Shu shouted in the courtyard.
"I know, why are you more verbose than our mother now!" Shen Shiliu replied.
Shen Shu smiled bitterly and returned to the house with the basin.
Shen Pomegranate cut the fabric, and now he doesn't know what to embroider, so he first locks the edge with thread and puts it for later use. It doesn't take much for her to repair a sachet with this cloth, and the rest can be made into a handkerchief. It was originally given to Du Xuanmo, for fear that Du Xuanmo would be ridiculed for being a sissy because of the too fancy background, so he specially bought the white material.
Shen Pomegranate took a piece of paper early the next morning to make a comparison, Shen Shu leaned over to take a look, and found that he was researching a new menu.
"Coming up with a new dish?" Shen Shu asked.
"Yes, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the food has to be changed." Shen Shiliu said, and then wrote a few strokes on the paper.
Now all she can think of in winter is hot pot, but there is no modern copper pot here, and the technical level is not up to it, so she is a little hesitant now.
"I'll go to the blacksmith shop first after I buy groceries." Shen Shiliu said, how can she investigate the market, in case she underestimated the wisdom of the ancient working people!
When he arrived at the blacksmith shop, Shen Shiliu looked at the things on the shelves and felt that he was illiterate.
"What is this for?" Shen Shiliu asked, pointing to an object.
"A plowshare, you can plow three ridges in one piece." Blacksmith Yang replied.
Shen Shiliu felt that he was rare and strange, he was obviously still from a Zhuanghu, and he didn't even know the plowshare......
"Uncle, I want to ask, I want to make a special pot, can I make it?" Shen Shiliu asked, she just asked casually, if she couldn't do it, forget it.
Blacksmith Yang asked, "What is a special method?" I'll hear you what you say. ”
Shen Shiliu described to Blacksmith Yang what kind of bottom the pot carried, where the charcoal was placed in it, and where the smoke was smoking.
"You can do it, but you're talking about copper, so it's a bit difficult. Copper is inherently more expensive than iron, and if it is more difficult to shape, this one is estimated to be a lot of money! Blacksmith Yang said.
As soon as he heard that it was expensive, Shen Shiliu asked, "What is the price?" ”
Blacksmith Yang waved his fingers and calculated, and said, "One will cost seven or eight hundred wen." ”
Shen Shiliu pondered that seven or eight hundred wen was really expensive, so he asked, "Can Yongtie achieve the effect?" ”
"It's okay, but I'm afraid that it will rust after a long time!" Blacksmith Yang said.
Shen Shiliu saw that this was almost a chemistry problem, so he said, "Then uncle, you can make one first, and use copper." ”
Blacksmith Yang first collected a fixed fee of 100 Wen, and then asked Shen Shiliu to go back first, and when it was done, he asked people to go to the restaurant to inform her.
Shen Pomegranate was distressed, thinking that it was only three pennies to sell a bowl of mutton soup at the beginning, but now this money is becoming more and more irresistible!
The hot pot road doesn't work, she buys that one for her own use, and when the time comes, it's better to be a dowry.
Back in the store, Du Xuanmo was there, and now the two of them are busy, and it is not easy to meet.
Shen Pomegranate ran over and asked, "Why are you here?" Did you sneak out of the yamen? ”
Du Xuanmo replied with a smile: "I'm not busy today, so I came out to see you, I didn't expect you to be here." ”
"If I knew you were coming, I wouldn't have gone out." Shen Shiliu grinned.
Before the guests came up at noon, Shen Shiliu and Du Xuanmo walked around the street, which was regarded as pressing the road.
"Are you almost done with this job?" Shen Shiliu asked, Du Xuanmo said before that he would be finished in almost half a year.
Du Xuanmo nodded: "Well, there should be two months left to complete, and then we will wait for how Shangfeng will arrange." ”
Shen Shiliu sighed, Du Xuanmo is going to be promoted and raised, and he will definitely not stay in Anyang County at that time.
"Will it not be in Anyang County after that?" Shen Shiliu asked, and he must be going away from home again.
Du Xuanmo guessed what Shen Shiliu was worried about, so he said, "Don't worry, I'll pick you up when I stand still, and I'll handle the marriage when the time comes." ”
Shen Shiliu was shy: "People are still young...... "She is only fourteen years old, according to her thoughts, it is best to marry at the age of eighteen."
"It's not small, the girl's family is big in a blink of an eye, I'm afraid that the marriage will be late, and you will be remembered by other children." Du Xuanmo said, and as he spoke, he also stranded the broken hair that was not long in front of Shen Pomegranate's forehead.
Shen Shiliu blushed slightly, obviously she was an old aunt in her thirteen-year-old body, and she was still fluttering in the face of a "little fresh meat" like Du Xuanmo, isn't she a female pervert?
For love, Shen Shimei really didn't have much experience before, she was born in the countryside, and then she was admitted to college, and she buried herself in hardships during college, taking various certificates, and after graduating from college, she devoted herself to her career and didn't even have time to talk about love, and finally survived until her career was a little light, and she also came to this place.
There are a lot of people coming and going on the street, and Shen Shimei is not good at being too close to Du Xuanmo on the street, so he said: "I have finished practicing the words you gave me last time, you should give me a new one." ”
"Okay." Du Xuanmo responded.
Shen Shiliu didn't actually practice calligraphy much, but she was a bit of a woman, so she liked to watch Du Xuanmo work for her, so that she felt that she was valued. Although he loves to work, he only loves Du Xuanmo.
"Do you still like the comb I gave you last time?" Du Xuanmo asked, his face also slightly red.
"I like it!" Shen Shiliu replied that since he knew the meaning of the comb, Shen Shiliu felt like a honeypot in his heart, and from time to time he couldn't help but think of the four words of concentricity, and then smirked himself.
Du Xuanmo smiled shyly, and then looked at the sky, it was almost noon.
"You'll be busy for a while, take a break first, I'll come back next time." Du Xuanmo said softly.
"Well, when are you coming?" Shen Shiliu asked.
"The day after tomorrow." Du Xuanmo said.
"I know, you can go back to the yamen too." Shen Shiliu said to Du Xuanmo.
Seeing Du Xuanmo leave, Shen Shimei's girl's heart was still troubled, and then she was startled by Liu Zhaodi, who was smiling obscenely in the back.
"What are you doing here?" Shen Shiliu asked.
Liu Zhaodi came out from behind the door and asked, "Is he the one who caused you to go to prison, and later begged to marry you as an official?" ”
Shen Shimei: "......" Who passed this on? Although the essence is almost the same, how can it sound so awkward to say it?