Chapter 5: Procurement
Three women in one play. There are so many women in the village, and there is no shortage of big dramas every day. As an outsider, it is normal for Meng Yuxuan to be collectively excluded by them.
"How did I hear that you don't want to marry Xi'er's father?" Hui'er Niang said in a weird manner: "This fox face can pretend to deceive everyone, right?" ”
"Sister-in-law, I don't understand why you always target me. Who said I didn't want to marry Xi'er's father? The head of our family risked his life to save me, and in my eyes he was a real man. I like such a man very much, and I definitely don't want to get married. Meng Yuxuan said angrily.
"Alright, alright. Xi'er Niang has already made it so clear, don't call her Miss Meng in the future. Since she is willing to stay and be Xi'er's father's daughter-in-law, everyone will still call her Xi'erniang in the future. Aunt Lin pulled Meng Yuxuan, and her eyes were a little closer. When I saw you yesterday, my aunt also listened to other people's gossip, thinking that you would leave sooner or later, so I called you Miss Meng. Since you are willing to marry Xi'er's father, this title can't be messed up. ”
"Hmm." Of course, Meng Yuxuan has no opinion. She and Shangguan Huan did not visit the church, but everyone knew that the Li Mansion sent her over to Shangguan Huan to be her daughter-in-law. Even if you have to leave, that's for later. Before leaving, she was still Shangguan Huan's daughter-in-law.
"It's not too early, can't you go?" Wang Chengkui put away the dry tobacco and shouted to Hui'er Niang.
"Let's go! Why don't you go? Hui'er Niang rolled her eyes and pulled the girl next to her to squeeze inside. It could have been three people to sit, but it was occupied by the two of them.
There were not many people today, and when the others saw her like this, they moved to the side. A big seat was left in the middle, and Meng Yuxuan sat down.
The girl next to Hui'er Niang is the sister-in-law she said. Her name is Jasmine Chen, and she is the most beautiful girl in the village. No, it should be said, was the prettiest girl in the village before. Since Meng Yuxuan arrived here, she has been completely compared. This made Chen Jasmine, who has always been arrogant, very angry. However, she never came forward to say that Meng Yuxuan's half a word was not, and it was her sister-in-law who came forward.
"Sister-in-law, let me exchange it with you! I haven't been out of the cabinet yet, so I'm afraid that sitting with Xi'er Niang will damage my reputation. Jasmine Chen said contrivedly.
"Okay. I'll trade with you. Hui'er Niang snorted coldly and switched places with Jasmine Chen.
Aunt Lin frowned, pulled Meng Yuxuan, and comforted her silently.
Meng Yuxuan didn't talk to them quickly. Everyone is watching the situation here. She didn't say half a word no, it has always been a trouble for Hui'er Niang and Chen Jasmine to find her.
The weak are always pitied. She didn't say it, not because she was afraid of provoking them, but because she didn't want to get herself stinky. Now they stink theirs, who has a reason everyone knows very well.
"Xi'er Niang, how is Xi'er's father's injury?" The ox cart moved slowly, and the people sitting on it felt too bored and began to find something to talk about.
"It's fine." Meng Yuxuan silently remembered the names and identities of these people. If you want to live here, you can't really not interact with the people in the village. "Thank you for your concern. Auntie, you took these shoes yourself, right? Look how exquisite! ”
"I did it myself. I don't have any other skills, and making shoes is a must for us. The woman smiled and her eyes crooked. Xi'er Niang, you know how to make shoes, right? After all, it is from a big family, and the craftsmanship must be much stronger than those of us who can't get on the stage. ”
"Auntie, don't say that, it's really embarrassing for me. Although Yuxuan has stayed in the Li family since she was a child and learned some things in the Li family, her skills in making shoes are really not as good as yours. A big family like the Li family has a needlework room. The maid there is responsible for the clothes, shoes and socks in the whole house. We weren't there and couldn't learn their craft. ”
"Big families just have a lot of rules. But their shoes and socks should look good, right? The woman chatted with Meng Yuxuan and became closer to her.
Meng Yuxuan smiled when she saw people, and she had no shelf, which was easy to make people feel good. Plus beautiful people are always pleasing to the eye. These women are all married, and they are a little repulsed by Meng Yuxuan's beauty, but they are also easy to accept. After all, no matter how beautiful she is, she can't affect them anything. Only those young girls who have not married are easy to compare with Meng Yuxuan.
"The rich people are more particular about the materials they use, and they always buy the best goods from neighboring countries, and the colors are more colorful. However, such shoes and socks look good, but they are not practical. Auntie's shoes look like they are used, and if you cherish them, they shouldn't be worn out this year. Let's live, of course, we can't compare with the rich, it's better to be really good. "Meng Yuxuan didn't say that 'the aunt's shoes are better than the serious embroiderers of big families'. If she said this, everyone in the ox cart would look down on her.
She praised the woman's craftsmanship and illustrated the characteristics of a large family. There's nothing wrong with getting it out like that. She didn't say anything about the old master.
Meng Yuxuan can speak, everyone listens comfortably, and more and more people come into contact with her. Before arriving in the town, only Hui Erniang and Jasmine Chen did not speak to her in the entire ox cart.
"It's here. Meet here in three hours. Wang Chengkui stopped the ox cart.
Meng Yuxuan got out of the car first, and when everyone else came down, she was about to carry the wild sheep, and Feng'er scrambled to carry it down. Seeing this, Wang Chengkui said, "Don't bother. I'll help you get to the restaurant. ”
"Thank you, Uncle Wang." Meng Yuxuan said gratefully.
"You're welcome. Huan Boy is a good person. You are his daughter-in-law, and I will take care of it where I should take care of it. Wang Chengkui said.
"Since Uncle Wang wants to help you send you to the restaurant, then I and my mother will leave first. If you have anything to do, you can go to the embroidery room and find us. Feng'er honestly touched her hair and said.
Feng'er is not good-looking. She looked thin, but her facial features were very masculine. She didn't talk much along the way, and took the initiative to do things when she was doing things, but she was a real person.
"Thank you, sister-in-law Feng'er." Meng Yuxuan nodded and said.
"Get things done as soon as possible, and wait for Uncle Wang. Don't walk around. Ay! Remember to wear a veil the next time you go out. Aunt Lin shook her head and said.
Meng Yuxuan touched her face. Is her face so swaggering? Not really, right? There are many maids in the Li family, and her appearance can only be regarded as middle and upper, and she is far from being a heartthrob.
Wang Chengkui sent Meng Yuxuan to the best restaurant in town. The reputation of this restaurant is very good, and the shopkeeper is also good. Usually, if you have any good things, you will send them here first, and you will not accept them here before going to other places. Meng Yuxuan had dealt with the shopkeeper here, so she quickly negotiated the price.
On the market, a pound of mutton sells for 20 yuan, a total of 80 pounds of mutton, and it sells for one tael of silver for 600 yuan.
"Shopkeeper, what kind of seed is this?" Meng Yuxuan was about to leave the restaurant, and found some seeds on the table of the shopkeeper, so she asked curiously.
"Don't mention it. Last year we hosted a man who had no money to pay for his food, so he gave me the seeds he had brought with him. I thought that Fanren's things should be good, maybe I could bring some fresh specialties to the restaurant. So they sent people to plant these things. Where to think that it does not grow at all. The shopkeeper said with a disappointed expression.
"Can you sell them to me? I'm curious, too. Meng Yuxuan said with a smile.
"What to sell? Take it if you like it! Anyway, I'm completely dead. The shopkeeper waved his hand. There are a few more packs in the backyard, and I'll let the guy give them all to you. ”
"Thank you, shopkeeper. Please don't shirk this money! Meng Yuxuan pushed five cents to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper smiled and took it casually: "Your girl's mind is quite heavy." Don't worry, since it's given to you, even if you grow it, I won't grab it. ”
With the shopkeeper's words, Meng Yuxuan was relieved.
Others can't grow it, but she can try. After all, she has space.
"If I do succeed, I'll sell it to the shopkeeper." Meng Yuxuan gave the shopkeeper a promise.
"Good! If you can really grow it, I will have as much as you want. The shopkeeper reached a consensus with Meng Yuxuan.
Leaving the restaurant, Meng Yuxuan first went to the pharmacy, spent two taels of silver to dispense medicine for Shangguan Xi, and spent another tael of silver to dispense medicine for Shangguan Huan. So she only had 600 yuan left in her hand.
She went to the grain store again and spent 100 wen to buy eight catties of rice and five catties of flour. This price is still discounted, if there is no discount, I am afraid that I will not be able to buy so much flour.
Then go to the butcher shop to buy meat, and go to the grocery store to buy condiments. When she had bought everything, she stopped as she passed the Embroidery Pavilion.
She hadn't lied to the woman just now, she had no talent for making shoes, but she had a good hand at embroidery. The eldest lady of the Li family is a picky person, but she is still satisfied with her embroidery work. Her embroidery skills are good in the Li family. Later, she was taught by a master embroiderer and rose several floors in embroidery. Before being reborn, her embroidery had already sold for sky-high prices.
Embroidery pavilion with all kinds of embroidery hanging on the walls. The largest of these are screens and wedding dresses. Meng Yuxuan took a look around and found that the style was old-fashioned, and the embroiderers lacked aura, especially the quilt surface, and the mandarin duck eyes on it were like dead fish eyes.
"Girl, what do you want to buy? Our embroidery is the best in town and the price is fair. If you buy it, you won't regret it. A woman dressed in a bewitching garment greeted her.
Meng Yuxuan looked around. The embroidery that the woman was referring to was only middle and upper in Meng Yuxuan's eyes, but it was indeed the best in this town.
"Boss, I want to do the embroidery. I wonder if you have a suitable one here?" Meng Yuxuan looked at the woman, that is, the proprietress of the embroidery pavilion, Li Niang, and said.
Li Niang saw Meng Yuxuan wearing satin clothes, and looked at the style of the clothes like a maid ring of a certain family. She didn't dare to have any contempt. After all, these girls can sometimes make decisions on behalf of their masters.
Li Niang was also an embroiderer when she was young, and she often went in and out of the rich and noble, and she still had this eyesight.
"Does the girl want to be big or small? Coarse or fine? Liniang intended to make friends and smiled very enthusiastically.