If the child is really crying, the adult may still feel bored, but she doesn't cry or make trouble, just so aggrieved and low-sob, but it is impossible not to be soft-hearted, and the embroidery girls around have come up, coaxing and hugging, but the boss Wang made a big red face, as if he robbed the child's toy.

He looked at me, then at Li'er, and finally walked up to Li'er, squatted down and looked at her: "Little girl, is this yours?" ”

Li'er held her mouth, tears rolling in her eyes: "Hmm." ”

"You like this so much?"

"Hmm!"

She nodded her head hard, and tears fell with a snap.

Seeing her like this, Boss Wang seemed to smile somehow and said, "Okay, Uncle will give it back to you." ”

After speaking, he put the silver lock in Li'er's palm, this girl was also ruthless, her face changed like turning a book, and she immediately burst into laughter.

I bowed my head and held my forehead, and I couldn't help but feel ashamed that I had such an undisciplined daughter.

Boss Wang stood up and looked at me again, and I was a little apologetic: "I'm sorry, Boss Wang." ”

He shook his head half-smiling, half-helplessly: "No matter what, Madame can even scrape together such a large sum of silver, and the contemptible people also know Madame's methods." Besides, this little girl is really annoying, and the contemptible family is also a daughter, who was as cute as her when she was a child, but not as well-behaved as her. ”

I smiled, "How so?" Your own children are always the most well-behaved. ”

Boss Wang also smiled and said, "Okay, let's sign the deed." Ten days later, I received the first batch of goods, and you sent them to Ruizihao. ”

"Thank you, Boss Wang, for taking care of you."

After signing the contract with Boss Wang, he ordered his workers to send the silk, needles and threads used in embroidery, and after two more instructions, he turned around and left.

Next, it's about me and those embroiderers.

I am different from the previous boss of the embroidery workshop, not so rich, can not rent such a large yard to do the embroidery workshop, before also let Rue Xiang help me inquire clearly, in addition to a few embroidery girls in this village, there are also some embroidery girls are living in the nearby small villages, not far from Jixiang Village, so I informed them, from this afternoon, to work in my yard.

Those embroidery girls were not prepared, but fortunately, the skills were all on the body, and a group of people followed me back to Jixiang Village. It didn't take much time to go back and forth, and it wasn't time to get back to the village.

However, as soon as we returned, we saw a group of people standing outside my courtyard gate.

If you look closely, it turned out to be Gu Ping and them.

In the past few months when I returned to Jixiang Village, he also came to see me from time to time, and sometimes brought his brothers from the barracks to help me chop wood, repair the roof, and do some heavy work, and I didn't refuse, but every time I came, I had to entertain them to eat the snacks I made, these young men were also honest, not cheating and slippery, so they got along well with us and the rest of the village. And today, he brought people over again, as soon as he heard that I was going to run an embroidery workshop, they all came to help, sorted out the yard and cleaned it clean, and set up the embroidery frame, and the embroidery girls immediately began to work.

I made my tea, brought out the pastries I had made, and everyone ate some, and when it was getting late, the group of them took their leave.

I stood at the gate of the courtyard and watched a group of them leave laughing, but my heart sank.

Last night, the people who shot the crossbow arrows were not them.

It's not that I don't know Gu Ping's intentions, and the fixed two days a month are called visits, more like visits, to make sure that I still live here peacefully. Of course, I don't have the heart to dive into what will happen to the person who is giving orders behind their backs if one day they come to this courtyard and can't find me anymore.

It's just that looking at them now, they shouldn't know what happened last night.

So, who is watching me?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look around, there were more than a dozen embroidery frames in the yard, there were two or three in the house, more than a dozen embroiderers were concentrating on the royal needle lead, and the snow-white silk slowly grew branches and leaves, gave birth to buds, and gave birth to blooming flowers, revealing indescribable elegance in the quiet.

But behind such elegance, there is a heavy blood on the crossbow arrow.

Then, I also began to sit down and embroider, but I did not do much, because every embroiderer had to be handed over to me for a deposit, and when I had checked it clearly, I added a sum to the name of the embroiderer on the paper, and when the goods were delivered, the wages were calculated according to the embroidery they had completed.

In this way, no one is lazy anymore, after all, one more embroidery will cost one more piece, and the progress will be very good by the end of the day.

In the days that followed, embroidery was done every day.

My current identity is already half of the boss, naturally I don't have to rush to work every day like other embroidery girls, but I have to supervise them, some young embroidery girls will often come to me to ask for advice, I am not stingy, I will teach them all I know, often at the end of the day, I don't do much work, but also tired panic.

But the mood is very happy.

I have lived for all these years, and I rarely have such fulfillment, even every day with hope, in anticipation of the sunrise and sunset life, although physically tired, but the heart is very satisfied, even Li'er said, my face smiled more, compared to the use of drugs to recuperate, a happy, calm and full life is the best nourishment, my face is ruddy, and even people are fatter.

On the tenth day, the embroidery was nearly half completed, much faster than expected, and I had to bring the first batch of goods to Boss Wang.

Get up early in the morning, many embroidery girls still gather in my small yard to embroider, I asked Rue Xiang to help me take care of it, but Li'er, when I saw that I was going out, he jumped up and hugged my arm: "Mother, where are you going?" ”

This girl is getting more and more clever now, and she really isn't as easy to coax as she used to be.

I smiled and said, "Mother is going out to run errands." ”

"Can my mother take me there?"

"No, my mother is going to do serious business."

"Li'er won't bother my mother."

Looking at her pitiful appearance, I was also a little soft-hearted, and I really wanted to take her away. But think about it today, I am going to show Boss Wang the goods, and there are still some things to discuss in detail, and it is really not good to take the child. Besides, after all, the road from Jixiang Village to the market there is too long, and it is not good for the feet of a child to walk like this often.

So, I squatted down and patted her face, and said softly: "Li'er, have fun at home, my mother will go over there and bring you something delicious back today." ”

"Hmm......"

She pouted, but she was not very willing, when there was a sound of footsteps outside, and when she looked up, she saw that a group of children from the village and nearby villages came running, many of them were mothers working here, and would come over from time to time to take a look, and they would be familiar with Li'er in three or two days. It just so happened that I also wanted Li'er to play with children of the same age more, and let her learn how to get along with others, so I smiled and said, "Look, so many friends are here, don't you go to play with them?" ”

As he was talking, the eldest of the children in the group was about eight or nine years old, and the tall and stocky boy beckoned: "Li'er, come and catch fish with us." ”

When Li'er heard this, her heart itched, she looked at me again, and finally agreed and ran out.

I stood there and watched her run away laughing with the children, and I ran after them and told them not to go to the depths of the water, not to leave the village, and they promised to run away, and I went to the market with my baggage on my back. I went to the agreed place to show the first batch of goods to Boss Wang, and he was very satisfied, and even talked about the next batch of jobs that were ready to be handed over to me, so I was also relieved.

As long as we can revitalize the embroidery workshop in front of us, Li'er and I really don't have to worry too much about the rest of our lives.

After talking to Boss Wang for a long time, after eating, I bought some small snacks that Li'er likes to eat in the market, and saw that it was not early, so I was ready to go back, but when I left, I saw a loft on the side of the street, bright red lanterns were raised, and some beautiful women stood against the railing, smiling and shaking handkerchiefs downward.

It is a incense temple.

I didn't expect it to open again.

Even the Holy Prophet said so, how can men and women who eat and drink in the red dust be exempt from vulgarity. It's just that I stood on the street, looking at the red lantern, and in a trance, I just felt that time was flowing like water, just like this.

Those who want to leave, they are all gone, and those who are left are just me.

Thinking of this, I smiled faintly and turned around and walked back.

When I returned to Jixiang Village, it was already early.

I walked in all the way from the entrance of the village, and saw from a distance that there was no one in my yard, those embroiderers had already returned, and Rue Xiang was still collecting the last few embroidery frames alone.

I walked to the gate of the courtyard, and Rue Xiang had already seen me and greeted me: "Light, you are back." ”

"Hmm."

"How's the talk?"

"Boss Wang said that this batch of goods is good, and then let's hurry up. He plans to hand over the next batch of work to us. ”

"That's great."

When Rue Xiang heard this, she also bent her eyes with joy. I smiled and was about to go inside, but I saw Rue Xiang pull my sleeve and whispered, "By the way, you have a guest here." ”

"Guest?" I was stunned: "Who?" ”

Could it be Pei Yuanxiu?

Now I don't have any acquaintances in Jiangnan, and he is the only one who can come to my house as a guest.

Rue Xiang said: "I don't know either, a man and a woman, but they are very decent." I didn't look like they were bad people, so I asked them to wait in the house for you to come back, and I was also worried about leaving my son, so I stayed at your house until now. ”

I smiled and shook her hand and thanked her for being attentive.

"Now that you're back, it's time for me to go. You go in first, and if anything happens, let Li'er come to us. ”

"Okay."

I said goodbye to Rue Xiang, and she left, and with a hint of doubt in my heart, I slowly pushed open the courtyard door and walked in, the door of the house was hidden, I couldn't see inside, and I didn't hear any sound.

A man, a woman, two guests?

Who is it?

Could it be one of Pei Yuanxiu and the Han sisters?

Just thinking about it, I saw Li'er's small figure walking out of the kitchen, holding a teacup in his hand, and when he saw me coming back, he immediately ran over happily: "Mother! ”

"Li'er, what are you doing?"

"Li'er is pouring tea for the guests."

“……”

I looked at her with some surprise, and although the cup of tea in her hand was a merit to be able to drink it, I did not expect that my daughter would pour tea and entertain guests when they came to the house. I didn't teach her this, but I didn't expect her to know it subtly.

If it weren't for the guests at home, I would have liked to hug her and kiss her fiercely for a while.

At this moment, the sensible girl said again: "Mother, the guest is coming to you, you can go in quickly." ”

My heart chuckled.

It's not Pei Yuanxiu, nor is it any of the Han sisters, because they don't know each other.

Who is that, coming to me?

Thinking in my heart, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, I took Li'er by the hand and walked over, reaching out and pushing the door open.